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2015 |
![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Laterza Edizioni Scolastiche € 33,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Le Livre de Poche € 8,80
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![]() ![]() Author: Carmi Eugenio; Eco Umberto Publisher: Bompiani Gli atomi rinchiusi dentro una bomba nucleare si ribellano al generale che vuole scatenare una guerra con l'arsenale nascosto in solaio. Tre cosmonauti in competizione tra loro, un americano, un russo e un cinese, arrivano su Marte dove incontrano un marziano con sei mani che li metterà d'accordo. Un imperatore presuntuoso invia un esploratore per portare la civiltà su un piccolo pianeta innocente e felice. Dall'incontro straordinario tra un narratore e un artista, tre storie sul rispetto e la speranza, per chi ama leggere con la fantasia. I racconti 'La bomba e il generale' e 'I tre cosmonauti' sono stati pubblicati per la prima volta nel 1966 mentre 'Gli gnomi di gnù' nel 1992. € 12,00
Scontato: € 11,40
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1914 |
![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto, Barrett Sean (NRT), Rowe Nicholas (NRT), Jason Neville (NRT) Publisher: Macmillan Audio In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate charges of heresy against Franciscan monks at a wealthy Italian abbey but finds his mission overshadowed by seven bizarre murders. € 66,50
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto, Weaver William (TRN) Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr Best-selling author Umberto Eco's latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the 'linguistics of the lunatic,' stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. Exploring the 'Force of the False,' Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously 'discovering' America. The fictions that grew up around the cults of the Rosicrucians and Knights Templar were the result of a letter from a mysterious 'Prester John' -- undoubtedly a hoax -- that provided fertile ground for a series of delusions and conspiracy theories based on religious, ethnic, and racial prejudices. While some false tales produce new knowledge (like Columbus's discovery of America) and others create nothing but horror and shame (the Rosicrucian story wound up fueling European anti-Semitism) they are all powerfully persuasive. In a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities -- unanticipated truths -- often spring from mistaken ideas. From Leibniz's belief that the I Ching illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Eco tours the labyrinth of intellectual history, illuminating the ways in which we project the familiar onto the strange. Eco uncovers a rich history of linguistic endeavor -- much of it ill-conceived -- that sought to 'heal the wound of Babel.' Through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Greek, Hebrew, Chinese, and Egyptian were alternately proclaimed as the first language that God gave to Adam, while -- in keeping with the colonial climate of the time -- the complex language of the Amerindians in Mexico was viewed as crude and diabolical. In closing, Eco considers the erroneous notion of linguistic perfection and shrewdly observes that the dangers we face lie not in the rules we use to interpret other cultures but in our insistence on making these rules absolute. With the startling combination of erudition and wit, bewildering anecdotes and scholarly rigor that are Eco's hallmarks, Serendipities is sure to entertain and enlighten any reader with a passion for the curious history of languages and ideas. € 16,10
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Mariner Books The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon—all sharpened to a glistening edge by wry humor and a ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey, where “the most interesting things happen at night.” € 15,20
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![]() ![]() Author: Balestrini Nanni, Harakis Mike (TRN), Eco Umberto (FRW) Publisher: Random House Inc What happens when a love story has an infinite number of possible endings? What if a computer re-sorts a novel so that no copy is the same? A radical assault upon the novel from one of Italy’s most radical artists. The story involves two lovers, there is disruption on the streets of Milan, protesters by Porta Ticinese. Can they escape and be together? How will events change their destiny? In Tristano, Nanni Balestrini brilliantly experiments with form and storytelling to create a new type of novel in which technology, author and the reader themselves collaborate to create the narrative. Constructed of ten chapters, each consisting of twenty texts taken from guidebooks, atlases, newspapers and fiction, each printed edition of the novel is ordered uniquely. € 17,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto, Oldcorn Anthony (TRN) Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr