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82) Through My Eyes
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Since her husband's death, Jill Moncreiff has lived alone in a small, coastal Maine town, pursing her career as an artist. She cherishes her simple, uncomplicated life, surrounded by a few close friends, and she dosn't want anything to change.
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Daughters of La Lune volume 3
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2017.
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"In this riveting and richly drawn novel from "one of the master storytellers of historical fiction" (New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams), a talented young artist flees New York for Paris after one of her scandalous drawings reveals a dark secret--and triggers a terrible tragedy. In the wake of a dark and brutal World War, the glitz and glamour of 1925 Manhattan shine like a beacon for the high society set, desperate to keep their...
84) Shiloh
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2022.
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December 1795. A year has passed since Ian Cameron reluctantly sent his uncle's former slave Seona and their son, Gabriel, north to his kin in Boston. Determined to fully release them, Ian strives to make a life at Mountain Laurel, his inherited plantation, along with Judith, the wife he's vowed to love and cherish. But when tragedy leaves him alone with his daughter, Mandy, and his three remaining slaves, he decides to return north. An act of kindness...
87) The onion girl
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Newford series volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 29
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Cottage tales of Beatrix Potter volume 1
Pub. Date
2004.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
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It's 1905, and to recover from the loss of her fiancé, Beatrix Potter moves into a small farmhouse in Sawrey. Populated by colorful characters, both human and critter, her new life is full of promise. That is, until a villager dies, and murder is suspected. Now it's up to this amateur sleuth to find a killer roaming the English countryside.
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Waverly Brennan gives up her job at the Art Institute of Chicago to move to Martha's Vineyard where her mother has purchased what Waverly believed to be an art gallery, but she decides to make the best of things--at least for the summer--when she discovers the business is a video arcade, and there are other reasons why she might want to stay, including Blake Erikson and his young daughter.
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"For fans of The Paris Wife and Loving Frank comes a captivating novel that offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of Vanessa Bell, her sister Virginia Woolf, and the controversial and popular circle of intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group. London, 1905: The city is alight with change, and the Stephen siblings are at the forefront. Vanessa, Virginia, Thoby, and Adrian are leaving behind their childhood home and taking a house in the leafy...
91) Exquisite
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2017.
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Pursuing a life in New York after establishing herself as an artist, Siobhan forges a deep bond with billionaire Derick Miller only to see the roller-coaster dynamics of their relationship forcing them apart.
92) Snowed in
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[2004]
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Struggling with the freezing conditions of her Portland, Maine, home, her husband's roving eye, and a problematic mother-in-law, Sophie Quinn finds her life turning around due to unlikely opportunities and an unexpected new relationship.
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2019.
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"Meg wants a normal life. Her new artistic style, born in the depression of her mother's death, is poised to take the art world by storm, if she could just overcome the debilitating anxiety caused by the car accident that scarred her boyfriend, Austin. Encouraged by her therapist, Meg pushes outside her comfort zone to befriend Haley, a guest instructor at the university where Meg teaches. Haley is everything Meg wants to be: charismatic, confident,...
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[2001]
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"For thirty years, since the publication of his first novel Americana, Don DeLillo has lived in the skin of our times. He has found a voice for the forgotten souls who haunt the fringes of our culture and for its larger-than-life, real-life. figures. His language is defiantly, radiantly American." "Now, to a new century, he has brought The Body Artist. In this novel, he inhabits the muted world of Lauren Hartke, an artist whose work defies the limits...
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[2009]
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"This book introduces you to thirteen great women artists. You'll learn about the dreams they followed throughout their lives and discover how they were able to fulfill them. You'll find out where and when they lived, and what they managed to achieve with their art. This book includes a timeline, showing you important events that happened during the lifetime of each artist. At the back of the book you will also find explanations of terms and names...
96) Radiant
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2016.
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It's been a month since her traumatic break-up with Derick, and Siobhan now lives in Detroit, where she can support herself and her painting career. But suddenly Derick's back after flying halfway across the country for her. And though Siobhan's body comes alive at his touch, she doesn't know if she can trust him again.
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"For the nearly nine million people who live in New York City, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different. For Clara, the terminal is the stepping stone to her future, which she is certain will shine as the brightly as the constellations on the main concourse ceiling. It is 1928, and twenty-five-year-old Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central...
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2024.
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"1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten— certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by privileged students whose futures are already paved out for them, Raquel feels like an outsider. Students of color, like her, are...