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"Jenni L. Walsh captures the thrill of being on the court in a vivid and detailed portrayal of Alice Marble's rise to sporting greatness, as well as her struggles to fulfill her dreams both on and off the court. Ace, Marvel, Spy is a smashing success!" --Billie Jean King, sports icon and...

Librarian Heather Brown discovers the fascinating life of Alice Bailey - a long forgotten occultist. Back in 1931, Alice is preparing to give a speech at a Swiss summer school. But how can she stave the tide of hatred and greed set to bring the world to its knees? Soon after, Alice is put on Hitler's blacklist. What she doesn't realize is the enormity of her influence to the world, and the real enemies who are much closer than she thinks. A dynamic and complex figure, Alice Bailey’s reach was huge.

“Gripping courtroom drama and social commentary . . . the story flows well . . . [the author is] masterful in building suspense.”—Kirkus Reviews Set in 1920s New York, an addictively readable, thoroughly entertaining historical novel involving sex and secrets, race and redemption, and...

“As juicy and enlightening as a page in Meghan Markle's diary.”—InStyle “Presidential darling, America’s sweetheart, national rebel: Teddy Roosevelt’s swashbuckling daughter Alice springs to life in this raucous anthem to a remarkable woman.”—Kate Quinn, New York Times...

Die Prinzessin, die für ihr Glück kämpfen musste - das tragische und unkonventionelle Leben der Mutter von Prinz Philip und späteren Schwiegermutter der Queen Elizabeth. Ein privater Blick hinter die Kulissen des englischen Königshauses! London, 1902: Als Alice von Battenberg dem weltgewandten Prinzen Andreas von Griechenland begegnet, ist sie sofort von ihm eingenommen. Er erwidert die Gefühle der ausgesprochen intelligenten Prinzessin, die zwar taub geboren wurde, aber in mehreren Sprachen Lippen lesen kann.

In the cold winter of 1875, two rebellious spirits leave England for the raw heat of Australia: Harriet Rowell - at 22, a champion swimmer in a time when women didn’t go into the sea - and Alice Moon - at 18, a budding scientist and writer. In a time when men coerced women to believe that if they didn’t bind their bodies in whalebone corsets they would collapse and ruin their childbearing purpose, they were athletic and strong. In a time when many women loved each other but held such love secretly for fear of retribution, they openly declared their love.

This is a dramatic adaptation of the boat trip on the Thames river of Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carrol), with a colleague, and the Liddell sisters, one of whom was Alice, that was attributed by the principals to have been the time when Dodgson hit upon the idea of having his hero go down a rabbit hole. He describes how the three sisters whose ages were seven, 10, and 13 responded to his story, and the play is a fictional rendering of it.