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Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he's secretly fascinated with a series of childrens fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams may have come true. But his new found powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately...
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Quentin Coldwater should be blissfully happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood for Brakebills, a secret and exclusive college for magic in upstate New York. When he graduated he discovered that Fillory, the magical utopia described in a series of children's fantasy novels he never quite outgrew, was real. Fillory was a far more dangerous place than Quentin could have imagined, and he faced unspeakable tragedies there. But now Quentin and...
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The voice of Caleb's Crossing belongs to Bethia Mayfield, growing up on a tiny island settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneering English Puritans. Possessed of a restless spirit and a curious mind, Bethia slips the bounds of her rigid society to explore the island's glistening beaches and observe its native inhabitants. At twelve, and the two forge a secret bond that draws each into the alien world of the other. Bethia's father is...
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Colorado Department of Higher Education joined forces with College Measures to produce a tool that provides citizens, students and parents with a look at the first year earnings of college graduates from institutions across the state in a wide array of majors. This publication is designed to help inform decisions about both school choice and the outcomes of a specific degree.
6) Main street
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The wife of a town doctor dreams of initiating social reforms and introducing art and literature to the community.
9) July, July
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Old friends share memories of the past, current regrets, and future plans as they gather on a July weekend for the thirtieth reunion of Darton Hall College's class of 1969.
15) The Last Girls
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On a bright June day in 1965, a dozen girls -- classmates at a Blue Ridge women's college -- launch a ramshackle raft on a trip down the Mississippi. Thirty-five years later, four of the "girls" reunite to cruise the river again on a luxury steamboat and rediscover themselves
16) The group
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The lives, loves, and aspirations of eight Vassar graduates, who meet in New York following commencement to attend the wedding of one of their members, then reconvene seven years later at her funeral.