Porta: 90 books

Il piccolo Gufino che vive nella quercia racconta...di quando Ragnetto è caduto sul cappello di Mafalda, di biciclette volanti, di super tuffi e bollicine, di come è bello essere amici e volersi bene...

Tretze veïns, amos d’una muntanya. Al poble de Tor, tocant a Andorra. Poderosos que s’enfronten. Interessos, contraban, l’orgull de la força. Estranys assassinats i sentències que fan créixer la crispació. Carles Porta ha investigat la història de Tor, la muntanya maleïda. Hi va...

Un fantasma recorre Europa: el fantasma del totalismo. Y a diferencia de lo que hicieron el papa y el zar, Matternich y Guizot, los radicales franceses y los polizontes alemanes con el fantasma del comunismo en 1948, la vieja Europa contempla el espectáculo. Estulta Europa. Pero el fantasma del totalismo...

«In primis dunque vediamo mille e mille palloni aerostatici volare ad altezze inusitate, con cadenza giornaliera, da regioni di tutti i continenti…» Sette punti per una terapia, l’amico barbiere ed un organismo internazionale per dare alla Terra, disposta finalmente alla scienza, la possibilità...

Algo más que un pálpito, algo menos que un saber. Eso es lo que compartimos en el instante de la confidencia, y eso contiene este libro, que, si fuese música, tendría que sonar a media voz, porque su materia es el secreteo y el susurro. Una reflexión sobre los rumores, las medias verdades, los...

Although Native Americans have lived along the banks of the Occoquan for thousands of years, John Smith was the first European to visit the area, arriving at the river�s mouth in 1608. Here he encountered the Dogue Indians, from whose language the river and town take their names. With the coming of...

“What the future fortunes of [Gramsci’s] writings will be, we cannot know. However, his permanence is already sufficiently sure, and justifies the historical study of his international reception. The present collection of studies is an indispensable foundation for this.” —Eric Hobsbawm, from...

In this book, two titans of social movement scholarship bring together the best current research on the nexus between the local and the global in translating the global justice movement into action at the grass roots, and vice versa. Using recent cases of transnational contention_from the European...

A hunted outlaw and her smart fox. A valkyrie and her dragon shifter. Mermaids, werewolves, and a "zombie" with her...pug. In this collection, you'll find 10 "tails" about kickass heroines and their beastly sidekicks--stories about power, love, and loyalty. All proceeds...

The Indie Author Potluck Cookbook is a privately operated charity project designed to raise funds and awareness for the Food Bank of South Jersey. All contributors to this collection have donated their time and recipes in support of the project. This cookbook features a true "potluck" feel...

Con pelos y señales y mucho sentido del humor han respondido los protagonistas de este libro, varias generaciones que recuerdan su primera vez. ¿Me cuentas tu primera vez? Con condones «diabólicos», con llantos o carcajadas incluidas, amenizadas con música escogida para la ocasión o...

We are living through a period of dramatic political change – Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the liberal values and ideals associated with cosmopolitanism and globalization....

The World Social Forum quickly became the largest political gathering in human history and continues to offer a direct challenge to the extreme inequities of corporate-led globalisation. It has expanded its presence and continues to be an exciting experiment in global and participatory democracy....

Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from...