Born to Rule

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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429904550
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Born to Rule by : Julia P. Gelardi

Download or read book Born to Rule written by Julia P. Gelardi and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction to the First World War that shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world. Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in Rasputin, and tragic end have become the stuff of legend; Marie, the flamboyant and eccentric queen who battled her way through a life of intrigues and was also the mother of two Balkan queens and of the scandalous Carol II of Romania; Victoria Eugenie, Spain's very English queen who, like Alexandra, introduced hemophilia into her husband's family-with devastating consequences for her marriage; Maud, King Edward VII's daughter, who was independent Norway's reluctant queen; and Sophie, Kaiser Wilhelm II's much maligned sister, daughter of an Emperor and herself the mother of no less than three kings and a queen, who ended her days in bitter exile. Born to Rule evokes a world of luxury, wealth, and power in a bygone era, while also recounting the ordeals suffered by a unique group of royal women who at times faced poverty, exile, and death. Praised in their lifetimes for their legendary beauty, many of these women were also lauded-and reviled-for their political influence. Using never before published letters, memoirs, diplomatic documents, secondary sources, and interviews with descendents of the subjects, Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an astonishing and memorable work of popular history.

Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349813664
Total Pages : 1585 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (498 download)

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The Oldacre/Oldaker Story

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Oldacre/Oldaker Story written by Edward Lawson Oldaker and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

England

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Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 9781843171881
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (718 download)

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Book Synopsis England by : Dean Hayes

Download or read book England written by Dean Hayes and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique reference guide to the English National side through the ages, and the perfect accompaniment to the World Cup, this book recalls the achievements of former England teams, and presents facts and figures surrounding such legends as Stanley Matthews, Bobby Moore, Gary Lineker and David Beckham.

Queen of Our Times

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 164313910X
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis Queen of Our Times by : Robert Hardman

Download or read book Queen of Our Times written by Robert Hardman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by a renowned royal biographer. As seen on Good Morning America, CNN, and the BBC Shy but with a steely self-confidence; inscrutable despite ten decades in the public eye; unflappable; devout; indulgent; outwardly reserved, inwardly passionate; unsentimental; inquisitive; young at heart. Even with her recent passing at age ninety-six, she remains a twenty-first century global phenomenon commanding unrivalled respect and affection. Sealed off during the greatest peacetime emergency of modern times, she has stuck to her own maxim: "I have to be seen to be believed." Robert Hardman, one of Britain’s most acclaimed royal biographers, now wraps up the full story of one of the undisputed greats in a thousand years of monarchy. Hardman distills Elizabeth's complex life into a must-read study of dynastic survival and renewal. It is a portrait of a world leader who remains as intriguing today as the day she came to the Throne at age twenty-five. With peerless access to members of the Royal Family, staff, friends, and royal records, Queen of Our Times brings fresh insights and scholarship to the modern royal story. There will be no more thorough, more readable, more original book on Elizabeth II as we celebrate a life and reign that, surely, will never be equaled.

Descendants of Patrick O'grady and Mary Steele 1757-2005

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479762687
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Descendants of Patrick O'grady and Mary Steele 1757-2005 written by Betty O'Grady Matiskella and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a synopsis of many years of research in an eff ort to add a human face and personality to the data culled from various sources of vital records. As the family tree unfurls, it reveals the vivid contrasts between its many branches. It exposes the hardships and devastating eff ects of alcoholism that followed several branches, as well as the prestige and prosperity that were perpetuated in others. However, each individual is equally important to the color and texture of the fi ne tapestry created by this OGrady family history.

Queen

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
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Book Synopsis Queen by : Georg Purvis

Download or read book Queen written by Georg Purvis and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mixing and clashing an outrageously eclectic set of influences—the close harmonies of the Beatles, the guitar pyrotechnics of Jimi Hendrix, the heavy sound of Led Zeppelin, and the glamour of David Bowie—Queen found a winning formula by channeling this strange cocktail through its charismatic frontman, Freddie Mercury. More than a decade after Mercury's death, Queen's fan base continues to grow. This meticulous, session-by-session, album-by-album, tour-by-tour chronicle of the band is the book that Queen fans have been waiting for.

