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Chi siete? domandò. Sono Garienne, del popolo che voi uomini chiamate elfi. Gaelle continuò a pensare che stesse sognando o che fosse addirittura morta. Che dite? Sono già morta per caso o sto sognando? L'elfa rise e si avvicinò prendendole la mano. Non sei morta e nemmeno stai sognando, figlia della Lontra. Andiamo, abbiamo molte cose da dirti. Cose che aiuteranno la vostra causa e cose che solo tu dovrai sapere. Tu e nessun altro le disse accompagnandola verso delle barchette ormeggiate lì vicino e sedendosi in quella più grande.
(Seguito de "La magia perduta degli elfi") Il mago sorrise. Rimase nel capanno con la ragazza fino alle prime luci dell'alba. Poi si scostò da lei e si rimise il cappuccio sul viso. Partiremo fra un'ora Nyanna. Torna a casa e prendi un bagaglio leggero. Io vado a procurarmi il nostro mezzo di trasporto. Sarà un viaggio lungo le disse sbrigativamente. Nyanna sbadigliò e si alzò. Come vuoi. Ma puoi dirmi ora dove andremo? Al di là del deserto dei Fennec. Fuori dai confini di ciò che conosciamo.
Quello che avevano sempre pensato essere solo un libro di fantasia, nascondeva in realtà la vera storia di come il loro mondo fosse nato. Un antenato della famiglia reale della Terra dell'Orso aveva scritto la storia per loro, per far sì che non dimenticassero, ma il tempo, inesorabile, dopo aver celato l'esistenza della magia, aveva cancellato anche il vero intento del libro; fino a quel momento almeno. Chi era l'antenato di Klye e Dengan che aveva scritto il libro? Cosa gli era accaduto? Chi aveva reso possibile la creazione del loro mondo? Ora tutte queste domande avevano finalmente una risposta. (Prequel de "La magia perduta degli elfi")
The year is 999 A.D. Christians in Europe are preparing themselves for the arrival of the Messiah at the millennium and religious fervour is in the air. Sailing from the North African port of Tangier to a small, distant town called Paris are a Jewish merchant, Ben Attar, his two beloved wives and his Arab partner, Abu Lutfi. They have come for a meeting with their third partner the widower, Raphael Abulafia who has been forced to turn his back on their previous trading partnership because of his new wife's distrust of the dual marriage of Ben Attar. The latter turns this annual trading voyage into a personal quest to legitimise his second wife, restore his honour and, equally important, to s...
This book has a unique focus on physiotherapy techniques and training methods that are ideally suited for the obese patient. Despite its related comorbidities and disability, not to mention its pandemic proportions, the impact of obesity on individual capacities and rehabilitative outcomes is often neglected by physiotherapists and physical trainers alike. The number of disabled subjects who are also obese is now increasing worldwide, as is the rate of obese patients admitted to post-acute rehabilitation units. The effective rehabilitative treatment of these patients involves special multidisciplinary considerations. This book fills that gap, by gathering evidence-based chapters addressing n...
Obesity is currently regarded as one of the major health challenges of the developed world. Excess body weight is an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, musculoskeletal disorders and even psychiatric problems and is estimated to cause nearly 3 million deaths per year worldwide. Obesity is not necessarily associated with comorbidities: there are indeed metabolically healthy obese individuals. Thus, we need to consider individuals presenting simple with obesity separately from those at risk of developing or who have already developed complex clinical states potentially leading to disability. Comorbidities can tip the balance of inde...
"The first English translation of "Ritratto in piedi," winner of the Premio Campiello 1971, this semi-autobiographical novel portrays the artistic, intellectual and emotional relationship between Gianna Manzini and her father, Giuseppe, a noted Italian anarchist, publisher and writer who died in exile in 1925"--Provided by publisher.
Confessionalization in Europe, 1555-1700 brings together a closely-focused set of essays by leading scholars from the USA, UK, and Europe, in memory of Bodo Nischan. They address what historians of the Early Modern period have recently come to define as the pre-eminent issue in the history of the Reformation, as they turn their emphases from the earlier part of the 16th century to the relatively neglected latter half of the century. By the time of his death Bodo Nischan had distinguished himself as a significant contributor to this central problem of confessionalization. The concept involves the practice of 'confession building' which in relation to that of 'social disciplining', promoted in...
This innovative collection of essays re-examines conventional ideas of the history of childhood, exploring the child's increasing prominence in eighteenth-century discourse and the establishment of the category of age as a marker of social distinction alongside race, class and gender. While scholars often approach childhood within the context of a single nation, this collection takes a comparative approach, examining the child in British, German and French contexts and demonstrating the mutual influences between the Continent and Great Britain in the conceptualization of childhood. Covering a wide range of subjects, from scientific and educational discourses on the child and controversies ov...