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The Barber from Palermo
Sicily, 1866. Ten-year-old Giacomo witnesses the brutality of a revolutionary uprising and his family escapes to the vineyards. At sixteen, Giacomo is given a one-way ticket to America. On his journey he faces threats and illness, and discovers a mysterious key, which he hides in a cherished plastic statue of the Blessed Virgin. Arriving in New York, Giacomo - now James - becomes entangled in gang wars, secrets of a stolen chalice filled with jewels, and a murder he didn't commit. New York, 1901. James now knows where the jewels are hidden, and who is after them. As the past reaches the present, his life comes full circle. An historical adventure full of mystery and suspense, Marianna Ramondetta's THE BARBER FROM PALERMO tells the story of a Sicilian immigrant who must walk a fine line between his conscience and survival.
The Darkest Sides of Politics, I
This book examines a wide array of phenomena that arguably constitute the most noxious, extreme, terrifying, murderous, secretive, authoritarian, and/or anti-democratic aspects of national and international politics. Scholars should not ignore these "dark sides" of politics, however unpleasant they may be, since they influence the world in a multitude of harmful ways. The first volume in this two-volume collection focuses on the history of underground neo-fascist networks in the post-World War II era; neo-fascist paramilitary and terrorist groups operating in Europe and Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s; and the manipulation of those and other terrorist organizations by the security forces of various states, both authoritarian and democratic. A range of global case studies are included, all of which focus on the lesser known activities of certain secular extremist milieus. This collection should prove to be essential reading for students and researchers interested in understanding seemingly arcane but nonetheless important dimensions of recent historical and contemporary politics.
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Governance Failure and Reform Attempts After the Global Economic Crisis of 2008/09
The global economic crisis of 2008/2009 has had a broad impact far beyond economic concerns. Most importantly, it has been seen as a crisis of governance and debates have not just questioned specific regulations, e.g. of global financial markets, but have additionally challenged the appropriateness of underlying governance concepts not only in global markets, but also at the national level. For the post-socialist countries, which adopted market-oriented governance mechanisms less than two decades ago, the global crisis was the first stress test after the post-socialist recovery. The contributions in this book focus on the impact of the crisis and related reform attempts in two important areas. The first area is financial and monetary policy, which is at the core of the global crisis of 2008/2009. The second area is relations between business and state actors, where corruption and weak institutional frameworks can both seriously hamper reform attempts. The volume comprises essential contributions on how the post-socialist countries have tried to cope with the first global economical crisis they saw themselves confronted with.
La macchina delle bugie
Dentro e dietro la tv, sotto i titoli dei giornali, tra le pieghe delle intercettazioni, bruciano i fatti. L’Italia di oggi inventata, manipolata e negata dal potere dei media. Con una intervista a Roberto Saviano. Il Giornale radio trasmette soltanto notizie di fatti realmente accaduti, imparzialmente scelti tra quelli di importanza nazionale o internazionale, obiettivamente riferiti nei loro esatti particolari, disposti nell’ordine che meglio corrisponde all’interesse del pubblico. – Il Giornale radio, Guida pratica, RAI 1948 Se di un evento non si parla in tv è come se non esistesse. Ma quando se ne parla, spesso viene usato e distorto. In altre parole bruciato. Il mondo dell’i...
Fiorire tra le rocce
A Erto, il paese delle Dolomiti friulane segnato dalla tragedia del Vajont e amato dai climber per le sue magnifiche falesie, c’è una via di roccia che si chiama “Mari’s Bad Rock Day”: è dedicata a Marianna Corona, in ricordo del giorno in cui lei proprio su quella parete si bloccò, senza riuscire più a salire né a scendere. Ma Marianna ancora non sapeva che quella era solo una sorta di prova generale, in vista del passaggio ben più duro che la vita le avrebbe riservato nel 2017: la malattia, di fronte alla quale non c’è allenamento o tecnica che venga in soccorso, ma bisogna cercare dentro di sé le risorse per farcela. Sì, perché la vita ha molto in comune con la montagn...
Dancing Days
Un libro inconsueto, la storia microscopica di un periodo brevissimo, in cui l'autore accumula un intero patrimonio documentario, fra giornali, film, testimonianze personali, per metterlo in rapporto con un cambiamento d'epoca che rovescia in modo copernicano lo stile di vita dell'Italia di allora. Edmondo Berselli, "la Repubblica" A scavare dentro il biennio cruciale 1978-1979, scrutandone l'irruzione e la discontinuità, è questo libro scatenato e lucidissimo di Paolo Morando: una bellissima pagina nel giornalismo di inchiesta. Giorgio Boatti, "Tuttolibri" Una rilettura, molto documentata, del biennio 1978-1979. Dalle lettere d'amore sulla prima pagina del "Corriere" al boom degli stilist...
Advances on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Manufacturing
This book gathers papers presented at the International Joint Conference on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (JCM 2016), held on 14-16 September, 2016, in Catania, Italy. It reports on cutting-edge topics in product design and manufacturing, such as industrial methods for integrated product and process design; innovative design; and computer-aided design. Further topics covered include virtual simulation and reverse engineering; additive manufacturing; product manufacturing; engineering methods in medicine and education; representation techniques; and nautical, aeronautics and aerospace design and modeling. The book is divided into eight main sections, reflecting the focus and primary themes of the conference. The contributions presented here will not only provide researchers, engineers and experts in a range of industrial engineering subfields with extensive information to support their daily work; they are also intended to stimulate new research directions, advanced applications of the methods discussed, and future interdisciplinary collaborations.
