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The Sicilian Mafia
Blood ceremonies, obscure symbols, elaborate codes, brutal executions: the arcane remnants of a defunct culture? The Mafia, this book suggests, is not nearly as bizarre as all that, not nearly as remote as we might think. In fact, as Diego Gambetta's analysis unfolds, the Mafia begins to resemble any other business. In a society where trust is in short supply, this business sells protection, a guarantee of safe conduct for commercial and social transactions. It grudgingly shares the market with other concerns like itself, of which it is merely the most successful. The author develops his elegant economic theory with ample evidence, much of it based on the remarkable work done by Judge Giovan...
Codes of the Underworld
The signs and signals of criminal communication How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems of whom to trust, how to make themselves trusted, and how to handle information without being detected by rivals or police. In this book, one of the world's leading scholars of the mafia ranges from ancient Rome to the gangs of modern Japan, from the prisons of Western countries to terrorist and pedophile rings, to explain how despite these constraints...
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Malastrada
I Malarazza hanno conquistato l'America. Alla fine dell'Ottocento l'impero dei Montalto si estende dagli Stati Uniti all'Europa, i loro commerci fioriscono, le loro navi collegano le sponde dell'Atlantico e il loro vino è sulle tavole più prestigiose. Prima di lasciare New York, Rosaria Battaglia ha affidato ai figli Leonardo e Paolo la guida della banca di cui è stata la prima donna presidente, ed è tornata a Castellammare del Golfo con la figlia minore, Benedetta: è lei che un giorno dovrà prendere le redini del ramo siciliano della famiglia. Giovane, bella ed emancipata, Benedetta si innamora di Ignazio Rizzo, che con il padre Vincenzo ha gestito la ricchezza dei Montalto. Ma Don Vi...
Crossing Paths
Organ transplantion is always a cruel crossing of paths: there is a life that ends, and another that regains vital energy. This book, a real memoire, talks about the implications of an organ transplant – also thanks to some patients’ direct accounts. Main theme is the training-both medical and human - the author conducted at the Liver transplantation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Part of the revenue of this book will be deployed to fund scientific research of young Italian doctors abroad.
