Gu: 338 books

A collection of serial poems, Think of Lampedusa addresses the 2013 shipwreck that killed 366 Africans attempting to migrate secretly to Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea. The crossing from North Africa to this island and other Mediterranean way stations has become the most dangerous...

Centro di gravità permanente Leggere un testo come “Il Re del Mondo” significa dismettere i panni rassicuranti dell’uomo moderno per ammantarsi di atemporalità, di sacrale inattualità. Questo testo, denso di dottrina e significati esoterici, pubblicato per la prima volta in Francia nel 1927...

" Pour revenir, il faut être parti... " Pour Nicolas Sarkozy, tout était sous contrôle et se passait comme prévu. D'abord, le silence. Entier, absolu. Ensuite, le retour à une vie privée "normale", loin des caméras et des micros, après trente cinq années de vie...

René Guénon, il principale esponente del Tradizionalismo Integrale, colloca la «crisi del mondo moderno» in una vasta prospettiva storica, in relazione a quell'«età oscura» — fase terminale di un ciclo e conclusione di una lunga concatenazione di cause e di effetti — preconizzata fin da...

Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez demuestra en sus cuentos que una cicatriz puede surcar las páginas de un libro o las dos orillas de una geografía, de una lengua. Es la cicatriz que cierra la herida abierta por la separación forzosa, por la memoria borrada o el sentimiento vacío. Y como sutura, el...

« Comme je viens d’une époque, voire d’un monde, où chacun jurait de rester éternellement fidèle à ses convictions, je me suis souvent demandé pourquoi tant de figures énergiques avaient ensuite, et sans trop tarder, tourné la page de leur jeunesse. Cette question – qu’est-ce qui...

Anarchism in Music: In this volume we focus on the vehicle of music. From early folk music to the rise of rock ‘n' roll; to cabaret and the classical avant garde; to anarchist punk and every other cliché-ridden adjective slapped onto the art form by a parasitic music press keen to impose...

No small number of books laud and record the heroic actions of those at war. But the peacekeepers? Who tells their stories? At the beginning of the 1990s, the world exited the cold war and entered an era of great promise for peace and security. Guided by an invigorated United Nations, the international...

Que faisait cette femme sur le bateau ? Sébastien est un courtier reconnu de la place boursière parisienne. Malgré l'opulence et les plaisirs, le sens de sa vie lui échappe et il sombre dans un désenchantement amer. Il se lance alors dans un périple maritime, seul à bord de son voilier, jusqu'au...

With all the stress, confusion, frustration and bullshit in modern life more and more people are being taken in by Fo-Pu –– the ancient Chinese art of getting your shit together. Fo-Pu has been used by successful Chinese leaders and businessmen for longer than a rat can juggle a litre of coke...

A novel of a twentysomething, Algerian-born woman living on the edge in France, from “one of the hottest literary talents of multicultural Europe” (Sunday Telegraph). When Ahlème’s mother was killed in a village massacre, she left Algeria for France with her father and brother and never...

“Guðbergur Bergsson achieved success with his novel Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller, which shocked Icelandic readers in innumerable ways, lashing out as it does at the Icelandic society of the post-war years for its cultural confusion, amorality, and hypocrisy. The main character is a grumpy old man...

Quel secret pèse sur le suicide des parents de Laurence ? Etienne enleva le blouson et les bottes de moto de Laurence. Il admira ses formes parfaites et commença à la déshabiller de façon plus intime en commençant par son pull. Il la tourna ensuite sur le côté et lui défit l'agrafe...

Offering a comprehensive review of reform policy, followed by an examination of major approaches to institutional restructuring, Shulin Gu explores the way in which China's industrial technology has responded to economic reforms. At the heart of the work is the argument that market reform and organisational...