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After eight months as a maid of court, Catherine Howard has become Queen. Separated from past friends and surrounded by people who resent her rise to the throne, the sole close companion she has left is Jane Boleyn, the infamous Lady Rochford. And this is not the only strain upon Catherine. People from her past come calling, the threat that the King may find out she is not the pure, innocent maiden he thinks she is puts her in peril. Catherine must imitate the Queens of the past in order to survive.

How much would you sacrifice to be free? For Theobald Wolfe Tone the answer was simple: Everything. Rebel: A Soldier is Born is the conclusion to the story of Theobald Wolfe Tone's short life, taking you on a roller-coaster ride from the first minute. Flipping across continents we learn about a young passionate man who is prepared to go to any lengths to secure freedom and rights for his fellow Irishmen. Never before has a novel been written about the life and times of Wolfe Tone. While it tells the story of the man, it accurately follows the historical path his life took.

In 1904, Ota Benga, a young Congolese 'pygmy' - a person of petite stature - arrived from central Africa and was featured in an anthropology exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair. Two years later, the New York Zoological Gardens displayed him in its Monkey House, caging the slight 103-pound...

This book is based on a true story, a mother who finally gets the man of her dreams, only to find that it comes with a confusing family legacy of abuse and manipulation. Read how this young woman eventually hears the wild woman within trying to save her, and learns how, through the art of self-help and meditation, to overcome it all.

La monumental obra de Marcel Proust (1871-1922), En Busca del Tiempo Perdido es un inmenso retrato de toda una sociedad y es considerada como una de las grandes obras maestras de toda la literature. Como su nobre lo indica, Proust trató de recobrar en su novella en siete volúmenes lo que había sido el ayer y sus personajes están basados en el círculo del autor. La obra en total es un reflejo de uno de los más brillantes análisis de la conciencia que se hayan escrito.