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Summary: "Chaperones, suitors, and arranged marriages aren't only reserved for the heroines of a Jane Austen novel. They're just another walk in the park for this leading lady, who is on a mission to find her leading lad. From the brilliant comics Yes, I'm Hot in This, Huda Fahmy tells the hilarious story of how she met and married her husband. Navigating mismatched suitors, gossiping aunties, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 FAHDabos, Christelle
Summary: "When Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight. her gift--the ability to read the secret history of objects--is now known by all, and there can be no greater threat to the nefarious denizens of her icy adopted home than this. Beneath the golden rafters of Pole's capitol, she discovers that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DABShiwasu, Yuki
Summary: "A strong-willed high school girl and a hot young scion of a business empire can't help trying to outwit each other every chance they get... But could these opposites be conning themselves out of the perfect match?! After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2019
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Summary: "Princess Nakaba of Senan is forced to marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming a hostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive, telling Nakaba outright: 'You are my property.' With only her attendant Loki at her side, Nakaba must find a way to cope with her hostile surroundings, her fake marriage-- and a mysterious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DAWJessop, Carolyn
Summary: The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, and one woman's courageous flight to freedom with her eight children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 289.3092 JesTōma, Rei.
Summary: Despite the fact that their marriage was political, Prince Caesar has come to care for Princess Nakaba and, when Nakaba begins to warm up to Caesar as well, her attendant, Loki, is not happy about it. But, when a prince from a neighboring country discovers that Nakaba possesses the Arcana of Time, both Caesar and Loki find it difficult to keep her away from the man, someone who can tell her who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012
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Summary: "When Huda meets Hadi, the boy she will ultimately marry, she is six years old. Both are the American-born children of Iraqi immigrants, who grew up on opposite ends of California. Hadi considers Huda his childhood sweetheart, the first and only girl he's ever loved, but Huda needs proof that she is more than just the girl Hadi's mother has chosen for her son. She wants what the American girls...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 AL-MARASHI, HUDA ALMO'Farrell, Maggie
Summary: Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: Book Club Kit FIC O'FAMiller, Carolyn
Summary: Lady Charlotte Featherington is destined for great things on the marriage market. After all, as the beautiful daughter of a marquess, she should have her pick of the eligible nobility when she debuts. She, however, has love at the top of her list of marriageable attributes. And her romantic heart falls hard for one particularly dashing, attentive suitor. Sadly for Charlotte, her noble father...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MILWick, Lori
Summary: Shelby agrees to marry a widowed prince, but when his heart seems to be with his first wife, she wonders if the faith they share can overcome the barriers between them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest House Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WICWoodiwiss, Kathleen E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WOOMori, Kaoru
Summary: As she and her husband adjust to their arranged marriage, Amir strives to find her role as she settles into a new life and a new home in a society quick to define that role for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIShiwasu, Yuki
Summary: When Hana's father moves the Nonmura family into a huge mansion, she doesn't count on Takane moving in with them, and they must adjust to living in the same house together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TAKShiwasu, Yuki
Summary: "Takane gives Hana a surprise kiss on the nose, and now a flustered Hana is dying to know what it means! Meanwhile, Takane's cousin Yakumo wants to be reacquainted with Takane, but there's an ominous vibe about him... What exactly is he after?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TAKTōma, Rei.
Summary: Princess Nakaba of Senan is forced to marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming a hostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive, telling Nakaba outright: "You are my property." With only her attendant Loki at her side, Nakaba must find a way to cope with her hostile surroundings, her fake marriage...and a mysterious power!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DAWMihalik, Jessie
Summary: A space princess on the run and a notorious outlaw soldier become unlikely allies in this imaginative, sexy space opera adventure-the first in an exciting science fiction trilogy. In the far distant future, the universe is officially ruled by the Royal Consortium, but the High Councillors, the heads of the three High Houses, wield the true power. As the fifth of six children, Ada von Hasenberg...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MIHCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: SCI.FIC MIHMori, Kaoru
Summary: "A young widow, Talas opens her home to the researcher Mr. Smith, who has ventured to her town to continue his studies. However, when Talas's uncle begins to see Smith as an impediment to his plans to wed his son to Talas, the old man's schemes land the Englishman in prison! Far from friends and even farther from home, Smith's outlook seems grim" -- from publisher's web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIShiwasu, Yuki
Summary: Valentine's day rolls around, and Hana wonders what she should give Takane even as she struggles to hide her feelings from him. Meanwhile, Hana's father poses a question to Takane--exactly how long is he planning to continue his arranged marriage relationships with Hana? --
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TAKShiwasu, Yuki
Summary: "After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to save face for the family. But when these two utter opposites pair up, get ready for some sparks to fly!... Takane's mother shows up from London and causes a stir. The big question is, can she possibly accept...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2020
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Summary: Documents the disastrous 1990s mission during which two members of a five-man diving team were killed while completing construction on a ten-mile tunnel at the end of Boston's Deer Island waste treatment plant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.11 SWIDirie, Waris.
Summary: Fashion model and UN ambassador Waris Dirie recounts her life, from her roots as a desert nomad in Somalia, her escape from an arranged marriage, her modeling career, and other related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virago 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 659.152 DIRIE, WARIS DIRLee, Carol Ann.
Summary: A portrait of Anne Frank's father discusses his privileged youth, arranged marriage, experiences in the concentration camp, decision to publish Anne's diary, and relationship with the secret annex's betrayer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2003