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The assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand didn't just ignite the fuse to the tinderbox that was Europe in the early years of the twentieth century. When war was declared and the soldiers set off to fight the "war to end all wars," World War I realigned nations, sent their economies reeling, and toppled thrones and classes. Hungary was a particularly vivid example of how quickly a nation's fate could plummet from empire to supplicant.

Discover the remarkable life of Sacagawea... Sacagawea is widely known as the Native American woman who helped guide Lewis and Clark across the western frontiers of North America in the early 1800s. It was an extraordinary journey that took a small band of explorers thousands of miles into uncharted territory, across treacherous mountain passes, vast plains, and all the way to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. This was indeed a remarkable and historic period for both Sacagawea and the rapidly growing nation of the United States.

DEAD BUT NOT GONEA vampire escort. A mortal man with too many questions. And one secret that could shatter her world. I used to have a life. A heart. A name that meant something. Then I died. Now, I’m Odette—undead and untouchable, your favorite bloodthirsty escort built for sin. I live (or unlive) for pleasure and freedom, feeding my hunger and disappearing before dawn. No strings. No second chances. No love. That part of me died centuries ago. But Luther isn’t like the others. He came for a night. He stayed for the mystery. And now he won’t stop digging. Into my past. Into my secrets.

Patrick Noel Daly left rural Ireland at eighteen with four hundred dollars and a worn-out suitcase. He built businesses from nothing, won national recognition, faced betrayal from people he trusted, and lost almost everything along the way.

Love and Laughter in Ransom Canyon takes you to a place where hearts are mending and romance blooms. Recently widowed schoolteacher Olivia Finley knows how to nurture her daughters, but she doesn’t know how to take care of her broken heart. Although she isn’t looking for anyone to date, two men—a pediatrician, David Holloway, and a financial advisor, Lyle Westmoreland—pursue her. Will one of them help her find love again?

Discover the remarkable life of Johann Sebastian Bach... During his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach was a Konzertmeister who played eloquent music for the masses at church, but his unique, free-flowing style was not always appreciated when his day job called for him to play traditional church standards. He was jailed by a duke, passed over for promotions, and told repeatedly to tone it down. Yes, for most of his life, Bach was more akin to an unsung hero than the celebrated genius we know him as today. That recognition would come, but not until long after he was gone.

Scars bind. Love heals. Blood makes family. I used to think survival was enough. I was wrong. We're still hunting for my sister, still tearing down the empire built on stolen lives. Every step brings danger, every victory comes at a cost. The men who saved me—my protectors, my lovers, my...

Discover the remarkable life of Boudica... Boudica was the queen of her people, a proud Celtic tribe in the east of England, and she took that responsibility seriously. In a time when the Romans sought to add the British Isles to their ever-growing empire, she stood as the last line of defense between her tribe and total subjugation. And so, with nothing left to lose, she did what few had ever dared: she led her people in open revolt against the mightiest empire on earth.

Discover the remarkable history of the Arab Spring... The Arab Spring began unexpectedly on December 17, 2010, when Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit seller in the city of Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia, committed suicide in a horrifying and public way. He doused himself in flammable liquid and then set himself on fire. Bouazizi had been driven to this act of despair, it was said, by constant harassment from local representatives of the regime of President Ben Ali, who had been the autocratic ruler of Tunisia for more than twenty years.

Discover the remarkable life of Empress Dowager Cixi... Empress Dowager Cixi, who first rose to prominence as a royal consort, connived and schemed her way to the very pinnacle of power in China. From the shadows of the Forbidden City's inner chambers, she emerged as the empire's de facto ruler, wielding authority few women in history had ever possessed. She ruthlessly crushed her opponents and at times subjected even close family members to abject cruelty all in pursuit of power. Yet outside forces and internal turmoil proved too much for even her guile and cunning to overcome.

Few women in history have inspired such contradictory reactions as Catherine de Medici. To her admirers, she was a brilliant stateswoman and a steadying force in an era of great religious conflict. To her enemies, she was something far darker: a scheming foreigner, an Italian serpent coiled at the heart of the French court. What almost everyone agreed on was that she was extraordinary.

What if the strain we feel in life does not come from life itself, but from the effort of trying to manage every moment? Most of us move through life with a quiet sense that something always needs our attention. Plans need organizing. Conversations need managing. The future needs preparing. Even moments meant for rest often become opportunities to review, improve, or anticipate what comes next. Over time, attention rarely settles. It remains slightly ahead of the moment, quietly trying to keep everything under control. But what happens when that effort softens?

As the daughter of a decorated general in the Imperial Russian army, Alexandra Kollontai was a member of the elite from birth. From that comfortable perch, she might easily have lived out her days in the drawing rooms and social circles of St. Petersburg's upper classes. Instead, she devoted her life to tearing that world apart.

Power is currency. Loyalty is leverage. And every debt comes due. When Prince "Papo" Akinleye returns to the empire his family built, he steps into a world where crime moves like commerce and violence is just another line item on the balance sheet. Boardrooms decide bloodshed. Alliances are negotiated like contracts. And every favor is recorded in a ledger no one ever escapes. But the system that made him is fracturing.

A thrall is supposed to be a grateful, willing servant, and constant source for their Vampyre Lord. I am not willing and I despise being in his presence. The days have blurred together ever since he forced his blood down my throat. This is supposed to be illegal in society, but the laws don’t apply to the Vampyre King. It doesn’t matter how much I fight him off and refuse to bend to his will despite his blood running through my veins–it only makes him want me more. Apparently I’m an anomaly. No one has ever refused the call of a Vampyre’s blood.

The Monarchs of Hell have reigned over our realm with a brutal iron fist since the Devil himself went to sleep. They have spent centuries in power, ostracizing hybrids to purify bloodlines. I refuse to sit on the sidelines any longer—I’m the daughter of the Grim Reaper and Princess of the House of Death, a hybrid demon with a voice that demands to be heard. I'm determined to change it all and to fight for a future of equality and freedom for everyone in Hell.

Emmeline Pankhurst remains one of the most pivotal women in history. For others, such words might be an overstatement, but for Emmeline Pankhurst, they are simply the truth. She came of age at a time when women had no voice in the affairs of their own country, and she made it her life's work to change that. What began as grassroots activism quickly turned into nothing short of a crusade that would reshape British society and inspire women across the world.

Golda Meir began her career as a grassroots activist whose tireless efforts helped ensure the creation of a Jewish homeland. As a diplomat and negotiator, she played a pivotal role in securing the recognition and funding that made the founding of Israel possible in 1948. She would go on to serve as the new nation’s foreign minister and, ultimately, as its prime minister—one of the first women in the world to hold such an office.

The First Intifada was an uprising in the Gaza Strip and West Bank that began in 1987 and ended in 1993. There are two quite different and contradictory historical perspectives on this conflict. Palestinians generally viewed the uprising as a popular resistance movement against military occupation and policies they experienced as oppressive. From the Israeli side, however, the actions taken were seen as a reasonable and legitimate response to protect citizens and soldiers from violence and to maintain order in territory under their control.

When the veil between worlds tears, only a Bridge-Walker can mend it. Mike Harrison is a university lecturer living a quiet life in Devon — until a dragon named Ceres appears during meditation and turns his world upside down. Bonded to a malachite scale that pulses with ancient magic, Mike...