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Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
230 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
Matthew y Marilla Cuthbert, dos hermanos de mediana edad, deciden adoptar a un niño huérfano para que les ayude en la granja, pero una confusión hace que llegue Ana. Con su cabello rojo fuego y una imaginación imparable, llega a Tejas Verdes y revoluciona deliciosamente todo Avonlea.
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
407 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
'The fall from popular grace of Prince Harry, the previously adulated brother of the heir to the British throne, as a consequence of his marriage to the beautiful and dynamic Hollywood actress and "Suits star" Meghan Markle, makes for fascinating reading in this groundbreaking book from Lady Colin Campbell, who is the New York Times bestselling biographer of books on Princess Diana, the Queen Mother, and Queen Elizabeth's marriage. With a unique breadth...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xiv, 386 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
The world has watched Prince William and Prince Harry since they were born. Raised by Princess Diana to be the closest of brothers, how have the boy princes grown into very different, now distanced men? Lacey reveals the untold details of William and Harry's closeness and estrangement, asking what happens when two sons are raised for vastly different futures-- one burdened with the responsibility of one day becoming king, the other with the knowledge...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Description
"Throughout history, the British monarchy has relied on its courtiers--the trusted advisers in the King or Queen's inner circle--to ensure its survival as a family and a pillar of the country. Today, as ever, a carefully selected team of people hidden from view steers the royal family's path between public duty and private life. Queen Elizabeth II, after a remarkable 70 years of service, saw the final seasons of her reign without her husband Philip...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
581 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
The son of Greek and Danish royalty, consort to the queen, and the grandfather of Princes Harry and William, Prince Philip has been at the heart of the royal family for decades--yet he remains an enigma to many. From his early childhood in Paris among aristocrats and his mother's battle with schizophrenia to his distinctive military service during World War II and marriage to Elizabeth in 1947, Philip has revealed many faces--father, philanthropist,...
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Series
New Directions paperbook volume 1545
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
46 pages ; 19 cm
Description
"In this brilliant two-part memoir, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hilton Als distills into one cocktail the deep and potent complexities of love and of loss, of Prince and of power, of desire and of race. It's delicious and it's got the kick of a mule, especially as Als swirls into his mix the downtown queer nightclub scene, the AIDS crisis, Prince's ass in his tight little pants, an ill-fated peach pie, Dorothy Parker, and his desire for true...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
255 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Eschewing female stereotypes throughout her early years and failing to gain acceptance on the boys' baseball team, Liz learns to embrace her own views on gender as she comes of age, in an anecdotal graphic novel memoir.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
vii, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
From their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son Archie to their unprecedented decision to step back from their royal lives, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have captured the world's attention. With unique access and written with the participation of those closest to the couple, Scobie and Durand offer an honest, up-close and disarming portrait Harry and Meghan. Dispelling the many rumors and misconceptions that plague the couple on both sides...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxii, 596 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm
Description
"Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new and authoritative look at Prince Charles, the oldest heir to the throne in more than three hundred years. This vivid, eye-opening biography--the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more--is filled with fresh insights into Charles's life, in and out of the public eye. This book...
55) The lady rogue
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1937. Theodora has read every book in her father's library, has an impressive knowledge of the world's most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesn't have is her father's permission to join him in his treasure hunts. His protégé Huck Gallagher, gets to go instead. When Huck returns from an expedition without her father, the two set out to rescue him. Armed with her father's travel journal, they must find a legendary...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
In The Most Beautiful, a title inspired by the song Prince wrote about their love story, Mayte Garcia shares the story of their relationship and offers a singular perspective on the music icon and their world together: from their unconventional meeting backstage at a concert (and the long-distance romance that followed) to their fairy-tale wedding and their artistic partnership, to the devastating losses that ultimately dissolved their romantic relationship...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"On September 8, 2022, the world stood still as news broke of Queen Elizabeth II's passing. Her death dismantled the protective shield around the world's most famous family and saw a long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy begin to resurface. Now, with unique insight, deep access, and exclusive revelations, journalist Omid Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil, exposing the infighting, family deterioration,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
ix, 356 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 24 cm
Description
"Diana's Boys revealed the powerful bond between the teenaged princes, and how it strengthened even more in the wake of their mother's tragic death. Now, twenty years later, Queen Elizabeth II is in her mid-nineties, Prince Charles is in his seventies, and all eyes are turned increasingly toward William and Harry again. Christopher Andersen picks up where he left off, covering everything that has happened to the brothers as they have grown up, gotten...
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