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The Fragility of Power

Statius, Domitian and the Politics of the Thebaid

By: Stefano Rebeggiani

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The Fragility of Power

Statius, Domitian and the Politics of the Thebaid

By: Stefano Rebeggiani

Statius' narrative of the fraternal strife of the Theban brothers Eteocles and Polynices has had a profound influence on Western literature and fascinated generations of scholars and readers. This book studies in detail the poem's view of power and its interaction with historical contexts. Written under Domitian and in the aftermath of the civil war of 69 CE, the Thebaid uses the veil of myth to reflect on the political reality of imperial Rome. The poem offers its contemporary readers, including the emperor, a cautionary tale of kingship and power. Rooted in a pessimistic view of human beings and human relationships, the Thebaid reflects on the harsh necessity of monarchical power as the only antidote to a world always on the verge of returning to chaos. While humans, and especially kings, are fragile and often the prey of irrational passions, the Thebaid expresses the hope that an illuminated sovereign endowed with clementia (mercy) may offer a solution to the political crisis of the Roman empire. Statius' narrative also responds to Domitian's problematic interaction with the emperor Nero, whom Domitian regarded as both a negative model and a secret source of inspiration. With The Fragility of Power, Stefano Rebeggiani offers thoughtful parallels between the actions of the Thebaid and the intellectual activities and political views formulated by the groups of Roman aristocrats who survived Nero's repression. He argues that the poem draws inspiration from an initial phase in Domitian's regime characterized by a positive relationship between the emperor and the Roman elite. Statius creates a number of innovative strategies to negotiate elements of continuity between Domitian and Nero, so as to show that, while Domitian recuperated aspects of Nero's self-presentation, he was no second Nero. Statius' poem interacts with aspects of imperial ideology under Domitian: Statius' allusions to the stories of Phaethon and Hercules engage Domitian's use of solar symbols and his association with Hercules. This book also shows that the Thebaid adapts previous texts (in particular Lucan's Bellum Civile) in order to connect the mythical subject of its narrative with the historical experience of civil war in Rome in 69 CE. By moving past recent solely aesthetic readings of the Thebaid, The Fragility of Power offers a serious and thoughtful addition to the recent scholarship in Statian studies.

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Oxford University Press

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0190882921

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Il piano di Lavinia

By: Stefano Terrabuoni

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Il piano di Lavinia

By: Stefano Terrabuoni

Esiste il progetto della vita? Ti racconto una storia. Lavinia è nata sul lago vicino a Roma. Per lei, gli ultimi anni sono stati un susseguirsi di missioni, passando molto più tempo all'estero che in Italia. Ora ha deciso di fermarsi e di sistemarsi nella capitale. Per arrivare al suo obiettivo chiede aiuto a un suo ex fidanzato, esperto di gestione progetti. "Prova a vedere la vita come tanti progetti" le disse una volta. Lavinia non se lo fece ripetere. Tra progetti e ricordi, discussioni e affettuosità, Lavinia andrà avanti, con il suo piano, sino alla fine, imparando gli approcci corretti per gestire un progetto.

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Lulu.com

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1291814183

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9781291814187

Proper Names

A Millian Account

By: Stefano Predelli

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Proper Names

A Millian Account

By: Stefano Predelli

Stefano Predelli defends a semantics of proper names which has simplicity and common sense in its favour: proper names are non-indexical devices of rigid and direct reference. He grounds this view in accounts of the shape and form of names, and of their introduction within language use, and he responds to widespread misconceptions and objections.

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0198778155

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MY EGYPT STORY WITH MATIAS DE STEFANO

AND HOW IT RESONATED WITH MY LIFE’S STORIES

By: Grace B. Eleazar,Matias de Stefano

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MY EGYPT STORY WITH MATIAS DE STEFANO

AND HOW IT RESONATED WITH MY LIFE’S STORIES

By: Grace B. Eleazar,Matias de Stefano

This book delves into the nature of our existential reality to empower us with the tools that we can use to create the life that we want in this particular dimension. It helps us to know who we are, what is our purpose in life and how we can navigate our lives without the usual struggles that confront our day to day living. It awakens a realization that happiness is a self-created process totally independent of the external trappings of wealth and fame, of blissful relationships, and many more external dependences that make us forget our reality within. The dissertations of Matias de Stefano on life gives the reader a wider understanding of why our human concepts evolved to what they are today and by understanding their origins, the roles they played in our evolution, one can start to hinge ones knowledge on life based on the nature of the three aspects of our consciousness, spirit, soul and body. The understanding of the twelve patterns of our lives as part of the planetary network through the individual’s astrological sign and the role of the constellation’s influences in our lives, enhances our ability to understand ourselves resulting in our better comprehension of our fellowmen and our world.

