The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics, 184) by Jonathan Haslam

 

 

A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War II

The Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew―the roots of the Second World War―and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation. Looking beyond traditional explanations based on diplomatic failures or military might, Jonathan Haslam explores the neglected thread connecting them all: the fear of Communism prevalent across continents during the interwar period. Marshalling an array of archival sources, including records from the Communist International, Haslam transforms our understanding of the deep-seated origins of World War II, its conflicts, and its legacy.

Haslam offers a panoramic view of Europe and northeast Asia during the 1920s and 1930s, connecting fascism’s emergence with the impact of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. World War I had economically destabilized many nations, and the threat of Communist revolt loomed large in the ensuing social unrest. As Moscow supported Communist efforts in France, Spain, China, and beyond, opponents such as the British feared for the stability of their global empire, and viewed fascism as the only force standing between them and the Communist overthrow of the existing order. The appeasement and political misreading of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy that followed held back the spectre of rebellion―only to usher in the later advent of war.

Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon by Louis L. Picone

 

 

The moving story of Ulysses S. Grant's final battle, and the definitive account of the national memorial honoring him as one of America's most enduring heroes

The final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious general in the Civil War and the eighteenth president of the United States, is a colossal neoclassical tomb located in the most dynamic city in the country. It is larger than the final resting place of any other president or any other person in America. Since its creation, the popularity and condition of this monument, built to honor the man and what he represented to a grateful nation at the time of his death, a mere twenty years after the end of the Civil War, have reflected not only Grant's legacy in the public mind but also the state of New York City and of the Union.

In this fascinating, deeply researched book, presidential historian Louis L. Picone recounts the full story. He begins with Grant's heroic final battle during the last year of his life, to complete his memoirs in order to secure his family's financial future while contending with painful, incurable cancer. Grant accomplished this just days before his death, and his memoirs, published by Mark Twain, became a bestseller. Accompanying his account with numerous period photographs, Picone narrates the national response to Grant's passing and how his tomb came to be: the intense competition to be the resting place for Grant's remains, the origins of the memorial and its design, the struggle to finance and build it over the course of twelve years, and the vicissitudes of its afterlife in the history of the nation up to recent times.

The Science of Abolition: How Slaveholders Became the Enemies of Progress by Eric Herschthal

 

 

A revealing look at how antislavery scientists and Black and white abolitionists used scientific ideas to discredit slaveholders

In the context of slavery, science is usually associated with slaveholders’ scientific justifications of racism. But abolitionists were equally adept at using scientific ideas to discredit slaveholders.
 
Looking beyond the science of race, The Science of Abolition shows how Black and white scientists and abolitionists drew upon a host of scientific disciplines—from chemistry, botany, and geology, to medicine and technology—to portray slaveholders as the enemies of progress. From the 1770s through the 1860s, scientists and abolitionists in Britain and the United States argued that slavery stood in the way of scientific progress, blinded slaveholders to scientific evidence, and prevented enslavers from adopting labor‑saving technologies that might eradicate enslaved labor.
 
While historians increasingly highlight slavery’s centrality to the modern world, fueling the rise of capitalism, science, and technology, few have asked where the myth of slavery’s backwardness comes from in the first place. This book contends that by routinely portraying slaveholders as the enemies of science, abolitionists and scientists helped generate that myth.

Juneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebrationby Edward T. Cotham Jr.

 

 

 Juneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery. Observances from coast to coast have turned this event into part of the national conversation about race, slavery, and how Americans understand, acknowledge, and explain what has been called the national “original sin.”

But, why Juneteenth? Where did this celebration—which promises to become a national holiday—come from? What is the origin story? What are the facts, and legends, around this important day in the nation’s history?

This is the first scholarly book to delve into the history behind Juneteenth. Using decades of research in archives around the nation, this book helps separate myth from reality and tells the story behind the celebration in a way that provides new understanding and appreciation for the event.

This book will captivate people interested in the history of emancipation and African American history but also those interested in Civil War and Texas history.

As the United States continues to wrestle with race relations and the meaning of full equality, Juneteenth promises to become an important expression of that equality—an Independence Day celebration in its own right, a couple of weeks in advance of the traditional July 4th Holiday. This book will be a welcome addition to classrooms, book clubs and general readers interested in this once obscure regional event now destined for the national spotlight.

Emergency Deep: Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander (Maritime Currents: History and Archaeol) by Alfred Scott McLaren

 

 

Conveys in dramatic detail the high-risk, covert operations of a nuclear attack submarine during the zenith of the Cold War

Captain Alfred Scott McLaren served as commander of the USS Queenfish (SSN 651) from September 1969 to May 1973, the very height of the Cold War. As commander, McLaren led at least six major clandestine operations, including the first-ever exploration of the entire Siberian Continental Shelf: a perilous voyage detailed in his previous book Unknown Waters.

