Bookshelf - Non Fiction
Bookshelf - Non Fiction
 | Iperpolitica. Politicizzazione senza politicaAnton JägerProduzioni Nero-23-10-2024160 pages9788880562757C1Non FictionCategories: Scienze politiche,Ideologie politiche,Trade (local) Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | Careless PeopleSarah Wynn-WilliamsFlatiron Books-11-03-2025400 pagesDescription: An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. From trips on private jets and encounters with world leaders to shocking accounts of misogyny and double standards behind the scenes, this searing memoir exposes both the personal and the political fallout when unfettered power and a rotten company culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative where a few people carelessly hold the world in their hands, this eye-opening memoir reveals what really goes on among the global elite. Sarah Wynn-Williams tells the wrenching but fun story of Facebook, mapping its rise from stumbling encounters with juntas to Mark Zuckerberg’s reaction when he learned of Facebook’s role in Trump’s election. She experiences the challenges and humiliations of working motherhood within a pressure cooker of a workplace, all while Sheryl Sandberg urges her and others to “lean in.” Careless People is a deeply personal account of why and how things have gone so horribly wrong in the past decade—told in a sharp, candid, and utterly disarming voice. A deep, unflinching look at the role that social media has assumed in our lives, Careless People reveals the truth about the leaders of Facebook: how the more power they grasp, the less responsible they become and the consequences thi...9781250391230C1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Non FictionCategories: Women's Biographies,Scientist Biographies,High-Tech Industry Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 207 |
 | The IllegalsRussia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the WestShaun WalkerProfile Books-17-04-2025448 pagesDescription: The Cold War had been over for two decades when, in 2010, ten Russian agents were arrested in the United States after a decade-long FBI operation. Astonishing, but underreported at the time, was the fact that among these ten spies were three couples who had spent decades living as Americans and an agent who had lived as an Uruguayan photographer for so long that he could barely even speak Russian. They had hidden their true identities from their children, neighbours, and even occasionally their partners. The Illegals captures the untold history of Russia's deep cover spy programme, following its evolution from the talented "great Illegals" of the 1920s and '30s up to the 21st century, when agents maintained their fake identities and loyalties even after the fall of the Soviet Union. Directorate S, which ran the illegals programme, is the most secretive within the KGB, but through hundreds of interviews and access to never-before-seen archives and files, Shaun Walker has been able to capture a history as essential as it is character-driven and entertaining.9781788167772L1Non Fiction,StoriaFormat: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 448 |
 | Viaggio in CalabriaAlexandre DumasRubbettino Editore-01-01-2007168 pagesDescription: Il viaggio in Calabria fu intrapreso sotto falso nome nell'autunno del 1835, subito dopo aver visitato la Sicilia, in compagnia del pittore Jadin e del cane Mylord. Lo scrittore, sorpreso da una improvvisa tempesta che gli impedì di proseguire la navigazione verso nord, fu costretto a percorrere via terra, da Villa San Giovanni a Cosenza, la Calabria. Tappe principali del suo viaggio Scilla, Pizzo, Maida, Cosenza, durante le quali Dumas non manca di annotare sul suo taccuino di viaggio notizie storiche e fantastiche. Tra terremoti e piogge torrenziali, tra racconti gustosi e personaggi singolari, il viaggio di Dumas si trasforma così in un avventuroso racconto stilato con sagacia ed ironia.9788849815450L1Non FictionCategories: Fiction Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 168 Note: Il viaggio in Calabria fu intrapreso sotto falso nome nell'autunno del 1835, subito dopo aver visitato la Sicilia, in compagnia del pittore Jadin e del cane Mylord. Lo scrittore, sorpreso da una improvvisa tempesta che gli impedì di proseguire la navigazione verso nord, fu costretto a percorrere via terra, da Villa San Giovanni a Cosenza, la Calabria. Tappe principali del suo viaggio Scilla, Pizzo, Maida, Cosenza, durante le quali Dumas non manca di annotare sul suo taccuino di viaggio notizie storiche e fantastiche. Tra terremoti e piogge torrenziali, tra racconti gustosi e personaggi singolari, il viaggio di Dumas si trasforma così in un avventuroso racconto stilato con sagacia ed ironia. |
 | Viaggio in CalabriaCharles DidierRubbettino Editore-01-01-2008106 pagesDescription: Il viaggio di un romantico nella Calabria del 1830, di cui sono protagonisti assoluti il "viandante" Charles Didier e la straordinaria natura della regione: altera e terrifica, suggestiva e ammaliante. Una natura che si popola di personaggi e vicende del mondo classico, ma anche dell'umanità calabrese contemporanea, con la quale Didier non disdegna mai il dialogo e di cui coglie e comprende sia l'emarginazione sociale ed economica, sia i fermenti politici che la vedono protagonista non secondaria delle vicende risorgimentali italiane, seguite con attenzione dallo scrittore svizzero francese per la parte relativa al Mezzogiorno. Una descrizione di paesaggi e atmosfere nel più autentico spirito del romanticismo, ma anche una relazione che registra sottotraccia, come un sensibile sismografo, alcuni aspetti politico-sociali della Calabria pre-unitaria. Introduzione di Saverio Napoletano.9788849820690L4Non Fiction,StoriaCategories: Travel Language: it |
 | The Idea FactoryBell Labs and the Great Age of American InnovationJon GertnerPenguin Books-26-02-2013432 pagesDescription: The definitive history of America’s greatest incubator of innovation and the birthplace of some of the 20th century’s most influential technologies From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of AT&T-was the biggest, and arguably the best, laboratory for new ideas in the world. From the transistor to the laser, from digital communications to cellular telephony, it's hard to find an aspect of modern life that hasn't been touched by Bell Labs. In The Idea Factory, Jon Gertner traces the origins of some of the twentieth century's most important inventions and delivers a riveting and heretofore untold chapter of American history. At its heart this is a story about the life and work of a small group of brilliant and eccentric men-Mervin Kelly, Bill Shockley, Claude Shannon, John Pierce, and Bill Baker-who spent their careers at Bell Labs. Today, when the drive to invent has become a mantra, Bell Labs offers us a way to enrich our understanding of the challenges and solutions to technological innovation. Here, after all, was where the foundational ideas on the management of innovation were born.9780143122791L4Scienza e Tecnologia ,Non FictionCategories: Business,Corporate & Business History,Technology Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 432 |
 | SASRogue Heroes - Soon to Be a Major TV DramaBen. MacintyrePenguin-18-08-2022384 pagesDescription: THE BOOK BEHIND THE BBC SERIES 'SAS: ROGUE HEROES' From the secret SAS archives, and acclaimed author Ben Macintyre: the first ever authorized history of the SAS In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, has a vision for a new kind of war: attacking the enemy where they least expect it - from behind their own lines. Despite the intense opposition of many in British High Command, Winston Churchill personally gives Stirling permission to recruit the toughest, brightest and most ruthless soldiers he can find. And so begins the most celebrated and mysterious military organisation in the world: the SAS. With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, SAS: Rogue Heroes tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force, and the immense cost of making it a reality. 'Impeccably researched, superbly told - by far the best book on the SAS in World War II' Antony Beevor9780241996904L1Non Fiction,StoriaCategories: Second World War Format: Paperback Edition: Media tie-in Language: en Pages Read: 384 |
 | Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War IIOperation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed The Course Of World War IiBen MacintyreBloomsbury Publishing PLC-01-01-2001414 pagesDescription: In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that was both simple & complicated—Operation Mincemeat. Purpose? To deceive the Nazis into thinking the Allies were planning to attack Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed & the Allies ultimately chose. Charles Cholmondeley of MI5 & the British naval intelligence officer Ewen Montagu were very different. Cholmondeley was a dreamer seeking adventure. Montagu was an aristocratic, detail-oriented barrister. A perfect team, they created an ingenious plan: equip a corpse with secret (but false) papers concerning the invasion, then drop it off the coast of Spain where German spies would hopefully take the bait. The idea was approved by British intelligence officials, including Ian Fleming (007's creator). Winston Churchill believed it might ring true to the Axis & help bring victory.Filled with spies, double agents, rogues, heroes & a corpse, the story of Operation Mincemeat reads like an international thriller. Unveiling never-before-released material, Macintyre goes into the minds of intelligence officers, their moles & spies, & the German Abwehr agents who suffered the “twin frailties of wishfulness & yesmanship.” He weaves together the eccentric personalities of Cholmondeley & Montagu & their improbable feats into an adventure that saved thousands & paved the way for the conquest of Sicily.9781408885390L1Non Fiction,StoriaCategories: European History,20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000,Second World War Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 414 |
 | Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, Spy (reissued)Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story Of Eddie Chapman: Lover, Traitor, Hero, SpyBen MacintyreBloomsbury Publishing PLC-01-01-2001372 pagesDescription: “Ben Macintyre’s rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus- spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.” —William Grimes, The New York Times A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of 2007 One of the Top 10 Best Books of 2007 (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times Best of the Year Round-Up New York Times Editors’ Choice Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. Inside the traitor was a man of loyalty; inside the villain was a hero. The problem for Chapman, his spymasters, and his lovers was to know where one persona ended and the other began. Based on recently declassified files, Agent Zigzag tells Chapman’s full story for the first time. It’s a gripping tale of loyalty, love, treachery, espionage, and the thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal.9781408885406L1Non Fiction,StoriaCategories: True War & Combat Stories,Second World War,Espionage & Secret Services Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 372 |
 | Double Cross: The True Story of The D-Day SpiesThe True Story of The D-Day SpiesBen MacintyreBloomsbury Publishing PLC-22-09-2016448 pagesDescription: Six real British spies (one dies), plus fake national network, divert Nazis from 6 June 1944 so 150K Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy sustain lower than expected casualties. Double Cross includes handsome brilliant director "Tar", colorful MI5 handlers, Nazi counterparts. The nucleus was Wodehouse Wooster imitator Jebsen, Serbian playboy Popov, boastful nationalistic Polish Czerniawski, bisexual party-girl Elvira, García with diploma in chicken farming and volatile Lily, nearly their downfall after losing her dog Babs. Includes index, 32 pages photos.9781408885413L1Non Fiction,StoriaCategories: Military History Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 448 |
 | KGB: The Inside Story of its Foreign Operations from Lenin to Gorbachevthe inside story of its foreign operations from Lenin to GorbachevChristopher M. Andrew,Oleg GordievskyHarperCollins Publishers-31-12-1990776 pagesDescription: A history of Soviet intelligence service & the evolution of the KGB. An international bestseller critically acclaimed as "undoubtedly the most important book ever written on Soviet espionage."--San Francisco Chronicle9780060166052L1Non Fiction,StoriaCategories: Politics & Government,Espionage & Secret Services Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 776 |
 | The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold WarThe Spy And The Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story Of The Cold WarBen MacintyrePenguin-30-05-2019370 pagesDescription: A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians - now with a new afterword On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket. The man was a spy. A senior KGB officer, for more than a decade he had supplied his British spymasters with a stream of priceless secrets from deep within the Soviet intelligence machine. No spy had done more to damage the KGB. The Safeway bag was a signal: to activate his escape plan to be smuggled out of Soviet Russia. So began one of the boldest and most extraordinary episodes in the history of spying. Ben Macintyre reveals a tale of espionage, betrayal and raw courage that changed the course of the Cold War forever...9780241972137L1Non Fiction,StoriaCategories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,European History,20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 370 |
 | Fugitives: A History of Nazi Mercenaries During the Cold WarA History of Nazi Mercenaries During the Cold WarDanny OrbachPegasus Books-01-02-2022400 pagesDescription: Shrouded in government secrecy, clouded by myths and propaganda, the enigmatic tale of Nazi fugitives in the early Cold War has never been properly told—until now. In the aftermath of WWII, the victorious Allies vowed to hunt Nazi war criminals “to the ends of the earth.” Yet many slipped away to the four corners of the world or were shielded by the Western Allies in exchange for cooperation. Most prominently, Reinhard Gehlen, the founder of West Germany's foreign intelligence service, welcomed SS operatives into the fold. This shortsighted decision nearly brought his cherished service down, as the KGB found his Nazi operatives easy to turn, while judiciously exposing them to threaten the very legitimacy of the Bonn Government. However, Gehlen was hardly alone in the excessive importance he placed on the supposed capabilities of former Nazi agents; his American sponsors did much the same in the early years of the Cold War.9781643138954L1Non Fiction,StoriaCategories: True Crime,20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000,Second World War Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 400 |
 | Anima latina: Storia e cronistoriaStoria E CronistoriaRenzo StefanelCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform-05-11-2014130 pagesDescription: Quanto sono durate effettivamente le sessions di registrazione di ANIMA LATINA? È davvero possibile che la sua lavorazione sia durata sei mesi? Qual è veramente il misterioso effetto per chitarra utilizzato da Lucio? Chi suona effettivamente la batteria nel disco? È vero che Ares Tavolazzi degli Area e Toni Esposito sono presenti nell’album, pur non accreditati? E chi è il misterioso Gneo Pompeo? Domande che da sempre dividono i fans e gli studiosi di Lucio Battisti. Questo saggio, con un approccio nuovo, mette la parola fine a ogni questione tramite nuove interviste ai protagonisti, documenti inoppugnabili e riscontri oggettivi, capaci di farsi strada attraverso la nebbia dei ricordi e di dissolverla. In più, contiene la trascrizione di tre articoli e un’intervista usciti all’epoca e finora mai riportati in volume, oltre a un intervento del cantautore Alessandro Grazian che evidenzia il lascito di ANIMA LATINA sulle giovani generazioni. Un libro che ogni battistiano deve avere. Senza se e senza ma.9781500810993L1Non FictionCategories: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 130 |
