Search Results: Returned 19 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 19
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2002., Grolier Educational Call No: 940.2 1 Availability:10 of 10 At Location(s) Series Title: RenaissanceSummary Note: Chronicles the cultural and artistic flowering known as the Renaissance that flourished in Europe and in other parts of the world from approximately 1375 to 1575 A.D.
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2006., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 CHAUCER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceSummary Note: Presents a biography of fourteenth-century British poet, Geoffrey Chaucer describing his life and celebrated works which includes "The Canterbury Tales.".
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2006., Chelsea House Call No: 921 DANTE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceSummary Note: Profiles the life and works of late thirteenth-century poet and author Dante Alighieri, noted for his most famous piece "The Inferno.".
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By Afia, Nekesa2021., Berkley Prime Crime Call No: MYSTERY F AFI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A Harlem Renaissance Mystery Volume: 1Summary Note: "The start of an exciting new historical mystery series set during the Harlem Renaissance from debut author Nekesa Afia. Harlem, 1926. Young black women like Louise Lloyd are ending up dead. Following a harrowing kidnapping ordeal when she was in her teens, Louise is doing everything she can to maintain a normal life. She's succeeding, too. She spends her days working at Maggie's Café and her nights at the Zodiac, Harlem's hottest speakeasy. Louise's friends might say she's running from her past and the notoriety that still stalks her, but don't tell her that. When a girl turns up dead in front of the café, Louise is forced to confront something she's been trying to ignore-two other local black girls have been murdered over the past few weeks. After an altercation with a police officer gets her arrested, Louise is given an ultimatum: She can either help solve the case or wind up in a jail cell. Louise has no choice but to investigate and soon finds herself toe-to-toe with a murderous mastermind hell-bent on taking more lives, maybe even her own"--
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2005., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Call No: 921 ELIZABETH I Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rulers, scholars, and artists of the RenaissanceSummary Note: The biography of the Renaissance Queen of England, ruler for forty-five years.
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2005., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Call No: 921 GALILEI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rulers, scholars, and artists of the RenaissanceSummary Note: The Renaissance scientist that was the first to put forth the ideas of force as a mechanical agent, and the invariability in the relation of cause and effect.
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By McNeese, Tim2006., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 GALILEI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceSummary Note: Examines the life and achievements of Renaissance scientist and astronomer Galileo, discussing his youth, family, and education, his innovation in testing his ideas with experiments, his teaching career, and his controversial claim that Earth was not the center of the solar system which brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church.
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By Afia, Nekesa2022., Berkley Prime Crime Call No: MYSTERY F AFI Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A Harlem Renaissance Mystery Volume: 2Summary Note: "A riveting Harlem Renaissance Mystery featuring Louise Lloyd, a young Black woman working in a hot new speakeasy when she gets caught up in a murder that hits too close to home... Harlem, 1926. After the tense summer that resulted in the death of murderer Theodore Gilbert, twenty-six-year-old Louise Lloyd has once again gained a level of notoriety. Reporters want to talk to her and she is in the spotlight-the last place she wants to be. Louise begins working at the Dove, owned by her close friend Rafael Moreno. There Louise meets Nora Davies, one of the girls she was kidnapped with nearly a decade ago. Nora is a little rough around the edges, but the two women-along with Rafael and his sister, Louise's girlfriend, Rosa Maria-spend the night at the club, drinking and talking. The next morning, Rosa Maria wakes up covered in blood, with no memory of the previous night. Nora is lying dead in the middle of the dance floor. Louise knows Rosa Maria couldn't have killed Nora, but the police have a hard time believing that no one present can remember anything at all about what happened. When Louise and Rosa Maria return to their new apartment after being questioned by the police, they notice the door is unlocked. Inside, the word GUILTY is written on the living room wall. Someone has gone to great lengths to frame and terrify Rosa Maria, and Louise will stop at nothing to clear the woman she loves"--
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2022. Call No: E BAD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Harlem Renaissance Time Travel Girlz Volume: 1
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2006., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 DAVINCI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceSummary Note: Profiles the life and works of artist, sculptor, inventor, writer, and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci, and describes how much of his work became forerunners of many modern machines such as the automobile and the airplane.
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By Hancock, Lee2005., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Call No: 921 MEDICI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rulers, scholars, and artists of the RenaissanceSummary Note: The biography of the Renaissance ruler, famous for his passion for art, poetry, philosophy, sculpture, and books.
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By McNeese, Tim2006., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 MICHELANGELO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceSummary Note: Profiles the life and works of Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo, and describes some of his greatest masterpieces including the "Pieta," "Moses," and the statue of David, as well as his ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.
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By Ford, Nick2005., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Call No: 921 MACHIAVELLI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rulers, scholars, and artists of the RenaissanceSummary Note: The biography of the Renaissance historian, musician, poet, and writer of The Prince.
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2005., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Call No: 921 PHILIP II Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rulers, scholars, and artists of the RenaissanceSummary Note: The biography of the Renaissance ruler, leader of the Counter-Reformation, who formed the Spanish Inquisition.
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2006., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 ELIZABETH I Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceSummary Note: Presents a comprehensive history of the forty-five-year reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and describes her relationship with her father, Henry VIII; half-sister, Queen Mary; and cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, religious controversy, and more.
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2006., Pre-adolescent, Chelsea Call No: B Elizabeth Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceSummary Note: A biography of strong-willed Queen Elizabeth I, who brought a new stability and vitality to England in the sixteenth century.
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c2006., Juvenile, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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2006., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 MORE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceSummary Note: Presents a brief biography of Thomas Moore, philosopher, writer, and theologian of the Middle Ages, including information on his childhood, his family life, and his contributions to law and religious freedom.
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2005., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Call No: 921 SHAKESPEARE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rulers, scholars, and artists of the RenaissanceSummary Note: The biography of the greatest Renaissance poet and playwright.
