Fabio: 707 books

When ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari’s small village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule in early 2000, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiat’s remarkable and often punishing five-year ordeal,...

Per migliaia di chilometri, in auto, a piedi, su traghetti, bus e funivie, una carovana piena di colori tenta di stare dietro al ritmo furibondo imposto dai ciclisti che in tre settimane girano tutta l’Italia, dalla costiera amalfitana agli aspri profili del Vajont. Ne fa parte anche uno scrittore,...

Prestigiado no cenário acadêmico brasileiro e internacional, e colaborador frequente do jornal Valor Econômcio, o autor Fabio Giambiagi é um dos mais conhecidos e respeitados críticos do modelo econômico adotado pelo governo brasileiro. Nessa obra ele se junta a Marcelo Nonnenberg para mostrar...

On May 4, 1919, thousands of students protested the Versailles treaty in Beijing. Seventy years later, another generation demonstrated in Tiananmen Square. Climbing the Monument of the People's Heroes, these protestors stood against a relief of their predecessors, merging with their own mythology...

A partir de una minuciosa investigación etnográfica y lingüística de los relatos de tradición oral más representativos del país, Fabio Morábito reúne en esta antología 125 cuentos provenientes de regiones que van desde Sonora hasta Chiapas, desde los tarahumaras hasta los chontales y, más...

Big Night (1996), Ratatouille (2007), and Julie and Julia (2009) are more than films about food—they serve a political purpose. In the kitchen, around the table, and in the dining room, these films use cooking and eating to explore such themes as ideological pluralism, ethnic and racial acceptance,...

Il testo ripercorre la storia dei movimenti indipendentisti dell’Africa portoghese, mettendo in risalto il momento in cui, durante il 25 aprile 1974, il Movimento delle Forze Armate lusitane pose fine per sempre ad oltre mezzo secolo di dittatura, spazzando via quei legami economico-politici che...

The last twenty years have witnessed tremendous advances in the mathematical, statistical, and computational tools available to applied macroeconomists. This rapidly evolving field has redefined how researchers test models and validate theories. Yet until now there has been no textbook that unites...

La scelta di un sistema tributario è funzionale alla visione che la classe politica dominante ha del mondo, della rilevanza e funzione dello Stato, del valore della collettività, della preminenza o meno del singolo individuo rispetto al suo essere parte di una comunità, alla predominanza, o meno,...

A cutting-edge guide to quantum trading Original and thought-provoking, Quantum Trading presents a compelling new way to look at technical analysis and will help you use the proven principles of modern physics to forecast financial markets. In it, author Fabio Oreste shows how both the...

Theory for the Working Sociologist makes social theory easy to understand by revealing sociology's hidden playbook. Fabio Rojas argues that sociologists use four different theoretical "moves" when they try to explain the social world: how groups defend their status, how people strategically...

A comprehensive introduction to using the tools and techniques of neuroscience to understand how consumers make decisions about purchasing goods and services. Contrary to the assumptions of economists, consumers are not always rational actors who make decisions in their own best interests....

Le sable sera leur linceul... Des vallées afghanes au Sahel, les prises d'otages enrichissent chefs de guerre et émirs djihadistes. Tiago Solan, tireur d’élite vétéran, est engagé comme mercenaire par la séduisante et impétueuse Ophelia Conti. Cette jeune et fortunée veuve italienne...

Le spin-off tant attendu d’un classique de l’heroic fantasy ! Cela fait 200 ans que la Grande Nuit de Cristal a eu lieu. Celle où la douce et belle Zorya a basculé du côté du mal pour semer la terreur sur ceux qu’elle avait juré de protéger... Aujourd’hui, après deux siècles...