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  French Royalty

  Kelly Mass

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  This book consists of 2 titles, which are about the following topics:1 - Before the Reign of Terror, Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France. She was the penultimate kid and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, and was born an archduchess of Austria. At the age of 14, she wed Louis-Auguste, the beneficiary evident to the French throne, and ended up being dauphine of France in May 1770. Her partner, Louis XVI, took the throne on May 10, 1774, and she ended up being queen.2 - From 768 to 800, Charlemagne, also referred to as Charles the Great, was King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, and Emperor of the Romans. Charlemagne combined many western and main Europe at the time of the Early Middle Ages. Since the fall of the Western Roman Empire 3 centuries before, he was the first acknowledged emperor to rule from western Europe. The Carolingian Empire is the name given to Charlemagne's broadening Frankish world. Antipope Paschal the Third later canonized him.

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  Astonishing Survival Stories...

  Phoenix MacLeod

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  Dive into this edge-of-your-seat world of survival where courage and resilience overcome the impossible. These are The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Lived! 
  What drives someone to push beyond limits when all seems lost?  
  • Can you imagine surviving without supplies in a small boat adrift on the Pacific Ocean for 14 months?  
  • Could you find your way through a Peruvian jungle after falling two miles from the sky—without a parachute? 
  • How might you survive the relentless battle against nature and captors while being forced to walk in the heat of the Sahara Desert? 
  Inside, you will discover 9 astonishing stories of survivors who defied the odds, showcasing unmatched bravery, physical stamina, and mental resilience. What would YOU do to survive these survival scenarios? 
  ● James Riley's ingenious methods of helping his crew survive being shipwrecked, enslaved, and then forced to walk the Sahara Desert - turning a landscape of peril into a stage for human tenacity and ingenuity. 
  ● The story of Ernest Shackleton’s incredible leadership in Antarctica that turned his shipwrecked crew’s despair into hope despite the icy wilderness. 
  ● The prowess of the human heart is exemplified in the incredible story of Louis Zamperini’s survival of his B-24’s disastrous crash and several Japanese POW camps. 
  ● A gripping account of the heroic efforts of the tenacious, brave rescuers of 13 boys of a Thai soccer team who were trapped in a flooded cavern. 
  Plus several other true accounts that show us how we might also triumph over nature's fury, maintain hope amid despair, and refuse to yield before our time. 
  Are you ready to be inspired, to feel the rush of adrenaline, and to immerse yourself in vivid accounts of extraordinary courage and indomitable spirit? 
  It's time to absorb these pages as your own unforgettable adventure begins today. To learn how these extraordinary people survived their harrowing ordeals, open this book and start reading right now!

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  The Real Hank Aaron - An...

  Terence Moore, Dusty Baker

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  Friends and family knew Henry Louis Aaron as quick-witted, hilarious, and fiercely opinionated beyond what was shown in public. With the encouragement of Aaron’s family, Terence Moore now reveals this heartfelt portrait of Hank Aaron,  
  featuring nearly 40 years of stories plus never-before-told insights from the home run king. 
   
  You’ll see his wisdom. You’ll see his foresight. You’ll see his humor. You’ll see his anger. You’ll see his humanity. You’ll see Aaron as you’ve never seen him before. 
   
  Aaron not only battled racism during his playing days, but also during his days as a front office executive. The Hall of Famer shared this with Moore, who experienced his own strife at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as the first Black sports  
  columnist ever in the Deep South. The two leaned on each other while developing a tight relationship, and Moore became The Hank Aaron Whisperer whenever the baseball great wanted to convey messages to the public. 
   
  The Real Hank Aaron captures the icon’s contagious laugh and pointed views, from the depth of his admiration for Jackie Robinson to his true thoughts on Barry Bonds and the steroid era. Featuring Aaron’s views on race, politics, media, and  
  sports fandom, this is a charming and illuminating glimpse at the man outside the spotlight. It’s an intimate perspective on the baseball legend, the culmination of decades of friendship and correspondence.

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  Damn This War! - Between the...

  Julie Hankey

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  'Moving, funny ... an exquisite story of love, hope, distance and, ultimately, disenchantment.' Mail on Sunday
  
  'A sad and truthful fragment of modern history' TLS
  'Beautifully written' Jenny Uglow
  
  
  The love story of Zippa and Tony is nothing without the context of the Second World War.
  
  The war introduced them - they met as blackout wardens in London. It gave them darkened streets to wander in, hand in hand, then, by sending Tony away to officer training camps, it sharpened their hunger for each other, casting a glow over his comings and goings. It turned them into schemers and wanglers against fate and army regulations. It pressed them into marriage, and when the war decided to deploy him to North Africa, it whispered the urgent question of a baby. To which Tony, thinking of the war, replied maybe not; and Zippa, thinking of the war, said yes.
  
  In spite of themselves, the war experience was changing them both, and yet both were hanging on, looking back, suspended in memory and time, and living from letter to letter.
  
  Decades later, their daughter Julie discovered their letters, and piecing them together began to create a portrait of her parents and their relationship that was completely unfamiliar to her. Vivid, honest and completely absorbing, Damn This War! is a true insight into a wartime love story.

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  You're Lucky You're Funny - How...

  Phil Rosenthal

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  This laugh-out-loud memoir takes readers backstage and inside the writers' room of one of America's best-loved shows.
  
  With more than 17 million viewers and more than seventy Emmy nominations—including two wins for best comedy—Everybody Loves Raymond reigned supreme in television comedy for almost a decade.
  
  Phil Rosenthal was there at the beginning.
  
  United by a shared lifetime of family dysfunction, he and Ray Romano found endless material to keep the show fresh and funny for its entire run. Alongside hilarious anecdotes from the series and his own career misadventures prior to working on the show, Rosenthal provides an enlightening and entertaining look at how sitcoms are written and characters developed.
  
  You're Lucky You're Funny is an inspiration to aspiring creators of comedy and a must read for the show's millions of devoted fans.

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  Babette: - The Many Lives Two...

  Ross Eliot

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  A college student moves in with his elderly history professor and soon discovers her connections with a mysterious abduction, WWII Nazi collaborators, the assassin of Rasputin and an unorthodox Benedictine convent. The true story of trans pioneer who fiercely defied stereotypes and forged her own path through the world. 

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