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The Steep Approach to Garbadale The Steep Approach to Garbadale Iain M. Banks Dark family secrets and a long-lost love affair lie at the heart of Iain Banks's fabulous new novel. The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire! - now a hugely successful comp… OL100782W
Life is what you make it Life is what you make it Peter Buffett From composer, musician, and philanthropist Peter Buffett comes a warm, wise, and inspirational book that asks, Which will you choose: the path of least resistance or the path of potentially greatest… OL13847462W
Worst Case Worst Case James Patterson,Michael Ledwidge Best case: survivalThe son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. His parents can't save him, because this kidnapper isn't demanding money. Instead, he … OL14920173W
Assassins of Athens Assassins of Athens Jeffrey Siger When the body of a boy from one of Greece's most prominent families turns up in a dumpster in one of Athens' worst neighbourhoods, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis is certain there's a message in the m… OL15324201W
Sun lover Sun lover Sondra Stanford Vicki had left Alex once because he insisted on treating her as a possession, not a woman with a mind of her own. But she had never really stopped loving him. Thrown together again, their passions… OL15393095W
Little Darlings Little Darlings Jacqueline Wilson Sunset lives a life of luxury with her beautiful ex-model mum, a world-famous ex-rocker dad and two little celeb siblings. But life on the red carpet is no compensation for rowing parents, constant n… OL15653091W
The narcissist's daughter The narcissist's daughter Craig Holden Fantasizing about the downfall of the Kesslers, his well-to-do boss's family, streetwise pre-med student Syd Redding meets the family daughter and quickly becomes embroiled within the Kessler dysfunc… OL15844236W
24-karat kids 24-karat kids Judy Goldstein Hired by an elite Manhattan medical practice, pediatrician Shelly Green finds herself attending some of the Upper East Side's wealthiest youngsters, a situation that leads her to become disgusted wit… OL16025181W
Ain't she sweet? Ain't she sweet? Susan Elizabeth Phillips Sugar Beth Carey is back in town, the small southern town she despised and never intended to return to; however she's also on a mission, to find a painting willed to her worth millions. To gain acce… OL16058683W
Ain't she sweet Ain't she sweet Susan Elizabeth Phillips The girl everybody loves to hate has returned to the town she'd sworn to leave behind forever. As the rich, spoiled princess of Parrish, Mississippi, Sugar Beth Carey had broken hearts, ruined friend… OL17709W
Mansfield Park and mummies Mansfield Park and mummies Vera Nazarian Ancient Egypt infiltrates Regency England in a parody of Austen's classic novel. Fanny Price must hold steadfast against the seductive charms of Henry Crawford and an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, while … OL17735490W
Cuatro por cuatro Cuatro por cuatro Sara Mesa Esta novela arranca con la historia de un grupo de chicas, lideradas por Celia, que se han fugado de un colegio pero que son atrapadas y devueltas a la institucion -- un microcosmos dominado por la m… OL19706590W
All the money in the world All the money in the world Pearson, John The story of J. Paul Getty and how his enormous wealth, $4 billion divided between nineteen heirs, wreaked havoc with the lives of his family. "When sixteen-year-old Paul Getty was kidnapped, the ne… OL19731778W
City of Girls: A Novel City of Girls: A Novel Elizabeth Gilbert,Elizabeth Gilbert In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aun… OL19756861W
Captains Courageous Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling Captains Courageous tells of the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the North Atlanti… OL19842W
The foxglove killings The foxglove killings Tara Kelly Gramps always said that when the crickets were quiet, something bad was coming. And the crickets have been as silent as the dead. It started with the murdered deer in the playground, a purple foxglov… OL20009515W
Sons and daughters of ease and plenty Sons and daughters of ease and plenty Ramona Ausubel "From the award-winning author of No One Is Here Except All of Us, an imaginative novel about a wealthy New England family in the 1960s and '70s that suddenly loses its fortune--and its bearings. Lab… OL20030323W
El piso mil El piso mil Katharine McGee "A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future where anything is possible -- if you want it enough. Welcome to Manhattan, 2118. A hundred years in the future, New … OL20055522W
Billionaire Boy Billionaire Boy David Walliams,Ricard Gil Giner; It’s good OL21027778W
Adored Adored Cecily von Ziegesar Jenny Humphrey's time at Waverly Academy has had its ups and downs, from making enemies of the most popular girl at school to stealing her room mate's boyfriend. But now everything has changed; Jenny… OL24160662W
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