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"An unexpected tragedy at a community pool. A family's unrelenting expectation of victory. The desire to gain or lose control; to make time speed up or stop; to be frighteningly, undeniably good at something. Each of the eight teenage girl boxers in this debut novel has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno, Nevada, to compete to be named the best in the country. Through a series of face-offs that are raw, ecstatic, and punctuated...
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"A glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in favor of excess, abandon, and disproportion, in essays ranging from such topics as mindfulness, decluttering, David Cronenberg, and consent. In her debut essay collection, "brilliant and stylish" (The Washington Post) critic Becca Rothfeld takes on one of the most sacred cows of our time: the demand that we apply the virtues of equality and democracy to culture and aesthetics. The result is a...
3) The message
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Naples Library - Adult Biographies
B COATES
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B COATES
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Ontario Public Library - Adult New Materials
070.92 COA
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070.92 COA
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"Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell's classic Politics and the English Language, but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories-our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking-expose and distort our realities. The first of the book's three intertwining essays is set in Dakar, Senegal. Despite being raised as a strict Afrocentrist--and named for Nubian pharaoh--Coates...
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Naples Library - Adult Fiction
FIC PRO
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FIC PRO
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Sodus Community Library - Adult Fiction
FIC PRO
1 available
FIC PRO
1 available
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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Molly Gray has always loved the holidays. When Molly was a child, her gran went to great lengths to make the season merry and bright, full of cherished traditions. The first few Christmases without Gran were hard on Molly, but this year, her beloved boyfriend and fellow festive spirit, Juan Manuel, is intent on making the season Molly's mofinst joyful yet. But when a Secret Santa gift exchange at the Regency Grand Hotel raises questions about who...
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Bobby Mason is sick of being second best: born the spare, never trusted with family responsibility, never expected to amount to much. He's hungry to contribute something that matters, while all around him his peers are squandering their political and financial power, coasting through life. Which is exactly why he can't stand the new Viscount Demeroven. James Demeroven is a disappointment to his stepfather, and Bobby keeps pointing out James's failures....
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Arcade Free Library - Adult New Materials
FIC STEEL
1 available
FIC STEEL
1 available
Williamson Public Library - Adult New Materials
FIC STE
1 available
FIC STE
1 available
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As she approaches the milestone birthday of forty, delicate blond beauty Amanda Delanoe finds joy in running a chic contemporary art gallery in the City of Light. The only child of a French businessman and an American model, both now deceased, Amanda lives well and adores her dog, Lulu, but so far the love of her life has eluded her. Then she meets Olivier Saint Albin, a dashing publisher. At the same time, she reconnects with Tom Quinlan, an old...
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Bloomfield Public Library - Adult New Materials
FIC Mallery
1 available
FIC Mallery
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Bristol Library - Adult Fiction
FIC MAL
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FIC MAL
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Julie Parker's kids are her greatest gift. Still, she's not exactly heartbroken when they ask to skip a big Christmas. Her son, Nick, is taking a belated honeymoon with his bride, Blair, while her daughter, Dana, will purge every reminder of the guy who dumped her. Again. Julie feels practically giddy for one-on-one holiday time with Heath, the (much) younger man she's secretly dating. But her plans go from cozy to chaotic when Nick and Dana plead...
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Avon Free Library - Adult Fiction
FIC ERD
1 available
FIC ERD
1 available
Caledonia Library Association - Lease
FIC ERD L
1 available
FIC ERD L
1 available
Naples Library - Adult Fiction
FIC ERD
1 available
FIC ERD
1 available
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1 copy, 5 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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In 'The Mighty Red', Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary peoples lives. Erdrich is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. From the author of 'The Sentence' and 'The Night Watchman'.
9) The sequel
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1 copy, 7 people are on the wait list.
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"Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business. That is to say, she's taken care of her husband, bestselling novelist Jacob Finch Bonner, and solved the mystery of the anonymous plagiarism accusations that tormented him. Now she is living her life, content to enjoy her husband's royalty checks in perpetuity, but literary celebrity continues to beckon, and this time the book in question is her own debut novel, The Afterword. After all, how hard can...