 | Quei Cinque Giorni con Lucio Battisti. Mentre l'Anima gli Diventava LatinaRenato MarengoTempesta Editore-01-01-2022Description: Quei cinque giorni al Mulino cambiarono in modo radicale l'atteggiamento di gran parte del pubblico più giovane e ribelle di allora. Fu proprio in seguito a quel lungo incontro con Battisti al Mulino, a quei cinque giorni trascorsi con lui ascoltando e riascoltando le registrazioni di Anima latina, e commentandole con l'artista, analizzandone i suoni, le ispirazioni, i particolari, le scelte e i gusti negli arrangiamenti, che io stesso mi resi conto di come non fosse solo un grande interprete di romantiche e piacevoli canzoni d'amore. Che non fosse "soltanto" l'autore di quelle che certamente potevano essere considerate le migliori produzioni della scena italiana di allora, ma pur sempre di "musica leggera". Fu proprio parlando con Lucio che compresi che Battisti era anche un compositore di musica rock. Un grande compositore di musica rock (Renato Marengo).9788885798311L1Non FictionCategories: Music Language: it |
 | I dialetti delle regioni d'ItaliaGiacomo DevotoBompiani-01-01-2002304 pagesDescription: "Nessuna regione italiana ha avuto una storia linguistica unitaria". Partendo da questo presupposto i due autori forniscono qui un'esauriente guida attraverso la variegata realtà dei dialetti d'Italia. Un compito particolarmente complesso perché "l'alterazione del latino non avviene mai a livello regionale, ma attraverso i tanti latini corrispondenti alle pievi, alle unità rurali, ai proprietari delle piccole corti". La radiografia linguistica delle varie parlate è accompagnata da una bibliografia aggiornata, da indici di tipo geografico, fonetico, morfologico, lessicale e da nove tavole illustrative.9788845250897L1Non FictionCategories: Language Arts & Disciplines Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | Al suo barbiere Einstein la raccontava così. Vita quotidiana e quesiti scientificivita quotidiana e quesiti scientificiRobert L. WolkeFeltrinelli Editore-01-01-2004204 pagesDescription: Vi capita spesso di scervellarvi su piccoli enigmi della vita quotidiana senza venirne a capo? Vi siete mai chiesti perché il mare è blu? O perché gli uccelli non restano fulminati sui fili dell'elettricità? E nel caso vi trovaste in un ascensore che sta precipitando se riuscirete a saltar fuori all'ultimo e salvarvi? E come mai una frusta deve produrre proprio quel particolare schiocco? I "come?" e i "perché?" non sono patrimonio esclusivo dei ragazzi e degli studenti, la curiosità scientifica non ha età, né ce l'ha la gioia del capire quando ci vengono spiegate le cose. Ecco allora una serie di divertenti spiegazioni tanto di fenomeni in cui ci si imbatte tutti i giorni, come la gravità e l'acustica, quanto di fatti straordinari, perché la scienza è dappertutto e non occorre essere Einstein per farsi delle domande sul mondo circostante. E a ciascuno la sua curiosità: il libro infatti è costruito in modo da poter essere letto in più di cento modi a partire da una qualunque delle oltre cento domande cui Wolke dà risposta con arguzia e competenza. Con l'aggiunta qua e là di qualche suggerimento di facili esperimenti domestici: provare per credere.9788807818202L1Non Fiction,Scienza e TecnologiaCategories: Science Translators: Lorenza Lanza,Patrizia Vicentini Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | Killing PabloThe Hunt for the World's Greatest OutlawMark BowdenPenguin Books-02-04-2002304 pagesDescription: A tour de force of investigative journalism-this is the story of the violent rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the head of the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel. Escobar's criminal empire held a nation of thirty million hostage in a reign of terror that would only end with his death. In an intense, up-close account, award-winning journalist Mark Bowden exposes details never before revealed about the U.S.-led covert sixteen-month manhunt. With unprecedented access to important players—including Colombian president Cisar Gaviria and the incorruptible head of the special police unit that pursued Escobar, Colonel Hugo Martinez-as well as top-secret documents and transcripts of Escobar's intercepted phone conversations, Bowden has produced a gripping narrative that is a stark portrayal of rough justice in the real world.9780142000953L1Non FictionCategories: Latin America World History,South America Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 304 |
 | The Billion Dollar SpyA True Story of Cold War Espionage and BetrayalDavid E. HoffmanAnchor-10-05-2016432 pagesDescription: A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year It was the height of the Cold War, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the Soviet Union. One evening, while the chief of the CIA’s Moscow station was filling his gas tank, a stranger approached and dropped a note into the car. The chief, suspicious of a KGB trap, ignored the overture. But the man had made up his mind. His attempts to establish contact with the CIA would be rebuffed four times before he thrust upon them an envelope whose contents would stun U.S. intelligence. In the years that followed, that man, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the most valuable spies ever for the U.S. But these activities posed an enormous personal threat to Tolkachev and his American handlers. They had clandestine meetings in parks and on street corners, and used spy cameras, props, and private codes, eluding the ever-present KGB in its own backyard—until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk. Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and on interviews with firsthand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story of intrigue in the final years of the Cold War.9780345805973L1Non FictionCategories: World,20th Century,Russian & Former Soviet Union Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 432 |
 | Birre del mondoBill YenneL5Non Fiction |
 | Il paesaggio toscanoMonte dei Paschi di SienaL5Non Fiction |
 | Gran BretagnaTouring Club ItalianoL5Non Fiction |
 | IrlandaTouring Club ItalianoL5Non Fiction |
 | Atlante mondiale del golfPeter ChamberlainRizzoli-01-01-1985280 pages9788817244404L5Non FictionCategories: Sports & Recreation Language: it Pages Read: 280 |
 | Van GoghJean LeymarieL5Non Fiction |
 | Passeggiate SenesiL5Non Fiction |
 | Rembrandt Harmenszoon van RijnMaster ItalianaL5Non Fiction |
 | Castelfranco Veneto. Realtà e immaginazione. Ediz. italiana e ingleseClaudio Libralon,Michele BordinVianello Libri-01-01-2001136 pages9788872000939L5Non FictionCategories: Travel Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 136 |
 | Fié allo Sciliar 888-1988L5Non Fiction |
 | Genesis la loro leggendaArmando GalloL5Non Fiction |
 | Grandi manifesti del cinemaDe AgostiniL5Non Fiction |
 | Il Cinema - volume 10De AgostiniL5Non Fiction |
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| Il Cinema - volume 4De AgostiniL5Non Fiction |
 | Il Cinema - volume 3De AgostiniL5Non Fiction |
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| Il Cinema - volume 1De AgostiniL5Non Fiction |
 | Il cinema secondo HitchcockParte secondaFrancois TruffautL5Non Fiction |
