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In Etichette, apparso per la prima volta nel 1930, Evelyn Waugh delinea, tra il serio e il faceto, una sorta di casistica del viaggiatore nordeuropeo che, nel corso dei secoli, si è avventurato dalle nostre parti. Si comincia col superstite del Grand Tour: un giovanotto bennato e facoltoso, come...

Curato dallo scrittore e giornalista Fabrizio La Gaipa, raccoglie al suo interno alcune eccezionali confessioni di genitori con fantasie ed esperienze di incesto nei confronti dei figli minorenni e spesso in età infantile. Le interviste sono state raccolte dopo mesi di indagini su una chat specializzata...

"Il titolo dell'opera, Sirocco, implica un viatico romantico, simbolico ed evocativo: il nome di un vento che trasporti questi componimenti in fuga, verso altri territori, altre culture, lettori, autori. All'interno di Sirocco (è un violento vento sahariano, molto secco e caldo, che soffia in...

The Everything Cooking for Dogs Book is packed with 100 delicious recipes and useful information on caring for a pooch's nutritional needs. Readers will delight to find 150 easy-to-prepare healthy treat and meal alternatives their pooch will love. From birthday parties to everyday rewards, this book...

Oscar Wilde was a consumer modernist. His modernist aesthetics drove him into the heart of the mass culture industries of 1890s London, particularly the journalism and popular theatre industries. Wilde was extremely active in these industries: as a journalist at the Pall Mall Gazette; as magazine...

This book focuses on how the sponsorship of sports works: the costs, the goals, evaluation and selection of the property a sponsor chooses, how to activate a sponsorship, how to create a brand association, public relations and brand image possibilities. Anything is possible in a sponsorship, it is...

Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...

Making Media Content addresses the development of media content and the various factors and constituencies that influence content, such as advertisers, corporate interests, owners, and advocacy groups. It examines the strategic decision-making of mass media organizations as they determine what content...

Transparent electronics is emerging as one of the most promising technologies for the next generation of electronic products, away from the traditional silicon technology. It is essential for touch display panels, solar cells, LEDs and antistatic coatings. The book describes the concept of...

Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Road Vehicles addresses the main issues related to the application of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the road transportation sector. A preliminary treatment is given on fuel resources and atmospheric pollution concerns which are closely related to the current technology (internal...

Reinventing Rural is a collection of original research papers that examine the ways in which rural people and places are changing in the context of an urbanizing world. This includes exploring the role of the environment, the economy, and related issues such as tourism. While traditionally relying...

Distilled wisdom from two publishing pros for every serious nonfiction author in search of big commercial success. Over 50,000 books are published in America each year, the vast majority nonfiction. Even so, many writers are stymied in getting their books published, never mind gaining significant...

Un recupero di “memoria storica” potrebbe questo mio tentativo essere definito. Certo, ciò potrebbe essere vero se non mi aspettassi la critica o, peggio, l’accusa di usare impropriamente l’espressione “memoria storica”, trattandosi di fatti e di figure legate, in fondo, alla realtà...

Communication theory provides a compelling way to understand how people of faith can and should work together in today’s tumultuous world. In A Communication Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue, fifteen authors present their experiences and analyses of interfaith dialogue, and contextualize interfaith...