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More Than This

By: Krystal Marquis

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The swoon-worthy sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller, The Davenports. Perfect for fans of Bridgerton and The Gilded Age. Newly engaged Ruby Tremaine is eagerly planning her wedding to the love of her life when a nasty rumour threatens her reputation and her marriage. Charming socialite, Olivia Davenport secretly hopes for a reunion with the dashing lawyer from her past – until her parents decide she's to marry someone else. Amy-Rose Shepherd is making her lifelong wishes come true, but when an incident forces her to return to Freeport, she's back in the path of John Davenport, who still holds her heart. Determined to get over her own heartbreak, Helen Davenport’s sole focus is working on her father’s company, even if it means teaming up with a thrill-seeking race car driver who just loves to get under her skin. PRAISE FOR THE DAVENPORTS: ‘A dazzling debut.’ - Kirkus (starred review) ‘The perfect read for fans of escapist historical fiction.’ - NBC's TODAY ‘If this whole series existed right now, I'd tear through it to the exclusion of everything else in my life.’ - Teen Librarian Toolbox

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The Davenports

By: Krystal Marquis

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The Davenports

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*Instant New York Times Bestseller* The Davenports delivers a totally escapist, swoon-worthy romance while offering a glimpse into a period of African American history often overlooked. "The perfect read for fans of escapist historical fiction.” —NBC’s TODAY The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago. Now it's 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love—even where they’re not supposed to. There is Olivia, the beautiful elder Davenport daughter, ready to do her duty by getting married . . . until she meets the charismatic civil rights leader Washington DeWight and sparks fly. The younger daughter, Helen, is more interested in fixing cars than falling in love—unless it’s with her sister’s suitor. Amy-Rose, the childhood friend turned maid to the Davenport sisters, dreams of opening her own business—and marrying the one man she could never be with, Olivia and Helen’s brother, John. But Olivia’s best friend, Ruby, also has her sights set on John Davenport, though she can’t seem to keep his interest . . . until family pressure has her scheming to win his heart, just as someone else wins hers. Inspired by the real-life story of the Patterson family, The Davenports is the tale of four determined and passionate young Black women discovering the courage to steer their own path in life—and love. "The Davenports has it all: romance, heartbreak, courage." —Ebony "A fresh, utterly enchanting read.” —Ayana Gray, New York Times bestselling author of the Beasts of Prey trilogy "Deftly written . . . A dazzling debut." —Kirkus (starred review) "Stunningly wrought . . . Presents a cast of take-charge women." —PW (starred review) "It has the compulsive readability of Gossip Girl." —Booklist (starred review) "Compelling . . . distinct and satisfying." —BCCB "Skilled . . . Well-written . . . Sure to please." —SLJ "If this whole series existed right now, I’d tear through it to the exclusion of everything else in my life." —Teen Librarian Toolbox

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The Davenports: More Than This

By: Krystal Marquis

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The Davenports: More Than This

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The anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller featuring escapist romance and a wealthy Black family in 1910s Chicago Like the blazing Chicago sun, the drama is heating up for the Davenports and their social set. Before the summer of 1910 drops its last petal, the lives—and loves—of these four young women will change in ways they never could have imagined: Newly engaged Ruby Tremaine is eagerly planning her wedding to the love of her life when a nasty rumor threatens her reputation and her marriage. Olivia Davenport has committed to the social justice cause and secretly hopes she’ll be reunited with dashing lawyer Washington DeWight—until her parents decide she’s to marry someone else. Amy-Rose Shepherd is making her lifelong wish of owning a salon come true, but when an incident forces her to return to Freeport Manor, she’s back in the path of John Davenport, who still holds her heart. Helen Davenport is determined to get over her own heartbreak and bring the Davenport Carriage Company into the new century, even if it means teaming up with a thrill-seeking racecar driver who just loves to get under her skin. Inspired by the real-life story of the Patterson family, More Than This is the second book in critically adored Davenports series, following four empowered and passionate young Black women as they navigate a rapidly changing society and discover the courage to steer their own paths in life—and love. “The Davenport universe has history, humor, and heart baked into it . . . Breezy and fluid prose supports the love-filled merry-go-round of will-they-won’t-they storylines.” —Kirkus

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The Davenports

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Some Unfinished Chaos

The Lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald

By: Arthur Krystal

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Some Unfinished Chaos

The Lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald

By: Arthur Krystal

Surely enough has been written about F. Scott Fitzgerald, the man who coined "the Jazz Age" and symbolized the Roaring Twenties, whose very name conjures up a meteoric rise and an equally spectacular fall? But the better question might be, Why has so much ink been spent on a writer who completed only four novels, who fell from grace in the 1930s only to be resurrected twenty years later? The answer, according to the cultural critic Arthur Krystal, "is the problem that is Fitzgerald." Drawn to the glitter of fame but aspiring to the empyrean heights of Joseph Conrad and James Joyce, Fitzgerald careened from the perfection of The Great Gatsby to the hack world of Hollywood screenwriting, penning stories that were either brilliant distillations of the age or superficial works of fiction. Like America itself, Fitzgerald was a work in progress, a self-created and conflicted human being striving for ideals that neither he nor the nation could ever live up to. Beset by contradictions, buoyed by hope, fueled by alcohol, unable to settle permanently in any one place, Fitzgerald possessed what John Updike aptly described as "an aptitude for chaos and a dream of order." In this unusual and concise biography—more a layering of impressions than a chronological guide—Krystal gives us not only the peripatetic and turbulent life of a cultural icon but also the intellectual sweep of a period in history that created our modern America. Some Unfinished Chaos delivers a nuanced portrait of a man whose various sides embodied the trends, passions, and pursuits of the imperfect society that both glorified and dismissed him.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813950600