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166326385X

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Milan 360°

A metropolis to discover, among art, culture, technology and fashion

By: Stefano Olivari,Giulia Brasca

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Milan 360°

A metropolis to discover, among art, culture, technology and fashion

By: Stefano Olivari,Giulia Brasca

Milan, known worldwide as the economic and fashion capital of Italy, is one of the most advanced cities in the world which, in its completely urbanized area of almost 181.76km², includes also wonderful shops and a great social life, besides, of course, art, a university culture, excellent food and traditions recognizable in everyday life and in daily habits; for example, the rediscovery of the small markets as a place to meet and have a chat, or going for a walk with the family in the streets of the centre. It is not at all easy to determine what is in the name “Milan”: first of all, it refers to a municipality with about 1,300,000 inhabitants, but also to an urban area with about 3,900,000 inhabitants also known as the “Greater Milan” and finally, to a metropolitan area of 7,400,000 inhabitants. Nevertheless, the city is identified by its symbols, and our intention is to introduce you to every aspect of the city of Milan through virtual photographs, texts and some curiosities. It is worth visiting Milan to learn the many realities that surround this city, from the entrepreneurial vocation to the connection with tradition: only by knowing the richness of the past can we confront the present. Enjoy your visit!

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889929805X

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Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming

By: Stefano Bistarelli

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Semirings for Soft Constraint Solving and Programming

By: Stefano Bistarelli

Constraint satisfaction and constraint programming have shown to be very simple but powerful ideas, with applications in various areas. Still, in the last ten years, the simple notion of constraints has shown some deficiencies concerning both theory and practice, typically in the way over-constrained problems and preferences are treated. For this reason, the notion of soft constraints has been introduced with semiring-based soft constraints and valued constraints being the two main general frameworks. This book includes formal definitions and properties of semiring-based soft constraints, as well as their use within constraint logic programming and concurrent constraint programming. Moreover, the author shows how to adapt existing notions and techniques such as abstraction and interchangeability to the soft constraint framework and it is demonstrated how soft constraints can be used in some application areas, such as security. Overall, this book is a great starting point for anyone interested in understanding the basics of semiring-based soft constraints.

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3540259252

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World without history? Digital information is volatile: with it our culture can disappear but its preservation can save us

By: Stefano Cariolato

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World without history? Digital information is volatile: with it our culture can disappear but its preservation can save us

By: Stefano Cariolato

In the mid-twentieth century the digital revolution began with the introduction of the first electronic computers, which were first introduced into companies and in the state bodies then they spread strongly in the private houses as personal computers; later all these computers were connected to each other by a global telecommunication network called Internet, which had a massive development at the end of the century becoming the backbone of the worldwide information circulation. At the beginning of the 21st century the digital revolution was completed and the information of any kind (texts, images, video clips and TV broadcasts, music and songs, WEB pages) started to be recorded and disseminated in digital form rather than with a traditional media (paper, film, magnetic tape), with a displacement that engaged all human activities of any type, both collective and individual. While the development of digital technology continue at an accelerated pace the problem of information retention begin to arise, what was previously mainly entrusted to printing on paper and now is in abandonment phase: printed records are increasingly transformed into digital format and the new information is generated directly in electronic form. But while a book or a letter could be read directly even centuries after their writing, digital information has a short life because of the same technological development, that makes quickly obsolete any recording by irreversibly mutating both its hardware and reading software; other recordings arethen volatile by their very nature, such as e-mails or WEB pages, even if they could host information that could be of value in the future. Moreover digital recordings are carried out in a great variety of different formats, sometimes incompatible with each other or subject themselves to obsolescence, thus unnecessarily complicating the task of preserving their content. Most part of human culture, gradually poured into electronic form, is now jeopardized, and we risk of delivering to posterity a world without history: this book describes the current situation and what is sought to do to remedy the danger.

