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This book narrates the childhood and youth of Alexander the Great. It explores his complex relationships with his parents, his love for Hephaistion, and the influence of his famous tutor, Aristotle. Readers witness his journey from a boy shaped by politics to a young man destined for greatness.

Human Voices tells the fictionalized story of a group of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) employees who are live and work in a concert hall in London, working hard to escape the perils of the Blitz while trying to create news programs for the general public. While bombs are exploding outside o...

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Historical. A mother and her two daughters tend wounded soldiers while their men fight on opposing sides of the Civil War.

In 1868 Queen Victoria's empire was at the height of its worldly power. One nation stood against British dominion; Ethiopia where Emperor Theodore held British subjects captive and thought he had a chance to deliver his people from British rule. [By publisher]