Carlo likes reading everywhere and everything. He reads his bedroom, his breakfast, even his dad! That's because everything has a clear label attached with its name on it, but if reading gets frustrating, Carlo doesn't worry about it - he likes galloping too![...]
Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward.[...]
Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward.[...]
The Incredible true story of the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo. Charles Deville Wells has two loves in his life: a beautiful French mistress named Jeannette and his sumptuous yacht, the Palais Royal. At the risk of losing them both, Wells stakes everything he owns at the roulette tables in M[...]
Integrating newcomers and minorities into the social fabric of receiving countries has become one of the crucial challenges of contemporary Western societies. This volume seeks to understand patterns of changing institutional practices and public policies where the challenges of including cultural d[...]
The Brooklyn destination the "New York Times" called "one of the most extraordinary restaurants in the country"--which began as a pizza place and quickly redefined the urban food landscape--releases its highly anticipated debut cookbook.
When Roberta's opened in 2008 in a concrete bunker in Bush[...]
The human race has taken drastic steps to solve "the mutant problem" in the aftermath of Magneto's Ultimatum: An executive order to shoot unregistered mutants on sight. Prison camps. And worse. Mutantkind is scattered and hiding. Iceman and Kitty Pryde have taken refuge with the Human Torch in the s[...]
RED SHE-HULK shows up to confront big daddy and it's the return of the villainous villainess, ZERO/ONE COLLECTING HULK 47-52[...]
Pietro struggles with the aftermath of Stryker's attack on New York. The Scarlet Witch returns...with a warning. Who is really hiding in Egypt?COLLECTING: ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN 7-12[...]
Quicksilver's scheme to lord over the world's mutants goes horribly awry when his army of Nimrod sentinels goes rogue and commits mutant genocide. Val Cooper probes S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury for information on the Ultimate X program, and the identity of world's most powerful psychic, Jean Grey[...]
Now that we've learned the origin of the all-new Nova, there's only one thing standing between Sam Alexander and being an Avenger...he needs to ask his mom. Zeb Wells ("Robot Chicken") and Paco Medina (Ultimate X-Men) continue the story of Marvel's newest, least experienced hero, as he takes on the [...]
Red She-Hulk is S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most wanted, and Machine Man has joined her on a deadly chase across the Marvel Universe But Jennifer Walters, the original She-Hulk, is hot on their trail Red She-Hulk goes deep underground to find the secrets of the ancient order of the Shield - but there's a new r[...]
Appearing in English for the first time, this is the definitive scholarly treatment on the role of practical reasoning in ethics.[...]
(Vocal Score). Text in Italian only. Preface in Italian, English, German, and French.
The Cheese and the Worms is a study of the popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, a miller brought to trial during the Inquisition. Carlo Ginzburg uses the trial records of Domenico Scandella, a miller also known as Menocchio, to show how one person responded t[...]
"In the diversity of methods and objects of analysis it offers, "Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method" offers a fresh perspective on this Italian historian who has become such an essential point of reference in many domains of cultural study today." -- Dana Polan, "Camera Obscura."[...]
Monte Carlo simulation is a method of evaluating substantive hypotheses and statistical estimators by developing a computer algorithm to simulate a population, drawing multiple samples from this pseudo-population, and evaluating estimates obtained from these samples. The author explains the logic be[...]
Porta Palazzo, arguably Western Europe's largest open-air market, is a central economic, social, and cultural hub for Italians and migrants in the city of Turin. Open-air markets like Porta Palazzo have existed for centuries in Europe; although their function has changed over time-traditional market[...]
Three times in the few years since the global financial crisis erupted, the euro has come close to extinction, endangering both the world economy and history's most ambitious project in shared sovereignty. Yet each time, the case for a common currency proved to be more compelling than its weaknesses[...]
Six Italians writing from the margins: these stories are linked by common themes of belonging, dislocation and identity, and together they take the pulse of a country in turmoil.[...]