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Throughout the centuries, royal mistresses have been worshiped, feared, envied, and reviled. They set the fashions, encouraged the arts, and, in some cases, ruled nations. Eleanor Herman's Sex with Kings takes us into the throne rooms and bedrooms of Europe's most powerful monarchs. Alive with flamboyant characters, outrageous humor, and stirring poignancy, this glittering tale of passion and politics chronicles five hundred years of scintillating
...In Europe: A Natural History, world-renowned scientist, explorer, and conservationist Tim Flannery applies the eloquent interdisciplinary approach he used in his ecological histories of Australia and North America to the story...
SIBERT MEDAL WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Publishers Weekly • School Library Journal •...
“The first intimate portrait of a man who had more lives on his conscience than Hitler.... Disturbing and perplexing.” —The...
The most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available today of Ukraine and its people, now in its fourth edition.
"An interesting and provocative read, which will, one hopes, contribute to the Western understanding of what Ukraine is and why it matters."—Volodymyr Kulyk, Harvard Ukrainian Studies
"A spirited and eminently learned investigation of who Ukranians say that they are, how they came to be so, and how others view
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