John William likes to stay right where he is and do exactly what he is doing. Discover how, with a little patience and a lot of love, the grown-ups in his life help him along to the next good thing.

Na een nacht van ongenadige regen komt er een telefoontje binnen bij de telefonist op het hoofdbureau van de politie van Napels. Er is een straat verzakt en een gebouw ingestort aan de Via Tasso. De stad lijkt weg te spoelen onder een onophoudelijke vloed van stortregens. Maar er is wel meer vreemds aan de hand: er klinken klaaglijke stemmen uit een middeleeuws kasteel en vijfliremunten beginnen muziek te maken die alleen voor tienjarige meisjes te horen is. Carlo Andreoli, een melancholis...

The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man's lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game's questionable origins. Most think it was invented by an unemployed Pennsylvanian who sold his game to Parker Brothers during the Great Depression in 1935 and lived happily-and richly-ever after. That story, however, is not ex...

Most people think that Monopoly was invented by an unemployed Pennsylvanian who sold his game to Parker Brothers during the Great Depression in 1935 and lived happily - and richly - ever after. That story, however, is not exactly true. The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers, the lost female originator of the game, and one man's lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game's questionable or...