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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In White Fright, acclaimed historian Jane Dailey offers a radical reinterpretation of the fight for African American rights, showing how that fight has been closely bound, both in terms of law and in the white imagination, to the question of interracial sex and marriage. White fear of black sexuality not only fueled the systems of exclusion and oppression under Jim Crow, she contends it was also a central factor driving white resistance to the civil...
1145) Takane & Hana: Volume 10
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When Hana's childhood friend Okamon confesses that he's in love with her, Hana goes into a total panic! Can she possibly return his feelings? And once Takane finds out, all bets are off on how he'll react to the news!"--Page [4] of cover.
1146) LOVE NOVEL
Author
Publisher
Biblioasis
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Love in late capitalism: Ivana Sajko takes us to the frontlines of a war waged between kitchen and bedroom. He, an unemployed Dante scholar, trying to change the world and write a novel. She, once a passable actress with a vaguely rewarding theater job,now a stay-at-home mom. He is delirious with dreams of grandeur; she is on edge, a detonator bomb with a dirty laundry trigger. The rent is late, the neighbor caviling, the government astoundingly...
1147) Takane & Hana: Volume 13
Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family. But when these two utter opposites pair up, get ready for some sparks to fly!... While Hana contemplates whether or not to take Rino's advice on matters of the heart, Takane and Okamon duke it out to determine who's better suited for Hana!...
1149) Takane & Hana: Volume 16
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Hiromi idolizes his older cousin Takane and will do anything to protect him--including running away from home. Takane's got enough problems dealing with work exhaustion and Hiromi's father itching to take him down, but maybe he'll be able to find Hiromi with Hana's help!"-- cover page 4.
1151) Saga: Volume three
Author
Series
Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 3
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"New parents Marko and Alana travel to an alien world to visit their hero, while the family's pursuers finally close in on their targets" --
1152) An unwilling bride
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Content with her independent life as a teacher, free from the bonds of matrimony, Beth Armitage suddenly finds herself trapped in a betrothal to the rakish Lucien de Vaux, Marquess of Arden, who must marry to secure his inheritance.
1154) Down and dirty
Author
Series
Hot jocks volume 5
Publisher
[Kendall Ryan]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Whoops. Last night in Vegas is a blur. There were drunken shenanigans...And now I'm waking up naked wrapped around Landon freaking Covington, my incredibly hot younger guy friend, with a wedding ring on my finger and a marriage certificate on the table next to me. Like I said, whoops. I'm thirty. I should know better, but what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? Well, apparently not. Becuase I've married the last alpha-male virgin on the planet....
1155) Dawn of the arcana: 11
Author
Series
Dawn of the Arcana volume 11
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Now separated from her first husband, Princess Nakaba must navigate the court of Senan on her own and decide how to handle her new husband, Prince Adel.
1156) Paper wife
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A heart-wrenching story about finding strength in a new world. Southern China, 1923. Desperate to secure her future, Mei Ling's parents arrange a marriage to a widower in California. To enter the country, she must pretend to be her husband's first wife--a paper wife. On the perilous voyage, Mei Ling takes an orphan girl named Siew under her wing. Dreams of a better life in America give Mei Ling the strength to endure the treacherous journey and detainment...
1157) Takane & Hana: Volume 14
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family. But when these two utter opposites pair up, get ready for some sparks to fly!... On vacation in Okinawa, Takane and Hana find their feelings growing stronger as they navigate the awkwardness of being an official couple! When a boating mishap...
1158) What happens in Vegas
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Joy is dumped by her boyfriend and her friends recommend she take a vacation to Las Vegas to get him out of her mind. After Jack gets fired by his dad from the family business, he ends up in Vegas too. After a night of drinking, the two wake up the following morning to discover they have gotten married. One of them wins a $3 million jackpot - using the quarter of the other. Both want to end the marriage and keep the money. The unhappy pair tries to...
Author
Publisher
Mango
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Couples communication and relationship experts David Bulitt and Julie Bulitt share their relational knowledge in this book that may save your marriage. With stories and marriage help tested by real couples, learn how to survive and thrive after relationship and marriage fights, becoming parents, deaths, and other struggles.
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