From one of Britain’s most respected and acclaimed art historians, art critic of The Guardian—the galvanizing story of a sixteenth-century clash of titans, the two greatest minds of the Renaissance, working side by side in the same room in a fierce competition: the master Leonardo da Vinci, commissioned by the Florentine Republic to paint a narrative fresco depicting a famous military victory on a wall of the newly built Great Council Hall in the Palazzo Vecchio, and his ...

This is a story about a world that coexists with werewolves, vampires, and humans. A young man named Julius Grace is a normal guy who has lost his parents but remains human and is trying to coexist with the supernatural world around him. There are rules, and there is good. But where there is good, there is also evil!Join Julius on the first adventure of this trilogy as he is led toward his unknown destiny!

A man makes a terrible mistake at 13 years old and is sentenced to 30 years in prison. When he gets out, the world around him has completely changed. Can he adapt, or will he finally understand that the world has entered its own apocalyptic era?

The 'boom' in foreign direct investment (FDI) since the mid-1980s, continues to be paramount in policy interest. This book reviews the literature on the nature of FDI and reports the recent results on the performance of FDI plants in order to show the implications for regional economic development. It presents new evidence on the nature and performance of these plants, using a unique dataset that has been constructed and rigorously analyzed by applying econometric techniques. The role of F...

The complexities of war are only truly known when you’ve experienced it.From 1992 to 1994, Jonathan Jones, an ex-serviceman of the Gloucestershire Regiment, found himself in the depths of chaos while providing humanitarian aid as a civilian truck driver in the former Yugoslavia.As part of the British Convoy Team, Jones, along with other civilian truck drivers, were able to access areas cut off to the military; allowing much-needed supplies to reach those who were affected b...

For ten years, he hunted the most dangerous serial killers in the country.He was never a detective. He was something far more relentless—a serial killer hunter who dedicated his life to tracking down murderers who had remained hidden in the shadows. One by one, he cracked their cases, exposed their identities, and brought their reigns of terror to an end.Now, after a decade of hunting killers, he is finally being honored with a prestigious award and preparing for retirement...

This is a great adaptation of the biblical story of Ruth and Boaz, set in the present day, where love cannot be denied even when an evil man tries to disrupt such a loving bond. Can they stay strong, or will their love crumble?

You picked up this book because you come home tired and still lose the evening to the phone, the glow of the screen replacing the glow of the room, and the hour after dinner vanishing without you ever deciding to lose it. You have heard the slow evening is a luxury you cannot afford, and you have tried to rest and watched the scroll eat the quiet anyway. You may be the parent whose evenings belong to everyone else until the children sleep, or the couple sitting on the same couch scrolling ...

You were taught that medieval history is a story of castles and kings. This book proves it was a story of survival on a knife edge, where 1 wet summer, 1 shaking night, or 1 ship from the east could erase a community that had stood for 300 years.In 1315, rain fell for 14 months and the wheat never ripened. In 1347, 12 ships entered Sicily and half of Europe died within 4 years. In 1257, a volcano in Indonesia dimmed the sun and emptied barns in England that never saw its ash. These...

Terry able is young and has everything ahead of him until terrible things happen to him. And the woman he loves is murdered.

Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artists of the Baroque age. In Artemisia Gentileschi, critic and historian Jonathan Jones discovers how Artemisia overcame a turbulent past to become one of the foremost painters of her day.As a young woman Artemisia was raped by her tutor, and then had to endure a seven-month-long trial during which she was brutally examined by the authorities. Gentileschi was shamed in a culture where honour was everything. Y...

Education through poetry expresses my thoughts and education on numerous different topics and ideas. I expressed my knowledge and wisdom through lines that rhyme most of the time. You can say that it’s wisdom that rhymes. Among my favorites are the topics that address values including honor and integrity. Most of the values included have shaped me and made me the many have become. The different activities that are included are things I like to do or would like to do on the future. For exam...