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Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume prequel
Language
English
Description
"Revisit[s] the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games"--
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Language
English
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Description
"When A-list movie star Charlie Bingley moves next door, the five eligible Benedetto sisters, reality TV show has-beens, see this as an opportunity to reverse their fortunes, especially when June, the oldest, catches his eye, but their community is determined to keep them apart"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When production for the tenth season of the hit cooking competition Bake Week begins at the gothic estate of the show's host and founder, celebrity chef Betsy Martin, everything seems normal. The six contestants are eager to prove their culinary talents over the course of five days, while Betsy struggles for control of the show with her new co-host, the brash and unpredictable Archie Morris. But as the baking competition gets under way, things begin...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love. Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss's son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband, Hank, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Broken hearted, but determined to continue the business of their dreams, she takes the life insurance money,...
7) Taste test
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Publisher
Walker Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
While attending a New Hampshire culinary academy, North Carolina high schooler Nora suspects someone of sabotaging the academy's televised cooking competition.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Working diligently in the shadow of her New Age guru brother, Deirdre Griffin is devastated by her commitment-phobic boyfriend's announcement that he is marrying another woman, a situation that compels her to compete on "Dancing with the Stars."
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Felicity 'Fizzy' Chen is lost. Sure, she's got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she's asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn't been practicing what she's preached. Fizzy hasn't ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can't-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she's spent...
10) The stranger
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Detective Patrik Hedström tackles his toughest investigation yet when a string of suspicious deaths points to a potential serial killer who has turned his eye toward Fjallbacka and her dark forests, where two children vanished decades before.
12) Vigilance
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Language
English
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Description
The United States. 2030. John McDean executive produces "Vigilance," a reality game show designed to make sure American citizens stay alert to foreign and domestic threats. Shooters are introduced into a "game environment," and the survivors get a cash prize. The TV audience is not the only one that's watching though, and McDean soon finds out what it's like to be on the other side of the camera.
Author
Series
The Rajes volume 2
Language
English
Description
When chef Ashan Raje joins the cast of a hit reality television show to save her restaurant, she finds herself paired with her first love, soccer star and celebrity Rico Silva.
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
When a family of bonobo apes who know American Sign Language are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show propels scientist Isabel Duncan, together with reporter John Thigpen, on a personal mission to rescue them. An entertaining book that calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA.
16) What we buried
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Language
English
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Description
Told in separate voices, Jory, whose face is partly paralyzed, and his sister Liv, a former reality television performer and child beauty pageant contestant, join forces to search for their missing parents.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When tweens Izzy, Ty, Kevin, JJ, and Mackenzie first heard there was going to be a kids' version of the reality TV obstacle competition National Ninja Champion, they all found themselves drawn to Fit Kidz gym. They quickly formed a team--training together and helping one another overcome all kinds of obstacles on the journey to Junior Ninja Champion. It's surreal but exciting to watch themselves on TV, and the show is a huge hit. Now, Izzy and JJ...
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Publisher
Montlake Romance
Language
English
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Description
TV producer Kate Geary is in unscripted heaven. She's piloting a reality series featuring her favorite self-help guru, Dr. Vivienne Brandt. The Dr. Viv--whose nuggets of wisdom helped Kate get through some of her toughest times. Thanks to Dr. Viv, Kate is almost on the verge of figuring everything out. That is, until bookstore owner Jonah Porter, the superhot book nerd Kate just spent an amazing date with, appears at the show's first meeting.
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