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A delightfully funny celebration of bees – and the importance of bee-ing your true self – from the Queen of Cute, Alison Brown. Billie is a bee with BIG ambition! When the Festival of Talents comes to town, Billie is determined to show off her skills. She’s intelligent! She’s cute! She’s agile!But Billie’s human friend has a bit of advice: don’t use your wings. Some people are funny about bees …Can Billie share her talents without revealing her true identity? Shhh! Why we’re making a beeline for Billie … An fun-filled introduction to the superstars of the insect world – including bonus bee facts A celebration of bee-ing your true self Perfect for young children who are nervous of bees or learning about their unique importance

A pitch-perfect rhyming celebration of mums – packed with adorable animal characters, perfect for Mother’s Day! ❤️ Amazing mums are all around! ❤️They are chatty, practical, funny, sporty … and everything between.Mums find your lost treasures. They celebrate your achievements. They love us no matter what.• The ULTIMATE celebration of the mums and care-givers• Packed full of irresistible, aw-factor artwork• Heartfelt rhyming text Perfect to share with YOUR unique and wonderful mum on Mother’s Day and beyond! Perfect for fans of Guess How Much I Love You, The Hug and books by Rachel Bright and Jim Field. Also available from Alison Brown:Amazing DadAmazing SisterAmazing BrotherBillie’s Buzz

A pitch-perfect rhyming celebration of brothers and the love they share! Amazing brothers are EVERYWHERE! Brothers can be big, small, old or new – they might even have just joined your crew. Some are practical fixers and menders, some just want to sing as loud as they can!Though you might get into scraps, when you need some love and care, brothers can be the very best at making things better.Discover the ULTIMATE inclusive celebration of brothers, packed full of irresistible, aw-factor artwork and a heart-warming rhyming text. The perfect gift to share with YOUR unique and wonderful brother! Also available from Alison Brown:Amazing DadAmazing MumAmazing SisterBillie’s Buzz

A pitch-perfect rhyming celebration of sisters and the love they share! Amazing sisters are EVERYWHERE! Sisters can be sporty, creative, big, small, old or brand new – sometimes, they can be annoying, too! But though you might get into scraps, when you need some love and care, sisters can be the very best at making things better.Discover the ULTIMATE inclusive celebration of sisters, packed full of irresistible, aw-factor artwork and a heart-warming rhyming text. The perfect gift to share with YOUR amazing sister! Also available from Alison Brown:Amazing MumAmazing DadAmazing BrotherBillie’s Buzz

A pitch-perfect rhyming celebration of babies, and all the magic, mischief and heartwarming moments a newborn brings. Amazing babies are EVERYWHERE! Babies can be sleepy, noisy, adventurous, cuddly and so much more – and though they can be hard work, there’s nothing better than seeing them grow.Discover the ULTIMATE inclusive celebration of babies, from late-nights and food fights to bathtime, nappy-changes and beyond. The perfect gift to share with new parents! Also available from Alison Brown:Amazing MumAmazing DadAmazing BrotherAmazing SisterBillie’s Buzz

A pitch-perfect rhyming celebration of dads everywhere – perfect for Father’s Day! 💙 Amazing dads are all around! 💙Dads can be busy, whizzy, caring, sharing … and so much more. But there’s just ONE dad who gives the best hugs of all. Can you guess who it is?This super-cute new book from brilliantly talented picture book creator Alison Brown is the ULTIMATE joyful celebration of dads and care-givers – and the love they give us every day.• Adorable rhyming text• Irresistible, relatable animal characters• Packed with family fun Perfect to share with YOUR amazing dad on Father's Day, or at any time of year! Also available from Alison Brown:Amazing MumAmazing SisterAmazing BrotherBillie’s Buzz

A fun-filled lift-the-flap egg hunt featuring bunnies, chicks and more – sing or shout aloud to the familiar nursery rhyme!Join a crew of bunnies for an adorable egg hunt!Sing along with the much-loved rhyme, If You’re Happy and You Know It, adapted by brilliantly talented picture book creator, Alison Brown.Search around in all the best hiding places, see how many eggs you can find, and meet some friends along the way.Filled with fun actions to follow along with, things to spot and plenty of sunshine joy.The perfect gift!

Celebrate Christmas with cute animals, a Christmas present hunt and a joyful, familiar rhyme.Sing along with the much-loved rhyme, If You’re Happy and You Know It, adapted for Christmas by brilliantly talented picture book creator, Alison Brown.Lift the flaps to search around in all the best hiding places, see how many presents you can find, and meet some friends along the way. Sing along with the classic rhymeFollow along with the actionsLift the flaps to find the presents as you goLots to spot and plenty of festive joy – perfect for Christmas holiday gifting!Join a crew of adorable animals for a festive Christmas present hunt – the perfect Christmas gift for fans of We’re Going on an Elf Hunt, The Dinosaur that Pooped a Reindeer and The Christmas Bear!

