Taylor Jenkins Reid
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[2022]
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English
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"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
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English
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"When Lauren and Ryan's marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes. Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well...
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English
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"'Have you ever heard of supernovas? They shine brighter than anything else in the sky and then fade out really quickly, a short burst of extraordinary energy. I like to think you and Ben were like that . . . in that short time, you had more passion than some people have in a lifetime.' Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one....
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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100 Great Reads - Adult
2020 Lariat Reading List
Historical Fiction- Adult/ YA
Staff Recommends- Adult/YA
2020 Lariat Reading List
Historical Fiction- Adult/ YA
Staff Recommends- Adult/YA
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"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
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Pub. Date
2024
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Español
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Emma Blair se casa con su amor de juventud, Jesse. En su primer aniversario de bodas, Jesse recibe el encargo de ir a trabajar a las Islas Aleutianas. Y mientras sobrevuela el Pacífico, su helicóptero desaparece. Emma deja su trabajo y regresa a su hogar en un esfuerzo por recomponer su vida. Años después, se reencuentra con Sam, un viejo amigo, y vuelve a enamorarse. Cuando Emma y Sam se comprometen, parece que la vida le está brindando una...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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Cuando Carrie se retira del tenis, es la mejor jugadora que el mundo ha visto jamás. Ha batido todos los récords y ha conseguido veinte títulos de Grand Slam. Y si le preguntas, se merece cada uno de ellos. Lo ha sacrificado casi todo para convertirse en la mejor, con su padre como entrenador. Pero seis años después de retirarse, Carrie se encuentra en las gradas del US Open de 1994, viendo cómo una tenista británica brutal e impresionante...
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2020.
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Español
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"No soy la musa de alguien. No soy una musa. So ese alguien." Elle es la estrella del rock más importante del planeta. Todos tienen una opinión sobre ella. Todos sueñan con ella. Todos buscan ser como ella. Todos quieren algo de ella. Todos quieren a Daisy Jones.
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2017.
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English
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"Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?"--Amazon.com.
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2015.
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English
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"Hannah Martin's life isn't shaping up into much of anything. Since graduating college eight years ago, she has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs ... She takes up residence in her best friend Gabby's guest room. Along with Gabby and Gabby's husband Mark, [she goes] out to a bar where they meet up with some of [their] old friends, including Hannah's high school boyfriend, Ethan. Shortly after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah...
12) Malibú renace
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Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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"Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over--especially as the offspring of the legendary singer...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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Evelyn Hugo, el icono de Hollywood que se ha recluido a su edad madura, por fin decide contar la verdad sobre su vida llena de glamour y de escándalos. Pero cuando para ello elige a Monique Grant, una periodista desconocida, nadie se sorprende más que la propia Monique. ¿Por qué ella? ¿Por qué ahora?