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8831627074

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9788831627078

Routledge Intensive Italian Course

By: Anna Proudfoot,Tania Batelli Kneale,Daniela Treveri Gennari,Anna Di Stefano

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Routledge Intensive Italian Course

By: Anna Proudfoot,Tania Batelli Kneale,Daniela Treveri Gennari,Anna Di Stefano

This intensive foundation course in Italian is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Accompanying audio material containing dialogues, listening exercises and pronunciation practice is available to purchase separately in CD format. These two audio CDs are designed to work alongside the accompanying book. Students using the Routledge Intensive Italian Course will practise the four key skills of language learning - reading, writing, speaking, and listening - and will acquire a thorough working knowledge of the structures of Italian. The Routledge Intensive Italian Course takes students from beginner to intermediate level in one year.

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1134550383

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Sentimental Opera

Questions of Genre in the Age of Bourgeois Drama

By: Stefano Castelvecchi

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Sentimental Opera

Questions of Genre in the Age of Bourgeois Drama

By: Stefano Castelvecchi

Sentimental Opera is a study of the relationship between opera and two major phenomena of eighteenth-century European culture - the cult of sensibility and the emergence of bourgeois drama. A thorough examination of social and cultural contexts helps to explain the success of operas such as Paisiello's Nina as well as the extreme emotional reactions of their audiences. Like their counterparts in drama, literature and painting, these works brought to the fore serious contemporary problems including the widespread execution of deserters, the treatment of the insane, and anxieties relative to social and familial roles. They also developed a specifically operatic version of the dominant language of sensibility. This wide-ranging study involves such major cultural figures as Goldoni, Diderot and Mozart, while refining our understanding of the theatrical genre system of their time.

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110746952X

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Routledge Intensive Italian Workbook

By: Anna Proudfoot,Tania Batelli Kneale,Anna di Stefano,Daniela Treveri Gennari

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Routledge Intensive Italian Workbook

By: Anna Proudfoot,Tania Batelli Kneale,Anna di Stefano,Daniela Treveri Gennari

The Routledge Intensive Italian Workbook is a comprehensive book of exercises and tasks for beginner and intermediate learners of Italian. It includes a wide variety of exercises - covering a broad range of situations and functions - and will help students to progress rapidly and master the language accurately. Students can check their own progress using the answer key. The Workbook can be used independently, or in conjunction with the Routledge Intensive Italian Course, an accelerated course in Italian for adult beginners, which is accompanied by audio material.

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1134550448

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Hermenegildo and the Jesuits

Staging Sainthood in the Early Modern Period

By: Stefano Muneroni

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Hermenegildo and the Jesuits

Staging Sainthood in the Early Modern Period

By: Stefano Muneroni

This book explores the cultural conditions that led to the emergence and proliferation of Saint Hermenegildo as a stage character in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It considers how this saint became a theatrical trope enabling the Society of Jesus to address religious and secular concerns of the post-Tridentine Church, and to discuss political issues such as the supremacy of the pope over the monarch and the legitimacy of regicide. The book goes on to explain how the Hermenegildo narrative developed outside of Jesuit colleges, through works by professional dramatist Lope de Vega and Mexican nun Juana Inés de la Cruz. Stefano Muneroni takes a global approach to the staging of Hermenegildo, tracing the character’s journey from Europe to the Americas, from male to female authors, and from a sacrificial to a sacramental paradigm where the emphasis shifts from bloodletting to spiritual salvation. Given its interdisciplinary approach, this book is geared toward scholars and students of theatre history, religion and drama, early modern theology, cultural studies, romance languages and literature, and the history of the Society of Jesus..

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3319550896

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European Art of the Sixteenth Century

By: Stefano Zuffi

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European Art of the Sixteenth Century

By: Stefano Zuffi

In the sixteenth century, the humanist values and admiration for classical antiquity that marked the early Renaissance spread from Italy throughout the rest of the continent. Part of the "Art through the Centuries" series, this volume is divided into three sections that discuss the important people, concepts, and artistic centres of this period.

