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Broken road volume 1
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296 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Chicago celebrity Charles James can't shake the nightmare that wakes him each night. He sees himself walking down a long, broken highway the sides of which are lit in flames. Where is he going? Why is he walking? What is the wailing he hears around him? By day, he wonders why he's so haunted and unhappy when he has all he ever wanted -- fame, fans, and fortune and the lavish lifestyle it affords him. Coming from a childhood of poverty and pain, this...
4) Badawi
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224 pages ; 21 cm
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Follows the course of the life of a Syrian orphan boy named Maïouf whose struggles to attain an education lead him to France and Abu Dhabi, where even his great success can't keep him from being drawn back to the life he thought forgotten.
6) The Centre
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"Anisa Ellahi dreams of being a translator of "great works of literature," but mostly spends her days subtitling Bollywood movies and living off her parents' generous allowance. Adding to her growing sense of inadequacy, her mediocre white boyfriend, Adam, has successfully leveraged his savant-level aptitude for languages into an enviable career. But when Adam learns to speak Urdu practically overnight, Anisa forces him to reveal his secret. Adam...
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Brooke and Julian live a happy life in New York -- she's the breadwinner working two jobs and he's the struggling musician husband. Then Julian is discovered by a Sony exec and becomes an overnight success -- and their life changes forever. Julian's new-found fame means that Brooke must face the savage attentions of the ruthless paparazzi. And when a scandalous picture hits the front pages, Brooke's world is turned upside down.
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"At their milestone high school reunion, a group of friends makes a pact to finally achieve their high school superlatives one way or another in this lively new novel from the acclaimed author of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel. In 1997, grunge is king, Titanic is a blockbuster (and Blockbuster still exists), and Thursday nights are for Friends. In Bellport, Connecticut, four best friends and high school seniors are ready to light the world on fire....
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123 pages ; 21 cm
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Español
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This tale, set in biblical times, follows the journey of Hafid, who rises from his position as a lowly camel boy to become the greatest salesman in the world by heeding the wisdom set forth in the Ten Ancient Scrolls of Success.
Este cuento, en tiempos bíblicos, sigue el viaje de Hafid, que se levanta desde su posición como un humilde niño camello para convertirse en el vendedor más grande del mundo por hacer caso a la sabiduría en los diez...
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44 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Español
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Advice in rhyme for proceeding in life; weathering fear, loneliness, and confusion; and being in charge of your actions. In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages- from nursery school to medical school- and gives them the get-up-and-go to move mountains with the unrivaled exuberance and charm that have made De. Seuss books favorites for years.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"In a rhythmic celebration of sport and play, four-time Grand Slam champion and tennis superstar Naomi Osaka shares key steps to becoming a true champ, including being kind, working as a team, doing your best, and most importantly, having fun."--
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"Christopher Noxon's debut novel Plus One is a comedic take on bread-winning women and caretaking men in contemporary Los Angeles. Alex Sherman-Zicklin is a mid-level marketing executive whose wife's fourteenth attempt at a TV pilot is produced, ordered to series, and awarded an Emmy. Overnight, she's sucked into a mad show-business vortex and he's tasked with managing their new high-profile Hollywood lifestyle. He falls in with a posse of Plus Ones,...
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310 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"It is their first day at Drama Arts, and the nervous students huddled in a circle are told in no uncertain terms that here, unlike at any other drama school, they will be taught to Act. To Be. To exist in their own world on the stage. But outside is the real world - a pitiless, alluring place in which each of them in their most fervent dreams hopes to flourish and excel. Nell, insecure and dumpy, wonders if she will ever be cast as anything other...
15) Twisted sisters
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308 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"Reagan Bishop is a pusher. A licensed psychologist who stars on the Wendy Winsberg cable breakout show, I Need a Push, Reagan helps participants become their best selves by urging them to overcome obstacles and change behaviors. An overachiever, Reagan is used to delivering results. Despite her overwhelming professional success, Reagan never seems to earn her family's respect. Her younger sister, Geri, is and always will be the Bishop family favorite....
16) Commitment
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401 pages ; 25 cm.
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"The story of a family whose single mom, fighting mental illness, slowly becomes unable to raise her family, told from the perspective of each of the three children. As the novel opens, a mother drives her eldest son Walter from their home in Los Angeles to the University of California at Berkeley. It will be her last fully responsible act before breaking down completely and being committed to a mental hospital, leaving her children behind. Holding...
17) Ripe: a novel
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"A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses, and unethical projects, she also struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty. Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of houseless people bathing in the bay. Startup burnouts leap into...
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"When Rose McCarthy's staff at Mode magazine pitches a cover shoot with Hollywood's hottest young actress, the actress's sizzling affair with a bestselling French author is exposed. The author happens to be Rose's son-in-law, which creates a painful dilemma for her. Her daughter Nadia, a talented interior designer, has been struggling to hold her marriage together, and conceal the truth from their young daughters, her mainly, and the world. But Nicolas,...
19) La aventura
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281 pages ; 23 cm
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Español
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Rose McCarthy es la legendaria directora de la revista Mode. Tras la muerte de su esposo, ha estrechado la relación con sus cuatro hijas. Todas tienen carreras de éxito: Athena es una conocida chef televisiva; Venetia es diseñadora de moda; Olivia, jueza de un tribunal superior; y Nadia, la más joven, es diseñadora de interiores en París. Nadia considera que su vida es perfecta: está casada con el aclamado autor Nicolas Bateau, que la adora...
20) Bad habits
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336 pages ; 21 cm
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"A grad student becomes embroiled in a deadly rivalry that changes her into someone unrecognizable to her struggling family, her ambitious academic friends, and even herself"--
"Claire "Mac" Woods - a professor enjoying her newfound hotshot status at an academic conference - finally has the acceptance and admiration she has long craved. But at the conference's hotel bar, Mac is surprised to run into a face from a past she'd rather forget: the moneyed,...
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