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1) Pulse
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Series
Collide volume 2
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
426 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
From the New York Times bestselling indie author, the conclusion to the sexy contemporary romance that began in Collide, about a woman torn between her seemingly perfect boyfriend and a dark, mysterious stranger. "Do you know how scary it is to want something so bad you're willing to change your whole life for it?" Emily Cooper is ready to risk everything to be with the man who has consumed her thoughts and dreams since the fateful day they met. Unraveling...
2) Young skins
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Enter the small, rural town of Glanbeigh, a place whose fate took a downturn with the Celtic Tiger, a desolate spot where buffoonery and tension simmer and erupt, and booze-sodden boredom fills the corners of every pub and nightclub. Here and in the towns beyond, the young live hard and wear the scars. Amongst them, there's jilted Jimmy, whose best friend, Tug, is the terror of the town and Jimmy's sole company in his search for the missing Clancy...
3) Obsessed
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When a killer becomes obsessed with his oldest daughter, Detective Michael Bennett will do anything to keep his family safe as he races against time to crack this superstitious killer's code.
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Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
476 pages 23 cm
Description
Una historia para reir, llorar y reconciliarse con la vida Sin nada que perder y todo por ganar, Rita Racons emprende el que sera el viaje de su vida. Animada por su abuela, decide coger un avion y trasladarse a Estados Unidos para trabajar como au-pair y aprender ingles. El azar la llevara a la casa de los Bookland, en Atlanta, donde cuidara de los tres hijos de la familia durante un ano entero. Los Bookland lo son todo menos la tipica familia americana....
Author
Publisher
Multnomah
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xvii, 202 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Before You Meet Your Future Husband focuses on three areas in which a young woman needs to mature before she's ready for marriage-her head, her heart, and her generosity to others. With a focus on praying for her own growth and understanding, this book leads teen and young adult readers through the steps they need to take to create a healthy relationship and lay the foundation for a satisfying future"--
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Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
133 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Yayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino. No one understands her aunt's unusual lifestyle. For as long as Yayoi can remember, Yukino has lived alone in an old gloomy single-family home, quietly, almost...
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Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted...
8) Kairos
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Pub. Date
2023.
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Jenny Erpenbeck (the author of Go, Went, Gone and Visitation) is an epic storyteller and arguably the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature. Erpenbeck's new novel Kairos-an unforgettably compelling masterpiece tells the story of the romance begun in East Berlin at the end of the 1980s when nineteen-year-old Katharina meets by chance a married writer in his fifties named Hans. Their passionate yet difficult long-running affair takes...
9) The epic mentor guide: insider advice for girls eyeing the workforce from 180 boss women who know
Author
Publisher
Forefront Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xv, 180 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Answering girls' questions from around the globe about diversity and inclusion, raising hands, speaking up, and standing out, The Epic Mentor Guide is your early inside track to the work world. Created by Illana Raia, founder of the mentorship platform AEtre, and featuring women who remember what it felt like to take that first step on their career path, this book is for every girl building a future"--
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
398 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Fleeing to the U.S. border, Sitlati finds a conch shell detailed with ancient markings that connects her to Calizto, a young Aztec warrior in 1521 Tenochtitlan, and together they fight to survive--and for their love--across centuries.
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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After a series of go-nowhere jobs in the New York publishing world, Harper Cruz is broke, lonely, and desperate for a salary that won't leave her scrambling to make rent each month. So when she stumbles across a job posting from an influencer offering triple her last paycheck, she automatically submits her résumé. Harper may not be familiar with self-help guru Charlotte Green, but her relentless optimism and charismatic can-do spirit has created...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"This eye-opening memoir tells the story of a young girl's life in Syria, her family's wrenching decision to leave their home, and the upheaval of life in a refugee camp. Though her life had utterly changed, one thing remained the same. She knew that education was the key to a better future--for herself, and so that she could help her country. She went from tent to tent in the camp, trying to convince other kids, especially girls, to come to school....
13) Palazzo: a novel
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"A captivating new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of America's favorite storytellers. After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family's haute couture Italian leather brand. While navigating the challenges of running a company at twenty-three, Cosima must also maintain the four-hundred-year-old family palazzo in Venice and care for her...
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
274 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
As she works her way from defiant teenager to reluctant career girl, growing older, & getting smarter, Jane maneuvers her way through love, sex relationships, & the occasional perils of the workplace. She reluctantly succumbs to the questionable advice offered in a pop-psych book entitled, How to Meet & Marry Mr. Right. Accompanied at every turn by the ear-whispering authors (who bear an uncanny resemblance to two popular, hateful high school acquaintances)...
15) Poser
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Wallflower Lennon Gates yearns for access to the inner sanctum of the underground music scene in Columbus, Ohio. When she creates a podcast to interview the local artists she adores, Lennon discovers her musical ambitions, develops a fast friendship with the striking, confident performer Bobbi Kitten, and in the process creates an identity not wholly her own. Soon, Lennon's aspirations, with some constructive coaxing from Bobbi to find her voice,...
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Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"In 1896, three best friends--Tirzah, Sophia and Polly--who are leading very different lives after boarding school share their dreams, hopes, frustrations and romances through a series of letters as they search for happiness and love near the dawn of the Edwardian era"--
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"We didn't call the police right away." Those are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing. Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything--which is why she isn't initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don't return from a walk in a nearby...
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Series
Diary of a confused feminist volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
380 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"At fifteen, Kat Evans is still sorting it all out, and that includes being a good feminist (and, by extension, a good human). She promises herself that this school year, she'll be making changes to her life that will make her less of a walking disaster, like: 1) keeping her diary every day as all the top journalists and writers do; 2) stop obsessing over her crush Hot Josh because she doesn't need a man to complete her; 3) stop stalking said Hot...
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Publisher
Duomo Ediciones
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
346 pages : plans, genealogical table ; 22 cm
Description
"Doce dias. Doce pistas. Que empiece el juego. Desde que su madre murio, hace 21 anos, Lily Armitage no habia regresado a la mansion familiar, hasta que recibe una invitacion de su tia para volver a participar en la tradicion de su familia: el juego de Navidad. Cual es el reto? Descifrar doce pistas y encontrar doce llaves junto a sus primos y parientes. Este ano el premio es mucho mas tentador, ya que consiste en la escritura de la casa. Son doce...
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"When Malala was fifteen years old, she was attacked by the Taliban for defending girls' rights to education. She survived and recovered to become a world leader in education rights. In 2014, at the age of seventeen, she was the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This is her acceptance speech, in which Malala tells her story -- the story of 66 million girls around the world deprived of education. Malala entreats her fellow children...
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