 | Storia di IqbalFrancesco D'AdamoEdizioni El-01-10-2001155 pagesDescription: La storia vera di Iqbal Masih, il ragazzo pakistano di 12 anni diventato in tutto il mondo il simbolo della lotta contro lo sfruttamento del lavoro minorile. Ceduto dalla sua famiglia di contadini ridotti in miseria, in cambio del prestito di 26 dollari, costretto a lavorare in una tessitura di tappeti dall'alba al tramonto, incatenato al telaio, in condizioni disumane, come milioni di altri bambini poveri del mondo, Iqbal troverà la forza di ribellarsi, di far arrestare il suo padrone, di denunciare la "mafia dei tappeti", contribuendo alla liberazione di centinaia di altri piccoli schiavi. Un romanzo di denuncia, commosso e indignato, sul valore della libertà e della memoria che, a tutti i costi, va salvata, perché senza memoria non c'è speranza nel futuro.9788847708013L5Non FictionCategories: Juvenile Nonfiction Format: Paperback Language: it |
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| Il cinema secondo HitchcockPrima parteFrancois TruffautL5Non Fiction |
 | SopravvivereAnthony GreenbankL4Non Fiction |
 | Il libro delle canzoni dei BeatlesAlan Aldridge,Umberto SantucciMondadori-01-01-1997216 pages9788804432944L4Non FictionTranslators: Umberto Santucci Editors: Alan Aldridge Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 216 |
 | Pop StoryRiccardo BertoncelliArcanaL4Non Fiction |
 | Cinema di tutto il mondoAlfonso CanzianiL4Non Fiction |
 | Gli anni Settanta in cento filmGiovanni GrazziniEditori Laterza-01-01-1988328 pagesDescription: Giovanni Grazzini. Includes Indexes.9788842033042L4Non FictionCategories: Performing Arts Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 328 |
 | Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisA Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisJ. D. VanceWilliam Collins-01-06-2017264 pagesDescription: From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of Am...9780008220563L4Non FictionCategories: Memoirs,Society & Social Sciences,Social Mobility Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 264 |
 | Anima e cacciavite. Per ricostruire l'ItaliaEnrico LettaSolferino-01-01-2021176 pages9788828207269L4Non FictionCategories: Political Science Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | I castelli della Toscana il SeneseEnrico BosiL4Non Fiction |
 | I castelli del ChiantiEnrico Bosi Giovanna MagiL4Non Fiction |
 | Il TestimoneIndro MontanelliLonganesi & C.-01-01-1992420 pages9788830410633L3Non FictionEditors: Manlio Cancogni,Piero Malvolti Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 420 |
 | Uneasy Rider. Sulle strade dell'altra AmericaMike Bryan9788888809281L3Non Fiction |
 | Cose di Cosa NostraGiovanni FalconeRizzoli-29-09-1999173 pagesDescription: Venti interviste a Giovanni Falcone: partendo dalla violenza di Cosa Nostra, dai messaggi ai messaggeri, per arrivare agli innumerevoli intrecci tra vita siciliana e mafia.9788817841450L3Non FictionCategories: Crime & Criminology Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 173 |
 | Il libro del training autogenoGisela EberleinFeltrinelli-01-01-2006195 pages9788807809965L3Non FictionCategories: Self-Help Translators: Carlo Sallustro Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | Parlare ItalianoLeo PestelliLonganesi308 pagesL2Non FictionFormat: Paperback Pages Read: 308 |
 | Gli errori in inglese (Italian Edition)Graziella Bonini CambiDe Vecchi-01-01-2009160 pages9788841267127L2Non FictionCategories: Language Arts & Disciplines Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 160 |
 | L'arte dell'inganno: I consigli dell'hacker più famoso del mondoKevin D. Mitnick,William L. SimonFeltrinelli-01-01-2005324 pagesDescription: La sicurezza informatica sarà sempre una chimera finché esisterà il fattore umano. Il più celebre "pirata informatico" spiega come attaccare con successo sistemi di sicurezza ritenuti invulnerabili. Relativamente sconosciuto al grande pubblico, il termine "ingegneria sociale" è ampiamente usato nelle comunità informatiche. Descrive le tecniche degli hacker per ingannare l'impiegato di una società, inducendolo a rivelare informazioni sensibili e penetrare nei sistemi di sicurezza. Per conquistare la fiducia della sua preda, Mitnick non esclude alcun mezzo: dalla voce sensuale di una donna, agli inganni telefonici, alle simulazioni del gergo del sistema che si vuole attaccare... Non esistono "informazioni irrilevanti": per l'hacker è importante anche il numero di telefono di un oscuro funzionario. Sono informazioni alle quali le vittime non danno peso, ma l'hacker è sempre in agguato per trovare il tallone d'Achille del sistema. Nel suo libro Mitnick è persino didascalico e non si esime dal fornire al lettore consigli pratici, facendo del volume un prezioso vademecum.9788807818417L2Non FictionCategories: Computers Translators: Giancarlo Carlotti Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 324 |
 | The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child MurdererKate SummerscaleBloomsbury Publishing PLC381 pagesDescription: In The Wicked Boy, Kate Summerscale Has Uncovered A Fascinating True Story Of Murder And Morality - It Is Not Just A Meticulous Examination Of A Shocking Victorian Case, But Also A Compelling Account Of Its Aftermath, And Of Man's Capacity To Overcome The Past. Kate Summerscale. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.9781408851159G1Non FictionCategories: True Crime Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 381 |
 | The Maul And The Pear TreeThe Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811P.D. James,T.A. CritchleyFaber & Faber-01-01-2000263 pagesDescription: In 1811 John Williams was buried with a stake through his heart. Was he the notorious East End killer or the eighth victim in the bizarre and shocking Ratcliffe Highway murders? Drawing on contemporary records and newspaper cuttings, for example, the authors make a reconstruction of events.9780571202829G1Non FictionCategories: True Crime Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 263 |
 | Cogli l'attimo: Metodi, esercizi, testi e stratagemmi per ritrovare l'armonia dentro séOshoFeltrinelli-01-10-2011281 pagesDescription: Questo è un libro sulla meditazione, "costruito" raccogliendo un nutrito gruppo dei passi più significativi in cui Osho si occupa delle tecniche "con cui imparare a essere nel presente" (quella che è l'essenza della meditazione). Ci sono metodi che si basano sul tocco, sull'annusare, sull'ascolto, sulla vista; ci sono metodi che si basano sulla respirazione, sull'immaginazione, sul lasciarsi andare. Ciascuno può scegliere il metodo più adatto per lui, lasciandosi guidare dalla curiosità e dal piacere.9788807720994G1Non FictionCategories: Body,Mind & Spirit Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | Killers of the Flower MoonThe Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIDavid GrannDoubleday-18-04-2017352 pagesDescription: NEW YORK TIMESBEST SELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST "Disturbing and riveting...It will sear your soul."—Dave Eggers, New York Times Book Review SHELF AWARENESS'S BEST BOOK OF 2017 Named a best book of the year byWall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, GQ, Time, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, Time Magazine,NPR's Maureen Corrigan,NPR's "On Point," Vogue, Smithsonian, Cosmopolitan, Seattle Times, Bloomberg, Lit Hub's "Ultimate Best Books," Library Journal, Paste, Kirkus, Slate.comand Book Browse From New Yorker staff writer David Grann, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more members of the tribe began to die under mysterious circumstances. In this last remnant of the Wild West—where oilmen like J. P. Getty made their fortunes and where desperadoes like Al Spencer, the “Phantom Terror,” roamed—many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murde...9780385542487G1Non FictionCategories: Native American,Murder,20th Century Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 352 |
