Levi: 325 books

A distanza di pochi anni, tra il 1957 e il 1959, Carlo Levi compì un viaggio nel subcontinente indiano e uno in Cina, come inviato per il quotidiano «La Stampa». I suoi reportages, usciti a puntate e qui raccolti in volume, appartengono a un giornalismo che non c’è più, un giornalismo non ancora...

I suoi metodi, i suoi riti, i suoi Misteri Lo scopo essenziale e il fine ultimo al quale tendono il mago e la magia, in qualsiasi forma ed espressione, è la «volontà di potenza». La magia, infatti, secondo la definizione dello stesso Crowley, è l'arte di provocare cambiamenti conformi alla propria...

Questo libro si prefigge lo scopo di avvicinare il lettore a un personaggio che a cavallo di due secoli ha percorso un itinerario di vita emblematico: premio Nobel per la Medicina, senatrice a vita e promotrice di tante iniziative solidali di respiro internazionale. L'autrice, accanto a Rita Levi-Montalcini...

Questo libro si prefigge lo scopo di avvicinare il lettore a un personaggio che a cavallo di due secoli ha percorso un itinerario di vita emblematico: premio Nobel per la Medicina, senatrice a vita e promotrice di tante iniziative solidali di respiro internazionale. L'autrice, accanto a Rita Levi-Montalcini...

Niente di meglio dell'espressione marinaresca utilizzata nel titolo può spiegare il tragitto mentale che ha portato la celebre scienziata a confrontarsi con dieci personaggi, da lei amorosamente ritratti e scelti fra le innumerevoli personalità che ha avuto modo di conoscere. Una costante li accomuna:...

"Los consejos que he creído que debía darte están justificados –al menos eso espero– por la experiencia que he adquirido durante mi largo recorrido y por la viva simpatía que me inspiran los adolescentes. Al dirigirme a ti, les hablo a todos ellos. Querría ser de ayuda durante este periodo...

Exile. Persecution. Torture. The riveting story of one man's escape from the Sudan. By the muddy banks of the Kulo-jobi River, a young Sudanese boy is faced with a decision that will shape the rest of his life. William Levi was born in southern Sudan as part of a Messianic Hebrew tribal group and...

The Great Race recounts the exciting story of a century-long battle among automakers for market share, profit, and technological dominance—and the thrilling race to build the car of the future. The world’s great manufacturing juggernaut—the $3 trillion automotive industry—is in the...

I once read that before Charles Darwin left the Galapagos Islands, he collected a bunch of tortoises so he could eat them. Darwin gathering them up just seemed kind of evil so I grew up with the image of him marching them onto a ship to be used for snacks on the ride home. This is the story of one man's quest for culinary ecstasy and those that stood against him...or something like that.

Chris has to spend his weekend watching his grandfather who is recovering from hip surgery. He doesn't mind doing this, but as an unexpected Texas snowstorm kicks in, they soon realize there's something outside in the snow. Trapped with his grandfather, they must now work together to fight off their snow-born attackers.

In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. This remarkable transformation has required, and will continue...

On Friday September 9th 2011, EMS, one of the most prominent financial clearing houses  in the global telecommunication reseller market place, was brought to its knees and it declared bankruptcy several months thereafter. This event shook the industry, crushing many small and medium-sized companies...

For more than 80 years, bush pilots have carried supplies, delivered mail, and transported emergency personnel over Alaska's rugged terrain. They've flown with felons handcuffed to the seat, with corpses strapped to the wing, and with drugged polar bears sleeping in the cargo compartment. Ever since...

Finalist for the Book Club category of the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards. The #1 International Best Seller, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling novel of mothers and daughters, stories told and untold, and the ties that bind four generations of women. Gabriela's mother Luna...