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Getty Publications

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0892368462

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9780892368464

Re-inventing the Italian Right

Territorial politics, populism and 'post-fascism'

By: Stefano Fella,Carlo Ruzza

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Re-inventing the Italian Right

Territorial politics, populism and 'post-fascism'

By: Stefano Fella,Carlo Ruzza

Following his third election victory in 2008, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was the most controversial head of government in the EU. This is a cogent examination of the Berlusconi phenomenon, exploring the success and development of the new populist right-wing coalition in Italy since the collapse of the post-war party system in the early 1990s. Carlo Ruzza and Stefano Fella provide a comprehensive discussion of the three main parties of the Italian right: Berlusconi’s Forza Italia, the xenophobic and regionalist populist Northern League and the post-fascist National Alliance. The book assesses the implications of this controversial right for the Italian democratic system and examines how the social and political peculiarities of Italy have allowed such political formations to emerge and enjoy repeated electoral success. Framed in a comparative perspective, the authors: explore the nature of the Italian right in the context of right-wing parties and populist phenomena elsewhere in other advanced democracies, drawing comparisons and providing broader explanations. locate the parties of the Italian right within the existing theoretical conceptions of right-wing and populist parties, utilising a multi-method approach, including a content analysis of party programmes. highlight the importance of political and discursive opportunities in explaining the success of the Italian right, and the agency role of a political leadership that has skilfully shaped and communicated an ideological package to exploit these opportunities. Providing an excellent insight into a key European nation, this work provides a thoughtful and stimulating contribution to the research on the Italian right, and its implications for democratic politics.

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1134286333

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The Liberal Arts and Management Education

A Global Agenda for Change

By: Stefano Harney,Howard Thomas

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The Liberal Arts and Management Education

A Global Agenda for Change

By: Stefano Harney,Howard Thomas

Calling for the transformation of undergraduate education, Thomas and Harney argue that the liberal arts should be integrated into the traditional management curriculum to blend technical and analytic acumen with creativity, critical thinking, and ethical intelligence. In describing their vision for a new liberal management education, the authors demonstrate how a holistic pedagogy that does not sacrifice one wealth of learning for another instead encourages participation and integration to the benefit of students and society. Global in sweep, the book provides case studies of successfully implemented experimental courses in Asia and Britain, as well as a speculative chapter on how an African liberal management education could take shape, based on African-centred principles and histories. Finally, the book argues that the stakes of this agenda go beyond mere curricular reform and pedagogical innovation and speak directly to the environmental, business, political, and social challenges we face today.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316997529

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Attribution in International Law and Arbitration

By: Carlo de Stefano

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Attribution in International Law and Arbitration

By: Carlo de Stefano

Attribution in International Law and Arbitration clarifies and critically discusses the international rules of attribution of conduct, particularly regarding their application to states under international investment law. It examines the key question of how and to what extent breaches of State obligations, particularly in respect of States' commitments to foreign investors under international investment agreements (IIAs) and bilateral investment treaties (BITs), can be attributed. Of special interest within this context is the responsibility of States when the alleged breach has been committed by separate legal entities, rather than the state itself. Under domestic law, entities such as state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are considered legally distinct, however the State may still be considered responsible for their actions under international law. The book addresses the relevant issues systematically, beginning with direct reference to the Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (ARSIWA) on attribution, finalized by the International law Commission (ILC) in 2001. It then elaborates on the specifics of international investment law, based on a detailed examination of practice and case law, whilst giving due consideration to the academic debate. The result is a full, innovative take on one of the most difficult questions in investment arbitration.

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Oxford University Press

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0192583093

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Actor-Network Dramaturgies

The Argentines of Paris

By: Stefano Boselli

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Actor-Network Dramaturgies

The Argentines of Paris

By: Stefano Boselli

This book provides key critical tools to significantly broaden the readers’ perception of theatre and performance history: in line with posthuman thought, each chapter engages Actor-Network Theory and similar theories to reveal a comprehensive range of human and non-human agents whose collaborations impact theatre productions but are often overlooked. The volume also greatly expands the information available in English on the networks created by several Argentine artists. Through a transnational, transatlantic perspective, case studies refer to the lives, theatre companies, staged productions, and visual artworks of a number of artists who left Buenos Aires during the 1960s due to a mix of personal and political reasons. By establishing themselves in the French capital, queer playwright Copi and directors Jorge Lavelli, Alfredo Arias, and Jérôme Savary, among others, became part of the larger group of intellectuals known as “the Argentines of Paris” and dominated the Parisian theatre scene between the 1980s and 90s. Focusing on these Argentine artists and their nomadic peripeteias, the study thus offers a detailed description of the complexity of agencies and assemblages inextricably involved in theatre productions, including larger historical events, everyday objects, sexual orientation, microbes, and even those agents at work well before a production is conceived.

