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On Devonshire shores volume 1
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"When their father's death leaves them impoverished, the Summers sisters open their home to guests to provide for their ailing mother. But instead of the elderly invalids they expect, they find themselves hosting eligible gentlemen. Sarah must confront her growing attraction to a mysterious widower, and Viola learns to heal her deep-hidden scars"--
2) Magpie
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When their new lodger, Kate, becomes obsessed with her, her husband, and the baby they are desperately trying to conceive, Marisa must find out who Kate really is before she loses everything she's worked so hard to create -- her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self.
Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. Their new lodger, Kate, and her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for a baby. Sure, Kate doesn't...
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"A destitute woman pretends to be someone else and moves into the lower floor of a Los Angeles duplex, and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs. All out of money and friends' couches to sleep on, Demi is desperate. Lucky for her, a stranger presents her with the chance of a lifetime: a new identity and the downstairs apartment in a secluded Beachwood Canyon duplex. Unlucky for her, the couple upstairs is...
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1 videodisc (approximately 159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When the beautiful widow Helen Graham moves into the derelict Wildfell Hall with her son, she arouses great curiosity from the local villagers. Gilbert Markham is a handsome young farmer who finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Helen and encourages her to open up to him. But even the sympathetic Markham is unprepared for the secrets Helen will ultimately reveal, secrets which the repressed Victorian society would rather bury forever.
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"Hoping to escape the pain of the recent murder of her best friend, art student Zoe Beech finds herself studying abroad in the bohemian capital of Europe--Berlin. Zoe, rudderless, relies on the arrangements of fellow exchange student Hailey Mader, who idolizes Warhol and Britney Spears and wants nothing more than to be an art star. On Craigslist, Hailey unknowingly stumbles on an apartment sublet posted by a well-known thriller writer. Feeling as...
6) Far and away
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1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A poor but proud Irish tenant farmer accompanies the spoiled and headstrong daughter of a wealthy landlord to America in a quest for land.
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In 1893, Max Greengrass is a stringer for the New York Herald, paid by the column inch. With no regular salary, Max must hustle for his stories, and late one night he nearly trips over one. He finds four cats lined up neatly on a Greenwich Village sidewalk. They have no visible wounds, but are undeniably dead.
The story makes the paper and Max pursues it, from low dives to posh mansions, from a proper if eccentric society of refined ladies concerned...
12) Little men
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1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
13) Love nest
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Jim Scott is an aspiring writer who, together with wife Connie, move into the basement of the apartment building that they have bought. Jim's hope to make a profit are thwarted by the everyday travails of maintaining the building and taking care of the needs of their tenants. Charming con artist Charley targets Eadie as his latest victim and when he is finally caught, he generously offers to tell his story to Jim, thereby launching Jim's career in...
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"Written for the millions of landlords who own a single-family home, condo, or small (less than four unit) rental property, Every Landlord's Guide to Managing Property covers everyday skills a hands-on landlord needs, including how to: retain good, long-term tenants; handle nitty-gritty maintenance such as snow removal, toilet clogs, and painting; avoid conflicts over late rent, unauthorized roommates, and clutter; limit costly turnovers and vacancies;...
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Christina Antonioni is preparing for the holidays at her Nantucket toy shop, unpacking last-minute shipments and decorating for her loyal Christmas shoppers. But when her Scrooge of a landlord, Oscar Bittlesman, raises her rent, it seems nearly impossible for Christina to continue business on the wharf. Even so, Christina hopes there is a warm heart underneath Oscar's steely exterior. When she bonds with Wink, his sweet, young granddaughter who frequents...
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474 pages ; 28 cm
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"This guidebook contains legal and practical information for tenants, and contains dozens of sample letters and forms. Topics discussed include: getting landlords to make repairs by using rent withholding or repair-and-deduct; avoiding disputes with roommates over rent, deposits, guests, and noise; fighting illegal discrimination, retaliation, or sexual harassment; dealing with hazards like lead paint, mold, or bedbugs; breaking a lease with minimum...
18) Renters' rights
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308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"This book on renter and tenant rights discusses topics such as how to break a lease and leave early, sublet an apartment, handle unwelcome landlord intrusions, resolve roommate disputes, get a landlord to make repairs, collect a full security deposit after move out, fight discrimination or retaliation, and put one's best foot forward when applying for a rental. This edition includes updates on important state-by-state landlord-tenant laws"--
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"Award-winning, bestselling novelist and travel writer Colin Thubron returns to fiction with his first novel in more than a decade, a searing, poetic masterwork of memory. A house is burning, threatening the existence of its six tenants -- including a failed priest; a naturalist; a neurosurgeon; an invalid dreaming of his anxious boyhood; and their landlord, whose relationship to the tenants is both intimate and shadowy. At times, he shares their...
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