Search Results: Returned 15 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 15
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2023., Adolescent, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: MYSTERY F CAT Edition: First American edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice: on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks and neglected backyards. For years, the group has struggled to break even. Then Mira stumbles on an answer, a way to finally set the group up for the long term: a landslide has closed the Korowai Pass, cutting off the town of Thorndike. Natural disaster has created an opportunity, a sizable farm seemingly abandoned. But Mira is not the only one interested in Thorndike. Robert Lemoine, an enigmatic American billionaire, has snatched it up to build his end-times bunker--or so he tells Mira when he catches her on the property. Intrigued by Mira, Birnam Wood, and their entrepreneurial spirit, he suggests they work this land. But can they trust him? And, as their ideals and ideologies are tested, can they trust each other?"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Kwan, Kevin2014., Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC Call No: REALISTIC F KWA Edition: First Anchor Books edition, May 2014. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Envisioning a summer vacation in the humble Singapore home of a boy she hopes to marry, Chinese American Rachel Chu is unexpectedly introduced to a rich and scheming clan that strongly opposes their son's relationship with an American girl.
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By Katz, Erica[2022]., Adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: MYSTERY F KAT Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Emma Caan is a fake. She's a forger, an artist who specializes in nineteenth-century paintings. But she isn't a criminal; her copies are commissioned by museums and ultra-wealthy collectors protecting their investments. Emma's more than mastered a Gauguin brushstroke and a van Gogh wheat field, but her work is sometimes a painful reminder of the artistic dreams she once chased for herself, when she was younger and before her family and her world fell apart. When oligarch art collector Leonard Sobetsky unexpectedly appears with an invitation, Emma sees a way out--a new job, a new path for herself, and access to the kind of money she needs to support her unstable and recently widowed mother. But every invitation incurs an obligation...and Emma isn't prepared for what's to come. As she's pulled further into Leonard's opulent scene, she will discover what's lurking beneath the glitz and glamour. When she does, the past she's worked hard to overcome will collide with the present, making her wonder how much of her carefully curated life is just as fake as her forgeries..."--From the publisher's web site.
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[2013], Juvenile, Razorbill Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After being expelled from her elite private school, spoiled, arrogant rich girl Astrid is forced to attend her local private school. Intelligent and proud of it, Astrid believes she will have the school in the palm of her hand but soon learns important lesson about herself and her place in the world as she discovers the reality of the public school system.
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[2015]., Debolsillo Call No: Literature FIC FITZGERALD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Contemporánea (Debolsillo (Firm))Summary Note: "El gran Gatsby es un retarto de la Jazz Age que captura el espÃrtu de la generación de Scott Fitzgerald y le concede un trono permanente en el Olimpo de la literature norteamericana. El millonario hecho a sà mismo., Jay Gatsby, personaliza una de las obsesiones del autor y de la sociedad de su paÃs: la combinación de dinero, ambición y lujuria como promesa de nuevos comienzos. Una extraordinaria fábula--y como tal, no exenta de moraleja--sobre el sueño americano."--Page 4 of cover.
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2004, c1953., Scribner Call No: Class Set FIC FIT Edition: Scribner trade pbk. ed. Availability:745 of 762 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained a number of errors resulting from Fitzgerald's extensive revisions and a rushed production schedule.
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2004, c1935., Scribner Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: Scribner trade pbk. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained a number of errors resulting from Fitzgerald's extensive revisions and a rushed production schedule.
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p1984., Recorded Books Call No: RB FIC FITZGERALD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A mysterious American millionaire tries to recapture the sweetheart of his youth, which results in tragedy.
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2004, c1935., Scribner Call No: HISTORICAL F FIT Edition: Scribner trade pbk. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained a number of errors resulting from Fitzgerald's extensive revisions and a rushed production schedule.
