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Famous Women (Hardcover)
Giovanni Boccaccio; Edited by Virginia Brown
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R806
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After the composition of the Decameron, and under the influence
of Petrarch's humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio(1313-1375) devoted the
last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin.
Among them is "Famous Women," the first collection of biographies
in Western literature devoted exclusively to women.
The 106 women whose life stories make up this volume range from
the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological
figures to Renaissance contemporaries. In the hands of a master
storyteller, these brief biographies afford a fascinating glimpse
of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were
beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential.
"Famous Women," which Boccaccio continued to revise and expand
until the end of his life, became one of the most popular works in
the last age of the manuscript book, and had a signal influence on
many literary works, including Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" and
Castiglione's "Courtier." This edition presents the first English
translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.
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Momus (Hardcover)
Leon Battista Alberti; Edited by Sarah Knight, Virginia Brown
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R795
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"Momus" is the most ambitious literary creation of Leon Battista
Alberti, the famous humanist-scientist-artist and "universal man"
of the Italian Renaissance. In this dark comedy, written around
1450, Alberti charts the lively fortunes of his anti-hero Momus,
the unscrupulous and vitriolic god of criticism. Alberti deploys
his singular erudition and wit to satirize subjects from court life
and politics to philosophy and intellectuals, from grand
architectural designs to human and divine folly. The possible
contemporary resonance of Alberti's satire--read variously as a
humanist roman-a-clef and as a veiled mockery of the
mid-Quattrocento papacy--is among its most intriguing aspects.
While his more famous books on architecture, painting, and family
life have long been regarded as indispensable to a study of
Renaissance culture, "Momus" has recently attracted increasing
attention from scholars as a work anticipating the realism of
Machiavelli and the satiric wit of Erasmus. This edition provides a
new Latin text, the first to be based on the two earliest
manuscripts, both corrected by Alberti himself, and includes the
first full translation into English.
The more than 100 women whose life stories make up this volume
range from the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and
mythological figures to Renaissance contemporaries of its author,
the master storyteller Giovanni Boccaccio. The first collection of
biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women,
Famous Women affords a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history
when mediaeval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to
more modern views of their potential. Virginia Brown's translation,
commissioned for the I Tatti Renaissance Library, is the first
English edition based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.
Neuroscience is revolutionising coaching: it helps us understand
the biological basis of our behaviour. This includes the behaviour
of the coach and the client.This practical and much needed book
explains basic brain functioning and offers a guide to using this
knowledge to advance our coaching and make our practice more
effective. It builds extensively on the fact that we do now know
that feelings underly all decision-making and focuses coaching on
helping clients establish intelligent emotions as the basis of
their own decision systems. Using a systemic model of emotions,
energy and change, Paul Brown and Virginia Brown show coaches how
to integrate the client's life experience into coaching and create
change. This is a must read for all practising coaches."This book
is scattered with insightful, thought-provoking and occasionally
beautiful analogies and metaphors, which any reader would be
hard-pressed not to be challenged by. The (unrelated) Browns
absolutely illustrate the importance for coaches of having an
understanding of how the brain works." Coaching at Work, March
2013"The OU coaching series always provides a reliable read for the
coach and this is no exception ... The authors have kept the
neuroscience refreshingly simple, choosing to focus on key evidence
based principles of relevance to coaching.The key message for
coaches is that our work is undamentally about being in
relationship, using our own 'self' to create safe attachments for
our clients in which they can recognise their habitual patterns of
response, move to wondering and active experimentation thus
creating new connections in their brain which serve them better."
The International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching, Volume X Issue
2, December 2012 "This book is a delicious feast of neuroscience.
As coaches we leave the authors' table satisfied and nourished. But
when we settle back to savour the delicacies, we realise that the
feast is in us now: our coaching can never be the same. We can no
longer use neuroscience to honour our coaching. We must change our
coaching to honour neuroscience. In this way Brown and Brown move
us from smug satiation to a new kind of hunger: for the courage to
help our clients change their brains. A coach's job, they assert,
is to create the conditions for this change to happen. Bravo!"
