He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty ...

    Every member of the family will enjoy this tale of wagon trains, cowboys, settlers, love, romance, and did I mention wagons?

    It is a tale of growing up there and falling in love with a voyageur who travels the rivers.

    They grew up outside of Charlottesville, Massachusetts in the early 1900s, when there were runaway horses, when lightning came down chimneys, when there were bats in piazza awnings and rats to frighten the cook—and when a miracle could happen anytime."Theodore, Jane, Hubert, and Edie had to change for dinner every night but ran wild the rest of the time.

    This edition of a classic scrapbook is published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the end of the World War II.

    Close to starvation when his food is eaten by a bear in the woods, Brad finds himself depending on Chief Keneowa, his son Sabattis and the rest of the Penobscot tribe for survival. Developing a warm relationship into brotherhood with the Indians over the weeks that follow, Brad is faced with the difficult decision of which life he wants to leave from now on when his family eventually does return...

    When she fell in love with another, he was forced to flee to Etruria & found a destiny beyond his wildest expectations & powers.

    The family of Elimelech has come to the prosperous but alien land of Moab to buy food for their people. Their two sons, though suffering from chronic illness, thrive in this pleasant land, and wives must be found for them. In the same city, two sisters live in a cold and unfriendly home; while blessed with material wealth, they are starving for love and affection. A match is made, and Ruth and her sister Orphah join the affectionate and kind Hebrew family. But tragedy strikes after several happy years, and a long and difficult journey back to the family home in Bethlehem lies ahead. They must make the painful decision of leaving their beloved country and becoming despised outcasts in a land which hates them, or staying and returning to their cold and resentful parents. How can they bear to part from their mother-in-law Naomi, who has loved them so well? But how can they leave their gods and people behind? How can Ruth endure the stigma of being a Foreigner? Out of print for more than 20 years, this special edition is presented in a large, trade size paperback format, suitable for collecting.

    This volume of the collected writings of the late Dr van Leur (1908-1942), one of the first scholars to apply Max Weber's methodology of the social sciences to the Indonesia area, contains two major studies "On Early Asia Trade" (1934) and "The World of Southeast Asia: 1500-1650" (1940), plus a briefer essay "On the Study of Indonesian History" (1937) and three reviews.

    She could hardly wait to see again the little trunk full of Mamselle's clothes--the blue velvet evening gown with the hoop skirt, and the yellow afternoon dress with the matching yellow parasol, and the morning dresses, and the little shoes with high heels, and the white mitts; and Lucinda could hardly wait to hear again from Aunt Marge about that day when the doll, so long in the family, had vanished from the attic.

    Loud, smoke-belching trains might have cut across the rough terrain, but harsh weather, rigid seats, and short breaks for bad food in the middle of nowhere showed the West was by no means won. Entrepreneur Fred Harvey had an eye for such problems and a nerve for the impossible. In 1876, he began establishing high-quality dining rooms along the Santa Fe Railroad, and his Harvey Houses helped change the entire picture of the American West. Recapture the spirit of the first western railway excursions with The Harvey House Cookbook. Its 200-plus vintage recipes, numerous period photos, and fascinating stories will take readers back to one of America's legendary experiences in the Old West.

    Isabel, the unbelievably beautiful Queen, lived openly with her noble lover. The King himself sat precariously on his throne...

    There, on the north slope of the Pine Mountain range in Leslie and Perry counties -- probably the last stronghold of white, English-language folk tales in North America -- Leonard W. Roberts recorded this rich collection more than three decades ago. To a people who at that time watched dancing hearth fires more often than television, the adventures of Jack in the land of witches and giants, monsters and beautiful princesses, provided first-class entertainment. Here are such old favorites as "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Golden Arm," retold in the idiom of the Kentucky mountains. Here are hauntingly beautiful cantes fables and earthy Irishman jokes. Here are encounters with Indians and marvelous hunting escapades. Roberts introduces his collection, first published in 1955, with a sympathetic description of the mountain way of life. He notes especially the bewildering and rapid changes that came to the Pine Mountain watershed in that decade as the highways and electric lines at last brought in a sophistication that preferred the soap opera to the folk tale. Although the stories Roberts recorded were still a firm part of folk tradition at the time, he believed that within a decade or two they would be forgotten -- a prediction, sadly, by now no doubt fulfilled. Any lover of the vanishing art of tale telling will relish this rich treasury of folklore and humor. Full notes on sources, types, motifs, parallels, and possible origins of the tales make this collection valuable also for folklorists.

    Morlan's book, first published in 1955, is an important account of this crucial chapter in American agricultural and political history.

    Near Chicago, Johanna lives with her widowed mother and her mild little sister Abbie- mild that is, in contrast to Johanna's vim. Almost as soon as the school year starts, so do the problems. First there is the most irritating new boy imaginable, Miles Aldrich - a real sissy who comes to school with a chauffeur. Then the Oak Corners' Mothers Committee - (meeting at school where Johanna overhears them) hesitates to send Mrs. Jones to a convention as their representative because her clothes look shabby. Incensed, Johanna starts out to earn enough money for a new outfit and in the process Miles becomes her friend and Johanna grows up.