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141) Tango down
Author
Series
Publisher
Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When a colleague in the building trades is arrested for murder, it will take both Sam Acquillo and defense attorney Jackie Swaitkowski to defend the defenseless.
142) Marguerite
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
1921 not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont's castle. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. When a young, provocative journalist decides to write a rave article on her latest performance, Marguerite starts to believe even further in her talent. This gives her the courage she needs to follow her dream.
Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 5
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Three teens chase their own version of the American Dream during the Roaring 20s in this YA remix of The Great Gatsby"--
New York City, 1922. Nicòls Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city's glamor. Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional, which could set up his future--and his life as a man--and benefit his family. Nick rents a small house in West Egg from his 18-year-old...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When caregiver Faith McCallum arrives at the enchanted lakeside estate of Avalon's renowned Bellamy family, she's intent on rebuilding her shattered life and giving her two daughters a chance at a better future. But she faces a formidable challenge in the form of her stubborn and difficult new employer, Alice Bellamy. While Faith proves a worthy match for her sharp-tongued client, she often finds herself at a loss for words in the presence of Mason...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson is found in the woods nearby. Then a diamond hairpin is found in the bushes by the pool, and three women fall under suspicion. Each holds a key that can unlock the truth to the mysterious life and death of the millionaire. Daisy Buchanan once thought she might marry Gatsby, before her family was torn...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (8 hr., 19 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new. A wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family, Marian, embarks on a mission to infiltrate the wealthy neighboring clan or her aunts Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook, dominated by ruthless railroad tycoon George Russell, his rakish son, Larry, and his ambitious wife, Bertha. In this exciting new world that is on the brink of the...
147) Altered carbon
Author
Series
Takeshi Kovacs novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 25th century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself--a person's consciousness can be easily downloaded into a new body, making death nearly obsolete. Ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly brutal. Resleeved into a new body in Bay City (formerly...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 93 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Italiano
Description
The Secret of Dorian Gray is a classic, seventies, Italian film restored to its original splendor. Taking place in London, a wealthy young man, Dorian Gray, is in love with an aspiring actress named Sybil. He is also in the process of getting his portrait painted by his ascot-wearing friend, Basil. When the portrait is finished however, Dorian complains that he will grow old while the painting will never change. On the same night, as if he has sold...
149) The Bourbon Kings
Author
Series
Bourbon kings volume 1
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege--as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall...
150) Calamity
Author
Series
Uncharted hearts volume 1
Publisher
Bramble, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The captain of a ragtag mercenary ship is given an offer she can't refuse by the ruthless head of an intergalactic noble family. The only catch? She'll have to team up with his son--an upsettingly competent hardbody with his own agenda--to get her reward. She's got a ramshackle spaceship, a misfit crew, and a big problem with its sexy newest member... Temperance Reed, banished from the wealthy and dangerous Fifteen Families, just wants to keep her...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse, and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he, and the roster of hot new dancers he'll have to...
152) Stone cold fox
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A compelling debut novel about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mother, wants to leave her dark past behind and marry the heir to one of the country's wealthiest families. Like any enterprising woman, Bea knows what she's worth and is determined to get all she deserves-it just so happens that what she deserves is to marry rich. After a lifetime of forced instruction in the art of swindling men by her mother, Bea...
Author
Series
Sebastian Becker mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sebastian Becker, a former policeman and Pinkerton agent who now works as the special investigator to the Masters of Lunacy, looking into cases involving any man of property whose sanity is under question. His latest assignment takes him to the small town of Arnmouth to determine whether Sir Owain Lancaster has gone around the bend."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
382 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1898, reporter Emma Cross investigates the shocking death of a debutante at her coming-out ball among the bright lights of Newport's high society"--
Author
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group, Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while dealing with her 98-year-old father and fielding requests for money from her beloved children and grandchildren. Thankfully, her new hip hasn't changed her killer tennis game one bit. One night Mrs. Plansky is startled awake by a phone call from a voice claiming to be her grandson Will, who desperately needs ten thousand dollars to get out of a jam....
156) Steal
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Imagine everyone’s surprise when Carter von Oehson, a sophomore in Dr. Dylan Reinhart’s Abnormal Psychology class, posts on Instagram that he plans to kill himself. 24 hours later and still no one has seen him.
Release the hounds. A massive search ensues. But when Carter’s sailboat rolls in with the tide without him or anyone else on it, the worst seems to be confirmed. He really did it . . . Or did he?
The one person convinced he’s still...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
401 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Janice Miller and her two daughters band together to face off against divorce lawyers, debt collectors, mean girls, and other foes when Janice is informed her husband Paul is divorcing her just when his pharmaceutical company is hitting the big time, Margaret is dumped by her newly famous actor boyfriend, and Lizzie learns that her winning battle to lose weight has made her the target of school bathroom graffiti.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Accepting what she believes will be a dream job from a prominent political family, a young nanny is dazzled by her employers' glamorous life before a mysterious stranger draws her into a menacing web of secrets.
160) Sanditon: Season 3
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The final season continues the story of high-spirited heroine, Charlotte Heywood, and her friend, Georgiana Lambe. What adventures, scandals, intrigue and above all else - romance - await them?
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