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Eighty days to elsewhere / by Dyer, K. C.,author.;
"The Amazing Race meets Around the World in Eighty Days as a woman desperate to save her family bookstore falls for her competition. Born and raised in New York City, Ramona Keene dreams of attending film school and traveling to Paris, but her reality never quite catches up with her imagination. Instead, she works at her uncles' quaint bookstore, where the tea is plentiful and all the adventures are between the covers of secondhand books. But when the new landlord arrives with his Evil Nephew in tow, Romy's quiet life comes crashing down. He plans to triple the rent, something her uncles can't afford. In order to earn the money to help save the bookstore, Romy applies for a job at ExLibris Expeditions, a company that re-creates literary journeys. Romy snags the oddest internship ever: retrace Phileas Fogg's journey from Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days and plan a suitable, contemporary adventure for a client. The task is close to impossible; sticking to the original route means no commercial aircraft permitted, and she's got a lot less to work with than eighty days. Shaking off her fear of leaving home, Romy takes on the challenge, only to discover she's got competition. Worse, Dominic Madison turns out to be the--unfortunately hot--nephew of her family's worst enemy. Can Romy win the race and circle the globe in time to save the bookstore? And what happens when she starts to fall for the very person who may just be the death of her dreams?"--
Subjects: Chick lit.; Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.; Bookstores; Nieces; Landlords; Man-woman relationships; Voyages around the world;
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Small apartments [videorecording] / by Caan, James.; Caan, James.; Crystal, Billy.; Lundgren, Dolph,1959-; Millis, Chris.; Millis, Chris.Small apartments.Videorecording.; Plummer, Amanda.; Shah, Ash R.; Stormare, Peter.; Temple, Juno,1989-; Wilson, Rebel.; Åkerlund, Jonas.; 1812 Productions.; Morocco Junction Pictures.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music, Per Gessle ; director of photography, Par M. Ekberg ; editor, Christian Larson.Matt Lucas, Billy Crystal, Juno Temple, James Caan, Dolph Lundgren, Peter Stormare, Amanda Plummer, Rebel Wilson.A man is surrounded by strange events and odd neighbors in this adaptation of Chris Millis' novel. When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother and a crew of misfit characters, force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Millis, Chris; Apartment houses; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Landlords; Man-woman relationships;
© c2013., Sony Home Pictures Entertainment,
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In hot water / by Cook, J. J.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Ghost stories.; Griffin, Stella (Fictitious character); Government investigators; Murder; Landlord and tenant; Arson investigation; Fire chiefs; Ghosts;
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street / by Glaser, Karina Yan.;
Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.LSC
Subjects: Families; Landlord and tenant; Neighbors; African Americans;
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What to do with a duke / by MacKenzie, Sally.;
Cat jumps at the chance to reside in Spinster House instead of staying in the marriage market, but she is attracted to her noble landlord, who is himself reluctant to marry due to a family curse.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Spinster House (London, England : Imaginary place); Blessing and cursing; Landlord and tenant; Mate selection; Nobility;
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Summer at the Santorini Bookshop / by Raisin, Rebecca,author.;
When Evie hears that her grandmother has just taken on a small bookshop in Santorini, Evie jumps at the chance to visit her. But Gran has a tempestuous relationship with her landlord and he's threatening to take the bookshop away from her. So when Gran asks Evie to fake a romance with her landlord's Greek-God of a grandson, Georgios, to keep the family on side, she reluctantly agrees. As the sun sets on Evie's Greek holiday, can she save the bookshop -- and fake-date her way to love?
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Bookstores; Grandmothers; Man-woman relationships;
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Sunbelt blues : the failure of American housing / by Ross, Andrew,1956-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Today, a minimum-wage earner can afford a one-bedroom apartment in only 28 out of 3,140 counties in America. The single worst place in the United States to look for affordable housing is Osceola County, Florida. Once the main approach to Disney World, where vacationers found lodging on their way to the Magic Kingdom, the fifteen-mile Route 192 corridor in Osceola has become a site of shocking contrasts. At one end, absentee investors snatch up foreclosed properties to turn into extravagant vacation homes for affluent visitors, destroying affordable housing in the process. At the other, underpaid theme park workers, displaced families, and disabled and elderly people subsisting on government checks are technically homeless, living crammed into dilapidated, roach-infested motels or even in tent camps in the woods. Through visceral, frontline reporting from the motels and encampments dotting central Florida, renowned sociologist Andrew Ross exposes the overlooked housing crisis sweeping America's suburbs and rural areas, where residents suffer ongoing trauma, poverty, and nihilism. As millions of renters face down evictions and foreclosures in the midst of the COVID-19 recession, Andrew Ross reveals how ineffective government planning, property market speculation, and poverty wages have combined to create this catastrophe. Immersive and compassionate, Sunbelt Blues finds in Osceola County a bellwether for the future of homelessness in America"--
Subjects: Housing policy; Housing; Low-income housing; Real estate investment; Working poor;
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Haru, zombie dog hero / by Oh, Ellen.;
After his dog Haru is taken away from him by his cruel landlord and sent to a multibillionaire's lab, eleven-year-old Korean American Luke is stunned when Haru returns as a zombie dog, and helps the town face a terrible threat.Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Dogs; Zombies; Korean Americans; Human-animal relationships; Animal experimentation;
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The famine plot : England's role in Ireland's greatest tragedy / by Coogan, Tim Pat,1935-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Chronology of the famine -- Setting the scene -- Born to filth -- A million deaths of no use -- Five actors and the orchards of hell -- Meal use -- Evictions -- The work schemes -- The workhouse -- Soup and souperism -- The Poor Law cometh -- Landlords targeted -- Emigration : escape by coffin ship -- The propaganda of famine."A bold new history of the great famine that holds the British government accountable"--P. [2] of cover.
Subjects: Ireland;
© c2012., Palgrave Macmillan,
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L Is for lawless / by Grafton, Sue,author.;
When Kinsey Millhone's landlord asks her to help deceased World War II vet Johnnie Lee's family find out why the military has no record of his service, she thinks it'll be a cinch. But she is about to meet her match in world-class prevaricators who take her for the ride of her life.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Millhone, Kinsey (Fictitious character); Women detectives;
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