Giovanni: 1569 books

Para el correcto conocimiento y aprendizaje de una lengua es imprescindible conocer a fondo la gramática. El manual que tiene entre sus manos pone a su alcance la adquisición de estos conocimientos de una forma fácil: la teoría está perfectamente sintetizada y explicada de forma clara y sencilla;...

Thomas Reid (1710-1796) is the foremost exponent of the Scottish 'common sense' school of philosophy. Educated at Marischal College in Aberdeen, Reid subsequently taught at King's College, and was a founder of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society. His Inquiry Into the Human Mind on the Principles of...

Oscillating between the majesty of the Greco-Byzantine tradition and the modernity predicted by Giotto, Early Italian Painting addresses the first important aesthetic movement that would lead to the Renaissance, the Italian Primitives. Trying new mediums and techniques, these revolutionary artists...

Oscillant entre la majesté artificielle des icônes byzantines et la profondeur naturaliste initiée par Giotto, l’art des primitifs italiens incarne les premiers pas vers l’art de la Renaissance. S’essayant à d’autres supports, ces premiers artistes délaissèrent peu à peu la fresque...

This book presents an original empirical investigation of the market structure of airline city pair markets, shedding new light on the workings of competitive processes between firms. Examining a cross-section of US airline city pairs, Tabacco proposes for the first time that the industry can be understood...

The timeless Carceri etchings of Piranesi (1720–1778) represent not only spectacular artistic accomplishments but also unforgettable expressions of psychological truths. Combining the influences of Tiepolo, Bibiena, and Rembrandt, these works of architectural fantasy challenge the boundaries of...

In the summer of 1348, with the plague ravaging Florence, ten young men and women take refuge in the countryside, where they entertain themselves with tales of love, death, and corruption, featuring a host of characters, from lascivious clergymen and mad kings to devious lovers and false miracle-makers....

Un gruppo di amici. Tante storie che si intrecciano vorticosamente e lasciano il lettore senza fiato. E poi una colonna sonora che ha lo stesso valore narrativo che hanno le parole. In una Napoli, e dintorni, totalmente scollata dai luoghi comuni e in grado di regalare personaggi estroversi e interessanti....

The recent financial crisis has demonstrated the dangers of ignoring the factors that led to previous crises, and the effectiveness of the policies designed to deal with them. Over time, these macroeconomic policies have evolved, oscillating between state intervention and a free-market approach. Following...

"Con l'eccesso di statalismo si rischia di ‘impigrire’ l'individuo. Portato a disinteressarsi e a non assumersi responsabilità, si lascerà ‘trasportare dalla corrente’, accettando anche illegalità e cattivi servizi, percependoli come prassi". Mai come in questo momento è appropriato...

This volume is a multi-disciplinary study of the Neapolitan tradition of nineteenth-century song or “Canzona napoletana.” It is based on primary (original music manuscripts) and secondary (correspondence, diaries, and varied historical materials) sources recovered from Neapolitan archives, libraries,...

Dicembre 2008. Roma è percorsa da un’ansia febbrile per l’eccezionale piena del Tevere, che mette in subbuglio l’intera città. Ma il commissario Ponzetti non ha tempo per occuparsene. Nella sua macchina è stato abbandonato un bambino di tre o quattro anni, scalzo e sordomuto, e nessuno si...

The first volume of this series dealt with the initial 19 months of the air war over the Western Desert of North Africa. This volume picks up the story as the 8th Army, following its hard-fought success in Operation Crusader, was forced back to the Gazala area, roughly midway between the Cyrenaican/Tripolitanian...

The third volume in the epic military aviation series focuses on the Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II. This work of WWII history takes us to November 1942 to explain the background of the first major Anglo-American venture: Operation Torch, the invasion of French North Africa....