Emergency Deep: Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander conveys the entire spectrum of Captain McLaren’s experiences commanding the USS Queenfish, mainly in the waters of the Russian Far East and also off Vietnam. McLaren offers a riveting and deeply human story that illuminates the intensity and pressures of commanding a nuclear attack submarine in some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable.

Relying on his own notes and records, as well as discussions with former officers and shipmates, McLaren focuses on operational matters both great and small. He recounts his unique perspectives on attack-submarine tactics and exploratory techniques in high-risk or uncharted areas, matters of leadership and team-building and the morale of his crews, and the innumerable and often unforeseen ways his philosophy of command played out on a day-to-day basis, with consequences that ran the gamut from the mundane to the dire and life-threatening.

Readers are also treated to significant new information and insight on submarine strategy, maneuvers, and culture. Such details illuminate and bring to life, with both great humor and gravitas, the intensity and pressures on those engaged in covert missions on nuclear attack submarines.

Marathon War: Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan by Jeffrey Schloesser Major General US Army Retired

 

 

From Major General Jeffrey Schloesser—former Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division and Regional Command-East—comes a revealing memoir of leadership in the chaos and fog of the Afghanistan War.

War is the most brutal of human endeavors, and I have experienced enough war to know to take cover when politicians and poets and armchair warriors speak extravagantly of patriotism and national honor.

Join Major General Schloesser in the daily grind of warfare fought in the most forbidding of terrain, with sometimes uncertain or untested allies, Afghan corruption and Pakistani bet hedging, and the mounting casualties of war which erode and bring into question Schloesser’s most profoundly held convictions and beliefs. Among several battles, Schloesser takes readers deep into the Battle of Wanat, where nine U.S. soldiers were killed in a fierce, up-close fight to prevent a new operating base from being overrun. This encounter required Schloesser to make tactical decisions that had dramatic strategic impact, and led him to doubts: Can this war even be won? If so, what will it take?

This book is a rare insight and reflection into the thoughts of critical national decision-makers including President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, then Senator Barack Obama, and numerous foreign leaders including Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Key military leaders—including then Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen, then Central Command Commanding General David Petraeus, then Lieutenant General and future Chairman Martin Dempsey, and International Security Force Commander General David McKiernan—all play roles in the book, among many others, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Mark Milley and Army Chief of Staff General James McConville. Analyzing their leadership in the chaos of war Schloesser ultimately concludes that successful leadership in combat is best based on competence, courage, and character.

RAF Tornado Units of Gulf War I (Combat Aircraft) by Michael Napier, Janusz Swiatlon (Illustrator), Gareth Hector (Illustrator)

 

 

The Panavia Tornado GR 1 and F 3 bore the brunt of RAF operational tasking (and combat losses) during the first Gulf War in 1991. Featuring many first-hand combat accounts, this book tells the story of the backbone of the RAF frontline from the 1980's and 1990's.

When the Gulf Crisis of 1990 was triggered by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the RAF responded by sending Tornado F 3 fighters to Saudi Arabia to help defend the country against further aggression. These aircraft were followed by the deployment of Tornado GR 1 strike/attack aircraft to Bahrain. Eventually three wings of Tornado GR 1s were established in Bahrain, Tabuk, and Dhahran, as well as a detachment of Tornado GR 1A reconnaissance aircraft. At the start of hostilities in January 1991, the Tornado GR 1 wings carried out night-low-level attacks against Iraqi Main Operating Bases using the JP233 runway denial weapon. Meanwhile, Combat Air Patrols from the Tornado F 3 wing ensured the integrity of Saudi airspace.

Once air supremacy had been established, the Tornado GR 1 force moved to medium-level operations, initially by night and later by day, to attack the Iraqi oil production and storage infrastructure. The arrival in theater of a laser designation capability with Pave Spike/Buccaneer and TIALD/Tornado enabled precision attacks against the Iraq transport system to cut off the frontline troops from resupply and reinforcement and then to carry out a systematic destruction of the airfield facilities. Tornado GR 1A reconnaissance operations played a major role in the location of Scud missile launchers and in the planning and execution of the land offensive. Throughout the conflict, the Tornado F 3 wing at Dhahran carried out defensive counter-air operations to ensure the safety of the base areas. This volume, publishing 30 years after the conflict to free Kuwait, provides detailed first-hand accounts of the missions undertaken by the Tornado crews. It is illustrated by photographs taken by aircrew involved in the operation and includes 30 newly commissioned profile artworks and detailed nose art views of the aircraft ranged against Iraq.

