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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Forced into a humbler life with relatives in Ireland after the sudden death of her father, spoiled sixteen-year-old Tamara Goodwin discovers a diary of future entries written in her handwriting that she hopes will reveal the truth about her mother's troubling health.
Author
Series
Michael Bennett mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Detective Michael Bennett and FBI Abduction Specialist Emily Parker reluctantly team up to stop a killer targeting not only the children of New York's wealthiest families--but the entire city of New York.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Young, beautiful, and privileged, Thea Atwell lives on a sprawling ranch in Florida. She loves her twin brother, her parents, and, most of all, her horses. But while she intuitively understands the equestrian life, social isolation and unusual family dynamics have left her confused. She yields to her youthful desires and ends up in trouble with a boy, with disastrous consequences that compel her parents to send her to a horse camp for girls in the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a hedge fund billionaire hires Stone Barrington to talk some sense into his wayward son, it seems like an easy enough job; no one knows the hidden sins and temptations of the ultra-wealthy better than Stone. But as Stone and his erstwhile protege, Herbie Fisher, probe deeper into the case--and an old one comes back to haunt him---he realizes that even he may have underestimated just how far some people will go to cover up their crimes...and plan...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A memoir of a city, an industry, and a dynasty in decline, and the story of a young artist's struggle to find her way out of the ruins. Frances Stroh's earliest memories are ones of great privilege: shopping trips to London and New York, lunches served by black-tied waiters at the Regency Hotel, and a house filled with precious antiques, which she was forbidden to touch. Established in Detroit in 1850, by 1984 the Stroh Brewing Company had become...
Author
Series
Heirs of Acadia volume 3
Publisher
BethanyHouse
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Historical drama and romance set in Venice and the English countryside of the 1800s. Two lives become intertwined despite the burdens of their past. A place that once seemed only a dreaded detour becomes a sacred venue for the unveiling of God's Providence"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Eloise (Kay Thompson) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of Eloise, a city child who lives in the Plaza Hotel. Includes a scrapbook with photos, drawings, and the story Kay Thompson and how Eloise came to be written.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Draws on first-person interviews and other primary sources to trace the life and infamous 1973 abduction of the Getty Oil founder's grandson, offering insight into J. Paul Getty III's questionable social life, his family's abandonment and the audacious increasing random demanded by the kidnappers.
Author
Publisher
Suma de letras
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
"En el verano de 1940 Vivian Morris llega a Manhattan con 19 años y tan solo una maleta y una máquina de coser, empujada por sus desesperados padres. Aunque su especial talento con la aguja y su dedicación a lograr el peinado perfecto no le han servido de gran cosa en la prestigiosa universidad de Vassar, la convertirán en la modista estrella del Lily Playhouse, el decadente teatro de variedades de su poco convencional tía Peg. Los días en Nueva...
Author
Publisher
Random House Inc
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Vastly entertaining and outright hilarious, Paul Murray’s debut heralds the arrival of a major new Irish talent. His protagonist is endearing and wildly witty–part P. G. Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster, with a cantankerous dash of A Confederacy of Dunces’ Ignatius J. Reilly thrown in. With its rollicking plot and colorful characters, An Evening of Long Goodbyes is a delightful and erudite comedy of epic proportions. Charles Hythloday observes...
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