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2007., Simon & Schuster Call No: 813 .54 Edition: 1st Simon & Schuste Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Sample text
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[2018]., Adolescent, HARPERTEEN Call No: MYSTERY F FRE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Everyone in Tenney's Harbor knows about the Garrison tragedy. How an unexplained fire ravaged their house, killing four of the five family members. But what people don't know is who did it. All fingers point at Pearl Haskins' father, who was the caretaker of the property, but Pearl just doesn't believe it. Leave it to a town of rich people to blame "the help." With her disgraced father now trying to find work in between booze benders, Pearl's future doesn't hold much more than waiting tables at the local country club, where the wealthy come to flaunt their money and spread their gossip. This year, Tristan, the last surviving Garrison, and his group of affluent and arrogant friends have made a point of sitting in Pearl's section. Though she's repulsed by most of them, Tristan's quiet sadness and somber demeanor have her rethinking her judgments. Befriending the boys could mean getting closer to the truth, clearing her father's name, and giving Tristan the closure he seems to be searching for. But it could also trap Pearl in a sinister web of secrets, lies, and betrayals that would leave no life unchanged. If it doesn't take hers first.
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2012., Michael di Capua Books / Scholastic Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A millionaire offers twelve-year-old Joe Casimir "a perfect life," filled with wealth. But accepting means Joe would have to give up his own dreams for his future.
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[2023]., Pamela Dorman Books ; : Viking Call No: REALISTIC F JAC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A deliciously funny, sharply observed novel of family, wealth, love and tennis, this zeitgeisty debut follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one, the millennial conscience of the family, who wants to give it all away. Darley, the eldest daughter in the Stockton family, has never worried about money. The product of generational wealth and capitalist success, Darley renounced her inheritance when she married Malcolm, a first generation Korean American with a lucrative job in banking. Sasha, Darley's new sister-in-law, has come from more humble origins, and her hesitancy about signing a pre-nup has everyone worried about her intentions. Georgiana, newly graduated from Brown and proud to think of herself as a "do-gooder," has enough money from her trust that she's able to work for a pittance at a not-for-profit, where she has started a secret love affair with a senior colleague. But when a scandal derails Malcolm's career, leaving Darley financially in the lurch, when Sasha glimpses the less-than-attractive attributes beneath the Stockton brood's carefully-guarded façade, and when Georgiana discovers her boyfriend is married and still in love with his wife, they must all come to terms with what money can't buy-the bonds of love that can make and unmake a family. Rife with the indulgent pleasures of affluent WASPS in New York and full of recognizable if fallible characters (and a couple of appalling ones!), it's about the peculiar unknowability of someone else's family, about the haves and have-nots and the nuances in between, and the insanity of first love-Pineapple Street is a scintillating, wryly comic novel of race, class, wealth and privilege in an age that disdains all of it"--
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[2010]., Random House Trade Paperbacks Call No: REALISTIC F DEE Edition: Trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Becoming wealthier and more socially connected throughout their marriage, Adam and Cynthia Morey also find themselves increasingly subject to the temptations of excess and risky behavior while their children struggle with their own privilege-based challenges.
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2022., Adolescent, Feiwel & Friends Call No: HISTORICAL F MCL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Wisconsin, has no interest in the city's glamor. Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional, which could set up his future--and his life as a man--and benefit his family. Nick rents a small house in West Egg from his 18-year-old cousin, Daisy Fabrega, who lives in fashionable East Egg near her wealthy fiancé, Tom--and Nick is shocked to find that his cousin now goes by Daisy Fay, has erased all signs of her Latine heritage, and now passes seamlessly as white. Nick's neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious young man named Jay Gatsby, whose castle-like mansion is the stage for parties so extravagant that they both dazzle and terrify Nick. At one of these parties, Nick learns that the spectacle is all meant to impress a girl from Jay's past--Daisy. And he learns something else: Jay is also transgender. As Nick is pulled deeper into the glittery culture of decadence, he spends more time with Jay, aiming to help his new friend reconnect with his lost love. But Nick's feelings grow more complicated when he finds himself falling hard for Jay's openness, idealism, and unfounded faith in the American Dream"--From the publisher's web site.