George Cross Heroes

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Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 075536452X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (553 download)

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Book Synopsis George Cross Heroes by : Michael Ashcroft

Download or read book George Cross Heroes written by Michael Ashcroft and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ebook edition contains the full text version as per the book; but doesn't include original photographic and illustrated material. In a broadcast to the nation in September 1940 King George VI announced the institution of the George Cross - a civilian equivalent of the Victoria Cross awarded to recognize the many acts of supreme gallantry being performed outside of the battlefield. From Thomas Alderson, the first recipient of the medal, who heroically rescued several people from trapped houses during one terrible Blitz night, to Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher, who threw himself onto a live grenade in the Helmand province to save the lives of his comrades (and somehow survived), to Barbara Harrison, an air stewardess who died in 1968 after helping many passengers escape from an onboard fire, this book tells the amazing stories of everyone of the George Cross's 159 direct recipients. GEORGE CROSS HEROES pays tribute to the extraordinary courage displayed by so many of the commonwealth's men and women in so many incredible situations over the last 70 years.

A Biographical Dictionary of Major League Baseball Managers

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476611122
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis A Biographical Dictionary of Major League Baseball Managers by : John C. Skipper

Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Major League Baseball Managers written by John C. Skipper and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earl Weaver put his best defensive players on the field early in the game rather than make late-inning defensive replacements, and he didn't like to bunt, figuring if you played for only one run that's all you'd get. Whitey Herzog, by contrast, became one of the greats by using players who could bunt and by playing for one run over and over again. Full coverage of them and 600 other major league managers over a 125 year period can be found in this work. The entries are based on interviews, standard data and anecdotes from owners, coaches, and players. Information includes birth and death dates, teams and dates managed, win-loss records, winning percentages, and standings. Lists are included of managers of 1,000 games or more, those with one-game careers, those with the best winning percentages, and those with the most wins. A complete list of managers in the history of each team is provided.

Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476676526
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story by : Laird R. Blackwell

Download or read book Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story written by Laird R. Blackwell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories. Dannay was also a literary historian and critic, and the editor of the renowned Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Queen--both a pen name and the fictional protagonist of the stories--was also a vital force behind the continuing popularity of crime fiction in the early to mid-20th century, after the deaths of Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Melville Davisson Post, and other Old Masters of the genre. This book presents the first critical study of Ellery Queen's role in the preservation of the detective short story. Many of the writers, characters and stories EQMM championed are covered, including such celebrated authors as Allingham, Ambler, Ellin, Innes, Vickers, and even William Butler Yeats.

Just the Usual Work

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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228006929
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis Just the Usual Work by : Michael Boudreau

Download or read book Just the Usual Work written by Michael Boudreau and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1907, Ida Martin spent most of her life in Saint John, New Brunswick. She married a longshoreman named Allan Robert Martin in 1932 and they had one daughter. In the years that followed, Ida had a busy and varied life, full of work, caring for her family, and living her faith. Through it all, Ida found time to keep a daily diary from 1945 to 1992. Bonnie Huskins is Ida Martin's granddaughter. In Just the Usual Work, she and Michael Boudreau draw on Ida's diaries, family memories, and the history of Atlantic Canada to shed light on the everyday life of a working-class housewife during a period of significant social and political change. They examine Ida's observations about the struggles of making ends meet on a longshoreman's salary, the labour confrontations at the Port of Saint John, the role of automobiles in the family economy, the importance of family, faith, and political engagement, and her experience of widowhood and growing old. Ida Martin's diaries were often read by members of her family to reconstruct and relive their shared histories. By sharing the pages of her diaries with a wider audience, Just the Usual Work keeps Ida's memory alive while continuing her abiding commitment to documenting the past and finding meaning in the rhythms of everyday life.

Historical Dictionary of Spain

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538108836
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Spain by : Angel Smith

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Spain written by Angel Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Spain’s transition to democracy there has been rapid economic modernization, the establishment of a functioning liberal democracy, and a cultural renaissance. One area in which ordinary Spaniards have noted a massive change since the 1970s has been in the transformation of the road and rail networks, and also in local amenities—from sporting facilities to centers for the aged. Also impressive is the cleanliness of Spanish cities and the efforts put into town planning. And from the 1980s the country also built a successful public health system. As a result, for the first time since the 19th century Spaniards can largely look toward the West without any sense of inferiority (though, in recent years, confidence has been hit by the deep recession of 2008–2011 and the constant corruption scandals). This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Spain contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Spain.

