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Climbing the stairs Climbing the stairs Margaret Powell The only escape from being a kitchen maid is to get married, but with just one evening off a week, Margaret has no time to lose. Her initial prospects are hardly the stuff of dreams, but then she mee… OL11333935W
What a carve up! What a carve up! Jonathan Coe A brilliant noir farce, a dystopian vision of Britain, a family history and the story of an obsession. Michael is a lonely, rather pathetic writer, obsessed by the film, 'What A Carve Up!' in which a… OL11346168W
Peaches & Daddy Peaches & Daddy Michael M. Greenburg Traces the scandalous marriage between middle-aged Manhattan millionaire Edward Browning and fifteen-year-old Frances "Peaches" Heenan in 1926, and chronicles the courtroom drama of their divorce and… OL13748936W
Envy (Luxe Series, Book 3) Envy (Luxe Series, Book 3) Anna Godbersen Jealous whispers.Old rivalries.New betrayals.Two months after Elizabeth Holland's dramatic homecoming, Manhattan eagerly awaits her return to the pinnacle of society. When Elizabeth refuses to rejoin… OL14933951W
Sapphire Sapphire Rosemary Rogers NOT EVEN LOVE COULD STOP HER ... Despite her privileged life in the sultry paradise of Martinique, the beautiful and daring Sapphire Fabergine will never be satisfied until she claims the honor an… OL15151278W
The River Between (Serenade/Saga No. 17) The River Between (Serenade/Saga No. 17) Jacquelyn Cook From the belvedere of her Alabama mansion on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, Lily watched for steamboats and dreamed of the man who would one day be united with her in mind and spirit. Torn bet… OL15163775W
Our kind of people Our kind of people Lawrence Graham "The first book written about the insular world of the black upper class by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group. A conservative network of families dating back to the first black millionaires of… OL15822126W
Delirium Delirium Laura Restrepo "Aguilar, an unemployed literature professor who has resorted to selling dog food for a living, returns home from a short trip to discover that his wife, Agustina, has gone mad. He doesn't know what … OL15924907W
The British billionaire affair The British billionaire affair Susanne James Shy designer Candida Greenway is out of her depth at a dinner hosted by her client. And charming playboy Max Seymour is out of her league! Constantly surrounded by high-society darlings, Max has know… OL16042796W
She walks in beauty She walks in beauty Siri L. Mitchell For a young society woman seeking a favorable marriage in the late 1890s, debutante Clara Carter has been given one goal: secure the affections of the city's most eligible bachelor. But when a man ap… OL16113610W
No invitation required No invitation required Annabel Goldsmith Lady Annabel Goldsmith is a daughter of the 8th Marquess of Londonderry. The family fortunes were based on coal-mining. In her enthralling memoir she told of her aristocratic upbringing with an incre… OL16577251W
Jezebel's Daughter Jezebel's Daughter Wilkie Collins MR. DAVID GLENNEY CONSULTS HIS MEMORY AND OPENS THE STORY OL176075W
Friends forever Friends forever Danielle Steel Forging inseparable bonds in childhood that reinforce them throughout their teen years, two girls and three boys go their separate ways as adults and encounter respective tragedies and transformation… OL17797015W
The Luckiest Lady in London The Luckiest Lady in London Sherry Thomas Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth, is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to be and all women want to possess. Felix himself almost believes this golden image. But underneath is a damage… OL17834263W
Crime of privilege Crime of privilege Walter Walker A murder on Cape Cod. A rape in Palm Beach. All they have in common is the presence of one of America's most beloved and influential families. But nobody is asking questions. Not the police. Not the … OL17883263W
New money New money Lorraine Zago Rosenthal Savannah Morgan inherits the estate of a billionaire father she never knew and moves to Manhattan to work at his global news corporation, a situation that is further complicated by two potential suit… OL17893680W
Elites in South Asia Elites in South Asia Edmund Ronald Leach,S. N. Mukherjee A study of elitism particularly concerned with Indian elites in the context of British influence and its aftermath. The problems delineated are by no means peculiar to the Indian subcontinent. Nearly… OL17996182W
Crime of privilege Crime of privilege Walter Walker Pitted against a powerful family when he reopens the scandalous case of a young woman's unsolved murder, George Becket is forced to confront a haunting mistake from his own past while outmaneuvering … OL18011407W
Fool's paradise Fool's paradise Steven S. Gaines From the acclaimed bestselling author of Philistines at the Hedgerow comes a remarkably revealing profile of the Miami Beach no one knows--a tale of fabulous excess, thwarted power, and rekindled liv… OL1843966W
Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Imbolo Mbue,Sarah Tardy When Jende Jonga journeys to New York City from Cameroon in 2004 on a visitors' visa in hopes of obtaining a green card, he's sure his life will only improve. After saving up enough money to bring ov… OL19354213W
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