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3031325230

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Oranges, mandarins, cedars, lemons and bergamots...

Artistic engravings of Ferrari, Aldrovrandi, Volckhamer...

By: Luca Stefano Cristini

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Oranges, mandarins, cedars, lemons and bergamots...

Artistic engravings of Ferrari, Aldrovrandi, Volckhamer...

By: Luca Stefano Cristini

Curious and detailed collection of images of botanical subjects belonging to the citrus family, made by artists, scientists, biologists and anthropologists. Artists of the past engaged in the realization of real museums of natural history. One of them, among the best known, the Italian Aldrovandi called his work “theater” or “microcosm of nature,” he placed at the disposal of 18.000 scholars “diversity of natural things” and 7.000 “dried plants in fifteen volumes”. 17 volumes containing thousands of beautiful watercolors of animals, plants, minerals and monsters were part of the collection. These responded to the precise Aldrovandi and colleagues’s awareness of the images’ central role, as part of the research, that in their opinion were indeed very useful for the circulation of knowledge, offering a faithful portrait of the “natural things”...

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8896519748

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On the Life of Galileo

Viviani's Historical Account and Other Early Biographies

By: Stefano Gattei

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On the Life of Galileo

Viviani's Historical Account and Other Early Biographies

By: Stefano Gattei

The first collection and translation into English of the earliest biographical accounts of Galileo’s life This unique critical edition presents key early biographical accounts of the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), written by his close contemporaries. Collected and translated into English for the first time and supplemented by an introduction and incisive annotations by Stefano Gattei, these documents paint an incomparable firsthand picture of Galileo and offer rare insights into the construction of his public image and the complex intertwining of science, religion, and politics in seventeenth-century Italy. Here in its entirety is Vincenzo Viviani’s Historical Account, an extensive and influential biography of Galileo written in 1654 by his last and most devoted pupil. Viviani’s text is accompanied by his “Letter to Prince Leopoldo de’ Medici on the Application of Pendulum to Clocks” (1659), his 1674 description of Galileo’s later works, and the long inscriptions on the façade of Viviani’s Florentine palace (1702). The collection also includes the “Adulatio perniciosa,” a Latin poem written in 1620 by Cardinal Maffeo Barberini—who, as Pope Urban VIII, would become Galileo’s prosecutor—as well as descriptive accounts that emerged from the Roman court and contemporary European biographers. Featuring the original texts in Italian, Latin, and French with their English translations on facing pages, this invaluable book shows how Galileo’s pupils, friends, and critics shaped the Galileo myth for centuries to come, and brings together in one volume the primary sources needed to understand the legendary scientist in his time.

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0691185743

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An Offer We Can't Refuse

The Mafia in the Mind of America

By: George De Stefano

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An Offer We Can't Refuse

The Mafia in the Mind of America

By: George De Stefano

The Mafia has maintained an enduring hold on the American cultural imagination--even as it continues to wrongly color our real-life perception of Italian Americans. Journalist and cultural critic De Stefano takes a look at the origins and prevalence of the Mafia mythos in America. Beginning with a consideration of Italian emigration in the early twentieth century and the fear and prejudice--among both Americans and Italians--that informed our earliest conception of what was the largest immigrant group to enter the United States, De Stefano explores how these impressions laid the groundwork for the images so familiar to us today and uses them to illuminate and explore the variety and allure of Mafia stories. At the same time, he addresses the lingering power of the goodfella cliché, which makes it all but impossible to green-light a project about the Italian American experience not set in gangland.--From publisher description.

