"When the powerful Duke of Norfolk arranges a marriage between her daughter and an unsuitable man, Ursula Blanchard, a half-sister to Elizabeth I, uncovers a plot to overthrow the queen and begins to spy on one of the conspirators."--from NoveList.

Stunned by how his and Richard's prospects have changed, Buckingham orders Tyrrell to kill Richard, who may be pregnant, and schemes to win Lord Stanley and the other lords over to his cause. But in exchange for his cooperation, Lord Stanley orders the murder of the two young princes!

See how important ordinary people can be in making the world a better place. Sometimes all it took was a piece of bread, a warm bed, or directions to the next station. Yet through their collective actions, tens of thousands escaped to freedom. "Informative and authoritative, 'Safe Harbor' will be a great addition to school and public library collections."--School Library Journal "...striking portraits of individuals (some of them famous, like John...

"Ex-policeman Bernie Gunther thought he'd seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin. But then he went freelance, and each case he tackled sucked him further into the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture. And even after the war, amidst the decayed, imperial splendour of Vienna, Bernie uncovered a legacy that made the wartime atrocities look lily-white in comparison."-- Page 4 of cover.

Ballerina documents the lives of five ballerinas from the world renowned Kirov dance company. The film captures the magical masochism of the Russian prima ballerina with five women who eat, drink, bleed, and sweat ballet. They are Russia's pride and joy--the best at what they do. Each one has become ethereal and a star in her own right, fighting and clawing her way to glory in the Kirov company. The discipline is severe, the path strewn with sights...

Sarah Kilroy is an American woman who is married to an Indian brave. While she is with her husband, she witnesses the conflicts between General Custer and the Indians.

Just after returning from the siege of Breda, Captain Alatriste and his protége, Íñigo Balboa, find little work until the King of Spain hires them to put together a band of mercenaries to invade a heavily guarded Spanish galleon, whose recent trip to the West Indies promises great wealth.