Cronaca della vita di un uomo comune, nato da un'umile famiglia di contadini toscani. Poco istruito, ma fermamente determinato, giorno dopo giorno ribalta la condizione sociale di partenza e si conquista il suo posto nel mondo. Dimostrando che onestà, umiltà e forza di volontà valgono più di qualsiasi raccomandazione.

Al fondo di questo studio è il tema della libertà, del suo emergere sotto forma di esperienza difficile e rischiosa. Saggiando la profondità di tale questione diviene possibile individuare l'autentico contenuto etico dell'opera di Jan Patoska, chiarendone i legami con la fenomenologia, la storia della filosofia, la politica, la pratica del dissenso. La disamina si arricchisce ulteriormente attraverso il confronto con altre tradizioni di pensiero, come il lavoro intellettuale di Karel Kosík e la tradizione fenomenologica milanese, più volte intersecatesi con la vita e la filosofia di Patoska, fino a definire una trama concettuale raramente tematizzata. Procedendo da queste premesse, Il rischio della libertà - espressione che parafrasa quanto lo stesso filosofo ceco scrisse negli anni cinquanta - si propone di ripercorrere l'itinerario del pensiero pato kiano, con l'intento di fornire una nuova chiave di lettura in grado di delinearne gli aspetti più noti e chiari, così come di metterne in luce i contenuti più problematici e meno evidenti.

Matt Tavares's lavish illustrations illuminate this definitive edition of a beloved seasonal classic.

The horse is ready, the air is bracing, and everyone is bundled into the sleigh. So let the wind blow and the snow start to fall! This family is off to Grandfather's house for a delicious feast. Matt Tavares, with his keen eye for detail, fresh and surprising perspectives, and all the warmth and coziness of a big holiday dinner, illuminates the original text of Lydia Maria Child's verse about Thanksgiving Day, which has marked the start of the holiday season for generations of children.

Il mondo in cifre 2014 presenta tutti i dati per capire il mondo di oggi. Geografia, popolazioni, affari, economia, commercio, mercato immobiliare, trasporti, educazione, criminalità, turismo, internet, ambiente, società, cultura.

Gustav Janouch met Franz Kafka, the celebrated author of The Metamorphosis, as a seventeen-year-old fledgling poet. As Francine Prose notes in her wonderful preface, “they fell into the habit of taking long strolls through the city, strolls on which Kafka seems to have said many amazing, incisive, literary, and per- things to his companion and interlocutor, the teenage Boswell of Prague. Crossing a windswept square, apropos of something or other, Kafka tells Janouch, 'Life is infinitely great and profound as the immensity of the stars above us. One can only look at it through the narrow keyhole of one's personal experience. But through it one perceives more than one can see. So above all one must keep the keyhole clean.'”

They talk about writing (Kafka's own, but also that of his favorite writers: Poe, Kleist, and Rimbaud, who “transforms vowels into colors”) as well as technology, film, crime, Darwinism, Chinese philosophy, carpentry, insomnia, street fights, Hindu scripture, art, suicide, and prayer. “Prayer,” Kafka notes, brings “its infinite radiance to bed in the frail little cradle of one's own existence.”

'Isis and Osiris have never trusted their brother Set. When Set hosts a huge banquet for Osiris, Isis is worried. Osiris falls for Set's trickery, and is separated from his beloved Isis. Will Isis be able to save Osiris?'

Presents the myth of how Osiris, a god and king of Egypt, is killed by his brother, Set, and how his wife, Isis, searches for his body.

124 schede di ristoranti, trattorie wine bar, osterie e pizzerie, 88 produttori di vini e 140 frantoi selezionati, 619 segnalazioni di locali, luoghi del gusto, sfiziosità ghiottonerie e spacci aziendali, locande ed enoteche. Tutto il buono della Calabria scelto per voi in ogni angolo della regione da due esperti di enogastronomia calabrese.

The advent of the Kodak camera in 1888 made photography accessible to amateurs as well as to professionals. Artists were not immune to its allure, and many began experimenting with the camera as a means of observing the world and capturing their own images of it. Snapshot investigates seven Post-Impressionist painters and printmakers: Pierre Bonnard, George Hendrik Breitner, Maurice Denis, Henri Evenepoel, Henri Rivière, Félix Vallotton, and Edouard Vuillard. Although celebrated for their works on canvas and paper, these artists also made many personal and informal snapshots. Depicting interiors, city streets, nudes, and portraits, these photographs were kept private and never exhibited. As a result, most have never been seen by the public.

Juxtaposing personal photographs with related paintings and prints by these Post-Impressionist artists, Snapshot offers a new perspective on early photography and on the synthesis of painting, printmaking, and photography at the end of the 19th century.

