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1996—Luca Saracino is thirteen and has been completely blind for eight months when his parents move to a Southern Italian farmhouse they dream of turning into a hotel. With his brother dropping out of university and the family reeling from Luca's diagnosis, they are chasing dreams of rebirth and reinvention.

Iqbal, a 13-year-old boy, fights for children's liberation. Bravely, he speaks out against children working long hours in carpet factories in Pakistan.

Francesco Cirillo developed his famed system for improving productivity as a college student 30 years ago. Using a kitchen timer shaped like a pomodoro (Italian for tomato), Cirillo divided the time he spent working on a project into 25-minute intervals, with 5-minute breaks in between, in order to get more done, without interruptions. By grouping a number of pomodoros together, users can tackle a project of any length, and drastically improve their productivity, enhance their focus, and better achieve their goals.

Four friends have a pact: to meet up on the same day every year in their small hometown in southern Italy. Art, the charismatic leader of the group, has always been adamant about the pact. But this year, he doesn't show up. Searching for him, the friends make a worrying discovery: Art has been farming marijuana, a very dangerous activity in mafia-controlled country.

Central Banking in Turbulent Times examines fundamental questions about the central banking system, asking whether the model of an independent central bank devoted to price stability is the final resting point of a complex development that started centuries ago. It dissects the hypothesis that the Great Recession has prompted a reassessment of that model; a renewed emphasis on financial stability has emerged, possibly vying for first rank in the hierarchy of objectives of central banks.

On the rural coast of Puglia, Italy, Becca and Ric run the Bastion, offering solace and a home for lost souls. Each year they welcome new members to join the Open Feast, where they teach them to release their burdens and create a better world, in a journey of self-discovery and spiritual teachings. But the Bastion has secrets. The Bastion has a destiny. Deep in the Inner Pinewood, a place of real magic and beauty, they are all that stands against the dark forces that would tear the sky wide open.

Viola ha quarant’anni. Nuota, ogni giorno. Sin da quando era bambina. Decine di vasche avanti e indietro, mentre fuori, il mondo, sparisce. Le sue giornate sembrano muoversi nell’ipnosi leggera di un tempo fermo, e invecchiare non c’entra, c’entra la sua vita, quella che esiste, quella che non è mai esistita. Forse tutto è cominciato quando sua madre è andata via, troppo presto. O forse molto prima, Viola non può saperlo. Figlie uniche entrambe, orfane entrambe di un padre mai esistito.

It's Halloween night, when the ghost of bygone poet Renée Vivien haunts the legendary premises at 20 Rue Jacob. Natalie Clifford Barney, the seductive American writer and saloniste, known to all as the Amazon, has invited the who's who of literary Paris 1926 to her 50th birthday party. Never mind that half the guest list is comprised of Natalie's current lovers and exes.

Regardless of the type of business you are in, you can use the principles of the Lean system to improve the value you are providing to your customers, while at the same time ensuring they know that you respect and value their business. Everyone knows that in today's market, the customer is king, and Lean Bible: How to Speed up Your Business through the Leading Companies' Method has all of the information you need to ensure your business remains profitable.

Adventure awaits… Free fall into exciting worlds full of dragons and heroes. Dragons come face-to-face with meddlesome humans. Hunters seek revenge for fiery destruction. Some want to live in peace while some crave to make others quake with fear. Can the vicious cycle of misunderstanding be broken? Featuring stories by Francesco Parisi, Annie Snow, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Edgar Mahaffey, Sean E. Britten, K.A. Masters, S.E.M. Ishida, Rose McClary, Daividh Eideard Mitchell, Iren Adams, Charles Kyffhausen, Ryan Brinson, and J.E. Feldman.

La Storia della letteratura italiana, completata nel 1871 è la principale opera di Francesco De Sanctis, il più grande critico letterario e saggista italiano dell'Ottocento: essa costituisce la prima grande sintesi organica di tutta la letteratura italiana. L'opera, che non deve essere considerata un manuale di consultazione ma una sintesi ardente di tutta l'intera storia della società italiana vista attraverso le opere letterarie, si svolge con un forte ritmo narrativo dove i personaggi sono gli autori e i loro testi.

