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|  | Martin Dressler by George Guidall, Steven Millhauser
Martin Dressler works in his father's cigar store in 1890s Manhattan, where he learns the basics of business. He goes into hotel work--first as a bellhop, but eventually rising to own a hotel before he's 30. Alternating Martin's dreams with the day-to-day detail of his life, Millhauser evokes the business and personal world of turn-of-the-century America. AUTHOR: George Guidall, Steven Millhauser
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Untitled by Julie Waller Kaewert
Alex Plumtree is in for a most astounding week. First he comes into possession of a rare, centuries-old book rumored to have been destroyed by King Edward IV. Then he receives an undreamed-of honor: an invitation to join a select society of book collectors. But his initiation weekend turns sour when the book disappears and someone turns up dead. He quickly suspects that his find is even more valuable than it first seemed. Now all Alex has to do is stay alive long enough to find out why. AUTHOR: Julie Waller Kaewert
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Texas Empires by Evelyn Rogers
A darkly handsome cattleman returns to Texas seeking revenge, but finds love with the strong-willed daughter of his longtime enemy, in this historical romance from the author of Betrayal and Crown of Glory. AUTHOR: Evelyn Rogers
PUBLISHER: Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Rhode Island Red by Charlotte Carter
When Nanette breaks up with her boyfriend, she agrees to let a fellow musician stay with her in her New York City apartment. But when she finds her new roommate on the floor with a knife in his throat and her saxophone stuffed with cash, she wonders if he was as mild-mannered as he claimed to be. Even stranger, someone has started sending her mysterious notes accompanied by yellow roses, and Nanette is no longer sure whom she can trust. AUTHOR: Charlotte Carter
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Midnight is a Place by Joan Aiken
Fourteen-year-old Lucas is living an unhappy, lonely life at the family estate, Midnight Court, with only his unpleasant guardian for company. When a young girl named Anne-Marie arrives at the house, Lucas is hopeful that he will finally have a friend. Unfortunately, Anne-Marie is a petulant and unfriendly child. When a disaster forces Lucas and Anne-Marie to leave Midnight Court, Lucas fears that neither of them will be able to survive in the harsh world outside. AUTHOR: Joan Aiken
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Vendetta
From one of the queens of glitz, glamour, and sex comes a story of Hollywood and the Mafia. In Collins's fourth novel about the exploits of the Santangelo family, Lucky, the multifaceted heroine, takes control of a movie studio.
CATEGORY: General
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