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• Malibu Rising

  a Novel

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins

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  Saturday, Aug. 27, 1983: the day of the Riva siblings' legendary annual party. Everyone who's anyone in Los Angeles attends. But this year, everyone is forced to confront their pasts, ending in a fire and leaving family secrets exposed.

• One Night Two Souls Went Walking

  Cooney, Ellen

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  A young interfaith chaplain is joined on her hospital rounds one night by an unusual companion: a rough-and-ready dog who may or may not be a ghost. As she tends to the souls of her patients - young and old, living last moments or…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

  Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008

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  This is the story of labor camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov and his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of Communist oppression. Based on the author's own experience in the gulags, where he spent nearly a decade as punishment…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Death at the Party

  A Novel

  Stuart, Amy, 1975-

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  Nadine Walsh's summer garden party, celebrating her mother's birthday, is in full swing. The neighbors all have cocktails, the catered food is exquisite--everything's going according to plan. But Nadine--devoted wife, loving mother, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

  Watson, Winifred, 1906-2002,

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  Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly English children. When her employment agency sends her to the wrong address, Miss Pettigrew encounters a kind of glamour that she had only met…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 24 Hours in Paris

  Moondi, Romi,

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  Mira Attwal travels to Paris on a business trip that offers no time to enjoy the city of her dreams. Then her return flight is delayed, giving her an unexpected bonus day in the City of Light. There’s only one catch: Jake Lewis, an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sous Chef

  24 Hours on the Line

  Gibney, Michael

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  Chef Michael Gibney uses twenty-four hours to animate the intricate camaraderie and culinary choreography in an upscale New York restaurant kitchen. Here readers will find all the details, in rapid-fire succession, of what it takes to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Day

  [a Novel]

  Nicholls, David, 1966-

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  After hanging out with each other for the first time on July 15, 1988, the day after their University graduation, rich Dexter Mayhew and working-class Emma Morley embark on a complicated on-again-off-again friendship. Each chapter follows…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• London

  Chilvers, Mark,

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  One photographer. One complete picture. 24 hours in the life of one of the world's most iconic cities. From sunrise to after sunset, from famous landmarks to lesser-known neighbourhoods, this celebration of London is packed with local…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Spark of Light

  a Novel

  Picoult, Jodi, 1966-

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  At Mississippi's sole remaining women's reproductive services clinic, a gunman bursts in and takes its patients and staff hostage. The stories that brought these individuals to the clinic vary. As the book moves backward in time, each…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Paris Hours

  a Novel

  George, Alex, 1970-

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  Paris between the wars teems with artists, writers, and musicians, a glittering crucible of genius. But amidst the dazzling creativity of the city's most famous citizens, four regular people are each searching for something they've lost.

• A Christmas Carol

  Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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  A classic tale of redemption, following the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug'. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation