Angelo: 844 books

This book provides a significant history of Italy's brutal occupation of Libya. Using the lens of the life of the iconic resistance fighter Mohamed Fekini, it tells the story of Libya under Ottoman and Italian rule from the point of view of the colonized.

Combining candy-colored paint jobs with muscle car attitudes and southern California coo, Hot Wheels cars changed the toy world forever in 1968. For the next 10 years as millions of kids discovered the joy of these miniature marvels, one small characteristic came to define this radical die-cast era:...

The title says it all. This book will inspire you and make you fall in love with the Trinity (the Godhead) and will fulfill your every need and give you your heart’s desire. You will find the truths in Gods living word, selected scripture that proves Gods love for you, regardless of who you are....

Iran and the Muslim countries where the irrational burqa is more popular today than one or two generations ago count more politically and economically than few years ago. The countries where the miniskirt and more relaxed moral attitudes have been more popular count always less in the world scene....

The Intellectual as a Detective: From Leonardo Sciascia to Roberto Saviano offers a fresh perspective on both Italian crime fiction and the role of the intellectual in Italian society. By analyzing the characterization of men of culture as investigators, this book addresses their social commitment...

Investigating Fascism offers an original approach to the historical novel and its connection to crime fiction. The study of contemporary novels set during Mussolini’s rule, with specific attention to the topics of violence, justice, mystery, and personal identity, leads to a discussion about, among...

One fine winter morning a little more than a hundred years ago the sun peeped into the snow-clad valley of the Connecticut, and smiled cordially upon the snug homes of the sons and daughters of the American Revolution. The Yankee farmers had long been stirring. Smoke curled up from every chimney in...

Scientists have always attempted to explain the world in terms of a few unifying principles. In the fifth century B.C. Democritus boldly claimed that reality is simply a collection of indivisible and eternal parts or atoms. Over the centuries his doctrine has remained a landmark, and much progress...

Despite our many abilities, human beings have yet to harness absolute answers to the mysteries of our very existence. Over the centuries, many great thinkers have tried to make sense of it all, through the use of science, philosophy, and religion, but the big answers remain elusive. All human knowledge,...

Rosita- The Farmhouse Near the Sea is the second book of the Rosita series. This adventure takes Rosita and her forever family to the Carolina coastal area, where she is introduced to a beautiful and wonderful body of water that is so vast it is impossible for her to see across to the other shore....

In this fascinating and rare little book, a leading Italian feminist philosopher and the Archbishop of Milan face off over the contemporary meaning of the biblical commandment not to kill. The result is a series of erudite and wide-ranging arguments that move from murder and suicide to just...

Happiness Is Overrated begins with an historical overview of the development of the concept of 'happiness' from Plato to contemporary writers, highlighting the best scholarship emerging from philosophy, psychology, and sociology. Belliotti includes practical advice on how to attain happiness and addresses...

As Melissa and Emily go through high school as girlfriends, they learn that life was'nt exactly what they thought. Expectations and dreams do not always turn out. It seems that looks and guts are not necessarily what determines who we are and who we become.