Nancy Kline, President, Time To Think, UK"It's rare to find an
accessible, engaging book that combines current neuropsychological
theory with working examples for executive coaching. At last here
is one that brings the two together seamlessly. Well written and
informative, the authors delight the reader from the first to the
last page, creating rich pictures through metaphor, case studies
and highly practical models. Their emphasis on the importance of
trust in enabling change and development within the coaching
relationship is particularly welcome in these often reductionist
times. And their curiosity and wonder is catching - they do not
profess to know all the answers, but give us much food for thought
about our own coaching practice. This book gives coaches (and in
fact anyone involved in people development) a thorough grounding in
this increasingly important subject; it really is a must-read for
new or experienced coaches alike, and one which I think rightly
deserves to become a classic text." Linda Aspey, Managing Director,
Coaching for Leaders"At last, a book that embeds the practice of
coaching into what we know of how the brain works - rather than one
that tells you about the brain, then leaves the coach to work it
out; or one that tells you about techniques, then adds in the brain
information as something of a 'P.S'. This book works at many
levels: whether for the coach with a fresh curiosity about the
neuroscience, or one already using some knowledge to inform their
practice, all the fundamentals are there, in a style that avoids
over-simplifying, yet makes the complex accessible and 'ready to
use'. This is a gem of a resource for the coach who wants to take
their practice beyond technique into robust knowledge and
understanding of what's going on in the client's brain, the coach's
brain and, indeed, between the two brains as they interact. It
helps us to understand why what works, works; and what might be
happening when what we expect to work simply doesn't." Ann James,
Executive Coach / Director, Thinking Space"At long last, a rigorous
book on neuropsychology that is both palatable and practically
applicable for executive coaches. I like the way it develops an
approach starting from the way the brain works rather than adding
in information about the brain to the way the coach works. There
has been so much demand for a relevant knowledge base around
neuroscience, and I think that most coaches will find this book an
invaluable source and aide memoire." Dr Tara Swart, Neuroscientist,
medical doctor and executive coach, Executive Performance
Ltd."Introducing the basic functioning of the brain, this book
shows that humanity and high performance are indeed fraternal
twins. Growing relational resonance is likely to become a core
aspiration for readers. Neuropsychology for Coaches is for
executive coaches and their clients alike, with its down-to-earth
metaphors and examples that make the complex processes of the brain
easier to grasp and manage. A most useful guide!" Anette Prehn, MA
in social science, brain-based executive coach (PCC), author of
Play Your Brain"In a world of psuedo-theory and airport quick
reads, Professor Paul Brown and Virginia Brown offer something most
refreshing: hard science married with the intimate relationship
between coach and executive. At last the foundation is
neuroscience: understanding how the brain operates in the intricate
dance between cognition and emotion. Through eminently readable
explanations of the brain's critical centers and the chemicals that
affect what we do, the authors empower coaches to step beyond the
black box and manage the most important tool in the leader's
arsenal. Certainly this book will influence how we teach rising
senior leaders in the military and government at National Defense
University." Dr. Christina L. Lafferty, National Defense
University, Washington D.C, USA"Paul and Virginia Brown have done a
great job in reviewing a lot of the burgeoning research and
literature on Neuropsychology and making it accessible and useable
by executive coaches in their work. Neuropsychology is providing
coaching with a richer understanding of how Humans, relate, respond
and react as well as the brain's brilliant ways of adapting,
changing and rewiring its own connections." Peter Hawkins,
Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, founder and
Chairman Emeritus of Bath Consultancy Group & co-founder of
Centre for Supervision and Team Development, UK
Find out who's trying to kill one of the best-known drag queens in
Memphis? No problem. Harley's on the case. Until someone decides
she's getting a little too close to the truth . . .
Halloween's just around the corner, and business is brisk at
Memphis Tour Tyme. Harley doesn't need an extra job, but when her
pal Tootsie asks her to help Jordan Cleveland, his fellow drag
queen, she can't resist poking around in the mystery. How dangerous
could it be for her? After all, Jordan's the target of the threats,
not her. He's had his brake line cut, a concrete flower pot dropped
over his head, a pickup truck nearly ran him down, and someone
tried to push him off a sidewalk into heavy traffic. He and Harley
think his ex-wife is the most likely culprit, but after Jordan is
sideswiped by a car and ends up in the hospital, trouble starts to
turn Harley's way. The next thing she knows, she's dangling off the
side of the city's famous Peabody Hotel while an anonymous thug
tells her to mind her own business . . . or else.
Things can only get worse, and she ought to heed the demands of her
hunky police boyfriend, Mike Morgan, who's really worried. Even the
guests at a local Halloween party start to look like suspects.
Maybe the guy dressed up as Jay-Z is out to get her. Or one of the
Kardashian sisters.
