The Jewel House

Author : Deborah E. Harkness
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300185758
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewel House written by Deborah E. Harkness and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-24 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Discovery of Witchesexamines the real-life history of the scientific community of Elizabethan London. Travel to the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument makers, mathematics teachers, engineers, alchemists, and other experimenters formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution. While Francis Bacon has been widely regarded as the father of modern science, scores of his London contemporaries also deserve a share in this distinction. It was their collaborative, yet often contentious, ethos that helped to develop the ideals of modern scientific research. The book examines six particularly fascinating episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. These men and women experimented and invented, argued and competed, waged wars in the press, and struggled to understand the complexities of the natural world. Together their stories illuminate the blind alleys and surprising twists and turns taken as medieval philosophy gave way to the empirical, experimental culture that became a hallmark of the Scientific Revolution. “Elegant and erudite.” —Anthony Grafton, American Scientist “A truly wonderful book, deeply researched, full of original material, and exhilarating to read.” —John Carey, Sunday Times “Widely accessible.” —Ian Archer, Oxford University “Vivid, compelling, and panoramic, this revelatory work will force us to revise everything we thought we knew about Renaissance science.” —Adrian Johns, author of The Nature Book

Author : Bret Lott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439121915
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewel written by Bret Lott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. Jewel is the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.

Author : Genevieve Ferraro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320004107
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewel Box® Home written by Genevieve Ferraro and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Hugh Platt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewell House of Art and Nature written by Sir Hugh Platt and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amy Ewing
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062385666
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House of the Stone written by Amy Ewing and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Jewel, we followed Violet in her servitude under the Duchess of the Lake. Now we'll hear Raven's story and her time as a surrogate for the Countess of the Stone in this digital novella from Amy Ewing. When Raven is bought at the Auction, she knows immediately that things will not go well. And when she arrives at the Countess's palace, Raven quickly discovers that the Countess is much less interested in having a baby than experimenting with Raven's mind and body. Raven can only hope for an escape . . . and to see Violet again, all the while reminding herself that she is Raven Stirling, and she does matter. Epic Reads Impulse is a digital imprint with new releases each month.

Author : Maria Gabriella di Savoia
Publisher : Mondadori Electa
ISBN 13 : 9788837052409
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewellery of the House of Savoy written by Maria Gabriella di Savoia and published by Mondadori Electa. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margherita, Elena, and Marie Jose of Savoy were the last three queens of Italy and this volume takes a look at their lives as well as the precious jewels that accompanied them on the important occasions in their lives and of their country. In so doing, it covers over a century of Italian history.

Author : Deborah E. Harkness
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521622288
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Dee's Conversations with Angels written by Deborah E. Harkness and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-11-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about Elizabethan England's most famous 'scientist' or natural philosopher John Dee and his 'conversations with angels'.

Author : Sherry Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906142414
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewel of Medina written by Sherry Jones and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel, banned shortly before publication in Sept '08 by Random House, attracting British and world-wide media attention, tells for the first time the moving but little known love story between Mohammed and his favoured wife Ai'sha. A wonderful fast-paced novel and an uplifting subject that readers from all religions will enjoy.

Author : Amy Ewing
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006223580X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewel written by Amy Ewing and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Amy Ewing delivers a dark and riveting tale that "will have fans of Oliver’s Delirium, Cass’s The Selection, and DeStefano’s Wither breathless.”* The Jewel has many meanings: wealth, beauty, royalty. But for Violet, the Jewel has always meant servitude. Born and raised in the Marsh, Violet is destined for the Jewel. She is trained as a surrogate for the elite and is bought by the Duchess of the Lake at auction. And she quickly learns that beneath the Jewel’s glittering façade lies the cruelty, backstabbing, and hidden violence that have become the royal way of life. Violet must accept the ugly realities of her life...all while fighting for her survival. But before she can accept her fate, Violet meets a handsome boy who is also under the Duchess’s control. A forbidden love sparks. But their illicit affair has consequences, which will cost them both more than they bargained for. And toeing the line between being calculating and rebellious, Violet must decide what, and who, she is willing to risk for her own freedom. *BCCB

Author : Lisa Jewell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476703019
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House We Grew Up In written by Lisa Jewell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone… OUR HOUSE. OUR FAMILY. OUR SECRETS. Meet the picture-perfect Bird family: pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and towheaded twins Rory and Rhys, one an adventurous troublemaker, the other his slighter, more sensitive counterpart. Their father is a sweet, gangly man, but it’s their beautiful, free-spirited mother Lorelei who spins at the center. In those early years, Lorelei tries to freeze time by filling their simple brick house with precious mementos. Easter egg foils are her favorite. Craft supplies, too. She hangs all of the children’s art, to her husband’s chagrin. Then one Easter weekend, a tragedy so devastating occurs that, almost imperceptibly, it begins to tear the family apart. Years pass and the children have become adults, while Lorelei has become the county’s worst hoarder. She has alienated her husband and children and has been living as a recluse. But then something happens that beckons the Bird family back to the house they grew up in—to finally understand the events of that long-ago Easter weekend and to unearth the many secrets hidden within the nooks and crannies of home.