The author of "Death by Misadventure" brings back her outrageous heroine, Australian sleuth Phryne Fisher, in the second mystery of this delightful series set in the roaring '20s. This time, Phryne has to figure out who finished off a family man whose entire family hated him.

Presents an account of life during the Renaissance, a period which profoundly influenced the development of European civilization.

Readers will enjoy uncovering the secrets, stories, and meaning behind the Renaissance. The title will also introduce famous Renaissance artists such as Da Vinci and Michelangelo. This series is at a Level 3 and is written specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to the Common Core standards & correlated to state standards.

Introduction by Arnold Rampersad. Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In The Big Sea he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and Paris. In Paris he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs. He knew the musicians and dancers, the drunks and dope fiends. In Harlem he was a rising young poet--at the center of the "Harlem Renaissance." Arnold Rampersad writes in his incisive new introduction...

When St. Kilda has its first Flower Festival, the Honourable Phryne Fisher becomes the honorary Queen of the Flowers. But when one of her flower maidens and her adopted daughter Ruth both go missing, Phryne puts aside her duties as queen and takes up her duties as investigator.

Phryne Fisher sets out to investigate the murder of a young man outside the gates of Victoria Dock after someone shoots out her windshield and she finds the man dying on the tarmac.

Presents and discusses the life and work of Michelangelo, the Italian sculptor, painter, and poet of the Renaissance period. Includes photographs of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, his work as architect of St. Peter's Church, and his sculptures of the Pieta.

An anthology of essays on the Renaissance that highlight political trends and consequences, literary, cultural and/or technological ramifications and pivotal leaders. Includes a collection of excerpts from primary source documents pertaining to the historical events and figures .

The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings-the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and diffusion of ancient knowledge, imagined a new and enlightened...