Il libro ripercorre i fatti salienti dell'azione di Dario Mengozzi, la cui vita e le cui scelte possono essere considerate emblematiche del modo di intendere e professare la propria fede e testimoniare i suoi valori da parte di quella generazione di cattolici che è stata protagonista, nella seconda metà del secolo scorso, del progetto di sviluppo sociale ed economico del Paese, con uno specifico laboratorio costituito dall'Emilia Romagna ed in particolare, per quanto qui interessa, da Modena. Nel partito, in Parlamento, in Consiglio Comunale, nelle Camere di Commercio e nel movimento cooperativo Dario Mengozzi ha esercitato con continuità e coerenza la sua passione per 'fare politica' (con la 'P' maiuscola), con spirito di servizio per la comunità di riferimento, per quel disegno autenticamente riformista in economia e nella società, promosso dal cosiddetto 'cattolicesimo democratico', che 'guardasse lontano' e non solo alla riforma di qualche istituzione. È un progetto che ha camminato, con un sano e onesto pragmatismo, sulle gambe degli uomini senza velleità rivoluzionarie, dogmi preconcetti e modelli dottrinari astratti costruiti a tavolino e che è ricostruibile 'a posteriori' attraverso la storia dei movimenti cui i cattolici hanno dato vita e le vite dei loro dirigenti, uomini, appunto, come Dario Mengozzi. Nel suo caso sono stati quasi settant'anni di militanza 'pubblica' appassionata e instancabile in cui la dimensione personale degli affetti famigliari ed amicali - evidenziata anche dalle molte testimonianze raccolte - non è stata sacrificata, ma piuttosto ha sempre

Mathilda Gillespie's body was found nearly two days after she had taken an overdose and slashed her wrists with a utility knife. But what shocked Dr. Sarah Blakeney the most was the rusted metal cage obscuring the dead woman's face—a medieval instrument of torture called a scold's bridle grotesquely adorned with a garland of nettles and Michaelmas daises. What happened at Cedar House in the tortured hours before Mathilda's death?

Detective Sergeant Cooper, an elderly policeman nearing retirement, is under pressure from his superiors to bring in a verdict of suicide. And even Mathilda's daughter and granddaughter insist that illness drove her to commit the desperate, final act. Only Sarah and her husband, Jack, refuse to believe that the Mathilda they knew would have taken her own life. Then comes the reading of Mathilda's Last Will and Testament, which shocks her family into a stunned and bitter silence. For Dr. Sarah Blakeney has inherited everything.

“Fun all the way through… carried out with both a respect for Wells’s great work and a sense of humor about its own purpose.” —Asimov’s Science Fiction

“Sometimes slapstick, sometimes thoughtful, the book’s delights are really too numerous to describe in detail.” —The Valley Times

The Martian Invasion

Nineteen gut-wrenching reports from the front lines of the War of the Worlds, as logged by Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, H.P. Lovecraft, Winston Churchill, Jules Verne, and many of the other most famous writers of the time.

The most popular and acclaimed science fiction writers of today relive the Martian invasion through the eyes of their famous predecessors.

In the spirit of H.G. Wells's classic tale of Martian invasion comes this anthology of some of today's leading authors' own renditions of the Martian invasion as it might have been seen through the eyes of such notables as Jack London, H.P. Lovecraft, Teddy Roosevelt and Pablo Picasso.

Authors included are: Mike Resnick, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Marcus, Robert Silverberg, Janet Berliner, Howard Waldrop, Doug Beason, Barbara Hambly, George Alec Effinger, Allen Steele, Mark W. Tiedemann, Gregory Benford and David Brin, Don Webb, Daniel Keys Moran and Jodi Moran, M. Shayne Bell, Dave Wolverton and Connie Willis.

In the spirit of H.G. Wells's classic tale of Martian invasion comes this anthology of some of today's leading authors' own renditions of the Martian invasion as it might have been seen through the eyes of such notables as Jack London, H.P. Lovecraft, Teddy Roosevelt and Pablo Picasso.A new edition of the 1996 Spectra classic anthology published by Titan Books. The original edition was 'highly recommended' by Library Journal.Authors included are: Mike Resnick, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Marcus, Robert Silverberg, Janet Berliner, Howard Waldrop, Doug Beason, Barbara Hambly, George Alec Effinger, Allen Steele, Mark W. Tiedemann, Gregory Benford and David Brin, Don Webb, Daniel Keys Moran and Jodi Moran, M. Shayne Bell, Dave Wolverton and Connie Willis.

Recounts the demise of the 'unsinkable' Titanic, the massive luxury liner that housed such extravagances as a French 'sidewalk cafe' and a grand staircase, but failed to provide enough lifeboats for the passengers on board.

Written by the American Sport Education Program and Showalter, who coached the USA Basketball Men's Development National Team, this volume describes how coaches can work with basketball players from ages five to 14. After discussing coaching responsibilities, season and practice planning, rules, other preparations, and game day, it explains how to teach offensive and defensive skills, tactics, and drills, and suggests practice plans for different age groups. No index is included. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dagmar Shaw got out of the game... and into the movies.

Sean is a washed-up child actor reduced to the lowest dregs of reality television to keep himself afloat. His life was a downward spiral of alcoholism, regret, and failure... until he met Dagmar.

Except Sean has secrets, dark even for the Hollywood treadmill of abuse, addiction, and rehab. And Dagmar is a cipher. There are dark rumors about her past, the places she's been, the things she was involved in. People tend to die around her and now, she wants Sean for something. A movie, she says, but with her history, who's to say what her real game is?

Uses Louisiana State University sports history to introduce the alphabet, from 'A is for the Alex Box Stadium' to 'T is for the fans' chant 'Tiger Bait''.

Presents thorough information on different types of animals from simple single living cells to the most complex kinds of mammals.

Chronicles key events in Baptist history to trace the story of the denomination's voluntary approach to the Christian faith, covering topics in brief, narrative chapters while exploring essential themes in the writings of Professor Harry Leon McBeth. Reprint.