The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War by Scott Anderson

 

 

“Enthralling. . . . Lying and stealing and invading, it should be said, make for captivating reading, especially in the hands of a storyteller as skilled as Anderson.” —The New York Times Book Review
 
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
 
At the end of World War II, the United States was considered the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear—to some—that the Soviet Union was already seeking to expand and foment revolution around the world, and the American government’s strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly formed CIA. Chronicling the fascinating lives of the agents who sought to uphold American ideals abroad, Scott Anderson follows the exploits of four spies: Michael Burke, who organized parachute commandos from an Italian villa; Frank Wisner, an ingenious spymaster who directed actions around the world; Peter Sichel, a German Jew who outwitted the ruthless KGB in Berlin; and Edward Lansdale, a mastermind of psychological warfare in the Far East. But despite their lofty ambitions, time and again their efforts went awry, thwarted by a combination of ham-fisted politicking and ideological rigidity at the highest levels of the government. Told with narrative brio, deep research, and a skeptical eye, The Quiet Americans is the gripping story of how the United States, at the very pinnacle of its power, managed to permanently damage its moral standing in the world.

 

 

Watchman at the Gates: A Soldier's Journey from Berlin to Bosnia (American Warriors) by George Joulwan , David Chanoff , Tom Brokaw

 

 

General George Joulwan played a role in many pivotal world events during his long and exceptional career. Present at both the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, he served multiple tours in Germany during the Cold War and two tours in Vietnam. By chance, he was recruited as Nixon's White House deputy chief of staff and witnessed the last acts of the Watergate drama first-hand. He went on to lead US Southern Command -- fighting insurgencies and the drug war in Latin America -- and was Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe (SACEUR) during the Rwandan genocide and the Bosnian peacekeeping missions of the 1990s.

Joulwan chronicles his career in the upper echelons of the armed forces. He shares his experiences working with major military and political figures, including generals William E. DePuy, Alexander Haig, John Vessey, and Colin Powell, US ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. Beyond the battlefield, Joulwan became an advocate for military and civilian relations during the Vietnam War, deescalating several high-intensity situations while studying at Loyola University as part of the US Army's Option C program. Watchman at the Gates merges memory and lessons in leadership as Joulwan pays tribute to his teachers and colleagues and explains the significance of their influence on his personal approach to command. As a leader of combat troops in Vietnam, he appealed to his subordinates on an individual basis, taking time to build relationships that proved vital to the effectiveness of his commands. He also reveals how similar relationships of mutual understanding were crucial in his peaceful and productive dealings with both allies and enemies.

At its heart, this inspiring memoir is a soldier's story -- written by a warrior who saw defending his country and the democratic values it stands for as his highest calling. Featuring a foreword by Tom Brokaw, Watchman at the Gates offers incredible insights into world events as well as valuable lessons for a new generation of leaders.

 

The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster by Helen Carr

 

 

A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2021

‘The Red Prince announces Helen Carr as one of the most exciting new voices in narrative history.’ Dan Jones

Son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all the Tudors. Always close to the English throne, John of Gaunt left a complex legacy. Too rich, too powerful, too haughty… did he have his eye on his nephew’s throne? Why was he such a focus of hate in the Peasants’ Revolt? In examining the life of a pivotal medieval figure, Helen Carr paints a revealing portrait of a man who held the levers of power on the English and European stage, passionately upheld chivalric values, pressed for the Bible to be translated into English, patronised the arts, ran huge risks to pursue the woman he loved… and, according to Shakespeare, gave the most beautiful of all speeches on England.

Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection by Sam Apple

 

 

The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat―and what it means for how we should.

The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg―a cousin of the famous finance Warburgs―was widely regarded in his day as one of the most important biochemists of the twentieth century, a man whose research was integral to humanity’s understanding of cancer. He was also among the most despised figures in Nazi Germany. As a Jewish homosexual living openly with his male partner, Warburg represented all that the Third Reich abhorred. Yet Hitler and his top advisors dreaded cancer, and protected Warburg in the hope that he could cure it.

In Ravenous, Sam Apple reclaims Otto Warburg as a forgotten, morally compromised genius who pursued cancer single-mindedly even as Europe disintegrated around him. While the vast majority of Jewish scientists fled Germany in the anxious years leading up to World War II, Warburg remained in Berlin, working under the watchful eye of the dictatorship. With the Nazis goose-stepping their way across Europe, systematically rounding up and murdering millions of Jews, Warburg awoke each morning in an elegant, antiques-filled home and rode horses with his partner, Jacob Heiss, before delving into his research at the Kaiser Wilhelm Society.

