Valentina: 381 books

Alla Fortezza – il quartiere senza identità, con l’asfalto riarso dal sole e spaccato dal gelo, e di palazzi dall’intonaco ruvido e sbrecciato – tutti li chiamano «i gemelli». Perché da sempre Beatrice e Alfredo sono inseparabili, come fratelli appunto. O forse qualcosa di più? La loro...

È un mattino di pioggia gelida, che cade di traverso e taglia la faccia, quello in cui Fortuna torna a casa. Sono passati dieci anni dall’ultima volta, ma Roccachiara è rimasto uguale a un tempo: un paesino abbarbicato alle montagne e a precipizio su un lago, le cui acque sembrano inghiottire...

This paper estimates the fiscal costs of population aging in Latin America and provides policy recommendations on reforms needed to make these costs manageable. Although Latin American societies are still younger than most advanced economies, like other emerging markets the region is already in a...

When Bashar al-Asad smoothly assumed power in July 2000, just seven days after the death of his father, observers were divided on what this would mean for the country’s foreign and domestic politics. On the one hand, it seemed everything would stay the same: an Asad on top of a political system...

In un luogo fatto di polvere, dove ogni cosa ha un soprannome, dove il quartiere in cui sono nati e cresciuti è chiamato «la Fortezza», Beatrice e Alfredo sono per tutti «i gemelli». I due però non hanno in comune il sangue, ma qualcosa di più profondo. A legarli è un'amicizia ruvida come...

Although investment treaty arbitration has become the most common method for settling investor-state disputes, some scholars and practitioners have expressed concern regarding the magnitude of decision-making power allocated to investment treaty tribunals. Many of the recent arbitral awards have determined...

This book examines the contribution of the European Commission to the process of transformation of EU borders. Migration issues have been at the centre of EU political debates in recent years. From national controversies sparked by the economic difficulties in the aftermath of the 2008 economic downturn...

This book maps changing definitions of statehood in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus as a result of their exclusion from an expanding Europe. The authors examine the perceptions of the place of each state in the international political system and its foreign policy choices, and draw comparisons across the region.

Motivated by a variational model concerning the depth of the objects in a picture and the problem of hidden and illusory contours, this book investigates one of the central problems of computer vision: the topological and algorithmic reconstruction of a smooth three dimensional scene starting from...

Questo libro parla delle innovazioni tecnologiche e delle conseguenze che ne derivano. Lo fa in modo volutamente semplificato e contemporaneamente molto ambizioso. Si propone infatti di offrire una mappa di orientamento per capire il complesso (e anche complicato) contesto di innovazioni tecnologiche in cui – più o meno consapevolmente – ci muoviamo.

Performing Urgency #2 – Series Edited by Florian Malzacher. 'Turn Turtle, Turn! Reenacting The Institute' is a creative and intellectual analysis of the new turn in the perception and workings of the institutes in the performing arts. What has become apparent in the last ten years or so is a move...

This timely book presents new research results on high-energy particle physics related to solar flares, covering the theory and applications of the reconnection process in a clear and comprehensible way. It investigates particle kinetics and dynamics in flaring atmospheres and their diagnostics from...

The nowadays society is confronted with some of the most pronounced disparities in the economic system, with direct repercussions on the labor market, borne by both employees and employers. The main deficiencies of the labor market are caused by the low growth rate of the demand for goods, with consequences...

Alice Madison, detective de Homicidios de la policía de Seattle, tiene una deuda pendiente con el enigmático John Cameron, que se encuentra encarcelado por el presunto asesinato de cinco criminales, y con el abogado de este, Nathan Quinn. Una deuda que nadie puede compensarles, y que parte de una...