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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450-1700 offers a radical reassessment of the history of early modern papacy, constructed through the first major analytical treatment of papal elections in English. Papal elections, with their ceremonial pomp and high drama, are compelling theatre, but, until now, no one has analysed them on the basis of the problems they created for cardinals: how were they to agree rules and enforce them? How should they...
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Have your book and eat it, too, with this clever edition of a classic novel, featuring delicious recipes from celebrity chefs. In this edition of Jane Austen's regency classic Pride and Prejudice, plan a fancy tea party or book club gathering with recipes for sweet confections and pastries. From maple glazed scones and delicate sugar and spice cake, to berry tartlets and French macaroons. Bring your friends and family together with a good meal and...
5) Homegoing
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising half-caste children who will be sent abroad to be educated in England before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the Empire. Her sister, Esi, will be imprisoned beneath...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) is, with William Morris, one of the most popular designers of the Arts & Crafts Movement. A practicing architect, Voysey also designed a broad range of applied arts objects, from furniture, ceramics, and metalwork to wallpaper, carpets, tiles, and fabrics. His pattern designs, created from the 1880s to the early 1930s, are among his best-known works today. His wallpaper and textile designs are characterized...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
In "Washington : a Life" celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people.
Author
Series
Magic Tree House volume 32
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Jack and Annie are whisked back in time to meet Benjamin Franklin in Old Philadelphia"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son--but Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle...
Author
Series
Magic Tree House volume 31
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back in time to meet famed Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius!"--