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42) Blood of Zeus
Author
Series
Blood of Zeus volume 1
Publisher
Waterhouse Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An ancient grudge. A forbidden love. The only thing worse than being a demon is being a Valari. As an undergraduate at Los Angeles's Alameda University, Kara Valari can sometimes succeed at forgetting she's both. Lost between the pages of the classics and tucked into the shadows of lecture halls, she can dodge the paparazzi's lenses as well as her family's publicized dramas--not to mention their private expectations. She has one more year to feed...
44) The dying animal
Author
Series
Kepesh novels volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
45) Ever after
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Two people brought together by a horrific act are united in a common cause by the powers of the Silver Box. The two join to protect humanity from destruction by an alien race, the Laz, hell-bent on regaining control over the Silver Box, the most destructive and powerful tool in the universe. The Silver Box will stop at nothing to prevent its former master from returning to being, even if it means finishing the earth itself.
Two people struggle to...
48) The Bennet women
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Bennet House, the only all-women's dorm at prestigious Longbourn University, home to three close friends who are about to have an eventful year. EJ is an ambitious Black engineering student. Her best friend, Jamie, is a newly out trans woman studying French and theatre. Tessa is a Filipina astronomy major with guy trouble. For them, Bennet House is more than a residence--it's an oasis of feminism, femininity, and enlightenment. But as...
Author
Series
Ancient magus' bride volume 19
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Closing the book Philomela finally stops clasping her hands in passive prayer, and instead reaches them out for help. Meanwhile, Lizbeth gives in to blind obsession, merging with the forbidden Testament. Then a third, unexpected party joins the fray--a curse designed to kill a mother. All actors are in place on a chaotic stage, and when the goddess Morrígan finally makes her entrance, the story of one fraught family comes to an end."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Waterhouse Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Straitlaced freshman Zooey Cartwright arrives at UCLA determined to have a heck of a lot more fun in college than she did in high school. The first item on her agenda: losing her virginity. Where can Zooey find the right guy to do the deed and move along without a backward glance? At a party thrown by a bunch of football players, of course. After a make-out session with Tyler Caldwell, Zooey is determined never to see him again. But her schedule...
Author
Series
Ancient magus' bride volume 16
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Breaking point The stolen grimoire was thought long gone, but it turns out it's still hidden within the College. But why leave the stolen goods so close to the scene of the crime? The College alchemists are left scratching their heads in confusion. Meanwhile, weeks stuck in lockdown leave tempers short, and minor misunderstandings lead to major doubts. All it takes is one small incident for strings drawn tight to snap."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Aisling and Maya's connection is unexpected. Maya has recently returned to the University of Edinburgh for her second year, confident in her place there and in her first proper relationship with her childhood best friend, Ethan. Finally, she is one of them, those happy couples, self-satisfied in the knowledge that they are one half of something solid. Aisling is a first-year student from Ireland, ready to leave her controlling family behind. But...
54) Margot: a novel
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A moving portrait of a young woman's struggle to break free from her upper-class upbringing amid the whirlwind years of the sexual revolution"--
It's the mid-1950s and Margot Thornsen is growing up between a Park Avenue apartment in New York and her family's sumptuous Oyster Bay estate as the presumed heir to her late grandfather's steel fortune. Her domineering mother has charted a course for her--to forego education and marry well--but Margot...
Author
Series
Ancient magus' bride volume 17
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The reflection of a false god has manifested. Is it the Testament? Or is it still Philomela? The conglomeration that they've become seeks to leave the College, making for the banquet hall where the College faculty celebrates. Chise and Elias burst into a tense situation, and find themselves having to face off against both sides.--Back cover.
Author
Series
Ancient magus' bride volume 18
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Book of life...and death Chise becomes a dragon and swims through the earth's ley lines to reach the Sargant family house, Elias and the others in tow. Together they make their way to Philomela, but she's too corrupted by the Testament to hear their words. To save her, Chise must delve into Philomela's inner world. What does she find there? "The people who want to help can reach out their hands."--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Spanning 30 years of American history, from the twilight of Kennedy's Camelot to the days leading up to Bill Clinton's election, We Are All Good People Here explores the intimate and complex friendship between Eve Whalen and Daniella Strum. Eve, privileged child of an old Atlanta family, meets Daniella in the fall of 1962, on their first day at the all-girls Belmont College in Virginia, where the two are paired as roommates and become fast friends....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cadence 'Cady' Archer arrives on Harvard's campus searching for answers about her brother, a schizophrenic genius who leapt from his dorm room window the year before. Eric's brilliance overshadowed Cady growing up, but she worshipped and adored him--even as he became more unstable, retreating deeper into his secretive work on multidimensional spacetime and isolating himself from everyone around him. Losing Eric has left a black hole in Cady's life,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Charlie Lovett first delighted readers with his New York Times bestselling debut, The Bookman{u2019}s Tale. Now, Lovett weaves another brilliantly imagined mystery, this time featuring one of English literature{u2019}s most popular and beloved authors: Jane Austen. Book lover and Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has recently taken a job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure book: the...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier's college year abroad in postwar Paris, an intimate and electrifying story of love and betrayal, and the coming-of-age of an American icon - before the world knew her as Jackie"--
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