Maurizio: 532 books

Come un corpo immerso in un mare di speranze, segnato da mille contraddizioni ed errori di valutazione, il nostro bel paese ci culla di illusioni. Leggendo questo libro capirete però che esistono degli esempi di luce raggiunta, grazie alla determinazione e al coraggio di non darsi mai per vinti. La...

In occasione del centenario della prima indagine del commissario Maigret e dei 110 anni dalla nascita di Simenon, torna questa biografia in giallo di uno dei più grandi maestri del giallo. Il romanzo narra una immaginaria inchiesta su Simenon affidata proprio alla sua più famosa creatura: il commissario...

Oltre ai capelli rossi, la tredicenne Atina ha ereditato da una sua antenata la passione per l'alchimia, che finirà per trasportarla insieme al fratello Simone e all'amico Roberto, in un mondo parallelo. Entrati nei sotterranei di un castello diroccato, i tre ragazzi trovano la stanza di un alchimista,...

Une bataille. Une défaite. La fin de l’empire 19 juin 1815, à l’aube. Non loin de Waterloo, au bord de la Sambre. Un homme est sur le point d’être fusillé par l’armée prussienne. Celui qui doit lui bander les yeux avant l’ultime sentence reconnait alors le baron Larrey, chirurgien...

A Commissario Ricciardi Neapolitan mystery that packs a real punch. Years ago, Vinnie Sannino left Naples on a ship bound for America, where he found fame and wealth as a boxer. But his gilded life in the new world came to an abrupt end when, during a fight, with a heavy punch to the head of...

 La raccolta prende il nome di “Mondi Diversi” perché richiama le raccolte di fantascienza e horror che Urania faceva uscire ad ogni stagione, che si chiamava Mille Mondi, e poi perché richiama anche il mio primo libro “Nebbie d’altri mondi”. Alcuni racconti hanno delle peculiarità:...

As Naples prepares for its holiday celebrations, behind the facade of order and happiness imposed by the fascist regime, lurks terrible poverty and blinding desperation. In a luxurious apartment on the Mergellina beach the bodies of a fascist militia officer and his wife have been found. The woman...

The future of Italian port activities is either European or nothing at all. Like every other ‘industry’ in our country, port activities are faced with the need to meet the challenges of the technological and organisational innovation of their production system and the globalisation of their markets....

New fundamental forces of Nature? New forms of "dark'' energy? Signals from epochs preceding the Big Bang? Is our space-time unique? Only a joint study of the three topics examined in this book – gravity, strings and particles – may provide answers to these questions. Such a study may also...

This reference textbook is an up-to-date and self-contained introduction to the theory of gravitational interactions. The first part of the book follows the traditional presentation of general relativity as a geometric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field. A second, advanced part then discusses...

The essential corporate finance text, updated with new data Corporate Finance has long been a favourite among both students and professionals in the field for its unique blend of theory and practice with a truly global perspective. The fact that the authors are well-known academics and professionals...

Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which men seize, retain, and lose political power. This fluent new translation is accompanied by comprehensive notes and an introduction...

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Commissario Ricciardi has visions. He sees the final seconds in the lives of victims of violent deaths. It is both a gift and a curse. It has helped him become one of the most successful homicide detectives on the Naples police front. But the horror of his visions has hollowed him out emotionally....