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1) By the book
Author
Series
Meant to be volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
A young, Black woman working in publishing makes a surprise connection with an author who has failed to deliver his highly anticipated manuscript.
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Language
English
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Set on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilariously portraying love, fraud, death, evil, and transformation. Mrs. Hawkins, the majestic narrator of A Far Cry from Kensington, takes us well in hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. There, as a fat and much admired young war widow, she spent her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher (“of very good books”) and...
Author
Language
English
Description
After five years working at Parson's Press, an old-school business book publisher, Nora is the last editorial assistant standing, desperate to get out. But she can't leave until she finds another job to cover rent, especially when Parsons cuts already unlivable salaries. That's when Nora is forced to lie her way into moonlighting for a rival publisher...and maybe poaching a few authors along the way. But when Nora accidentally falls for Andrew Santos,...
Author
Series
Death in Dordogne mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Stumbling upon the body of a murdered infant, dead for more than a century, while restoring the home of wealthy Christophe de Bonnefon, designer Mara Dunn teams up once again with orchidologist Julian Wood to investigate the case.
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Series
Enola Holmes mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Enola Holmes, now independent and pursuing her profession as a scientific perditorian, joins forces with her brother Sherlock to solve the mysterious disappearance of Wolcott Balestier, a friend of Rudyard Kipling, as they uncover the ruthless world of book publishing and seek to bring him back safely.
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Language
English
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"Ekong Udousoro is a Nigerian editor undertaking a reckoning with the brutal recent history of his homeland by curating a collection of stories about the Biafran War. He is thrilled when a publishing fellowship gives him the opportunity to continue his work in Manhattan while learning the ins and outs of publishing. But while his sophisticated colleagues meet him with kindness and hospitality, he is soon exposed to the industry's colder, ruthlessly...
12) Llámame Nia
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Primera edición
Language
Español
Description
"Madres, trabajadoras, esposas, amigas y amantes... pero ¿para cuándo NOSOTRAS? Calpurnia Pearson adora a su familia, pero hay momentos en que le gustaría dejar de ser madre y esposa y ser simplemente ella: Nia. A sus treinta y cinco años, se siente enclaustrada en la rutina por las responsabilidades de la vida adulta. También le frustra que sus esfuerzos por ascender en la editorial donde trabaja no se vean recompensados, ya que sigue en el...
13) Laugh out loud
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Imaginative middle schooler Jimmy follows his dream to start a unique book company while he is still a child.
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