Rocco: 184 books

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This book is written in a practical Starter style with lots of helpful screenshots and step-by-step tutorials which will guide you gently into the world...

The Who were one of the most memorable and influential of the 1960s British Invasion bands—memorable because of their loudness and because they destroyed instruments during performances, and influential because of their success in crafting “Power Pop” singles like “My Generation” and “I...

Men of Iron weaves together a combat medics recollections of duty, survival, sacrifi ce and the unique camaraderie forged at frontlines of World War II. The narration encapsulates poignant vignettes from men who served with the highly-decorated 26th Infantry Regiment or the Blue Spaders, illustrating...

A collection of journal entries and writings based on the author's life experiences, filled with love and sometimes tragedy, but bursting with an exceptional loyalty. These stories will make you laugh and sometimes cry, but hopefully, the authors unique journey will inspire each person with the depth...

This volume presents a contrastive study of the overlapping careers of Shakespeare and Caravaggio through the comparison of their strikingly similar conventional belief in symbol and the centrality of the subject, only to gradually open it up in an exaltation of multiplicity and the "indistinct...

Grazie ai documenti originali e ad altre fonti d’epoca, spesso inedite, Visioni proibite ricostruisce per la prima volta in modo sistematico le vicissitudini di centinaia di pellicole cui fu negato il nulla osta della censura. Sono stati vittime di questa normativa (per altro mai abrogata) film...

Il ’68 e tutto ciò che da esso è nato – la controcultura, il pacifismo, la rivoluzione dei costumi, la sessualità libera – hanno cambiato profondamente il cinema. Il mondo aveva fame di emozioni forti, di dissacrazione, di trasgressione e il cinema, in un certo senso, si incaricò di soddisfare...

Il timido e introverso Giacomo Scirè ama il silenzio e sogna di fare lo scrittore. Cresciuto senza una madre, l’indifferenza e un legame ostile con il padre governano inesorabilmente la sua vita, fino al magico giorno in cui un incontro di occhi verdi come lo smeraldo la cambierà per sempre. E...

Teodoro Gentili, drammaturgo di successo, viene licenziato e allontanato dai circuiti importanti del mondo dello spettacolo per il suo teatro controcorrente. Decide di ritornare al Sud, al paese dove è nato e ha trascorso gli anni dell’infanzia. L’amicizia con il dottore del borgo gli apre scenari...

When a mother and daughter lose their home, their family, and their country, the only option is to escape. For their freedom, they would face imprisonment, abuse, and death escaping Vietnam as refugees. Their journey to America is another journey of survival. Even in the darkest moments of poverty,...

Women of Color Navigating Mentoring Relationships explores and critically examines the opportunities and challenges presented in mentoring relationships involving women of color. While all mentoring relationships are unique to the individuals involved in them, this book highlights the roles of race,...

Deleuze remains indifferent to the ambient pathos related to the end of metaphysics and compares the undertakings of destruction, overcoming and deconstruction of metaphysics with the gestures of murderers. He considers himself “a pure metaphysician,” which is rather unique in the contemporary...

La rivista si è sempre posta sul mercato come un osservatorio sullo sviluppo delle Arti Terapie, sulle loro applicazioni in vari contesti socio-sanitario e di formazione, e come punto d’incontro fra professionisti che operano nel settore e nei settori alle stesse correlati nonché fra esperiti...

Science and art are increasingly interconnected in the activities of the study and conservation of works of art. Science plays a key role in cultural heritage, from developing new analytical techniques for studying the art, to investigating new ways of preserving the materials for the future. For...