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Jamaica farewell Jamaica farewell Nancy Foner ix, 262 p. ; 23 cm OL12770090W
Regency brides Regency brides Kimberley Comeaux "... three couples seem determined to sabotage their own romances. But could the endings prove that human folly is no match for God's plan?"--P. [4] of cover. OL15150602W
Status anxiety Status anxiety Alain De Botton This is a book about an almost universal anxiety that rarely gets mentioned directly: an anxiety about what others think of us; about whether we’re judged a success or a failure, a winner or a loser.… OL15152933W
Her Cinderella Season Her Cinderella Season Deb Marlowe She's been taught that pleasure is sinful...Now Miss Lily Beecham is determined to find out for herself! A chance meeting with a viscountess, and Lily is invited to the ball. Freed from dowdy gowns a… OL15181625W
Super sad true love story Super sad true love story Gary Shteyngart,Adam Grupper,Ali Ahn From the New York Times [review][1] written by Michiko Kakutani, June 2010: *"Gary Shteyngart’s wonderful new novel, “Super Sad True Love Story,” is a supersad, superfunny, superaffecting performanc… OL15326463W
The sociology of elite distinction The sociology of elite distinction Jean-Pascal Daloz "This major new contribution to the study of consumption examines how dominant groups express and display their sense of superiority through material and aesthetic attributes, demonstrating that diff… OL15531532W
The Social Animal The Social Animal David Brooks With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual cu… OL15955027W
Renewing the American dream Renewing the American dream Frank Islam "The first decade of this century was one of significant decline for the United States/ America became a debtor nations. This current decade will be a decisive one. The decisions made and the acti… OL16279805W
Identifying the English Identifying the English Edward Higgs Personal identification is very much a live political issue in Britain and this book looks at why this is the case, and why, paradoxically, the theft of identity has become ever more common as the me… OL16967429W
We are all made of molecules We are all made of molecules Susin Nielsen Thirteen-year-old brilliant but socially challenged Stewart and mean-girl Ashley must find common ground when, two years after Stewart's mother dies, his father moves in with his new girlfriend--Ashl… OL17295057W
Secrets of the playboy's bride Secrets of the playboy's bride Leanne Banks "All his life, Leonardo Grant had yearned to be more than his rough beginnings had allowed. Now, after making millions, he believed marriage to the right woman could secure him the respect no amount … OL17732555W
The Eliot girls The Eliot girls Krista Bridge Audrey has always wanted to attend George Eliot Academy, the private school where her mother has taught for a decade. But when she is accepted, she finds that the school is filled with bullying and i… OL17890088W
Hold on to your dreams Hold on to your dreams Karen Abbott Following her father's financial ruin and the untimely deaths of both her parents, Emily's comfortable life in Society comes to an end. Her pride prevents her from letting the man she loves know that… OL17903105W
Cutting teeth Cutting teeth Julia Fierro "One of the most anticipated debut novels of 2014, Cutting Teeth takes place one late-summer weekend as a group of thirty-something couples gather at a shabby beach house on Long Island, their young … OL17925523W
Less than human Less than human David Lingstone Smith Winner of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction A revelatory look at why we dehumanize each other, with stunning examples from world history as well as today's headlines "Brute." "Cockroa… OL19883800W
The after party The after party Anton DiSclafani "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 … OL20026406W
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
Die Wanderhure Die Wanderhure Iny Lorentz Die grausame Welt des Mittelalters und der Kampf einer Frau um ihr persönliches Glück." Konstanz im Jahre 1410: Als Graf Ruppert um die Hand der schönen Bürgerstochter Marie anhält, kann ihr Vater se… OL20887829W
Flowers for Miss Pengelly Flowers for Miss Pengelly Rosemary Aitken In Cornwall in 1911, young lady's maid Effie Pengelly assists the charming Constable Dawes with his murder investigation and develops a relationship with him that may be doomed owing to their differi… OL24165886W
The House of Mirth The House of Mirth Edith Wharton Beautiful, intelligent, and hopelessly addicted to luxury, Lily Bart is the heroine of this Wharton masterpiece. But it is her very taste and moral sensibility that render her unfit for survival in t… OL98587W
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