Amnesiac princess Gabriella needs protection against scheming kidnappers and finds herself in the company of bodyguard Reeve MacGee. Prince Alexander falls for someone from his past, the enigmatic Eve Hamilton.

"Welcome to the United Kingdom--home of the Giant's Causeway, Stonehenge, and the Fairy Pools! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversized scenic photos draw in readers as they learn about the United Kingdom's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more! Maps, a timeline with photos, and a facts page that includes major statistics complement the text. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state...

"Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life. January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front,...

Valentina is the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official. Frank Martin is given an offer he cannot refuse and ends up putting on his driving gloves to deliver Valentina from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to deal with the thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery. On top of that, he cannot let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.

Take an exciting tour through a thousand years of history in Samuel Harding's The Story of the Middle Ages! This book brings the bold knights, brave explorers, and majestic castles of the Middle Ages to life through captivating stories and vivid detail. Harding acts as the perfect guide to show you medieval life beyond just kings and battles. Learn what everyday people wore, ate, lived in, and did for fun in medieval times. Journey through market...

Richard Hamilton provides an in-depth critique of the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on Britain, France, and Germany. Hamilton contends that the validity of their principal historical claims has been assumed more often than investigated, and he reviews the logic of their historical arguments, citing relevant sources that challenge many of the assertions they used to build their theory of inexorable historical change. Although Marx emphasized...

He was only a Dutch tailor's apprentice, but from 1534 to 1535, Jan van Leyden led a radical sect of persecuted Anabaptists to repeated triumphs over the combined powers of church and state. Revered by his followers as the new David, the charismatic young leader pronounced the northern German city of Muenster a new Zion and crowned himself king. He expropriated all private property, took sixteen wives (supposedly emulating the biblical patriarchs),...

L'Union européenne est-elle en coma dépassé ou ne dort-elle que d'un oeil ? A-t-elle eu raison de s'élargir ? Ses racines sont-elles chrétiennes ? Etc. Élie Barnavi apporte des réponses toniques à l'heure o les questions sur l'Europe sont prédominantes.

La Europa dividida nos introduce en una compleja época de movimientos y conflictos. La poderosa narrativa de J. H. Elliott detalla los cambios políticos, económicos y sociales y ofrece vívidos retratos de las principales personalidades de la época. Ya consagrado como un clásico, en su segunda edición el libro estudia las duras líneas divisorias que había en la Europa de finales del siglo XVI: entre el norte protestante y el sur católico...

Pourquoi Philippe n'a-t-il pas embrassé Mathilde lors du mariage ? Pourquoi Mathilde est-elle plus ambitieuse qu'il n'y paraît ? Pourquoi le Roi n'a-t-il jamais reconnu Delphine ? Pourquoi Paola n'a-t-elle pas voulu divorcer d'Albert ? Pourquoi Laurent a-t-il violenté plusieurs femmes ? Pourquoi Claire défend-elle son mari avec acharnement ? Pourquoi Astrid a-t-elle failli devenir Reine ? Pourquoi Lorenz est-il un homme les mieux payés de Belgique...