Dal Capitolo I del libro:Potete voi dirlo? Potete voi guardare un certo giorno della vostra vita e dire con sicurezza: “Si, allora ho cominciato a vivere, e so ora che cosa è la vita”? Ecco lo stato di spirito di milioni di uomini del nostro tempo. La nostra vita è sempre sul punto di incominciare. E la chimera che noi raggiungeremo un giorno, alla prossima svolta, o quando noi avremo raggiunto la prossima vetta; ma noi sorpassiamo la svolta, noi raggiungiamo la vetta.... ed il ...

Dal Capitolo I del libro:Potete voi dirlo? Potete voi guardare un certo giorno della vostra vita e dire con sicurezza: “Si, allora ho cominciato a vivere, e so ora che cosa è la vita”? Ecco lo stato di spirito di milioni di uomini del nostro tempo. La nostra vita è sempre sul punto di incominciare. E la chimera che noi raggiungeremo un giorno, alla prossima svolta, o quando noi avremo raggiunto la prossima vetta; ma noi sorpassiamo la svolta, noi raggiungiamo la...

Each great samurai warlord, or daimyo, had a division of troops known as the Hatamoto, 'those who stand under the flag'.The Hatamoto included the personal bodyguards, the senior generals, the standard bearers and colour-guard, the couriers, and the other samurai under the warlord's personal command. Apart from bodyguard and other duties in immediate attendance on the daimyo, both horse and foot guards often played crucial roles in battle. Their intervention could t...

This issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, guest edited by Dr. Stephen Brigido, will cover a wide array of topics in new technologies in foot and ankle surgery. Some of the issues discussed in the volume will include: The Ideal Scaffold for Treating Full Thickness Wounds of the Lower Extremity; The Role of Polyvinyl Alcohol in Cartilage Repair of the Ankle and First Metatarsophalangeal Joint; Juvenile Particulate Cartilage; Platelet Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Enthesopat...

Discover why tiny houses are such a big dealWelcome to the tiny house movement! This guide is the ideal introduction for the true beginner. Learn the history of the modern tiny house movement, get a breakdown of tiny house styles, and meet the passionate tiny house community with profiles of pioneers and their tiny homes.The book also discusses the pros and cons of micro living—is a tiny house right for you, right now? Take the self-evaluation quiz in chapt...

Household War restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. The essays in the volume complicate the standard distinctions between battlefront and homefront, soldier and civilian, and men and women. From this vantage point, they look at the interplay of family and politics, studying the ways in which the Civil War shaped and was shaped by the American household. They explore how households influenced Confederate and Union military strategy, the motivations of sol...

The American Revolution was not just an act of rebellion—it was the defining moment that birthed a nation and laid the groundwork for the United States as we know it today. This era, marked by tumult and transformation, inspired some of the most renowned writers, who drew from the bravery, defiance, and wisdom of its people. They wove their narratives from the fabric of real historical events, personal memoirs of those who lived through the conflict, and authentic accounts of war and revol...

Why is it when a gunman decides to call it quits, no one seems to listen? All Tap and Pepper want to do is settle down, buy a small, out-of-the-way ranch, get a few head of cattle, and start raising a family. After all, a baby's on the way. But it's not that easy for an ex-convict and former dance hall girl trying to break with their pasts. No matter where they go or what they do, they collide with the past and plenty of problems in the present. Meanwhile, Tap's current job as brand inspec...

Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was a prolific writer and historian of the early twentieth century. He wrote the introductory article for “The Footpath Way: An Anthology for Walkers,” published in 1911, which contains a variety of articles from prominent literati on the topic of walkers and the pleasures of traveling by foot so as to better enjoy the scenery and the peoples encountered along the way. Contributors include: George Borrow, John Brown, John Burroughs, Thomas De Quincey, Charles Dic...

This book brings together a group of British and Italian scholars who have made significant contributions to the historiography of modern Italy over the last three decades, dedicated to the influence of Paul Ginsborg. Reflecting Ginsborg's interest in the encounter of social and political history in modern Italy, contributions explore the varied forms taken by activism in civil society. Rather than just treating activism and engagement as limited, circumscribed phenomena within a political...

This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire. The main focus of the Volume will be examining Iron Age burials, which included chariots, sword and spears and will also include earlier Prehistoric and later Roman activity. The excavations have enabled further scientific evidence for migration and mobility in the Iron Age population and secure chronologies for artefacts. New evidence from osteological analysis gives support for Warrior Graves and ...

All Tap and Pepper Andrews want to do is settle down, buy a small ranch, get a few head of cattle, and start raising a family. But nothing is ever that easy for the ex-convict and his former dance-hall girl trying to break from the past.