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Douglas Sherbrooke, the Earl of Northcliffe, finds himself married to the wrong woman when he asks his cousin Tony to act as his proxy for his wedding to the beautiful Melissande Chambers, only to have Tony run off with the prospective bride and use the proxy to bind Douglas to Melissande's sister, Alexandra.
82) The great Gatsby
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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*LARGE PRINT EDITION*
"Leaves the reader in a mood of chastened wonder . . . A revelation of life . . . A work of art." —Los Angeles Times
Set in during the Roaring Twenties, this masterful story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is told through the eyes of Nick Carraway, a young man who moves to Long Island and attempts to learn the bond business in New York City after the war. There, he co-mingles on Long Island with his affluent...
"Leaves the reader in a mood of chastened wonder . . . A revelation of life . . . A work of art." —Los Angeles Times
Set in during the Roaring Twenties, this masterful story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is told through the eyes of Nick Carraway, a young man who moves to Long Island and attempts to learn the bond business in New York City after the war. There, he co-mingles on Long Island with his affluent...
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English
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Jim Cleve has been deemed, "a good guy" all of his life and it agitates him to no end. Even his girlfriend, Joan Randle has scorned him for this "weakness" shouting, "You haven't it in you even to be BAD!" Dejected and hurt, Jim abandons the life he has known for the gold mining camps along Alder Gulch in southern Montana. It is here, among the thieves and murderers, that he must make a new name for himself.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Unrated & theatrical versions.
Language
English
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The intern of a record company finds himself with both his dream job and biggest nightmare, when he is assigned to retrieve a British rock star and get him to his concert in time.
87) Undertow
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Publisher
Harlequin Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Unabridged.
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English
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An exhilarating debut novel that follows one woman's hunt for the truth when she realizes she might have married a killer They said her death was a tragic accident. And I believed them, until now. Carmen is happily married to Tom, although she knows she'll always live in the shadow of another womanthe mistress who ended his first marriage: Zena. Mercurial, mesmerizing, manipulative Zena a woman who, Carmen begins to discover, had the potential to...
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The Penderwicks volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.
90) Once there was
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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When fifteen-year-old Iranian American Marjan discovers her murdered father was secretly a veterinarian to magical creatures, she realizes she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers.
91) Cadillac Records
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ed.
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English
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Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer, Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James. Chess makes all of his artists part of his family and takes...
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Jason Bourne series volume 6
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English
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Jason Bourne, who returns to Georgetown University to live the normal life of David Webb, starts to feel restless and is asked by his mentor, Professor Specter, to help investigate the murder of a student by the Black Legion, a Muslim extremist sect, while an operative from Central Intelligence tries to track down and kill Bourne.
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Call the midwife trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2013], c2005
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
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English
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The second installment in the three-volume work that chronicles the author's life as a midwife in London's East End interweaves her own experiences with descriptions of the lives of the city's poorest citizens who grew up in the dismal workhouse.
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English
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Angélique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her aristocratic French mother. At eighteen she is her father's closest, most trusted child, schooled in managing their grand estate. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father...
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Shades of London volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"After her near-fatal run-in with the Jack the Ripper copycat, Rory Devereaux is back in London to help solve a new string of inexplicable deaths plaguing the city"--
96) Thief of fate
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Providence Falls volume 3
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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After changing the course of history when he stole Cora McLeod from her destined soulmate, Finley Walsh, in 1844, Liam O'Conner, desperately trying to make amends, has three months to restore the balance by reuniting Cora and Finn or pay the ultimate price.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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The timeless romance, soaring passion-and gorgeous men-of Scotland come to modern-day America. And, the rules of love will never be the same...
Isabel Buchanan is fiery, funny, and never at a loss for words. But, she is struck speechless when her mother returns from a trip to Scotland with a six-foot-tall, very handsome souvenir. Izzy's mother is so infatuated by the fellow that Izzy has to plan their annual Highland Games all by herself. Well, not...
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Bull Mountain volume 2
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English
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"Clayton Burroughs is a small-town Georgia sheriff, a new father, and, improbably, the heir apparent of Bull Mountain's most notorious criminal family. As he tries to juggle fatherhood, his job and his recovery from being shot in the confrontation that killed his two criminally-inclined brothers last year, he's doing all he can just to survive. Yet after years of carefully toeing the line between his life in law enforcement and his family, he finally...
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English
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The beloved author returns with a remarkable novel of both raw suspense and lyric beauty— the story of a lost pilot and a wartime photographer that will leave its mark on your soul.
In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on the Hawaiian island of Kauai to research a planned biography of forgotten aviation pioneer Sam Mallory, who joined the loyalist forces in the
100) How hard can it be?
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Kate Reddy novels volume 2
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English
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"Allison Pearson's brilliant debut novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, was a New York Times bestseller with four million copies sold around the world. Called "the definitive social comedy of working motherhood" (The Washington Post) and "a hysterical look--in both the laughing and crying senses of the world--at the life of Supermom" (The New York Times), I Don't Know How She Does It introduced Kate Reddy, a woman as sharp as she was funny. As Oprah...
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