Luigi: 1413 books

I am a man, sad and disappointed. Every morning I need to look at the sea, I need to draw energy from its majesty. After I built with my own hands a rowing boat deciding to get it over, I take off. I am called by a siren that promises me a wonderful life in the depths. Without hesitation I accept, and in fact I became a man mermaid with superpowers.  Unfortunately I dreamed ...

The best guide to visit Italy in a different and most interesting way! From Southern Italy – Apulia, Naples on to Rome, Florence and the North of Italy, all the way up to Monte Carlo. Travelling in Italy along the old Roman roads built by Consuls and Emperors centuries ago, spreading knowledge,...

This anthology brings together key articles translated into English for the first time from Italian debates concerning Antonio Gramsci's writings on language and translation as central to his entire social and political thought. It includes recent scholarship by Italian, German and English-speaking...

Plot: the protagonist decides to make himself a small boat to be able to find solace to his ailments in the sea, but receives a letter in which he was told that he was hired at the bank. In his new job he is very bad, and for that pretends to be sick to take a vacation in the Sahara. After many misadventures,...

"Il Tirocinio Formativo Attivo" (TFA) è un corso abilitante all'insegnamento istituito dalle università; l'accesso avviene attraverso un Test preliminare predisposto dal Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, comune all'intero territorio nazionale, secondo quanto previsto dal Decreto Ministeriale...

There's a reason La Bohème has been staged at the Met more often than any other opera: Puccini's enticing music perfectly conveys the enchantment of new young love and the anguish that comes with loss and death. La Bohème, the passionate and timeless story of love among impoverished young artists...

Premiered in this translation by the Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow. In Enrico Four a man believes he is Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. But is he? Pirandello’s study of perceptions has become a twentieth century classic which invites us to consider our personal madness in offering a different face to everyone we meet.

This book explores the intertwining of politics and ontology, shedding light on the ways in which, as our ability to investigate, regulate, appropriate, ’enhance’ and destroy material reality have developed, so new social scientific accounts of nature and our relationship with it have emerged,...

Labour reform is only one component of the larger process of reforming economy and society experienced by China over the last three decades. This book uses historical analytical tools in order to shed light on how policymaking takes place in contemporary China: an experimental and self-fulfilling...

This book is an introduction to automotive engineering, to give freshmen ideas about this technology. The text is subdivided in parts that cover all facets of the automobile, including legal and economic aspects related to industry and products, product configuration and fabrication processes, historic...

This book addresses a broad range of topics on antennas for space applications. First, it introduces the fundamental methodologies of space antenna design, modelling and analysis as well as the state-of-the-art and anticipated future technological developments. Each of the topics discussed are specialized...

Transport and the spatial location of population and activities have been important themes of study in engineering, social sciences and urban and regional planning for many decades. However, an integrated approach to the modelling of transport and land use has been rarely made, and common practice...

Parlare di "pellegrinaggi pellegriniani" può parere uno scherzo, un gioco di parole. Non è così. Certo, l'espressione scelta per qualificare questi aspetti, queste mète santorali, questi culti è scherzosa. Ma comincia col racchiudere un problema che gli studiosi di agiografia ben conoscono....

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