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0865479623

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Biodiesel Science and Technology

From Soil to Oil

By: Jan C.J. Bart,N Palmeri,Stefano Cavallaro

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Biodiesel Science and Technology

From Soil to Oil

By: Jan C.J. Bart,N Palmeri,Stefano Cavallaro

Biodiesel production is a rapidly advancing field worldwide, with biodiesel fuel increasingly being used in compression ignition (diesel) engines. Biodiesel has been extensively studied and utilised in developed countries, and it is increasingly being introduced in developing countries, especially in regions with high potential for sustainable biodiesel production.Initial sections systematically review feedstock resources and vegetable oil formulations, including the economics of vegetable oil conversion to diesel fuel, with additional coverage of emerging energy crops for biodiesel production. Further sections review the transesterification process, including chemical (catalysis) and biochemical (biocatalysis) processes, with extended coverage of industrial process technology and control methods, and standards for biodiesel fuel quality assurance. Final chapters cover the sustainability, performance and environmental issues of biodiesel production, as well as routes to improve glycerol by-product usage and the development of next-generation products.Biodiesel science and technology: From soil to oil provides a comprehensive reference to fuel engineers, researchers and academics on the technological developments involved in improving biodiesel quality and production capacity that are crucial to the future of the industry. - Evaluates biodiesel as a renewable energy source and documents global biodiesel development - The outlook for biodiesel science and technology is presented exploring the challenges faced by the global diesel industry - Reviews feedstock resources and vegetable oil formation including emerging crops and the agronomic potential of underexploited oil crops

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1845697766

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Uniforms of the Belgian Army - 1880-90

Uniformi dell'esercito belga 1880-90

By: Luca Stefano Cristini

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Uniforms of the Belgian Army - 1880-90

Uniformi dell'esercito belga 1880-90

By: Luca Stefano Cristini

UNIFORMS of the Belgian Army - 1880-90 This finest book devoted to the Belgian army toward the end of the XIX century has been printed in Bruxelles from the publishing Kiessling in 1893. Ours is a very good exemplar with text in three languages and equipped with 12 wonderful chromolithography monogrammed from the author with the letters F.K. (Kiessling?). Every planche represents from 4 to six uniforms of military corps of cavalry, infantry and artillery for an overall of 59 figures.

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8896519071

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Making Italy Anglican

Why the Book of Common Prayer Was Translated into Italian

By: Stefano Villani

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Making Italy Anglican

Why the Book of Common Prayer Was Translated into Italian

By: Stefano Villani

For almost three hundred years there were those in England who believed that an Italian translation of the Book of Common Prayer could trigger radical change in the political and religious landscape of Italy. The aim was to present the text to the Italian religious and political elite, in keeping with the belief that the English liturgy embodied the essence of the Church of England. The beauty, harmony, and simplicity of the English liturgical text, rendered into Italian, was expected to demonstrate that the English Church came closest to the apostolic model. Beginning in the Venetian Republic and ending with the Italian Risorgimento, the leitmotif running through the various incarnations of this project was the promotion of top-down reform according to the model of the Church of England itself. These ventures mostly had little real impact on Italian history: as Roy Foster once wrote, "the most illuminating history is often written to show how people acted in the expectation of a future that never happened." This book presents one of those histories. Making Italy Anglican tells the story of a fruitless encounter that helps us better to understand both the self-perception of the Church of England's international role and the cross-cultural and religious relations between Britain and Italy. Stefano Villani shows how Italy, as the heart of Roman Catholicism, was--over a long period of time--the very center of the global ambitions of the Church of England.

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0197587755

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Looking at Life

By: Jerry De Stefano

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Looking at Life

By: Jerry De Stefano

Looking at life: Stories It Took Me 70 years to Write, is a collection of plays or screen plays that I have adventurously written over the years. It is the first of many books to come. So please, enjoy reading it and experience my imagination.

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Lo spazzino

By: andrea damiati,stefano lento

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Lo spazzino

By: andrea damiati,stefano lento

Stefano e Andrea, studenti della stessa facoltà diventano, durante gli anni studio, buoni amici. Condividono la stessa passione per la scrittura che portano avanti in differenti progetti editoriali. Finché, un giorno, con tra le mani un racconto dell'amico Andrea, Stefano decide, poco prima di partire per una città a lui sconosciuta, di dare risposta al trafiletto appena letto. Si innesca una corrispondenza a distanza in cui Napoli è spesso filo conduttore delle rispettive lettere. È una corrispondenza fatta di pareri sul quotidiano che sposta di continuo l'attenzione sul senso della vita senza pretendere altro se non di tirare le somme sul loro personale vissuto. Sono mail che viaggiano lungo lo stivale, di notte, e vengono consegnate da quella che diventa presto una presenza immaginaria stabile, lo spazzino. Protagonista delle prime pagine è il compagno fedele al quale i due affidano le parole da portare all'amico lontano.

