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Remote Vision

(poetry 1999-2015)

By: Alessandro De Francesco

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Remote Vision

(poetry 1999-2015)

By: Alessandro De Francesco

Remote Vision contains an English-Italian bilingual version of the most significant works in poetry and conceptual writing produced so far by Alessandro De Francesco. It is both a self-standing, coherent book and the most exhaustive collection of his poetry ever published in any language; containing a new version of the 2008 book Objects Displaced, the complete 2010 book Redefinition, the composite and still partially unpublished Cistern, the prose Foreign Body in Ascending Motion and the very recent work Inhabited Spaces. All the sections were rearranged for this publication by the author who decided that each section contain the complete English text followed by the complete Italian version, avoiding a face to face translation in order not to interrupt the flow of the reading. The whole book was beautifully translated by poets and Brown University alumni Belle Cushing and Dusty Neu, under the coordination of the acclaimed poet and Comparative Literature scholar Forrest Gander. This book condenses and proposes under a new light all the conceptual and emotional intensity of Alessandro De Francesco's poetry.

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punctum books

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0692611347

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9780692611340

FORT VERENA, May 24, 1915, 04:00 Trilogy of the Great War

from the memories of the peasant-infantryman Elmo Cermaria, Nonno Peppe

By: Francesco Nicolini

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FORT VERENA, May 24, 1915, 04:00 Trilogy of the Great War

from the memories of the peasant-infantryman Elmo Cermaria, Nonno Peppe

By: Francesco Nicolini

These memories, handwritten by Elmo Cermaria (Nonno Peppe) for his grandson Checco (Francesco Nicolini), tell of when, as a young man of 20, he found himself hurled into the inferno of the First World War. In those days, you could cry your heart out for a bread roll denied, then miraculously regained thanks to the compassion of a German soldier, “the hated enemy”. These recollections are terse, without a trace of rhetoric and devoid of recriminations. Nonno Peppe tells the facts just as he experienced them first hand, without expressing any condemnation of those responsible for them, even though an awareness of the large-scale massacre he witnessed transpires from his account. When Nonno Peppe delivered the manuscript to his grandson on his wedding day, he asked him to make a promise: “Let the President of the Republic know what we did for Italy.” A hundred years ago, whole generations of young Italian men were stripped of human honor and dignity. Only a few of these young men would live on and become our grandfathers; and only a few of us would be fortunate enough to become “grandchildren of the Great War” and bear witness to their ordeal.

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Edizioni Il Fiorino Modena

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8875496765

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9788875496760

La Fillette Triste

By: Francesco Lupo

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La Fillette Triste

By: Francesco Lupo

Un nuovo, letale virus sta colpendo gli utenti del peer to peer, ma non si tratta di un virus informatico. Una sindrome misteriosa, legata a un’antica leggenda e a una maledizione, sta mietendo vittime in tutta Europa a causa di un video casalingo distribuito random sul web, nel quale viene filmato l’omicidio di un’adolescente: nottetempo, chiunque abbia la sventura di osservare il filmato rimane orrendamente paralizzato, ma cosciente, fino al sopraggiungere di una morte lenta e angosciosa. Quando anche a Londra, Mae Ho e Nick Norwood vengono colpiti dal morbo misterioso, l’amico Lalo, con l’aiuto di un professore universitario e di un hacker informatico, si metterà sulle tracce della maledizione che accompagna il video. Una ricerca che lo condurrà lontano e che lo porterà a rischiare la vita pur di trovare la soluzione a questo inspiegabile rompicapo. La Fillette Triste è un thriller che unisce archeologia e informatica, azione e divertimento. La soluzione del mistero si dipanerà a poco a poco in un susseguirsi di colpi di scena che lasceranno il lettore con il fiato sospeso, in un intreccio che unisce realtà e fantasia, archeologia, mitologia, psicologia.

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Absolutely Free Editore

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8897057144

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9788897057147

Elementary Instructions for Students of Sculpture

By: Francesco Carradori

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Elementary Instructions for Students of Sculpture

By: Francesco Carradori

Carradori's book of instructions is vital to understanding the art and craft of sculpting as they were practiced before the twentieth century, since little substantial material exists that demonstrates, in an informed, didactic manner, the various tools and techniques used by ancient sculptors. Carradori's work is the most comprehensive and instructive; it includes thirteen articles that explain how to restore marble sculpture, model clay, work with stucco and wax, cast and finish bronze, and how to carve and enlarge models into marble and stone, as well as seventeen tables that illustrate the arrangement, methods, and tools used in each of these processes. The book also includes the complete Italian text."--Jacket.

