Vicari: 14 books

Book cover of Distortion

Distortion

How the New Christian Left is Twisting the Gospel and Damaging the Faith

by Chelsen Vicari
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014

Can the evangelical church be saved? Peek behind the curtain of some “hip” or “progressive” evangelical churches, past the savvy trends and contemporary music, and what you find may surprise you. Liberal evangelicals—despite how apolitical they claim to be—are gaining ground, promoting...
Book cover of Japanese Film and the Floating Mind

Japanese Film and the Floating Mind

Cinematic Contemplations of Being

by Justin Vicari
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016

Japanese film is enduringly fascinating, challenging and rewarding. This book provides a cultural, historical and philosophical study of Japanese film, from the silent era to the present-day, focusing on its expansive consciousness. The author examines masterpieces by Ozu, Mizoguchi, Oshima and many...
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Nicolas Winding Refn and the Violence of Art

A Critical Study of the Films

by Justin Vicari
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014

Nicolas Winding Refn has emerged as a uniquely talented international filmmaker with an eye for visceral, iconic images. A 21st century mythmaker from his cult Pusher trilogy to the award-winning Drive and Only God Forgives, Refn infuses a sophisticated avant-garde sensibility with the grit of exploitation...
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The Gus Van Sant Touch

A Thematic Study--Drugstore Cowboy, Milk and Beyond

by Justin Vicari
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012

Beloved, controversial, influential, the creator of such fascinating and award-winning films as My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Elephant, and Milk, Gus Van Sant stands among the great international directors, equally at home in Hollywood and the avant-garde. Examining his films thematically,...
Book cover of Makers

Makers

The Making of the Human City

by Serena Vicari Haddock, Elanor Colleoni, Marianna d’Ovidio
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016

Contemporary development trends are increasingly pushing cities away from a path of socially just and sustainable development that could offer a decent life to all city-dwellers. Even in cities with a vital economy we are witnessing a dramatic decoupling of economic growth from social development,...
Book cover of Social Innovation and Territorial Development
by Diana MacCallum, Serena Vicari Haddock
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016

The concept of social innovation offers an alternative perspective on development and territorial transformation, one which foregrounds innovation in social relations. This volume presents a broad-ranging and insightful exploration of social innovation and how it can affect life, society and economy,...
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Marks of Toil

Work and Disfigurement in Literature, Film and Philosophy

by Justin Vicari
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014

Are people nothing more than their physical capital—what their bodies can produce and provide? This philosophical treatise examines the idea of mutational bodies as it has appeared in fiction and cinema since the industrial era, theorizing that capitalism and other modern collective systems require...
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L'autismo

Dalla diagnosi al trattamento

by Stefano, Vicari, Giovanni
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 1, 2014

I disturbi dello spettro autistico sono relativamente frequenti – colpiscono circa un bambino ogni 150 nati – e risultano più comuni in età pediatrica di tumori, del diabete e dell’AIDS messi insieme. Negli ultimi anni questo tipo di disturbi ha ricevuto crescente attenzione con diverse proposte...
Book cover of La sindrome di Down
by Stefano, Vicari
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 1, 2010

Che cos'è la sindrome di Down, perché può nascere un bambino con la trisomia 21, e come aiutarlo a crescere fino a farne una persona autonoma e integrata nel mondo della scuola e del lavoro? Il volume, dedicato a genitori, insegnanti, operatori, ripercorre la storia di vita delle persone con sindrome...
Book cover of La Tour de Babel
by Jacques Vicari, Paul Angoulvent
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 2000

La Tour de Babel est une énigme archéologique, un symbole architectural et un mythe fondamental de notre civilisation. Cet ouvrage d’archéologie est au cœur de la question des origines de l’homme, des langues et de la religion qui fait aujourd’hui l’objet d’un réexamen radical.
Book cover of La settimana delle settimane
by Vicari Pierre J.
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 31, 2012

"La consapevolezza del proprio cammino costa fatica... ma trovarla è anche il più grande tesoro che possiamo scoprire". È questo il grande messaggio che si trae da questo romanzo ambientato a Rueglio, paese di una piccola vallata vicino ad Ivrea, in Piemonte. È la storia, al confine...
Book cover of Corpi senza peso. Storie di bambini e ragazzi con anoressia e di una guarigione possibile
by Stefano Vicari, Ilaria Caprioglio
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 24, 2016

Corpi senza peso racconta le storie di Cecilia, Serena, Diego, Alessia e Matilde che, a un certo punto della loro giovane vita, si ritrovano a fare i conti con un pensiero fisso che li sovrasta e li «possiede», svuotandone i corpi, minandone la giovinezza e sconvolgendo le loro famiglie: l'anoressia....
Book cover of Myosotis
by Vicari Pierre J.
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 31, 2012

In questo romanzo l'autore porta il lettore a soffermarsi "su se stesso" per incominciare un percorso di introspezione. Fino ad andare "aldilà" del mondo materiale, per entrare nella sfera "sottile". Nel racconto ambientato non casualmente in Egitto, l'autore fa ricorso...
Book cover of Nostro figlio è autistico. Guida pratica per genitori dopo la diagnosi
by Stefano Vicari
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 27, 2016

Tu e tua moglie siete appena usciti dallo studio del neuropsichiatra infantile. Dicono tutti sia molto bravo. Insieme a voi c’è anche Luigi, il vostro secondo figlio. Il pediatra vi ha consigliato questa visita perché Luigi è un bambino «strano». A 3 anni ancora non parla e se ne sta tutto...
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