Campanella: 52 books

Exploring the Crescent City from the ground up, Richard Campanella takes us on a winding journey toward explaining the city’s distinct urbanism and eccentricities. In Cityscapes of New Orleans, Campanella—a historical geographer and professor at Tulane University—reveals the why behind the where,...

New Orleans is a city of many storied streets, but only one conjures up as much unbridled passion as it does fervent hatred, simultaneously polarizing the public while drawing millions of visitors a year. A fascinating investigation into the mile-long urban space that is Bourbon Street, Richard Campanella's...

In keeping with the inquisitive spirit of their times, two 17th-century writers envisioned their own philosophical and intellectual utopias. Tomasso Campanella, a Calabrian monk, published The City of the Sun in 1623, and Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis appeared in 1627. Campanella was a student...

Motherhood: Lost and Found takes the reader on a journey where Alzheimer’s disease and infertility intersect. At age 33, award-winning author and poet Ann Campanella returns to her home state of North Carolina ready to build a horse farm and start a family. Ann’s foundation is shaken when she...

"The City of the Sun" is a utopia written by the Dominican Friar Tommaso Campanella in Italian in 1602.  This short story is a dialogue between a grandmaster of the Knights Hospitallers and a Genoese Sea-captain, about the latter's voyage to a utopian city.  Perhaps the most interesting...

Se trata de la novelización de la comedia televisiva del mismo nombre, escrita y dirigida por Juan José Campanella y protagonizada por Guillermo Francella, Luis Brandoni y Mercedes Morán que emitió Telefé en 2011/2012 y que emitirá HBO para toda Latinoamérica en 2013. Hugo, honesto,...

Tommaso Campanella: Der Sonnenstaat. Idee eines philosophischen Gemeinwesens Ein poetischer Dialog La Città del Sole. Dialogo di Repubblica nel quale si dimostra l'idea di riforma della Repubblica cristiana conforme alla promessa da Dio fatta alle Sante Caterina et Brigida. Entstanden 1602, zweite Fassung...

Tommaso Campanella, al secolo Giovan Domenico Campanella, è vissuto dal 1568 al 1639. È stato, oltre che frate domenicano italiano, anche filosofo, teologo e poeta. Cospicua la sua produzione letteraria che Utet offre oggi in un'inedita versione ebook, completa di un nutrito apparato critico fruibile in modalità ipertestuale.

La città del sole è un'opera filosofica, a sfondo politico, caratterizzata da una struttura dialogica che ricorda da vicino gli scritti platonici. Nonostante la prima stesura risale al 1602, ancora oggi conserva intatta la sua intrinseca natura di cambiamento e di novità. In poche ma incisive pagine...

La Città del Sole Tommaso Campanella, filosofo, teologo, poeta e frate domenicano italiano (1568-1639) Questo libro elettronico presenta «La Città del Sole», di Tommaso Campanella. Indice interattivo: -01- A proposito di questo libro -02- DIALOGO POETICO -03- INTERLOCUTORI

In 2008, 14-year-old Laura Robson shocked the world by giving Britain its first Wimbledon winner in 14 years.From seemingly out of nowhere, the previously unknown teen stormed through the famous tournament to win the girls' singles title, instantly making her the talk of the tennis cognoscenti.With...

The systematic study of Utopias cannot but be fruitful of results. Fantastic though many of the systems are, each is nevertheless a mirror of the prevailing thought of the period in which it is written and a key to the ideals of the best men. To write properly the history of Utopias from the time...

From ancient bayous to beloved old businesses, Metairie has changed dramatically over generations. And many of those landmarks are lost to time. The lake, railroads and a beach resort were popular features in the early days. A streetcar ran through the short-lived City of Metairie Ridge, where gambling...

With their silly puns, down-to-earth style and obvious affection for each other, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were a defining part of 1990s popular culture. For two years their hit show, Light Lunch, was staple viewing for housewives and students up and down the country, and with lucrative advertising...