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This 12 episode series examines the Italian Renaissance through an analysis of important individuals:Dante AlighieriGiotto di BondoneFrancesco Petrarca (Petrarch)Fra AngelicoFra Filippo LippiDonato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello)Nicholas of CusaThe de Medici's - Cosimo de' Medici and Lorenzo de' MediciMarsilio FicinoGiovanni Pico della MirandolaSandro BotticelliNiccolò di Bernardo dei MachiavelliAndreas VesaliusLeonardo da VinciGiordano BrunoFrancesco GiorgiTommaso CampanellaGalileo GalileiA bonus episode focuses on the life and legacy of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (...

For more than 30 years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the Green Revolution succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. More than 9 million people every year die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every yearmost of them in Africa and most of them children. More die of hunger in Africa than from AIDS and malaria combined. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens to make things worse.

This show emphasizes discussions related to the lifestyles of socially active and progressive singles; dating and relationships; sex and seduction; and overall self-improvement

Self-motivation is key to being mentally strong. You can make your own decisions about how to spend your day and with whom. If you decide to go to the gym or take an early morning run through the park, you do not require support, encouragement, or the promise of a reward to complete the task you have set yourself. Self-competition is a second important aspect to consider. People who are mentally and emotionally strong believe in themselves. They have assessed their own strengths and used these as the foundation for their personal positive growth and development.

Are you struggling to write your book? Wondering where or how to start writing or to even work out what to write about? Every writer has had this experience at one time or another but when things start getting in the way of you expressing yourself and crafting your best writing then something needs to be done. Writing a book is a journey that you need to embrace. This book set is full of exercises to help you become the best writer possible and craft more positive writing habits.

With Cast a Deadly Shadow Roger Granelli has followed his exciting series of Palermo Stories with a full-length novel that is a fast-moving tale of murder, betrayal and lust. Continuing their never-ending fight against the Mafia, detectives Carpanini and Bracchi have captured their longtime target, the gangster Bardolini, setting off a dramatic chain of events in which dangerous men of the Sicilian underworld get involved - each one with his own agenda.

​‘Jane Halifax out of her depth and at her best. I could not put it down.’ Rebecca Gibney, television's Jane Halifax ​JANE HALIFAX IS ABOUT TO DISCOVER THE GRITTY UNDERBELLY OF SILICON VALLEY Within hours of arriving in New York City, Jane is dragged into a case and finds herself up...

This textbook introduces students to the critical role of the US intelligence community within the wider national security decision-making and political process. Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise defines what intelligence is and what intelligence agencies do, but the emphasis is on showing how intelligence serves the policymaker. Roger Z. George draws on his thirty-year CIA career and more than a decade of teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level to reveal the real world of intelligence.

The disappearance of two children leaves a small Florida town in disarray. A suspect remains at large, and investigators are baffled by conflicting evidence and anonymous calls to the police station by their alleged kidnapper. With Halloween approaching, two detectives find themselves racing against the clock to find the children before it’s too late. They soon realize they are dealing with a madman who has plotted his vengeance against the town for years, determined to carry out his plans to the fullest.

If you want to learn more about the sharemarket but you’re unsure where to begin, or if you are already a share investor but want to improve your profitability on the market, this is the audiobook for you. Respected author, instructor, and trader Roger Kinsky defuses the painful jargon and demystifies the complexities that hold many people back from getting into the market. 

On a steaming night in 1977, New York City is plunged into darkness and two boys, Joe and Robbie, are abandoned by their mother, Lois. Forty years to the day after this unforgivable moment, Joe is a hard-drinking ADA and Lois has resurfaced: Joe wakes from another alcoholic fog to learn she’s been found murdered on a Coney Island beach.

Four unsolved murders. A killer with no motive. Only one woman can stop them. Forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax is about to embark on the most challenging – and chilling – case of her career. The first murder is brazen, violent and ritualistic. Committed in the victim’s home, the killer...

A female executive, Amanda Waterman, dies in suspicious circumstances at the same location at Canary Wharf. One man knows why and how she died: the secretive CEO of a mysterious drug company, who is hellbent on making trouble for DCI Philip Lomax, leading officer of the Serious Murder Enquiry Team. As evidence comes to light, Lomax becomes convinced the case is connected to the death of both his father and brother. Yet still the bodies pile up. Lomax soon realizes he has a serious and deadly opponent, who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him and everyone he loves.

Everybody has an opinion about God – but few people actually are brave enough to think it through. Thinking about God may result in changing things about your life! Many are prepared to share what they think about God but not so many have ever asked ‘What does God want us to know about him?’. Here is just such a guide that distills the essence of the Christian message to those prepared to look for God.

Getting More People To Enjoy Classical Music

Time Framed is a suspenseful paranormal sci-fi story about a revered American family pitted against each other in a vicious battle to determine who will be the victim of a ravaging multi-generational family curse dating back to the Mayflower. The fate and fortune of the family hangs in the balance.

In this all-new program, The Secrets of Power Negotiating for Your Dream Home, from negotiating expert Roger Dawson, you will learn how to get the very best deal on your dream home, whether it's a brand-new home or an existing property.

In their runaway best seller Weekend Millionaire's Secrets to Investing in Real Estate, Mike Summey and Roger Dawson revealed a powerful formula for making a killing in real estate during your spare time. Now, the fourth book in the Weekend Milionaire Series, Weekend Millionaire Secrets to Negotiating Real Estate, teaches the fine art of negotiating in every kind of real estate climate.

A gritty, uncompromising new story from Welsh crime writer Roger Granelli. Elkins arrived in Cardiff in 1946, a refugee from the Holocaust. Now an old man, he's weighed down with a survivor's guilt, haunted by his memories. Kev and Dean are football hooligans, drunk on cheap lager and easy violence. The season is nearly over, and they need a way to fund their summer. A chance encounter causes these three lives to come crashing together one fateful night.

In his brilliantly imagined, Obie Award-winning show, Roger Guenveur Smith explores the life of the controversial Black Panther leader through a series of improvisations based on Newton's own words and writings.