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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Beloved writer Samantha Irby has returned to the printed page for her much-anticipated, sidesplitting fourth book following her 2020 breakout, Wow, no thank you, a Vintage Books Original. The success of Irby's career has taken her to new heights. She fields calls with job offers from Hollywood and walks the red carpet with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City. Finally, she has made it. But, behind all that new-found glam, Irby is just trying to...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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With heartfelt candor and her usual side-splitting bite, humorist, essayist, and blogger at bitchesgottaeat.com Samantha Irby captures powerful emotional truths while chronicling the disaster that has been her life. An ill-fated pilgrimage and romantic vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes, awkward sexual encounters, a Bachelorette application gone awry, and more-- sometimes you just have to laugh, even when your life is a...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
West has rocked readers in work published everywhere from The Guardian to GQ to This American Life. She is a catalyst for a national conversation in a world where not all stories are created equal and not every body is treated with equal respect. SHRILL is comprised of a series of essays that bravely shares her life, including her transition from quiet to feminist-out-loud, coming of age in a popular culture that is hostile to women (especially fat,...
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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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As an off-air TV news journalist, Khloe Mercer covers the tough Norfolk, Virginia, neighborhood she grew up in. But between a hostile boss and stiff competition, she has to break a major exclusive to save her job--and lock down the coveted anchor desk slot she feels she deserves... When a murder takes place on her home turf, Khloe has easy access to the dirty truth behind it. But she'll have to decide whether to exploit every angle and leverage any...
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Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"On a quiet August morning, Judge Deborah Knott's father Kezzie makes a shocking discovery on a remote corner of his farm: the body of a man bludgeoned to death. Investigating this crime, Deborah's husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, soon uncovers a long-simmering hostility between Kezzie and the slain man over a land dispute. The local newspaper implies that Deborah's family may have had something to do with the murder-and that Dwight is dragging...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls in Ghana, they were more than just cousins; they were inseparable. Selasi was exuberant and funny, Akorfa quiet and studious. They would do anything for each other, imploring their parents to let them be together, sharing their secrets and desires and private jokes. Then Selasi begins to change, becoming hostile and quiet; her grades suffer and she builds a space around herself, shutting Akorfa out. Meanwhile,...
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Kate's latest failure on the London dating scene leads her to escape to an idyllic Exmoor, West Country village where she finds her 'Cinderella Project' - a run-down cottage on the edge of the moors. Her attempt to lead a quiet life there is, however, thwarted by a town seething with passion and intrigue. Competition for her affections leads to her entanglement with the Blackmore family, the local landowners consisting of the hostile and brooding...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls in Ghana, they were more than just cousins; they were inseparable. Selasi was exuberant and funny, Akorfa quiet and studious. They would do anything for each other, imploring their parents to let them be together, sharing their secrets and desires and private jokes. Then Selasi begins to change, becoming hostile and quiet; her grades suffer and she builds a space around herself, shutting Akorfa out. Meanwhile,...
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Language
English
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"The page-turning new novel from the internationally bestselling author known for her "conversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her characters" (The Washington Post) takes us into the homes of an idyllic suburban neighborhood where we discover the burning secrets hiding just below the surface. Bucolic Newport Cove, where spontaneous block parties occur on balmy nights and all of the streets are named for flowers, is proud...
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Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2016], p2014
Language
English
Description
Reluctant to accept an invitation from former high school nerd Tim to embark on a seemingly innocuous fly-fishing excursion, Jack nonetheless agrees to go along. But as Jack and company drift along the quiet North Platte River, tensions fly like rigged nymphs as Tim grows increasingly hostile towards the overly friendly fising guide, Randall "Duke" Conner.
Author
Series
Nick Flynn novels volume 3
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
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When a CIA executive goes dark, Nick Flynn must step in. Russian oligarch Pavel Voronin and his shadowy Raven Syndicate are back, supported by Russia's autocratic president. Voronin intends to unleash a force of advanced stealth aircraft against the US in order to make Moscow supreme and cement his own rise to power. With millions of lives at stake, Flynn and his team must track Voronin's operatives and mount a risky counterattack deep into hostile...
Author
Series
Redstone Junior High volume 1
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When quiet farm girl Pixel receives an acceptance letter from the prestigious academy for gifted students, Redstone Junior High, she is thrilled! And she works up the courage to leave her family and her beloved farm animals to become a Redstone student. The school prides itself on its safety record as much as its academics -- 'Mob-free for more than 100 years!' boasts a sign on campus. Little does Pixel know that the school's long history of safety...
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Publisher
Lumen
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"LUMEN REUNE A CATORCE DE LAS MEJORES ESCRITORAS ESPAÑOLAS DE LA ACTUALIDAD. Un proyecto de Maria Folguera y Carmen G. de la Cueva. Con Marta Sanz, Edurne Portela, Mar̕a Folguera, Lucia Asue Mbomio Rubio, Sabina Urraca, Silvia Nanclares, Roberta Marrero, Carme Riera, Jana Leo, Nerea Barjola, Maria Fernanda Ampuero, Gabriela Wiener, Aixa de la Cruz y Carmen G. de la Cueva. Ilustrado por Sara Herranz. Desde nįas nos alimentamos de relatos terrorificos...
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