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Author: Barbara Victor
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2002-11-07
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1466825286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in eBook, the first full account of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's role in the struggle against Burma's military junta. Included is a new afterword by the author, which covers events from the time of the original publication in 1998 to Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arrest in May 2002.
Author: Elizabeth Fremantle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-06-09
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 1476703140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom “a brilliant new player in the court of royal fiction” (People), comes the mesmerizing story of Lady Penelope Devereux—the daring young beauty in the Tudor court, who inspired Sir Philip Sidney’s famous sonnets even while she plotted against Queen Elizabeth. Penelope Devereux arrives at Queen Elizabeth’s court where she and her brother, the Earl of Essex, are drawn into the aging Queen’s favor. Young and naïve, Penelope, though promised elsewhere, falls in love with Philip Sidney who pours his heartbreak into the now classic sonnet series Astrophil and Stella. But Penelope is soon married off to a man who loathes her. Never fainthearted, she chooses her moment and strikes a deal with her husband: after she gives birth to two sons, she will be free to live as she chooses, with whom she chooses. But she is to discover that the course of true love is never smooth. Meanwhile Robert Cecil, ever loyal to Elizabeth, has his eye on Penelope and her brother. Although it seems the Earl of Essex can do no wrong in the eyes of the Queen, as his influence grows, so his enemies gather. Penelope must draw on all her political savvy to save her brother from his own ballooning ambition and Cecil’s trap, while daring to plan for an event it is treason even to think about. Unfolding over the course of two decades and told from the perspectives of Penelope and her greatest enemy, the devious politician Cecil, Watch the Lady chronicles the last gasps of Elizabeth’s reign, and the deadly scramble for power in a dying dynasty.
Author: Kathy Stinson
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Published: 2020-10-06
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1525306006
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fictionalized retelling of how books from around the world helped children in Germany recuperate after WWII. Anneliese and Peter will never be the same after the war that took their father’s life. One day, while wandering the ruined streets of Munich, the children follow a line of people entering a building, thinking there may be free food inside. Instead, they are delighted to discover a great hall filled with children’s books — more books than Anneliese can count. Here, they meet the lady with the books, who will have a larger impact on the children’s lives than they could have ever imagined. The place between despair and hope can often be found between the covers of a book.
Author: K.V. Johansen
Publisher: Pyr
Published: 2014-12-09
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 1616149817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPossessed by a ghost who feeds on death, the undying assassin Ahjvar the Leopard has been captured by the Lady of Marakand, enslaved by necromancy to be captain of her Red Masks. His shield-bearer Ghu, a former slave with an uncanny ability to free the captive dead, follows Ahjvar into the war-torn lands of the Duina Catairna to release him, even if that means destroying what is left of Ahj’s tormented soul. Deyandara, the last surviving heir of the Catairnan queen, rides into a land ravaged by disease and war, seeking the allies she abandoned months before, though they have no hope of standing against the army led by the invulnerable Red Masks of Marakand and the divine terror of the Lady. In the city of Marakand, former enemies ally and old friends seek one another’s deaths as loyalists of the entombed gods Gurhan and Ilbialla raise a revolt, spearheaded by the Grasslander wizard Ivah, the shapeshifting Blackdog, and the bear-demon Mikki. The Lady’s defenses are not easily breached, though, and the one enemy who might withstand her, the Northron wanderer Moth, bearer of the sword Lakkariss, has vanished.
