This book is a fantasy twist applied to historical and mystical events.

Evil can be a corrosive force. especially when you grow up within it. The Dark Princess is a fifteen-year-old who realizes the evil reign of her uncle, the Dark King, must be stopped before the land of Taintis falls into turmoil.That to her is known, but her name is not. The journey she takes gives her a new outlook on her country and its inhabitants. The Dark Princess meets magical creatures, unusual circumstances and complicated, secretive people. Who is an ally, who is an enemy? Her adventure leads her to see who she really is and who she has yet to become. Is the Dark Princess on her way to defeating Darkness, or are her actions and choices only going to pull Taintis further under her uncle's influence? She knows the Dark King and his force of Darkness are evil, merciless and blood thirsty. but can the Dark Princess wash that all away to find freedom and peace for the citizens of Taintis? And for herself? Amanda Kostro, now fourteen, began The Dark Princess when she was twelve. She had such an urge to write, that she would take advantage of any opportunity, often writing through the night in lieu of sleep. The idea for The Dark Princess came suddenly while riding in the car. The story unfolded around the central idea of a girl, born into evil, who eventually realizes she must escape the maleficent bonds of her childhood in order to change the future for herself and the citizens of Taintis. Amanda lives in Riverside, Illinois. An only child, she shares her life with a menagerie of animals including a dog, cats, birds and her horse Micki. She recently graduated from Hauser Junior High School and will be an incoming freshman at Riverside Brookfield High School in the fall. When asked if there will be a continuation of The Dark Princess, Amanda reports, "I think there is more to the story. I just have to write it." For updates, check out: www.thedarkprincess.net

Alexandria Cooper now known as Princess Pheonix of the Elemental/Vampire Kingdom has began her journey through the seven kingdoms little did she know that she would have to almost kill a king just to get a little respect. On the other hand she meets a very kind hearted royal guard named Aries and soon finds that she just might have found a hidden jewel amongst all the chaos that surrounded her. Then again she and Draco would find out just how much they loved one another and Vlad would finally truly find peace with himself over her mother's death.

“Dynasty tidak akan terpecah belah,” Untuk pertama kalinya Shien Er akhirnya membuka suara di ruangan itu. Tenang, dingin dan tanpa emosi. “Tidak ada perebutan posisi karena semua sudah tahu siapa yang akan mewarisi takhta Jun Qing jika dia mati.” “Wu Xiu Huan. Anggota kelas satu peringkat satu. Dark Price.” Shien Er mengungkapkan. Tiga tahun setelah dipenjara dan berkelakuan baik, Shien Er akhirnya mendapatkan pembebasan bersyarat dan bergabung sebagai agen di kepolisian Hong Kong untuk menumpas Dynasty Organization demi mendapatkan status bebas murni. Hal ini membuatnya harus berhadapan kembali dengan Ce Li dan timnya yang dulu pernah hampir ia bunuh di markas Dynasty The Peak. Di tengah upaya menebus kesalahannya di masa lalu, ia juga harus berjuang dengan dirinya sendiri untuk menjadi normal. Apakah ia bisa menemukan Chimera II dan bertarung dengan Dark Prince di tengah pergulatannya melawan monster dalam dirinya sendiri dan trauma yang disembunyikannya sejak awal kehidupannya di penjara? Sementara itu Ce Li yang kini baru saja move on dengan kekasih barunya harus menerima kenyataan bahwa Shien Er bergabung dengan timnya. Shien Er kini tidak seperti Shien Er yang dikenalnya tiga tahun yang lalu. Ia menemukan sendiri saat Shien Er menampakkan keganjilan dan memunculkan sisi kepribadiannya yang berbeda. Ada sesuatu yang terjadi selama tiga tahun kehidupannya di penjara. Apakah Ce Li bisa pura-pura buta dari hal ini demi menjaga perasaan kekasih barunya? Atau ia akan memenuhi rasa penasarannya untuk mencari tahu apa yang telah disembunyikan Shien Er?

Summer Marcel, the Princess of the Marcel family, and married to the Prince that will one day soon take over the family business. She learns how to take her stance, but not once forgetting who she once was. She never expected to fall in love with the man that forced her to marry, but she did, taking her by surprise. She must do everything in her power to fight the most feared man if she wants to see her husband again. Being torn away from Chase, Summer must learn how to fight. It was now time for the Princess to save the Prince.

A collection of fun and hilarious comics short stories featuring all the Disney Princesses! Join all the Disney Princesses in a variety of amusing adventures and situations sure to make you laugh, smile, and jump for joy! When Cinderella makes a request, she gets it right away . . . sometimes a little too dramatically. Belle can stay up all night reading--who can keep up with her? Mulan and friends practice meditation, but peace and quiet isn't for everyone . . . All of the Princesses can be found within this light-hearted collection, who is your favorite? This collection of short comic stories by Amy Mebberson (Disney Princess Comic Strips, My Little Pony) is formatted in portrait orientation and includes a few never-before-published stories, and exciting new infographics for you to "meet" the princesses featured on the cover: Mulan, Cinderella, and Belle!

The fourth volume of the collected papers of the ICLA congress “The Many Languages of Comparative Literature” includes articles that study thematic and formal elements of literary texts. Although the question of prioritizing either the level of content or that of form has often provoked controversies, most contributions here treat them as internally connected. While theoretical considerations inform many of the readings, the main interest of most articles can be described as rhetorical (in the widest sense) – given that the ancient discipline of rhetoric did not only include the study of rhetorical figures and tropes such as metaphor, irony, or satire, but also that of topoi, which were originally viewed as the ‘places’ where certain arguments could be found, but later came to represent the arguments or intellectual themes themselves. Another feature shared by most of the articles is the tendency of ‘undeclared thematology’, which not only reflects the persistence of the charge of positivism, but also shows that most scholars prefer to locate themselves within more specific, often interdisciplinary fields of literary study. In this sense, this volume does not only prove the ongoing relevance of traditional fields such as rhetoric and thematology, but provides contributions to currently flourishing research areas, among them literary multilingualism, literature and emotions, and ecocriticism.