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Personal strivings as a predictor of emotional intelligence Personal strivings as a predictor of emotional intelligence Ferenc Margitics,Zsuzsa Pauwlik Book Description: Personal aspirations constitute an important element of a successful way of life. These include the decisions of the individuals regarding things important for them in life and th… OL15070774W
Strange bedpersons Strange bedpersons Jennifer Crusie Tess Newhart knows her ex-boyfriend Nick Jamieson isn't the right guy for her. He's caviar and champagne, she's take-out Chinese pot stickers. He's an uptight Republican lawyer, she was raised in a c… OL15153129W
Paradise Paradise Jill Alexander Teenaged Paisley Tillery dreams a career as a professional drummer will take her out of her small Texas town, but when her country rock band gets a handsome new lead singer from Paradise, Texas, thos… OL16296549W
Revenge Revenge Sharon Osbourne Amber and Chelsea Stone are sisters who share the same dream--huge, global fame, but while both have the looks, the talent, and the star quality, only one has the ruthless ambition to make it to the … OL16590551W
Nodame kantābire Nodame kantābire Tomoko Ninomiya Noda Megumi ("Nodame") is a piano prodigy who has no discipline and prefers to play by ear. By chance, she meets Shinichi Chiaki, the top student in the piano program of a prestigious music college i… OL17871892W
Life class Life class Ann Charney Nerina is living in Venice after the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, is looking for a way to move to America. She successfully adapts to the social and professional expectations of working with cre… OL17918846W
The Fourth Estate The Fourth Estate Jeffrey Archer Richard Armstrong narrowly escaped Hitler's atrocities in Eastern Europe on his courage and his wits—skills that served him well in peacetime. Having turned a struggling Berlin newspaper into a succe… OL1807120W
Speckle the spider Speckle the spider Emma Dodson Speckle's love of dance leads him to leave his home in the Bahamas, where he feels underappreciated, and travel the world in search of fame but the attention he finally gets is not what he had in min… OL18606131W
Little diva Little diva LaChanze Nena wants to be a Diva, with a capital D, just like her mommy, who's a star on Broadway. So she learns all she can about singing and dancing when she is at the theater and trains day and night to ma… OL19939936W
Love, Ish Love, Ish Karen Rivers Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love's longtime dream has been to someday live on Mars, but when she collapses on the first day of seventh grade, Ish receives a diagnosis which threatens her future plan… OL20049064W
The ghost tree The ghost tree Barbara Erskine "Before you follow the path into your family's history, beware of the secrets you may find. Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile. Left rootless by the death of her estranged fathe… OL20857807W
Reaching for the stars Reaching for the stars Lola Jaye Lola Jaye always dreamed of being a writer, but getting her first book published wasn't easy. It was many years, and after many rejections, that she finally got her first book deal. Now Lola wants to… OL20872380W
La tête dans les étoiles La tête dans les étoiles Vincent Costi Une série de premiers romans proposant de courtes aventures humoristiques brodées autour des minijusticiers, personnages issus du petit écran. Chaque titre donne à suivre une mission de cette bande d… OL24199562W
Olivia et le stand de limonade Olivia et le stand de limonade Kama Einhorn Une série d'albums inspirés de la série d'animation télévisée, elle-même brodée autour de l'attachant personnage originalement créé par Ian Falconer. Chaque opus met en scène un épisode du quotidien … OL24434575W
Roméo risque gros Roméo risque gros Isabelle Langevin Roméo le chat prend les grands moyens pour performer lors d'une série d'épreuves "olympiques" organisées par son village. Mais ses stratagèmes parfois douteux ne lui permettent pas d'accéder au podiu… OL27059862W
Jude the Obscure Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. Jude Fawley, a poor vill… OL44986W
Princess Emily and the Beautiful Fairy (Tiara Club) Princess Emily and the Beautiful Fairy (Tiara Club) Vivian French,Sarah Gibb Une collection donnant à suivre les aventures que partagent Charlotte, Katie, Daisy, Alice, Sophie et Émilie dans l'enceinte de la prestigieuse Princesse Academy, une institution pour princesses modè… OL481672W
Strange bedpersons Strange bedpersons Jennifer Crusie Tess Newhart knows her ex-boyfriend Nick Jamieson isn't the right guy for her. He's caviar and champagne; she's take-out Chinese pot stickers. He's an uptight Republican lawyer; she was raised in a c… OL503088W
The Other Queen The Other Queen Philippa Gregory Two women competing for a man’s heart. Two queens fighting to the death for dominance. The untold story of Mary, Queen of Scots. Fleeing rebels in Scotland on Queen Elizabeth’s false promise of sa… OL59940W
Le rouge et le noir Le rouge et le noir Stendhal The story of an ambitious youth without birth or fortune in France in the 19th century. OL733640W
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