Celebrate Halloween and spooky season with cute animals, a Halloween treat hunt and a joyful, familiar rhyme.Sing along with the much-loved rhyme, If You’re Happy and You Know It, adapted for Halloween by brilliantly talented picture book creator, Alison Brown.Lift the flaps to search around in all the best hiding places, see how many treats you can find, and meet some friends along the way. Sing along with the classic rhymeFollow along with the actionsLift the flaps to find the treats as you goLots to spot and plenty of spooky fun – perfect for Halloween gifting!Join a crew of adorable animals for a festive Halloween treat hunt – the perfect gift for fans of We’re Going on a Ghost Hunt and The Dinosaur that Pooped Halloween!

The Italian Renaissance has traditionally been regarded as a critical turning point in the history of Europe; the vital stepping stone between the Age of Faith and the Age of Reason. This classical view of the Renaissance as the birth of individualism and modernity, as formulated by the famous Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, is challenged and reassessed in this intriguing and diverse group of essays._ Leading scholars from different disciplines use a variety of approaches - textual and literary criticism, social anthropology and gender studies - to re-evaluate the period as a whole. the book is divided into three section, which discuss the model of death and rebirth and its political function; the social context of revival in terms of corporate and individual patronage; and the renaissance body as a political metaphor and social gesture. What emerges is an account of a mixed and lively culture which avoids the old generalizations and gives a fresh view of this most creative and fascinating period of European history.

Street trade is a critical and highly visible component of the informal economy, linked to global systems of exchange. Yet policy responses are dismissive and evictions commonplace. Despite being progressively marginalised from public space, street traders in the global south are engaged in spatial and political battlegrounds to reclaim space, and claim de facto property rights over their place of work, through quiet infiltration, union power, or direct action.This book explores 'rebel streets', the challenges faced by informal economy actors and how organised groups are seeking to reframe legal understandings to create new claims to space and urban rights. The book sets out new thinking and a conceptual framework for improved understanding of the plural relationship between law, rights, and space for the informal economy, the contest between traditional, modernist and rights-based approaches to development, and impacts on the urban working poor. With a focus on street trading, the book seeks to reframe the legal context in which modern informal economies operate, drawing on key areas of academic inquiry and case studies of how vendors are staking claim to urban rights. The book argues for a reconceptualisation of legal instruments to provide a rights-based framework for urban work that recognises the legitimacy of urban informal economies, the scope for collective management of urban resources, and the social value of public space as a site for urban livelihoods. It will be of interest to students and scholars of geography, economics, urban studies, development studies, political studies and law.

This is the first translation into English of Guicciardini's Dialogue on the Government of Florence. Written in the early 1520s by the author of the famous History of Italy, as well as a History of Florence and Political Maxims and Reflections, this dialogue presents what is arguably the most searching and comprehensive analysis of the politics of his times. Like Machiavelli, his contemporary and friend, Guicciardini rejects classical republican arguments in the name of the new political realism and acknowledges the important role of patronage and graft in contemporary politics and the illegitimacy of nearly all forms of political power. In this Dialogue he provides one of the clearest expositions of the term 'reason of state', which he was one of the first to employ and which he uses to justify the priority of state interest over private morality and religion.

In this first comprehensive study of the effect of Lucretius's De rerum natura on Florentine thought in the Renaissance, Alison Brown demonstrates how Lucretius was used by Florentine thinkers—earlier and more widely than has been supposed—to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies.To answer the question of why ordinary Florentines were drawn to this recently discovered text, despite its threat to orthodox Christian belief, Brown tracks interest in it through three humanists—the most famous of whom was Machiavelli—all working not as philologists but as practical administrators and teachers in the Florentine chancery and university. Interpreting their direct use of Lucretius within the context of mercantile Florence, Brown highlights three dangerous themes that had particular appeal: Lucretius's attack on superstitious religion and an afterlife; his pre-Darwinian theory of evolution; and his atomism, with its theory of free will and the chance creation of the world. The humanists' challenge to established beliefs encouraged the growth of a "Lucretian network" of younger, politically disaffected Florentines. Brown thus adds a missing dimension to our understanding of the "revolution" in sixteenth-century political thinking, as she enriches our definition of the Renaissance in a context of newly discovered worlds and new social networks.

