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2007 |
![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana Publisher: Feltrinelli Mari si è appena laureata ed è tornata a vivere nel suo paese natale, dove ha deciso di aprire un piccolo negozio di granite. Quell'estate le madre ha deciso di ospitare la figlia di una sua cara amica che sta attraversando un periodo molto difficile a causa dell'improvvisa morte della nonna. Nonostante Mari non sia entusiasta all'idea, finirà per stringere un forte rapporto d'amicizia con la ragazza. € 10,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Shiono Nanami, Temporelli Carolyn I. (TRN), Bryan Steven M. (TRN), Hansen Wilburn (TRN) Publisher: Vertical Inc For over a century after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Empire enjoyed an almost unbroken series of victories in Eastern Europe and throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1571, the Republic of Venice and Pope Pius V worked together to assemble an alliance of European powers to confront the Ottoman navy in the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. This "Holy League" was driven, and almost torn apart, by a set of diverse and often competing motivations, but for one brief moment it was able to put aside its differences and raise a unified front against the massive Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto. The outcome of that battle would have far-reaching consequences for Europe, for the Ottoman Empire and indeed for world history. € 17,90
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2006 |
![]() ![]() Author: Shiono Nanami, Temporelli Carolyn L. (TRN), Hansen Wilburn (TRN), Wills Steven (TRN) Publisher: Vertical Inc Knighthood's Final Hour? By the early sixteenth century, Rhodes, the "Isle of Blossoming Roses," had become a thorne in the Ottoman Empire's side. Located only eleven miles from the coast of Asia Minor, the island was controlled by the Order of the Knights of St. John (later known as the Knights of Malta), former crusaders who by then had two specialties: tending to ailing Christians and pirating Muslim ships. In 1522, Sultan Suleiman I resolved to put an end to it and unleashed a force of a hundred thousand troops to beseige the island. Rhodes's proximity to Ottoman territory ensured that the Turkish soldiers would be well armed, well fed, and quickly replaced if killed or injured. Facing them was a force of only six hundred knights, fifteen hundred mercanaries and three thousand native Rhodians. In this, the second installment in The East Mediterranean Trilogy, Nanami Shiono weaves another rich and fascinating narrative around a key battle between Islam and Christendom. An inspiring portrait of nobility and courage in the face of overwhelming odds, it also offers a rare glimpse into the history of one of the most important knightly orders, one that helped establish the tradition of medical care in the West as we know it today. € 17,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Abhishiktananda Publisher: Presbyterian Pub Corp € 11,70
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![]() ![]() Author: Rishi Vivekananda Publisher: MOTILAL (UK) BOOKS OF INDIA € 23,30
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![]() ![]() Author: Sered Susan Starr, Fernandopulle Rushika J. Publisher: Univ of California Pr Uninsured in America goes to the heart of why more than forty million Americans are falling through the cracks in the health care system, and what it means for society as a whole when so many people suffer the consequences of inadequate medical care. Based on interviews with 120 uninsured men and women and dozens of medical providers, policymakers, and advocates from around the nation, this book takes a fresh look at one of the most important social issues facing the United States today. A new afterword updates the stories of many of the people who are so memorably presented here. € 31,50
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![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana, Emmerich Michael (TRN) Publisher: Grove Pr In cherished novels such as Kitchen and Goodbye Tsugumi, Banana Yoshimoto's warm, witty, and heartfelt depictions of the lives of young Japanese have earned her international acclaim and best-seller status. Her insightful, spare vision returns in two novellas possessed by the ghosts of love found and lost. In Hardboiled, the unnamed narrator is hiking in the mountains on an anniversary she has forgotten about, the anniversary of her ex-lover's death. As she nears her hotel?stopping on the way at a hillside shrine and a strange soba shop?a sense of haunting falls over her. Perhaps these eerie events will help her make peace with her loss. Hard Luck is about another young woman, whose sister is dying and lies in a coma. Kuni's fiancé left her after the accident, but his brother Sakai continues to visit, and the two of them gradually grow closer as they make peace with the impending loss of their loved one. Yoshimoto's voice is clear, assured, and deeply moving, displaying again why she is one of Japan's, and the world's, most beloved writers. € 21,25
