The story of extraordinarily ordinary life on Lampedusa, an island in the Mediterranean and the southernmost frontier of undocumented migration to EuropeHope amid Despair tells the story of life on Lampedusa, a small island in the central Mediterranean and the southernmost frontier of irregular and undocumented migration to Europe, or what is often referred to as Europe’s “refugee crisis.” Anthropologist Alessandro Corso examines the extraordinarily ordina...

A mysterious murder in present-day Milan intertwines with a cold case from the 1940s in this thrilling novel about film, freedom, censorship, and the persistent threat of fascism.An acclaimed director, Manlio Parrini, decides to return behind the camera. Having abandoned cinema at the height of his success because he found the industry to be “a place without truth,” he now, in his 70s, has a special story in mind: a film about Augusto De Angelis, a pioneer of Itali...

Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Forced to flee, they are then cruelly separated, and must face many dangers including plague, famine and imprisonment, and confront a variety of strange characters the mysterious Nun of Monza, the fiery Father Cristoforo and the sinister Unnamed' in their struggle to be re...

Everyone's favorite tale of good versus evil takes on a whole new look in this graphic novel! Join Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, and the rest of the heroes and villains from a galaxy far, far away in this graphic novel collection that retells the original three Star Wars films: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. You'll experience the saga in a way you never have before!

A young woman enters a fantastically strange family in this "luminous and alarming lesson on desire" by the international-bestselling author ( La Stampa, Italy).A young woman is promised to the scion of a noble family. While her betrothed is away traveling, she is sent to the family's villa to make her marriage preparations. There, the woman discovers that her future in-laws fear the coming of night, each and every night, and seem to never sleep. As the day...

Do You want to live a healthier, better life and lose that weight and you also want a simple yet comprehensive guide that can help you on this journey of whole food, plant-based eating?Figuring what to eat or not eat on a whole food, plant-based diet can be slightly overwhelming when changing from a diet that you have been used to. But the benefits of the plant-based diet are enormous, can't be ignored and you just can't pass over it. This book is an action-oriented package that wi...

Everyone's favorite tale of good versus evil takes on a whole new look in this graphic novel! Join Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, and the rest of the heroes and villains from a galaxy far, far away in this graphic novel collection that retells the original three Star Wars films: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. You'll experience the saga in a way you never have before!

Vincenzo Cardarelli (pseudonym of Nazareno Caldarelli, 1887-1959) journalist, poet, and literary critic, led a solitary, dignified existence, from a humble background, through self-taught education and innumerable peregrinations, until his final days in poverty and loneliness. He stood and sought for all that a true artist and intellectual has to stand and seek for: the uncompromising authenticity of art. Until now, with the sole exception of a few poems translated by the great Irish poet ...

Fabrizio Tijerino is a traveler and a wanderer. I came up with his story from a common friend, Mira, a Lebanese lady, who told me about his adventures during a three-day break in Qubayat, north Lebanon.The story unfolds around Fabrizio's vicissitudes and his struggle to deliver a precious book to an old friend of his, Dr Villa Campos. A mysterious gang is chasing Fabrizio in Beirut, Lebanon; they want the book at any cost. Eventually, moments before Fabrizio is obliged to hand over ...

Scale problems refer to the threats posed by economic activities to global life support systems such as the atmospheric ozone layer’s protection against ultraviolet radiation, and the carbon cycle’s provision of climate stability.Human economic activities are now threatening these natural systems at both the local and global levels for the first time in the history of the planet.Scale problems are caused by the physical size of the global economy; the sheer volume and toxicity of t...

This novel tells the life of a daughter left alone for a long time, troubled by situations she does not understand. When her father returns, a new life will begin for her. His presence will help her in understanding the evils that afflict her. It will be tiring days that will lead her to the full awareness of a new dimension. It also tells about parent-child relationships and the world in which everyone lives. It is the story of those who want to heal from dissatisfaction, improve their li...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names:- The Divine Comedy [Dante Alighieri]- Emma [Jane Austen]- Persuasion [Jane Austen]- Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen]- Father Goriot [Honoré de Balzac]- Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë]- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [Anne Brontë]- Wuthering Heights [Emily Brontë]- The Way of All Flesh [Samuel Butler]- Don Quixote [Miguel de Cervantes]...