Carlo: 1308 books
by Carlo Rovelli
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Ci sono frontiere della conoscenza dove brucia il nostro desiderio di sapere: sono nelle profondità più minute del tessuto dello spazio, nelle origini del cosmo, nella natura del tempo, nella destinazione dei buchi neri. Qui, a contatto con l’oceano di quanto non sappiamo, bellezza e mistero ci...
Krishnamurti
Vie et Oeuvre de Jiddu Krishnamurti
Language: French
Release Date: June 8, 2012
Texte intégral révisé. Biographie de Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986). A son début, le message de Krishnamurti fut un appel simple et direct à participer à une vie libérée, un appel empreint d'amour et s'adressant à l'amour. Il fut le chant qu'adresse un homme délivré de ses chaînes à la...
Investment Banking History
National and Comparative Issues (19th-21st centuries)
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
The recent financial and banking crisis did reveal the discrepancy between internal management rules and the demands for stability within the divisions of corporate and investment banking by universal banks or within pure investment banks. Their mastership of risks did not balance the variety and...
Finanza canaglia
Chi ci ha messo sul lastrico e perché
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 4, 2012
In principio era lo spread. Una parola sulla bocca di tutti ma di cui non tutti conoscono il vero significato. Una parola diventata simbolo di una delle più colossali crisi economico-finanziarie della storia. Ma sono tante le questioni legate a questa crisi che non sono chiare. L’euro, per esempio,...
by Carlo Scappaticci
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Il protagonista, un insegnante, viene ingaggiato da una scuola di cantiere presso Costantine, nel nord-est algerino. Ha accettato quel contratto poiché è appassionato di deserto e di fuoristrada. Una volta lì scopre che il Sahara è ben distante dal luogo di lavoro. E’ determinato però a raggiungerlo...
Le canzoni dei Modena City Ramblers Tomo I
Da Combat Folk a Viva la vida Muera la muerte 1993-2004
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 7, 2012
"Le canzoni dei Modena City Ramblers" è una biografia dell'Italia ai tempi dei MCR, la storia del nostro paese degli ultimi vent'anni.
Il libro è un percorso fra le storie contenute nei testi, spiegando e raccontando l'ispirazione, l'origine, la fonte di ogni brano. Con la scusa...
by Carlo Goldoni
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 1993
Two of Goldoni’s best comedies, The Venetian Twins (I Due Gemelli Veneziani) and Mirandolina (La Locandiera) brilliantly brought to life in these acclaimed translations. The RSC’s production of The Venetian Twins enjoyed huge success in Stratford and London.
Gaspipe
Confessions of a Mafia Boss
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The boss of New York's infamous Lucchese crime family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso's life in the Mafia was preordained from birth. His rare talent for "earning"—concocting ingenious schemes to hijack trucks, rob banks, and bring vast quantities of drugs into New York—fueled his...
by Carlo D'Este
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1990
Recounts events in the Mediterranean during World War II, including how the inexperienced Americans gained combat experience and learned to work together with the British.
Generals of the Bulge
Leadership in the U.S. Army's Greatest Battle
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The Battle of the Bulge lives in history as the U.S. Army's largest and bloodiest battle of World War II. This innovative study of American military leadership in action during the battle examines the performance of six generals in the days and weeks after the German attack in December 1944.
Yogi
The Life & Times of an American Original
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A major authoritative biography of one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game—and the greatest living New York Yankee—presents Yogi Berra as he has never been seen before. Sifted from more than 4,000 newspaper and magazine articles, interviews, papers, and hundreds of memoirs and...
The Divine Comic
The Cinema of Roberto Benigni
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Roberto Benigni, the Italian comedian, actor, director, and writer, gained international fame when his film La vita è bella/ Life Is Beautiful (1997) won three Oscars in 1999, including Best Foreign Film and Best Actor. Benigni has been a steady presence in Italian popular culture since the mid-1970s....
by Carlo DeVito
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Inventing Scrooge uncovers the real-life inspirations from Charles Dickens’ own world that led to the fascinating creation of his most beloved tale: A Christmas Carol.
When Charles Dickens created the story that would become A Christmas Carol, little did he know that his “ghostly little...
by Carlo Chiurco
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 13, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 13, 2018
Grandangolo Filosofia è una collana di moderne monografie scritte da autorevoli docenti universitari e pensata per avvicinare il grande pubblico alle tematiche e alle figure cruciali della cultura filosofica. Libri chiari e concisi ma completi dedicati ai filosofi che hanno gettato le basi del nostro...