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Knights had to be very strong just to walk around - they were wearing armor that weighed 50 pounds or more. Castles weren't just palaces - they were fortresses and prisons. Charge into KNIGHTS AND CASTLES to find out more!

Once too poor to afford the rat poison with which he planned to take his own life, Robert's legacy tells an astonishing true story of resilience and hope. His work was made famous in the Disney movie Queen of Katwe, a biographical drama about a 13-year-old girl who became a Uganda National Chess Champion under Robert's mentorship. Now, listeners will get a firsthand account of how it all started, and the life of the man behind Phiona Mutesi's world-renowned accomplishments.

I’ve revealed my true identity, taking the city and Holywell Academy by storm, but the heads of Spencer, Hargraves, and Ferrero continue to underestimate me. They think I’m an annoying little gnat trying to play at being an Heir, and that will make it all the sweeter when I take everything from them.

Eleven-year-old Mouse is travelling to see his grandparents on Christmas Eve with his mother and two sisters. But it's snowing, visibility is bad and the car goes off the road, and crashes. Mouse is thrown from the car. When he wakes, he's not in his world any more. He meets a sheep named Bar, who can only say Baaa, and a sarcastic horse named Nonky, who is a surprising mix of his beloved toy horse and his older sister. So begins a quest to find a castle in a world of wonder.

As the Knights of the Prince await His triumphant return, they are steadfast in their mission to take His story into the kingdom and recruit as many as are willing. But when a new and dangerous threat is revealed, their mission is jeopardized. Sir Kendrick and his young charge, the impetuous Sir Duncan, are sent on a mission to discover the identity and origin of a secretive new order known as the Conquistero Knights.

في شقته الفارهة الواقعة في برج عالٍ من أبراج دبي الشاهقة التي تشبه قمم الجبال، حيث كلما كنت ناجحاً ارتفع موقعك على هذه الجبال، كان الدون/باولو ماتزيني أحد عناوين النجاح في عالم المال ورجال الأعمال. هو مالك هذا البرج الذي عندما صممه وبناه اختار أن يجلس على قمته ويمتلك الطابق الأخير كله كشقة كبيرة واحدة مع مَسْبح وجلسات خارجية وجهَّزه بأحدث وسائل الراحة والرفاهية، ولكن أهم ما كانت تحتويه هو التقنيات الإلكترونية العالية لنظام الاتصالات الدولي المرتبط مع قمر صناعي مملوك لأحد شركاته ليدير امبراطوريته المالية من هنا... كانت الشقة أشبه بقلعة محمية بأفضل التقنيات الخاصة لذلك وغير قابلة للاختراق..

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Middle Ages gives listeners the beginning, middle and end of the era, starting with the fall of the Roman Empire in the year 550 and ending with the Renaissance in 1500, and covers some uncomfortable similarities between the so-called 'Dark Ages' and today's 'modern world'. This is a fascinating, fact-filled audiobook that delivers more than 1,000 years of history in easy-to-understand chapters. Complete with a time line, a who's who and more.

Castles may conjure up a romantic fairy tale world; however, in real life, during the Middle Ages, castles were fortresses, providing shelter and protection for the lord as well as for the peasants who lived on his land. For an army, a lord depended on young soldiers in armor called knights who spent years at the castle learning the skills of warfare.

Hailed as Star Wars meets Dungeons and Dragons, Space Knight is set in a galaxy of impending darkness. The quest for answers pulls our alcoholic hero through all edges of the multiverse. In a mix of chaos theory and full throttle emotion, our Jacob encounters classic monsters, love, loss, new acquaintances, and old friends along the way.

When humans Ciaran, a billionaire technology genius, and his wife Madeline, a quirky, psychic journalist, are forced to enter the multiverse with few resources beyond the love they share, countless lives hang in the balance. Traversing in this strange new world with unfamiliar technology and a language neither Ciaran nor Madeline understand, the pair struggles to distinguish friend from foe, allies from an enemies, and reality from elusion. As their family grows, so too do the dangers around them. Can they muster the strength and gather the necessities in order to save millions of lives and emerge unscathed?

Brigit, a fae dryad, and Jib, her talking cat, become trapped in a haunted French chateau. They quickly become embroiled in a creepy family mystery with ties to the medieval myths and legends of the Holy Grail.

It is preordained that Holly and Phil are to spend their lives together as mates. He's ready but rogue vampires, his knighthood, her brothers, and Holly's job are standing in their way. Not to mention Holly herself is resisting the inevitable. His charm and love for her notwithstanding.

Joe and Billy discover a time machine hidden an cave of wonders. Who knows what will happen next?

The treasure house of Knox castle is empty! Now conspiracy and war threaten the kingdom while mysterious noises and unexplained events fill the castle. As best friends Kaye, Reggie, and Beau search for the missing treasure, jealous knights plot to get rid of Kaye for good. Can Kaye find the treasure in time to save the kingdom? Or will he risk losing his knighthood forever?