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1441) The sculptor
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition 2015.
Language
English
Description
"David Smith is giving his life for his art--literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love of his life at the 11th hour isn't making it any easier! This is a story of desire taken to the edge of reason and beyond; of the frantic, clumsy dance...
Author
Series
Bookmobile cat mystery volume 10
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Late March is prime reading weather in the small northern Michigan town of Chilson. Though snowfall and cloudy skies deter outdoor activities, life inside the bookmobile is warm and cheerful. But as Minnie and Eddie are making the rounds to deliver comforting reads, they see something strange: loyal bookmobile patron Ryan Anderson making a sudden u-turn and speeding away. When Minnie discovers the police want to question Ryan about a bank robbery...
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First Free Press paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, and although previously there have been competent scholarly translations of it, until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed translator Stephen Mitchell's lithe, muscular rendering allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is. His insightful...
1445) El estudiante
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edición en B de Bolsillo: noviembre de 2020.
Language
Español
Description
El autor de El Psicoanalista vuelve a deslumbrarnos con otra historia de suspense dotada de una trama impecable y un ritmo frenético, cuyos personajes caminan sobre el filo de la navaja de comienzo a fin. El fruto de la venganza es más venganza. Mientras intenta mantenerse alejado del alcohol, Timothy Moth Warner alterna sus clases de posgrado en la Universidad de Miami con las reuniones de un grupo de autoayuda para adictos. Su tío Ed, médico...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Cara faces a bittersweet Christmas since her mother's passing. Flying to Oklahoma, she meets country singer Heath, facing a tough holiday too since his father's death. He doesn't acknowledge his fame, so Cara fels duped when two attractive women rush him. As weather keeps thwarting their way, Cara and Heath share their losses, and as they head toward their separate Christmases, they grow close. But when Cara sees a tabloid linking Heath with a...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"La casa de los ángeles rotos es una saga familiar épica, encabezada por el patriarca Angelote, que transcurre durante la última fiesta de cumpleaños que este celebra en su casa de San Diego con ocasión de su inminente muerte a manos de un cáncer letal. Pero cuando la madre de Angelote, mamá America, fallece en fechas cercanas a la fiesta, este debe organizar también su funeral y decide celebrar dos actos familiares en el mismo fin...
1448) Heist
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
De Ariana Godoy, la autora de A través de mi ventana. Un éxito imparable que ya ha cautivado a millones de lectores y que será adaptado a película próximamente por Netflix. Si te gustó A través de mi ventana, te volverás adicto al magnetismo que se respira entre los protagonistas, Heist y Leigh. Misterios, secretos y una tensión entre los protagonistas que te mantendrá en vilo. Un éxito en Wattpad ya disponible en papel. El...
1449) Dos vidas para Lydia
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"La vida de Lydia da un vuelco cuando Freddie, su alma gemela y su pareja desde hace más de diez años, muere. Lydia sabe que Freddie habría querido que siguiera adelante y viviera al máximo, así que, con la ayuda de su mejor amigo, Jonah, y su hermana, Elle, decide abrirse de nuevo al mundo (y tal vez, al amor). Pero entonces sucede algo increíble: Lydia tiene la oportunidad de volver atrás y seguir viviendo junto a Freddie. La elección...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"'Leaving home' brings together three previously published short pieces, each dealing with a variation on the theme of leaving home. The first, "Weights and measures," deals with the tragic loss of a child; the second is a non-fiction letter Picoult wrote to her eldest son as he left for college; and "Ritz" tells the story of a mother who takes the vacation all mothers need sometime" -- from container.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
"'Leaving home' brings together three previously published short pieces, each dealing with a variation on the theme of leaving home. The first, "Weights and measures," deals with the tragic loss of a child; the second is a non-fiction letter Picoult wrote to her eldest son as he left for college; and "Ritz" tells the story of a mother who takes the vacation all mothers need sometime" -- from container.
1452) Oshi no ko: 2
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ten years after the murder of pop idol Ai Hoshino, her young (and unusually mature) twins are now poised to enter high school. While her death has had a profound effect on the children, it's manifested in polar-opposite ways. Ruby is determined to follow in her mother's footsteps and become an idol, but Aqua has no desire to stand in the spotlight. Instead, he works behind the scenes in the entertainment industry, all while harboring an ulterior...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother's murder, he's not completely convinced by her claim that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street-smart, and wise beyond her years, left to care for her younger siblings and an alcoholic grandmother in a dilapidated apartment in South Boston. But her need for closure and her determination to make things right hit Spenser where he lives,...
1454) Oshi no ko: 3
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Language
English
Description
"Now attending in a high school with a program for aspiring performers, Ruby sees her classmates already nabbing roles and starts to feel the pressure: It's time to start her idol career! Meanwhile, Aqua lands a spot in a reality show. What does it mean to be "real" in the entertainment world, where lies are like weapons?"--
1456) Oshi no ko: [1]
Author
Series
[Oshi no ko] volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Language
English
Description
"Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who's in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he's about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol's greatest weapon in this outrageous manga from Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum's Wish)"--
1457) Mother nature
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After witnessing her engineer father die in mysterious circumstances on one of the Cobalt Corporation's experimental oil extraction projects, Nova Terrell has grown up to hate the seemingly benevolent company that the town of Catch Creek, New Mexico, relies on for its livelihood and, thanks to the "Mother Nature" project, its clean water. Haunted by her father's death, the rebellious Nova wages a campaign of sabotage and vandalism on the oil giant's...
1458) Eden in winte
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death of his father on the island of Martha's Vineyard, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's will to suture the deep wounds the tragedy has inflicted upon his family and himself. As the court inquest into Benjamin Blaine's death casts suspicions on those closest to him, Adam struggles to protect them from those who still suspect that his father was murdered by one of his kin.
1459) Level 2
Author
Series
Memory chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Felicia Ward is dead and spending her time in the hive reliving her happy memories--but when Julian, a dark memory from her past, breaks into the hive and demands that she come with him, she discovers that even the afterlife is more complicated and dangerous then she dreamed.
1460) The protégé
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Having survived his rise to Chairman of Everest Capital, the world's largest private equity firm, and the ferocious attempts on his life that ensued, Christian Gillette finally seems safely perched atop the financial industry. David Wright, a young ambitious deal maker, reminds Gillette of himself just a few years back, and he's drawn to the thought of teaching him the ups and downs of the industry. But everything comes to a screeching halt when a...
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