The way we create and organize knowledge is the theme of From the Tree to the Labyrinth, a major achievement by one of the world's foremost thinkers on language and interpretation. Umberto Eco begins by arguing that our familiar system of classification by genus and species derives from the Neo-Platonist idea of a 'tree of knowledge.' He then moves to the idea of the dictionary, which--like a tree whose trunk anchors a great hierarchy of branching categories--orders knowledge into a matrix of definitions. In Eco's view, though, the dictionary is too rigid: it turns knowledge into a closed system. A more flexible organizational scheme is the encyclopedia, which--instead of resembling a tree with finite branches--offers a labyrinth of never-ending pathways. Presenting knowledge as a network of interlinked relationships, the encyclopedia sacrifices humankind's dream of possessing absolute knowledge, but in compensation we gain the freedom to pursue an infinity of new connections and meanings. Moving effortlessly from analyses of Aristotle and James Joyce to the philosophical difficulties of telling dogs from cats, Eco demonstrates time and again his inimitable ability to bridge ancient, medieval, and modern modes of thought. From the Tree to the Labyrinth is a brilliant illustration of Eco's longstanding argument that problems of interpretation can be solved only in historical context. € 49,90
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2014 |
![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto; Fedriga Riccardo Publisher: Laterza Edizioni Scolastiche € 31,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Le Livre de Poche € 11,70
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Le Livre de Poche € 11,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto; Nocera Maurizio; Gatta M. (cur.) Publisher: Biblohaus 'Mario Scognamiglio non è stato solo un libraio antiquario, né soltanto amava svisceratamente il libro, cosa che accade a moltissimi altri librai. Lui amava anche i collezionisti. Ha dedicato la sua vita, certo, a vendere libri antichi, perché aveva una libreria, che ha tenuto in funzione sino a che la crisi, l'età e la salute glielo hanno permesso, ma sono pronto a scommettere che sono più i libri che ha regalato ad amici appassionati che quelli che ha venduto. Mario amava i collezionisti e questo spiega perché negli ultimi decenni avesse dato vita all'Aldus Club, inventando con fantasia inesausta i modi per mettere insieme chi amava il libro come lui. Per non dire di iniziative come l'Esopo e l'Almanacco annuale, per cui inventava ogni anno un tema inatteso, e chiamava a raccolta grandi firme e autori meno noti che avevano qualcosa di arguto e originale da dire.' (Umberto Eco) € 15,00
Scontato: € 14,25
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Bompiani Questo romanzo, benché illustrato a colori, è dominato dalla nebbia. Nella nebbia si risveglia Yambo, dopo un incidente che gli ha fatto perdere la memoria. Accompagnandolo nel lento recupero di se stesso, la moglie lo convince a tornare nella casa di campagna dove ha conservato i libri letti da ragazzo, i quaderni di scuola, i dischi che ascoltava allora. Così in un immenso solaio tra Langhe e Monferrato Yambo rivive la storia della propria generazione, tra 'Giovinezza' e 'Pippo non lo sa', tra Mussolini, Salgari, Flash Gordon e i suoi temi scolastici di piccolo balilla. Si arresta di fronte a due vuoti ancora nebbiosi, le tracce di un'esperienza forse atroce vissuta negli anni della Resistenza e l'immagine di una ragazza amata a sedici anni. € 13,00
Scontato: € 12,35
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto; Fedriga Riccardo Publisher: Laterza Edizioni Scolastiche € 30,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Le Livre de Poche € 12,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Bompiani Nell'estate del 1643 un giovane piemontese naufraga, nei mari del sud, su di una nave deserta. Di fronte a lui un'Isola che non può raggiungere. Intorno a lui un ambiente apparentemente accogliente. Solo, su un mare sconosciuto, Roberto de la Grive vede per la prima volta in vita sua cieli, acque, uccelli, piante, pesci e coralli che non sa come nominare. Scrive lettere d'amore, attraverso le quali si indovina la sua storia: una lenta e traumatica iniziazione al mondo secentesco della nuova scienza, della ragion di stato, di un cosmo in cui la terra non è più al centro dell'universo. Roberto vive la sua vicenda tutta giocata sulla memoria e sull'attesa di approdare a un'Isola che non è lontana solo nello spazio, ma anche nel tempo. € 13,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Umberto Eco Publisher: EUROPEAN SCHOOLBOOKS LTD € 12,90
Scontato: € 12,26
