Luigi Amara's Books

The Wig

A Hairbrained History

By: Luigi Amara

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Whether in a court room or a dressing room, wigs come in many forms and represent many things: from power, to sexuality, to parody, to health, to self-identity, to disguise. Wigs are present at parties and in chemotherapy rooms, in pop music and contemporary art. In this witty and eloquent book, Luigi Amara reflects on the curious history of the wig and along the way takes a sideways look at Western civilization. Amara illuminates how the wig has starred throughout history, from ancient Egypt to the court of Louis XIV, and from British courtrooms to drag shows today. Containing many striking and unusual images, The Wig will appeal to all those interested in the history of fashion—as well as philosophy, art, culture, and aesthetics.

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253

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Reaktion Books

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1789143470

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9781789143478

Early Medieval Venice

Cultural Memory and History

By: Luigi Andrea Berto

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Early Medieval Venice

Cultural Memory and History

By: Luigi Andrea Berto

Early Medieval Venice examines the significant changes that Venice underwent between the late-sixth and the early-eleventh centuries. From the periphery of the Byzantine Empire, Venice acquired complete independence and emerged as the major power in the Adriatic area. It also avoided absorption by neighbouring rulers, prevented serious destruction by raiders, and achieved a stable state organization, all the while progressively extending its trading activities to most of northern Italy and the eastern Mediterranean. This was not a linear process, but the Venetians obtained and defended these results with great tenacity, creating the foundations for the remarkable developments of the following centuries. This book presents the most relevant themes that characterized Venice during this epoch, including war, violence, and the manner in which ‘others’ were perceived. It examines how early medieval authors and modern scholars have portrayed this period, and how they were sometimes influenced by their own ‘present’ in their reconstruction of the past.

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238

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Routledge

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1000168492

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9781000168495

Discussing the Islamic State on Twitter

By: Matteo Colombo,Luigi Curini

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Discussing the Islamic State on Twitter

By: Matteo Colombo,Luigi Curini

This book explores how ordinary Arab-speaking social media users have reacted to propaganda from the Islamic State, rather than how IS propaganda has targeted ordinary users, thus providing a change in perspective in the literature. The authors provide a comprehensive account of the evolution of the Arabic discourse on IS, encompassing all phases of the Caliphate’s political evolution, from the apogee of the Islamic State in October 2014 to the loss of its unofficial capital of Raqqa in September 2017. Taking into account key events, the book also considers the most recurrent topics for IS and its opponents who engage in the Twitter conversation. The analysis is based on around 29 million tweets written in the Arabic language, representing a random sample of around one-third of all Arabic tweets referring to IS over the 2014-2017 timeframe.

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160

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Springer Nature

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3031070712

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9783031070716

Developments in Tryptophan and Serotonin Metabolism

By: Graziella Allegri,Carlo V.L. Costa,Eugenio Ragazzi,Hans Steinhart,Luigi Laresio

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Developments in Tryptophan and Serotonin Metabolism

By: Graziella Allegri,Carlo V.L. Costa,Eugenio Ragazzi,Hans Steinhart,Luigi Laresio

This volume contains the proceedings of the Tenth International Meeting of the International Study Group for Tryptophan Research (ISTR V), held at the University of Padova, Padova, Italy, from 25-29 June, 2002 under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) in Roma, the University of Padova, the Italian Chemical Society - Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, the Veneto Region and the City of Padova. The meeting was organized to cover the recent developments in the field of tryptophan research. Weare very honoured that so many speakers accepted our invitation to give plenary lectures which, with the other communications, demonstrated the high scientific value of the Meeting. The publications in this volume are subdivided into nine main chapters, and cover all the major aspects in immunology, neurobiology, psychiatry, pathology, clinics, metabolism, enzymology, pharmacology, toxicology, melatonin, exercise and analytical chemistry. The volume includes the contributions of 325 scientists from 24 countries, and the Musajo Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof. Osamu Hayaishi during the Opening Ceremony.