Hitler and other Nazi leaders, Apple shows, were deeply troubled by skyrocketing cancer rates across the Western world, viewing cancer as an existential threat akin to Judaism or homosexuality. Ironically, they viewed Warburg as Germany’s best chance of survival. Setting Warburg’s work against an absorbing history of cancer science, Apple follows him as he arrives at his central belief that cancer is a problem of metabolism. Though Warburg’s metabolic approach to cancer was considered groundbreaking, his work was soon eclipsed in the early postwar era, after the discovery of the structure of DNA set off a search for the genetic origins of cancer.

Remarkably, Warburg’s theory has undergone a resurgence in our own time, as scientists have begun to investigate the dangers of sugar and the link between obesity and cancer, finding that the way we eat can influence how cancer cells take up nutrients and grow. Rooting his revelations in extensive archival research as well as dozens of interviews with today’s leading cancer authorities, Apple demonstrates how Warburg’s midcentury work may well hold the secret to why cancer became so common in the modern world and how we can reverse the trend. A tale of scientific discovery, personal peril, and the race to end a disastrous disease, Ravenous would be the stuff of the most inventive fiction were it not, in fact, true.

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X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II by Leah Garrett

 

 

“Brilliantly researched, utterly gripping history: the first full account of a remarkable group of Jewish refugees—a top-secret band of brothers—who waged war on Hitler.”—Alex Kershaw, New York Times best-selling author of The Longest Winter and The Liberator

The incredible World War II saga of the German-Jewish commandos who fought in Britain’s most secretive special-forces unit—but whose story has gone untold until now

June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across the European continent. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees who have escaped to Britain. The resulting volunteers are a motley group of intellectuals, artists, and athletes, most from Germany and Austria. Many have been interned as enemy aliens, and have lost their families, their homes—their whole worlds. They will stop at nothing to defeat the Nazis. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat, this top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad.
 
Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Germany to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp—the scene of one of the most dramatic, untold rescues of the war. For the first time, X Troop tells the astonishing story of these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis.

“Garrett’s detective work is stunning, and her storytelling is masterful. This is an original account of Jewish rescue, resistance, and revenge.”—Wendy Lower, author of The Ravine and National Book Award finalist Hitler’s Furies

The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World by Nathan Gorenstein

 

 

The first major biography of "the Thomas Edison of guns," John Moses Browning, a visionary inventor who designed the modern handgun and whose astonishing array of firearms armed American troops since before World War I, proved decisive in World War II,  and became integral to American culture. 

Few people are aware that John Moses Browning--a tall, modest man born in 1855 and raised as a Mormon in the American West-- invented the mechanism used in virtually all modern pistols, created the most popular hunting rifles and shotguns, and conceived the machine guns introduced in World War I and which dominated air and land battles in World War II. Yet few in America knew his name until he was into his sixties.

Now, author Nathan Gorenstein brings firearms inventor John Moses Browning to vivid life in this riveting and revealing biography. Embodying the tradition of self-made, self-educated geniuses (like Lincoln and Edison), Browning was able to think in three dimensions (he never used blueprints) and his gifted mind produced everything from the famous Winchester "30-30" hunting rifle to the awesomely effective machine guns used by every American aircraft and infantry unit in World War II. The British credited Browning's guns with helping to win the Battle of Britain.

His inventions illustrate both the good and bad of weapons.

Sweeping, lively, and brilliantly told, this fascinating book introduces a little-known American legend whose impact on history ranks with that of the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford.

The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich (DUTTON CALIBER) by Daniel P. Bolger

 

 

A general-turned-historian reveals the remarkable battlefield heroics of Major General Maurice Rose, the World War II tank commander whose 3rd Armored Division struck fear into the hearts of Hitler's panzer crews.

“The Panzer Killers is a great book, vividly written and shrewdly observed.”—The Wall Street Journal

Two months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties attempting to push through hedgerow country. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadership to deal with the terrain, were losing their spirit. General George Patton and the other top U.S. commanders needed an officer who knew how to break the impasse and roll over the Germans—they needed one man with the grit and the vision to take the war all the way to the Rhine. Patton and his peers selected Maurice Rose.

The son of a rabbi, Rose never discussed his Jewish heritage. But his ferocity on the battlefield reflected an inner flame. He led his 3rd Armored Division not from a command post but from the first vehicle in formation, charging headfirst into a fight. He devised innovative tactics, made the most of American weapons, and personally chose the cadre of young officers who drove his division forward. From Normandy to the West Wall, from the Battle of the Bulge to the final charge across Germany, Maurice Rose's deadly division of tanks blasted through enemy lines and pursued the enemy with a remarkable intensity.

