Giovanni: 1569 books

L'infanzia fiorentina in una famiglia particolarmente moderna e illuminata, con la mamma maestra montessoriana che gli permetteva di leggere libri pornografici perché consapevole dell'importanza della lettura tout court. La precocissima folgorazione per il teatro che lo fa trasferire a Roma poco...

Una ragazzina dei giorni nostri travalica il confine con l’universo steampunk. Riuscirà a tornare a casa? Sarà bene fidarsi di un androide pluripregiudicato? L’amata scomparsa chiede un incontro inatteso: da dove proviene la sua voce? Tre razze aliene hanno soggiogato l’umanità. Sarà la...

For several decades it has been widely accepted that human space exploration is the exclusive domain of government agencies. The cost of performing such missions, estimated in multiple reports to amount to hundreds of billions dollars over decades, was far beyond what private entities could afford....

This is not science fiction. It’s a voyage on the arrow of time to the coming fifty years. The legendary palindromic character Mr. Qfwfq from Italo Calvino’s collection of short stories, The Cosmicomics, will go with us – he who knows all the answers but will give out no hints. He will help...

This affordable treasury of fanciful ornament and design includes more than 100 illustrations of Rococo art. Mythological figures, angels, and cherubs in traditional poses abound, as do real and fanciful beasts and other images from nature. An excellent source of royalty-free illustrations for artists and designers, this ornate compilation includes decorative frames, panels, and borders.

Master the art of advanced VoIP and WebRTC communication with the most dynamic application server, FreeSWITCH About This Book Forget the hassle - make FreeSWITCH work for you Discover how FreeSWITCH integrates with a range of tools and APIs From high availability to IVR development use this book...

A hands-on, step-by-step guide to using Devise for authentication in Rails.If you are a web developer who is getting started with Rails and you are looking for authentication solutions, then this is the book for you. If you are a current Rails developer who is looking to extend your authentication implementation...

The SDN elaborates the case for, and the design of, a banking union for the euro area. It discusses the benefits and costs of a banking union, presents a steady state view of the banking union, elaborates difficult transition issues, and briefly discusses broader EU issues. As such, it assesses current...

The book teaches a student to model a scientific problem and write a computer program in C language to solve that problem. To do that, the book first introduces the student to the basics of C language, dealing with all syntactical aspects, but without the pedantic content of a typical programming...

Easily accessible and heavily illustrated, this complete guide to diagnosis in Chinese Medicine places an emphasis on "real world" issues. Focusing on clear interpretations of signs and symptoms, it addresses the practice beyond the theory and leads readers through both basic and sophisticated...

"El término visión de profundidad sitúa al lector en un contexto que hace referencia a la percepción de diferentes representaciones visuales, denominadas imágenes, dentro de un campo especial (campo visual), lo que da origen a lo que se denomina el mundo visual. Para que se pueda hablar...

Have you ever been curious about life on a submarine, other than the movie versions?Journey with the author on the missile carrying submarine, USS Sam Houston, meet a few of the characters who defended our country during the cold war, and learn how they lived. A little romance between a sailor...

"The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, for, "Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ. (Paul’s letter 1 Cor 2:15-16 NIV)" Hiding...

Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is a key element of the system of philosophy which Kant introduced with his Critique of Pure Reason, and a work of major importance in the history of Western religious thought. It represents a great philosopher's attempt to spell out the form and content...