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Precipice / by Harris, Robert,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, twenty-six-year-old Venetia Stanley--aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless--is part of a fast group of upper-crust bohemians and socialites known as "The Coterie." She's also engaged in a clandestine love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer with Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a leak of top-secret documents. Suddenly, what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that could topple the British government--and will alter the course of political history."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Political fiction.; Novels.; Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928; Montagu, Venetia Stanley, 1887-1948; Adultery; Intelligence officers; Letter writing; Prime ministers; Security classification (Government documents); Socialites; World War, 1914-1918;
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Ms. Krup cracks me up! / by Gutman, Dan.; Paillot, Jim.;
When A.J.'s class sleeps over at the natural history museum, he thinks it will be very boring, but anything can happen when Ms. Krup, their tour guide, is in charge."Ages 7-10"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: A. J. (Fictitious character from Gutman); School field trips; Museums; Schools;
© 2008., HarperCollins,
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Exit / by Bauer, Belinda,1962-author.;
"Felix Pink is a retired widower leading a boring life and hoping to die a boring death. He volunteers as an Exiteer-someone who sits with terminally ill people as they die by suicide, assisting with logistics and lending moral support, then removing the evidence to take the burden off their loved ones. When Felix lets himself in to Number 3 Black Lane, he's there to perform an act of kindness and charity: to keep a dying man company as he takes his final breath. But just fifteen minutes later Felix is on the run from the police after making the biggest mistake of his life. Now his world is turned upside down as he tries to discover whether what went wrong was a simple mistake-or murder"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Mistaken identity; Assisted suicide; Murder;
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The neighbor / by Souza, Joseph,author.;
"When Leah and her husband, Clay, move from Seattle to Maine, she envisions a vibrant new neighborhood packed with families--playmates for her twins, new friends she can confide in and bond with. But while Clay works long hours to establish his brewery, Leah is left alone each day in a nearly deserted housing development where the only other occupants are aloof and standoffish. Bored and adrift, Leah finds herself watching Clarissa and Russell Gaines next door, envying their stylishly decorated home and their university careers. But Leah's obsession with the intriguing, elegant Clarissa grows until she's not just spying from afar but sneaking into their house, taking small objects...reading Clarissa's diary. It contains clues to a hidden turmoil Leah never guessed at--and a connection to a local college girl who's disappeared"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Family secrets; Missing persons; Neighbors; Unlawful entry;
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Ivy + Bean / by Barrows, Annie.; Blackall, Sophie.;
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.LSC
Subjects: Ivy (Fictitious character : Barrows); Bean (Fictitious character : Barrows); Friendship; Neighbors;
© c2006., Chronicle Books,
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Good rich people / by Brazier, Eliza Jane,author.;
"For fans of Parasite and Ready or Not--a destitute woman pretends to be someone else and moves into the lower floor of a Los Angeles duplex, and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs. All out of money and friends couches to sleep on, Demi is desperate. Lucky for her, a stranger presents her with the chance of a lifetime: a new identity and the downstairs apartment in a secluded Beachwood Canyon duplex. Unlucky for her, the couple upstairs is wealthy, bored, and in need of a new play thing. What starts as another round of the game the couple play where they move a 'self-made' person into the apartment and compete to make them lose everything, quickly devolves into chaos. Because Demi isn't clueless and she's spent her whole life just trying to survive. We all know this game can only end in one way ... winner takes all."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Deception; Homeless women; Rich people; Survival;
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The women I think about at night : traveling the paths of my heroes / by Kankimäki, Mia,1971-author.; Robinson, Douglas,1954-translator.; translation of:Kankimäki, Mia,1971-Naiset joita ajattelen öisin.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."What can a forty-something childless woman do? Bored with her life and feeling stuck, Mia Kankimäki leaves her job, sells her apartment, and decides to travel the world, following the paths of the female explorers and artists from history who have long inspired her. She flies to Tanzania and then to Kenya to see where Karen Blixen--of Out of Africa--fame lived in the 1920s. In Japan, Mia attempts to cure her depression while researching Yayoi Kusama, the contemporary artist who has voluntarily lived in a psychiatric hospital for decades. In Italy, Mia spends her days looking for the works of forgotten Renaissance women painters of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and finally finds her heroines in the portraits of Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, and Artemisia Gentileschi. If these women could make it in the world hundreds of years ago, why can't Mia?"--Amazon.
Subjects: Biographies.; Kankimäki, Mia, 1971-; Depression in women.; Travel; Women travelers.; Women;
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Always the last to know / by Higgins, Kristan,author.;
"Sometimes you have to break a family to fix it. From the New York Times bestselling author of Life and Other Inconveniences comes a new novel of heartbreaking truths and hilarious honesty about what family really means. Barb and John Frost are testy and bored with each other after fifty years of marriage. At least they have their daughters--Barb's favorite, Juliet; and John's darling, Sadie. The girls themselves couldn't be more different, but at least they got along, more or less. Until the day John has a stroke, and their house of cards came tumbling down. Now Sadie has to come home to care for her beloved dad--and face the love of her old life. Now Juliet has to wonder if people will notice that despite her perfect life, she's spending an increasing amount of time in the closet having panic attacks. And now Barb and John will finally have to face what's been going on in their marriage all along"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Marriage; Adult children of aging parents; Daughters; Cerebrovascular disease; Man-woman relationships;
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Humanize : a maker's guide to designing our cities / by Heatherwick, Thomas,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Our world is losing its humanity. Too many companies care more about their shareholders than their employees or customers. Too many politicians care more about elections than the people who vote for them. And too many cities feel soulless and depressing, designed for business, not for us. So where do we find hope? From one of the world's most innovative designers comes a fiercely passionate manifesto on why so many places have become miserable and boring and how we can make them better for everyone. Drawing on thirty years of making bold, beautiful buildings, Heatherwick takes us on a journey-full of vivid stories and hundreds of images-that will inspire us to see how we can make our world differently.
Subjects: Architectural design.; Architecture.; Architecture; Design; Architecture;
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The Pepper Thai cookbook : family recipes from everyone's favorite Thai mom / by Teigen, Pepper,author.; Snyder, Garrett,author.;
"Whether she's frying up a batch of her crispy-garlicky wings for John's football Sundays or making Chrissy her favorite afternoon snack--instant ramen noodles with ground pork, cabbage, scallions, and cilantro--Pepper Teigen loves feeding her famously fabulous family. Through these eighty recipes, Pepper teaches you how to make all her hits. You'll find playful twists on Thai classics, such as fried chicken larb, which is all crunch with lots of lime, chile, and fish sauce, and pad thai brussels sprouts, which bring the fun tastes and textures of pad thai to a healthy sheet of pan-roasted vegetables. And there are the traditional dishes Pepper grew up with, like khao tod crispy rice salad and tom zapp hot and sour soup"--Publisher marketing.
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Cooking, Thai.;
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