 | The Mysterious Affair at OlivettiIBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World's First Desktop ComputerMeryle SecrestKnopf-05-11-2019320 pagesDescription: The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world's most famous high-styled typewriter company, more than a decade before the arrival of the Osborne 1, the Apple 1, the first Intel microprocessor, and IBM's PC5150. The human, business, design, engineering, cold war, and tech story of how the Olivetti company came to be, how it survived two world wars and brought a ravaged Italy back to life, how after it mastered the typewriter business with the famous "Olivetti touch," it entered the new, fierce electronics race; how its first desktop compter, the P101, came to be; how, within eighteen months, it had caught up with, and surpassed, IBM, the American giant that by then had become an arm of the American government, developing advanced weapon systems; Olivetti putting its own mainframe computer on the market with its desktop prototype, selling 40,000 units, including to NASA for its lunar landings. How Olivetti made inroads into the US market by taking control of Underwood of Hartford CT as an assembly plant for Olivetti's own typewriters and future miniaturized personal computers; how a week after Olivetti purchased Underwood, the US government filed an antitrust suit to try to stop it; how Adriano Olivetti, the legendary idealist, socialist, visionary, heir to the company founded by his father, built the company into a fantastical dynasty--factories, offices, satellite buildings spread over more than fifty acres--wh...9780451493651G1Non FictionCategories: Technology,Inventions,Politics Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 320 |
 | Death in the City of LightThe Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied ParisDavid KingCrown-20-09-2011416 pagesDescription: The gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris. As decapitated heads and dismembered body parts surfaced in the Seine, Commissaire Georges-Victor Massu, head of the Brigade Criminelle, was tasked with tracking down the elusive murderer in a twilight world of Gestapo, gangsters, resistance fighters, pimps, prostitutes, spies, and other shadowy figures of the Parisian underworld. But while trying to solve the many mysteries of the case, Massu would unravel a plot of unspeakable deviousness. The main suspect, Dr. Marcel Petiot, was a handsome, charming physician with remarkable charisma. He was the “People’s Doctor,” known for his many acts of kindness and generosity, not least in providing free medical care for the poor. Petiot, however, would soon be charged with twenty-seven murders, though authorities suspected the total was considerably higher, perhaps even as many as 150. Petiot's trial quickly became a circus. Attempting to try all twenty-seven cases at once, the prosecution stumbled in its marathon cross-examinations, and Petiot, enjoying the spotlight, responded with astonishing ease. Soon, despite a team of prosecuting attorneys, dozens of witnesses, and over one ton of evidence, Petiot’s brilliance and wit threatened to win the day. Drawing extensively on many new sources, including the massive, classified French police file on Dr. Petiot, Death in the City of Light is a brilliant evocation of N...9780307452894G1Non FictionCategories: Europe World History,Serial Killers,France Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 416 |
 | 3096 giorniNatascha KampuschBompiani-01-05-2011295 pagesDescription: Natascha Kampush ha dieci anni quando viene rapita. Troverà la libertà dopo 3096 giorni, oltre otto anni dopo, riuscendo a fuggire dall'appartamento in cui veniva segregata. Il rapitore, disperato per l'abbandono, si suicida. Il loro non era, infatti, un "semplice" rapporto di violenza e sottomissione. Tutta la lunga prigionia alterna momenti di violenza a momenti di tenerezza. Il rapitore vede crescere Natasha, la vede trasformarsi da bambina a ragazza. Le concede a un certo punto di uscire dalla cantina in cui era rinchiusa, per salire nell'appartamento di lui e farsi un bagno, talvolta invitandola nel suo letto per avere affetto e tenerezza, ma poi la picchia e la umilia, arrivando a negarle il cibo. L'atteggiamento dell'uomo (che per altri versi le concede di disegnare, di usare il computer) è simile a quello del mitico Pigmalione, disgustato dalle donne reali e deciso a costruirsene una perfetta con le proprie mani. Il loro lungo rapporto va avanti così per più di otto anni: Natasha riesce evidentemente ad avere un ascendente su di lui, in un rapporto di dipendenza reciproca che gli psichiatri conoscono. Fino a che Natasha, dopo molte riflessioni, decide di "abbandonarlo" e di fuggire, trovando finalmente la libertà e, lentamente, una sua nuova vita. Quasi normale.9788845267185G1Non FictionCategories: Biography & Autobiography Translators: Francesca Gabelli Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 295 |
 | Intelligenza emotiva 2.0Travis Bradberry,Jean GreavesIl Punto d'Incontro-01-01-2013207 pages9788880939962G1Non FictionCategories: Psychology Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | Dangerous GroundMy Friendship with a Serial KillerM. William PhelpsKensington-25-07-2017353 pagesDescription: “Anyone can become a killer under the right circumstances—even you.” For the first time, award-winning investigative journalist M. William Phelps reveals the identity of “Raven,” the serial killer who co-starred with him on Dark Minds—and tells the story of his intriguing bond with one of America’s most disturbing killers. In September 2011, M. William Phelps made a bold decision that would change the landscape of reality-based television—and his own life. He asked a convicted serial killer to act as a consultant for his TV series. Under the code name “Raven,” the murderer shared his insights into the minds of other killers and helped analyze their crimes. As the series became an international sensation, Raven became Phelps’s unlikely confidante, ally—and friend. “I’m not making excuses for the eight murders I committed.” In this deeply personal account, Phelps traces his own family’s dark history, and takes us into the heart and soul of a serial murderer. He also chronicles the complex relationship he developed with Raven. From questions about morality to Raven’s thoughts on the still-unsolved, brutal murder of Phelps’s sister-in-law, the author found himself grappling with an unwanted, unexpected, unsettling connection with a cold-blooded killer. “It made me feel warm inside to know that I was responsible for that pain . . .” Drawing on over 7,000 pages of letters, dozens of hours of recorded conversations, personal and Skype visits, and a friendship five years i...9781496709523G1Non FictionCategories: Biography & Memoir,Serial Killers,Criminals & Outlaws Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 353 |
 | The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a MemoirA Murder and a MemoirAlexandria Marzano-LesnevichFlatiron Books-16-05-2017336 pagesDescription: Before Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help defend men accused of murder, she thinks her position is clear. The child of two lawyers, she is staunchly anti-death penalty. But the moment convicted murderer Ricky Langley’s face flashes on the screen as she reviews old tapes―the moment she hears him speak of his crimes―she is overcome with the feeling of wanting him to die. Shocked by her reaction, she digs deeper and deeper into the case. Despite their vastly different circumstances, something in his story is unsettlingly, uncannily familiar. Crime, even the darkest and most unsayable acts, can happen to any one of us. As Alexandria pores over the facts of the murder, she finds herself thrust into the complicated narrative of Ricky’s childhood. And by examining the details of Ricky’s case, she is forced to face her own story, to unearth long-buried family secrets, and reckon with a past that colors her view of Ricky's crime. But another surprise awaits: She wasn’t the only one who saw her life in Ricky’s. An intellectual and emotional thriller that is also a different kind of murder mystery, The Fact Of a Body is a book not only about how the story of one crime was constructed―but about how we grapple with our own personal histories. Along the way it tackles questions about the nature of forgiveness, and if a single narrative can ever really contain something as definitive as the truth. This groundbreaking, heart-sto...9781250080547G1Non FictionCategories: Biography: General,True Crime,Coping With Personal Problems Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 336 |
