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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits...
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English
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"Antoinette and Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel know they're destined for something better. Abandoned by their family at a young age, they've grown up under the guidance of nuns preparing them for simple lives as the wives of tradesmen or shopkeepers. At night, their secret stash of romantic novels and magazine cutouts beneath the floorboards are all they have to keep their dreams of the future alive. The walls of the convent can't shield them forever, and...
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Set in eighteenth-century Spitalfields, London, Blackberry and Wild Rose is the rich and atmospheric tale of a household of Huguenot silk weavers as the pursuit of the perfect silk design leads them all into ambition, love, and betrayal. When Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel, she thinks she is doing God's will, but her good deed is not returned. Sara quickly realizes that the Thorel household is built on...
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Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"This extraordinary memoir of struggle and perseverance offers new ways of envisioning economic equality for everyone-from a leading activist and fashion pioneer. Aurora James's story is not a "success story." Or at least, it shouldn't be told that way. Having dropped out of high school, struggled with body image, and dabbled in street racing, her eventual arrest might have been her rock bottom. But as a visionary and optimist, that experience became...
7) Coco Chanel
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Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Large colorful illustrations accent this brief biography of the famous French fashion designer Gabrielle Chanel, known as Coco Chanel.
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Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
©2005
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English
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"More than twenty superstars from the world of crafting--including Anna Corba, April Cornell, Sandi Genovese, and Andrea Grossman--offer their expert advice on how to design a work space where creativity can blossom. Like the bestselling Business of Bliss, it's practical, inspirational, and beautiful to behold. Research by Craft Trends Magazine reveals that 89% of all crafters are women, and that they want to work in an environment conducive to creating...
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English
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When Ivory Keene landed a job at a prestigious fashion house in New York, she could never have anticipated the challenges and excitement her new position would provide. Chief among them is her exasperatingly sexy boss, Curry Kells.The older, experienced executive can't help but be drawn to Ivory by a desire neither can resist. He sees only a talented young woman whose fresh, exciting designs might just make them both millions. But he soon discovers...
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The Serenghetti brothers volume 4
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Will their fake relationship... inflame their families' feud? Fashion designer Mia Serenghetti desperately needs a date for the biggest gala of the season. Her only option? The smoldering tech hotshot Damian Musil--whose family is the Serenghettis' greatest rival in the construction business back home. When the unexpected heat between them proves anything but make-believe, will they risk reputation and family to explore their intense connection?...
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Fairchild Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"The 7th Edition of Who's Who in Fashion captures the energy, drama, excitement, and diversity of the luminaries working in the world of fashion. This lushly illustrated book features profiles of fashion legends as well as newcomers who make up the rich tapestry of the fashion industry, spanning designers, photographers, costume designers, writers/editors, illustrators, companies, accessory designers, makeup/cosmetic specialists, and fashion conglomerates....
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Sisterhood volume 26.5
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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A crossover holiday story featuring favorite characters from the Sisterhood and Godmothers series. With the holidays, approaching Sisterhood member Maggie Spitzer wants to bring joy to a teacher from her past, while Toots and the Godmothers investigate a mystery surrounding a designer at an exclusive Charleston firm.
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2024.
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English
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"In 1973, fashion icon Astrid Bricard disappeared at the legendary Versailles designer show-down. All that remained was a scrap of fabric...and a family unraveled. Everyone remembers her daringly short, silver lamé dress. An iconic photo capturing an electric moment, where emerging American designer Astrid Bricard is young, uninhibited, and on the cusp of fashion and feminism's changing landscape. She and fellow designer Hawk Jones are all over Vogue...
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[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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After years of pursuing a denim design career, Maris Carrington never imagined trading her Chicago studio for a New England shingled cottage. But when her life sketch takes an unexpected shape - smudged with a pastel seaside setting, rendered with pencil strokes of her father's estate shading family secrets, and inked with silhouettes of old friends reconnecting on a weathered boardwalk - nothing is what is seems as illusion blends with reality--Page...
17) Sand Castle Bay
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Series
Ocean breeze volume 1
Language
English
Description
In a trade-off she's lived to regret, Emily Castle left home years ago to become an interior designer. The youngest of three sisters, Emily desperately wanted to prove herself. Success, though, came at the cost of leaving behind the man she loved. For Boone Dorsett, losing Emily left his heart shattered, but another woman was waiting in the wings. Now a widower with a young son, Boone has a second chance with Emily when a storm brings her home. But...
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Eliza Bright was living the dream as an elite video game coder at Fancy Dog Games when her private life suddenly became public. But is Eliza Bright a brilliant, self-taught coder bravely calling out the toxic masculinity and chauvinism that pervades her workplace and industry? Or, is Eliza Bright a woman who needs to be destroyed to protect "the sanctity of gaming culture"? It depends on who you ask... When Eliza reports an incident of workplace...
19) Vera Wang
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Series
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of the Chinese-American designer, describing her early attempts to become an ice skating star, her decision to pursue a career in fashion, and her international success as a creator of bridal wear.
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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A tribute to a cultural icon and the creative director for the storied House of Chanel reveals a side the elusive designer kept private from the world while introducing some of the most unforgettable figures of fashion's inner circle for the past four decades.
Karl Lagerfield, the creative director for the storied House of Chanel for thirty-five years, not only reinvented Chanel, but was reknown for his vivid personal style. Middleton spent years...
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