Discusses how the Renaissance encouraged breakthroughs in technique and the creation of works like da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and Botticelli's "Birth of Venus."
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The perfect birthday gift for fairy fans everywhere!Birthdays are special days — thanks to Belle the Birthday Fairy! She makes sure that birthdays are filled with happiness and magic. But icy Jack Frost can't even enjoy his own birthday! He's determined that no one else will enjoy it either, so he steals Belle's three magic charms. Now it's a very unhappy birthday to . . . everyone!Can Rachel and Kirsty help save birthday bashes everywhere? Or is Belle's magic lost forever?Find the magic items in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition and help save birthdays! Views: 17
Karen Spears was nine years old, living with her family in a trailer in rural Tennessee, when her father, David Spears, was killed in the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam. It was 1966 -- in a nation being torn apart by a war nobody wanted, in an emotionally charged Southern landscape stained with racism and bigotry -- and suddenly the care and well-being of three small children were solely in the hands of a frightened young widow with no skills and a ninth-grade education. But thanks to a mother's remarkable courage, strength, and stubborn tenacity, a family in the midst of chaos and in severe crisis miraculously pulled together to achieve its own version of the American Dream.Beginning on the day Karen learns of her father's death and ending thirty years later with her pilgrimage to the battlefield where he died, half a world away from the family's hometown, After the Flag Has Been Folded is a triumphant tale of reconciliation between a daughter and her father, a daughter and her... Views: 17
Since 1922, when Howard Carter discovered Tut's 3,000-year-old tomb, most Egyptologists have presumed that the young king died of disease, or perhaps an accident, such as a chariot fall. But what if his fate was actually much more sinister? Now, in THE MURDER OF TUT, James Patterson and Martin Dugard chronicle their epic quest to find out what happened to the boy-king. They comb through the evidence--X-rays, Carter's files, forensic clues--and scavenge for overlooked data to piece together the details of his life and death. The result is a true crime tale of intrigue, betrayal, and usurpation that presents a compelling case that King Tut's death was anything but natural. Views: 17
ReviewFinalist, Audio Fiction, ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards, 2002. --ForeWord Magazine "...superbly written, presented and performed science fiction action/adventure audiobook thriller. . . . enthusiastically recommended." --Midwest Book Review Product DescriptionHis past is hunting him--and she won´t take no for an answer. ABOUT THE BOOK Thinker, once a proud soldier, bulwark against the enemies of humanity, and fearless immortal--is now a dishwasher trapped on a dismal collective System world without even his own memories to comfort him. Tortured by dreams of people he has never met, he will be returned to the clinic if he fails to adjust to life on the outside--and his adjustment is not going well. Although required to submit, he just killed a man trying to rob him...and it felt good. To make matters worse, the band of ruthless killers known as the Legion he was taught to fear, is after him...and he has no idea why. ABOUT THE SERIES Secret of the Legion is the fourth book in the heart-pounding military adventures of the Soldiers of the Legion Series-where virtue is worth dying for and honor is all that remains when the smoke clears. PRAISE FOR SECRET OF THE LEGION "As in his previous novels, Thomas's characters have a level of depth and intensity that move this story way beyond a Sci-fi thriller, creating acompelling novel that will appeal to all readers."-- Nancy L. Mehl, Author "As in every book of this series, the battles are so realistic my heart pounded...The writing style is exciting....In many ways, this is my favorite book in the series so far. Highly recommended." -- Laurel Johnson of Midwest Book Review Views: 17
Talk about getting your signals crossed… Robyn Maxwell doesn’t care that her brother has to cancel out on WolfSigns300their backcountry ski trip. She can do it alone. The fact she’s deaf doesn’t make her survival skills any weaker. The chance to get away from it all and relax in the Yukon wilderness is just what she’s been craving. Meeting wilderness guide Keil at the cabin starts cravings of another kind. Keil’s one hot hunk of ripped, tasty male. Now she has to deal with raging hormones as well as strange questions about wolves and mates and challenges to the death. Keil was trying for a nice reflective retreat before challenging for the Alpha position of his Alaskan pack. He wasn’t planning on meeting the woman destined to be his mate, or finding out she’s not aware she has the genes of a wolf. Between dealing with his accident-prone younger brother, a deaf mate with an attitude and an impending duel to the death, his week—and his bed—is suddenly full. Far from the relaxing getaway any of them had in mind… Warning: Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘talking with your hands.’ Includes dangerous use of sarcasm and hot nookie in a remote wilderness sauna. Views: 17
Ранее не издававшийся рассказ Агаты Кристи из книги Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making — Includes Two Unpublished Poirot Stories. В составе книги примечания редактора и предисловие. Книга на английском языке. Views: 17