Ci sono pochi posti nel mondo dove il divario tra quello che crediamo di sapere e quello che sappiamo è tanto ampio quanto nel caso degli Stati Uniti. L'influenza statunitense nei nostri consumi è così longeva che pensiamo di conoscere bene l'America quando in realtà, nella gran parte dei casi, la nostra idea è un impasto di luoghi comuni e poche informazioni concrete. Convinti che gli statunitensi siano tutti armati fino ai denti, non sappiamo, per esempio, che la metà delle armi in circolazione in America è posseduta dal 3 per cento della popolazione.

La voce del narratore recita le più belle poesie di Petrarca, tratte dal Canzoniere dove l'autore, prende in esame i suoi sentimenti, analizza il suo amore non corrisposto per Laura (chiunque sia stata questa donna) ed esplora le sue crisi più profonde e irrisolte.

Francesco Clark was a 24-year-old with a bright future when he went to the Hamptons for the weekend. A nocturnal dive into the pool's shallow end changed everything. Paralyzed from the neck down, doctors announced that he'd never move from his bed or breathe without assistance. But Francesco fought back....

Francesco Petrarch’s Canzoniere (translated in English as ‘Scattered Rhymes’) is a collection of 14th century poems famed for their exploration of love, grief, spirituality and nature. Peter Thornton's accessible new translation brings Petrarch to the 21st century in direct, rhymed, English verse - for academics and poetry enthusiasts alike.

Modern conservatism was born in the crisis of the French Revolution that sought to overturn Christianity, monarchy, tradition, and a trust in experience rather than reason. In the name of reason and progress, the French Revolution led to the guillotine, the dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte, and a decade of continental war. Today Western Civilization is again in crisis, with an ever-widening progressive campaign against religion, tradition, and ordered liberty.

Dopo oltre settant'anni dalla caduta del fascismo, mai come ora l'idra risolleva la testa, soprattutto su Internet, ma non solo. Frasi ripetute a mo' di barzelletta per anni, che parevano innocue e risibili fino a non molto tempo fa, si stanno sempre più facendo largo in Italia con tutt'altro obiettivo. E fanno presa. La storiografia ha indagato il fascismo e la figura di Mussolini in tutti i suoi dettagli e continua a farlo. Il quadro che è stato tracciato dalla grande maggioranza degli studiosi è quello di un regime dispotico, violento, miope e perlopiù incapace.

This 14th-century Italian poet was a model for many who followed him. His passionate sonnets to Laura became the epitome for love poetry. Over some 40 years he wrote 366 sonnets to Laura, whom he probably never even spoke to, and they remain immediate and affecting even now. Called "Rime Sparse (Scattered Rhymes)", they influenced Chaucer and many others.

Allora partiamo da dove tutto è cominciato. Dal Tevere. E iniziamo a camminare. Ecco che quegli stessi luoghi che percorriamo distrattamente ci mostreranno un volto diverso e nuovo. Ci accorgeremo delle infinite stratificazioni di questa città; dei millenni di cultura, potere e bellezza che si sono succeduti sovrapponendosi e mai elidendosi. Per non perderci, la nostra guida ha organizzato 18 itinerari a tema che ci permetteranno ogni volta di scoprire un aspetto diverso magari proprio là dove non saremmo mai andati.

Spreadsheets and the programs that create them are as common in the business world as cubicles, and yet many people still don't know how to take full advantage of the software they use to create these ever-present files; despite the fact that it could ultimately save them time, headaches, even money in the long run. If you want to ensure you are getting the most out of your spreadsheet software, then Excel: Strategic Use of the Calc Spreadsheet in Business Environments, Data Analysis and Business Modeling is the book you have been waiting for.