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“[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating...
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating...
2) Catherine
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Catherine, a young Irish peasant girl and other young teens from her village are taken away by English slave traders. Thrown into a sailing ship and taken to the other side of the world, Catherine fears for her future. She is purchased by a mysterious man and taken to his sugar plantation. Will she survive? What manner of creature is this man they call Master Lavelle? This vampire romance is set in the mid-1600's in the Caribbean. Follow Catherine's...
3) Catherine
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An aristocratic playboy finds himself the houseguest of a brash, bold, confounding, yet inexplicably beguiling widow in this incredibly witty romance from Raine Cantrell.
For Catherine, widowhood does not mean mourning. It means freedom. Finally experiencing the world outside of her former husband's strict and watchful eye, Catherine finds new joy in the simplicity of life in the home she shares with her closest friends, Mary and Sarah.
With Mary...
4) Catherine
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Yvan est un brillant entrepreneur animé par un esprit de bravoure et le désir de transmettre le bonheur à sa descendance. Menant une vie tranquille avec sa famille, ce dernier se doute qu'un incident majeur viendra perturber cet équilibre qu'il chérit tant, au moment o il s'y attendra le moins. Toutefois, une rencontre et une opportunité le ramèneront à ses jours heureux et lui feront devenir l'homme qu'il a toujours voulu être.
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Dutiful daughter, frustrated wife, passionate lover, domineering mother, doting grandmother, devoted friend, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists and philosophers-the Empress Catherine II, the Great, was all these things, and more. Her reign, the longest in Russian Imperial history, lasted from 1762 until her death in 1796; during those years she built on the work begun by her most famous predecessor, Peter the Great, to establish Russia...
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From award-winning author Eva Stachniak comes this passionate novel that tells the epic story of Catherine the Great’s improbable rise to power—as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne.
Her name is Barbara—in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she’s allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth, amid the glitter and cruelty of the world’s...
Her name is Barbara—in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she’s allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth, amid the glitter and cruelty of the world’s...
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IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
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The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.
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"[A] superb biography….Scholarly, refreshing, commonsensical, and compelling, vividly portraying the charismatic Empress and her times."
-Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Sashenka
Simon Dixon's Catherine the Great is a complete and revealing portrait of an extraordinary leader, chronicling her rise to power and her remarkable reign as empress of Russia. Catherine Merridale, author of Ivan's War, calls this definitive history, "attractive,...
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[2021]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed to come to power. But at age sixteen, she married the heir to the Russian throne. By 1762, Sophie, known now as Catherine, overthrew her immature and incompetent husband, Peter III, to lead the nation. Catherine became the sole ruler of Russia"--
16) Catherine House
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Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, Catherine House is a college with an experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment. It has produced some of the world's best minds: prize-winning authors, artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. Tuition, room and board are free, but students are required to give up everything for the three years they attend -- summers included. Family, friends,...
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Sigrid Undset's Catherine of Siena was critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this well-known and amazing fourteenth-century saint. Known for her historical fiction, Undset based this factual work on primary sources about Catherine of Siena, her own experiences living in Italy, and her profound understanding of the human heart.
18) Catherine's War
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IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"A magnificent narrative inspired by a true survival story that asks universal questions about a young girl’s coming of age story, her identity, her passions, and her first loves.
At the Sèvres Children’s Home outside Paris, Rachel Cohen has discovered her passion—photography. Although she hasn’t heard from her parents in months, she loves the people at her school, adores capturing what she sees in pictures, and tries not to worry too much...
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Young royals volume 4
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IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
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In 1501 fifteen-year-old Catharine of Aragon arrives in England to marry Arthur, the eldest son of King Henry VII, but soon finds her expectations of a happy settled life radically changed when Arthur unexpectedly dies and her future becomes the subject of a bitter dispute between the kingdoms of England and Spain.
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Catherine Millet's erotic memoir The Sexual Life of Catherine M. was a landmark book-a portrait of a sexual life lived without boundaries and without a safety net. Described as "eloquent, graphic-and sometimes even poignant" by Newsweek, and as "[perhaps] one of the most erotic books ever written" by Playboy, it drew international attention for its audacity and the apparently superhuman sangfroid required of Millet and her partner, Jacques Henric,...