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![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana, Backus Megan (TRN) Publisher: Grove Pr With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Kitchen is an enchantingly original book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Mikage, the heroine, is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikage is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father) Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale with the kitchen and the comforts of home at its heart. In a whimsical style that recalls the early Marguerite Duras, 'Kitchen' and its companion story, 'Moonlight Shadow,' are elegant tales whose seeming simplicity is the ruse of a very special writer whose voice echoes in the mind and the soul. € 14,30
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![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana Publisher: Feltrinelli Cinque racconti per cinque personaggi che, in seguito a eventi improvvisi e dolorosi, si interrogano sul significato della propria vita e sulla possibilità di essere felici. Nel primo racconto, due compagni di università, Setsuko e Iwakura, sono legati da un'intensa amicizia destinata a trasformarsi in un amore profondo. Il secondo racconto, parla di un tentativo di avvelenamento ai danni di Matsuoka, una ragazza che lavora in una casa editrice. Matsuoka rimette in discussione il legame con le persone che credeva di amare e decide di tornare per un po' di tempo nel paese natale dove, grazie alla quiete e alle attenzioni della nonna, recupera la fiducia in se stessa e nei rapporti umani. Il terzo racconto è una tragica storia di amicizia tra bambini. Mitsuyo, una scrittrice affermata, ricorda il suo rapporto con Makoto, un amico d'infanzia con il quale trascorreva tutti i pomeriggi dopo la scuola. Il quarto racconto narra le vicende di una ragazza ingenua che nonostante le avversità riesce a vivere in armonia con se stessa, sempre accompagnata e protetta da uno sguardo soprannaturale. L'ultimo racconto, che dà il titolo al libro, ha come protagonista Mimi, una ragazza che scopre il tradimento del fidanzato. Decide allora di cambiare città per cercare di dimenticarlo e incontra Nishiyama, la felicità: un piatto di riso al curry buonissimo fatto mescolando per caso alcuni ingredienti avanzati, tragicamente impossibile da ripetere una seconda volta con lo stesso, identico sapore. € 11,00
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2005 |
![]() ![]() Author: Bashir Ala, Sunnana Lars Sigurd Publisher: Trafalgar Square Ala Bashir, former Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Baghdad University and Iraq's most highly decorated doctor, was Saddam Hussein's personal physician from 1983 to 2003. From his vantage point as a reluctant ?Saddam favorite,” Bashir observed and tracked political events in Baghdad. He also witnessed and recorded the hidden life of Saddam's regime and family?the fear and the killings, the partying and profligacy, and the total disregard for human life and dignity. When Bashir left Iraq in 2003, he brought his diaries with him. Based on these secret documents, The Insider is the astonishing testimony of a man who found himself an unwilling confidant to one of the most infamous dictators in history. € 17,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Mizushima Nana V. Publisher: Pgw It's as easy to use as modeling clay. Fire it, and it turns to pure silver: It's metal clay magic! Nana Mizushima's playful approach shows how this fantastic medium allows anyone to craft items in silver. Features more than 25 imaginative, appealing projects for beads, earrings, pendants, bookmarks, pet tags, little boxes, origami, and more. € 20,30
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![]() ![]() Author: Oishi Nana Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Women make up about half of the world's migrants, so it is little surprise that the international migration of women has been attracting significant attention in recent years. Most agree that global restructuring increasingly forces a large number of women in developing countries to emigrate to richer countries. But is poverty the only motivating factor? In Women in Motion, Nana Oishi examines the cross-national patterns of international female migration in Asia. Drawing on fieldwork in ten countries?both migrant-sending and migrant-receiving?the author investigates the differential impact of globalization, state policies, individual autonomy, and various social factors. This is the first study of its kind to provide an integrative approach to and a comparative perspective on female migration flows from multiple countries. € 24,30
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![]() ![]() Author: Shiono Nanami, Yasar Kerim (TRN) Publisher: Vertical Inc The Roman Empire did not meet its end when barbarians sacked the City of Seven Hills, but rather a thousand years later with the fall of Constantinople, capital of the surviving Eastern Empire. The Ottoman Turks who conquered the city aslo known to us as Byzantium would force a tense centruy of conflict in the Mediterranean culminating in the famous Battle of Lepanto. The first book in a triptych depicting this monumental confrontation between a Muslim empire and Christendom, The Fall of Constantinople brilliantly captures a defning moment in the two creeds' history too often eclipsed by the Crusades. € 17,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana Publisher: Feltrinelli Orfana del padre, Eiko vive con la madre e la nonna, proprietarie di un ristorante. Finito il liceo, la giovane decide di trasferirsi a Tokyo e trova un'occupazione in un ristorante indonesiano, l'Arcobaleno. Alla morte delle due donne, si ritrova completamente sola. Per vincere il dolore della perdita, Eiko si concentra completamente sul suo lavoro. Il signor Takada, proprietario dell'Arcobaleno, si dimostra molto solidale e comprensivo con lei e le propone di aiutare la moglie incinta nella conduzione domestica. Questo nuovo impegno, a contatto con un ambiente in apparenza tranquillo, consente a Eiko di riprendersi. Ma presto si accorge di quanto siano orribili i rapporti tra il marito e la moglie, fatti di bugie e tradimenti. € 6,50