 | The Bang Bang ClubGreg Marinovich,João SilvaArrow-06-09-2001320 pagesDescription: The Bang-Bang Club was a group of four young war photographers, friends and colleagues: Ken Oosterbroek, Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva, war correspondants during the last years of apartheid, who took many of the photographs that encapsulate the final violent years of racist white South Africa. Two of them won Pulitzer Prizes for individual photos. Ken, the oldest and a mentor to the others, died, accidentally shot while working; Kevin, the most troubled of the four, committed suicide weeks after winning his Pulitzer for a photograph of a starving baby in the Sudanese famine. Written by Greg and Joao, The Bang-Bang Club tells their uniquely powerful war stories. It tells the story of four remarkable young men, the stresses, tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence, pain and suffering, the relationships between the four and the story of the end of apartheid. An immensely powerful, riveting and harrowing book, and an invakuable contribution to the literary genre of war photography. An eye-opening book for readers of Susan Sontag.9780099281498G1Non FictionCategories: Photography,Photographic Reportage,African History Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 320 |
 | The Stranger Beside MeAnn RulePocket Books-30-12-2008625 pagesDescription: THE DEFINITIVE WORK OF AMERICAN TRUE CRIME FROM "AMERICA'S BEST TRUE-CRIME WRITER" (Kirkus Reviews) Utterly unique in its astonishing intimacy, as jarringly frightening as when it first appeared, Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me defies our expectation that we would surely know if a monster lived among us, worked alongside of us, appeared as one of us. With a slow chill that intensifies with each heart-pounding page, Rule describes her dawning awareness that Ted Bundy, her sensitive coworker on a crisis hotline, was one of the most prolific serial killers in America. He would confess to killing at least thirty-six young women from coast to coast, and was eventually executed for three of those cases. Drawing from their correspondence that endured until shortly before Bundy's death, and striking a seamless balance between her deeply personal perspective and her role as a crime reporter on the hunt for a savage serial killer -- the brilliant and charismatic Bundy, the man she thought she knew -- Rule changed the course of true-crime literature with this unforgettable chronicle.9781416559597G1Non FictionCategories: Biography: General,True Crime Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 625 |
 | American PredatorThe Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st CenturyMaureen CallahanViking-02-07-2019304 pagesDescription: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An Amazon “Best Book of 2019” AWashington Post“10 Books To Read in July” ALos Angeles Times“Seven Highly Anticipated Books for Summer Reading” AUSA Today“20 of the Season’s Hottest New Books” ANew York Post“25 Best Beach Reads of 2019 You Need to Pre-Order Now” A Bustle “The Best New True Crime Books You Can Read Right Now” “Maureen Callahan’s deft reporting and stylish writing have created one of the all-time-great serial-killer books: sensitive, chilling, and completely impossible to put down.” —Ada Calhoun, author ofSt. Marks Is Dead Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history. The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented. Described by a prosecutor as "a force of pure evil," Keyes was a predator who struck all over the United States. He buried "kill kits"--cash, weapons, and body-disposal tools--in remote locations across the country. Over the course of fourteen years, Keyes would fly to a city, rent a car, and drive thousands of miles in order to use his kits. He would break into a stranger's house, abduct his victims in broad daylight, and kill and dispose of them in mere hours. And then he would return home to Alaska, resuming life as a quiet, reliable construction worker devoted to his only daugh...9780525428640G1Non FictionCategories: Biography & Memoir,Serial Killers,Murder Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 304 |
 | Soldi: Da dove vengono. Dove vannoJohn Kenneth GalbraithRizzoli-01-01-1997262 pagesDescription: Money is nothing more than what is commonly exchanged for goods or services, so why has understanding it become so complicated? In Money, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith cuts through the confusions surrounding the subject to present a compelling and accessible account of a topic that affects us all. He tells the fascinating story of money, the key factors that shaped its development, and the lessons that can be learned from its history. He describes the creation and evolution of monetary systems and explains how finance, credit, and banks work in the global economy. Galbraith also shows that, when it comes to money, nothing is truly new - least of all inflation and fraud.9788817844598L1Non FictionCategories: Business & Economics Translators: Ettore Capriolo Format: Hardcover Language: it |
 | Panama PapersBastian Obermayer,Frederik ObermaierRizzoli-19-05-2016306 pagesDescription: "Salve. Qui John Doe. Le interessano informazioni? Vorrei condividerle." John Doe è il nome convenzionalmente utilizzato in inglese per riferirsi a persone di cui non può essere rivelata l'identità. Comincia così, con un messaggio sms, «la più grande fuga di notizie che qualsiasi giornalista abbia mai avuto per le mani». Una gola profonda, coraggiosa e anonima, consegna a Bastian Obermayer, giovane giornalista della "Süddeutsche Zeitung", una valanga di materiale che aumenta in maniera esponenziale, fino a superare i 2,5 terabyte: è tutto sottratto ai server di uno studio legale panamense che fa capo a Jürgen Mossack - un tedesco emigrato a Panama, figlio di un ex SS diventato informatore della Cia - e a Ramón Fonseca, principale consigliere del presidente panamense Varela. Lo studio Mossack Fonseca è tra i maggiori provider di società offshore. Sulla carta opera nel rispetto di tutte le leggi e disposizioni in materia di trasparenza, ma è sufficiente un'occhiata alle pagine e pagine di documenti, e-mail, estratti conto che risalgono fino agli anni Settanta per rendersi conto che non è così. Dai dati emerge un carosello di società fantasma dietro le quali si nascondono uomini e donne in carne e ossa, amici e parenti di politici di grosso calibro, come il violoncellista amico fraterno di Putin e padrino di battesimo della figlia del leader russo o il cugino di Bashar al-Assad. Non mancano personaggi di primissimo piano dell'industria, della finanza, dello sport. E una rete ...9788858684771L1Non FictionCategories: Business & Economics Language: it |
 | Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the Richest, Most Powerful Criminal in HistoryThe Hunt for the Richest, Most Powerful Criminal in HistoryMark BowdenAtlantic-01-03-2012387 pagesDescription: Killing Pablo is the inside story of the brutal rise and violent fall of the Colombian cocaine cartel kingpin, whose criminal empire held a nation of thirty million hostage--a reign of terror that would end only with his death. In an intense, up-close account, award-winning journalist Mark Bowden exposes the never-before-revealed details of how U.S. operatives led the sixteen-month manhunt.9780857891495L1Non FictionCategories: Biography: General,True Crime,Organized Crime Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 387 |
