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"Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford University's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation--also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic....
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It is March 1979 in DeKalb Illinois. Todd Milstead is a wannabe writer, a serial adulterer, and a jerk, only tolerated by his friends because he throws the best parties with the best booze. During one particular party, Todd is showing off his perfect recall, quoting poetry and literature word for word plucked from his eidetic memory. When he begins quoting from a book no one else seems to know, a novel called All My Colors, Todd is incredulous. He...
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F ANDRE
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F ANDRE
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F ANDRE
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F ANDRE
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Westover - Adult Fiction
F ANDRE
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F ANDRE
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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Florence Darrow is a low-level publishing employee who believes that she's destined to be a famous writer. When she stumbles into a job the assistant to the brilliant, enigmatic novelist known as Maud Dixon -- whose true identity is a secret -- it appears that the universe is finally providing Florence's big chance. The arrangement seems perfect. Maud Dixon (whose real name, Florence discovers, is Helen Wilcox) can be prickly, but she is full of pointed...
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Ripley novels volume 1
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2 copies, 20 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 20 people are on the wait list.
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The cunning schemes of a young American ne'er-do-well, who travels to Italy on an unusual assignment.
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Central - Adult Fiction
F KOREL
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F KOREL
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Central - Recently Returned
F KOREL
1 available
F KOREL
1 available
Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F KOREL
1 available
F KOREL
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Central - Adult Large Type
LT F KOREL
1 available
LT F KOREL
1 available
Shirlington - Adult Large Type
LT F KOREL
1 available
LT F KOREL
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"Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he's teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what's left of his self-respect; he hasn't written - let alone published - anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn't need Jake's help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast...
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Central - Adult Fiction
F HARRI
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F HARRI
4 available
Columbia Pike - Adult Fiction
F HARRI
1 available
F HARRI
1 available
Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F HARRI
1 available
F HARRI
1 available
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Central - Adult Large Type
LT F HARRI
1 available
LT F HARRI
1 available
Shirlington - Adult Large Type
LT F HARRI
1 available
LT F HARRI
1 available
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"Get Out meets The Devil Wears Prada in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she's thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They've only...
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65 copies, 223 people are on the wait list.
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65 copies, 223 people are on the wait list.
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What's the harm in a pseudonym? Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn't write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American--in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author R. F. Kuang in the vein of White Ivy and The Other Black Girl. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year...