Legendarily reticent perverse & misleading Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still perhaps remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon where such classics as violet Rain" " Sign o the Times" & " Parade" regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls Prince is still as he ever was an enigma. His live performances are legendary (21 Nights at the O2 in 2007) & while recent releases have been modestly successful at best his influence on urban music & Rn B in particular has never been more evident. The Minneapolis Sound can now be heard everywhere. Matt Thornes " Prince" through years of research & interviews with ex-Revolution members such as Wendy & Lisa is an account of a pop maverick whose experiments with rock funk techno & jazz revolutionized pop. With reference to every song released & unreleased over 35 years of recording Prince will stand for years to come as the go-to book on the Great Man." ...

1558: Elizabeth I is on the throne though still challenged by Mary & her Protestant faith threatens the Catholic Morland family. The reign of Elizabeth I means that the Morlands must seek new spheres of influence to restore their fortunes. John heir to Morland Place rides north to wed the daughter of Black Will Percy the Borders cattle lord & learns that the way to win her heart is through blood & battle. His gentle sister Lettice has also travelled north to marry the ruthless Scottish baron Lord Robert Hamilton & in the treacherous court of Mary Queen of Scots she has to learn the bleak & bitter lessons of survival. ...

After bitter fighting Tavi of Calderon has eventually forged an alliance with Alera's oldest foes the savage Canim & he must escort them on their long sea-voyage home. This will strain their fragile accord
- but the worst is yet to come. The inhuman Vord have spent the last three years laying waste to the Canim homeland making it a desolate place indeed. Then the Alerans become stranded there cut off from their ships. The Canim alliance will be tested as they enter the killing fields together depending on each other's strengths if they both are to survive. For a thousand years Alera & her furies have withstood every enemy & survived every foe. The thousand years are over.
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The story of the death in sinister circumstances of the boy-king Edward V & his younger brother Richard Duke of York is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with profound moral & social consequences rich in drama intrigue treason scandal & violence. In this gripping book Alison Weir re-examines all the evidence
- including that against the Princes uncle Richard III. She brilliantly reconstructs the whole chain of events leading to their murder & reveals how why & by whose order they died.
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In a land where Kings still rule I am a Princess. You must know me only as Sultana for I cannot reveal my true name for fear that harm will come to me & my family for what I am about to tell you. Think of a Saudi Arabian princess & what do you see? A woman glittering with jewels living a life of unbelievable luxury. She has gold palaces swimming-pools servants designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom no vote no control over her own life no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind the veil she is a prisoner her jailers her father her husband her sons. ' Sultana' is a member of the Saudi royal family closely related to the King. For the sake of her daughters she decided that it was time for a woman in her position to speak out about the reality of life for women in her country whatever their rank. She tells of her own life from her turbulent childhood to her arranged marriage
- a happy one until her husband decided to take a second wife
- & of the lives of her sisters her friends & her servants. In contrast to the affection & easy camaraderie amongst the women she relates a history of appalling oppression against them everyday occurrences that in any other culture would be seen as shocking human rights violations: forced marriages servants bullied into sex slavery summary executions. Princess is a testimony to a woman of indomitable spirit & great courage. By speaking out ' Sultana' risked bringing the wrath of the Saudi establishment upon her head & upon the heads of her children. For this reason she told her story anonymously.

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This simplified re-telling of the classic story The Princess & the Pea" is part of " Read It Yourself" a series of graded readers designed to give young children a confident & successful start to reading. This book is a Level One title for children who are ready to take their first steps in reading." ...

Lily-Rose May is perfect in every way until she kicks up such a fuss about eating her peas that her dad calls the doctor. He diagnoses a severe case of Princess-itis & packs Lily-Rose off to live at the palace. But is a pea-free life of royal luxury as good as it sounds? A funny light-hearted cautionary tale for all princesses (and princes) who dont like to eat up their greens... ...

There's been a dreadful mix-up in the royal nursery. Priscilla the princess has switched places with Pigmella the farmer's new piglet! The kindly farmer & his wife believe it's the work of a good witch. The ill-tempered King & Queen squarely blame a bad witch. It's the sort of thing that happens all the time in fairy tales! Priscilla grows up on the farm poor but very happy. Things are less straightforward for a pig princess but if kissing a frog can work surely the same applies to pigs.. . Witty inventive & bursting with fairy tale fun. From the creators of the award-winning THE SANTA TRAP. ...

The princess may try seven times to escape By changing her colour & changing her shape." But each time Princess Eliza changes into a blue fish a yellow chick a red fox or a black cat the wicked wizard finds her & sets her another horrible task. Will this plucky princess be able to outwit him & escape back to the palace in time to cut her birthday cake?" ...

The princess may try seven times to escape By changing her colour & changing her shape." But each time Princess Eliza changes into a blue fish a yellow chick a red fox or a black cat the wicked wizard finds her & sets her another horrible task. Will this plucky princess be able to outwit him & escape back to the palace in time to cut her birthday cake?" ...