Biography & Autobiography

The illustrated book covers all Kings and Queens of England from. the first Anglo-Saxon Kings to the current queen, Elizabeth II. It describes. how the Crown changed hands as a result of conquest and how the Crown has battled. Parliament. Audience. Intended for everyone interested in History of England. Features.:.; Fully illustrated.; Search for words or phrases.; Navigate from Table of Contents or read page by page.; Add Bookmarks.; Text annotation and mark-up.; Always have the guide available for a quick reference.; Designed for optimal navigation on PDA, Smartphone, Tablet, and desktop devices.; Formatted to display on all electronic devices including Smartphones and Mobile Devices with a small display.; Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You. could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Annotations and drawings are also synchronized. Table of Contents. The Anglo-Saxons (871-1016):. Alfred the Great (871-899) | Edward the Elder (899-924) | Ethelweard (924) |. Athelstan (924-939) | Edmund the Magnificent (939-946) | Edred (946-955) | Edwy. the Fair (955-959) | Edgar the Peaceable (959-975) | Edward the Martyr (975-978). | Ethrelred the Unready (978-1013, 1014-1016) | Edmund Ironside (1016). The Danes (1016-1042): Sweyn Haraldssen (1013-1014) | Canute. the Great (1014, 1016-1035) | Harold Harefoot (1035-1040) | Harthacanute (1035-1037,. 1040-1042). The Anglo-Saxons, again (1042-1066): Edward the Confessor (1042-1066). | Harold Godwinson (1066) | Edgar Atheling (1066). The Normans (1066-1154): William. I (1066-1087) | William II (1087-1100) | Henry I (1100-1135) | Stephen (1135-1141,. 1141-1154) | Matilda (or Maud) (1141). The Plantagenets (1154-1399): Henry II (1154-1189) | Richard. I (1189-1199) | John (1199-1216) | Henry III (1216-1272) | Edward I (1272-1307). | Edward II (1307-1327) | Edward III (1327-1377) | Richard II (1377-1399). The House of Lancaster (1399-1461, 1470-1471): Henry IV (1399- more...

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Bob Hamer is a 26-year veteran of the FBI. In undercover operations Hamer posed as everything from a drug dealer to an aging pedophile. His last undercover assignment-and his hardest-was infiltrating NAMBLA, the North American Man/Boy Love Association. Now, looking back on a career rich in the kind of action that makes for great cinema, Bob tells us of the challenges he endured and overcame as he stared the dark side of humanity in the face-and never blinked. It is rare for an agent to serve undercover long-term, but he made a career out of a job that can completely consume and destroy a man. Remarkably, through all of this Bob found a way to remain true to his faith, and always put his family before his work. more...

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America's favorite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach in basketball history, to tell the best stories of a legendary life. more...

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In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years between World War II and Gamal Abdel Nasser's rise to power. Her father, Leon, was a boulevardier who conducted business on the elegant terrace of Shepheard's Hotel, and later, in the cozy, dark bar of the Nile Hilton, dressed in his signature white sharkskin suit. But with the fall of King Farouk and Nasser's nationalization of Egyptian industry, Leon and his family lose everything. As streets are renamed, neighborhoods of their fellow Jews disbanded, and the city purged of all foreign influence, the Lagnados, too, must make their escape. With all of their belongings packed into twenty-six suitcases, their jewels and gold coins hidden in sealed tins of marmalade, Leon and his family depart for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxta-posed against the beauty and comforts of the lives they left behind. An inversion of the American dream set against the stunning portraits of three world cities, Lucette Lagnado's memoir offers a grand and sweeping story of faith, tradition, tragedy, and triumph. more...

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