Mercury

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451663978
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis Mercury by : Lesley-Ann Jones

Download or read book Mercury written by Lesley-Ann Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing and intimate, based on more than 100 interviews with key figures in his life, this is the definitive biography of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, one of pop music’s best-loved and most complex figures. A revealing, intimate look at the man who would be Queen. As lead vocalist for the iconic rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury’s unmatched skills as a songwriter and his flamboyant showmanship made him a superstar and Queen a household name. But despite his worldwide fame, few people ever really glimpsed the man behind the glittering façade. Now, more than twenty years after his death, those closest to Mercury are finally opening up about this pivotal figure in rock ’n’ roll. Based on more than a hundred interviews with key figures in his life, Mercury offers the definitive account of one man’s legendary life in the spotlight and behind the scenes. Rock journalist Lesley-Ann Jones gained unprecedented access to Mercury’s tribe, and she details Queen’s slow but steady rise to fame and Mercury’s descent into dangerous, pleasure-seeking excesses—this was, after all, a man who once declared, “Darling, I’m doing everything with everyone.” In her journey to understand Mercury, Jones traveled to London, Zanzibar, and India—talking with everyone from Mercury’s closest friends to the sound engineer at Band Aid (who was responsible for making Queen even louder than the other bands) to second cousins halfway around the world. In the process, an intimate and complicated portrait emerges. Meticulously researched, sympathetic yet not sensational, Mercury offers an unvarnished look at the extreme highs and lows of life in the fast lane. At the heart of this story is a man...and the music he loved.

The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416531416
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City by : Peter Sanderson

Download or read book The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City written by Peter Sanderson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York City has had a profound influence on the Marvel Comics universe. Unlike Batman's Gotham City or Superman's Metropolis, the Marvel superheroes - Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers - are grounded firmly in the streets of New York, working and living beside us. This fun and informative guide will take you through those streets, pointing out locations of interest along the way. Peter Parker's apartment in the West Village? We'll show you how to get there. Looking for the Avengers headquarters? They might give you funny looks when you show up at the Frick Museum, but don't worry, you're in the right place. You'll also discover why Stan Lee decided to use New York as his backdrop in the first place, and what effect that decision has had on subsequent generations of comic book artists and writers. Whether you're a curious traveller or just a Marvel Comics fan, The Marvel Comics Guide to New York Citygives a fresh and fun new look at the greatest city in the world - and the Marvel universe.

Spain

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Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1608708772
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (87 download)

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Book Synopsis Spain by : Elizabeth Kohen

Download or read book Spain written by Elizabeth Kohen and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Spain. All books of the critically-acclaimed Cultures of the World� series ensure an immersive experience by offering vibrant photographs with descriptive nonfiction narratives, and interactive activities such as creating an authentic traditional dish from an easy-to-follow recipe. Copious maps and detailed timelines present the past and present of the country, while exploration of the art and architecture help your readers to understand why diversity is the spice of Life.

What Ever Happened to Ned Kelly's Head?

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Publisher : Affirm Press
ISBN 13 : 1922400459
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (224 download)

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Book Synopsis What Ever Happened to Ned Kelly's Head? by : Eamon Evans

Download or read book What Ever Happened to Ned Kelly's Head? written by Eamon Evans and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who stole the priceless Picasso from the NGV? Was Errol Flynn a Nazi spy? Did an Australian kill the infamous Red Baron?If you think Australia’s history is straightforward, you’re dead wrong. This is a land of the strange, the spooky and the unexplained. From the eerie ball of light that stalked a terrified family across the Nullabor, to the whereabouts of Victoria’s parliamentary mace, to the unidentified body found propped up on an Adelaide beach, and, yes, to the whereabouts of Ned Kelly’s skull, you’ll find our history has plenty of mysterious twists and unanswered questions.With his signature wit, Eamon Evans’ investigates Australia’s most curious mysteries, digs up the evidence and lays it out for the court of public opinion to decide. Whatever Happened to Ned Kelly’s Head will have you scratching your head and wondering long after the last page.

Red Dragons - The Story of Welsh Football

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Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 1847716180
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Red Dragons - The Story of Welsh Football written by Phil Stead and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red Dragons covers the story of Welsh football since its earliest days in the nineteenth century, and looks at the characters, controversies and developments of the country's clubs, players, and most importantly, the national team.