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The Story of Attila in Prose

A Critical Edition and Translation of the Estoire d’Atile en prose

By: Roberto Pesce,Logan E. Whalen

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The Story of Attila in Prose

A Critical Edition and Translation of the Estoire d’Atile en prose

By: Roberto Pesce,Logan E. Whalen

The Story of Attila in Prose is the first critical edition and translation of the thirteenth century Franco-Italian prose text the Estoire d’Atile en prose. Preserved in two anonymous and untitled manuscripts composed between the last quarter of the thirteenth century and the beginning of the fourteenth century, the story recounts the fictional founding of Venice after the invasion of Aquileia by Attila the Hun. The manuscripts, located in Zagreb and Venice, detail Attila’s pagan mother, her union with a dog, and his feral birth, as well as his unusual death during a chess match and the origins of the Holy Grail. This edition and translation are based on the Zagreb manuscript, which was only recently discovered. The book includes a full critical apparatus containing rejected readings and variants from the Venetian manuscript, and a thorough introduction that discusses the literary value of the text, its possible sources, and its influence on later literature. It is important reading for both historians of medieval Europe and literary critics.

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Routledge

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1000457273

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9781000457278

The Viceroys

A Novel

By: Federico De Roberto

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The Viceroys

A Novel

By: Federico De Roberto

A lost literary classic, written in 1894, The Viceroys is one of the most acclaimed masterworks of Italian realism. The novel follows three generations of the aristocratic Uzeda family as it struggles to hold on to power in the face of the cataclysmic changes rocking Sicily. As Garibaldi’s triumphs move Italy toward unification, the Uzedas try every means to retain their position. De Roberto’s satirical and mordant pen depicts a cast of upper-class schemers, headed by the old matriarch, Donna Teresa, and exemplified by her arrogant and totally unscrupulous son, Consalvo, who rises to political eminence through lip service, double-dealing, and hypocrisy. The Viceroys is a vast dramatic panorama: a new world fighting to shrug off the viciousness and iniquities of the old.

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641

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Verso Books

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1784782572

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9781784782573

Riccardo Freda

The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker

By: Roberto Curti

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Riccardo Freda

The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker

By: Roberto Curti

In an eclectic career spanning four decades, Italian director Riccardo Freda (1909-1999) produced films of remarkable technical skill and powerful visual style, including the swashbuckler Black Eagle (1946), an adaptation of Les Miserables (1947), the peplum Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) and a number of cult-favorite Gothic and horror films such as I Vampiri (1957), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) and The Ghost (1963). Freda was first championed in the 1960s by French critics who labeled him "the European Raoul Walsh," and enjoyed growing critical esteem over the years. This book covers his life and career for the first time in English, with detailed analyses of his films and exclusive interviews with his collaborators and family.

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376

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McFarland

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1476669708

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9781476669700

Texas in Tuscany

XXI Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Florence, Italy, 9-13 December 2002

By: R. Bandiera,Roberto Maiolino,F. Mannucci

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Texas in Tuscany

XXI Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Florence, Italy, 9-13 December 2002

By: R. Bandiera,Roberto Maiolino,F. Mannucci

This invaluable proceedings contains contributions from leading scientists in astrophysics, cosmology and related fields such as gravitation and elementary particles physics. It provides a general review of the status and the prospects of research in these fields for an audience of astrophysicists and physicists. The book includes both in depth reviews of various fields of relativistic astrophysics and shorter contributions on the latest results and developments in more specific areas. Some of the topics discussed are: physics of the early universe, cosmological parameters, formation of galaxies, black holes and compact objects, gravitational waves, cosmic rays, high energy radiation, dark matter, cosmic background, active galactic nuclei, supernovae and gravitational lensing.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: ? Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)