 | L'Impero di Cindia. Cina, India e dintorniFederico RampiniMondadori-22-01-2019376 pages9788804704720L1Non FictionCategories: Economia dello sviluppo,Scienze politiche Format: Paperback Edition: 8 Language: it |
 | No Place to HideEdward Snowden, the NSA and the Surveillance StateGlenn GreenwaldPenguin-30-04-2015272 pagesDescription: In June 2013, reporter and political commentator Glenn Greenwald published a series of reports in the Guardian which rocked the world.The reports revealed shocking truths about the extent to which the National Security Agency had been gathering information about US citizens and intercepting communication worldwide, and were based on documents leaked by former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden to Greenwald.Including new revelations from documents entrusted to Greenwald by Snowden, this essential book tells the story of Snowden and the NSA and examines the far-reaching consequences of the government's surveillance program, both in the US and abroad.9780241968987L1Non FictionCategories: Espionage & Secret Services,Geopolitics,Political Control & Freedoms Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 272 |
 | The New Spymasters: Inside Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terrorinside espionage from the Cold War to global terrorStephen GreyPenguin-04-02-2016368 pagesDescription: NUMBER ONE EVENING STANDARD BESTSELLER BOOK OF THE YEAR - DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Exceptional. A blueprint for productive, sophisticated espionage in the age of Islamist terror' Daily Telegraph Spying has changed. In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, spooks are expected to uncover plots buried in mountains of data. Yet this makes the need for trained field operatives who can verify facts and uncover secrets more acute than ever. The human factor endures. In The New Spymasters, the first real account of how modern espionage works, we follow riveting stories of dramatic missions and the larger-than-life characters who undertook them. These were moments when success - and ultimately life or death - depended on whether the right person was in the right place... at exactly the right time.9780141033983L1Non FictionCategories: Espionage & Secret Services Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 368 |
 | Command and ControlEric SchlosserPenguin-03-07-2014Description: Command and Control interweaves the minute-by-minute story of an accident at a missile silo in rural Arkansas, where a single crew struggled to prevent the explosion of the most powerful nuclear warhead ever built by the United States, with a historical narrative that spans more than fifty years. It depicts the urgent effort to ensure that nuclear weapons can't be stolen, sabotaged, used without permission, or detonated inadvertently. Schlosser also looks at the Cold War from a new perspective, offering history from the ground up, telling the stories of bomber pilots, missile commanders, maintenance crews, and other ordinary servicemen who risked their lives to avert a nuclear holocaust. Drawing on recently declassified documents and interviews with men who designed and routinely handled nuclear weapons, Command and Control takes readers into a terrifying but fascinating world that, until now, has been largely hidden from view.9780141037912L1Non Fiction,StoriaCategories: Military History,Nuclear Weapons,Nuclear Issues Format: Paperback Language: en |
 | The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America's First Serial KillerThe Hunt for America's First Serial KillerSkip HollandsworthPicador USA-11-04-2017336 pagesDescription: A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Texas in 1885 In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in December 1884, Austin was terrorized by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. For almost exactly one year, the Midnight Assassin crisscrossed the entire city, striking on moonlit nights, using axes, knives, and long steel rods to rip apart women from every race and class. At the time the concept of a serial killer was unthinkable, but the murders continued, the killer became more brazen, and the citizens' panic reached a fever pitch. Before it was all over, at least a dozen men would be arrested in connection with the murders, and the crimes would expose what a newspaper described as "the most extensive and profound scandal ever known in Austin." And yes, when Jack the Ripper began his attacks in 1888, London police investigators did wonder if the killer from Austin had crossed the ocean to terrorize their own city. With vivid historical detail and novelistic flair, Texas Monthly journalist Skip Hollandsworth brings this terrifying saga to life.9781250118493L1Non FictionCategories: True Crime,History Of The Americas,Crime & Criminology Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 336 |
 | Nonsolomammadiario di una mamma elastica con due hobbit, un marito part-time e un lavoro a tempo pienoClaudia De LilloTEA-01-09-2008269 pagesDescription: Lei fa la giornalista finanziaria. Ha due hobbit di sesso maschile. Il più grande ha quattro anni, ama le donne, il cioccolato e Il Signore degli Anelli. Da grande farà il cavaliere Jedi. Il più piccolo ama le papere e le scarpe. Ha gli occhi tondi, come il protagonista di un fumetto giapponese. Nei suoi quasi due anni di vita ha detto «sì» una volta sola e se n'è subito pentito. Lei ha un marito part-time, barese e comunista, che passa buona parte del suo tempo a Londra dove lavora e dove probabilmente ha una vita parallela con un'altra moglie e altri figli, inglesi. Insieme a loro c'è spesso Valentina Diolabenedica, la baby sitter degli hobbit, la persona più importante dell'elasti-vita. Abitano a Felicity Place. Intorno a loro c'è Milano, ma i residenti di questo bizzarro posto tra le magnolie sono convinti di vivere in un ridente sobborgo americano e crescono i figli a Coca-Cola con ghiaccio, tacchino ripieno e pop corn cotti nel microonde.Lei ha i piedi per terra, i capelli a carciofo e un cronico senso di colpa. Ha giornate complicate e notti impegnative. Non si veste da strafiga perché sta scomoda, non si trucca perché non ne ha il tempo, non si mette la crema idratante perché se ne dimentica. Se per sbaglio chiude gli occhi, crolla addormentata.Lei è un'elasti-mamma, nel bene e nel male.9788850217236L1Non FictionCategories: Prose: Non-fiction Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American ClassicGlenn FrankelBloomsbury USA-21-02-2017400 pagesDescription: From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Searchers, the revelatory story behind the classic movie High Noon and the toxic political climate in which it was created. It's one of the most revered movies of Hollywood's golden era. Starring screen legend Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly in her first significant film role, High Noon was shot on a lean budget over just thirty-two days but achieved instant box-office and critical success. It won four Academy Awards in 1953, including a best actor win for Cooper. And it became a cultural touchstone, often cited by politicians as a favorite film, celebrating moral fortitude. Yet what has been often overlooked is that High Noon was made during the height of the Hollywood blacklist, a time of political inquisition and personal betrayal. In the middle of the film shoot, screenwriter Carl Foreman was forced to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities about his former membership in the Communist Party. Refusing to name names, he was eventually blacklisted and fled the United States. (His co-authored screenplay for another classic, The Bridge on the River Kwai, went uncredited in 1957.) Examined in light of Foreman's testimony, High Noon's emphasis on courage and loyalty takes on deeper meaning and importance. In this book, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Frankel tells the story of the making of a great American Western, exploring how Carl Foreman's concept of High Noon evolved from idea to first dra...9781620409480L1Non FictionCategories: Film Theory & Criticism,History Of The Americas Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 400 |