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![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana Publisher: Feltrinelli Il titolo originale del romanzo 'Hagoromo' (letteralmente: abito di piume) indica un particolare tipo di kimono leggerissimo con dei lunghi nastri indossato dalle tennyo, sorta di donne-angelo, che serviva per volare tra il mondo terreno e l'aldilà. Il ritorno di Hotaru, la protagonista di questo struggente romanzo, nel paese natale rappresenta il suo hagoromo, un vestito che le permette di librarsi in volo alleggerita dal dolore per la perdita della persona amata. € 10,00
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2004 |
![]() ![]() Author: Spinelli Eileen, Hayashi Nancy (ILT) Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books I know it's autumn when Leaves are falling, geese are flying, and warm coats are -- reluctantly -- being worn to school. That can mean only one thing: It's autumn! Eileen Spinelli and Nancy Hayashi invite you to enjoy autumn's many delights -- from warm socks worn on chilly mornings to tempting piles of crackly leaves on the lawn -- in this sweet, funny look at fall. € 15,70
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![]() ![]() Author: Clamp (CRT), Nekoi Mick (ILT), Ohkawa Nanase, Yoshimoto Ray (TRN) Publisher: Tokyopop Explores the subjects of love, honesty, marriage, and independence in a manga-text-novel combination format through a romantic twelve-story anthology. € 7,70
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2003 |
![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana, Emmerich Michael (TRN) Publisher: Grove Pr Banana Yoshimoto's novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation. Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried woman. She has grown up at the seaside alongside her cousin Tsugumi, a lifelong invalid, charismatic, spoiled, and occasionally cruel. Now Maria's father is finally able to bring Maria and her mother to Tokyo, ushering Maria into a world of university, impending adulthood, and a 'normal' family. When Tsugumi invites Maria to spend a last summer by the sea, a restful idyll becomes a time of dramatic growth as Tsugumi finds love and Maria learns the true meaning of home and family. She also has to confront both Tsugumi's inner strength and the real possibility of losing her. Goodbye Tsugumi is a beguiling, resonant novel from one of the world's finest young writers. € 14,30
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![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana Publisher: Feltrinelli Orfana del padre, Eiko vive con la madre e la nonna, proprietarie di un ristorante. Finito il liceo, la giovane decide di trasferirsi a Tokyo e trova un'occupazione in un ristorante indonesiano, l'Arcobaleno. Alla morte delle due donne, si ritrova completamente sola. Per vincere il dolore della perdita, Eiko si concentra completamente sul suo lavoro. Il signor Takada, proprietario dell'Arcobaleno, si dimostra molto solidale e comprensivo con lei e le propone di aiutare la moglie incinta nella conduzione domestica. Questo nuovo impegno, a contatto con un ambiente in apparenza tranquillo, consente a Eiko di riprendersi. Ma presto si accorge di quanto siano orribili i rapporti tra il marito e la moglie, fatti di bugie e tradimenti. € 10,00
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2002 |
![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana Publisher: Feltrinelli Le protagoniste di questi racconti sono giovani donne giapponesi tra i venti e i trent'anni. Per motivi disparati si trovano in Argentina, Paraguay, Brasile: terre dalle tinte forti, colme di una straordinaria energia vitale che colpisce la loro sensibilità. Una ragazza, appena giunta a Buenos Aires, apprende la morte dell'amante da una telefonata della moglie e si sente smarrita perché sa che, tornata in Giappone, i suoi sentimenti potrebbero cambiare e assumere una diversa profondità; una fanciulla sposata con un uomo più anziano ripensa al suo amante di prima, sposato a sua volta; una donna, in viaggio col padre, coglie dopo tanto tempo qualcosa di strano nel rapporto tra i suoi genitori... € 9,50
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![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana Publisher: Feltrinelli Tokyo, oggi. Kiyose, la giovane donna che racconta la storia in prima persona, viene a sapere che Takashi, un suo caro amico bisessuale con il quale aveva avuto una relazione, è sieropositivo. La notizia sconvolge il piccolo cerchio di amici di cui fanno parte anche Mimi, l'attuale compagna di Takashi, e Hideo, un giovane gay che a sua volta ne era stato l'amante. Hideo e Kiyose si convincono a fare il test, il cui esito si saprà non prima di due settimane. Per sfuggire all'intollerabile attesa, gli amici decidono di realizzare un vecchio sogno: visitare insieme l'Egitto. Il viaggio, intenso e a tratti rarefatto, prevede come ultima tappa Roma, che riserva loro l'incanto degli attimi che si sanno irripetibili. € 6,50
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2001 |
