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1) Grace
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At the age of 25, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress and little more than a year later, she became royalty. Stunningly beautiful, elusive, and aloof, Grace Kelly captured our imagination and affection throughout her storybook career and royal marriage. Raised in Philadelphia in an atmosphere of great wealth and greater expectations, Grace transformed from an aristocratic conforming beauty into a sensual, recklessly daring woman.
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Twayne's masterwork studies volume no. 150
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1996.
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Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Little Prince, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.
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Once upon a time...far to the East of the Dragaeran Empire, four brothers ruled in Fenario.
King Laszlo, a good man, though perhaps a little mad; Prince Andor, a clever man, though perhaps a little shallow; Prince Vilmos, a strong man-though perhaps a little stupid; and Prince Miklos, the youngest brother, perhaps a little-no, a lot stubborn.
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L. Bradford Prince was one of seven territorial governors who attended the January 15th inauguration of New Mexico's first state governor, William C. McDonald, in New Mexico's long-awaited statehood year, 1912. Within a year of that auspicious occasion, Prince published "A Concise History of New Mexico," a condensation and revision of his "Historical Sketches" of 1883. His purpose in 1913 was to provide a "little volume" that might be of use in the...
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In the tradition of The Little Prince, The Pope and the Snowman is a book that can be read on several levels. For adults, it is a story tracing the pope's loss of faith and his search to recover a sense of compassion and purpose. For children, it is a story in which the pope is given the opportunity to become a child again, rediscovering joy and hope in the faces of the children he meets. In the end, with the help of the snowman and the children of...
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"Get out, Emmanuel!" growled my uncle. "Take your brother and go."
But where can two boys go when they're on their own, on the run, with little money or food? All 12-year-old Emmanuel knows is that he has to look after Prince. They were his father's last words to him.
On the train to London, Em and Prince have no idea where they will end up - but then they meet the mysterious Mr Green and his "friends". And that's when things start to spin...
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The Lost Princess Trilogy is comprised of three heart stopping adventures:The Lost Princess in Winter's GripAnnabeth lives a normal life as a happy girl in a small town. Then one day her life is turned upside down by a Royal pronouncement that she is in fact a Princess! With evil nipping at her heals, Annabeth and Prince Ryan must battle Stone Monsters, Bandits, and the dreaded Ice Witches in order to reclaim her title and dispense True Justice throughout...
8) Alamut
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A knight from across the sea, a beleaguered kingdom, a spirit of fire. For close to a hundred years the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem has stood with its thin line of fortresses against the combined power of the world of Islam. Now the Sultan Saladin has declared war against the young Leper King. Not all the inhabitants of this embattled country are firmly established on one side or the other. One such family, half Frank, half Saracen, stands on the...
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This is the second of B.D. Knight's true fairy tales. The first was The True Story of Snow White.The original story of Rapunzel in Grimm's Fairy Tales was not a very long story and it left a lot of unanswered questions.Knight had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek as he spins the heck out of this tale.As you read make a note in the back of your mind because little things you may miss add to the story. Hint: Note the name of Rapunzel's father and...
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Prince Allen has trained his entire life to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious mother, who has made their kingdom one of the wealthiest and most influential in the empire. For the past few years he has trained to become the new consort of the High King. The only thing no one prepared him for was the stubborn, arrogant High King himself, who declares Allen useless and throws him out of court.High King Sarrica is ruling an empire at war, and...
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Well, gentlemen, here's a tale that people have told time and again . . . .
So begins the title story in this collection of fifty Sicilian folk and fairy tales edited and translated by noted folklore scholar Jack Zipes. But while some of the stories may sound as if they've been told time and again-such as variations on Cinderella and Puss in Boots-many will enchant English-language readers and storytellers for the first time. From "The Pot of Basil"...
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Marion is the daughter of Metaraon, the Voice of God. Now it's time for her to take her father's place in the world - and pay for his sins.
Seth is a doctor as good with a gun as he is with a scalpel. He knows a lot about the preternatural, but he's not saying why. And he's the new Voice of God's only chance of survival.
This collection contains the first three books of The Mage Craft Series, amounting to over 210,000 words.
Cast in Angelfire
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13) This Is Reckless
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Drew Fisher is the type of guy every girl wants.
A noble police officer by day, charming prince by night.
He has no idea the effect he has on women, especially me-his little sister's best friend.
I'm the blonde Southern belle who lives up to the cliché, except I have my own quirks. I'm smart as a whip, can change my own oil, and recite The Pledge of Allegiance backward, but he doesn't see that girl.
It'd be easier to forget him if he wasn't my...
14) A Marriage Plot
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Prince Jeremy must marry within the month or lose the throne. He would much rather not be king, but if he must, then he will go about it in the least convenient way possible for the council: holding an open call for a man to marry. Not everything is as it seems, and there are plans within plans. But sometimes even princes get caught in their own clever little plots.
15) One True Love
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Custom demanded that Prince Urban get a love mark tattooed to the side of his left eye as an infant, just like the rest of his people, but to him, the stupid things have only brought on the scorn of his father, the misery of his siblings, and caused his entire kingdom to go broke from fighting so many wars over the irritating ink stains.
When Urban's sister must travel to Donnelly, the kingdom within the sand, for her arranged marriage to align two...
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Celebrate the significance, the magic, and the mojo of the world's most seductive instrument.
An obsessive, full-color book presented in an irresistible slipcase, Guitar features 200 instruments in stunning detail. Here are icons, like Prince's Yellow Cloud, Willie Nelson's "Trigger," Muddy Water's Thunderbird, and "Rocky," lovingly hand-painted by its owner, George Harrison. Historic instruments-Fender's Broadcaster, Les Paul's "Log," the...
17) Hollywood Prince
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Behind the "lights, camera, action" of Hollywood lies a world of deception, love, and seduction.
Are you ready for Hollywood Royalty?
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A blonde, a brunette, a redhead...he can have his pick of them all on any given night and he knows it. They wait, hoping he looks up and gives them his signature smirk, choosing them over the others because that's his game.
Except now he's signed the contract of a lifetime, one with a pesky little clause that...
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A marriage bargain catapults the prince of rock and the princess of Martinovia to super-couple status, but the honeymoon will prove to be the real test. Leo My world is filled with everything most men desire-money, women, fame. The fans are great, but I'm an introvert, and the punishing pace of my career saps my creativity. I crave a life outside the spotlight, where I can create music in peace. But that freedom comes with a price. When I met Honore,...
19) The Antidote
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From the author of The Freemason's Daughter comes a lush romantic fantasy perfect for fans of Everless!
In the world of healers, there is no room for magic.
Fee knows this, just as certainly as she knows that her magic must be kept secret. But the crown prince Xavi, Fee's best friend and only source of comfort, is sick. So sick, that Fee can barely contain the magic lying dormant inside her. She could use it, just a little, to heal him. But magic...
20) Penthouse Prince
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Lexington Dane was my brother's best friend growing up.
We did everything together.
He taught me how to throw a punch, how to change a tire...and he taught me how to kiss. I fell hard and fast, and gave him all my firsts.
I promised I'd wait for him...
But I'm done waiting, because he went off to college and never came back. He took his fancy business degree and moved to New York City, where he promptly became a real estate mogul-turning every...
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