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 ...

‘Moms don’t sleep. They just worry with their eyes closed.’ Are you losing sleep while your mind jumps to every worst-case scenario? Are you parenting from a place of fear? If you’re a helicopter mom who can’t seem to relax, Alison can relate and she wants to help you break the habit of worry and live with peace instead – the way God intended. Most of what people worry about will never actually happen. If you’re a chronic worrier, knowing this doesn’t put the fire out, nothing does until y...

Love You, Love You is a cute and cuddly board book that shows the love between family members of all kinds. With heartwarming read-aloud rhymes and sweet illustrations by international artist Alison Brown, Love You, Love You is the perfect way to say, “I love you!” to the little ones in your life any time of year.With an adorable cover case adorned with glitter, this book is perfect for Valentine’s Day, baby showers, baptisms, birthdays, new parents or grandparent...

The funniest counting book of the year, featuring twenty VERY silly bears. Can you count them all?Twenty bears have been asleepLying in a snoring heap.Now it's spring and time to clean!Time to tidy, shine and sheen!Get ready for a shot of pure counting fun, as twenty very busy bears attempt to spring clean their cottage after winter hibernation. Spring is here and it's time to TIDY … but are these sil...

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 arc...

In the frozen Antarctic, one curious little penguin decides to explore the ice and the snow and the sea. On his travels he sees two blue whales, a family of sea lions and a whole school of orca, but soon Penguin starts to miss his own family. Sometimes coming home is the best adventure of all.Told in rhyming couplets, this feel-good book is perfect for bedtimes and cuddle-up times. From bestselling author Tony Mitton, and beautifully illustrated by Alison Brown. This eBook...

In the frozen Antarctic, one curious little penguin decides to explore the ice and the snow and the sea. On his travels he sees two blue whales, a family of sea lions and a whole school of orca, but soon Penguin starts to miss his own family. Sometimes coming home is the best adventure of all.Told in rhyming couplets, this feel-good book is perfect for bedtimes and cuddle-up times. From bestselling author Tony Mitton, and beautifully illustrated by Alison Brown.

_______________From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes a reassuring tale about starting nursery or school.It's a big day for Little Owl. His first day at school. Little Owl doesn't want a big day though. He'd rather stay at home and have fun with Mummy and Baby Owl.But at school he gets to build a rocket, learn to fly and even make a tiny new friend. Maybe big days spent with friends can be lots of fun after...

Little Owl does NOT want a babysitter … he's not a baby and he certainly doesn't want to be sat on! When Pinny the babysitter arrives, Little Owl wants a long bedtime story and a hot chocolate with forty marshmallows – and he mustn't forget to say goodnight to ALL his toys, about a millionty billion of them!Then, Little Owl sets Pinny a final, impossible task:'The moon,' said Little Owl, 'I need it by my bedside.'With all the trademark humour that readers h...

_______________From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes another story about Little Owl... and this time he does NOT want to make new friends!Little Owl doesn't want to play with Small Squirrel. No, no, NO!He wants to play with his bestest best toy, Hedge.Besides, friends are no fun, right? Small Squirrel talks too much and eats all the cinnamon buns too.But what if this new friendship involves ...

You make me happy, you make me new.Together there's NOTHING that we cannot do.A special someone can make you happy in all sorts of ways. In this delightfully optimistic and feel-good book, Fox and Porcupine discover that blue skies or grey, EVERYTHING is better when they're together.Beautifully illustrated with a loose line, delicate touch and lashings of charm, this is the perfect gift to make someone special very happy. This eBook comes with glorio...

**A gorgeously uplifting celebration of friendship and togetherness**From the moment the sun rises, two lovable little creatures face the world together - side by side, hand in hand. Through every joy and challenge, their bond never wavers.This tender, beautifully illustrated picture book is a celebration of friendship, love, and the comfort of knowing that someone's always by your side. With Alison Brown's soft, expressive artwork and Smriti Halls' gentle,...