![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana, Emmerich Michael (TRN) Publisher: Grove Pr Demonstrating again the artful simplicity and depth of her vision, Banana Yoshimoto reestablishes her place as a writer of international stature in a book that may be her most delightful since Kitchen. In Asleep, Yoshimoto spins the stories of three young women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning for a lost lover, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake. A third finds her sleep haunted by a woman against whom she was once pitted in a love triangle. Sly and mystical as a ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism, Asleep is an enchanting new book from one of the best writers in contemporary international fiction. € 10,70
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![]() ![]() Author: Banana Yoshimoto Publisher: FABER & FABER € 11,20
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![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana Publisher: Feltrinelli Due racconti lunghi ('Hard-boiled' e 'Hard-luck') che trattano della morte, tema familiare a Banana Yoshimoto, mostrando i diversi modi con cui la si può affrontare. Il primo racconto si svolge tutto nello spazio di una notte. Dopo una gita una donna giunge in un paese dove decide di pernottare. In un'atmosfera inquietante rivive momenti intensi e dolorosi del suo passato. Nel secondo racconto la giovane rotagonista si reca tutti i giorni in ospedale a trovare la sorella Kumi in coma per emorragia cerebrale. La malattia e la morte le permettono di pensare alla vita in un modo tutto nuovo, che fino a poco tempo prima non avrebbe mai immaginato. € 9,30
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2000 |
![]() ![]() Author: Farrey Seppo Ed, O'Hara Myochi Nancy, Roshi Eido T. Shimano (FRW), Dai Bosatsu Zendo (Monastery) Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 3 BOWLS presents the outstanding vegetarian specialties that draw thousands of visitors each year to Dai Bosatsu Zendo, a traditional Zen monastery in New York's Catskill Mountains. From Sesame Crepes with Portobello Mushrooms in Port Cream Sauce and Spaghetti with Chipotle and Garlic to Coconut-Pecan Carrot Cake with Orange Cream-Cheese Frosting, these recipes are deftly creative, yet all are simple to prepare. € 20,10
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![]() ![]() Author: Toms Michael, Krishnamurti, Goenka S. N., Duce Murshida Ivy, Rinpoche Chogyam Trungpa, Radha Swami Sivananda, Khan Pir Vilayat Inayat, Rinpoche Lama Sogyal, Dalai Lama XIV, Situpa H. E. Tai, Griffiths Bede Publisher: Hay House Audio € 45,40
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![]() ![]() Author: Penrose Roger, Shimony Abner, Cartwright Nancy, Hawking Stephen W., Longair Malcolm S. (EDT) Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr Roger Penrose's views on the large-scale physics of the Universe, the small-scale world of quantum physics and the physics of the mind are controversial and widely discussed. This book is a fascinating and accessible summary of Roger Penrose's current thinking on those areas of physics in which he feels there are major unresolved problems. It is also a stimulating introduction to the radically new concepts that he believes will be fruitful in understanding the workings of the brain and the nature of the human mind. € 15,20
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1998 |
![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana, Wasden Russell F. Publisher: Textstream After losing her beautiful younger sister, a celebrated actress, to suicide, Sakumi falls down a flight of stairs and loses her memory to a head injury. Struggling to remember whom she loves and what she lost, she embarks on a unique emotional journey, accompanied at times by her dead sister's lover, at others by her clairvoyant kid brother. This is the story of Sakumi's remarkable expedition through grief, dreams, and shadows to a place of transformation and the discovery of a soul. € 18,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Neitzel Shirley, Parker Nancy Winslow (ILT) Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books 'A familiar story of differing viewpoints between mother and child is presented in charmingly simple cumulative verse and rebuses. A young boy is packing for a trip to visit his grandmother. He fills a shopping bag with his mitt, cars, space ship, wooden animals, his favorite stuffed rabbit, his pillow, a book a flashlight. But then along comes mom with ideas of her own!....This is a real winner....Great fun.'--School Library Journal. € 6,70
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![]() ![]() Author: Yoshimoto Banana Publisher: Feltrinelli Tokyo, oggi. Kiyose, la giovane donna che racconta la storia in prima persona, viene a sapere che Takashi, un suo caro amico bisessuale con il quale aveva avuto una relazione, è sieropositivo. La notizia sconvolge il piccolo cerchio di amici di cui fanno parte anche Mimi, l'attuale compagna di Takashi, e Hideo, un giovane gay che a sua volta ne era stato l'amante. Hideo e Kiyose si convincono a fare il test, il cui esito si saprà non prima di due settimane. Per sfuggire all'intollerabile attesa, gli amici decidono di realizzare un vecchio sogno: visitare insieme l'Egitto. Il viaggio, intenso e a tratti rarefatto, prevede come ultima tappa Roma, che riserva loro l'incanto degli attimi che si sanno irripetibili. € 10,33
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