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2024., Adult, Flatiron Books Call No: FIC GON Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten - certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers, C-Suite executives, and international art-dealers, most of whom float through life knowing that their futures are secured, Raquel feels herself an outsider. Students of color, like Raquel, are the minority there, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is no secret. But when Raquel becomes romantically involved with a well-connected older art student, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ranks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds, she stumbles upon Anita's story, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relationship, which eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist. Moving back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of both women, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, is a propulsive, witty examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite"--
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-- Count down2005., Adult, Bantam Books Call No: FIC JOH Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Jane MacGuire's uncanny resemblance to Cira, the femme fatale of ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum, lands her in trouble once again, this time with a terrorist who has made a deadly pact with a deranged madman who believes Jane holds the key to Cira's lost treasure.
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2011., Adult, Little, Brown Call No: FIC PAT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Matthew Bannon, a poor art student in New York City, finds a wealth of diamonds in an abandoned medical bag in Grand Central Terminal, but while he daydreams about the new life he can afford for himself and his girlfriend, Katherine, Matthew realizes he is being hunted by the world's greatest assassin--who, unknowingly, is also being hunted by a rival assassin.
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2012., 3.4; Ages 3-6, Little, Brown Call No: Y PAT Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Middle school novelsSummary Note: After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art.
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c2007., Adult, Delacorte Press Call No: FIC STE Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: After an accident kills her mother and leaves her blind, artist Annie Adams and her three sisters--Candy, a supermodel, Tammy, a television producer, and Sabrina, a practicing attorney--decide to live together for one year in a New York brownstone, where they learn the importance of family and realize that even though their careers are on the right track, their lives may not be.
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2004, c2003., Adult, Harcourt Call No: FIC NIF Edition: 1st Harvest ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Harvest bookSummary Note: Clare and Henry, deeply in love, try desperately to maintain normal lives even though he has been diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a condition in which his genetic clock periodically resets, pulling him through time to the past or future.