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World Scientific

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9812385800

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9789812385802

The Root of All Evil

By: Roberto Costantini

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The Root of All Evil

By: Roberto Costantini

Tripoli, 1960s. During the years in which post-colonial Libya fell prey to the sprawling greed of the West, Michele Balistreri suffered a succession of blows that would scar him for life. The death of his mother; the unspeakable horror that befell his best friend's family; his father's role in Gaddafi's ascent to power; and the innocent blood pact that would corrupt the course of his future. Rome, 1982. In the wake of a ruinous blunder, a ground-down Commissario Balistreri escapes his regrets through sex, alcohol and gambling. His sole responsibilities are now a stilted investigation into the death of a South American student, and a tiresome obligation - as a gratitude to the man who saved his career - to a rising television starlet needing protection from the pitfalls of fame. As the risks to this girl, Claudia Teodori, begin to rise along with her reputation, the sorrows of Balistreri's past also start to push back into his present. Both of their fates are inextricably linked - and this driven, obsessive young woman must help this damaged detective fight a foe that follows her and refuses to forget him.

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riverrun

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0857389351

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9780857389350

Bakhita

From Slave to Saint

By: Roberto Italo Zanini

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Bakhita

From Slave to Saint

By: Roberto Italo Zanini

Recounts the life of Josephine Bakhita who was kidnapped near Darfu by Arab slave traders and suffered brutal and humiliating treatment until she was bought by an Italian and taken to Venice, Italy, where she later became a Catholic and a nun.

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Ignatius Press

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1586176897

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9781586176891

The Piranhas

The Boy Bosses of Naples: A Novel

By: Roberto Saviano

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The Piranhas

The Boy Bosses of Naples: A Novel

By: Roberto Saviano

In Gomorrah, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, Roberto Saviano revealed a true, devastating portrait of Naples, Italy under the rule of the Camorra, a crime organization more powerful and violent than the Mafia. In The Piranhas, now a major motion picture, the international bestselling author returns to his home city with a novel of gang warfare and a young man’s dark desire to rise to the top of Naples’s underworld. Nicolas Fiorillo is a brilliant and ambitious fifteen-year-old from the slums of Naples, eager to make his mark and to acquire power and the money that comes with it. With nine friends, he sets out to create a new paranza, or gang. Together they roam the streets on their motorscooters, learning how to break into the network of small-time hoodlums that controls drug-dealing and petty crime in the city. They learn to cheat and to steal, to shoot semiautomatic pistols and AK-47s. Slowly they begin to wrest control of the neighborhoods from enemy gangs while making alliances with failing old bosses. Nicolas’s strategic brilliance is prodigious, and his cohorts’ rapid rise and envelopment in the ensuing maelstrom of violence and death is riveting and impossible to turn away from. In The Piranhas, Roberto Saviano imagines the lurid glamour of Nicolas’s story with all the vividness and insight that made Gomorrah a worldwide sensation. “With the openhearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples.” —Elena Ferrante

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330

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374717532

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9780374717537

Legacy of Sorrows

By: Roberto Buonaccorsi

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Legacy of Sorrows

By: Roberto Buonaccorsi

Legacy of Sorrows comprises of two stories in one volume. The Witness focuses on the massacre of almost two thousand Italian civilians by the German SS during World War II. A thirteen-year-old boy sees his family killed and the mountain community he lived in eradicated in the most brutal fashion. As he grows into adulthood, he swears vengeance on the perpetrators of this atrocity. Long after the war, he discovers the whereabouts of the SS leaders who were involved. Now he must face a difficult choice. Should he carry out his vow of vengeance? Or should he let it go? The Devil’s Bridge is based on the true story of the friendship between Churchill and Mussolini. After the war, an Italian family living in the UK discovers the whereabouts of the letters that Churchill and Mussolini had once exchanged. Threatened by sinister forces, they attempt to recover the letters and donate them to the Italian Government. But there are many people who don’t want these letters to surface, and who will do anything to keep them buried…

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294

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Thames River Press

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1783082496

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9781783082490

Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

By: Roberto Patarca Montero

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Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