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: ASMEPA Edizioni Le 'Riflessioni sul dolore' di Umberto Eco percorrono un affascinante itinerario nella cultura filosofica, poetica, artistica, letteraria e teologica che, dalle origini ai giorni nostri, ha affrontato questo tema. Il dolore, quell'ineliminabile esperienza della natura umana, passione del corpo e dell'anima, è raccontato tramite espressioni capaci di descrivere i suoi molteplici aspetti: male da sconfiggere o strumento di redenzione da perseguire nella sua funzione salvifica. Soprattutto dolore come memento mori, nel suo rapporto intimo e ambivalente con la conoscenza e il pensiero, che ha caratterizzato ogni epoca e tradizione. Queste riflessioni conducono quindi il lettore a intraprendere un viaggio tra le poliedriche manifestazioni intellettuali legate al concetto di dolore e a porre le basi di un'educazione culturale per acquisirne una maggiore consapevolezza. € 5,00
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1913 |
![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto, McEwen Alastair (TRN) Publisher: Rizzoli Intl Pubns A fascinating illustrated tour of the fabled places in literature and folklore that have awed, troubled, and eluded us through the ages. From the epic poets of antiquity to contemporary writers of science fiction, from the authors of the Holy Scriptures to modern raconteurs of fairy tales, writers and storytellers through the ages have invented imaginary and mythical lands, projecting onto them all of our human dreams, ideals, and fears. In the tradition of his acclaimed History of Beauty, On Ugliness, and The Infinity of Lists, renowned writer and cultural critic Umberto Eco leads us on a beautifully illustrated journey through these lands of myth and invention, showing us their inhabitants, the passions that rule them, their heroes and antagonists, and, above all, the importance they hold for us. He explores this human urge to create such places, the utopias and dystopias where our imagination can confront things that are too incredible or challenging for our limited real world. Illuminated with more than 300 color images, The Book of Legendary Lands is both erudite and thoroughly enjoyable, bringing together disparate elements of our shared literary legacy in a way only Umberto Eco can. Homer’s poems and other ancient and medieval texts are presented side by side with Gulliver’s Travels and Alice in Wonderland; Tolkien shares space with Marco Polo’s Books of the Marvels of the World; films complement poems, and comics inform novels. Together, these stories have influenced the sensibilities and worldview of all of us. € 41,60
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![]() ![]() Author: Ricci Franco Maria (EDT), Eco Umberto (FRW), Mariotti Giovanni, Biondetti Luisa Publisher: Rizzoli Intl Pubns In his first book in ten years, Franco Maria Ricci presents a rich and refined collection of photographs celebrating the art and mystery of mazes throughout the ages. Franco Maria Ricci—publisher, art collector, bibliophile, garden designer, visionary—presents this collection of beautiful, haunting photographs chronicling his latest project: a massive bamboo labyrinth near Fontanellato, Italy, scheduled to open in 2014. Beginning with the Minotaur, labyrinths have transfixed and enchanted us. This book explores labyrinths in every form—drawn graffiti-like on crockery, stamped on coins, traced in manuscript illuminations, carved on cathedral walls, and planted in gardens—and features literary quotations from Herodotus and Pliny to Jorge Luis Borges. € 75,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto, Barrett Sean (NRT), Rowe Nicholas (NRT) Publisher: Naxos Audio Books This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. € 100,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto, Dixon Richard (TRN) Publisher: Mariner Books “Underscores the writer’s profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes . . . Eco’s pleasure in such explorations is obvious and contagious.” — Booklist Inventing the Enemy covers a wide range of topics on which Eco has written and lectured over the past ten years: from a disquisition on the theme that runs through his recent novel The Prague Cemetery — every country needs an enemy, and if it doesn’t have one, must invent it — to a discussion of ideas that have inspired his earlier novels (and in the process he takes us on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world); from indignant reviews of James Joyce’s Ulysses by fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, to an examination of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s notions about the soul of an unborn child, to censorship and violence and WikiLeaks. These are essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsession by one of the world’s most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, best-selling novelists. “True wit and wisdom coexist with fierce scholarship inside Umberto Eco, a writer who actually knows a thing or two about being truly human.” — Buffalo News 'Thought provoking . . . nuanced . . . the collection amply shows off Eco's sophisticated, agile mind.' — Publishers Weekly € 14,80