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Fictional Discourse

A Radical Fictionalist Semantics

By: Stefano Predelli

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Fictional Discourse

A Radical Fictionalist Semantics

By: Stefano Predelli

Fictional Discourse: A Radical Fictionalist Semantics combines the insight of linguistic and philosophical semantics with the study of fictional language. Its central idea is familiar to anyone exposed to the ways of narrative fiction, namely the notion of a fictional teller. Starting with premises having to do with fictional names such as 'Holmes' or 'Emma', Stefano Predelli develops Radical Fictionalism, a theory that is subsequently applied to central themes in the analysis of fiction. Among other things, he discusses the distinction between storyworlds and narrative peripheries, the relationships between homodiegetic and heterodiegetic narrative, narrative time, unreliability, and closure. The final chapters extend Radical Fictionalism to critical discourse, as Predelli introduces the ideas of critical and biased retelling, and pauses on the relationships between Radical Fictionalism and talk about literary characters.

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Oxford University Press

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0192595970

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Paediatric Neurological Disorders with Cerebellar Involvement

Diagnosis and Management

By: Stefano D’Arrigo,Daria Riva,Enza Maria Valente

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Paediatric Neurological Disorders with Cerebellar Involvement

Diagnosis and Management

By: Stefano D’Arrigo,Daria Riva,Enza Maria Valente

This book provides an update on pediatric neurological disorders with cerebellar involvement. The opening section of the volume is dedicated to the structure and function of cerebellum: the specific development of the cerebellum, unlike other structures of the central nervous system, begins at a later stage of foetal development and lasts longer, even after birth, thus making the cerebellum particularly vulnerable to a wide range of insults, both genetic and acquired. Of particular interest are chapters that focus on cerebellar disorders, which may occur in isolation, or else as part of more complex malformations of the posterior fossa or in association with other supratentorial anomalies. Such conditions may be encountered both as part of ‘static’ congenital encephalopathies as well as in the frame of neurodegenerative or neurometabolic disorders. The recent advances in neuroimaging and genetics have enabled us to characterize and define the genetic basis of an increasing number of paediatric cerebellar disorders. The last part of the volume is dedicated to care and rehabilitation in cerebellar diseases : their correct diagnosis is pivotal in order to address patients to the appropriate genetic testing, plan clinical management and therapeutic strategies, and provide adequate genetic counselling.

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John Libbey Eurotext

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2742008357

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Secret Passages

The Theory and Technique of Interpsychic Relations

By: Stefano Bolognini

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Secret Passages

The Theory and Technique of Interpsychic Relations

By: Stefano Bolognini

This book provides a theoretical and clinical exploration of the field of psychoanalysis. Offering a uniquely global perspective it considers trends in contemporary psychoanalysis, charting a course between the innovative and traditional.

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Routledge

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113688243X

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Microgrid Design and Operation: Toward Smart Energy in Cities

By: Federico Delfino ,Renato Procopio,Mansueto Rossi,Massimo Brignone,Michela Robba,Stefano Bracco

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Microgrid Design and Operation: Toward Smart Energy in Cities

By: Federico Delfino ,Renato Procopio,Mansueto Rossi,Massimo Brignone,Michela Robba,Stefano Bracco

With the growth of renewable energy sources, microgrids have become a key component in the distribution of power to localized areas while connected to the traditional grid or operating in a disconnected island mode. Based on the extensive real-world experience of the authors, this cutting-edge resource provides a basis for the design, installation, and day-by-day management of microgrids. Professionals find coverage of the critical aspects they need to understand, from the initial planning and the selection of the most appropriate technologies and equipment, to optimal management and real-time control. Moreover, this forward-looking book places emphasis on new architectures of the energy systems of the future. Written in accessible language with practical examples, the book explains advanced topics such as optimization algorithms for energy management systems, control issues for both on-grid and island mode, and microgrid protection. Practitioners are also provided with a complete vision for the deployment of the microgrid in smart cities.

