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Life in the time of William Shakespeare was a period of great advancement in literature but it was also a time when there was a tremendous gap in the standard of living between the rich and poor. Among the topics discussed in this social history are the harsh punishments administered to criminals the squalid conditions of the English cities and the educational system of England which provided schooling to the children of aristocrats only.

A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

Keggie Carew attempts to piece together the life of her unorthodox father, Tom Carew, who was a member of the Jedburghs--an elite special operations unit that was the first collaboration between the American and British intelligence agencies during World War II--as dementia begins to take hold of him and talks about how he influenced her own life.

World War I was war and death on an unprecended scale. At first it was viewed by the British as a glorious adventure and the conflict that began in August 1914 was said to be over by Christmas. Even when that was no longer true, thousands of British boys lied about their ages so they could join up. This book contains stories about young men who were not yet twenty when they won the highest awards their country could bestow. Some did not survive the war, some did, some went on to serve in World War II. Their reckless indifference to death inspired the title of this book.

Ten-year-old Frederick, who is surreptitiously watched over by a household elf, is plucked from a London orphanage to be a servant to a wealthy wizard, and eventually his uncanny abilities lead him to become the wizard's apprentice.

Introduces Brazil, including the country's history, geography, cities, people, food, famous places, and more.

Lawrence is shipwrecked in Japan...alone! Old enmities and suspicion are a waiting powder keg. Temeraire will unwittingly ignite the gunpowder to blow up the keg by providing new enemies for Britain when it desperately needs friends. Napoleon has turned on Moscow and is about to invade with an army of unimaginable size. If Russia falls, Britain could easily follow.