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For Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman, executive assistants to the CEOs of newly merged Bexley-Gamin Publishing, it's hate-at-first-sight. So begins a series of daily passive-aggressive maneuvers, including the staring game, the mirror game, and the HR game, each played with the intensity of the Hunger Games. Their mutual antipathy grows when a new executive position opens at Bexley-Gamin, and both their bosses put their names up for the promotion....
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"Between taking night classes for her MBA and her demanding day job at a cruise line, marketing manager Henley Evans barely has time for herself, let alone family, friends, or dating. But when she's shortlisted for the promotion of her dreams, all her sacrifices finally seem worth it. The only problem? Graeme Crawford-Collins, the remote social media manager and the bane of her existence, is also up for the position. Although they've never met in...
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"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime--from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
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Unofficial gamer's adventure volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"In this third installment of the Minecraft Gamer's Adventure series, Steve is invited to participate in an elite building competition on Mushroom Island. His friends Max, Lucy, and Henry are impressed and want to join their friend on a journey to the island. Yet not everyone is happy: Steve's neighbor Kyra is upset because she wasn't chosen as a contestant. Steve asks Kyra to come to the competition and help the gang build boats to get to Mushroom...
8) Wings
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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A small fighter jet gets the chance of a lifetime to compete in an international airshow championship. Determined to win, the jet signs up with a demanding trainer, but the reigning champ wants to make sure the jet won't win the tournment--or even compete.
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Sleepover squad volume 7
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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When the members of the Sleepover Squad plan a slumber party to play with Taylor's new kitten, the boy next door turns it into a boy-against-girl challenge. Includes suggestions for a slumber party project.
12) Running rivals
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Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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"Amy hurt her knee in a race. Now she's back on the team, but will have to get her confidence back in order to compete"--Unedited summary from book.
13) Number one Sam
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Publisher
Disney*Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"A competitive race-car driving dog learns that some things are more important than being number one"--
15) I want to win!
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Andersen Press USA
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English
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At home, everyone lets the little princess win at anything she wants, but when she finds tasks to be difficult at school, she discovers that winning is more fun when she deserves it.
16) The night circus
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2011.
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English
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Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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In Top Dog, Po Bronson and co-author Ashley Merryman use cutting-edge science to tease out the hidden factors at the core of great triumphs - and tragic failures. The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, bringing together its members for events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy.
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Elephant leads a troupe of monkeys into a cave they have been afraid to explore, and after admiring the paintings found on the walls they make their own art with mud, squabbling over whose painting is best until Elephant explains that this is not a game to win or lose.
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