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Getty Publications

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0892366885

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9780892366880

Francesco Albani: Albani and his Critics

By: Catherine R. Puglisi,Francesco Albani

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Francesco Albani: Albani and his Critics

By: Catherine R. Puglisi,Francesco Albani

This is the first full-scale study of the artist, his career and his key contribution to the 17th century Bolognese school of painting. Beginning with an account of Albani's life and artistic development, Puglisi focuses attention on his entirely personal landscapes, then assesses his crucial role as teacher and transmitter of the Carracci reform.

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Yale University Press

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0300067992

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9780300067996

The Natural History of a Neapolitan Miracle

The Secret of San Gennaro’s Blood

By: Francesco de Ceglia

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The Natural History of a Neapolitan Miracle

The Secret of San Gennaro’s Blood

By: Francesco de Ceglia

This book examines Naples’s patron saint, Gennaro, the history of his blood relic, and the mystery of its periodical liquefaction. Three times a year, Neapolitans gather to witness the recurring phenomenon of the liquefaction of San Gennaro’s blood. From the seventeenth century to the present, crowds have prayed to the city’s patron for protection from fires, earthquakes, plagues, droughts, and the fury of Mt. Vesuvius. In the “miraculous” moment of transposition from solid to liquid, the faithful seek respite from the ills of the world in the saintly blood, a visual reminder of the blood of Christ spilled for their salvation. In Naples, the periodical liquefaction of San Gennaro’s blood is not officially recognized as miraculous by the Catholic Church, which now more cautiously refers to it as a prodigy. Nevertheless, for centuries, this phenomenon has been called “a miracle” in liturgical texts approved by the ecclesiastical authority and in the words of bishops, cardinals, popes, and saints. However, not everyone agreed. This volume follows the efforts of theologians, alchemists, charlatans, and scientists who, through the centuries, have tried to answer questions such as: Is the liquefaction of San Gennaro’s blood really a miracle? If not, how is it possible to explain a phenomenon that occurs only on dates liturgically relevant to the saint? The Natural History of a Neapolitan Miracle will be of great value to those interested in Religious Studies, Italian Studies, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, as well as the History of Science, Anthropology, and Ethnography.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040172350

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9781040172353

Chef di Puglia

Menu Isola di San Nicola

By: Francesco Paldera

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Chef di Puglia

Menu Isola di San Nicola

By: Francesco Paldera

Metti una sera a cena... un pranzo genuino da condividere tra quattro amici. Semplice, direte. Sì, ma se poi volete che sia gustoso ed evocativo dei sapori della Puglia e magari lo preferite orchestrato da un personaggio d'eccellenza della buona cultura gastronomica, lo chef Francesco Paldera come per magia vi consente di diventare per una sera cuochi virtuosi, rendendovi autori di una delle sue opere culinarie. La caratteristica di "Menu di Puglia" è tutta nell'ispirazione originale: una lista della spesa composta da prodotti tipici pugliesi, sei menu ispirati alla cultura regionale per altrettanti pranzi d'autore, dove nulla è affidato al caso, neppure la scelta dei vini da abbinare. Un'opera che lo chef Paldera consente di gustare con semplicità e raffinatezza, qualità di cui ci si appropria trasferendole in menu completi dall'aperitivo al dessert, da condividere con i nostri commensali.

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Di Marsico Libri

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8899123004

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9788899123000

The Evolution of Sustainable Investments and Finance

Theoretical Perspectives and New Challenges

By: Francesco Gangi,Antonio Meles,Lucia Michela Daniele,Nicola Varrone,Dario Salerno

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The Evolution of Sustainable Investments and Finance

Theoretical Perspectives and New Challenges

By: Francesco Gangi,Antonio Meles,Lucia Michela Daniele,Nicola Varrone,Dario Salerno

Over the last decade, socially responsible investments (SRIs) have become paramount to both professionals and academics. In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-8, practitioners have become much more involved in new financial models that integrate returns and positive social and environmental impacts. The authors argue that previous irresponsible financial models are anachronistic, and propose a new relationship between stakeholder and shareholder. Starting from the mainstreaming of SRI, this book recovers the social function of banks and the innovative role of crowdfunding and venture capital models. The book offers a unified perspective for firm and funder, making it a timely and invaluable read for scholars and practitioners interested in sustainable development and social impact finance.