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736

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461501350

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Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots

By: Luigi Biagiotti,Claudio Melchiorri

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Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots

By: Luigi Biagiotti,Claudio Melchiorri

This book deals with the problems related to planning motion laws and t- jectories for the actuation system of automatic machines, in particular for those based on electric drives, and robots. The problem of planning suitable trajectories is relevant not only for the proper use of these machines, in order to avoid undesired e?ects such as vibrations or even damages on the mech- ical structure, but also in some phases of their design and in the choice and sizing of the actuators. This is particularly true now that the concept of “el- tronic cams” has replaced, in the design of automatic machines, the classical approach based on “mechanical cams”. The choice of a particular trajectory has direct and relevant implications on several aspects of the design and use of an automatic machine, like the dimensioning of the actuators and of the reduction gears, the vibrations and e?orts generated on the machine and on the load, the tracking errors during the motion execution. For these reasons, in order to understand and appreciate the peculiarities of the di?erent techniques available for trajectory planning, besides the ma- ematical aspects of their implementation also a detailed analysis in the time and frequency domains, a comparison of their main properties under di?erent points of view, and general considerations related to their practical use are reported.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540856293

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Manfred. Or, The Battle of Benevento

By: Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi,Luigi Monti

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Manfred. Or, The Battle of Benevento

By: Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi,Luigi Monti

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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450

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385368499

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9783385368491

The Temple of Peace in Rome

By: Pier Luigi Tucci

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The Temple of Peace in Rome

By: Pier Luigi Tucci

In this magisterial two-volume book, Pier Luigi Tucci offers a comprehensive examination of one of the key complexes of Ancient Rome, the Temple of Peace. Based on archival research and an architectural survey, his research sheds new light on the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque transformations of the basilica, and the later restorations of the complex. Volume 1 focuses on the foundation of the complex under Vespasian until its restoration under Septimius Severus and challenges the accepted views about the ancient building. Volume 2 begins with the remodelling of the library hall and the construction of the rotunda complex, and examines the dedication of the Christian Basilica of SS Cosmas and Damian. Of interest to scholars in a range of topics, The Temple of Peace in Rome crosses the boundaries between classics, archaeology, history of architecture, and art history, through Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the early modern period.

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1142

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Cambridge University Press

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1108548814

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9781108548816

Thyroid Diseases

Clinical Fundamentals and Therapy

By: Fabrizio Monaco,Maria A. Satta,Brahm Shapiro,Luigi Troncone

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Thyroid Diseases

Clinical Fundamentals and Therapy

By: Fabrizio Monaco,Maria A. Satta,Brahm Shapiro,Luigi Troncone

Thyroid Diseases: Clinical Fundamentals and Therapy provides a wide-ranging examination of all clinically significant areas of thyroid diseases. Underlying physiological principles are closely linked to the clinical situation and practical therapeutic interventions. The book examines the clinical course, therapy, and final outcome of thyroid diseases, particularly the bimodal and transient evolution of several thyroid diseases. It also discusses the medical, surgical, and radiometabolic therapy of thyroid diseases, stressing the pros and cons of each therapeutic modality. More than 80 acknowledged experts from North America, Europe, and Japan have contributed to this exceptional reference volume, making it essential for physiologists, clinical endocrinologists, radiologists, researchers in nuclear medicine, oncologists, and radiotherapists.

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692

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CRC Press

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0849348218

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9780849348211

Restless Cities on the Edge

Collective Actions, Immigration and Populism

By: Antimo Luigi Farro,Simone Maddanu

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Restless Cities on the Edge

Collective Actions, Immigration and Populism

By: Antimo Luigi Farro,Simone Maddanu

This book is a sociological description and analysis of urban collective actions, protests, resistance, and riots that started in the 1990s and continue in different forms to this date in Rome, Italy. Through participant observation, ethnographic study, and in-depth qualitative interviews—often occurring during times of protest or even violent action—this book studies a variety of urban realities: grassroots movements, anti-migrant district riots, and the daily lives of the fluid and fluctuating multi-ethnic groups in the city. Ultimately, this book gives voice to some of the protagonists involved, proposing interpretations to each reality described, but also making cross-connections with politics and migration when pertinent. It offers a new understanding of urban collective actions cognizant of the 'common goods', but also of the emergence of new right-wing populism.

