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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.
3) Mother Night
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A provocative study of right and wrong, based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut. A famous American playwright -- who, during World War II, wrote for the Germans, spied for the Allies and loved only his wife -- must prove his innocence to the world and to himself. Starring Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Nick Nolte ("Affliction,""The Prince of Tides"), Sheryl Lee ("Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,""Backbeat"), Academy Award and...
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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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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...
11) 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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Book 1-Every curse has a blessing and every blessing has a curse. When you stand face to face with your destiny, will you be able to tell one from the other?Good versus evil, daylight over darkness, Angels or demons...the age old epic battle rages through the universe.But, what if a pure and loving heart unintentionally caused Angels to fall, demons to rise, and blurred the line between heaven and hell?Book 2-Jenevier had bargained with God, tried...
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After surviving an epic battle, an epic betrayal, and a heart-shattering epic loss, Jenevier is still reeling from the devastating pain. Setting the universe back to rights and calming the chaos left in the wake of her dark husband's wrath is all that's keeping her tormented soul from crumbling into tiny, irrecoverable pieces.Ashgard-the land of layer four, home of her youth-she returns there with a glimmer of hope pleading loudly within her heart....
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Prophecy demands she marry a Dark Elf prince - but will she agree to her fate?
Mara Geary faces a bleak future in the village of Little Hazel until, on the eve of her seventeenth birthday, strange glowing lights entice her into the mysterious shadows under the trees. She follows, hoping for adventure. What she finds is her destiny.
Prince of the Dark Elves, Brannon Luthinor has spent his life becoming a powerful warrior in order to save his people....
17) The Iron Thane
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Lay on, Macduff! And damned be he who first cries Hold, Enough!
Macbeth was just the beginning. Amid the smoke and chaos following the destruction of Scotland's mad king, the Prince of Dark Elves decides the time is ripe to unleash an assault on all of humanity. And he will begin by doing what he does best: stealing the souls of children to build his army. The Erl-King's victory is not inevitable; he can be stopped-but those who have the power...
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Welcome to new adventures. Welcome to a spiritual fable that will win your heart.
See the world through the eyes of a young boy that are full of wonder and innocence. The young boy sees what others don't and questions what the grownups won't. And boy, does he have questions. A pocket full of them.
Luckily for him, he has an equally playful friend, the Universe, by his side. The Universe helps him make sense of the world. The young boy's best friend,...
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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.
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