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1630811513

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JENNY, TE AMO

By: stefano stella

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JENNY, TE AMO

By: stefano stella

una historia del mar y un barco que nunca navegó, y que sus almas volvieronuna historia del mar y un barco que nunca navegó, y que sus almas volvieronuna historia del mar y un barco que nunca navegó, y que sus almas volvieron

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Follow me if you want

By: Stefano Conti

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Follow me if you want

By: Stefano Conti

Crime novel Lisbon (Portugal). A hot summer night in 2020, a disturbing blue villa, a man dressed in black. Suddenly a sharp thud and blood everywhere on the pavement. Thus the lifeless body of the head of an obscure religious organization is found, who has fallen from the third floor. Murder or suicide? Siena (Italy). ”Do you remember me?” is the question with which Chiara, who has been missing for years, returns to Francesco, inviting him to accompany her on a journey to investigate the mystery that lies behind her strange death. Wewelsburg (Germany). What is the thin red line that connects a Nazi castle, which was the occult and esoteric center of the SS, to the investigation of the bank detective and his elusive companion? Montségur (France). The mystery deepens when all the clues lead to the enigmatic secret fortress of the Cathars and then to a remote island in the Croatian sea, where there is only one building: a lighthouse. Follow, if you want, the two protagonists in an engaging thriller full of twists and where nothing is as it seems ... ”A new novel to read in one breath. Unmissable ”-World News 24-” Pages that tickle the curiosity and keep glued to the last line ”- Literary Chronicles -” Real events and disturbing crimes give life to a pressing narrative ”- Boom Channel -” A novel that captures the reader, amidst puzzles, tormented loves and captivating stories ”-The Nation-” True story skillfully intertwined with fantasy events ”- Literary Coffee -” A mystery that fascinates and a love that intrigues, in a book that enchants ”- Our Free Time - Translator: Erica Brusco PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

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8835443458

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Esoteric Crimes

By: Stefano Vignaroli

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Esoteric Crimes

By: Stefano Vignaroli

Sudden disappearances worry inhabitants of Trioria, a little town in the Ligurian inland. Caterina Ruggeri, police chief, will have to shed light on the mysterious crimes by going back up to four centuries before: the murder of a witch seems to be hiding the causes of an esoteric vendetta. After being for several years responsible for the Dogs' Unit of the State Police, Caterina Ruggeri, Law graduate, is appointed Police Chief and assigned to the Police District in Imperia. The newly appointed Police Chief, having just arrived at her new working place, will find herself involved in a thorny investigation, during which she'll have to face people linked to an esoteric sect, in a town, that is witches' place par excellence: Triora. Starting from the finding of a burnt woman's body, at the end of the operations of extinguishing a wood fire, Doctor Ruggeri, helped by her vice, Inspector Giampieri, an ex soldier expert in informations technology and sport cars' driver, will have to extend her investigation to occurrences that had happened in those places in far away times. Important protagonist of the adventure is Doctor Ruggeri's dog, Furia, her loyal Springer Spaniel, matchless trail searcher, that in more than in one occasion will be of precious help.

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5043263229

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Italy

By: Helen Gillman,Damien Simonis,Stefano Cavedoni

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Italy

By: Helen Gillman,Damien Simonis,Stefano Cavedoni

Discover the best Italy has to offer from spectacular trekking routes through the Apennines to cities rich with centuries of art and ancient ruins. With places to stay for every budget, insider tips on the best Italian cuisine, a full-color arts and architecture section, and complete details on transportation. color. 114 maps.

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0864424922

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Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys

By: Hugh J. McQueen,Stefano Spigarelli,Michael E. Kassner,Enrico Evangelista

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Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys

By: Hugh J. McQueen,Stefano Spigarelli,Michael E. Kassner,Enrico Evangelista

A comprehensive treatise on the hot working of aluminum and its alloys, Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys details the possible microstructural developments that can occur with hot deformation of various alloys, as well as the kind of mechanical properties that can be anticipated. The authors take great care to explain and differenti

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1420017683

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