Deborah Blumenthal
Author
Publisher
Red Dress Ink
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Q: How does a thirty-five-year-old newspaper reporter with a vanilla-sounding name like Jenny George know so much about men?
A: She doesn't.
When her live-in boyfriend made a relationship trade-in (for the lingerie model starring in the ad campaign Jenny created) she realized she knew nothing about men. But Jenny is about to be clued in. Assigned to the Caribbean to write an exposé on a womanizing Hollywood movie tycoon, she's pitted...
A: She doesn't.
When her live-in boyfriend made a relationship trade-in (for the lingerie model starring in the ad campaign Jenny created) she realized she knew nothing about men. But Jenny is about to be clued in. Assigned to the Caribbean to write an exposé on a womanizing Hollywood movie tycoon, she's pitted...
2) Fat Chance
Author
Publisher
Red Dress Ink
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
Plus-size Maggie O'Leary is America's Anti-Diet Sweetheart. Her informed column about the pitfalls of dieting is the one sane voice crying out against the dietocracy. She is perfectly happy with who she is and the life she leads. Until she gets the chance to spend some quality time with Hollywood's hottest star. Maggie knows she can't exactly show up looking like...well, herself. So she swallows her words and vows to become the skinniest fat advocate...
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English
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"UFOhs! Mysteries in the Sky is the first book to explore the strange, exciting, and unknown world of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena for kids. UFOhs! cuts through speculation and pseudo-science to describe real phenomena as observed and documented by pilots, ship captains, scientists, and ordinary men, women, and children from around the world. Playful, probing, and beautifully illustrated, UFOhs! Mysteries in the Sky prompts kids and their parents...
5) Mafia Girl
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Language
English
Description
What's in a name? Everything... if you have my name. At her exclusive Manhattan high school, half the guys lust after seventeen-year-old Gia. The other half are afraid to even walk near her. After all, everyone knows who she is. They know that her father doesn't have a boss. He is the boss-the capo di tutti, boss of all bosses. But they don't know the real Gia. She's dreaming of a different life-one where she can be more than her infamous name. And...
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English
Description
It's an unsettled summer for Sirena. Back in Texas, her family's splitting apart, but here in Rhode Island, at the cottage of her free-spirited aunt, it's a different world. There are long days at the beach and intriguing encounters with him. Pilot. He's the lifeguard with shamanic skills. He both saves Sirena and makes her feel lost at sea. Sirena explores her obsession with Pilot and discovers his mysterious-almost magical-gifts.
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English
Description
A Manhattan fashion consultant searches for a mysterious letter writer-and finds an unexpected adventure... Sage Parker has a dream job-she helps the rich and powerful keep their wardrobes current and suitable for every need. Her sense of fashion is impeccable, her connections are unsurpassed, and her eye misses not a single well-made stitch. One day, as she dashes about in New York City, she discovers a love note left in the back of a cab, Sage admires...
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Language
English
Description
One building looks like it's been wrapped in tinfoil. Another looks like it's buried under a pile of paint chips. Frank Gehry has been called "the most important architect of our age". As a child, his parents thought of him as, but nothing but a dreamer who wouldn't amount to anything. Even so, Frank kept dreaming and playing, eventually following his passions and becoming an architect who created astounding buildings that to this day attract millions...
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English
Description
For sixteen-year-old Jillian McKay, the threat of Hurricane Danielle means a long car ride with her neighbors-including River Daughtry, the former star quarterback of Harrison High. The guy who was headed to glory until suddenly he disappeared to a West Texas juvenile detention center. Once cocky and flirtatious, he's now silent and angry. When their evacuation route is gridlocked, River is the first to recognize the danger they're in. Together he...
10) A Different Me
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Language
English
Description
Allie Johnston's secret wish since the day she was twelve is to have her nose done. But, she's never told anyone, not her parents, or even her best friend, Jen. But, when she starts visiting a plastic surgery discussion board on the Web, she finds people, who get her for the first time in her life. Her new friends include two girls her age, who share her obsession with changing their faces, but for very different reasons. A sharply written, insightful...
Author
Language
English
Description
This wonderful true story of iconic fashion editor Diana Vreeland teaches young readers that individuality is to be celebrated, and that even extraordinary dreams can come true.
Violet Velvet Mittens with Everything captures the dramatic, spectacular world of famed fashion icon Diana Vreeland, whose legacy at Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art continues to influence the fashion world today. As a little...
13) Iris Apfel
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Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This Little Golden Book about Iris Apfel--businessperson, interior designer, and fashion icon who has captivated the world with her colorful and unique style--is an inspiring read-aloud for young children."--Amazon website.
Author
Language
English
Description
One building looks like it's been wrapped in tinfoil. Another looks like it's buried under a pile of paint chips. Frank Gehry has been called "the most important architect of our age." As a child, his parents thought of him as nothing but a dreamer. But Frank kept dreaming and playing, following his passions and becoming an architect who created astounding buildings that to this day attract millions of visitors worldwide.
Blumenthal's message to...
16) Saving Stella
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A musician and his dog escape war-torn Syria"--