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A semifamous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to New York. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female...
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Rufus Leung Gresham, future Duke of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus' scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister's wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable who's-who of sultans, barons, and oligarchs, and seduce a woman with money. When a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials and a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, the Gresham family...
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She’s an honors student with ambitious graduate school plans and he’s a jock with only hockey on his mind, but once their worlds collide, their connection is hot enough to melt an ice rink.
An ultimatum from Summer Preston’s thesis advisor thrusts her into an unexpected collision with the hockey team’s captain, Aiden Crawford. She’s caught between conflicting desires of fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming...
An ultimatum from Summer Preston’s thesis advisor thrusts her into an unexpected collision with the hockey team’s captain, Aiden Crawford. She’s caught between conflicting desires of fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming...
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Hollywood has come calling and they want Miranda Abbott back. This time to be the female lead in an oddly expensive movie of the week, but her trusty assistant Andrew thinks this all seems a bit fishy. When Miranda's co-star makes a grand entrance by crashing through the atrium window at The Duchess Hotel and being very much dead, things go from bad to worse. Police Chief Ned Buckley, grumpy bookstore owner and soon to be ex-husband Edgar Abbott,...
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No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room. And yet, none is more shrouded in secrecy and mystery. Created under President Kennedy, the Sit Room has been the epicenter of crisis management for presidents for more than six decades. Detailing close calls made and disasters narrowly averted, this book will take readers through dramatic turning points in a dozen presidential administrations, and...
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Kathleen Hanna's band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like "Rebel Girl" and "Double Dare Ya" are more powerful than ever. This is Hanna's raw and insightful new memoir as she takes us from her tumultuous childhood to her formative college years and her first shows. In an uncut voice all her own, Hanna reveals the hardest times along with the most joyful - and how they continue to...
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Sebastian Junger travelled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet the closest he ever came to death was the summer of 2020. Crippled by abdominal pain, Junger was rushed to the hospital. Once there, he began slipping away. The next day he was told he had suffered a ruptured aneurysm that he should not have survived. This experience spurred Junger to undertake a scientific, philosophical, and deeply personal examination of...
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Gary Vaynerchuk argues that today's fast-growing businesses, brands, content creators, and influencers have one thing in common: they mastered storytelling in areas of underpriced attention. Vaynerchuk contends that the biggest transformation and opportunity is the "TikTokification of Social Media." Increasingly, platforms are distributing content based on what users are interested in, rather than who they follow. Vaynerchuk provides the tactics to...
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