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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...
2) 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.
3) 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.
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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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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.
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"Meredith Parker has made the journey to Bolton, her twins' college, dozens of times. This weekend, though, is different. Dawn and Cody are about to graduate and move away to separate corners of the country. Meredith is proud of her kids, and she's proud of herself for helping them get this far. She just never expected the tidal wave of emotions sweeping over her - or the tangled family dynamics complicating everything. Meredith doesn't miss her cheating...
10) Warp
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"The lost literary origin story of #1 bestseller Lev Grossman - including a new foreword about how and why he wrote his first novel: "It is the intense, concentrated, boiled-down essence of the unhappiest years of my life." Twenty-something Hollis Kessler languishes in a hopelessly magician-less world (with the exception of a fleet-footed nymph named Xanthe) not too far from where he graduated college. His friends do, too. They sleep late, read too...
11) 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.
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"A thrilling, sexy coming-of-age story exploring toxic love, ruthless ambition, and shocking betrayal, Tell Me Lies is about that one person who still haunts you--the other one. The wrong one. The one you couldn't let go of. The one you'll never forget. Lucy Albright is far from her Long Island upbringing when she arrives on the campus of her small California college, and happy to be hundreds of miles from her mother, whom she's never forgiven for...
13) Reality bites
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A recent college graduate and aspiring filmmaker documents the lives of her three underemployed housemates as they search for their niches in the vaguely directionless 1990s.
17) St. Elmo's fire
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Seven friends, recent college graduates, struggle to find meaning in "real life."
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The hit series based on Lev Grossman's best-selling novels returns for season three as Quentin Coldwater and his magician friends now face a world without magic. Deprived of their special powers, Quentin and the other magicians are desperate to find a way to restore magic. But in order to regain what has been lost, they must embark on an epic quest that cannot be accomplished alone. Now more than, ever, our heroes must rely on one another.
19) Class: a memoir
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"Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph...