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Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers; however the first edition contained...
3) Etched in sand: a true story of five siblings who survived an unspeakable childhood on Long Island
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Calcaterra and her siblings endured a series of foster homes and intermittent homelessness in the shadow of the Hamptons. She managed to rise above her past while fighting to keep her brother and three sisters together. An unforgettable reminder that, regardless of social status, the American dream is still within reach for those who have the desire and the determination to succeed.
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During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
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Everybody loves Raymond volume season 8
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HBO Video
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[2007]
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English
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Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter whose oddball family life consists of a fed-up wife, overbearing parents, and an older brother with lifelong jealousy.
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Everybody loves Raymond volume season 3
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2010]
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English
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Ray Romano plays a successful sportswriter who deals with his older brother and parents, who happen to live across the street. This 5-disc box set includes every episode from the third season.
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Kino Lorber
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[2019]
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English
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On May 19th 1992, seventeen-year-old high school student Amy Fisher fired a bullet into the head of Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of the body shop owner with whom she claimed to have been having a sexual affair. But in the explosive media frenzy that followed, did the truth become the most innocent victim of all? This is the sensational true story of lust, greed, and obsession that shocked the nation.
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With masterful storytelling skill, Burns follows the punishing path of the Great Hurricane of 1938, which hit the eastern seaboard, from Long Island to Connecticut and Rhode Island, in a seamless and suspenseful narrative, preserving for posterity the personal stories of survivors and the legend of the storm.
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Rizzoli International Publications, Inc
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2019
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English
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"Kerber's Farm is a seventy-five-year-old farm, roadside country market, and food company located in Long Island, New York. It has been recognized as one of the New York area's top locations for lobster rolls, homemade pies, savory meals, and tasty treats. Favorite recipes from each season are sure to please. Experience and taste the seasons of the farm through 200 beautiful photographs and more than fifty recipes covering everything from baked goods...
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The matriarch of a Long Island clan with a stubbornly suicidal son and a defiant, restless granddaughter, Esther has hired a Russian landscaper to watch over the family as well as the grounds of their secluded waterfront estate. But he has been watching Esther, too. And his love for her is growing wild enough to uproot them all.The author of Here on Earth and The River King presents a "stunning and hypnotic" novel that "interweaves past and present...
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Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
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2023.
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Español
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"Holling HoodHood está en problemas. Acaba de comenzar el señora Baker, y presiente que la maestra tiene algo en su contra. ¿Por qué otra razón lo haría leer a Shakespeare fuera del horario de class?"--
During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling...
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In the small town of North Hampton, the Beauchamp family witches pull together to discover the serpent within their midst and the culprit behind their brother Freddie's imprisonment.
With the centuries-old restriction against practicing magic lifted, casting spells, mixing potions, and curing troubled souls has never felt so good for Beauchamp family. Then Freya's twin, Freddie, suddenly returns, professing innocence on a long-ago crime. Ingrid is...
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Amanda and Clay head to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they've rented for the week. The houseowners, Ruth and G. H., arrive in the middle of the night in a panic. They say a sudden blackout has swept the city: the TV and internet are down, and no cell phone service. Is the vacation...
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"Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted...
17) Grey Gardens
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Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2009]
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Español
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Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as Park Avenue débutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world...
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Everybody loves Raymond volume season 4
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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A successful sportswriter deals with his brother and parents, who happen to live across the street.
19) Zoobreak
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Swindle mysteries volume 2
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English
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After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.
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After she gets kicked out of boarding school, Beatrice goes to her uncle's estate on Long Island. It's a rundown old mansion, where Beatrice's cousin, Hero, runs a struggling speakeasy out of the basement. As Beatrice and Hero throw all their efforts into planning a massive party to save the speakeasy, they are caught up in a romantic battle of wits that their friends -- Prince, John, Benedick and Maggie -- might be quietly orchestrating in the background....
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