Edward the Confessor: The Sainted King
By: David Woodman
3.89
Format: 129 pages, Hardcover
Edward the Confessor, one of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, is in part a figure of myths cr…
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1. Beauty in Thorns
By: Kate Forsyth
3.97
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
A spellbinding reimagining of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ set amongst the wild bohemian circle of Pre-Raphael… read more
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2. Æthelstan: The Making of England
By: Tom Holland
4.03
Format: 116 pages, Hardcover
The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under sa… read more
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3. Henry III: A Simple and God-Fearing King (Penguin Monarchs)
By: Stephen Church
3.69
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Henry III was a medieval king whose long reign continues to have a profound impact on us today. He … read more
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4. On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
By: John Ruskin
3.83
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
Two of Ruskin's famous essays: "The Nature of the Gothic" and "The Work of Iron" from his book The … read more
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"To banish imperfection is to destroy expression."-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
"The demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art."-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
"If the pleasure of change is too often repeated, it ceases to be delightful, for the change itself becomes monotonous, and we are driven to seek delight in extreme and fantastic degrees of it. This i…"-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
"Just because we are something better than birds or bees, our buildings must confess that we have not reached the perfection we can imagine, and can not rest in the condition we have attained. If we p…"-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
5. Patriotism
By: Yukio Mishima , Geoffrey W. Sargent
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
One of the most powerful short stories ever written: Yukio Mishima's masterpiece about the erotics … read more
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6. William I: England's Conqueror
By: Marc Morris
3.00
Format: None pages,
On Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king … read more
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7. Edward VII: The Cosmopolitan King
By: Richard Davenport-Hines
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their… read more
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8. Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Joanna Macy , Anita Barrows
4.12
Format: 29 pages, Paperback
At the beginning of this century, a young German poet returned from a journey to Russia, where he h… read more
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9. The King of the Golden River
By: John Ruskin , None
3.44
Format: 326 pages,
Little gem of Victorian literature, written in 1842 and published in 1851, tells a tale of the two … read more
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10. Charles I: An Abbreviated Life
By: Mark A. Kishlansky
3.08
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
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11. Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
By: David Mamet
4.32
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
The purpose of theater, like magic like religion...ids to inspire cleansing awe. With bracing direc… read more
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12. The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction
By: John Guy
3.87
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Guy's V… read more
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13. Æthelred the Unready: The Failed King
By: Richard P. Abels
3.59
Format: 137 pages, Hardcover
In his fascinating new book in the Penguin Monarchs series, Richard Abels examines the long and tro… read more
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14. Henry I: The Father of His People
By: Edmund King
3.70
Format: 116 pages, Hardcover
The youngest of William the Conqueror's sons, Henry I (1100-35) was never meant to be king, but he … read more
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15. Henry V: Playboy Prince to Warrior King
By: Anne Curry
3.96
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Henry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he … read more
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16. Edward III: A Heroic Failure (Penguin Monarchs)
By: Jonathan Sumption
3.79
Format: 115 pages, Hardcover
Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her l… read more
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17. Cnut: The North Sea King
By: Ryan Lavelle
3.40
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Cnut, or Canute, is one of the great "what ifs" of English history. The Dane who became King of Eng… read more
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18. Henry II: A Prince Among Princes
By: Richard Barber
3.89
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Henry II (1154-89) through a series of astonishing dynastic coups became the ruler of an enormous E… read more
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19. William II: The Red King (Penguin Monarchs)
By: John Gillingham
3.62
Format: 117 pages, Hardcover
William II (1087-1100), or William Rufus, will always be most famous for his death: killed by an ar… read more
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20. John: An Evil King?
By: Nicholas Vincent
3.97
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
Part of the Penguin Monarchs short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible fo… read more
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21. Edward the Confessor: The Sainted King
By: David Woodman
3.89
Format: 129 pages, Hardcover
Edward the Confessor, one of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, is in part a figure of myths cr… read more
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22. Stephen: The Reign of Anarchy (Penguin Monarchs)
By: Carl Watkins
3.68
Format: 110 pages, Hardcover
Remembered as time in which 'Christ and his saints slept', Stephen's troubled rule plunged England … read more
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23. Richard III: A Failed King? (Penguin Monarchs)
By: Rosemary Horrox
3.60
Format: 109 pages, Hardcover
Part of the Penguin Monarchs short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible fo… read more
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24. Richard I: The Crusader King
By: Thomas Asbridge
3.98
Format: 119 pages, Hardcover
Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England's most famous m… read more
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25. Edward II: The Terrors of Kingship (Penguin Monarchs)
By: Christopher Given-Wilson
3.87
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. … read more
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26. Richard II: A Brittle Glory (Penguin Monarchs)
By: Laura Ashe
3.38
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
Richard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign … read more
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27. The Devil is Afraid of Me
By: Gabriele Amorth
3.67
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
“We can do nothing against you because you are too protected!” So declared a frustrated host of … read more
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28. The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: On Prayer (Volume I)
By: Francis de Sales
4.47
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
The saintly bishop, Founder, and Doctor of the Church, St. Francis de Sales, is known throughout th… read more
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29. What Will Hell Be Like?
By: Alfonso María de Liguori
4.41
Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition
Selections from St. Alphonsus' writings. Covers virtually every aspect of Hell. Shows it exists, de… read more
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30. Inchor
By: Aladea
3.57
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Inchor will permit you to defy all the sorrow you once buried deep within you, now riddled within y… read more
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31. John Ruskin
By: Francis O'Gorman
4.00
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
John Ruskin was one of the greatest Victorian critics of art and society - his art criticism includ… read more
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