Uncrowned

The seventh volume in the New York Times best-selling Cradle series! Emriss Silentborn, Memory of the World. Tiberian Arelius, the fallen Patriarch. Akura Malice, Queen of Shadows. Seshethkunaaz, King of Dragons. Reigan Shen, Emperor of Lions. Luminous Queen Sha Miara. The Eight-Man Empire. Northstrider. The Monarchs, the most powerful sacred artists on Cradle, rule with unquestioned authority. They are mysterious and distant, and catching a glimpse of one is privilege enough for a lifetime. Now, they have all gathered in one place, bringing their heirs and greatest students together for a competition to determine whose successor is the best in the world: The Uncrowned King tournament.

Second volume of biographies of African American women community leaders in New York state.

Third volume of biographies of African American women community leaders in New York state.

Fourth volume of biographies of African American women community leaders, focusing this time on Oklahoma.

Alvaro de Luna was for almost forty years Juan II of Castile's closest friend, and for the greater part of that time his chief minister. Working ceaselessly to consolidate Juan's position, achieved through his great-grandfather's murder of his half-brother king Pedro, he had initially to establish a power base and, in the years preceding his eventual downfall, to maintain it against the constant restlessness of the Spanish nobility. Only in the middle years can he be seen to have given Spain a fiscal regime, an enterprising recruitment policy for the public services, and a coherent ideology. This study of the violent and enigmatic circumstances in which his career came to an end makes a valuable contribution to understanding 15th-century Castilian history.

'The Uncrowned King' is an allegorical tale that follows a weary Pilgrim as he journeys through the vast and pathless Desert of Facts, tormented by the heat and solitude. As he walks, he is lured by enchanting scenes that are mere pictures in the heated air and haunted by fearful shapes that are only creatures of his overwrought fancy. But as he reaches the Outer-Edge-Of-Things, he is welcomed by a wondrously beautiful place, where he finds the Temple of Truth, fashioned in sheerest white. With its lofty dome, towering spires, and piercing minarets, the Pilgrim discovers the secrets and wisdom of the universe, in this fairytale-like story that will captivate your imagination.

They called him the maestro, the magician, the man with the golden cue. This is the story of an Australian icon: Horace Lindrum. The original Boy from Down Under. Lindrum's calling into the world of Billiards was marred by tragedy, war, family upheavals, and controversy. But nothing was going to stop him from securing 'the crown'. The Uncrowned King is an intensely human story. A story that captures the spirit of success, the tribulations of a truly extraordinary life and the metal of a man who epitomises the Australian way. A must read book.