Storia e soprattutto storie dell'età dell'oro del basket italiano, dalla fine degli anni Settanta a tutti gli Ottanta. Epoca che coincide con la costruzione, l'ascesa e i trionfi di una squadra straordinaria: l'Olimpia Milano nelle sue varie denominazioni (Billy, Simac, Tracer, Philips), che sotto la guida di Dan Peterson unisce lo spirito dei ragazzi cresciuti nel vivaio a quello di campioni venuti da fuori. Il risultato è quello di un gruppo indimenticabile, al di là delle vittorie in Italia e in Europa, che poteva essere raccontato solo da un osservatore d'eccezione come Franco Casalini. Per nove anni (1978-1987) assistente di Peterson e per tre (1987-1990) capo allenatore di quella squadra, Casalini spiega lo spirito di un tempo irripetibile attraverso storie e aneddoti conosciuti solo da chi in quello spogliatoio viveva. Evitando la retorica dell'autocelebrazione e riducendo al minimo l'effetto nostalgia, il libro è rivolto a chi in quei tempi era spettatore ma anche ai più giovani che conoscono Casalini soprattutto come telecronista. Prefazione di Dino Meneghin, postfazione di Mike D'Antoni.

The first focuses on conceptual diversities. It deconstructs common assumptions about Israelite religion and reconstructs Israelite perceptions of the nature of the religious world. The second section examines socio-religious diversities. It studies the varied social contexts of ancient Israelites, exploring the relationship between worshippers' social locations and their perceptions and experiences of the divine. The third section deals with geographical diversities. It seeks to understand how geographical distinctions engender certain characteristics within Israelite religion and impact upon religious perceptions.

Underpinning each essay in this volume is a shared concern to: (1) explore the ways in which worshippers' socio-cultural contexts shape and colour their religious beliefs and practices; (2) assess the role, benefits and limitations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in reconstructing ancient Israelite religion.

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Congratulations to Aida Hurtado and Karina Cervantez- winners of the 2009 Women of Color Psychologies Award! This award, given by the Association of Women in Psychology Association, is voted on by AWP members for contributions of new knowledge and importance to the advancement of the psychology of women of color.

Offering broad coverage of all U.S. Latino groups, this volume synthesizes cutting-edge research and methodological advances and provides culturally sophisticated information that can be used by researchers, policy makers, and practitioners. The editors and contributing authors summarize theories and conceptual models that can further our understanding of the development and adaptation of U.S. Latino populations. In addition, they focus on the importance of cultural sensitivity and competence in research and intervention approaches and how to achieve it.

Key Features

• Highlights the normative development and strengths of U.S. Latino populations

• Elaborates on the heterogeneity of Latinos in that it does not assume that all Latino populations, and the contexts of their development, are identical.

• Emphasizes on cultural sensitivity and competence at all levels

• Focuses on the importance of cultural identity amongst Latinos and its contribution to healthy developmental outcomes.

Congratulations to Aida Hurtado and Karina Cervantez- winners of the 2009 Women of Color Psychologies Award! This award, given by the Association of Women in Psychology Association, is voted on by AWP members for contributions of new knowledge and importance to the advancement of the psychology of women of color.

Offering broad coverage of all U.S. Latino groups, this volume synthesizes cutting-edge research and methodological advances and provides culturally sophisticated information that can be used by researchers, policy makers, and practitioners. The editors and contributing authors summarize theories and conceptual models that can further our understanding of the development and adaptation of U.S. Latino populations. In addition, they focus on the importance of cultural sensitivity and competence in research and intervention approaches and how to achieve it.

Key Features

• Highlights the normative development and strengths of U.S. Latino populations

• Elaborates on the heterogeneity of Latinos in that it does not assume that all Latino populations, and the contexts of their development, are identical.

• Emphasizes on cultural sensitivity and competence at all levels

• Focuses on the importance of cultural identity amongst Latinos and its contribution to healthy developmental outcomes.

A profile of the life of Vincent van Gogh that also focuses on his art, including the development of his signature technique, the artists and styles that inspired him, and how life events influenced the subjects he selected.

Nel libro, che raccoglie il canzoniere completo, introdotto da un saggio di Edmondo Berselli, ogni brano è commentato dall'autore con testimonianze che ne ripercorrono la storia. C'è spazio anche per la sezione 'Altre parole', dove sono raccolti i testi che Guccini ha scritto per altri artisti e una sua poesia inedita in dialetto modenese. In appendice, discografia, bibliografia, nota biografica e altro. Il Dvd è un montaggio originale ideato seguendo lo schema di uno spettacolo di Guccini, e utilizzando documenti inediti, tra cui un'intervista appositamente rilasciata e nuove versioni delle canzoni.