Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
356 p., [8] p. of plates ; ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Renowned historian Stephen Greenblatt's works shoot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. With The Swerve, Greenblatt transports listeners to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion.
Author
Publisher
Cavendish Square Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The rebirth of knowledge, art, and philosophy, and a rejuvenation of banking and business, mark the period known as the Renaissance. Follow the important events in this flourishing of Western culture through the words spoken and the works done by the people of this period.
6) Renaissance
Author
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
The story of civilization volume 5
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[c1953]
Physical Desc
xvi, 776 p. : illus., plates.
Language
English
13) The Renaissance
Author
Publisher
Bedrick Press
Pub. Date
(c1986)
Physical Desc
48p.: illus
Language
English
Author
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn't one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she's the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they're long-stemmed roses, she's a dandelion: an adorable bloom that's actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition. In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school even though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at...
19) Renaissance
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
59 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An overview of the philosophy, inventions, art, government, religion, and daily life of the Renaissance.
20) Well traveled
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Renaissance Faire is on the move, and Lulu and Dex are happily along for the ride, in the next utterly charming rom-com from Jen DeLuca. A high-powered attorney from a success-oriented family, Louisa "Lulu" Malone lives to work, and everything seems to be going right, until the day she realizes it's all wrong. Lulu's cousin Mitch introduced her to the world of Ren Faires, and when she spies one at a time when she needs an escape, she leaps into...