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"OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS for a fledgling make-up artist as Alison Sweeney-actress, TV host, producer, and author-delivers her third novel, featuring the most tyrannical boss since The Devil Wears Prada. Alex Cleary lands a dream job doing make-up for Hillary P. a culinary star with a million-dollar lifestyle empire and reputation for being very challenging. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance and provides a steady paycheck. But when Alex inadvertently violates...
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Scholastic Press
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2023.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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"Lila is trying to find her way in the world--to figure out her thing. Her talented sister, Parisa, and athletic best friend, Melanie, both seem to have found theirs... and Lila can't help feeling left behind. But just when she thinks she might have it in her school's new band program, the floor falls out from beneath Lila. The program may have its funding cut! Lila visits her local bank in an attempt to secure a loan for the band program. While she's...
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Wildfire volume 2
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English
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On the heels of her dramatic second place finish in the Sandpiper Race, Kris is offered an opportunity to star in a commercial with Wildfire, which unexpectedly thrusts Kris and Junior together.
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JJ Birden, who once caught touchdown passes from Joe Montana, was one of the smallest players in the NFL at 5'10 157 pounds. Despite his stature, he lasted nine years in the NFL. He reminds us that we all have opportunities in life. His questions for you are: Do you recognize them? Do you seize them? Do you take advantage of them? "This is what I desire to help you accomplish, and it's why I wrote When Opportunity Knocks, 8 Surefire Ways To Take Advantage!...
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Growing up on a small family farm in the shadows of Yellowstone National Park, Clyde Seely learned the importance of hard work, strong family ties and making the best of any circumstance. He uses warm and engaging stories with nuggets of interesting insights and lessons learned in relating the trials and successes of his life's story.
Then opportunity knocked.
Follow Clyde's first-hand experience as he relives the conflicts and challenges that transformed...
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The New York Times bestseller, written by a former reporter for ABC News, tells the story of a fearless young entrepreneur who brought hope to the lives of dozens of women in war-torn Afghanistan. Former ABC journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the riveting true story of Kamila Sidiqi and other women of Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's fearful rise to power. Lemmon recounts with novelistic vividness the true story of a fearless young woman...
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"Fact: the Millennial Generation will not be able to rely on pensions and social security in retirement. Instead, they will have to save and invest in the global stock market to meet their goals. When it comes to thinking about money, Millennials are, as a generation, different from their parents. They are skeptical of expert advice, yet more committed than baby boomers to passing wealth on to future generations. To build wealth, young people must...
11) The Titanic
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This title examines the exploration and study of the Titanic's wreck. The book explores the ship's sinking, traces its discovery and scientific investigation, and discusses future study and conservation efforts.
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
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[2012]
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Norwegian
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Roger, an accomplished corporate headhunter by day and art thief when opportunity knocks, decides to risk it all to get his hands on an extremely valuable painting, and in doing so discovers something which makes him a hunted man.
13) God in my corner
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Everyone needs a second chance, even if your name is George Foreman. "My second chance arrived unexpectedly in a Puerto Rican dressing room after a heavyweight boxing match. What happened to me in that room is so incredibly bizarre, it's unlikely you've ever before read anything like it. Simply stated, I died and went to the other side. The experience impacted me so profoundly that three decades later I can't go a single day without thinking about...
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Allie Burns volume 1
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English
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"Val McDermid's award-winning, internationally bestselling novels have captivated readers for over three decades. In her new novel 1979, she returns to the past with the story of an investigative journalist whose work leads her into a world of corruption, terror, and murder. It's only January, and the year has already brought blizzards, strikes, power cuts, and political unrest. But for journalist Allie Burns, bad news provides an opportunity to escape...
16) Heart of palm
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Utina, Florida, is a small, down-at-the-heels southern town. Once enlivened by the trade in Palm Sunday palms and moonshine, Utina hasn't seen economic growth in decades, and no family is more emblematic of the local reality than the Bravos. Deserted by the patriarch years ago, the Bravos are held together in equal measure by love, unspoken blame, and tenuously brokered truces. The story opens on a sweltering July day, as Frank Bravo, dutiful middle...
17) On the hustle
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Dating in Dallas volume 2
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English
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"Alba Duarte is the queen of the side hustle. As the eldest daughter in her crisis-prone family, she’s always stepped up to help. Her favorite gig is doing Instagram-worthy, bookish-themed bedroom makeovers for friends. Her most hated? Working as the assistant to the most gorgeous—and most infuriating—man on earth. Theo Ganas is a former Olympic swimmer and heir to a bona fide real estate empire. He’s also about as warm and fuzzy as a New...
18) Super Star
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Hindi
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Kunal Mehra, a junior artist, dreams of becoming the biggest Bollywood star. One day, an opportunity knocks when he is asked to replace his lookalike for a big production house; only condition being that he cannot give away his identity.
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Dacey Culpepper Biel comes from a long line of pie bakers. Her family's shop, Pies N' Prattle, is legendary in her small Texas town. But Dacey didn't inherit a gift for baking. Her pies always end up as messy or burnt disasters. Even worse? Business has been slow lately, and Dacey wishes she could do something to help.
Then opportunity knocks: A popular TV show wants to feature the shop! But that means Dacey will have to spend time with Chayton Freedel,...
20) Ask again later
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Emily has a tendency to live with one foot out the door. For her, the best thing about a family crisis is the excuse to cut and run. When her mother dramatically announces they've found a lump, Emily gladly takes a rain check on life to be by her mother's side, leaving behind her career, her boyfriend, and those pesky, unanswerable questions about who she is and what she's doing with her life. But back in her childhood bedroom, Emily realizes that...