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English
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"Some women get everything. Some women get everything they deserve. Amber Patterson is fed up. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more--a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted. To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne--a socialite and philanthropist--and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson,...
3) Vita nostra
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The definitive English-language translation of the internationally best-selling Russian novel - a brilliant dark fantasy with "the potential to be a modern classic" (Lev Grossman), combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way.Our life is brief....While vacationing at the beach with her mother, Sasha Samokhina meets the mysterious Farit Kozhennikov under the most peculiar...
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Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The sequel to the highly acclaimed Vita Nostra takes readers to the next stage in Sasha Samokhina's journey in a richly imagined world of dark academia in which grammar is magic--and not all magic is good.
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"For many people, cutting ties with a toxic family member is a crucial step away from a legacy of dysfunction and toward healing and well-being. In Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members, psychologist Sherrie Campbell offers readers effective strategies for setting strong boundaries after ending contact with a toxic family member and provides powerful tools to help them heal from shame, self-doubt, and stigma"--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsEspañol
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
"When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she'll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she's thinking...and what she's hiding."--
11) Lathe of heaven
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
For George, the saying "dreams come true" is terribly accurate - his nighttime visions reshape reality. After druggingh himself in an attempt to keep from dreaming, George is arrested and ordered to seek psychiatric treatment for his "delusions". When his doctor realizes that George's power is real, he starts to manipulate George's dreams, with disastrous consequences.
12) If you had controlling parents: how to make peace with your past and take your place in the world
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Publisher
Cliff Street Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Language
English
Description
Brandon's talent makes him a prime candidate for recruitment by Walter Abrams, the head of one of the biggest sports consulting operations in the country. Walter hires the small town ex-athlete and grooms him into a shrewd front man. Brandon soon begins to enjoy his status as a Manhattan golden boy and finds himself growing comfortable with Walter's high-rolling lifestyle. The surrogate father/surrogate son relationship fattens Walter's business and...
14) Chantaje emocional: cuando la gente se vale del miedo, la obligación y la culpa para manipularte
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Publisher
Debosillo Clave/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"El chantaje emocional es una poderosa forma de manipulación por medio de la cual las personas a nuestro alrededor amenazan con castigarnos si no hacemos lo que quieren que hagamos. Los chantajistas emocionales saben cuánto los valoramos, y conocen lo que nos hace vulnerables y nuestros secretos más íntimos. Pueden ser nuestros padres o hermanos, nuestros jefes o compañeros de trabajo, nuestros amigos o amantes. Sin importar cuán importantes...
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
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The highly anticipated new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage.
Opulence. Sex. Betrayal … Sometimes friendship can be deadly.
Meet the women of Buckhead—a place of expensive cars, huge houses, and competitive friendships.
Shannon was once the queen bee of Buckhead. But she’s been unceremoniously dumped by Bryce, her politician husband. When Bryce replaces her with a much younger woman,
...16) Cruel intentions
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
Two unscrupulous stepsiblings engage in a series of manipulative schemes revolving around love, sex & seduction, wreaking havoc on the lives (and reputations) of everyone unfortunate enough to pique their anger. An update of the French epistolary novel "Les liaisons dangereuses", set amongst the upper classes in New York City in the late 1990s.
17) Baby teeth
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Afflicted with a chronic debilitating condition, Suzette Jensen knew having children would wreak havoc on her already fragile body. Nevertheless, she brought Hanna into the world, pleased and proud to start a family with her husband Alex. Estranged from her own mother, Suzette is determined to raise her beautiful daughter with the love, care, and support she was denied. But Hanna proves to be a difficult child. Now seven-years-old, she has yet to...
18) Bad romance
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"When Grace and Gavin fall in love, Grace is sure it's too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will become a prison she's unable to escape"--
Grace wants out from her life where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt off the floors. Enter Gavin: charming, talented, adored. Controlling. Dangerous. Grace is sure it's too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will become a...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanished from her family's vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. The loss devastated the family. Sixty-four years later, Emily's sister Lucy writes the story of that harrowing summer in a notebook that she bequeaths, along with the lake house and a hefty investment portfolio, to her grandniece, Justine. For Justine, the lake house offers a chance to give her own daughters a stable home she never...
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