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Eminent lives Great courses Great courses (DVD) Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel 3 Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel 2 Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel 4 Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel ; 5 Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel. 4Scott, Michael
Summary: Back in London, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman must determine whom they can and cannot trust as they search for both Scatty and an immortal who can teach Josh the magic of fire, while Doctor Dee and Machiavelli continue to seek power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J FIC SCOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCOScott, Michael.
Summary: Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SCOStrathern, Paul
Summary: A meticulous account of Renaissance Italy during the turbulent decade around 1500, with emphasis on several important players: Alexander Borgia (also known as Pope Alexander VI) and his son Cesare, Machiavelli the philosopher-diplomat and author of The Prince, and Leonardo da Vinci--inventor, artist, and military engineer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.06 STRSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Part 3 explores the period from the Renaissance to the onset of the Enlightenment in the middle to late seventeenth century. This section marks the critical schism that developed between the claims of faith and those of science.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREScott, Michael
Summary: Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ScoScott, Michael
Summary: Nicholas Flamel and teenaged twins Josh and Sophie Newman return to San Francisco where a weakened Flamel reunites with his wife, Perenelle, hoping to use his remaining power to prevent the monsters on Alcatraz Island from escaping. Meanwhile, Dr. John Dee and Machiavelli continue to seek power and the twins desperately try to determine who they can trust as they search for Scatty and an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCOScott, Michael
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the humani race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCOSummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISBoucheron, Patrick
Summary: "In a series of poignant vignettes, a preeminent historian makes a compelling case for Machiavelli as an unjustly maligned figure with valuable political insights that resonate as strongly today as they did in his time. Whenever a tempestuous period in history begins, Machiavelli is summoned, because he is known as one for philosophizing in dark times. In fact, since his death in 1527, we have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO BOUScott, Michael
Summary: While armies of the Shadowrealms gather and Machiavelli goes to Alcatraz to kill Perenelle Flamel, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman accompany the Alchemist to England to seek Gilgamesh.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SCOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCOCelenza, Christopher S.
Summary: Machiavellian used to describe the ruthless cunning of the power-obsessed and the pitiless is never meant as a compliment. But the man whose"name became shorthand for all that is ugly in politics was more engaging and nuanced than his reputation suggests. Christopher S. Celenza s Machiavelli: A Portrait "removes the varnish of centuries to reveal not only the hardnosed political philosopher but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLAO CELKing, Ross
Summary: An alternative portrait of the revolutionary political philosopher challenges popular beliefs about the cruelty of his character to reveal the complexities and sympathetic nature of his personality.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007