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Author
Series
Tender ties historical volume . 3
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
24) Little
Author
Publisher
RIverhead Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud" --
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The biography of Marie Antoinette's only child to survive the revolution and the woman who helped shape the future of nineteenth-century Europe.
The first major biography of 18th century France's most mysterious woman, the daughter of Marie Antoinette, who vanished from public view during the tumultuous last days of the ancien regime.
26) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish scientist whose work with radium helped to change the world.
27) The truth hurts
Author
Series
Marie Lightfoot novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Receiving a disturbing e-mail from someone who claims to be a killer much like those she writes about, true-crime author Marie Lightfoot is horrified when he proposes collaborating with him by having her pre-write her own murder.
29) Marie Curie
Series
Publisher
Nest Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The animated story of Marie Curie, the Polish-born scientist. Her shared research with her husband Pierre gave the world the theory of radioactivity, the discovery of plutonium, and the isolation of radium. She was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Poised between the fading world of chivalric romance and a new psychological realism, Madame de Lafayette's novel of passion and self-deception marks a turning point in the history of the novel. When it first appeared anonymously in 1678--in the heyday of French classicism--it aroused fierce controversy among critics and readers, particularly for the extraordinary confession which forms the climax of the story. It is now regarded as a landmark in...
Author
Publisher
Harper Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria. Winner of the Orwell Special Prize 'On the Front Line' is a collection of her finest work... On the Front Line includes Colvin's various interviews with Yasser Arafat and Colonel Gadaffi; reports from East Timor in 1999 where she shamed the UN into protecting its refugees; accounts of her terrifying escape from the Russian army in...
33) Underground in Berlin: a young woman's extraordinary tale of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany
Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Author
Series
Tender ties historical series volume 1
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Series
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
"One of the most reviled monarchs of all time, Marie Antoinette became empress of France at the age of 19. She offended the nobility with her disregard for court etiquette, and the citizens with her incredible extravagance and absolute disregard of their situation. By August of 1792 the people had rebelled and Marie and King Louis XVI were imprisoned. Within months they were beheaded"--Container.
36) Every fixed star
Author
Series
The tender ties historical volume 2
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An epic story of the American wheat harvest, the politics of food, and the culture of the Great Plains For over one hundred years, the Mockett family has owned a seven-thousand-acre wheat farm in the panhandle of Nebraska, where Marie Mutsuki Mockett's father was raised. Mockett, who grew up in bohemian Carmel, California, with her father and her Japanese mother, knew little about farming when she inherited this land. Her father had all but forsworn...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From American Grit co-star, former Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tee Marie Hanible comes the story of how she became a warrior...and how you can do it too. In the Warrior Code, entrepreneur, philanthropist, reality star and retired Gunnery Sergeant Tee Marie Hanible serves up eleven principles to awaken your inner badass and thrive in the face of adversity. After surviving the death of her father, enduring foster care and being expelled from school, Tee...
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
Français
Description
Sidonie, who serves as reader to Marie Antoinette and displays a singular romantic devotion to the queen, witnesses the final days of the French Revolution from inside the walls of the Palace of Versailles. The film is seen from Sidonie's point of view, and the story takes place over the course of four days.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France.
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