Scholars depended on Alciati's book to interpret contemporary art and literature, while writers and artists turned to it to invest their work with an understood didactic sense. This new edition of the Emblematum Liber includes the original Latin texts, highly readable English translations, and the illustrations belonging to each of the emblems.
The editor's introduction explains both the importance and the cultural contexts of Alciati's book, as well as its innumerable artistic applications. For instance, close study of the emblems reveals--to cite only two examples--why statues of lions are traditionally placed before government buildings, and what underlying political message was conveyed by innumerable equestrian portraits during the Baroque era.
The collection includes as an appendix the formerly suppressed emblem, "Adversus Naturam Peccantes," accompanied by a translation of the learned commentary applied to it by Johann Thuilius in An extensive bibliography points the student to scholarly research specifically dealing with artistic applications of Alciati's emblems. Altogether, this new edition of Alciati's seminal work is an essential tool for modern students of the liberal arts.
Innocent young patrician, Anniana Bibuli, is to be unwilling pawn in a game of power that will see her wed to the decadent new emperor, Titus, unless she can escape Rome with her only protector, a violent, Norse giant. He must get her to Pompeii before Salvia, her cruel mother, discovers her escape. But when Pompeii is destroyed by Vesuvius, and Salvia sends assassins to track her down, it becomes a chase across the breadth of the empire, to keep her safe.
Vali has every reason to hate Salvia, who used him as a sex-slave years before. Now he must keep her daughter safe, not only from hired killers and the many dangers of the journey, but from the biggest danger of all - himself, because a damaged barbarian is no fitting mate for an innocent noble of Imperial Rome.
Ninia, Anniana's handmaiden, is sent to find her mistress. But when she's shipwrecked with Braxus she unexpectedly discovers a chance for real happiness.
The only problem - the man she's starting to love is in league with the enemy. Gabrielle Bancroft is the only daughter of the most notorious and merciless Alpha. She is spunky, bold and fearless. Enter gorgeous, mischievous and arrogant Alpha Titus Cohen, the star player in both sports and the ladies of Westhill High.
When her school closes down, Gabi and her fellow teen wolves transfer to Westhill High. There's one problem. The school is right between Gabi's territory and the rival Alpha's land.
When Gabi and Titus finally meet, two very different worlds come crashing into each other as they discover that they're mates. Historian Stephanie E. Because women typically inherited more slaves than land, enslaved people were often their primary source of wealth.
White women actively participated in the slave market, profited from it, and used it for economic and social empowerment. Hired to catalog the Sullivan House library, Elizabeth Brown is in her element. Books she can handle. Men—well, she's a little less experienced in that department.
She's certainly not at all prepared for the unexpected arrival of the master of the house, Rogan Sullivan! Rogan is dark, dangerous and wickedly sexy—exactly the kind of man Elizabeth has read she should stay away from. But it's not long before Rogan is showing his virgin librarian reasons she should let herself be seduced by a masterful rogue…. With the death of her parents, and the exhaustion of her part time job, Sarah decided on getting a job as a secretary for the CEO of a worldwide known company.
What she didn't know was that her boss would turn out to be America's most eligible bachelor, and one of New York's most known player. Damien Reaves is one of the most powerful man, and CEO anyone could ever come across. He is known for his excellent business managing skills, his charming looks, not to mention his skills in bed, and his continuous list of women. But he is also cold hearted and arrogant. When a short woman, with a fiery attitude steps foot in his office for an interview, he couldn't help it, but to have a possessive feeling over her, wanting her all to himself, making sure no one else could have her.
Now Sarah finds herself trapped in an invisible cage of emotions, feelings, lust and love, all because of her new boss, and his possessive hold on her.
The magical saga of the women behind King Arthur's throne. An impressive achievement. From their childhoods through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies, we follow these women and the diverse cast of characters that surrounds them as the great Arthurian epic unfolds stunningly before us. As Morgaine and Gwenhwyfar struggle for control over the fate of Arthur's kingdom, as the Knights of the Round Table take on their infamous quest, as Merlin and Viviane wield their magics for the future of Old Britain, the Isle of Avalon slips further into the impenetrable mists of memory, until the fissure between old and new worlds' and old and new religions' claims its most famous victim.
Catherine Hewitt's The Mistress of Paris is a fantastically readable biography of a nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan who harbored an incredible secret. But her glamorous existence hid a dark secret: she was no comtesse. Valtesse was born into abject poverty, raised on a squalid backstreet among the dregs of Parisian society. Yet she transformed herself into an enchantress who possessed a small fortune, three mansions, fabulous carriages, and art the envy of connoisseurs across Europe.
A consummate show-woman, she ensured that her life—and even her death—remained shrouded in just enough mystery to keep her audience hungry for more. Tensions during the Yalta Conference in February threatened to tear apart the wartime alliance among Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Catherine Grace Katz uncovers the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound by fierce family loyalty, political savvy, and intertwined romances that powerfully colored these crucial days.
Kathleen Harriman was a champion skier, war correspondent, and daughter of U. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Averell Harriman. Sarah Churchill, an actress-turned-RAF officer, was devoted to her brilliant father, who depended on her astute political mind. Situated in the political maelstrom that marked the transition to a post- war world, The Daughters of Yalta is a remarkable story of fathers and daughters whose relationships were tested and strengthened by the history they witnessed and the future they crafted together.
Skip to content. His Mate and His Mistress. Lad Book Review:. The Alpha s Mistress. The Alpha s Mistress Book Review:. Moon Kissed Within the Darkness. Demitrey learns that an Alpha doesn't have to stand alone, he can rely on the love of those around him to survive.
This story is filled with redemption, forgiveness, love, and tears. Its an emotional rollercoaster you don't want to miss. Our fearless leaders are faced with both new and old enemies.
Some they can see, and others they cannot. When the Past comes back to haunt them, Demitrey must learn what it really means to be an Alpha, while he finds himself growing into the husband and father he was meant to be. Adelina gains a first seat glimpse into Demitrey's past, but that's not the only past she had to revise, in order to know her full potential as Luna.
Together they must risk everything by taking on an enemy that could destroy everything they worked for, not to mention the possibility of the leaders losing themselves along they way. Yet, they risk it all for the sake of their Daughter, family and pack.
They must also risk everything to achieve the impossible: A true alliance between a werewolf Pack and a Vampire clan. New treaties and new enemies. Old foes and new battles. Aged scars, and new battle wounds. What could once be trusted, was now in question. And what was once believed to be real, turned out to be the complete opposite. These moon crossed lovers find themselves so close to peace, yet so far.
New relations, and deadly betrayals. Blood shed. All the ingredients needed for the thrilling roller coaster that is Demitrey's and Adelina's lives. Join these Moon-crossed Lovers on yet another adventure, and buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride. Read more. January 27, This Book was ranked at 36 by Google Books for keyword novel online free.
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