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“A masterpiece that can compare with Steinbeck’s East of Eden. … Some books make you laugh; some make you cry; some make you think. The Prince of Tides is a rarity: It does all three.” — Detroit Free Press A modern American classic and a family saga that spans decades, this is the...

With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot. Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent. But as the fledgling trust between the two men deepens, the truth of secrets from both their pasts is poised to deal them the crowning death blow.

A comprehensive anthology of dramatisations and readings of Tagore's finest works, plus bonus documentaries Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. A novelist, poet, playwright, composer, artist and philosopher, he wrote both the...

Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the "happy valley" in order to make their "choice of life". By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they come to understand the nature of happiness and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and philosophical questions concerning many aspects of the human condition, including the business of a poet, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and how to find contentment.

Dating the Prince of Darkness has its challenges . . . Leila's psychic abilities have been failing her, and now she isn't sure what the future holds. If that weren't enough, her lover Vlad has been acting distant. Though Leila is a mere mortal, she's also a modern woman who refuses to accept the...

The girl everybody loves to hate has returned to the town she'd sworn to leave behind forever. As the rich, spoiled princess of Parrish, Mississippi, Sugar Beth Carey had broken hearts, ruined friendships, and destroyed reputations. But fifteen years have passed, now she's come home -- broke...

From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll. “I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time...

คุณพระ! นี่ไม่ใช่ความฝันใช่มั้ย 'โรมัน ดิ แลนโซ' เจ้าของตำแหน่ง Prince of Zodiac ประจำราศีกรกฎ ขะ...

ใครจะคิดว่าเด็กกำพร้าอย่าง "ซีอาร่า" จะก้าวขึ้นมายืนอยู่แถวหน้าของวงการนางแบบได้...

คณะเศรษฐศาสตร์ของ "เท็ดดี้" มีโปรเจ็กต์ดีๆ เพื่อตอบแทนสังคม แต่ "ชมพู"...

จากการที่ "ทีเรกซ์" ศึกษาพื้นที่บริเวณละแวกที่พักมา เขามั่นใจว่าต้องเคยมีไดโนเสาร์อาศัยอยู่...

อย่าได้ริอ่านมาเสนออาชีพนายแบบให้กับคนหล่อระดับเขา เพราะอย่าง "เซอร์เวย์"...

ในชีวิตลูกสาวมาเฟียอย่าง "แชมเปญ" ช่างเร้าใจและโลดโผนต่างจากสาวๆ วัยเดียวกันซะจริง...

ถ้าถามถึงคนที่ใช่สำหรับ "คิรัน" คนนี้แล้วล่ะก็ไม่ขออะไรมาก เขาขอแค่เธอคนนั้นชอบอะไรเหมือนๆ กับเขาก็พอ...

เงื่อนไขการเข้าเป็นนักเรียนการบินของ "พาล์มเมอร์แอร์ไลน์ส" คือต้องเป็นเพื่อนกับคนคนนึงเสียก่อน "ฮอว์ค...

In a town full of suffering poor people, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", who has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the gold leaf covering his body to give to the poor.

In this "tale for young people of all ages" young Tom switches identities with his look-alike, the Prince of Wales. But it's not quite a whimsical story. Twain uses this situation to compare the hardships of the lower class and the absurd privileges of the aristocracy.

Tom Cantry is a poor boy who lives with his father in shoddy circumstances. While waiting around the palace gates one day, he meets Edward Tudor, the prince of Wales. As the two men meet and talk with one another, they realize they can use their uncanny similarities to experience a new type of life. They decide to swap places for a day. Of course, the day does not go seamlessly, and both young men end up getting more of an experience than they bargained for.

Poor boy Tom Canty admires the royals who seem so far out of his reach in sixteenth-century English society, but when he meets young Prince Edward, he realizes they are very much alike. They share the same birthday and the same face. And when Edward dons Tom’s rags, and Tom slips into the royal cloak, no one can tell them apart.

With the literary chops of Bonfire of the Vanities and the dizzying decadence of The Wolf of Wall Street, The Fall of Princes takes listeners into a world of hedonistic highs and devastating lows, weaving a visceral tale about the lives of these young men, winners all...until someone changes the rules of the game. Goolrick paints a magnificently authentic portrait of an era, tense and stylish, perfectly mixing adrenaline and melancholy.