For Anastasia Romanov, life as the privileged daughter of Russia's last tsar is about to be torn apart by the bloodshed of revolution. Ousted from the imperial palace when the Bolsheviks seize control of the government, Anastasia and her family are exiled to Siberia. But even while the rebels debate the family's future and the threat to their lives grows more menacing, romance blooms between Anastasia and Sasha, a sympathetic young guard she has known since childhood. But will the strength of their love be enough to save Anastasia from a violent death? Inspired by the mysteries that have long surrounded the last days of the Romanov family, Susanne Dunlap's new novel is a haunting vision of the life-and love story-of Russia's last princess.

It is one of the greatest riddles of all time: Did Anastasia, youngest daughter of the last Russian Czar, survive the massacre of the royal family in 1917? James Blair Lovell's painstaking research proves, beyond a doubt, that Anna Anderson--who claimed until her death in 1984 she was Anastasia--indeed was. "Reads like a detective novel".--Publishers Week.

It’s Anastasia Pickering’s birthday and that means a dog is in the forecast!—as well as a lesson on patience and trust. Anastasia’s Rain, a book of magical proportions, not only teaches children the value of a positive attitude and the virtue of patience, it also teaches the importance of listening to the guidance of one’s fairy/inner wisdom. Children ages four to nine will marvel at the magical raindrops that appear each time Anastasia finds herself in a pickle, and they’ll cheer her on as she resolves the problem by listening to the sage advice of Patience, her ponytail-riding fairy. This book, along with its beautiful artwork, is a teaching tool in values and life lessons that every parent will appreciate!

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Alite was in prison in Brazil, and he was being targeted by the corrupt warden. He had to fight back, so he inserted a knife into his rectum. He had to survive, even if it meant going against the odds. #2 Alite was an American mobster arrested on an Interpol warrant after spending more than a year bouncing from country to country. He had made three stops in Cuba. He knew he should have stayed in Havana, but he had chosen Brazil. He lived in a neighborhood in the Copacabana section of Rio, had developed friendships, and had a girlfriend. #3 Alite was a wealthy American gangster, and he used his money and connections to make his way in the violent prison underworld. He eventually decided to become a witness for the U. S. Justice Department, testifying against Gotti Jr. and another former associate. #4 Alite knew that the Gottis were a soap opera long before Vicky got her own reality TV show. He knew that like Willie Boy and Ruggiero, he was expendable. He had to break the rules of the underworld if he cut a deal with the feds, but the Gottis had already broken those rules long before Alite ever thought about it.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Ocean City, Maryland, is a seashore town three hours south of Philadelphia. It is a summer getaway for the middle class, a city that bulges with tourists in May and September. In the summer of 1988, Ocean City was the hiding spot for mobster turned informant Nicholas Caramandi. #2 Caramandi was a mob associate who had been working with the FBI for several years. He was charming and entertaining as he described the scams and swindles that had propelled his early life. He was formally initiated into the most violent Mafia family in America in 1984. #3 Nick Caramandi was a member of the Philadelphia family, and he was tasked with protecting the organization. But he began to take them down, and as a result, he became a target of their paranoia. #4 On the night of March 21, 1980, a maroon Chevrolet Caprice Classic pulled up to the curb in front of a two-story brownstone in South Philadelphia. John Stanfa, a Sicilian immigrant and owner of a small construction company, was behind the wheel. Angelo Bruno, the longtime boss of the Philadelphia mob, was in the passenger seat.

Irrepressible Anastasia is in junior high now and participating in the "Values" curriculum through which students learn to make moral decisions. Early one morning she hits the Cambridge streets with her pooper-scooper to walk her new dog. In her half-awake groggy state Anastasia mixes up the two plastic bags she's carrying: one containing letters to be deposited in the mailbox for her mother and the other with her responsible morning gatherings. She's too embarrassed to call the post office to confess and she begins to feel more and more guilty and scared as she notices some intense local police activity in the vicinity of the mailbox. What will Anastasia do?

Anastasia Krupnik answers a personal ad, and by stretching the truth, finds herself in quite a predicament when the special "he" wants to meet her.