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Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte
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Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

Their love was legendary, their ambition flagrant and unashamed. Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife, Josephine, came to power during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of France. The story of the Corsican soldier’s incredible rise has been well documented. Now, in this spellbinding, luminous account, Kate Williams draws back the curtain on the woman who beguiled him: her humble origins, her exorbitant appetites, and the tragic turn of events that led to her undoing.
 
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Tags: Bonaparte, Josephine, beguiled, humble, woman
Don't Give Up, Josephine
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Don't Give Up, JosephineDon't Give Up, Josephine

Josephine, a young penguin, is discouraged by her lack of success in school, but discovers that it is better to keep trying than to give up.
 
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Talking About Detective Fiction
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Talking About Detective FictionTalking About Detective Fiction

P. D. James examines the genre of detective fiction from top to bottom, beginning with the mystery plots at the hearts of such novels as Great Expectations and Jane Eyre, and bringing us firmly into the present with such writers as Amanda Cross and Henning Mankell. Along the way she writes about Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Josephine Tey, among many others. She traces the facts of their lives into and out of their work; clarifies their individual styles; and gives us indelible portraits of the characters they've created...
 
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Franz Kafka (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)
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Franz Kafka (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)Franz Kafka (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)

Having died a month short of his 40th birthday, Franz Kafka is seen by some critics as having been on the threshold of a greater art than he had displayed earlier in his career. Examined in this text are Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgement," "In the Penal Colony," "A Hunger Artist," and "Josephine the Singer and the Mousefolk."
 
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Tags: Kafka, Franz, Josephine, Artist, Hunger, Writers, Short, Story
Old Fashioned Doilies
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Old Fashioned DoiliesOld Fashioned Doilies

This booklet contains the patterns and instructions to create 6 doilies: Pineapple Rose, Harvest Dance, Treasured, Aquamarine Starcatcher, Rose Garden, and Josephine Rose. Skill Level: Intermediate
 
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Tags: Josephine, Garden, Starcatcher, Skill, Level, Doilies, Fashioned, Aquamarine