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Italians in Wales and their Cultural Representations, 1920s-2010s
Italian immigrants began to settle in Wales at the turn of the 19th century, opening hundreds of coffee shops, particularly in the South Wales Valleys. Despite this, such immigrants remain a largely unexplored case study in the history of Italian immigration to the UK. This book uses a variety of unexplored sources, and engages with the broader academic debate on migration, identity, and the trans-generational transmission of memory, to describe the emergence of Welsh-Italian narratives and the formation of a distinctive, yet complex, Welsh-Italian identity. It follows a chronological journey, moving from the interwar period, a time in which Italians in Wales were generally regarded as fully...
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The Monuments
'Peter Cossins is an engaging writer whose conversational style makes this an effortless yet interesting read. The cosy tone delivers a great deal with a good balance of history and anecdotes. If you wish to explore cycling beyond the Grand Tours this is the book.' - Carlton Kirby An awe-inspiring history of the five most legendary 'classic' races in world cycling. The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Toughest, longest and dirtiest of all are the so-called 'Monuments', the five legendary races that are the sport's equivalent of golf's majors or the grand slams in tennis. Milan–Sanremo, t...
Antonioni, Or, The Surface of the World
Michelangelo Antonioni is one of the great visual artists of the cinema. The central and distinguishing strength of Antonioni's mature films, Seymour Chatman argues, is narration by a kind of visual minimalism, by an intense concentration on the sheer appearance of things and a rejection of explanatory dialogue. Though traditional audiences have balked at the "opacity" of Antonioni's films, it is precisely their rendered surface that is so eloquent once one learns to read it. Not despite, but through, their silences the films show a deep concern with the motives, perceptions and vicissitudes of the emotional life. This study covers films not dealt with in any other book on the great director...
Reconnected
In this stunning sequel to his first novel "Connected.", Nick Apuzzo draws us back into 'the life' of organized crime among New York's five families. Two years have transpired and there are dark clouds on the horizon...the assassination of a key member of the family ignites a vicious struggle for power. Eddie Ferrara, now living in California, returns for the funeral of a long time family member and finds himself at the center of the conflict. In "Reconnected", more of the family's history and its members are revealed as Eddie reunites with his former crew and moves within the upper echelons of the organization. Facing the winds of the gathering storm, Eddie is back in New York City and...'Reconnected.'
Pedalare! Pedalare! : a history of Italian cycling
The story of Italian cycling is the story of Italy in the twentieth century.
Michelangelo Antonioni
Collected interviews with the Italian filmmaker who directed L'avventura, La notte, Blow Up, and Zabriskie Point
Subject Catalog
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The Ascent
Barry Ryan is European Editor at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and other events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is from Glanworth in County Cork.
