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Family Oral History Across the World
Family Oral History Across the World presents a process for memorializing family histories, bringing together established oral history standards, exploratory research, and narrative data analysis. Based on and using a prequestionnaire and over 40 recorded interviews with people from across six continents, the analysis system used in the book presents material from these interviews that brings alive the experience of the family history journey. One of the guiding principles is to encourage readers to interview family members, but also others outside the family unit, and to produce a family history in whatever format works. The book illustrates this through the inclusion of many unusual format...
The Secrets of Soviet Cosmonauts
This book sheds new light on an amazing history, only partially known in the west: Russian cosmonautics and its spectacular record. From Laika, the cosmonaut dog, to Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, to Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, to the first spacewalk, the Soviets set many goals that they subsequently achieved. But there are shadows behind these headline moments, moments involving human loss, some of which are known, others only rumored. Questions remain, such as: · What was the “flying coffin”? · What secrets are still hidden inside the Russian archives, despite two rounds of declassification? · Why didn’t Marina Popovich (“Madame Mig”) become a cosmonaut? · What problems made it necessary to film Valentina Tereshkova's return? · What (scientific) hypotheses exist concerning Gagarin's mysterious disappearance? The author addresses all of these issues, with help from the documents now available. This book will benefit a broad readership, from interested laypersons to graduate and undergraduate students to those who merely enjoy good history-based stories.
Syria
A precious book to examine in depht the complex Middle Eastern situation in all its aspects. The Russian diplomat Maria Khodynskaya Golenischeva analyses the background and the main causes of the Syrian Civil War; she reviews anti-government and pro-government groups; highlights the importance of US and the role they could play in the future; describes the complex directives of Moscow diplomacy both within UN field of action and on a bilateral and multilateral level. The author, who perfectly speaks Arabic language and has a deep knowledge of the Middle East issue, has been based in Geneva UN base for seven years. She has covered the conflict from its beginning, often visiting Syria and the other countries involved in peace negotiations. Maria Khodynskaya Golenischeva used a series of documental sources and enriched her book thanks to her personal experience.
The Long March to the West
Compilation of papers on the problematic of Eurabia, i.e. the massive, illegal integration from the south to the north. Sheds light on a multitude of issues, including reactions by right-wing or nationalist parties in European countries, migratory flows within Arab-speaking countries east of Egypt and from the Maghreb, relationships between certain migrants and the Mafia, integration of migrants, etc.
Women on the verge of Jihad
Surprisingly, jihadi groups like ISIS do not only attract female supporters coming from Muslim communities, but also Western women who grew up in non- Muslim environments. Trauma, depression and the need for a more exciting life outside the constraints of Western society brought some women to embrace the political cause of waging jihad and supporting terrorism. This book discovers the hidden psychological and sociological drivers that can lead young Western women to support jihadi ideology, violence and sometimes suicide. Through real and uncanny stories, supported by reliable official data, the book provides a scientific analysis of the mechanisms that can lead any “girl next door” to approve and passionately fall for a destructive movement, which she perceives as a heroic, romantic and empowering act.
LA LETTERATURA AZERBAIGIANA DI INIZIO NOVECENTO
Per la prima volta in Italia un volume interamente dedicato alla letteratura azerbaigiana moderna e contemporanea. L’illustre accademico e letterato azerbaigiano Isa Habibbeyli presenta al lettore le biografie e le opere degli scrittori, poeti, critici e studiosi azerbaigiani del Novecento, offrendo una panoramica ampia e particolareggiata dell’intensa produzione culturale del Paese. Il libro, pubblicato in Azerbaigian dall’Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze, è di sicuro interesse per filologi e studiosi delle lingue e letterature orientali, ma anche per gli appassionati del Paese caucasico e della sua cultura. Presenti nel libro: Ganizada, Narimanov, Akhundov, Efendiyev, Zardabi, Musabeyov, Sanili, Mammadguluzadeh, Sabir, Achverdov, Ordubadi, Hajibeyov, Shahtakhtinski, Mammadzadeh, Gamgjusar, Chamanzaminli, Sultanov, Nemanzadeh, Muznib, Shabestarti, Abbaszade, Zeynalabdin, Hadi, Cavid, Huseynzade, Sahhat, Shaig, Kocharli, Ağayev, Sur, Rasulzade, Hüseyn.
Le 101 donne più malvagie della storia
Eroine nere, sciagurate, perdute e diaboliche Una lista nera di eroine assetate di potere e di sangue, di vendetta e di denaro: maghe, streghe, tessitrici di intrighi, efferate criminali, vedove per vocazione, contesse annoiate e nevrotiche. Dalle regine intriganti alle criminali armate di calibro 38, dalle infermiere assassine alle guardiane naziste, e poi serial killer, avvelenatrici, mafiose, gangster e casalinghe disturbate... cui si aggiungono personaggi di un composito mondo irreale, dalle vampire dell’epoca romantica alle vendicatrici in tuta gialla del cinema pulp, dalla letteratura al fumetto, da Euripide a Hitchcock: l’elenco delle donne fatali è lungo. Da Isabella di Castigli...
Dalla parte giusta
Guido Ucelli di Nemi (1885-1964) è stato uno dei grandi industriali italiani del Novecento e, al tempo stesso, un italiano che ebbe il coraggio di mettere in gioco tutte le sue fortune per salvare gli amici ebrei dalle aberrazioni delle leggi razziali prima e dalle persecuzioni naziste poi. Nel 1914 sposò Carla Tosi, figlia del fondatore delle omonime officine meccaniche di Legnano. Consigliere delegato della Riva, ingegnere, era un visionario appassionato di archeologia. A lui si deve il recupero delle navi fatte costruire duemila anni fa da Caligola e che giacevano da secoli sul fondo del lago di Nemi, nel Lazio, impresa che gli valse la gratitudine di Mussolini e il titolo di nobile, co...
