Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV’s Chief Mistress
By: Charles River Editors
3.38
Format: 78 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
By: Andrew Morton
3.83
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In a shocking, headline-making story (coming as an NBC TV movie), Andrew Morton goes beyond specula… read more
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"She believes that they are caught in an emotional timewarp without the necessary vision to appreciate the changes that have take place in society."-Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
"Não fico ressentida por conta disso, mas seria muito bom fazer coisas como passar um fim de semana em Paris, mas isso não é possível para mim no momento. Porém, sei que um dia, se seguir as regras da…"-Andrew Morton, Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words
2. The Return of the Soldier
By: Rebecca West , Verlyn Klinkenborg , None , Michelle Dean
3.70
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Writing her first novel during World War I, West examines the relationship between three women and … read more
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"L'indifferenza significa che gli occhi non hanno più bisogno di cercarsi, le mani di protendersi; né le labbra di unirsi, perché è un'unione in cui non ci si accorge più della separazione dei corpi."-Rebecca West, The Return of the Soldier
"Perché mai la vita moderna ha generato orrori al cui confronto le vecchie tragedie sembrano spettacoli per bambini? Forse perché l'umanità in cerca di avventura ha cambiato troppo il mondo esterno ch…"-Rebecca West, The Return of the Soldier
"So I went out alone into a soft day, with the dispelled winter lurking above in high dark clouds under which there ran quick fresh currents of air, and broken shafts of insistent sunshine that spread…"-Rebecca West, The Return of the Soldier
"Indeed, grief is not the clear melancholy the young believe it. It is like a siege in a tropical city. The skin dries and the throat parches as though one were living in the heat of the desert; water…"-Rebecca West, The Return of the Soldier
3. Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism
By: Marina Budhos , Marc Aronson
4.02
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Robert Capa and Gerda Taro were young Jewish refugees, idealistic and in love. As photographers, th… read more
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4. Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
By: Leonie Frieda
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Poisoner, despot, necromancer -- the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this c… read more
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5. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
By: Deborah Heiligman
4.35
Format: 104 pages,
Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his revolutionary tract on evolution and the fundam… read more
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6. The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City
By: David Lebovitz
3.37
Format: 245 pages,
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7. Germ Hunter: A Story about Louis Pasteur
By: Elaine Marie Alphin , None
2.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Chronicles the life of Pasteur from his childhood in early nineteenth-century France to his years s… read more
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8. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
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"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
9. Death and Croissants (A Follet Valley Mystery, #1)
By: Ian Moore
3.27
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Vall… read more
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10. Agent 355
By: Marie Benedict
3.73
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
A novella A fictional portrayal of a real-life Revolutionary spy and her daring deeds, from the … read more
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11. Next of Kin
By: Kia Abdullah
4.13
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
ON AN ORDINARY WORKING DAY… Leila Syed receives a call that cleaves her life in two. Her brother… read more
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12. Girl, Goddess, Queen
By: Bea Fitzgerald
4.03
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
To hell with love, this goddess has other plans... Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: … read more
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"Gone is little girl. Kore. I am chaos bringer. Persephone."-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
"You once asked for the world, Persephone. Congratulations, you just created one."-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
"I was pretty, always pretty. It’s what they told me again and again until the very word came to mean pain. And still I went on, tearing and pulling and hurting until I was prettier still."-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
"An artist raised to slaughter. I want to hurt everyone involved in that decision. I would too, I think, if I could. Maybe I am too vengeful. But then I look at him laughing and I don't care. I'd do i…"-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen
13. Opposites Attract (First Comes Love, #1)
By: Camilla Isley
3.69
Format: 255 pages, ebook
First law of magnetism: opposite poles attract. Single mom Vivian has been burned by love once b… read more
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14. The Sad Ghost Club, Vol. 2
By: Lize Meddings
4.07
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find y… read more
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15. Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
By: Hayley Nolan
3.76
Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition
A bold new analysis of one of history’s most misrepresented women. History has lied. Anne Boleyn … read more
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16. The Magic Place
By: Christopher Wormell
3.91
Format: None pages, Audio CD
'And even though she only saw it in her dreams, she felt sure it was real.' From her cellar bedroo… read more
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17. Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth (Ancient Lives)
By: Francine Prose
3.31
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian quee… read more
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18. Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV’s Chief Mistress
By: Charles River Editors
3.38
Format: 78 pages, Kindle Edition
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography fo… read more
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19. Eloisa e Abelardo: Storia di un amore
By: Manuela Raffa
3.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
1116, Regno di Francia. Eloisa è una donna fuori dal comune. Chiusa in convento fin da giovanissima… read more
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20. Rosa Parks (Micii mei eroi #27)
By: Carla Pascual Roig
4.59
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Majoritatea eroilor pe care ii cunoastem sunt fiinte extraordinare, inzestrate cu puteri magice si … read more
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21. Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller
By: Christa Maerker
3.37
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
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22. Margherita Hack (Mujeres extraordinarias #37)
By: ***
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
La historia está llena de mujeres excepcionales cuyas ideas y logros han conseguido cambiar el mund… read more
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23. Ioana D'Arc (Micii mei eroi)
By: ***
4.62
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Superputerile ei au fost o mare încredere în sine, curajul și tenacitatea cu care și-a urmărit idea… read more
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24. Astrid Lindgren (Micii mei eroi)
By: Víctor Lloret Blackburn
4.77
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Superputerile ei au fost iubirea nemăsurată pentru copii, dorința de a-i amuza și de a-i vedea cres… read more
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25. Helen Keller (Mujeres extraordinarias #36)
By: ***
4.80
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
La historia está llena de mujeres excepcionales cuyas ideas y logros han conseguido cambiar el mund… read more
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26. Sartre & de Beauvoir
By: Stefaan Van Brabandt
4.39
Format: 79 pages, Paperback
Theatertekst bij de voorstelling 'Sartre & de Beauvoir', door Stefaan Van Brabandt. read more
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27. J. K. Rowling (Mis Pequeños Héroes #62)
By: Bonalletra
4.33
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
La mayoría de héroes que conocemos son seres extraordinarios con poderes mágicos y una capa ondeand… read more
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28. I fratelli Mezzaluna (Italian Edition)
By: Chiara Gamberale
3.75
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
A Gabaville la vita scorre serena: è il Villaggio Perfettissimo dove nessuno litiga mai e tutti vor… read more
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29. L'incredibile storia della bambina nata come un fiore
By: Fabrizio Biggio
4.41
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Fiorella è una bambina speciale perché nata dalle lacrime versate su una zolla di terra dalla sua m… read more
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30. Prince Philip's Century 1921-2021: The Extraordinary Life of the Duke of Edinburgh
By: Robert Jobson
4.03
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Prince Philip's life and legacy. Read the new and definitive biography of the remarkable Duke of Ed… read more
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31. The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I
By: Elizabeth Jenkins
3.57
Format: None pages, Audio CD
A revealing study of the Queen and her court--their daily lives, concerns, topics of conversation, … read more
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