Renaissance Fiction

During a late-night hunt for a wolf, Ulric and Daciana are attacked. Before their bodies can fully succumb to the wild animal inside, the town witch claims she holds the cure. Instead of healing their wounds, she places a curse on Ulric and Daciana, so they must live with who they truly are. In a town where secrets can’t be kept and betrayal runs thick, Ulric and Daciana are hunted for the monsters they’ve become, even by those they love.

Dove è finito Mercurio? Se lo chiedono angosciati Nina, Jamal e Lorenzo davanti alla Cappella degli Scrovegni, dove si ritrovano in calzamaglie e babbucce. Il merlo magico, che li ha appena catapultati nella Padova di sette secoli fa, è scomparso e loro rischiano di restare intrappolati per sempre nel passato. La vita è piena di insidie nel Medioevo, ma ad accompagnarli nelle loro peripezie ci saranno due fiorentini un po' speciali: Giotto, che sta affrescando le pareti della chiesetta, e Dante, a cui sta venendo in mente una nuova idea per un poema.

Per Nina, Caravaggio è il pittore più grande di tutti. E quasi non crede ai suoi occhi quando con Lori e Jamal scopre proprio lui, il Maestro, sotto una barca rovesciata sulla spiaggia della Feniglia. Ma l'artista è febbricitante e malconcio, e farfuglia parole sconnesse. Cosa gli è successo? Qual è il segreto custodito nel prezioso carico con cui viaggiava? Ancora una volta, saranno gli indovinelli del magico merlo Mercurio a guidare i tre amici nella loro emozionante avventura nella Maremma del Seicento.

In una sala buia della Galleria Palatina, il merlo Mercurio consegna una pergamena con un oscuro enigma a Nina, Jamal e Lorenzo. Quando un fulmine squarcia il cielo, i tre ragazzi si ritrovano smarriti in mezzo alla campagna veneta, in un tempo molto lontano. Nelle vicinanze c'è il casolare di Giorgione, ma il famoso pittore è scomparso. Tra mercanti in collera, pericolosi soldati e altre viscide insidie, i tre amici dovranno ritrovare l'artista e scoprire il suo segreto, prima di poter tornare a Firenze.

This is a new edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece The Scarlet Letter. The story of Hester Prynne - the first great female character in American literature - is brought to life by narrator Amanda Brewer.

Florence Delay nous entraîne dans une délicieuse promenade au château de Fontainebleau, au temps de la cour de France de François 1er à celle d'Henri IV, pour donner vie et parole aux déesses, Diane chasseresses, nymphes et dames qui l'habitent, peintes et sculptées par les artistes italiens Rosso et Primatice. Empruntant l'art et la manière de Marguerite de Navarre, dont elle a lu et relu "L'Heptaméron", Florence Delay nous fait revivre, de tableau en tableau, toute la beauté de la Renaissance.

Il Canto dell'Amor trionfante è un racconto dello scrittore russo Ivan S. Turgenev. Ambientato nella Ferrara del ‘500, ai tempi dell'Ariosto...

Even though Leonardo Da Vinci wanted to learn all he could, he never received a formal education. Struggling to make a living in his 20s, he then moved to Milan, where he flourished. New worlds of discovery opened to him and his interests in engineering, art, theatre, and much more were satisfied. He expanded his knowledge in these fields to become a key figure in the Renaissance and an inventor whose designs of helicopters, parachutes, submarines, and many other ingenious devices were well ahead of their time.

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. For centuries, accomplished women - of all races - have fallen out of the historical records. The same is true for gifted, prolific women poets of the Harlem Renaissance who are little known, especially as compared to their male counterparts.

THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE OF ART: 'The English Renaissance of Art' was delivered as a lecture for the first time in the Chickering Hall, New York, on January 9, 1882. A portion of it was reported in the New York Tribune on the following day and in other American papers subsequently. Since then this portion has been reprinted, more or less accurately, from time to time, in unauthorised editions.

Enjoy these poems on brotherhood, connection, and community struggle by Harlem Renaissance authors. This collection is ideal for Black History and Women’s History programs.

Travel back in time to the 1920s and 1930s to the sounds of jazz in nightclubs and the 24-hours-a-day bustle of the famous Black neighborhood of Harlem in uptown Manhattan. It was a dazzling time when there was an outpouring of the arts of African Americans - the poetry of Langston Hughes; the novels of Zora Neale Hurston; the sculptures of Augusta Savage; and that brand-new music called jazz as only Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong could play it.

It’s been four years since Giacomo, bodyguard to Prince Luca of Fiori, followed his charge down into the shadowy world of forbidden magic. When Luca disappears once again, Giaco must cast aside his disbelief and delve into the world of fortune-telling and shadow-walking in order to find Luca and bring him back to safety. And beyond that, he must face up to his own worst fears. Everyone considers Giaco to be a hero, but he is about to learn the true meaning of heroism. More than his own life depends on it.

This city is going to ruin you. Just like it ruined your mother. Rose Fraser is nervous yet excited at the idea of a London season. Her excitement fades away when she starts receiving threats in the form of intricately folded, anonymous notes. Nerves turn to fear as the threats escalate. Feeling trapped, unable to go to the police, she turns to the only person she thinks can help her, her most serious suitor, private investigator James Grey. But will he uncover the truth before things take a turn for the worst?

"Helena caressa légèrement les cuisses nues de Mona, qui semblaient brûlantes en contraste avec l'air froid. Mona frissonna et haleta lorsque Helena atteignit la couture de sa culotte. Elle la fit descendre lentement le long de ses jambes tendues jusqu'à ce qu'elle lui arrive aux chevilles, contre ses bottines noires." Helena a pris sa décision après une autre nuit passée avec l'incroyablement sexy Mona. Il n'y a plus de retour possible.

For Henry David Thoreau, there was no separation between public politics and personal principle. "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" is his famous account of the night he spent in jail for refusing to pay taxes to a government that supported slavery and waged war. His impassioned stand for justice later inspired Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and many other peaceful revolutionaries. This volume includes Thoreau's other important political writings: "A Plea for Captain John Brown", "Life Without Principle", and the poem "Independence".

Nichts ist so spannend wie die Wirklichkeit - nichts abenteuerlicher als die Geschichte! Wie sah die Welt nach dem Mittelalter aus, wie dachten die Menschen im Humanismus, wie kam es zum Sklavenhandel? Was waren die Bauernkriege, was verbirgt sich hinter dem Namen "Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation"?

Enjoy these poems exploring the dignity, wisdom, passion, and beauty in struggle. This collection of works by Harlem Renaissance authors is ideal for Black History programs.

Enjoy these love and longing poems by Harlem Renaissance women authors. The journey here begins in dreams, moves with passion, and ends with heartache.

What Nazi Germany did to the Jews did not happen overnight. The foundation for it was built in German culture over the centuries, arguably started by the writings and deeds of perhaps the most influential reformer of the millennium, Martin Luther. This screenplay is a journey through his life to give us insights of how a movement, no matter how pure in its intention, could go terribly wrong.