By: Roberto Patarca Montero

Are you in touch with the latest CFS information?The Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome summarizes current knowledge about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) to help doctors and those working with CFS patients become familiar with recent developments and lessons learned about this and related fatiguing disorders. The information has been thoughtfully organized so that you will be able to easily access and become familiar with highlights of the most relevant topics.The Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome will bring you up-to-date on advances in cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, epidemiology, immunology, infectious diseases, neurology, psychiatry, and psychology which have served as the basis for the formulation of new lines of research and novel therapeutic interventions for CFS. You'll find valuable information on the A-to-Z of CFS in the Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, including the relationships between: AIDS and fatigue brain injury and fatigue cancer and fatigue as well as: demographics of CFS interstitial cystitis MAO inhibitors neuropsychology of CFS psychosocial measures stress factors tumor necrosis factors ...and much moreComprehensive and thorough, the Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome highlights areas that need more research and gives you greater awareness of this widespread and growing problem. This compendium will educate and create greater CFS awareness among healthcare professionals and the general public.

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CRC Press

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1000156664

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9781000156669

Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969

By: Roberto Curti

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Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969

By: Roberto Curti

The "Gothic" style was a key trend in Italian cinema of the 1950s and 1960s because of its peculiar, often strikingly original approach to the horror genre. These films portrayed Gothic staples in a stylish and idiosyncratic way, and took a daring approach to the supernatural and to eroticism, with the presence of menacing yet seductive female witches, vampires and ghosts. Thanks to such filmmakers as Mario Bava (Black Sunday), Riccardo Freda (The Horrible Dr. Hichcock), and Antonio Margheriti (Castle of Blood), as well the iconic presence of actress Barbara Steele, Italian Gothic horror went overseas and reached cult status. The book examines the Italian Gothic horror of the period, with an abundance of previously unpublished production information drawn from official papers and original scripts. Entries include a complete cast and crew list, home video releases, plot summary and the author's analysis. Excerpts from interviews with filmmakers, scriptwriters and actors are included. The foreword is by film director and scriptwriter Ernesto Gastaldi.

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McFarland

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0786494379

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9780786494378

Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989

By: Roberto Curti

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Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989

By: Roberto Curti

The Italian Gothic horror genre underwent many changes in the 1980s, with masters such as Mario Bava and Riccardo Freda dying or retiring and young filmmakers such as Lamberto Bava (Macabro, Demons) and Michele Soavi (The Church) surfacing. Horror films proved commercially successful in the first half of the decade thanks to Dario Argento (both as director and producer) and Lucio Fulci, but the rise of made-for-TV products has resulted in the gradual disappearance of genre products from the big screen. This book examines all the Italian Gothic films of the 1980s. It includes previously unpublished trivia and production data taken from official archive papers, original scripts and interviews with filmmakers, actors and scriptwriters. The entries include a complete cast and crew list, plot summary, production history and analysis. Two appendices list direct-to-video releases and made-for-TV films.

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McFarland

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1476635242

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9781476635248

Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

The Enemy Underground

By: Roberto Cantoni

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Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

The Enemy Underground

By: Roberto Cantoni

The importance of oil for national military-industrial complexes appeared more clearly than ever in the Cold War. This volume argues that the confidential acquisition of geoscientific knowledge was paramount for states, not only to provide for their own energy needs, but also to buttress national economic and geostrategic interests and protect energy security. By investigating the postwar rebuilding and expansion of French and Italian oil industries from the second half of the 1940s to the early 1960s, this book shows how successive administrations in those countries devised strategies of oil exploration and transport, aiming at achieving a higher degree of energy autonomy and setting up powerful oil agencies that could implement those strategies. However, both within and outside their national territories, these two European countries had to confront the new Cold War balances and the interests of the two superpowers.

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309

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Taylor & Francis

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1315531526

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9781315531526

Layers in the Determiner Phrase

By: Roberto Zamparelli

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Layers in the Determiner Phrase

By: Roberto Zamparelli

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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0815337698

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9780815337690

Book's by Roberto Cavaliere

The Story of Attila in Prose

The Story of Attila in Prose

The Viceroys

The Viceroys

Riccardo Freda

Riccardo Freda

Texas in Tuscany

Texas in Tuscany

The Root of All Evil

The Root of All Evil

Bakhita

Bakhita

The Piranhas

The Piranhas

Legacy of Sorrows

Legacy of Sorrows

Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969

Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969

Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989

Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989

Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

Layers in the Determiner Phrase

Layers in the Determiner Phrase

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