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![]() ![]() Author: ECO UMBERTO Publisher: Random UK INVENTING THE ENEMY - ECO UMBERTO - Random UK € 16,00
Scontato: € 15,20
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![]() ![]() Author: De Amicis Edmondo, Eco Umberto (FRW), Biseo Cesare (CON) Publisher: Alma Books A remarkable 19th-century account of Constantinople that expertly combines personal anecdote, breathtaking visual observation, and entertaining historical information
Edmondo de Amicis's brilliant look into an integral facet of world history begins with a dazzling description of the city gradually appearing through the fog as the author's ship approaches it through the harbor. His narrative further goes on to provide an invaluable record of Constantinople as it used to be—a fascinating crossroads between Eastern and Western civilization and one of the most cosmopolitan cities of its time—as well as a vivid example of a European tourists' reaction to it—part delight, part incomprehension. This book will provide an enriching read for lovers of history or those planning to visit Istanbul themselves. € 16,00
Scontato: € 15,20
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![]() ![]() Author: ECO UMBERTO Publisher: DTV DER FRIEDHOF IN PRAG - ECO UMBERTO - DTV € 15,60
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2013 |
![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Le Livre de Poche € 12,20
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![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto Publisher: Guaraldi Le più strane immagini e le più fantasiose associazioni hanno popolato le mnemotecniche fin dall'antichità producendo misteriosi agglomerati verbo-visivi la cui interpretazione è spesso una scommessa, in mancanza di un codice uniforme e condiviso. Per destreggiarsi tra figure mnemoniche ed emblemi Umberto Eco suggerisce allora di affrontarli come un rebus, la cui chiave dipende al tempo stesso da inferenze contestuali e da soluzioni codificate, inoltrandosi in un articolato esercizio interpretativo che ha il carattere dell'indagine poliziesca e insieme del gioco. € 5,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Senin Umberto; Cherubini Antonio; Mecocci Patrizia Publisher: Edises Il testo rappresenta una guida attraverso i fondamenti di gerontologia e geriatria. I temi trattati sono: gli elementi di originalità del paziente anziano, che differisce da quello adulto sotto il profilo anatomico, fisiologico, patologico, clinico e assistenziale; il rapporto tra medicina basata sull'evidenza, medicina della complessità e medicina geriatrica; l'anziano fragile; le sindromi geriatriche; le principali patologiericorrenti in geriatria; i principi di comportamento in medicina geriatrica. € 58,00
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![]() ![]() Author: Berberian Cathy; Carmi Eugenio; Eco Umberto Publisher: Nomos Edizioni 'Stripsody', riedizione del celebre volume pubblicato nel 1966 in occasione del felice incontro artistico tra Cathy Berberian, Eugenio Carmi e Umberto Eco. Si tratta di un libro che illustra pagina dopo pagina, nelle tavole di Eugenio Carmi, il percorso sonoro vocalizzato da Cathy Berberian, usando solo le onomatopee codificate dalla lingua dei fumetti. La voce inconfondibile di Cathy Berberian canta 'Stripsody' - senza più bisogno di musica - fondendosi con le illustrazioni di Carmi, tra i principali esponenti dell'astrattismo italiano, in un fluire di stimoli ed evocazioni polisensoriali. La nuova edizione pubblicata da Nomos si arricchisce di un nuovo testo di Umberto Eco, di un ampio corredo fotografico che ritrae Cathy Berberian in molte delle performances di 'Stripsody', e di un cd con l'originale del brano interpretato dalla cantante. € 25,00
Scontato: € 23,75
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1912 |
![]() ![]() Author: Eco Umberto, Martini Carlo Maria, Proctor Minna (TRN), Cox Harvey (INT) Publisher: Arcade Pub One is the beloved author of The Name of the Rose, a celebrated scholar, philosopher, and self-declared secularist; the other is a preeminent clergyman and a respected expert on the New Testament. In this intellectually stimulating dialogue, often adversarial but always amicable, these two great men, who stand on opposite sides of the church door, discuss some of the most controversial issues of our day, including the apocalypse, abortion, women in the clergy, and ethics. As we voyage onward into the new millennium, they frame a debate about matters that have already begun to rage, always aware of the gulf between belief and nonbelief that separates them, constantly probing and challenging, but also respectful of the other’s viewpoint. For believers and nonbelievers alike, the result is both edifying and illuminating. “Their correspondence,” writes Professor Harvey Cox in his introduction, “lifts the possibility of intelligent conversation on religion to a new level.” € 13,40
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