 | How the World Really WorksThe Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're GoingVaclav SmilViking-10-05-2022384 pagesDescription: "Vaclav Smil is my favorite author."--Bill Gates An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible--a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don’t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check--because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts. In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn’t inevitable--the foolishness of allowing 70 per cent of the world’s rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020--and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, such that any promises of decarbonization by 2050 are a fairy tale. For example, each greenhouse-grown supermarket-bought tomato has the equivalent of five tablespoons of diesel embedded in its production, and we have no way of producing steel, cement or plastics at required scales without huge carbon emissions. Ultimately, Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead? Compelli...9780593297063L1Scienza e Tecnologia ,Non FictionCategories: History & Philosophy of Science,Probability & Statistics,Public Affairs & Policy Politics Books Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 384 |
 | Katzen: Rassen, Pflege, ZusammenlebenRassen, Pflege, ZusammenlebenNaumann & Göbel VerlagNaumann & Göbel-01-01-2008288 pagesDescription: Katzen mit ihrer einzigartigen Anmut und ihrer Unabhängigkeit sowie ihrer unsagbar zärtlichen Art, uns ihre Liebe zu bekunden, ziehen den Menschen von jeher in ihren Bann. Dieser umfassende Ratgeber ist für alle Liebhaber der charakterstarken Samtpfoten ein absolutes Muss, denn er beantwortet kompakt und kompetent die wichtigsten Fragen rund um den Themenbereich Katzen: Wie und wo findet man seine Haus- oder Rassekatze Was genau zeichnet einen Katzenmenschen aus Wie ist ein harmonisches Zusammenleben mit Katzen möglich Und wie ernährt, pflegt und versteht man die anmutigen Individualisten Darüberhinaus findet der Katzenliebhaber Portraits der wichtigsten Rassekatzen in Text und Bild. Das übersichtliche Layout und die zahlreichen attraktiven Tierfotos runden das Buch ab und machen es zu einem wertvollen Ratgeber für den Katzenfreund.9783625120445L1Non FictionCategories: Natural History Format: Hardcover Language: de |
 | Il magico potere del riordino. Il metodo giapponese che trasforma i vostri spazi e la vostra vitaIl Magico Potere Del Riordino. Il Metodo Giapponese Che Trasforma I Vostri Spazi E La Vostra VitaMarie KondoVallardi-01-04-2018256 pagesDescription: UN BESTSELLER INTERNAZIONALE, OLTRE DUE MILIONI DI COPIE VENDUTE. Un’infinità di oggetti di ogni tipo (abbigliamento, libri, documenti, foto, apparecchi, ricordi…) ci sommergono all’interno di abitazioni e uffici sempre più piccoli e ci soffocano. Col risultato che non troviamo mai quello che davvero ci serve. Nel libro che l’ha resa una star, la giapponese Marie Kondo ha messo a punto un metodo che garantisce l’ordine e l’organizzazione degli spazi domestici… e insieme la serenità, perché nella filosofia zen il riordino fisico è un rito che produce incommensurabili vantaggi spirituali: aumenta la fiducia in sé stessi, libera la mente, solleva dall’attaccamento al passato, valorizza le cose preziose, induce a fare meno acquisti inutili. Rimanere nel caos significa invece voler allontanare il momento dell’introspezione e della conoscenza. «In Giappone è riconosciuta come la regina dell’ordine, un baluardo nella guerra contro il caos. Con la sua filosofia del riordino Marie Kondo ci ha rivelato un nuovo modo di essere.» The Times9788869876615L1Non FictionFormat: Hardcover Language: it Series/Volume: Magic Cleaning, Vol. 1 |
 | Donnie Brasco: La mia battaglia contro la mafia americanaJoseph D. PistoneMondadori-01-01-2009360 pagesDescription: Quando nel 1976 l'agente speciale dell'Fbi Joseph Pistone cominciò una missione di sei mesi da infiltrato nella famiglia criminale newyorkese dei Bonanno non aveva la minima idea di quello che ne sarebbe seguito. Fingendosi un ladro di gioielli di nome Donnie Brasco, Pistone finì per trascorrere i sei anni seguenti sotto falso nome da fidato membro della mafia, assistendo - e a volte prendendo parte in prima persona - a molte delle più feroci attività mafiose, con lo scopo di raccogliere un numero di prove sufficiente a spedire in galera duecento gangster. Pistone raccontò la sua storia in un libro del 1988 - Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia - che divenne dapprima un bestseller e poi addirittura un film con Al Pacino e Johnny Depp come protagonisti. Ma, a causa di una serie di processi ancora in corso al momento della pubblicazione, molti dettagli e parecchi elementi non poterono essere inseriti in quelle pagine. Adesso, in Donnie Brasco. La mia battaglia contro la mafia americana, Pistone racconta con grande dovizia di particolari e senza alcuna omissione l'intera operazione, offrendoci per la prima volta una sorta di affresco agghiacciante, composto dalle sue testimonianze dirette delle violenze perpetrate da criminali quali Sonny Black Napolitano, Lefty Guns Ruggiero, Tony Mirra e dal resto della banda Bonanno. Ma questa è solo una parte dell'intera storia. Pistone inserisce la sua spericolata operazione in una prospettiva storica, grazie anche a una scrup...9788804593720da localizzareNon FictionCategories: Biography & Autobiography Translators: Marco Lunari Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 360 |
 | Come si manda in rovina un PaeseSergio RicossaRizzoli-01-01-1995304 pages9788817843850da localizzareNon FictionCategories: Business & Economics Format: Hardcover Language: it |
 | No Easy DayMark Owen,Kevin MaurerMondadori-13-11-2012248 pagesDescription: Primo maggio 2011: il Re del Terrore è morto. Osama bin Laden, l'uomo che per un decennio ha tenuto l'Occidente nella morsa della paura, è stato ucciso. Per la prima volta la più importante ed eclatante operazione di intelligence degli ultimi anni viene raccontata attraverso le clamorose rivelazioni di uno dei diretti protagonisti, un ex appartenente al Team Six dei SEAL (le forze speciali della Marina statunitense) che per primo ha fatto irruzione nell'ultimo rifugio di Bin Laden. Sotto lo pseudonimo di Mark Owen, l'autore ripercorre la sua esperienza nei corpi speciali, a comiciare dall'agognato ingresso nei SEAL, passando per il salvataggio del capitano Richard Phillips, rapito dai pirati somali nell'Oceano Indiano, fino alla guerra ai talebani sulle montagne afghane e all'assalto del compound di Abbottabad, in Pakistan, dove si nascondeva il leader di al Qaeda. Per due settimane gli uomini della squadra vengono addestrati ad affrontare il compito più importante della loro vita: la caccia a Bin Laden, nell'operazione denominata Lancia di Nettuno. Per Owen e i suoi compagni il successo della missione, oltre che dovuto alla partecipazione a centinaia di operazioni in tutto il globo, è frutto di anni di addestramento durissimo, teso a portare ai limiti massimi la resistenza psicofisica, una preparazione che consente loro di affrontare qualsiasi genere di evento e di imprevisto, qualsiasi tipologia di nemico. Il raid nel quartier generale segreto di Bin Laden è raccontato n...9788804626862da localizzareNon Fiction25-08-2013 - 29-08-2013Categories: Biography & Autobiography Translators: Sara Crimi,Laura Tasso Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 248 |