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Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Alex Vogel has always been a high achiever who lived her life by the book--star student and athlete in high school, prelaw whiz in college, Harvard Law School degree. Accepting a dream offer at the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Klasko & Fitch, she promises her sweet and supportive longtime boyfriend that the job won't change her. Yet Alex is seduced by the firm's money and energy ... and by her cocksure male colleagues, who quickly take notice...
82) Ugetsu
Series
Criterion collection volume 309
Pub. Date
2005
Description
In sixteenth century Japan a village potter and his brother-in-law set out for the city to seek their fortunes in the spoils of war. Their neglected wives suffer the bitter consequences of their husbands' ambition as one is murdered by soldiers and the other is raped and becomes a prostitute.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Cass was a young, promising playwright, once heralded as a fierce new queer voice in female empowerment. Now, however, following a scandal that forced her abrupt exit from the New York theatre world, she's hiding out in Los Angeles, reeling from her public humiliation, incessantly calling her former agent's assistant in the hopes that she'll put her through, and spying on her next door neighbor, who seems to have a steady stream of mysterious visitors...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Magni Viri is Tara's dream. Like everyone at Corbin College, she longs to join its elite ranks. Notoriously insular, the students who spend four years within the academic societies shadowed halls come out changed into innovators ready to shake the world. As a first-gen college student, Tara knew she was a long shot. But when a Magni Viri student mysteriously dies, a spot opens for Tara, and she sees her dreams finally coming true. Suddenly she's surrounded...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Chloe loves singing and spends hours practicing. When she gets the chance to audition for Rockley Park-- the school for aspiring pop stars-- she is determined to make the cut. But first she must persuade her parents that her ambition is real.
Author
Series
Luna Sisters volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"A marriage of convenience between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd London politician makes for a scandalous Victorian bargain-and a love that will eclipse the burdens of ambition and duty. Ana María Luna Valdés has strived to be the perfect daughter, the perfect niece, and the perfect representative of the powerful Luna familia. So, when Ana María is secretly sent to London with her sisters to seek refuge during the French occupation of Mexico,...
89) The shift
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Explores the spiritual journey from ambition to meaning. The powerful shift from the ego constructs we are taught early in life which promote an emphasis on achievement and accumulation are shown in contrast to a life of meaning, focused on serving and giving back. Intertwined stories inspire and teach how to create a life of meaning and purpose.
94) Vicious
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-- brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things...
95) Cosmogramma
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"In his exquisite first collection of speculative fiction, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora. Kill parties roam the streets of a post-apocalyptic world; a matriarchal race of mer creatures depends on interbreeding with mortals to survive; mysterious seeds appear in cities across the world, growing into the likeness of people in their vicinity. Through transfigured bodies and impossible encounters, Newland...
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Description
"The discovery of a hidden label on a famous gown unearths the story of a talented young seamstress in this glittering novel of family, love, ambition, and self discovery by the USA Today bestselling author of The Flight Girls. 2023, The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History: A costume conservator is preparing an exhibition featuring movie costumes from the 1920s to present day. As she gingerly places a gown once worn by Greta Garbo on...
100) Reach for the stars
Author
Description
A mother encourages her young daughter to always do her best, be a team player, try new experiences, and strive to help others who may be in need.