Despite pleas from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom.

Profiles the lives of leaders of the twentieth century and the impact their actions had on changing the course of history, such as Mohandas Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, and Fidel Castro.

Thirteen-year-old Elske escapes rape and certain death at the hands of the leaders of her barbaric society and later becomes handmaiden to a rebellious noblewoman whose rightful throne together they reclaim.

A beggar arrives at the inn declaring he is a king but only manages to convince Little Baggit, the servant.

The shadowy journey from obscurity to power of the Georgian cobbler's son who became the Red Tsar--the man who, along with Hitler, remains the modern personification of evil: a merciless psychopath who was, as well, a consummate politician, the dynamic world statesman who helped create and industrialize the USSR, outplayed Churchill and Roosevelt, and defeated Hitler? Historian Montefiore tells the story of a charismatic, turbulent boy born into poverty,...

When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.

Provides brief biographical information on great leaders from ancient times to the present day.

Two orphaned peasant children discover a mysterious pouch, the contents of which lead them to the majestic Castle Corona, where their lives may be transformed forever.