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"When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In Class, Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn't...
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Samphire School volume 3
Publisher
The Judaica Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Time to take flight ... As Sherry and her friends finish their last year of school and head out into the adult world, the challenges they face are more real than ever. Will they rise to overcome them, or will they falter? Join the girls as they learn that you don't need to walk to stand tall ... and you don't need wings to fly. Flying Higher is part of the riveting Samphire School Series, about a spirited group of girls away at boarding school in...
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Greenhaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"While historically a college degree was considered a useful tool for economic and professional advancement, the rising cost of college tuition and the student loan crisis that has resulted from it have caused some to question whether higher education is worth the price. This volume considers a wide range of viewpoints on the role higher education plays in society, the economic variables that determine whether or not a college degree is worthwhile,...
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BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In Apprentice Nation, education and workforce expert Ryan Craig explores how a modern apprenticeship system will allow students and job seekers to jumpstart their careers by learning while they earn - ultimately leading to greater economic opportunity, workforce diversity, and geographic mobility"--
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"Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle...
7) Reign
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American royals volume 4
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English
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In an alternate America, Beatrice, Samantha, and Jefferson struggle to determine what they really want and how much it is worth when weighed against the crown.
America's royal family is in shambles. Queen Beatrice is in a coma and Princess Samantha has gone missing--from the look of things, she ran away with her boyfriend, Lord Marshall Davis. Which means that Prince Jefferson is currently on the throne. For some in America, it's exactly what they...
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"For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family that captivated the nation on TLC's hit show 19 Kids and Counting. Jill Duggar and her husband Derick are finally ready to share their story, revealing the secrets, manipulation, and intimidation behind the show that remained hidden from their fans. Jill and Derick knew a normal life wasn't possible for them. As a star on the popular TLC reality show...
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"Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide some comforts, including a box at the Drury Lane theater, owned by the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Abigail has always found respite at the theater, away from the town's judgmental stares and the risks of her own secret work to help the cause of abolition--and her fears that someone from her past...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire, the harrowing and ultimately triumphant tale of a Jewish WWII assassin turned Hollywood star. In 2005, Siena Hayes is Hollywood's latest It Girl, but she has her sights set higher than the screen, she wants to be behind the camera. So when Siena meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous actor from decades past, Siena sees her big break. Siena wants to direct Lena's biopic-but...
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PublicAffairs
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English
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"Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable...
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Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Dylan Truman, aka "Lady Justice," a revenge-for-higher vigilante who works for mostly female clientele takes on a fraud complaint against a pharmaceutical CEO, who happened to assault her sister years ago and got away with it until now.
13) A game of lies
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Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they'd ever imagined, and they're trapped. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched...
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Blackstone Publishing
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English
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Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn't be higher.o one seems to give a damn about it. Duffy begins to dig and uncovers a disturbing underground of men who seem to know her very...
15) Homeward bound
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The Trepid trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Israel Bookshop Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
16) Random
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Two weeks before his twenty-first birthday, Las Vegas native Bobby Ingersoll finds out he's inherited a crushing gambling debt from his scumbag father. The debt is owed to an even scummier bag named Fraser Ruphart who oversees his bottom-rung criminal empire from the classy-adjacent Trump International Hotel. Bobby's prospects of paying off the note, which comes due the day he turns twenty-one, are about as dim as the sign on the tower's façade....
17) Rivers of wrath
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Cullen's Celtic Cabaret volume 3
Publisher
Gold Harp Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Set against the backdrop of a relentless war for Ireland's freedom, the stakes are higher than ever for Peter Cullen and his troupe as they try to stay out of the conflict. But as they soon discover, that's a luxury nobody can afford. As well as fighting the forces of occupation, some people are using this time of chaos to settle old scores, and it seems the cabaret has gathered some sinister enemies. With danger lurking around every corner, Peter...
18) The dead years
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Cory and Crystal Pratt novels volume 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Siblings Cory and Crystal Pratt are still trying to get their lives together after a tragic accident which killed their parents years ago. The only thing that distracts them now is their jobs. With Crystal working as a newly minted detective at the Chicago Police Department and Cory owning a dog training academy with two human remains detection dogs of his own, their professional paths cross every now and then. Crime, and especially murder, in Chicago...
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Editorial Sirio, S.A
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"A menudo nos sentimos arrastrados por las circunstancias o por la negatividad de los demás. Creemos que carecemos de control sobre los factores que nos afectan y nos impiden desarrollar nuestro verdadero yo. Pero, según Lalah Delia, albergamos más poder del que imaginamos. Por ello, te anima a ti -- lector o lectora -- a que escuches tu voz interior única y a que confíes en tu instinto. En el momento en que lo hagas, empezarás a experimentar...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"The One Truth is that our state of mind, the thoughts we think, the words we say, the life we live, the power we have and everything we experience is ultimately influenced by oneness and separateness. As you learn about the unseen forces that lower your state of mind, separate and weaken you and the hidden power that elevates your mind, unites and strengthens you, you'll see life through a new lens, think with more clarity, confidence and act at...