Based on a novel by Clara Darling, about a college grad who heads to a big city looking for work and discovers her older sister, who’s been living there for years, is a model. Life on Top is a softcore television series based on the novel of the same name by Clara Darling. It aired on Cinemax focusing on young corporate professionals with four women as the de facto main characters.
A mother who will stop at nothing to get her daughter back exposes the intricate seductive power of Allison and Keith and the mental and physical abuse inflicted on her daughter.
From the author of Junkyard Planet, a journey into the surprising afterlives of our former possessions. Downsizing. Decluttering. A parent’s death. Sooner or later, all of us are faced with things we no longer need or want. But when we drop our old clothes and other items off at a local donation center, where do they go? Sometimes across the country-or even halfway across the world-to people and places who find value in what we leave behind.
Set a few years after the events of “Pretty Little Liars,” three college friends struggle with the stress of being overachievers in the picturesque town of Beacon Heights. Meanwhile, Alison DiLaurentis and Mona Vanderwaal have left Rosewood to travel to Beacon Heights for a fresh start with their careers and families. When a murder happens in Beacon Heights — home to the prestigious Beacon Heights University, where excellence is a requirement — everyone is put on edge. The seemingly perfect town may not be so perfect after all.
“Most of us need never fashion a gas mask from a soup can…. Should the need arise, you’ll be glad for a copy of Survival Hacks… offers tips ranging from making a cookstove from a packet of alcohol-soaked ramen to cutting a fishing lure from the shiny bits of your Visa card.” —The Seattle Times
Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe, but in the Pacific, American soldiers face an enemy who will not surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Meanwhile, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. Newly inaugurated president Harry Truman faces the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon.
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Whiskey Cavalier follows the adventures of FBI agent Will Chase (codename: Whiskey Cavalier) who, following an emotional break-up, is assigned to work with CIA operative Francesca “Frankie” Trowbridge (codename: Fiery Tribune). Together, they lead an inter-agency team of spies who periodically save the world (and each other) while navigating the rocky roads of friendship, romance and office politics.
