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William Crimsworth, the Bronte's only male narrator, a teacher in Belgium, becomes involved in a flirtation with the headmistress of the school, but that ends when he falls in love with a student-teacher. The jealousy of the jilted headmistress creates obstacles to happiness. Considered to be the basis for Bronte's better-known work, "Villette."
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First published in 1925, "The Professor's House" is the profound study of a middle-aged man's unhappiness by critically acclaimed American author Willa Cather. The novel tells the story of its central character, Professor Godfrey St. Peter, in three parts. In the first part, the Professor feels that he is losing control over his life and resists the direction it is taking. He is displeased with his family's move to a new house, with his daughters...
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Detective Marlitt Kaplan volume 2
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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4 stars
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"On a spring afternoon in Athens, Georgia, Ethan Haddock is discovered in his apartment, dead, apparently by his own hand. His fatality immediately garners media attention: not because his death reflects the troubling increase of depression and mental health issues among college students, but because the media has caught the whiff of a scandal. His professor, Dr. Verena Sobek, has been taken in for questioning, and there are rumors his death is the...
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN tells the unbelievable true story of a murderer (Sean Penn) confined to an insane asylum and his unlikely bond with a brilliant Oxford professor (Mel Gibson). Drawn together by the fine line between madness and genius, these remarkable men form an unbreakable friendship in pursuit of changing the course of history.
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Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date:
2015
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English
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When the retired law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie refers a case to a brilliant former student, he unravels a web of arson, bribery, and greed, but when it is time to go to trial the student needs help from his former teacher.
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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Who doesn't enjoy a novel full of jealousy, love and, of course, lots of conflict! 'The Professor' by Charlotte Brontë has all this and more. 'The Professor' is Charlotte Brontë's first novel, which was rejected several times, and eventually published after her death. Greatly autobiographical, it follows the life of young teacher, William Crimsworth, and his personal and professional life, romantic relationships, and teaching career at a school...
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date:
2015
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English
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Esther has always been an average student. She coasts through life on a sea of Bs, until a fatal mistake jolts her out of mediocrity and into something else entirely. She accidentally leaves a story in an essay for her teacher - one that no teacher should ever see. And especially not Professor Halstrom. His lectures are legendary, and he is formidable. But most of all: he is devastatingly handsome, and now he has Esther's most private and erotic fantasies....
10. The Professor
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suprinafrazier
Pub. Date:
2013
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English
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Desperate to finish college, take care of her sickly little brother, and help her family out of poverty, Aurelia Bunting returns to the very thing that she hates - exotic dancing. She needs all the money she can get now after her wealthy boyfriend impregnated her best friend, provoking her to dump him.Fresh from a bad breakup, too, Professor Baron Weaver is not so deep in grief to overlook the beautiful Virgin Island native that danced at his brother's...
11. The Professor
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BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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Stanford professor Dumont formulates a theory as to who really discovered America years before Columbus. He convinces the university to sponsor an expedition to Baja Mexico to a site he believes holds the answers to his theory. The story contains many twists and turns. The team members are amazed at the interest they receive from foreign government agencies as well as representatives of Mexico and the United States. Strange things impede the team's...
12. The Professor
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Tanglewood University volume 1
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Book Beautiful, Inc
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren, delivers the sizzling first book in a brand new trilogy, The Professor, a forbidden, student/professor, ex-boyfriend's dad romance. It was supposed to be one night with a handsome stranger. I never thought I would see him again. Until the first day of class. He's my new professor. And my ex-boyfriend's father. He has a world of secrets in his eyes and the weight of the world on his shoulders. I should...
13. The Professor
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Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2021
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English
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Love has much to teach us! Jacob Moore was more than ready to start over. Moving back to Lakeside meant a clean slate. The town's private university was thrilled to have him, and he couldn't wait to teach his new classes. He hadn't expected there to be a new girl, not so soon, but something about Avery Collins made him stand up and pay attention. In more ways than one. Avery Collins wasn't interested in a relationship; she had one year left of college...
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A New York Times Notable Book - Now a Major Motion Picture The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary-and literary history. The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, was stunned to discover...
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In the sweltering summer of 1929, the people of Columbus, Ohio, were enthralled by news of the Ohio State University veterinary professor and Olympic gold medal, winning pistol shooter on trial for the murder of his twenty-four-year-old lover, who was a medical student. Local writer Mark Gribben reveals how Dr. James Howard Snook was captured and interrogated, including his gory confession of Theora Hix's death. During the trial, the details of the...
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720L
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English
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5 stars
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When Professor Pippy P. Poopypants comes to Jerome Horwitz Elementary School to teach science, and he goes off the deep end because students make fun of his name, only Captain Underpants can save the school from the professor's perilous plot.
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Professor Maxine Sayers once found her personal and professional life so fulfilling that she founded the Institute for Future Studies, a program dedicated to studying the effects of technology on our culture and finding ways to prolong human life. But when her beloved husband dies, she is so devastated she can barely get out of bed. To make matters worse, her son, Zach, abruptly quit his job in Silicon Valley and has been out of contact for seven...
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Cider Bar Sisters volume 3
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English
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Friendly neighbors can have their benefits… Nicole Louie-Edwards enjoys the nightlife and bringing men back to her apartment, although lately, she's gotten tired of the chase. Her quiet new neighbor, David Cho, isn't her type, but after they get trapped in an elevator together on her birthday, she develops a friendship with the kind geology professor. Then, blushing, he tells her that he can hear her having sex but tries not to listen. Except it's...
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Galaxy Press
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710L
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English
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The Empire State Building has vanished into thin air! Gone, too, are Grant's Tomb and Grand Central Station, and all hell is breaking loose in New York City! What's the story? One grizzled old newspaper reporter known simply as Pop-a role made for Walter Matthau-is on top of it . . . and better stay there, because his livelihood is on the line. If Pop fails to get to the bottom of the vanishing landmarks, his job will...
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2010
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English
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"[Terry Castle is] the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today." -Susan Sontag From one of America's most brilliant critics and cultural commentators, Terry Castle, comes The Professor and Other Writings: a collection of startling, gorgeously-written autobiographical essays and a new, long-form piece about the devastation and beauty of early love. James Wolcott, contributing writer to Vanity Fair, calls Terry Castle a "Jedi...