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King Edward VI, the only legitimate male heir of King Henry VIII, took his seat on the throne at the age of nine. His life would come to an end when he was only 15 years old, but the mark he would come to leave on England’s history has endured to this day. Edward VI led his country into a new age where the Church of England was no longer tied to the Catholic Church. Putting his efforts into spreading Protestantism throughout all of England, he continued his father’s work of freeing England from the Holy Roman Empire’s grasp.

Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright in the late 19th century. His controversial plays were riddled with mockery of social status, cleverly covered by the use of comedy. Wilde may have paved the way for people living a little off the center line. Full of flash and flare, he wrote some of those colorful traits into his literature. Take a journey into the world of Oscar Wilde, and find out just how individualistic he was.

Evil Prince Erik has discovered the bride he needs to secure his grip on the throne. But the idea doesn't grip his betrothed, peasant girl Jenny. Already in the shit, she doubles down with an escape through the castle's sewers. Her trusty raven, Croak, is never far behind, ready to peck the eyes out of anyone harming his mistress. Unless they have shiny things. Can Jenny ever escape the horny Prince? Will Leo stop eating and drinking long enough to help? And is there romance in the air, or is that just Leo's dodgy tummy?

Thor gefangen zwischen den gigantischen Kräften von Gut und Böse, als Andronicus und Rafi all ihre schwarze Magie anwenden, um Thors Identität zu zerstören und die Kontrolle über seine Seele zu übernehmen. Unter ihrem Zauber muss Thor seinen bisher größten Kampf ausfechten – aus dem Schatten seines Vaters zu treten, um sich von den Ketten der dunklen Magie zu befreien. Doch dazu ist es womöglich schon zu spät.

In Ritus Der Schwerter (Band #7 im Ring der Zauberei) ringt Thor mit seiner Herkunft: er muss sich damit abfinden wer sein wirklicher Vater ist, ob er sein Geheimnis verraten will und was er zu tun hat. Zu Hause im Ring mit Mycoples an seiner Seite und dem Schwert des Schicksals in der Hand ist Thor fest entschlossen, Rache an Andronicus‘ Armee zu neben und sein Heimatland zu befreien - und endlich um Gwendolyns Hand anzuhalten.

Local fireman, Danny Halloway, finds himself in trouble with the law after he finds out that his wife hasn’t been faithful. In the following days, he tries to figure out how to come to terms with it, but runs into some trouble.

In Angriff Der Tapferkeit verfolgt Thor seine Mission, das gestohlene Schwert des Schicksals zurückzubringen, um den Ring zu retten, weiter. Sie führt ihn immer tiefer in das Reich des Empires. Als er und seine Freunde unerwartet eine Tragödie erleben und sie ein Mitglied ihrer Gruppe verlieren, schweißt sie das enger zusammen als je zuvor. Sie erkennen, dass sie nur gemeinsam die Widrigkeiten, die sich ihnen in den Weg stellen, überwinden können.

In Der Schwur des Ruhms (Buch #5 aus dem Ring der Zauberei) bricht Thor gemeinsam mit seinen Freunden aus der Legion auf eine epische Reise in die unendliche Wildnis des Empire auf um das uralte Schwert des Schicksals zu finden und den Ring zu retten. Thors Freundschaften vertiefen sich auf der Reise zu unbekannten Orten und stehen unerwarteten Monstern gegenüber während sie Seite an Seite in unvorstellbaren Schlachten kämpfen. Sie bereisen exotische Länder, treffen auf Wesen jenseits der Vorstellungskraft.

In Rückruf Null (Buch 6) ist die Übersetzerin des Präsidenten die einzige Eingeweihte einer geheimen Unterhaltung, die unsere Welt ändern könnte. Dadurch wird sie zum Ziel eines Mordanschlags, bei dem man sie zur Strecke bringen will. Agent Null, den wieder die Pflicht ruft, ist möglicherweise der Einzige, der sie noch retten könnte.

An early feminist, Louisa May Alcott fought for women’s rights throughout her life and became the first woman in Concord, Massachusetts to register to vote. Her most famous novel, Little Women, was a semi-biographical version of her life with her three sisters and how they grew up. While her father, the educator Amos Bronson Alcott, could make her life exasperating, her beloved mother, Abigail, always supported her daughters’ right to chart their own course in life, whether society approved or not.