But how dangerous can it be to leave the party just long enough to
retrieve her brother's coveted Fender guitar from Tootsie's empty
house? Harley will return safe and sound, right?
Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels in romance,
mystery, and mainstream fiction. In addition to the Blue Suede
Memphis mysteries, she writes the bestselling Dixie Divas
mysteries.
He's a legendary gunslinger working for the powerful business baron
she intends to bring down. When he takes her captive, desire makes
a prisoner of them both.
Leaning his hard body against hers to pin her to the rock again,
Jake asked roughly, "You could try by remembering that it's against
the law to rob trains."
"You work for Durant-what do you care about the law?"
"I might go easy on you if you'll talk. Where's the rest of your
gang?"
The mutinous stare she gave him was indicative of the answers he
would receive, and Lassiter shrugged. "Fine. Stay quiet. I'm
getting paid to stop 'Colorado Kate, ' and I guess that's who I'm
taking back with me."
"You're taking me to Durant?" she asked softly. He nodded. So this
was really the end. She had no illusions as to Durant's intentions.
He'd kill her just as ruthlessly as he'd killed her parents.
"Care to tell me where I can find the Lost Canyon Gang?" Jake
asked.
When she refused to answer, he curled his fingers around her wrists
and straightened, pulling her up with him. Caitlin stared at him
warily, seeing in his dark, reflective gaze something she didn't
recognize. The sun beat down in a blaze of heat; a hot, dry wind
blew, lifting her hair to drift around her face, yet she felt a
sudden shiver. To her sudden, intense surprise, Lassiter lowered
his head and kissed her.
Virginia Brown is the award-winning author of nearly fifty novels
in historical romance, mystery and general fiction.
He's the most dangerous gunman in the West. She's a "lady doctor"
he can't resist. Will his secret torments keep them apart? How can
she handle a wounded outlaw no respectable woman should go near?
Romance and intrigue are about to collide in a steamy Texas town
where sin, scandal and violence rule the night.
A strange sort of current flowed between them, charged with as much
intensity as a bolt of lightning. Devon felt it tighten around him,
binding him to her in some inexplicable way that he couldn't
explain and didn't want to acknowledge.
His tone was involuntarily savage when he muttered, "If I don't
leave soon, Maggie Malone, I may do exactly that."
"Do-?"
He stood up, blood boiling in his veins as if heated. The memory of
her soft skin was a temptation that he did his best to resist. "You
know what I mean, dammit."
"No. I don't think I do. Devon . . . what are you-?"
Without pausing to think, he reached out to pull her to him, one
hand around her wrist and the other hand moving to the small of her
back. Maggie seemed to melt into him, her body boneless, soft
breasts pressing against his chest as he pulled her close.
His mouth found hers, and he kissed her with a fierce urgency that
grew hotter and higher when she made a small noise in the back of
her throat. Ah God, she was so sweet and fine, so damn fine. He
couldn't help himself. He knew better than to touch her, better
than to kiss her. He knew he wouldn't want to stop at kisses, and
Maggie deserved to be treated with more respect.
So why wasn't he stopping?
Virginia Brown is the award-winning author of nearly fifty novels
in historical romance, mystery and general fiction.
Lights Camera Murder Trinket and the gang, beware
Hollywood descends on Holly Springs, and soon it's up to the Divas
to keep the stars from falling like magnolia blooms in a
trailer-park tornado. Someone doesn't want DARK SECRETS UNDER THE
HOLLY to reach the big screen. He-or she-is willing to kill locals,
movie stars, and maybe even Divas to stop it.
Diva-sister Dixie Lee Forsythe wrote the juicy tell-all about a
historic Mississippi town very much like Holly Springs, and a lot
of townsfolk would be happy to strangle her. Bitty is in a blond
lather over a gossipy story line about a philandering Senator who
very much resembles her late husband. And even Trinket's a little
miffed at Dixie Lee's oh-so-recognizable Trinket Truevine
character, described as, "built like a girls' basketball coach-not
necessarily a female one."
Dixie Lee starts getting mysterious death threats, an actress
brings being a diva to heights even Bitty can't match, and a
production assistant is murdered.
If Trinket, Bitty, and the Divas don't solve this case quick,
Oscars season in Tinsel Town will be short a whole bunch of stars.
Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels in romance,
mystery, and general fiction. Her bestselling Dixie Divas Mysteries
continues in 2014 with a sixth novel. She lives in a small
Mississippi town that inspires her stories about Holly Springs.
