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Tales of the city volume 1
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A naive young secretary forsakes Cleveland for San Francisco, tumbling headlong into a brave new world of laundromat lotharios and cutthroat debutantes.
The story of the residents of an apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane in San Francisco.
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Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now on the run. The Mafia, the cops, the FBI all want him dead or in prison. With his little boy, his elderly father and the tattered remnants of his loyal crew of soldiers, he makes the classic American migration to California to start a new life. A quiet, peaceful existence. But the Feds track him down and want Danny to do them a favor that...
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Tales of the city volume 10
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2024.
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"The long-awaited tenth novel in Maupin's beloved and bestselling Tales of the City series, Mona of the Manor follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey--now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in the Cotswolds--and her fabulous butler-slash-adopted-son Wilfred, as they work to help an American visitor who has gotten herself in trouble"--
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"5 stars!!! Smart, funny, sexy and all around wonderful!" -Book Babes Unite Blog
"Such a fun read! A quirky, nerdy, shy girl and a sexy, hot alpha male." -Goodreads reviewer
There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris: 1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her more
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Tales of the city volume 9
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2014.
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270 pages ; 24 cm.
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Follows ninety-two-year-old Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, as she joins her former tenant Brian on a road trip to Nevada where she attends to unfinished business she has long avoided.
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Tales of the city volume 8
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HarperCollins
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c2010
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287 p. ; 24 cm.
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After suffering personal calamities in New York, Mary Ann Singleton moves back to San Francisco after being gone for twenty years and begins to slowly rebuild her life, only to confront fresh terrors when her past comes back to haunt her.
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After everything she's been through, Layla and her friends finally face off against the Rat King, but will her mother, the fearsome Lilith, help or hinder her in her fight to stay in control of her own body?
Layla is in terrible danger, but also wields a terrible power, one that with the right catalyst… could have cataclysmic results.
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"Tasha Spillet's graphic-novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, resilience, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan's Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape - they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay with...
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What do a cynical former Marine and a sheltered former Olympic contender have in common?
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
He has a girlfriend and she's never been kissed.
He's sullenly sarcastic and she's earnestly empathetic.
He can't stop thinking about her.
She knows she should keep her distance.
Nevertheless, when opposites attract, the results may be unexpected, but they're also undeniably magnetic.
Ninja at First Sight is book #4.75 in the Knitting...
10) Storm Damage
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Mindy May Millner is the new Storm Queen. Along with her singing partner, Tiger Lilly, they push their new Storm Band to major successes, just as outside forces seek to destroy their relationship. With the Red Queen gone, Mindy May struggles to keep the Storm Band together. It doesn't work. There was only one Red Storm and Mindy will never take her place. According to some. But others are willing to follow a new leader, including Lilly Jones. So,...
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Lilly Kayla Jones, the last Storm, Red Storm's little princess, is utterly alone after heartbreaking death and destruction. The nagging question in the back of her mind is; why isn't she dead too? Tiger Lilly, the Storm Princess, is on the verge of suicide. Her queen is gone. Her lover is gone. The strong guidance she has come to depend upon from the people she grew up with has been destroyed. Her music is abysmal and her stage performances inferior....
12) Storm Clouds
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The continuing story of Pop Queen Amanda Red Storm. She nurtures two new pop princesses in her band, Storm Works, advancing her band and their popularity to new heights. But her Godfather's drug wars exact an extreme price. Red Storm has overcome personal tragedy and setbacks to her career since revealing her relationship with a major New York crime family. And she has fought to regain her sanity after a deep loss that left her on the edge of darkness....
13) Red Storm
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The story of a popular Pop Queen with mob DNA. When she seeks help from her Godfather, the truth is revealed to the public and dangerous and deadly events take over the lives of Red Storm and her band. The colorful piano playing lead singer of Storm Works, Red Storm, takes her multi-talented band and dance troupe to sold out venues up and down the East Coast. The singer / composer has a well deserved reputation for perfection that has propelled their...
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Tasha Spillett's graphic novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, colonialism, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape – they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay...
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Dez and Miikwan's stories continue in this sequel to Surviving the City.
Dez's grandmother has passed away. Grieving, and with nowhere else to go, she's living in a group home. On top of everything else, Dez is navigating a new relationship and coming into her identity as a Two-Spirit person.
Miikwan is crushing on the school's new kid Riel, but doesn't really understand what Dez is going through. Will she learn how to be a supportive ally to...
16) Guards! Guards!
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Discworld volume 8
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This is where the dragons went. They lie . . . not dead, not asleep, but . . . dormant. And although the space they occupy isn't like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines were huge and scaly. And presumably, somewhere, there's a key . . . A night-time prowler is turning the inhabitants of Ankh-Morpork, the greatest city in Discworld, into something resembling...
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Eighteen years is a long time to sleep when there's an evil faerie attacking your city. But Sophie Garcia didn't have a choice-and now that she's awake, she has even bigger problems. Her magic has been locked out of her reach by the same curse that sent her to sleep, and no one she knows is left alive in the city.
Joyce Mandel doesn't know she's working for a powerful magical being. She doesn't even know magic exists until Sophie comes knocking on...
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Knitting in the city (Penny Reid) volume 2
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There are three things you need to know about Elizabeth Finney: 1) She suffers from severe sarcastic syndrome, especially when she's unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her like Nico Manganiello, and 3) She knows how to knit.
Elizabeth Finney is almost always right about everything: the musical merits of boy bands are undervalued by society, "benefits" with human Ken dolls are better without friendship, and the sun has set on her once-in-a-lifetime chance...
19) Seducing Austin
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Does what she hides make her innocent? What she reveals makes her guilty? When the truth lies somewhere in between, it can get us both killed.
As a Texas ranger, it is my obligation to uphold the law, but the day I laid eyes on her, I knew that she'd be trouble. Savin' her awakened somethin' inside that I haven't felt since the day my wife died. I want to love again, but this frustrating, gorgeous woman is hidin' something.
*This novel contains...
20) The Guardians
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Lost in the City is a romantic mystery in which DJ and Maggie find themselves separated from Bill and Paula? Not knowing what is ahead of them, they are led into the abandoned part of a large city. With only the impression that somewhere in the city there is a soul that needs their help, what they discover will change not only their lives, but those they come into contact with. In this adventure DJ and Maggie will meet new friends and face perilous...
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