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Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Exploited by the white family that took him in as a servant fifteen years earlier, groundskeeper August Sitwell becomes tragically enraged by how his employers mindlessly profit from the talents of a hired Black cook.
Author
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after...
Author
Series
A treasures of Surrey novel volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Isabel is about to enter the world of le bon ton. But there is more to it than meets the eye. And not all of it is good. Fellsworth School is the only home that Isabel Creston has ever known. An artist at heart, she is curious about what adventure lies beyond Fellsworth's walls. When her long-lost aunt invites Isabel and her younger half-sister to accompany her to Bellfield Crossing for the summer, Isabel cannot resist a new adventure. Colin Galloway,...
4) Whitefern
Author
Series
Audrina volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Arden turns violent in his protestations against Audrina's control over the family brokerage, an inheritance that causes her to wonder what her father knew about Arden's true nature.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
From the award–winning author of No One Is Here Except All of Us comes an imaginative novel about a wealthy New England family in the 1960s and '70s that suddenly loses its fortune-and its bearings.
Labor Day 1976, Martha's Vineyard. Summering at the family beach house along this moneyed coast of New England, Fern and Edgar-married with three children-are happily preparing for a family birthday celebration when they learn that the unimaginable...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Jende Jonga journeys to New York City from Cameroon in 2004 on a visitors' visa in hopes of obtaining a green card, he's sure his life will only improve. After saving up enough money to bring over Jende's wife, Neni, and six-year-old son, the family moves into an apartment in Harlem. Then Jende hits the jackpot in 2007 when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a wealthy Lehman Brothers executive. But working for the Edwardses isn't...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward delivers the second novel in her Bourbon Kings series--a sweeping saga of a Southern dynasty struggling to maintain a facade of privilege and prosperity while secrets and indiscretions threaten its very foundation...In Charlemont, Kentucky, the Bradford family is the crème la crème of high society--just like their exclusive brand of bourbon. And their complicated lives and vast estate are run by a...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
463 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When her popular best friend, Joan, spirals out of control in their socially driven 1950s Houston community, Cece, a young wife and mother, struggles to intervene before making a painful choice.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
40th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join the "practically perfect" Mary Poppins for a "Jolly Holiday" as she magically turns every chore into a game and every day into a whimsical adventure. Along the way, you'll be enchanted by unforgettable characters such as the multitalented chimney sweep Bert.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the thrilling finale of the Bourbon Kings series, the Bradford family dynasty teeters on the edge of collapse after the murder of their patriarch -- and a shocking arrest. Life at Easterly will never be the same again. For some, this is good; for others, it could be a tragedy beyond imagining. But love survives all things. Even murder.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune and a scandalous secret that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family--including the daughter no one knew he had.... Anna Snow grew up in an orphanage in Bath, knowing nothing of the family she came from. Now she discovers that the late Earl of Riverdale was her father and that she has inherited his fortune. She is also overjoyed to learn she has siblings. However,...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (246 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The Crawleys and their staff's adventures continue in two spectacular motion pictures, with a royal visit from the King and Queen of England, the filming of a new silent movie at Downton, and a journey to the south of France. Written by series creator Julian Fellowes and starring the original cast, these grand cinematic experiences will have you cheering for your favorite characters all over again."--Container.
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The follow-up to the 2019 feature film in which the Crawley family and Downton staff received a royal visit from the King and Queen of Great Britain.