Author: Judith Lynne
Publisher: Judith Lynne
Published: 2022-02-20
Total Pages: 517
ISBN-13: 1953984118
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA seemingly fragile beauty, Zelda Rawle is anything but the pliant heiress the Faircombe family expected. Once her wedding to the heir is over, she intends to carry out her own plans. They don't include the towering enigma that is the estate's shepherd. Lord Geoffrey Eliot will play his sheep-herding part as long as it takes to learn Miss Rawle's secrets. The laughing, peculiar Miss Rawle would make a poor lady of Faircombe, and he's made an unbreakable promise to protect his family. The closer the mismatched pair become, the greater the danger that Zelda will miss her chance at her lifelong dream - and that Geoffrey will shatter his family by falling in love with the woman intended for his brother. A sweet and sensual romance of two people who had to meet to find the world at their feet. *** He Stole the Lady is a historical regency romance novel with steamy moments and sweet ones, of about 430 pages. It features a big man with an even bigger heart, a woman who loves whiskey and saying what she thinks, an estate full of animals and the icy spring of 1814. No cliffhanger, and a Happily Ever After! He Stole the Lady is a standalone book! But fans of the series will appreciate seeing old friends again. Lord Geoffrey makes a very large Cinderella. Enjoy a good English country estate? Follow up He Stole the Lady with Letty and Michael's love story in Not Like a Lady!
Author: Joanna Shupe
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2015-05
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1420135562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLady Sophia Barnes is on a mission to protect the employees of Madame Hartley's brothel, something much easier done dressed as a man. But she needs the help of Damien Beecham, a man who broke her heart long ago, and who still has feelings for Sophia.
Author: Lucretia P. Hale
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2019-08-27
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1681373777
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Lady from Philadelphia records the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted by the endless challenges of daily life, the Peterkins rise to every occasion with misguided aplomb: They sit out in the sun for hours and fail to go for a ride because they’ve forgotten to unhitch the horse; they play the piano from the porch through the parlor window because the movers left the keyboard turned that way; they decide to raise the ceiling to accommodate a too-tall Christmas tree. Only the timely intervention of their great and good friend, the lady from Philadelphia, can be counted on to get the Peterkins out of their latest scrape. A classic of American children’s literature and a masterpiece of deadpan drollery, The Lady from Philadelphia restores our astonishment at the ordinary, finding a rich vein of humor and happy surprise in the mere fact of our surviving the trivialities and tribulations of family life.
Author: Mallory O'Meara
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-03-05
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 1488098743
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis acclaimed biography shines a light on a trailblazing woman who created a classic movie monster—and the author’s quest to rescue her from obscurity. As a teenager, Mallory O’Meara was thrilled to discover that one of her favorite movies, Creature from the Black Lagoon, featured a monster designed by a woman, Milicent Patrick. But while Patrick should have been hailed as a pioneer in the genre, there was little information available about her. As O’Meara discovered, Patrick’s contribution had been claimed by a jealous male colleague and her career had been cut short. No one even knew if she was still alive. As a young woman working in the horror film industry, O’Meara set out to right the wrong, and in the process discovered the full, fascinating story of an ambitious, artistic woman ahead of her time. Patrick’s contribution to special effects proved to be just the latest chapter in a remarkable, unconventional life, from her youth growing up in the shadow of Hearst Castle, to her career as one of Disney’s first female animators. And at last, O’Meara discovered what really had happened to Patrick after The Creature’s success, and where she went. A true-life detective story and a celebration of a forgotten feminist trailblazer, Mallory O’Meara’s The Lady from the Black Lagoon establishes Patrick in her rightful place in film history while calling out a Hollywood culture where little has changed since. A Hugo and Locus Award Finalist A Thrillist Best Book of the Year One of Booklist’s 10 Best Art Books of the Year
Author: Gary M. Douglas
Publisher:
Published: 2020-04-15
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9781634933544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAre You a Lady or a Woman? The Lady is about a kind, elegant, playful--and very powerful--way of being in the world that extends to all aspects of life, from business, money and parenting to flirtation, seduction and sex. A lady is a source of power that creates possibility. She chooses to be everything that she is without being defined by what others think she should be. She knows what she desires and how to get it. She leads without controlling--she never has to compete with anyone. This book is about fully receiving and enjoying the beauty, power, fun and excitement of who you are. It describes a way of being that welcomes men and women to be kind, understanding, and knowledgeable about the world and how to navigate it. "A lady is always an inspiration to others, just by knowing who he or she is."
Author: John Huddlestone Wynne
Publisher:
Published: 1786
Total Pages: 802
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