The military nobility - "signori di castelli," lords of castles - formed an important component of the society of Renaissance Italy, although they have often been disregarded by historians, or treated as an anomaly. In Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy, Christine Shaw provides the first comparative study of "lords of castles," great and small, throughout Italy, examining their military and political significance, and how their roles changed during the Italian Wars. Her main focus is on their military resources and how they deployed them in public and...

On the day Dan Valentino walks into her office, widowed Kate Goodlove is smitten and the decision to hire him as a foreman in her bakery is an easy one. The decision to become his lover and business partner is not quite so straightforward: after all, he's a few years younger than her and she's still feeling vulnerable after the death of her husband, two years earlier. But then, Dan is handsome, has the most gorgeous 'velvet' eyes and he's happy to include Kate's daughter, Molly, in everything they do... What more could a woman want? Dan has travelled around Europe learning his trade and he's...

Telling the time is a complex skill that many children struggle to grasp. Schofield & Sims Telling the Time breaks this difficult topic down into a sequence of manageable ideas that young learners can approach at their own pace. Telling the Time Book 1 supports the National Curriculum requirements for Year 1.