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By Jennie Bond. 2001
As the BBC's royal correspondent, Jennie Bond has covered many momentous events - among them, three marriage breakdowns, Camillagate, the…
Queen's annus horribilis and the death of the Princess of Wales, whom Jennie had met privately on a number of occasions. Included here is information from behind the scenes that has never been shared with the public before. 2001.By Amy Cameron. 2005
Women from all over the world have contributed these stories of tragic dating, including the author, who's dated an overweight…
manic eater who picked fights and an older anaesthesiologist who really did put her to sleep. Each evening spent with Mr. Wrong teaches us to embrace our misadventures, share the pain, find the humour, and remember that no matter how awful a date was, there is always someone else with a worse story. Explicit descriptions of sex and explicit strong language. c2005.By Charis Cotter. 2007
They were queens. They were kings. They were kids. While boy king Tutankhamun was crowned pharaoh of Egypt at nine,…
and had homework that involved firing arrows from a moving chariot, being royalty wasn't all glory and bossing people around. Includes episodes from each regal childhood, elements of their country's history, and an "End of the Story" section on how their lives played out. Grades 3-6. 2007.By Philip Ziegler. 1990
A study of the life of Edward VIII, from boyhood to Prince of Wales, uncrowned King, in exile, and as…
Governor of the Bahamas. It also examines his relationships with George V, Queen Mary, the future George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Freda Dudley Ward, Wallis Simpson, Adolf Hitler, and Oswald Mosley. 1990.By Alexis S Troubetzkoy. 2002
In 1825, at the age of 48, Tsar Alexander, a sturdy man in excellent health, died under mysterious circumstances. Rumour…
had it that the Tsar had faked his death in order to shed the burdens of the throne, a position he had reluctantly assumed after his father was assassinated, and escaped into self-imposed exile. This book attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of Tsar Alexander I and offers up an explanation of what really happened to the leader of one of the world's most powerful nations. 2002.By Jean P Sasson. 1993
Although names and identifying circumstances have been changed to protect the life of "Sultana", this is the true story of…
a present-day Saudi Arabian princess. It is a harrowing tale, depicting riches beyond our wildest dreams, and the grim realities of life in a country where women have few rights, and men's sex, money, and power reign supreme. 1993.By John C. G Röhl, David M Hunt, Martin Warren. 1999
Based on the theory that King George III suffered from the rare blood disease, Porphyria - an inherited disorder, this…
book use advances in DNA sequencing to examine how it may have affected his descendants, including the present British royal family, and its possible consequences.By Sharada Dwivedi, Charles Allen. 1998
By William N Zulu. 2005
The life story of William Zulu, a linocut artist, highly acclaimed for his evocative art-works. Having contracted spinal TB as…
a baby, William underwent misplaced corrective surgery to his spine in his late teens which left him paralysed and permanently wheelchair bound. But William's story is no victim's litany; it recounts with zest and humour the events of his life, his unfolding artistic development and the world of deep rural Africa in which he is rooted. 2005.By Joyce A Tyldesley. 1999
"The mummy" explores every aspect of the mythological and cultural background of mummification - the religion and rituals, the myths…
of Osiris and Isis and the cult of the Pharaohs. Grades 3-6.By Andrew Morton. 2004
When Andrew Morton's biography, "Diana: her true story", was first published, it caused a media frenzy, severely jolted the Royal…
Family and the Palace hierarchy, and shook the British Establishment to its foundations. Later revealed as having been written with the Princess's full cooperation, this world bestseller is now seen as the nearest thing to her official biography. Yet it was not the full story, nor could it have been, given the circumstances at the time. Friends, advisers and colleagues, more than six years after her death, feel a far greater freedom in speaking of her than once they did.By Rosemary Sadlier. 2003
From the first Black person who came to Canada about 400 years ago to the most recent wave of African…
immigrants, Black Canadians have played an important role in our country's history. In this overview, kids will discover the inspiring stories and events of a people who fought oppression as they searched for a place to call their own. Featuring fact boxes, mini-profiles, a timeline and more, this book offers a glimpse into an often-overlooked part of Canadian history. Grades 3-6. 2003.By Stephen Lewis. 2005
Stephen Lewis advances real solutions to help societies across the globe achieve the Millennium Goals, established by the UN in…
2000, a series of 8 goals to lay the foundation for a prosperous future. He shows how dreams such as universal primary education, a successful war against the AIDS pandemic, and environmental sustainability are within the grasp of humanity. 2005. (CBC Massey lectures series)By John Cooper. 2002
After an outstanding career as a high-school track-and-field star, Ray Lewis went on to become the first Canadian-born black man…
named to a Canadian Olympic team, winning medals at the 1932 Olympics and the 1934 British Empire Games. What makes him more remarkable is that Ray faced poverty and prejudice everyday, working on the railway. Grades 4-7. 2002.By Graeme Friedman. 2003
August 1939. On her summer break from her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, young South African pianist Olda…
Mehr and her parents leave London to visit relatives in Eastern Europe. A dreamy holiday descends into nightmare when Germany invades Poland, and the Mehrs find themselves, as Jews, caught up in Hitler's Holocaust. For Olda, Gestapo torture and the threat of the gas chamber are relieved by letters from her boyfriend, the artist-musician-doctor, Bennie Hermer, now a captain in the South African army fighting in North Africa. After the Allied disaster at Tobruk, Ben is imprisoned in the dusty, dysentery-ridden POW camp at Benghazi. Via infrequent Red Cross messages the couple keep their love alive, until awesome daring on both their parts leads to a startling conclusion. 2003.By Robin W Winks. 2000
Covers all aspects of the Black experience in Canada, from the introduction of slavery in 1628 to the first wave…
of Caribbean immigration in the 1950s and 1960s. Details the diverse experiences of Black immigrants to Canada, looks at Black settlement in the prairie provinces and on the west coast, and explores efforts by African-Canadians to establish and maintain meaningful lifestyles in Canada. 2000.By Laurie Coulter, Hugh Brewster. 2001
True stories of twelve real princesses reveal what life is like behind the palace walls. Among them: Queen Victoria, who…
ascended the throne at age 18, and Hawaii's Princess Ka`iulani, whose mother on her death bed declared that Ka`iulani would never be queen. Grades 5-8. 2001.By Robert Lacey. 2002
"Royal" is a celebration and analysis of Britain's monarchy - an explanation of why most people feel good about The…
Queen and why it is okay to feel that way - tracing the evolution of monarchy's alliance with popular culture which is both its strength and weakness today. The book looks at these dramas along with the turning points in Britain's recent history from the point of view of the Queen herself, showing how she felt and what she believes.By Moira Johnston, Trevor Rees-Jones. 2000
A first-hand account of the crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales, its causes and its consequences, by the bodyguard…
who survived it. As bodyguard to Diana's companion, Dodi Fayed, Trevor Rees-Jones was in the car with them when it crashed. Trevor survived, but his struggle to recover from his appalling injuries was only the beginning of a much bigger battle: to clear his name.A portrait of Empress Frederick of Germany, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Groomed by her liberal father…
in statecraft, the empress married the heir to the Prussian throne in an ill-fated attempt to introduce British liberalism to autocratic Germany. Her son, Kaiser Wilhelm II, led Germany in World War I. 1996.