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[2015]
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An impoverished nineteenth-century woman's coming of age and struggles against injustice are placed against a backdrop of the growing influence of Charles Dickens and shaped by an enamored young man, a scheming coal baron, a friendly dwarf, and an unconventional philanthropist.
1483) Christy
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
A young teacher goes to the Blue Ridge Mountains to teach the impoverished rural children of the region.
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Pub. Date
2012.
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The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere...
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2020.
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"The Mayan God of Death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather's house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the...
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2015.
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"Praised by Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people," Middlemarch offers remarkably modern psychological insights. George Eliot's splendidly plotted tale unfolds in an English town of the 1830s, where memorable residents include an idealistic young woman, an ambitious doctor, and a financier with a secret past"--
"Splendidly plotted tale, set in 1830s England, recounts incidents of love, death, betrayal, and redemption...
1489) A map to the sun
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"A gripping YA graphic novel about five principle players in a struggling girls' basketball team. During their first season, this diverse and endearing group of teens are challenged in ways that make them reevaluate just who and how they trust."--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
c2004.
Description
Katchoo is a beautiful young woman living a quiet life with everything going for her. She's smart, independent and very much in love with her best friend, Francine. Then Katchoo meets David, a gentle but persistent young man who is determined to win Katchoo's heart. The resulting love triangle is a touching comedy of romantic errors until Katchoo's former employer comes looking for her and $850,000 in missing mob money. As her idyllic life begins...
1492) Sense and sensibility
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Description
When Elinor Dashwood's father dies, her family's finances are crippled. After the Dashwoods move to a cottage in Devonshire, Elinor's sister Marianne is torn between the handsome John Willoughby and the older Colonel Brandon. Meanwhile, Elinor's romantic hopes with Edward Ferrars are hindered due to his prior engagement. Both Elinor and Marianne strive for love while the circumstances in their lives constantly change.
1494) Idol dreams: 1
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"At age 31, office worker Chikage Deguchi feels she missed her chance at love and success. When word gets out that she's a virgin, Chikage is humiliated and wishes she could return to the time when she was still young and popular. She takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to when she was 15. Now [she] is determined to pursue everything she missed out on all those years ago-- including becoming a star!"--Page 4 of cover.
1495) Tyranny
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Anna records her struggles with anorexia--which she personifies as Tyranny, her tormentor--in her journal, and describes her efforts to overcome her deadly enemy through strength of character.
1496) Nana: vol. 4
Author
Series
Nana volume 4
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
With her own life falling apart around her, Nana K. seizes onto a juicy piece of gossip about Nana O.'s past love life to keep her mind off her own problems. Will playing cupid for her friend get her any closer to her own happy ending?
1497) Nana: vol. 6
Author
Series
Nana volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Nana Osaki's band Blast is taking off in a big way.
1498) Vei: Volume 1
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"She trained her whole life to become the strongest warrior of Jotunheim and the beloved champion of her gods. But nothing prepared her for betrayal. Exiled from Jotunheim, Vei is forced to strike a deal with treacherous Vikings from Midgard. She returns home looking for answers, only to find herself caught in the Meistarileikir, a bloody game played between the giants of Jotunheim and the gods of Asgard to determine who has the right to rule Midgard....
1499) Is love the answer?
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identity as aromantic asexual. When it comes to love, high schooler Chika wonders if she might be an alien. She's never fallen for or even had a crush on anyone, and she has no desire for physical intimacy. Her friends tell her that she just 'hasn't met the one yet,' but Chika has doubts...It's only when Chika enters college and meets peers like herself that...
Author
Series
Passenger novels volume 2
Pub. Date
c2022.
Description
"Told entirely through the transcripts of the narrator's psychiatric sessions, this intimate portrait of grief and longing follows twenty-year-old Alicia Western as she, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, contemplates the nature of madness, her hallucinations and her own existence in 1972 Black River Falls, Wisconsin"--
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