Giacomo: 612 books

La seconda guerra mondiale raccontata da 7 diretti protagonisti, e dentro i loro racconti una moltitudine di tragedie rimosse. Soldati, prigionieri di guerra, partigiani testimoniano una sotto-storia introvabile nei libri di Storia. Le storie portano in diversi teatri di guerra (Egitto, Tunisia, Kenya,...

I temi sono quelli cari al poeta: il rapporto dell'uomo con la storia, con i suoi simili ed in particolare con la Natura, di cui Leopardi matura una personale visione filosofica; il confronto tra i valori del passato e la situazione statica e degenerata del presente; la potenza delle illusioni, la gloria e la noia.

Detective Connie Giannelli's life has been torn apart several times. First when her mother died and then years later when she found out her Uncle Dominic was in the mob. Her life is about to be shredded again, and this time it could destroy her. Connie’s love of family and her badge are both...

One of history's most published architectural treatises, this Renaissance volume solidified the architectural canon of the past five centuries. In these pages, the distinguished architect known as Vignola identified the five orders — Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite — and illustrated...

My Misfortunes in Chiozza— Father Stephano— The Lazzaretto at Ancona— The

La più grande opera di Leopardi, composta di oltre 4000 pagine vergate tra il 1817 e il 1832. Come indica anche il titolo, che completo è 'Zibaldone - Pensieri di varia filosofia e di bella letteratura', questa è una raccolta di pensieri di vario genere, esattamente come la ricetta emiliana da...

Supper at My Casino With M. M. and M. de Bernis, the French Ambassador— A

Countess Coronini— A Lover's Pique— Reconciliation— The First Meeting— A

A Fearful Misfortune Befalls Me— Love Cools Down— Leave Corfu and Return to Venice— Give Up the Army and Become a Fiddle

"La Bohème is perhaps Puccini's most nearly perfect opera." — Hughes, Famous Puccini Operas. It has long been one of the world's most beloved musical works — an instantly enchanting blend of charm, warmth, gaiety, and pathos, brought to vibrant life by Puccini's sparkling, lighthearted...

Nicky Fusco thought he knew right from wrong, living by an oath of friendship & honor with his three best friends. But life took them down separate paths, and the oath was broken. Secrets were kept. Years later they are reunited and the bonds of their friendship are brutally tested, putting them...

Over the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a “crisis of criticism” and mourned the “death of the critic.” Now that well-paying jobs in film criticism have largely evaporated, while blogs, message boards, and social media have...

The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad reputation, have never had justice done to them by serious students of literature, of life, and of history. One English writer, indeed, Mr. Havelock Ellis, has realised that 'there are few more delightful books in the world, '...

My Fortune in Holland— My Return to Paris with Young Pompeat