The Comanches did her a favor when they killed her loutish husband
on her wedding night. But now this Southern belle is the possession
of a fierce, blue-eyed warrior called Hawk . . .
Zach Banning, known as Hawk among the Comanches, is caught between
two races, two cultures, two lives. Deborah Hamilton is a
Mississippi beauty who came to the Texas territory for an arranged
marriage. Little did she know, her new husband's people have earned
the Comanches' hatred. They enact their vengeance on her wedding
night, kidnapping Deborah along with other women and also the
settlement's children.
She expects the worst at the Comanches' village, but instead finds
kindness alongside the challenges. But when Hawk barters her away
from her owner, intending to seduce and possess her, Deborah finds
herself in a battle of wills laced with deep desire.
Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels, including
the bestselling Dixie Divas mystery series. Look for many more of
her classic historical romances, coming soon from Bell Bridge
Books.
Harley Jean must be on the right track if someone wants to kidnap
her . . .
Memphis tour guide and amateur crime-solver, Harley Jean Davidson,
is up to her handlebars in mystery, again. Last time, she was
almost whacked by jewel thieves. Now her Aunt Darcy, an interior
designer, needs Harley's help catching a smuggler of prized
artifacts. When Harley finds Aunt Darcy's suspicious business
partner hanging off her shop's elk antlers, Harley can't help but
wonder if Aunt Darcy murdered him. Soon Harley's already quirky
life spins way off the Normal Meter again, with another corpse in
the mix, an assault by cranky farm animals, a kidnapping attempt,
and surprise assistance from a temperamental Siamese cat. Add hunky
detective Mike Morgan to the trouble, plus the usual collection of
Elvis impersonators, psychics and unpredictable relatives.
The city of the blues, the King and the mighty Mississippi is
about to get steamy. The jailhouse will rock, someone may get
caught in a trap, and Harley's in the middle of it all-taking care
of business.
Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels, most
recently the bestselling Dixie Diva Mysteries and the acclaimed
mystery/drama, Dark River Road.
She s Named After A Motorcycle. Her Dad s An Elvis Impersonator.
Her Mom Talks To Spirit Guides.
Someone s Kidnapped The Family Dog Named King, in Elvis s Honor.
There s a Ransom Note.
And Then Things Really Get Weird.
Memphis tour guide, Harley Jean Davidson, is about to enjoy a rare
day off when her parents call with news that King, their border
collie, has been dognapped. Harley Jean s mom insists the culprit
is Bruno Jett, their next door neighbor. Harley Jean would rather
run over her own foot with a motorcycle than talk to him. He s
drop-dead gorgeous with a dangerous attitude she d like to avoid.
But King has to be rescued, so she sets off to find him. Harley
Jean gets more than she bargains for when she finds a body, as
well. Bruno Jett is definitely involved, but how?
The Memphis P.D. wants to pin the murder on Harley Jean s dad. Now
it s up to her to clear his name . . . and avoid becoming the
killer s next victim.
Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels, including
the bestselling Dixie Diva mystery series.
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A First-Reader, Volume 1 (Paperback)
Will David Howe; Created by Myron Thomas Pritchard, Elizabeth Virginia Brown
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The bestselling DIXIE DIVAS mystery series continues
Trinket and her pals are, once again,
caught in the middle of a murder scene...
"Professor Sturgis is dead."
"Hah " replied my cousin/best friend/partner in mayhem. "I'm not
that lucky."
"It's true," I said as I pointed to her son's dorm room closet.
"Look for yourself. But I warn you-it's not a pretty sight."
My warning did not deter Bitty Hollandale from peering into the
closet where the dead professor was propped against a shoe rack.
She immediately recoiled. "Good lord I thought you were joking . .
. it . . . how horrible "
I didn't say "I told you so" although I could have. I was still too
rattled myself to take a verbal swing at Bitty. What I'd thought
was an untidy pile of clothing tumbling out of the closet turned
out to be a professor with whom Bitty had just quarreled that very
morning.
This was not a good thing.
Virginia Brown is the author of The Dixie Divas Mysteries, The Blue
Suede Memphis Mysteries, and a mystery/drama, Dark River Road. As a
long-time resident of Mississippi, award-winning author Virginia
Brown has lived in several different areas of the state, and finds
the history, romance, and intrigue of the Deep South irresistible.
Although having spent her childhood as a "military brat" living all
over the US, and overseas, this author of nearly fifty novels is
now happily settled in and drawing her favorite fictional
characters from the wonderful, whimsical Southerners she has known
and loved.
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