Carlo: 1308 books
by Emilio Carlo Corriero
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
This book describes the reception of the Nietzschean Death of God within the Italian philosophical debate, an ambit traditionally concerned with emphasising the practical-political meaning of philosophical thinking.
Nietzsche's abyssal announcement of the Death of God - "mein Wort für...
by Carlo Torta
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Una raccolta di poesie che svelano l'animo umano, scavando nella vita privata delle persone e nella visione più globale dell'esistenza umana, talvolta in modo romantico altre volte esprimendo le proprie sensazioni in maniera cruda, diretta e penetrante. Un'opera che vi colpirà e vi chiederà di immedesimarvi nell'autore, cercando di capirne l'essenza.
Relativism and Religion
Why Democratic Societies Do Not Need Moral Absolutes
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Moral relativism is deeply troubling for those who believe that, without a set of moral absolutes, democratic societies will devolve into tyranny or totalitarianism. Engaging directly with this claim, Carlo Invernizzi Accetti traces the roots of contemporary anti-relativist fears to the antimodern...
Economic Fascism
Primary Sources on Mussolini's Crony Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
It may be argued that Mussolini (1883–1945, dictator of Italy 1922–1943) invented modern crony capitalism. Although he described himself as a socialist, he rejected the Marxist version. As he saw it, the state would not own the economy. Ownership would nominally remain in private hands, although...
by Carlo Mugelli
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Carlo è un medico che vive intensamente la sua realtà nella quale uomo e dottore sono spesso sovrapposti, fusi in un unico personaggio dalle mille sfumature. Nelle battaglie che affronta con i pazienti, uomo e medico si fondono cercando di unire il meglio delle qualità di entrambi. Con ogni paziente...
The Night Battles (RLE Witchcraft)
Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives, the book recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centred on the benandanti. These men and women regarded themselves as professional anti-witches, who (in dream-like states) apparently fought ritual battles against witches and wizards, to protect...
Quiet Leadership
Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Carlo Ancelotti is one of the greatest managers of all time, with five Champions League titles to his name. Yet his approach could not be further from the aggressive theatricals favoured by many of his rivals. His understated style has earned him the fierce loyalty of players like David Beckham, Zlatan...
by Carlo Perotti
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 6, 2014
La storia del basket non si snoda solo seguendo le imprese dei suoi più grandi campioni come Michael Jordan o Larry Bird piuttosto che Dino Meneghin o Drazen Petrovic, storie comunque abbondantemente narrate, bensì anche tra le vicende e le giocate di giocatori meno talentuosi o forse solo meno...
Cut Time
An Education at the Fights
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2003
Carlo Rotella, an award-winning writer and ringside veteran, unearths the hard wisdom in any kind of fight, from barroom dustup to HBO extravaganza. He vividly describes the tough choices and subtle pleasures that come the way of every fighter, from perennial underdogs on the tank-town circuit to...
by Zygmunt Bauman, Carlo Bordoni
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward....
The Political and Economic Thought of the Young Keynes
Liberalism, Markets and Empire
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
A century ago, John Maynard Keynes entered the Treasury to serve his country during the First World War, but as is well known, appalled by the terms of the end-of-war Treaty of Versailles, he abandoned the British delegation, outlining the predictable adverse results in the Economic Consequences of...
Corruption
A Short History
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world.
In Corruption: A Short History, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough and entertaining look at how corruption was born and has evolved over time, without ever being...
What We Owe
Truths, Myths, and Lies about Public Debt
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The euro crisis, Japan's sluggish economy, and partisan disagreements in the United States about the role of government all have at least one thing in common: worries about high levels of public debt. Nearly everyone agrees that public debt in many advanced economies is too high to be sustainable...
Food & Freedom
How the Slow Food Movement Is Changing the World Through Gastronomy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Inspiring the global fight to revolutionize the way food is grown, distributed, and eaten. In the almost thirty years since Carlo Petrini began the Slow Food organization, he has been constantly engaged in the fight for food justice. Beginning first in his native Italy and then expanding all over...