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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (6 hr., 17 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Mr Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in." -Evelyn Waugh
"Wodehouse is one of the funniest and most productive men who ever wrote in English. He is far from being a mere jokesmith: he is an authentic craftsman, a wit and humorist of the first water, the inventor of a prose style which is a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
472 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Three twenty-something women, one hot rich guy, two mega movie stars, and a devastating murder: Poor Little Bitch Girl has it all. Denver Jones is a hotshot twenty-something attorney working in L.A. Carolyn Henderson is personal assistant to a powerful and very married Senator in Washington with whom she is having an affair. And Annabelle Maestro-daughter of two movie stars-has carved out a career for herself in New York as the madame of choice for...
83) Thoroughbreds
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 92 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems -- no matter what the cost.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 735 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
After the events of The Revolution of Marina M., the young Marina Makarova finds herself on her own amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War---pregnant and adrift in the Russian countryside, forced onto her own resourcefulness to find a place to wait out the birth of her child. She finds new strength and self-reliance to fortify her in her sojourn, and to prepare her for the hardships and dilemmas still to come. When she finally returns to Petrograd,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 292 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Some corpses lie undisturbed longer than others. But when Emily discovers a body hidden in plain sight amongst the ruins of Pompeii, she sets in motion a deadly chain of events that ties her future to the fate of a woman whose story had been lost for nearly two thousand years. Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves, have accompanied her dear friend Ivy Brandon on a trip to Pompeii. When they uncover a corpse and the police dismiss the murder as...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
St. Martin's Paperbacks edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A rumored pirate and the scurrilous black sheep of his well-to-do family, Cade Cavendish relishes his world of rebellion, deception, and seduction. Nothing and no one can hold him to be the duty-bound, honorable man he is expected to be. But when an unexpected run-in at his twin brother's estate with a ravishing, raven-haired maid leads her to believe he's actually a viscount, Cade's renegade life is thrown wildly off-kilter. And even though a case...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Londoner of lower class befriends and begins a romantic relationship with an aristocrat that becomes complicated when the aristocrat introduces his new friend to his sister.
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (512 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The eccentric Bluth clan lives a life of excess, funded by the family credit card and paid for by patriarch, George, whose fortune came from the tract home development business. Oldest son George, nicknamed Gob, is an "illusionist" of minor importance who has anger management issues. Youngest son, Buster, wastes his days taking obscure graduate school courses. Daughter Lindsay is a vain socialite. The only sane one is Lindsay's twin brother Michael,...
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 172
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 315 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the difficult loves of insular Englishman Charles Ryder, and his peculiarly intense relationship with the wealthy but dysfunctional family that inhabited Brideshead. While at Oxford, Charles Ryder meets boyish, flamboyant Sebastian Flyte, who introduces Charles to a charmed and glamorous way of life that continues until Sebastian's health deteriorates.
91) The great Gatsby
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1920s Long Island, a mysterious American millionaire's efforts to recapture the sweetheart of his youth result in tragedy.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
St. Martin's Paperbacks edition.
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Miranda Harris is known for her charm, wit, and ability to solve any problem she encounters. But when her brother lands neck-deep in gambling debt to a crafty villain and Miranda is subsequently blackmailed into marrying him, she must enlist the help of the devil himself to save the family honor--and herself. Devilishly handsome Highlander Aden MacTaggert knows next to nothing about the ways of the ton, but he most certainly knows his way around gaming...
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Londoner of lower class befriends and begins a romantic relationship with an aristocrat that becomes complicated when the aristocrat introduces his new friend to his sister.
95) Born to be Wilde
Author
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
For beautiful, witty Lavinia Gray, there's only one thing worse than having to ask the appalling Parth Sterling to marry her: being turned down by him. Now the richest bachelor in England, Parth is not about to marry a woman as reckless and fashion-obsessed as Lavinia; he's chosen a far more suitable bride. As usual, there's no problem Parth can't fix. But when he learns of Lavinia's desperate circumstances, he offers to find her a husband. Even better,...
96) My darling duke
Author
Series
Publisher
Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Miss Katherine Danvers has always been a wallflower. But now with her family on the brink of financial ruin, she finds herself a desperate wallflower. To save her family, she'll do anything. Luckily, she has the perfect plan... She'll impress the ton by simply announcing she is engaged to the reclusive and mysterious Duke of Thornton, Alexander Masters, and secure strong matches for her sisters. No one has heard from the duke in years. Surely he'll...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Manhattan kingpin. Brilliant mastermind. Gentleman gangster. He's built a wall around his heart... Orphaned and abandoned on the Bowery's mean streets, Jack Mulligan survived on strength, cunning, and ambition. Now he rules his territory better than any politician or copper ever could. He didn't get here by being soft. But in uptown do-gooder Justine Greene--the very definition of an iron fist in a velvet glove--Jack may have met his match. She wears...
98) The after party
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the nationally bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls comes a story of 1950s Texas socialites and the one irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center of it all. Joan Fortier is the epitome of Texas glamour and the center of the 1950s Houston social scene. Tall, blonde, beautiful, and strong, she dominates the room and the gossip columns. Every man who sees her seems to want her; every woman just wants to...
99) We that are left
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"1910. Jessica and Phyllis Melville have grown up at Ellinghurst, a family estate fraught with secrets. A headstrong beauty, Jessica longs for London--the glitter and glamour of debutante life--while bookish Phyllis dreams in vain of attending university. Into their midst walks Oskar Grunewald, a frequent visitor fascinated by the house but alternately tormented and ignored by the Melville children. Oskar seeks refuge in Ellinghurst's enormous library....
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Miss Cleopatra Lewis is about to be launched in society by her aristocratic grandfather. But since she has no intention of marrying, she visits a costume emporium specifically to order unflattering dresses guaranteed to put off any prospective suitors. Jacob Astor Addison is in London, acquiring businesses to add to his theatrical holdings in America--as well as buying an emerald for a young lady back in Boston. He's furious when a she-devil masquerading...