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Dante's Arm
Dante's Arm is poignant and sensual novel, certain to evoke the reader's senses. Set against the varied backdrops of 1970s Italy and Kenya, the story winds its way through palazzos and villas, savannahs and bush country, taking in the colors, sights and smells of unfamiliar and provocative landscapes. Dante's Arm is history, autobiography, diary, even confession, carrying the reader on a young man's journey through an erotic world of decadence and greed.Livio Maggi finds himself being drawn to a sophisticated older woman. Anxious to gain the acceptance of her elite friends, he struggles to establish himself in their world. His desperation leads him into dangerous territory, as he becomes a pawn in an international diamond smuggling operation - an accomplice to the criminal activities that sustain the wealth and power of a privileged few. Along the way, he explores the voluptuous possibilities of his brave new world, awakening and indulging appetites he never even knew existed – from the simple pleasures of marriage to the exotic, rarified delights of the aristocracy, he is irresistibly compelled to fulfill his hidden desires.
TFS
TFS's architectural language shows a love of symmetry and perspective effects, a care in balancing and imposing purpose on the volumes of his creations and the elements of decoration. It also shows an ability to move without contradiction, from a tribute to Piranesi in a Rome palazzo to the modernist but cultured
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Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories, Volume 1
Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories brings together the papers presented at the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH, Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018). The contributions present the latest research in the field of construction history, covering themes such as: - Building actors - Building materials - The process of building - Structural theory and analysis - Building services and techniques - Socio-cultural aspects - Knowledge transfer - The discipline of Construction History The papers cover various types of buildings and structures, from ancient times to the 21st century, from all over the world. In addition, thematic papers address specific themes and highlight new directions in construction history research, fostering transnational and interdisciplinary collaboration. Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories is a must-have for academics, scientists, building conservators, architects, historians, engineers, designers, contractors and other professionals involved or interested in the field of construction history. This is volume 1 of the book set.
International Futurism in Arts and Literature
This publication offers for the first time an inter-disciplinary and comparative perspective on Futurism in a variety of countries and artistic media. 20 scholars discuss how the movement shaped the concept of a cultural avant-garde and how it influenced the development of modernist art and literature around the world.
Understanding Italo Calvino
Highlights Calvino's fascination with folk tales, knights, social & political allegories, & science fiction.
Italian Renaissance Humanism in the Mirror
This important study takes a new approach to understanding Italian Renaissance humanism, one of the most important cultural movements in Western history. Through a series of close textual studies, Patrick Baker explores the meaning that Italian Renaissance humanism had for an essential but neglected group: the humanists themselves.
Houses. Architecture and Interiors - Achievements
Simplicity and order are the psychological and aesthetic features that Stefano Dorata seeks in architecture and when he is designing his projects. His journey is a long-standing one of research during which his creative language has been refined and enriched and become more precise in the sense that it has abandoned eclecticism in favour of careful blending of styles, but all without ever repudiating the principles of classicism and the elements constituting it. When looking at the twenty-two homes splendidly illustrated in this book — from those in cities and by the sea to those in the countryside and mountains — one becomes aware, on the one hand, that the use of the golden section, sy...
Virginio Gayda, the Yugoslav Question and the Italian Irredenta
This is a study of the early writings of Virginio Gayda (1885-1944), a talented but amoral Italian journalist whose career spanned two world wars. A keen observer, prolific writer and propagandist during his stint as the newspaper La Stampa’s special correspondent in Habsburg Vienna, Gayda lent his considerable skills to promote an aggressive foreign policy. No one did more than he to poison relations between the Italian and Yugoslav peoples. His is the story of a respected journalist who chose an ultranationalist path to fascism and international fame. Not uninfluenced by rank careerism and material reward he forsook his roots to embrace the antisemitic “race” laws of 1938 and Italy’s disastrous partnership with Nazi Germany.
Star Wars: The Rebel Files
Star Wars: The Rebel Files is the #1 book that all die-hard fans need in their collection. The unique tool that will help Star Wars fans develop a deeper understanding on the saga: This top-secret cache reproduces highly sensitive intelligence that traces the Rebel Alliance from its formation through its tireless fight against the Empire and the First Order. From its earliest beginnings in covert opposition to Imperial operations, the Alliance could not leave its most sensitive information open to the risk of digital interception. Instead, it was kept in a secure case, traveling with key senior rebel personnel. Lost in the chaos surrounding the Battle of Endor, it was rediscovered many years...