Though Bartolomeo Scala has long intrigued historians, he is a figure whose importance has only recently been appreciated. In Alison Brown's biography Scala emerges as a man of more ability and character than anyone has imagined him to be. We begin to understand why he was employed as chancellor for the almost unrivaled period of thirty-two years. Ms. Brown's study is not only the first extensive treatment of Scala's life but also a significant contribution to our knowledge of Italian Renaissance history and of the contrast between theory and practice in Medicean government. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Though Bartolomeo Scala has long intrigued historians, he is a figure whose importance has only recently been appreciated. In Alison Brown's biography Scala emerges as a man of more ability and character than anyone has imagined him to be. We begin to understand why he was employed as chancellor for the almost unrivaled period of thirty-two years. Ms. Brown's study is not only the first extensive treatment of Scala's life but also a significant contribution to our knowledge of Italian Renaissance history and of the contrast between theory and practice in Medicean government. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

In 1925, Beatrice Blackwood of the University of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum took thirty-three photographs of Kainai people on the Blood Indian Reserve in Alberta as part of an anthropological project. In 2001, staff from the museum took copies of these photographs back to the Kainai and worked with community members to try to gain a better understanding of Kainai perspectives on the images. 'Pictures Bring Us Messages' is about that process, about why museum professionals and archivists must work with such communities, and about some of the considerations that need to be addressed when doing so.Exploring the meanings that historic photographs have for source communities, Alison K. Brown, Laura Peers, and members of the Kainai Nation develop and demonstrate culturally appropriate ways of researching, curating, archiving, accessing, and otherwise using museum and archival collections. They describe the process of relationship building that has been crucial to the research and the current and future benefits of this new relationship. While based in Canada, the dynamics of the 'Pictures Bring Us Messages' project is relevant to indigenous peoples and heritage institutions around the world.

Southampton was one of England's leading medieval ports, with its trade in commodities such as wine, wool and cloth making it among the most prosperous and cosmopolitan towns in the country during the 13th and 15th centuries. From the late Saxon period, the heart of the city lay between two streets, English Street and French Street, an area known as the 'French Quarter'. A major new investigation of this area revealed an impressive series of medieval buildings with vaulted cellars, containing rare and exotic finds. The most significant building, Polymond's Hall, was home to notable residents such as the Venetian Consul in the 15th century and poet and the hymn writer Isaac Watts in the 18th century. This book uses new evidence from the extensive excavations, along with in-depth analysis of the documentary records, to revisit many ongoing debates on the origins and development of Southampton. It shows how the medieval tenements evolved from late Saxon urban estates, and how the dynamics of international trade and diplomacy shaped the changing fortunes of the city.

Following the life of one man, Piero de' Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent's son, Alison Brown sheds new light on several of the most important themes of Renaissance history and culture by combining political history, the history of ideas, and cultural history. This interdisciplinary study weaves together an understudied period of crisis in Italy which brought down three leading dynasties, the revolution that in turn led to the new political realism of writers like Machiavelli, Guicciardini and Francesco Vettori, and, finally, the transition from the civic culture of the early Renaissance to the courtly or princely culture of the Cinquecento. Focusing on Piero's full life and colourful character, Brown grants us a unique and contextualised insight into the patronage, culture and politics of Renaissance Italy whilst grounding broader trends within the lived experience of Florence's most famous ruling family.

Following the life of one man, Piero de' Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent's son, Alison Brown sheds new light on several of the most important themes of Renaissance history and culture by combining political history, the history of ideas, and cultural history. This interdisciplinary study weaves together an understudied period of crisis in Italy which brought down three leading dynasties, the revolution that in turn led to the new political realism of writers like Machiavelli, Guicciardini and Francesco Vettori, and, finally, the transition from the civic culture of the early Renaissance to the courtly or princely culture of the Cinquecento. Focusing on Piero's full life and colourful character, Brown grants us a unique and contextualised insight into the patronage, culture and politics of Renaissance Italy whilst grounding broader trends within the lived experience of Florence's most famous ruling family.

Street trade is a critical and highly visible component of the informal economy, linked to global systems of exchange. Yet policy responses are dismissive and evictions commonplace. Despite being progressively marginalised from public space, street traders in the global south are engaged in spatial and political battlegrounds to reclaim space, and claim de facto property rights over their place of work, through quiet infiltration, union power, or direct action.This book explores 'rebel streets', the challenges faced by informal economy actors and how organised groups are seeking to reframe legal understandings to create new claims to space and urban rights. The book sets out new thinking and a conceptual framework for improved understanding of the plural relationship between law, rights, and space for the informal economy, the contest between traditional, modernist and rights-based approaches to development, and impacts on the urban working poor. With a focus on street trading, the book seeks to reframe the legal context in which modern informal economies operate, drawing on key areas of academic inquiry and case studies of how vendors are staking claim to urban rights. The book argues for a reconceptualisation of legal instruments to provide a rights-based framework for urban work that recognises the legitimacy of urban informal economies, the scope for collective management of urban resources, and the social value of public space as a site for urban livelihoods. It will be of interest to students and scholars of geography, economics, urban studies, development studies, political studies and law.