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280

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Springer Nature

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3030703509

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9783030703509

Prophetic Conflicts in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Micah

How Post-Exilic Ideologies Created the False (and the True) Prophets

By: Francesco Arena

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Prophetic Conflicts in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Micah

How Post-Exilic Ideologies Created the False (and the True) Prophets

By: Francesco Arena

La 4e de couverture indique : "Can we consider prophetic conflicts as expressions of a socio-religious phenomenon or should we consider them as post-exilic creations that serve ideological purposes ? In his study, Francesco Arena investigates false prophecy and prophetic conflicts, taking Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Micah as the three books in the Bible most concerned with prophesying falsehood and false prophets

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161595076

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9783161595073

Modern Italian Grammar

A Practical Guide

By: Francesco Cardo,Anna Proudfoot

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Modern Italian Grammar

A Practical Guide

By: Francesco Cardo,Anna Proudfoot

An innovative practical reference grammar, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume, this is the ideal reference grammar for intermediate and advanced learners at advanced secondary level and above.

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Routledge

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1134859082

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9781134859085

It Came from the 80s!

Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers

By: Francesco Borseti

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It Came from the 80s!

Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers

By: Francesco Borseti

From their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, B movies declined in popularity through the 1970s. As the big Hollywood studios began to make genre films with sky-high budgets, independent producers of low-budget movies could not compete in theaters. The sale of American International Pictures in 1979 and New World Pictures in 1983 marked the end of an era. The emergence of home video in the 1980s marked the beginning of a new phase, as dozens of B movies were produced each year for the small screen, many becoming cult classics of science fiction, horror and fantasy. Through numerous interviews with producers, directors, photographers and actors, this book sheds light on an overlooked corner of film history with behind-the-scenes stories of 28 low-budget favorites from the 1980s.

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McFarland

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1476625638

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9781476625638

Messengers from the Cosmos

An Introduction to the Physics of Cosmic Rays in Its Historical Evolution

By: Francesco Riggi

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Messengers from the Cosmos

An Introduction to the Physics of Cosmic Rays in Its Historical Evolution

By: Francesco Riggi

This book provides a complete overview of the development of cosmic ray physics, with historical and educational considerations, from early evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial radiation up to the most recent applications of cosmic ray muons in different aspects of daily life. Many of the original results that contributed to the study of cosmic radiation are presented and discussed, accompanied by bibliographic references, numerous in-depth appendices, about 200 illustrations and a large chapter dedicated to the overall impact of cosmic rays. The book includes sections on, among other topics: the debate on the corpuscular or radiative nature of cosmic radiation; the development of early techniques for detecting cosmic particles; the properties and composition of primary and secondary radiation; and the interaction of cosmic muons in matter and a long list of their recent applications, ranging from the muon tomography techniques to the investigation of the stability of civil buildings. The book is addressed to a wide audience, and thus, while it is used for introductory cosmic ray physics courses at the bachelor's or master's level, high school students and teachers involved in educational projects around cosmic rays also benefit from its many historical and educational aspects.

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Springer Nature

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3031247620

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9783031247620

Book's by Francesco Testa

Remote Vision

Remote Vision

FORT VERENA, May 24, 1915, 04:00 Trilogy of the Great War

FORT VERENA, May 24, 1915, 04:00 Trilogy of the Great War

La Fillette Triste

La Fillette Triste

Elementary Instructions for Students of Sculpture

Elementary Instructions for Students of Sculpture

Francesco Albani: Albani and his Critics

Francesco Albani: Albani and his Critics

The Natural History of a Neapolitan Miracle

The Natural History of a Neapolitan Miracle

Chef di Puglia

Chef di Puglia

The Evolution of Sustainable Investments and Finance

The Evolution of Sustainable Investments and Finance

Prophetic Conflicts in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Micah

Prophetic Conflicts in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Micah

Modern Italian Grammar

Modern Italian Grammar

It Came from the 80s!

It Came from the 80s!

Messengers from the Cosmos

Messengers from the Cosmos

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