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English
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction • Winner of the National Book Award • New York Times Bestseller
Renowned scholar Stephen Greenblatt brings the past to vivid life in what is at once a supreme work of scholarship, a literary page-turner, and a thrilling testament to the power of the written word.
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English
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"One of the most acclaimed artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston was a gifted novelist, playwright, and essayist. Drawn from three decades of her work, this anthology showcases her development as a writer, from her early pieces expounding on the beauty and precision of African American art to some of her final published works, covering the sensational trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy Black woman convicted in 1952 for killing a white...
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
4 v. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An encyclopedia of the Renaissance with articles on various aspects of social, cultural, and political history such as literature, government, warfare, and technology, plus maps, charts, definitions, and chronology.
5) Well met
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover from an accident, but who could anticipate getting roped into volunteering for the local Renaissance Faire alongside her teenaged niece? Or that the irritating and inscrutable schoolteacher in charge of the volunteers would be so annoying that she finds it impossible to stop thinking about him? The faire...
6) Oroonoko
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English
Description
After learning how to fight at a young age, Oroonoko, an African prince, fights alongside his army against invading forces. When a celebrated general saves Oroonoko's life, trading his own to take an arrow for Oroonoko, the young prince feels indebted to the man and decides to go pay his respects to the late general's family. There, he meets Imoinda, the daughter of the general. Oroonoko and Imoinda quickly fall in love and become betrothed, but the...
7) Well played
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Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Another laugh-out-loud romantic comedy featuring kilted musicians, Renaissance Faire tavern wenches, and an unlikely love story. Stacey is jolted when her friends Simon and Emily get engaged. She knew she was putting her life on hold when she stayed in Willow Creek to care for her sick mother, but it's been years now, and even though Stacey loves spending her summers pouring drinks and flirting with patrons at the local Renaissance Faire, she wants...
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Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.6 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life and work of six artists of the Italian Renaissance whose works represent important innovations and achievements in painting, sculpture, and architecture. Included are Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
12) Well matched
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"An upbeat rom-com filled with Renaissance Faire flower crowns, sword fights, tavern wenches, and an accidentally-in-love romance. Single mother April Parker has lived in the small town of Willow Creek for eighteen years. April is about to become an empty nester, and while she likes her quaint little town, she's decided it's time to move on. She asks her friend Mitch for his help with some home improvements to get her house ready to sell. Mitch Malone...
14) Three fires
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English
Description
Reimaging the "Bonfire of the Vanities" through a series of fires lit throughout Florence at the end of the fifteenth century, this modern take on a fascinating historical story follows Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar who, railing against the vice and avarice of the ruling Medici family, was instrumental in their removal from power.
Author
Series
Horace and Bunwinkle volume 3
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
While attending a Renaissance Faire, newly knighted pet-tectives Horace and Bunwinkle are faced with courtly intrigue when a vandal wreaks havoc during the festivities.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
134 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators."
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Series
Publisher
Distributed in the USA by Harper & Row
Pub. Date
1986, c1985
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents, in text and illustrations, a range of people whose way of life reveals various aspects of the society developing in Europe and America from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.
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Language
English
Description
The unmatchable autobiography of the pre-eminent American photographer of the 19th century William Henry Jackson. Jackson, who was also a renowned painter, lived a long and adventure filled life from boyhood in New York through the Civil War, the Westward expansion, the Mexican-American War to the outbreak of WWII. This book is an exciting and captivating reading.
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