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41) The proposal
Author
Series
Survivors' Club septet volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Believing her romantic prospects are over after losing her husband in an accident and suffering a fall that leaves her with a limp, young Lady Gwendoline strives to be happy for others and finds an unexpected second chance at love.
42) Howards End
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A story about class divisions in Edwardian England, and the tragic series of events that occurs when two impulsive middle-class sisters become involved with a working class couple and a wealthy family.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
342 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Seventeen-year-old heiress Averie Winston travels with her guardian to faraway Chiarrin, a country her father's army has occupied, and once she arrives and is reunited with her fiance, she discovers that her notions about politics, propriety, the military, and even her intended have changed.
45) Alice Adams
Author
Formats
Description
"Alice Adams, the daughter of middle-class parents, wants desperately to belong with the people of "high society" who live in her town. Ultimately, her ambitions are tempered by the realities of her situation, which she learns to accept with grace and style. Alice's resiliency of spirit makes her one of Booth Tarkington's most compelling characters."--Amazon.com.
46) The Elite
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen
Formats
Description
"Sixteen-year-old America Singer is one of only six girls still competing in the Selection--but before she can fight to win Prince Maxon and the Illean crown, she must decide where her own heart truly lies"--
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1975
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Lovely Ellen Kellaway was rescued from a bleak future by her newly discovered guardian, Jago Kellaway, Lord of the Far Island, off the wild coast of Cornwall. There, Ellen was drawn deeper and deeper into the secrets of a past as alive and threatening as the present. There Jago offered her the fabled Island Necklace worn by the mistresses of Kellaway Castle. But was it a promise of happiness--or a dark symbol of death?
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 195 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"I've been waiting for this book for a long time. Well, not this book, because I never imagined that the book I was waiting for would be so devastatingly smart and funny, so consistently entertaining and unflinchingly on target. In fact, I would like to have written it myself - if, that is, I had lived Linda Tirado's life and extracted all the hard lessons she has learned. I am the author of Nickel and Dimed, which tells the story of my own brief...
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During her duties as a lady's companion, Emily meets her employer's nephew, Lord James Walderhurst. Accepting his marriage proposal, Emily finds solace in the company of Walderhurst's nephew and his glamorous wife, after Lord James leaves to rejoin his regiment. Emily, alone with the Osborns, increasingly comes under their control. She begins to fear for her life.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2015
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (505 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family and dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
51) Alebrijes
Author
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts as he tries to save hissister and fellow Cascabeles from the oppressive regime.
52) Devdas
Publisher
Diaphana Edition Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Devdas shared a magnetic childhood with his lovely playmate, Paro. They had a special relationship, which evolves into love, but was still unspoken. Devdas is sent away for studies by his parents and subsequent events lead to Paro being married to someone else. A shattered Devdas turns to alcohol and the devotion of a beautiful courtesan, Chandramukhi.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018
Formats
Description
Journalist Beth Macy's definitive account of America's opioid epidemic "masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference" (New York Times) — from the boardroom to the courtroom and into the living rooms of Americans.
In this extraordinary work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of a national drama that has unfolded over two decades....
In this extraordinary work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of a national drama that has unfolded over two decades....
54) The pledge
Author
Series
Pledge trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
323 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
In a dystopian kingdom where the classes are separated by the languages they speak, Charlaina "Charlie" Hart has a secret gift that is revealed when she meets a mysterious young man named Max.
Author
Series
Clifton Chronicles volume 4
Description
"Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the...
Author
Description
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and...
Author
Series
Nubia volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
As Zuberi, Uzochi, and Lencho learn to control their supernatural abilities, an ancient force is on the hunt for power, and it will not stop until all of Tri-State East is under its control.
Author
Series
We set the dark on fire volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In this nail-biting sequel to Tehlor Kay Mejia's critically acclaimed fantasy novel We Set the Dark on Fire, Perfect for fans of The Handmaid's Tale and Anna-Marie McLemore.Being a part of the resistance group La Voz is an act of devotion and desperation. On the other side of Medio's border wall, the oppressed class fights for freedom and liberty, sacrificing what little they have to become defenders of the cause. Carmen Santos is one of La Voz's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xiv, 285 pages ; 22 cm
Description
A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, that follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.
60) 96 minutes
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The intense story of four lives slammed together after a terrifying carjacking. The story intercuts between a carjacking and the separate stories of four young people, Carley, Dre, Lena, and Kevin. Their worlds are starkly divided along class lines, but they end up in the same car on this fateful night.
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