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2) Goodbye Girl
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Language
English
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"This is the eighteenth Swyteck novel since The Pardon (1994), and it's just as good as the rest. Grippando keeps coming up with complex and timely cases, and this one is first-rate." — Booklist
A contentious intellectual piracy case leads to an unsolved murder, and Jack Swyteck's client—a pop music icon—is the accused killer.
Piracy costs the movie and music industry
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
The Grammy Award-winning American soul and gospel singer and mother of Whitney Houston reflects on her daughter's life, the events that led up to her death and the aftermath of a senseless tragedy.
Cissy has said little publicly about Whitney's heart-breaking death. Now she opens up and shares the unbelievable story of her daughter's life, as well as her own, and addresses Whitney's brightest and darkest moments. With candor and respect, she sets...
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
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A breathtaking novel of romantic obsession, longing and one woman's choice between motherhood and her operatic calling
It is 1903. Dr. Ravell is a young Harvard-educated obstetrician with a growing reputation for helping couples conceive. He has treated women from all walks of Boston society, but when Ravell meets Erika-an opera singer whose beauty is surpassed only by her spellbinding voice-he knows their doctor-patient relationship...
It is 1903. Dr. Ravell is a young Harvard-educated obstetrician with a growing reputation for helping couples conceive. He has treated women from all walks of Boston society, but when Ravell meets Erika-an opera singer whose beauty is surpassed only by her spellbinding voice-he knows their doctor-patient relationship...
5) Star Island
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Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen?and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster. Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her ?undercover stunt double,? Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too ?indisposed??meaning wasted?to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang...
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English
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Born into poverty in a small desert town in the American Midwest, Thea Kronborg is one of seven children. But Thea is exceptional, a fact recognized by a discerning few, including Ray Kennedy, who longs to marry her but whose fate it is to set her free. With her rugged will and pioneer spirit, Thea carves her way from Moonstone, Colorado to Chicago, from Dresden to New York, culminating in a triumphant debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Thea has become...
9) Taylor Swift
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Taylor Swift, the Grammy Award-winning and multiplatinum artist. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers!"--Amazon.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Princess Courtney, a modern princess, has her world turned upside down when she switches places with Erika, a famous rock star. Two very different worlds collide when a mix-up sends Princess Courtney to Camp Pop and Erika to Camp Royalty. While the leaders of the rival camps try to correct the mix-up, both Courtney and Erika learn to adjust to the different worlds and have fun while making new, unexpected friends.
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English
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As children in foster care, Cecilia and Robin vowed they would be the sisters each other never had. Now famous singer-songwriter Cecilia lives life on the edge, but when Robin is nearly killed in an accident, Cecilia drops everything to be with her. Reunited, the sister's begin to work on a project that could uncover memories for them both. Yet soon dark secrets of the past emerge that could test their bond to its very limit.
12) Run, Rose, run
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From America's most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller--a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive. Every song tells a story. She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Find a future, lose a past. Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[c1997]
Language
English
Description
Country music star Tucker recounts her life from her birth to a poor family from the Oklahoma hills to her sudden rise to stardom, through her abusive relationship with Glen Campbell and her spiral down into drug abuse, to her comeback in the 1990s.
14) California girls
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Publisher
HarlequinAudio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Three sisters, after getting dumped in the same week, set out to help each other start over and rebuild their lives.
Finola, a popular LA morning show host, is blindsided on live TV by news that her husband is sleeping with a young pop sensation who has set their affair to music. Zennie's breakup is no big loss, so agreeing to be the surrogate for her best friend is a no-brainer. Their sister Ali is used to being overlooked, but when her fiancé...
15) Lion & lamb
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"They can catch a killer-if they don't kill each other first. Veena Lion and Cooper Lamb are rival PIs working the same intense headline-making case"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Language
English
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"With her stammering tongue and quiet ways, Cadence Piper has always struggled to be accepted. After the death of her mother, Cadence sets her heart on becoming a nurse, both to erase the stain her brother has left on the family's honor and to find long-sought approval in the eyes of her father. When Dorothea Dix turns her away due to her young age and pretty face, Cadence finds another way to serve . . . singing to the soldiers in Judiciary Square...
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Publisher
Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Opera star Maggie Lee abandons her opulent lifestyle when she's threatened by a powerful politician who aims to ruin her life, running off to the wilds of the moors to live in anonymity. But all that changes the day she discovers a half-dead man near her house. Escaped convict Oliver Ward is on the run to prove his innocence... until he gets hurt and is taken in by Maggie. He discovers some jewels in her possession-the very same jewels that got him...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Opera diva Olivia Shore and Chicago Stars quarterback Thaddeus Walker Bowman Owens embark on a nationwide tour promoting a luxury watch brand and must find a way to get along when they are plagued by a series of dangerous encounters with an overzealous fan.
Thaddeus Walker Bowman Owens, backup quarterback for the Chicago Stars, is a man with a low tolerance for divas. Oliva Shore, international opera superstar, has a monumental grudge against the...
19) Star
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Series
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Young, innocent and strikingly beautiful Crystal Wyatt was an outcast, envied and resented by all but her devoted father, with whom she shared a deep love for their remote California ranch. When her father dies, Crystal is alone and unprotected. Devastating events shake the once peaceful valley. With nothing but her dreams, her beauty, and her awe-inspiring voice, Crystal escapes to embark on the career that will ultimately make her a star. But stardom...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, "Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn't tint hers?"...
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