Penelope The Pirate Princess The Search For The Magical Moon Pearl

Princess Penelope thought she was through with evil wizards and mysterious discoveries. The dark wizard William, an unfortunate distant relative of Penelope's family, was defeated. The secret room of Yendor, William's ancestor and even darker wizard, was opened and its contents, hundreds of gemstones full of powerful magic, were now safe and sound with Rutherford, Astoria's royal wizard. The last thing Penelope wants is to be swept off on another magical adventure. Unfortunately, fate has other plans for Penelope. While attending a leadership summit in Astoria's neighboring kingdom of Galanthia, Penelope is kidnapped and finds herself a prisoner aboard a pirate ship in the Dragosian Sea. The pirates' mission is to find a mysterious treasure buried on a deserted but dangerous island. Only Penelope has the ability to find the treasure, a fact which is keeping Penelope and her family safe... for now. While Princess Penelope waits for rescue or an opportunity to escape, she deals with new foes, cranky pirates, and even more dark magic. What will happen to Penelope when the pirates find their treasure, and will she ever see her friends and family again?

When pirates discover that a treasure chest is actually a cradle holding a baby, they decide to raise the child as their own. Pearl is a great pirate but she has the bad habit of giving treasure away. When Prince Basil shows up one day, he recognizes Pirate Pearl as Princess Pearl, the long lost heir to the throne.

Hedgehog Art Though the Ages is a humorous and lovely book. This amusing work of fictional art history features various inspiring works of art with hedgehogs as the key theme. The book includes over forty amazing, adorable, and delightful works from the Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic and Modern periods, as well as sections on Americana and Japanese art. With lighthearted and amusing commentary on each art period along with descriptions and commentary on each artwork focusing on the history of hedgehogs in art, this book is sure to amuse and delight students of art history, fans of hedgehogs, and a general audience of all ages.

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination. • "Part love story, part fable ... defies both genres and expectations." —The Boston Globe The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them both, this is a game in which only one can be left standing. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.

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Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.