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  Charles I - A Life from...

  Hourly History

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  Discover the remarkable life of Charles I...Charles I is one of the most instantly recognizable of the English monarchs. During his reign the relationship between king and Parliament changed radically, with revolutionary results. A man of deeply held convictions whose refusal to compromise brought about conflict and civil war, King Charles I almost destroyed the English monarchy forever.When considering the 24-year reign of Charles I, it is difficult not to come to the conclusion that he may have made a much better Duke of York (the title historically given to the second son of the royal family) than King of England. And perhaps Charles, too, would have been much happier had his older brother taken the throne instead.Discover topics such as:
  
  The Sickly Prince
  The King and the Queen
  The Eleven Years' Tyranny
  The Bishops' Wars
  The Country Divides
  Civil War and the King's Execution

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  Myths and Legends of the...

  Katharine Berry Judson

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  It is a loss to American literature that so much of the legendary history of these Indian tribes has gone, beyond hope of recovery. Exquisite in color, poetical in feeling, these legends of sun, moon, and stars, of snow, ice, lightning, thunders, the winds, the life of the forest birds and animals about them, and the longing to understand the why and the how of life—all which we have only in fragments…. As in all the other volumes of this series, no effort has been made to ornament or amplify these legends in the effort to make them “literary,” or give them “literary charm.” They must speak for themselves. What editing has been done has been in simplifying them, and freeing them from the verbose setting in which many were found. For in this section of the country, settled before it was realized that there was an Indian literature, the original work of noting down the myths was very imperfectly done.These tales come from the following tribes: Winnebago, Chitimacha, Wyandot, Biloxi, Ojibwa, Mandan, Menomini, Cherokee, Sioux, Knisteneaux, Choctaw (Bayou Lacomb), Fox, and Natchez.( Author's Preface and david wales)

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  Learn French - A Quick and Easy...

  Susan Grant

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  Learn French A Quick and Easy GuideDo you want to learn another language? Are you a French speaker who have problem with the English language? This book will help you breakdown the translation from English to French and French back to English. Often students are people learning a language need to learn it quickly. This easy guide will assist you in learning the French language. French is used worldwide and a very fluent language to most people.

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  Vergil - The Poets Life

  Sarah Ruden

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  A biography of Vergil, Rome’s greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid 
   
  The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of the best and worst of human nature. In the process of creating this epic poem, Vergil (70–19 BCE) became the world’s first media celebrity, a living legend. 
   
  But the real Vergil is a shadowy figure; we know that he was born into a modest rural family, that he led a private and solitary life, and that, in spite of poor health and unusual emotional vulnerabilities, he worked tirelessly to achieve exquisite new effects in verse. Vergil’s most famous work, the Aeneid, was commissioned by the emperor Augustus, who published the epic despite Vergil’s dying wish that it be destroyed. 
   
  Sarah Ruden, widely praised for her translation of the Aeneid, uses evidence from Roman life and history alongside Vergil’s own writings to make careful deductions to reconstruct his life. Through her intimate knowledge of Vergil’s work, she brings to life a poet who was committed to creating something astonishingly new and memorable, even at great personal cost.

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  Misfire - The Sarajevo...

  Paul Miller-Melamed

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  The story has so often been told: Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, was shot dead on June 28, 1914, in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Thirty days later, the Archduke's uncle, Emperor Franz Joseph, declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia, producing the chain reaction of European powers entering the First World War. 
   
   
   
  In Misfire, Paul Miller-Melamed narrates the history of the Sarajevo assassination and the origins of World War I from the perspective of the Balkans. Miller-Melamed embeds the incident in the longer-term conditions of the Balkans that gave rise to the political murder. He thus illuminates the centrality of the Bosnian Crisis and the Balkan Wars of the early twentieth century to European power politics, while explaining how Serbs, Bosnians, and Habsburg leaders negotiated their positions in a dangerous geopolitical environment. Despite the absence of evidence tying official Serbia to the assassination conspiracy, Miller-Melamed shows how it spiraled into a diplomatic crisis that European statesmen proved unable to resolve peacefully. 
   
   
   
  Contrasting the vast disproportionality between a single deadly act and an act of war that would leave ten million dead, Misfire contends that the real causes for the world war lie in "civilized" Europe rather than the endlessly discussed political murder.

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  Playful Sexy Surprises - 6...

  Giselle Renarde

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  Get ready to be tantalized by "Playful Sexy Surprises," a sizzling collection of six spicy romance stories. Each story is a delicious adventure, where passion and unexpected encounters lead to unforgettable moments of desire and delight. 
  In one captivating tale, a citywide blackout becomes the backdrop for a steamy meeting between two sapphic strangers, their chemistry igniting as the lights go out. Another story takes you on a journey with a young couple visiting a small town for a summer theatre performance, where the thrill of the show spills over into a passionate rendezvous in an empty parking lot. 
  Under the blazing summer sun, two wives transform the mundane task of washing a dirty car into a tantalizing display of sudsy seduction. The collection also features playful escapades with candy, adding a sweet twist to a spicy interlude. 
  From impromptu trysts to playful outdoor adventures, "Playful Sexy Surprises" offers a variety of fun and entertaining tales that will leave you breathless. Dive into this collection and let Giselle Renarde take you on a journey of love, lust, and delightful surprises.

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