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Cesare Annunziata podría definirse sin demasiados miramientos como un viejo y cínico tocapelotas. Con setenta y siete años, viudo desde hace cinco, y padre de dos hijos, Cesare ha decidido pasar de todo y de todos. Los pocos balances que hace de su vida están marcados por una feroz ironía, quizá...

This book is an attempt to save “the sexual” from the oblivion to which certain strands in queer theory tend to condemn it, and at the same time to limit the risks of anti-politics and solipsism contained in what has been termed antisocial queer theory. It takes a journey from Sigmund Freud to...

Dr. Araujos book of poems is dedicated to his Daughter and her murderer. These poems are a reminder of the power of love, compassion , and forgiveness. It is an important lesson for all of us, especially those who have gone through the horrific and traumatic experience of losing a child.

Rock and Romanticism: Blake, Wordsworth, and Rock from Dylan to U2 is an edited anthology that seeks to explain just how rock and roll is a Romantic phenomenon that sheds light, retrospectively, on what literary Romanticism was at its different points of origin and on what it has become in the present....

This book employs a new eco-cognitive model of abduction to underline the distributed and embodied nature of scientific cognition. Its main focus is on the knowledge-enhancing virtues of abduction and on the productive role of scientific models. What are the distinctive features that define...

Carlo Borghi nacque a Barlassina (Monza) nel 1910. Venne ordinato sacerdote nel 1933 a Milano. Si laureò in Teologia alla Pontificia Università Gregoriana di Roma e in Scienze Fisiche nel 1939 all’Università Statale di Milano, dove insegnò Fisica teorica e Calcolo delle probabilità. Trasferitosi...

The Spiritual Combat is known as one of the greatest classics in ascetic theology, along with The Imitation of Christ. In both cases the authors are shrouded in mystery. Several 17th century editions were published under the name of the Spanish Benedictine, John of Castanzia. Some writers of the Society...

We are proud to introduce The TAN Classics Made Simple - a brand-new companion series to our bestselling TAN Classics collection.TAN Classics Made Simple booklets are designed to give you an orientation course before you embark on an exploration of the great works of Catholic literature found in our...

Da fuggitiva, figlia del suicida Marco Claudiano, a moglie dell’imperatore Ottaviano, la parabola di una delle figure più complesse e affascinanti della romanità. Quando Livia incontra Ottaviano è subito chiaro che i due sono fatti l’uno per l’altra: entrambi cinici e spregiudicati. Sarà...

This book describes in detail the use of natural cellulose fibers for the production of innovative, low-cost, and easily recyclable lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells by means of fast and reliable papermaking procedures that employ water as a solvent. In addition, it proposes specific methods to optimize...

Those with a belief in open society base the demand for liberty on the recognition of human ignorance; we need to be free because we are ignorant and fallible. Free social cooperation permits us to mobilize our knowledge and develop methods of discovery through which we can explore the unknown and...

Italy is a country of recent decline and long-standing idiosyncratic traits. A rich society served by an advanced manufacturing economy, where the rule of law is weak and political accountability low, it has long been in downward spiral alimented by corruption and clientelism. From this spiral has...

Why is it that some social movements engaged in contentious politics experience radicalization whereas others do not? The Dynamics of Radicalization offers an innovative reply by investigating how and when social movement organizations switch from a nonviolent mode of contention to a violent one....

This SpringerBrief deals with the control and optimization problem in hybrid electric vehicles. Given that there are two (or more) energy sources (i.e., battery and fuel) in hybrid vehicles, it shows the reader how to implement an energy-management strategy that decides how much of the vehicle’s...