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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling....

A major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis.

"Le coeur d'un homme dans le corps d'une femme", disait d'elle le pape Benoît XIV. Marie Stuart par Stefan Zweig, c'est l'histoire d'une difficulté...

The Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston....

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell....

This book, the first empire-wide overview of law as an instrument of policy in the eighteenth-century British Empire, offers an imaginative rethinking of the relationship between tolerance and empire....

Marriage is at the center of Jane Austen’s novels. But what were love and marriage like in reality? Rory Muir uncovers the excitements and disappointments of courtship and the pains and pleasures of marriage, drawing on fascinating first-hand accounts as well as novels of Regency England....

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day....

The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created 100 years ago. MI6 provides a unique and unprecedented insight into this secret world and the reality that lies behind the fiction....

One of the classic volumes of autobiography, My Early Life is a lively and colourful account of a young man's quest for action, adventure and danger....

Mr Wolf fancies some tasty pancakes but he doesn't know how to make them. Asking his neighbours is no use - they're a mean and horrible lot who refuse to help. Poor Mr Wolf! He has to work it out all by himself. So what happens when these nasty neighbours want to help Mr Wolf eat his delicious pancakes?

Join in and sing along with a host of much-loved holiday songs. The Wheels on the Bus Holiday Songs includes: "We Three Kings", "Deck the Halls", "Up On the Housetop", "I Saw Three Ships", "Jingle Bells", "Joy to the World", "Away in a Manager", "The First Noel", "Over the River and Through the Woods", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Oh, Christmas Tree", "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", and "Jolly Old St. Nicholas".

This collection of wonderful stories read by John Lavelle and penned by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat will find a place on any Nate the Great fan's bookshelf.

When Oliver Moon is entered for the Young Wizard of the Year award, he finds he's up against the head boy. And when he's given the job of litter collector, he decides to liven things up with the help of his new pet dragon.

When her mother dies, Cinderella's father remarries and now she lives with her new family; her father, new mother and two new wicked sisters. They are mean and unkind to Cinderella and she is treated no better than a house servant, cooking and cleaning for everyone else. One day the two sisters are invited to a great ball to be given by the king and queen. Cinderella is unfortunately excluded. Sitting sad and alone at home, she is visited by a great fairy!

After the visit of a missionary in Tim’s Sunday school, Tim decided that he wants to be a missionary. Grandma Mary has an idea and Tim wants to make it work, no matter what. No obstacle is too big for him to overcome. This is a great book if your child thinks they must do something extraordinary to serve the Lord. It is an excellent way for parents to clarify that you can serve the Lord, no matter how small you are and no matter where you live. The Little Missionary is backed up with scripture to clarify how important it is to be a light, no matter where you are.