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Sister Carrie Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser Young Caroline Meeber leaves home for the first time and experiences work, love, and the pleasures and responsibilities of independence in late-nineteenth-century Chicago and New York. OL100203W
Back to Bataan Back to Bataan Jerome Charyn Eleven-year-old Jack Dalton, a sensitive student at a private school in New York City in 1943, wants to go to Battan as a soldier just like his dead father, but instead he proves his bravery in an en… OL15317544W
Boddekker's demons Boddekker's demons Joe Clifford Faust 293 p. ; 18 cm OL15548661W
Más allá del invierno Más allá del invierno Isabel Allende In the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn, 60-year-old human rights scholar Richard Bowmaster hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala. What at first seems just a … OL17721361W
Commitment Commitment Julie Ellis Despite her father's suicide during the Depression and an early forced marriage and widowhood, Carol continues to nurture her dream of becoming an architect. She moves to Manhattan, finds a job and m… OL17730943W
The first day The first day Harrison, Phil (Novelist) "Outside an East Belfast mission hall, pastor and family man Samuel Orr meets Anna, a young Beckett scholar. They embark on an intense, passionate affair, their connection both intellectual and eroti… OL19721013W
Canary Club Canary Club Sherry D. Ficklin "Two worlds collide in this compelling story of star-crossed lovers in gritty prohibition-era New York. 'Bad Luck' Benny is a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Recently released from jail, he ha… OL19724587W
The Victoria in my head The Victoria in my head Janelle Milanes Shy fifteen-year-old Cuban American Victoria Cruz feels trapped by the monotony of running on the cross country team and keeping up with her studies to maintain her scholarship to her prestigious col… OL19724633W
It was only ever you It was only ever you Kate Kerrigan When Ava manages to seduce the gorgeous Irish singer, Patrick, after a gig in New York, she can't quite believe her luck. Can it really be true that he loves and wants to marry her? She knows that hi… OL19735582W
Precious gifts Precious gifts Danielle Steel Handsome, widowed, sophisticated, utterly charming, Paul Parker won the heart of a wealthy young Frenchwoman--the daughter of an American financier, the granddaughter of a major French art dealer--as… OL20010769W
Harmless like you Harmless like you Rowan Hisayo Buchanan '"This brilliant debut novel by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is cause for celebration."--Lorrie Moore. Written in startlingly beautiful prose, Harmless Like You is set across New York, Berlin, and Connectic… OL20052939W
Pulsión Pulsión Gail McHugh "A sexy contemporary romance novel set in New York City featuring a love triangle"-- OL20057534W
Where We Belong Where We Belong Emily Giffin Her carefully constructed life thrown into turmoil by the appearance of an eighteen-year-old girl with ties to her past, New York television producer Marian Caldwell is swept up in a maelstrom of per… OL20378994W
Our Young Man Our Young Man Edmund White 282 pages ; 20 cm OL21579984W
Katwalk Katwalk Maria Murnane Katrina Lynden has always walked a straight line in life, an approach that has resulted in a stable career and pleased her hard-nosed parents but that has also left her feeling unfulfilled--and miser… OL23172234W
The alienist The alienist Caleb Carr The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Krei… OL2671485W
Full Package Full Package Lauren Blakely 271 pages ; 21 cm OL27301178W
Uneasy Money Uneasy Money P. G. Wodehouse <p>Affable and honourable, Lord Dawlish is the second poorest peer in England, relying on his income as a club secretary. Claire Fenwick, his beautiful fiancée, will not marry him until he has some m… OL286572W
Heart of stone Heart of stone Johnson, Doris 298 p. ; 18 cm OL5683121W
Raven Raven Allison van Diepen It's no wonder Nicole is madly in love with him. Their friendship is the only thing that saves her from the boredom of school and the turmoil of her family life. But she cannot understand why he keep… OL9170566W
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