Thomas Aquinas is known as a great theologian, and his treatises and theories are studied by clergy all over the world. He is celebrated for his words of wisdom as well as the alleged miracles that he performed while he was still alive. Yet as large as his acclaim may be, Aquinas has also had his fair share of detractors both during his lifetime and long thereafter. Casting all accolades and critiques aside, in this book, you will find the raw, bare bones of the man who Thomas Aquinas came to be.

The son of the second president of the United States, John Quincy Adams was prepped and primed from his youth to be the quintessential statesmen. At just 14 years of age, he was given a diplomatic post in St. Petersburg, Russia. This was the beginning of a political career that would last until his last breath. Adams became a one-term president thanks to the populism of his archrival Andrew Jackson, but even after being ousted from the White House, the unsinkable John Quincy Adams came right back to the fore, getting himself elected as a Congressman in the House of Representatives.

Discover the remarkable history of the Crimean War...The Crimean War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 19th century, but it is also one of the least remembered. More men died in the Crimean War than in the American Civil War which followed soon after. Yet the Crimean War is important for a number of reasons. Although it did not change the map of Europe and did not directly cause the fall of any of the combatants, it did indirectly shape the second half of the 19th century and the early years of the twentieth century in Europe.

Discover the remarkable life of Virginia Woolf.... Virginia Woolf ranks among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Embracing the Post-Impressionist times in which she lived, her novels reflect the artistic shift from romanticism to abstract. Plot mattered very little to Woolf. Her writing was a stream of consciousness outside of time and place. Her novels, including her best-known work, Mrs. Dalloway, invariably dwell on gender roles and the concept of reality.

The Toltecs are one of the most mysterious and little understood of all the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica. This culture was venerated by later civilizations, such as the Aztecs. Even today, “Toltec knowledge” is used as a kind of shorthand for arcane wisdom from an ancient culture. However, discussing the actual history of the Toltecs is extremely difficult. Much of what we know of these people comes from writings and oral traditions of the Aztecs, as translated and interpreted by the European invaders.

In Eine Falle Für Zero erringt ein neuer, fanatischer Anführer die Macht in einer Terroristenzelle. Er ist darauf besessen, den bisher tödlichsten Angriff auf amerikanischem Boden in die Tat umzusetzen. Kann Agent Null die Verschwörung aufdecken und ihn rechtzeitig aufhalten? Agent Nulls Töchter sind zwar sicher zu Hause, doch die geistige Qual ihrer Erfahrungen lastet schwer auf ihrer kleinen Familie. Null, der sich darum bemüht, ein guter Vater zu sein, entscheidet sich zu einer Operation, um seine all Erinnerungen zurückzubekommen. Doch wird dies funktionieren?

Subhas Chandra Bose was a revolutionary who sought Indian independence, but as many would contend, he ended up on the wrong side of history. In order to shake off the British yoke, Bose enlisted aid from Germany and Japan during World War II. This has led some to roundly condemn Bose as nothing more than a fascist cast in the same mold as Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, and Benito Mussolini. But is there more to this complicated figure than meets the eye?

Als CIA-Agent Null in Jagd Auf Null (Buch Nummer 3) erfährt, dass seine beiden Teenager-Mädchen entführt wurden und sich auf dem Weg zu einem Menschenhandelsring nach Osteuropa befinden, beginnt er eine rasante Verfolgungsjagd quer durch ganz Europa und hinterlässt dabei eine Spur der Verwüstung, während er alle Regeln bricht, sein eigenes Leben riskiert und alles tut, um seine Töchter zurückzubekommen.

J. R. R. Tolkien, an orphan in love with words, spent most of his life as an unassuming Professor of Literature at Oxford studying and teaching old languages. During his time there, he created his very own languages and a mythological world, Middle-earth. Middle-earth was inhabited by Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves, and other fascinating creatures. It was a world that became almost more real to Tolkien than the one he lived in. Tolkien’s two masterpieces, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, have set the standard in mythological literature.

The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of conflicts between Scotland and England that spanned more than 60 years during the 13th and 14th centuries. These wars led directly to the establishment of Scotland as an independent, sovereign country and to the emergence of two of Scotland’s best-known national heroes, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. Yet these wars are much more than a simple struggle on the part of Scotland to free itself from English incursions.