From the acclaimed author of Michelangelo, God’s Architect, a dual biography of two towering artists of the Renaissance, whose decades-long rivalry spurred both to greater heightsIn 1529, Michelangelo was in Venice when he first met Titian, Venice’s famed painter of princes, gods, and goddesses. Coming face-to-face with Titian’s drama-infused, richly colored works, the creator of David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling realized he had met a worthy op...

The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades—and his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian RenaissanceAs he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme painter and sculptor began carving his own tomb. It was at this unlikely moment that fate intervene...

A sound like the sound of a tempest rolled, And the heart of a people stirred, For the bell of freedom at midnight tolled, Through a fettered land was heard; And the chime still rung From its iron tongue, Steadily swaying to and fro; And to some it came As a breath of flame, And to some as a sound of woe. Rung in Philadelphia upon the announcement of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th. 1776.

“The spider’s touch—how exquisitely fine!”—Pope.A collection of Lyrics for leisure moments Spun at idle hours by Charles William Wallace.

Bonny Janet McKinnon - good-hearted, healthy, quick-witted, and a pretty figure of a lass, though rather proud and vain-followed the baillie in his steps up the social ladder, and while a domestic in the future Lord Provost's house, met handsome, rollicking Alec McKenzie, chief officer of the Sutton Liner Ansonia in the New York trade. ...With a chief engineer who loved her wonderful old compound engines and who was willing to drive them, McKenzie commenced clipping down the Ansonia's runs...

The Republican Revolution of 1994 is the wicked seed that killed Nicole Brown Simpson. This seed was planted to produce a hostile, racial climate in America in order to repeal Affirmative Action Legislation that advanced African–Americans and other minorities since the Civil Rights Movement of 1964. Advancements such as higher education, college admissions, and equal employment opportunities had begun to accelerate the extinction of the Political White Man, causing him to become an "Angry ...

"Prolegomena to the Study of Hegel's Philosophy, and Especially of His Logic" by William Wallace serves as a critical introduction to the complex ideas of Hegel, particularly focusing on his logical framework. Wallace meticulously examines Hegel's dialectical method, aiming to clarify the often opaque terminology and concepts that characterize Hegel's work. By providing a systematic analysis, Wallace seeks to make Hegel's philosophy more accessible to readers, emphasizing the importance of...

In this audiobook, acclaimed actor Simon Callow narrates the gripping untold story of Michelangelo's final decades—and his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian RenaissanceAs he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme painter and sculptor began carving...

Britain's Bilateral Links Within Western Europe (1984) examines the questions of Britain’s bilateral relations with its major West European partners – how did the British government adapt to the development of a network of intensive bilateral and multilateral collaboration? This entailed daily contacts between most departments of government on issues ranging from military procurement to educational exchange, from foreign policy to electricity supply, from cooperation against terro...

Originally published in 1927, this illuminating study concerns three people, about two of whom much has already been written. The third, Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein, has attracted less attention, in spite of her having occupied the greater part of Liszt’s inner life. The Princess in the large sense was an unmusical woman. It is a question whether her influence over Liszt was of a beneficient nature. She interested herself in Berlioz only for the purpose of checkmating Wagner, whom ...

SHEB: The Woolly Mammoth describes silly theories about how mammoth bones got to the island of Capri. One "scholar" proposed mammoths arrived via Noah's Ark. Another theorized that Capri mammoths weren't woolly at all; rather, they swam over since they were covered with down and had webbed feet. And a third scholar proposed a "Dumboesque" theory, envisioning that mammoths flew by flapping oversized ears. Given the ending developed by the two children, the story could possibly be categorize...

How to Write A Novel Each WeekThe trick is in coming up with enough plots.A wildly prolific, early 20th century pulp writer, William Wallace Cook was a writing machine.While he set the bar for pulp fiction, he was also passionate about the process of writing itself. Keeping notes on index cards, he was able to distill the process of plotting down to a simple, but thorough manual, Plotto.Alfred Hitchcock was an early student, so was Earl Stan...