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Springer Nature

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3030913236

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Thyroid Diseases

Basic Science, Pathology, Clinical and Laboratory Diagnoses

By: Luigi Troncone,Brahm Shapiro,Maria A. Satta,Fabrizio Monaco

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Thyroid Diseases

Basic Science, Pathology, Clinical and Laboratory Diagnoses

By: Luigi Troncone,Brahm Shapiro,Maria A. Satta,Fabrizio Monaco

Thyroid Diseases is a comprehensive reference supported by a useful selection of schematic diagrams, tables, and charts. Its basic science section supplements classic and recent reviews of the subject by discussing structural and functional aspects of the thyroid gland, including thyroid hormone action (receptor and non-receptor mediated) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid control mechanisms. The clinical aspect of the book critically reviews current diagnostic modalities and addresses the choice of specialized tests and optimal sequence of their performance. Diagnostic modalities discussed include in vitro radioisotopic and nonradioisotopic assays of thyroid hormone, TSH, thyroglobulin, calcitonin, and autoantibodies. The various techniques are evaluated to show which procedures are applicable for each condition. This book brings together information dispersed across the medical and radiological literature. It will benefit professionals in radiology, nuclear medicine, and endocrinology, as well as students in these fields.

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CRC Press

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084934820X

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God in Freedom

Studies in the Relations Between Church and State

By: Luigi Luzzatti

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God in Freedom

Studies in the Relations Between Church and State

By: Luigi Luzzatti

To believe and to know, faith and science; only liberty can cordinate these two supreme ideas, destined to diverge, to meet, to contradict each other, ideas which on account of this very divergence, this contradiction and this agreement, underlie the organic evolution of progress and civilization. -from God in Freedom LUIGI LUZZATTI; ALFONSO ARBIB-COSTA (TRANSLATOR) (1841-1927) was a scholar of tremendous erudition and authority; an expert in economics, law, and politics; a champion of religious freedom in Italy-and a triumphant one: he was the nation's first Jewish prime minister, serving from 1910 to 1911. Just before that groundbreaking civil victory, though, in 1909, he achieved his other great success: the publication of his God in Freedom. Greatly expanded for its first English-language edition (of which this volume is a replica) God in Freedom is one of the most comprehensive and historically important discourses on religious liberty ever written. Luzzatti explores the battle for intellectual and philosophical independence from its pre-Christian proponents in the Far East to the movements in his day to keep civic life free of pious influence in the United Kingdom, Europe, and America. Saint Francis of Assisi and the Ku Klux Klan, the Buddha and Darwin...all are present here, and others; too, whose thoughts and actions have tested the boundaries between civic and religious life. This is a history of faith and freedom that is itself a cry for tolerance, openness, and careful separation of the secular and the sacred.

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809

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1596054484

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9781596054486

Selezione e guida dei collaboratori - I segreti svelati

By: Luigi Casiraghi

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Selezione e guida dei collaboratori - I segreti svelati

By: Luigi Casiraghi

Ti spieghiamo come l'azienda controlla e gestisce i tuoi comportamenti. La leva è l'organizzazione, perciò se comprendi la macchina organizzativa ti gestisci meglio.E' un opuscolo liberamente tratto da testi americani e inglesi, integrato con l'esperienza di vita professionale. Opuscolo rigorosamente vietato al top management.

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Lulu.com

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1291260102

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The Wig

The Wig

Early Medieval Venice

Early Medieval Venice

Discussing the Islamic State on Twitter

Discussing the Islamic State on Twitter

Developments in Tryptophan and Serotonin Metabolism

Developments in Tryptophan and Serotonin Metabolism

Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots

Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots

Manfred. Or, The Battle of Benevento

Manfred. Or, The Battle of Benevento

The Temple of Peace in Rome

The Temple of Peace in Rome

Thyroid Diseases

Thyroid Diseases

Restless Cities on the Edge

Restless Cities on the Edge

Thyroid Diseases

Thyroid Diseases

God in Freedom

God in Freedom

Selezione e guida dei collaboratori - I segreti svelati

Selezione e guida dei collaboratori - I segreti svelati

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