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by Athanasius, Gregory, Hilarion
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 1998
Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer. Athanasius records Antony's extreme seclusion in the Egyptian desert, despite temptation...
The Wars of the Roses
The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets and The Templars chronicles the next chapter in British history—the historical backdrop for Game of Thrones
The inspiration for the Channel 5 series Britain's Bloody Crown
The crown of England changed hands five times over...
Eleanor of Aquitaine
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1991
"Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."-Allene Talmey, Vogue.
by Sarah Bradford
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
An icon remembered in death as vividly as she appeared in life, Diana, Princess of Wales, is one of the most enduring personalities of the twentieth century-and one of the most enigmatic. With exclusive access to all those closest to Diana, Sarah Bradford now casts aside the gossip and lies and takes...
Dalai Lama, My Son
A Mother's Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
In this fascinating memoir the Dalai Lama’s mother tells a compelling woman’s story. With vivid and intimate details, she recounts her life’s humble beginning, the customs and rituals of old Tibet, the births of her sixteen children (only seven of whom survived), learning her son’s remarkable...
by Santa Teresa De Jesús
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Los mejores libros jamás escritos
Una obra fundamental de la literatura mística
Edición de Jorge García López, profesor de Filología Española en la Universitat de Girona
Santa Teresa de Jesús, también conocida como Teresa de Ávila, es, junto con san Juan de la Cruz,...
Elizabeth
The Later Years
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
**COSTA AWARD FINALIST
ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding
“A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.”
–Stacy Schiff, The New York...
Colour Bar
The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2007
Sir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir apparent to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and great prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banned from his own country. His...
Mary Tudor
England's First Queen
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
An engrossing, unadulterated biography of “Bloody Mary”—elder daughter of Henry VIII, Catholic zealot, and England’s first reigning Queen
Mary Tudor was the first woman to inherit the throne of England. Reigning through one of Britain’s stormiest eras, she earned the nickname “Bloody...
The King and the Cowboy
Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2008
An intimate look at two extraordinary figures and their secret collaboration?one that turned the alliance structure of the political world upside down
In this character-driven study, acclaimed historian and bestselling author David Fromkin reveals how two colorful figures?Theodore Roosevelt...
Elizabeth and Leicester
The Truth about the Virgin Queen and the Man She Loved
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
**View our feature on Sarah Gristwood’s Elizabeth & Leicester.**Though the story has been told on film—and whispered in historic gossip—this is the first book in almost fifty years to solely explore the great queen’s attachment to her beloved Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. Fueled...
The Plantagenets
The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
The New York Times bestseller, from the author of Crusaders, that tells the story of Britain’s greatest and worst dynasty—“a real-life Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)
The first Plantagenet kings inherited a blood-soaked realm from the Normans and transformed it into an empire...
A Treasury of Royal Scandals
The Shocking True Stories History's Wickedest Weirdest MostWanton Kings Queens
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class.
Gleeful, naughty, sometimes...
Eleven Rings
The Soul of Success
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The inside story of one of basketball's most legendary and game-changing figures
A New York Times bestseller
During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in the history of professional sports....