The Adventures of Abdi the poor queen. The enraged king orders them to be thrown in the dungeon forever. In 2003, Madonna signed a contract with Callaway Arts & Entertainment for a series of five children's books. She explained that each book dealt "with issues that all children confront... Hopefully there is a lesson that will help kids turn painful or scary situations into learning experiences". The first three releases were "The English Roses" (September 2003), "Mr. Peabody's Apples" (November 2003), and "Yakov and the Seven Thieves" (June 2004). All three charted on "The New York Times" Best Seller list. Cumulatively, the three books
Black Roses (The Rasmus album) Black Roses (The Rasmus album) Black Roses is the seventh studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, which was released on 29 September 2008 in the UK. In Germany the album was released on 26 September and in the Nordic countries two days before. The album immediately replaced Metallica's "Death Magnetic" on the top spot of the Finnish Album Charts and went gold after one week. , an estimated of 350,000 copies of the album have been sold worldwide. According to Dynasty Recordings' MySpace profile, the band rested in Helsinki during the winter 2006 and also wrote songs