Queen of the Kings Game
Author : Zsuzsa Polgár
Publisher : Compchess Consulting
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Women chess players
ISBN : 9780965705974
Game of Queens
Author : Sarah Gristwood
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 23,94 MB
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0465096794
Book Description
"Sarah Gristwood has written a masterpiece that effortlessly and enthrallingly interweaves the amazing stories of women who ruled in Europe during the Renaissance period." -- Alison Weir Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile, and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, these women wielded enormous power over their territories, shaping the course of European history for over a century. Across boundaries and generations, these royal women were mothers and daughters, mentors and protées, allies and enemies. For the first time, Europe saw a sisterhood of queens who would not be equaled until modern times. A fascinating group biography and a thrilling political epic, Game of Queens explores the lives of some of the most beloved (and reviled) queens in history.
Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
Author : Tanya Boteju
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1534430652
Book Description
“Poignant and important.” —Refinery29 “A bright and sparkly celebration of love and self-acceptance.” —Kirkus Reviews Judy Blume meets RuPaul’s Drag Race in this funny, feel-good debut novel about a queer teen who navigates questions of identity and self-acceptance while discovering the magical world of drag. Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love with her straight girlfriend, and trying to move past her mother’s unexpected departure. After a bewildering encounter at a local festival, Nima finds herself suddenly immersed in the drag scene on the other side of town. Macho drag kings, magical queens, new love interests, and surprising allies propel Nima both painfully and hilariously closer to a self she never knew she could be—one that can confidently express and accept love. But she’ll have to learn to accept lost love to get there. From debut author Tanya Boteju comes a poignant, laugh-out-loud tale of acceptance, self-expression, and the colorful worlds that await when we’re brave enough to look.
Game of Queens
Author : India Edghill
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466883669
Book Description
For fans of The Red Tent and The Dovekeepers, India Edghill breathes new life into the biblical story of Vashti and Esther with her signature historical richness, epic scope, and sweeping romance. You may know part of the story already, but you only know what history has passed along. The story of how Vashti, Queen of Queens, the most beautiful woman in all the empire, defied the king her husband and so lost her crown. The story of how Ahasuerus, King of Kings, commanded that the most beautiful maidens be sent to his court so he might choose a new queen. And you may know how he set the queen's crown upon the head of the virtuous and beautiful Esther, and how Queen Esther herself defied both king and law to save her people from a treacherous fate. What India Edghill brings us in Game of Queens is the story of power and treachery, blood and deception, bravery and romance that surrounds the court of Ahasuerus and brings to life two of the most celebrated female heroines in all of history.
Queen Move
Author : Kennedy Ryan
Publisher : Blue Box Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 29,85 MB
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1952457025
Book Description
From Wall Street Journal, USA Today Bestselling and RITA® Award-winning Author Kennedy Ryan, comes a captivating second chance romance like only she can deliver... The boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can't have… Dig a little and you'll find photos of me in the bathtub with Ezra Stern. Get your mind out of the gutter. We were six months old. Pry and one of us might confess we saved our first kiss for each other. The most clumsy, wet, sloppy . . . spectacular thirty seconds of my adolescence. Get into our business and you'll see two families, closer than blood, torn apart in an instant. Twenty years later, my "awkward duckling" best friend from childhood, the boy no one noticed, is a man no one can ignore. Finer. Fiercer. Smarter. Taken. Tell me it's wrong. Tell me the boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can’t have. When we find each other again, everything stands in our way--secrets, lies, promises. But we didn't come this far to give up now. And I know just the move to make if I want to make him mine.
Lead Like a King/Queen
Author : Charles H. Gaulden
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 38,56 MB
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 166291184X
Book Description
After the death of the famous King Solomon, the nation of Israel split into two countries. The southern kingdom, known as Judea, lasted three and a half centuries. During those 350 years, the Judean kingdom had 19 kings and one queen. This book examines that important history with the specific lens of "What were the leadership principles from these 20 leaders?" The book is divided into twelve chapters, with a 21-century leadership application for each chapter. These 12 principles help the reader with the great question, "How to lead like a king/queen?"
Hoyle's Games Improved
Author : Edmond Hoyle
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,49 MB
Release : 1829
Category : Card games
ISBN :
Book Description
The Queen's Kings
Author : A.V. Arms
Publisher : Harper Woods Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
In the final book of the family’s long journey, the fight has just begun. Duke William is now King of England, but the English will not rest until they have pushed him off English soil. To secure his place under the Crown, King William sends his troops to begin the Harrying of the North. Among his arsenal is the man who has become known as the Devil’s Hand. He and his army leave nothing but death and destruction in their wake as they do the King’s bidding. King William put a great deal of time into creating his perfect killing machine and believes the mighty House of Tresche will try to reclaim him. He knows the brother will serve as perfect bait to bring the rest of the family under his control once again. As the battleground at Hastings quieted, only one member of the House of Tresche was free. Now there is only one of them left under William’s thumb, and his family wants him back. It is no longer a battle for the Crown, but one for a family torn apart by war. Will the mighty House of Tresche succeed in freeing Roan? Or is it too late to save the man once known as Roan the Fearless?
Queens' Play
Author : Dorothy Dunnett
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 32,90 MB
Release : 1999-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141956720
Book Description
Before George R. R. Martin there was Dorothy Dunnett . . . PERFECT for fans of A Game of Thrones. 'She is a brilliant story teller, The Lymond Chronicles will keep you reading late into the night, desperate to know the fate of the characters you have come to care deeply about.' The Times Literary Supplement Queen's Play is the second book in the series ----------------------------- 'The crossroads may not be of your own seeking, but at least the road you choose will be your own' 1548 and seven-year-old Mary Queen of Scots, betrothed to her cousin the Dauphin, heir to the French throne, has been dispatched to France. But far from home and vulnerable, surrounded by the double-dealing and debauchery of a dangerous and unpredictable court, she suffers a series of 'accidents'. Her mother, Scotland's Queen Dowager, orders Francis Crawford of Lymond to protect Mary, believing that at the very heart of Henri II's glittering, decadent court is an assassin hired to kill the infant monarch. Lymond must secretly hunt down this individual before he himself is exposed . . . 'Vivid, engaging, densely plotted -- are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction' New York Times 'Melodrama of the most magnificent kind' The Guardian
Queen of the Orcs: King's Property
Author : Morgan Howell
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,75 MB
Release : 2007-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345500407
Book Description
“Original and vivid. I was captivated.”—Nancy Kress, author of Beggars in Spain Born into hardship, Dar learns to rely on herself alone. When her family betrays her, Dar is conscripted into King Kregant’s army and its brutal campaign to conquer a neighboring country. Now she is bound as a slave to a dreaded regiment of orcs, creatures legendary for their savagery and battle prowess. Rather than cower, Dar rises to the challenge. She learns the unique culture and language of the orcs, survives treachery from both allies and enemies, and struggles to understand a mystical gift that brings her dark, prophetic visions. As the war escalates—amid nightmarish combat and shattering loss—Dar must seize a single chance at freedom.
