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![]() ![]() It was originally written in the Florentine dialect of Italian and wasn’t translated into English until 1620, and even then it was only a partial translation. The Decameron is a collection of novellas written by Giovanni Boccaccio sometime between 13. Themes are playfully restated from one story to another within an elegant and refined framework. Boccaccio’s skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in this virtuoso performance of one hundred tales, vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots which revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions. Summary: In a country villa outside the city, ten young noble men and women who have escaped the plague decide to tell each other stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Margaret Court match had already happened, and she lost (to Riggs) - that was Mother's Day that year. I have a July birthday, so I remember my godmother gave me a birthday present - she may have made it herself from newspaper article clippings about the match that was coming up. I remember a tremendous lead-up to Battle of the Sexes. Bringing the tennis to life in 'Battle of the Sexes'.So that was a big, important year - to know that I was elite not just in Maryland or in mid-Atlantic or in my USTA section, but nationally, I was starting to get on the map. But when I was 13, I think that was the year that, behind Tracy Austin, I had become ranked nationally. I still played varsity basketball my freshman year of high school - basketball was the last sport I gave up for my tennis. It's when I gave up skiing, I gave up winter sports. When I was 13, tennis became more of my life. But in the scheme of how the top 11-year-olds train these days, I didn't play anywhere near the amount of tennis. I was starting to play some state tournaments, maybe I played one national tournament. ![]() It was becoming a bigger part of my life, but it was still mainly my summer hobby. Living in Baltimore at age 11, I was still not single-focused on tennis. She recalled for espnW her memories of that day. Pam Shriver, who would go on to win 21 major doubles titles, was 11 at the time. 20, 1973, Billie Jean King played Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now for the first time, the Library of America presents his landmark essay collections in a definitive two-volume set.īeginning with the surprise million-copy seller The Immense Journey (1957), Eiseley produced an astonishing succession of books that won acclaim both as science and as art. Weaving together anecdote, philosophical reflection, and keen observation with the soul and skill of a poet, Eiseley offers a brilliant, companionable introduction to the sciences, paving the way for writers like Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. ![]() At the height of a distinguished career as a �bone-hunter� and paleontologist, Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay in six remarkable books that are masterpieces of prose style. To read Loren Eiseley (1907�1977) is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. ![]() Modern Thoreau explores the mysteries of the universe in this deluxe collector's boxed set. ![]() Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos: A Library of America Boxed Set Loren Eiseley | William Cronon € 69.99 This item is temporarily not available through our suppliers. ![]() ![]() ![]() When he steps through the door that the key unlocks, his body drops dead but his spirit is able to fly around the house. ![]() After exploring the grounds a bit, Bode finds a key with a skull on it. Rendell and Duncan lived there growing up, but Duncan has blocked out a lot of his memories of the place. Keyhouse has been home to the Lockes for hundreds of years. Nina ( Miranda Otto) and her three children, Tyler ( Jesse McCartney), Kinsey ( Sarah Bolger), and Bode (Skylar Gertner) meet up with Rendell's brother Duncan ( Nick Stahl) and look to get a fresh start. The story focuses on the Locke family as they move into Keyhouse, after the tragic murder of patriarch Rendell ( Mark Pellegrino). The plot focuses on adventure stories centered on three children who become the caretakers of a New England mansion, which is home to a bevy of secrets and magic. Expected to debut in 2011, Fox opted not to order Locke & Key to series. ![]() Locke & Key is a television pilot of a TV series based on the comic book series written by Joe Hill and published by IDW Publishing. ![]() |