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Frances Shore, having relocated from Britain to Saudi Arabia, begins to hear crying from the apartment above her and notices men coming in and out, but when she addresses the issue with her Muslim neighbors they tell her there is nobody up there, making Frances question if she is losing her mind or if she should further investigate.

Young Rudolf Rassendyll, an English ne'er-do-well, is the living image of a distant relative, Rudolf, the new king of Ruritania. Having never seen his near-twin, Rassendyll heads for the coronation--only to encounter a fantastic plot to deprive Rudolf of his throne.

Daisy Creed, at the onset of World War II, rejects her life as the daughter of a Church of England rector and enlists in the Women's Land Army, opening herself up to infinite possibilities.

Presents the fictional journals of eighty-five-year-old Logan Mountstuart in which he tells of his boyhood in Montevideo, Uruguay, the publication of his first book, his association with some of history's most famous authors, his World War II service, and other adventures into old age.

Jim, an eleven-year-old British schoolboy living in Shanghai in 1941, must learn to survive on his own when he is separated from his parents and sent to a Japanese prison camp.

Examines the history and culture of Italy and includes information on the geography and social history of the region as well as their language, education, government, industry, and important cities and tourist sites.

Examines the history and culture of Britain and the people of England, Scotland, and Wales, and includes information on the geography and social history of the region as well as their language, education, government, industry, and important cities and tourist sites.