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42) Ruby's sleepover
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Ruby and her friend Mai are camping out in Mai's garden where giants, dragons, and pirates head toward their tent, but fortunately Ruby has some magical objects to keep the girls safe.
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Till about the Year of Grace 860 there were no kings in Norway, nothing but numerous jarls, essentially kinglets, each presiding over a kind of republican or parliamentary little territory, generally striving each to be on some terms of human neighborhood with those about him, but, in spite of "Fylke Things" (Folk Things, little parish parliaments), and small combinations of these, which had gradually formed themselves, often reduced to the unhappy...
44) Relevant Reign
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"Your greatest threat will always come from the inside. Never forget that." Omar Navarro, Ozark Molave's survival is at stake. The monarchy is faced with betrayal that could end Molave and remove the kingdom from the map. With so much on the line…What price is too high?Will the Godfrey monarchy go on?Don't miss this dramatic conclusion of the Royal Reflections series as the bonds of family are tested and family itself is reevaluated. The prince...
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Guests can be surprising…
Ann and Rhonda continue their work at The Beach House Hotel, always striving to make their upscale property the best on the Gulf Coast of Florida. As they've learned, not all guests are easy. When they receive a request from Hilda Hassel, a member of the Bavarian royal family, for a two-week stay at the hotel in January, demanding the best room and high tea every afternoon, Ann is uneasy. Other Hassel family members cancelled...
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'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.' - William Shakespeare
'I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.' - Catherine the Great
To many, Europe has been the pinnacle of world sophistication and culture. Yet beneath the power, the glamour, and the splendour there has also been scandal, mystery and skullduggery. Dark History of the Kings & Queens of Europe peels away the glory and the glitz to take...
47) A Peculiar Royal
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The time has come for King Dorian Lockridge to find an heir for the country of Odsia; after the murder of his son, daughter-in-law and grandson fifteen years ago, he knew that sooner or later he'd need to find someone worthy to take the throne...
Spending fifteen years on the streets, doing whatever it took to make sure he and his friends survived, from day to day, hasn't been easy for Tristan.
Having never found remains of his grandson, doubt of...
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The last King of the Great Blasket Island was Pádraig Ó Catháin, known as Peats Mhicí, who served for quarter of a century until his death in 1929. The King helped the islanders navigate through life and through national as well as international events, such as the 1916 Rising and the Great War. This book tells how he came to be King of the Great Blasket Island and how his personality and integrity shaped the role. This is the first account of...
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This work tells the love story of the royal couple against the changing background of 19th-century Germany. It looks at the differing political sympathies of the couple, revealed through letters, and re-examines the prevailing view that the domineering Vicky never bothered to conceal her distaste for everything Prussian and flaunting her sense of British superiority. In many ways ahead of her time, she was something of a pioneer feminist, refusing...
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Mara's family has encouraged her to wait and go to college before getting married. The only problem is the one person she can't stop thinking about happens to be in the same building as her. Suddenly River is everywhere and she has no choice but to fall into his arms. River has tried his best to stay away from Mara. She's every temptation come to life and he's no good for her. When his friends make a bet on who can nail her first, he tells them to...
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As the son of Mary Queen of Scots, born into her 'bloody nest,' James had the most precarious of childhoods. Even before his birth, his life was threatened: it was rumored that his father, Henry, had tried to make the pregnant Mary miscarry by forcing her to witness the assassination of her supposed lover, David Riccio. By the time James was a one-year-old, Henry was murdered, possibly with the connivance of his mother, Mary was in exile in England...
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The murder of Rasputin on the night of 16-17 December 1916 has always seemed extraordinary: first he was poisoned, then shot and finally drowned in a frozen river by Russian aristocrats fearful of his influence on Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. Or was he? Dramatic new evidence from previously unpublished documents, diaries, forensic reports and intelligence records now means the plot takes a remarkable twist. Grigori Rasputin is probably...
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Nous sommes en 1960 et le Premier ministre, Gaston Eyskens, annonce aux Belges que le roi Baudouin va épouser Fabiola de Mora y Aragón. D'emblée, il s'empresse de préciser que la famille de la future reine n'est en rien mêlée aux événements de la guerre civile. En réalité, la famille de Fabiola était violemment antirépublicaine. Ainsi, son frère, Gonzalo, avait combattu dans les rangs nationalistes et le Caudillo allait exploiter à fond...
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Summary of Game of Crowns by Christopher Andersen | Includes Analysis Preview: Game of Crowns: Elizabeth, Camilla, Kate, and the Throne by Christopher Andersen blends historical narrative with an in-depth account of the personal lives of members of the British royal family. He considers the stability of the past, present, and future monarchy under Queen Elizabeth II and her heirs, including the nation's crisis of confidence following the death of...
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Après 40 ans de silence, elle a choisi de témoigner en son âme et conscience. Maintenant. Pas avant. Car elle ne souhaitait pas lever totalement le voile sur son histoire d'amour passée, tant que le roi Albert II était toujours sur le trne. Aujourd'hui, Sybille de Sélys Longchamps a rejoint publiquement le combat mené par sa fille, Delphine, aujourd'hui en pleine procédure judiciaire, pour que soit reconnue sa filiation. Pendant plus d'un...
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A compelling new biography of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, that reveals how she transformed her role and established herself as one of the key members of the royal family.
For many years, Camilla was portrayed in a poor light, blamed by the public for the break-up of the marriage between Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Initially, Queen Elizabeth refused to see or speak to her, but, since the death of Prince Philip, the Duchess had become one...
57) Royal Relations
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What happens when I'm told the one man I'm falling for is off limits? As third in line to the British throne, I have to behave a certain way. Do what I'm told. Put my best foot forward. And I do it because I love my family, my country, and my work. But when I meet the man of my dreams, and I'm told I can't see him? I take matters into my own hands. Secret dates. Covert meetings. I'll do whatever it takes to be with the devilishly handsome man who...
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Diana, the Princess of Wales, was undoubtedly the most studied woman in the world. But, who is the true love of her life? Here are some glimpses. 1. Lady Diana's half-naked boyfriend caught behind tub, leaked British royal family. 2. Staff at Kensington Palace said there was always some half-naked or full-naked people running around the palace. Sometimes an important member of the royal family, sometimes their illegitimate boyfriend or girlfriend,...
59) Touch of Agony
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When Kenna Breen and Asher Drydan stole the Queen of the Gods' ring, it started a countdown to a war that promises their destruction.
Empath Kenna didn't understand how difficult life could be until she left her homeland, traveled to the outerworld, and met her other half, the sexy warrior king who oozes strength and lethal grace.
And it only gets harder from there.
Their marriage gets a rocky start when Aeliana and her minions crash the ceremony...
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Glenda has spent her life hiding away in her room with her books. But she has a longing in her heart for a scarred hero who doesn't even know she's there.
Cillian has spent every moment longing for Glenda, but he's damaged goods. She deserves better than him, but too bad he's not about to let anyone else have her.
Warning: Can these two fall head over feet into love and marriage? You know we wouldn't let you down!
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