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Except When I Write

Reflections of a Recovering Critic

By: Arthur Krystal

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Except When I Write

Reflections of a Recovering Critic

By: Arthur Krystal

From Montaigne in the sixteenth century to Orwell, Eliot, and Trilling in the twentieth, the best literary essayists combine a gift for observation with an abiding commitment to books. Although it may seem that books are becoming less essential and that a revolution in sensibility is taking place, the essays of Arthur Krystal suggest otherwise. Companionable without being chummy, engaged without being didactic, erudite without being stuffy, he demonstrates that literature, even in the digital age, remains the truest expression of the human condition. Covering subjects as diverse as aphorisms, dueling, the night, and the 1960s, the essays gathered here offer the common reader uncommon pleasure. In prose that is both vibrant and elegant, Krystal negotiates among myriad subjects-from historical writing as exemplified by Jacques Barzun to the art of screenwriting as not so happily represented by F. Scott Fitzgerald. His cardinal rule as a writer? William Hazlitt's "Confound it, man, don't be insipid." No fear of that. Except When I Write is thoughtful in the most joyful sense--brimming with ideas in order to give us the flow and cadence of someone actually thinking. Keenly observant and death on pretension, Krystal examines the world of books without ever losing sight of the world beyond them. Literature may be the bedrock on which these essays rest, but as F. R. Leavis aptly noted, "One cannot seriously be interested in literature and remain purely literary in interests." Except When I Write is a reminder of both the pleasure and the power of a well-tuned essay.

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Oxford University Press

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0199890250

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Telling Blackness

Young Liberians and the Semiotics of Contemporary Diaspora

By: Krystal Smalls

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Telling Blackness

Young Liberians and the Semiotics of Contemporary Diaspora

By: Krystal Smalls

Telling Blackness begins with two simple premises: conventional models of the ways people make meaning of the world fail to account for the particularities of Blackness; and accounts of Black life often miss the significance of the smallest and subtlest acts that sustain it. With this introduction of raciosemiotics, Smalls remaps the field of semiotic anthropology around the specificities of race and the body, and remaps contemporary Black diaspora through the embodied significations of a group of young Liberian women in the US. This transdisciplinary ethnographic account of their lives helps us reimagine their talk, twerks, and tweets as "tellings" that exceed our understandings of narrative and that potentially act on the world of meaning. And, with careful historical contextualization, we see how such acts reproduce, refuse, or powerfully disregard racial logics that have entangled the US and Liberia for two centuries. Led by Black feminist scholarship, Telling Blackness also provides a semiotic glimpse into ways of relating that help create complex diasporic intimacies and that sustain Black life beyond survival.

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0197697577

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Falling for Stardom

By: Errin Krystal

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Falling for Stardom

By: Errin Krystal

Popular horror actress Miranda Bakshi’s star is on the rise. After building a large cult following on the indie film scene, she’s set to star in her first big-budget blockbuster. With a secret project in the works, Miranda is on the cusp of achieving everything she’s worked so hard for—if only she could push away the memories of a certain blue-eyed, golden-haired winemaker. But the sexy-as-sin guy she had a hot and heavy fling with last summer won’t leave her thoughts. Now, he’s suddenly back in her life—and wanting more than she'd intended to give. With her manager breathing down her neck and Casey's heart-stopping smiles, can she really have it all? Or will the ghosts of her past tear it all away? Can be read separately, but best enjoyed after reading Falling Down Under.

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1946137154

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100 Artists Who Shaped World History

By: Barbara Krystal

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100 Artists Who Shaped World History

By: Barbara Krystal

Learn all about the fascinating lives and tremendous impact of 100 extraordinary artists from around the world with this fact-filled biography collection for kids 8 and up This easy-to-read biography collection includes: 100 one-page biographies: Find out how artists from around the world made history! Illustrated portraits: Each biography includes an illustration to help bring history to life! A timeline, trivia questions, project ideas, and more: Boost your learning and test your knowledge with fun activities and resources! From Leonardo Da Vinci to Vincent van Gogh to Andy Warhol and many more, readers will be introduced to painters, sculptors, photographers throughout history. Organized chronologically, 100 Artists Who Shaped World History offers a look at how the lives, techniques, advancements, and great works of artists have influenced culture and society for thousands of years.

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1464220972

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More Than This

More Than This

The Davenports

The Davenports

The Davenports: More Than This

The Davenports: More Than This

The Davenports

The Davenports

The Davenports: More Than This

The Davenports: More Than This

Some Unfinished Chaos

Some Unfinished Chaos

Except When I Write

Except When I Write

Telling Blackness

Telling Blackness

Falling for Stardom

Falling for Stardom

100 Artists Who Shaped World History

100 Artists Who Shaped World History

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