In The Panzer Killers, Daniel P. Bolger, a retired lieutenant general and Iraq War veteran, offers up a lively, dramatic tale of Rose's heroism. Along the way, Bolger infuses the narrative with fascinating insights that could only come from an author who has commanded tank forces in combat. The result is a unique and masterful story of battlefield leadership, destined to become a classic.

Sul boxer del nonno verso la Poesia a cura di Alessandra Peluso (I Quaderni del Bardo Edizioni di Stefano Donno)

Il libro è una sorta di “vademecum” per passeggiare tra versi e pensieri. Non conosce stagioni la poesia, né tempo, comincia nel punto in cui le parole che di solito pronunciamo si rivelano banali o comunque inadeguate, quando non riescono ad esprimere il nostro rapporto con gli esseri e le cose, con le esperienze che attraversano la vita, con le esistenze con cui ci confrontiamo, di cui abbiamo bisogno di stringere il senso, di comprendere la trama, di svelare l’intreccio. In questo volume gli incontri di Alessandra Peluso con Antonio Errico, Carlo Stasi, Eliana Forcignanò, Elio Coriano, Enrico Romano, Francesco Aprile, Francesco Pasca, Gianluca Conte, Giuseppe Greco, Lara Carrozzo, Marco Vetrugno, Marcello Buttazzo, Maria Pia Romano, Maurizio Leo, Anastasia Leo, Mauro Ragosta, Pierluigi Mele, Stefano Donno, Vito Adamo, Vito Antonio Conte, Walter Vergallo e Lorenzo Martina. “L'Entusiasmo e la Passione sono le prerogative necessarie affinché ogni idea, o sogno si possa realizzare, e così è stato con “Sul boxer del nonno verso la poesia”: amo la poesia, questa terra, e desidero offrire innanzitutto una cartina tornasole a chiunque voglia avvicinarsi al testo. Vorrei che i poeti di oggi siano ricordati e soprattutto, si conoscano le loro origini; vorrei..., non solo, il desiderio anche di rendere chiara l'atmosfera che si respira nel Salento, e poi, un sogno verriano, creare rete tra di noi salentini ed esportare la nostra poesia al nord, senza presunzioni o pregiudizi di genere, solo per quell'unico grande amore che unisce ed è la Poesia.” (Alessandra Peluso) Alessandra Peluso (salentina), collabora con l’Università del Salento (Bioetica e Filosofia politica). Numerose le pubblicazioni scientifiche su Simmel, Camus, Arendt. La prima raccolta di versi è “Canto d’Anima Amante” (2010), “Ritorno Sorgente” (2013), a cui è seguita “Sul Boxer del Nonno verso la Poesia” (2016). Inoltre, il saggio “Happy different. Per una filosofia del benessere” (2015). Per Mimesis ha di recente curato L’Educazione come vita di Georg Simmel

progetto grafico a cura di Giuseppe Mauro

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Bielorussia e la dissoluzione dell'URSS: Le conseguenze del disastro nucleare di Chernobyl 1986 - 2016. E' un enigma che dobbiamo ancora decifrare nel XXI sec. di Alena Kurlovich

 

 

Mi piace definire la Repubblica di Bielorussia come un ponte tra Occidente ed Oriente. Con la stesura di questo lavoro, mi ripropongo di ripercorrere le tappe principali che ha percorso il "mio" Paese; questo perché la Bielorussia è figlia di una evoluzione storico-politica che non può non tener conto del vissuto proprio della nazione. Attraverso gli occhi dei vari storici che si sono interessati alla Bielorussia, ho provato a dipingere i momenti importanti vissuti dal mio popolo quali il disastro di Chernobyl o l'ingresso nell'ONU, cercando sempre di non dimenticare di presentare la Bielorussia come un bel quadro incorniciato dall'Urss: una volta "caduta" la cornice è stato difficile per la tela rimanere in piedi. Il 27 luglio 1990 con la proclamazione dell'indipendenza dello Stato bielorusso, si può affermare che, per la neonata Repubblica, è iniziato un periodo di transizione ancora oggi in atto. Il cammino verso un'economia di libero scambio ha comportato radicali riforme istituzionali e un piano di ammodernamento del sistema economico e produttivo.

Album fotografico di Gianluigi Donnarumma di Tariq Fahmi

 

 

 

Donnarumma all'assalto di Ottiero Ottieri

 

 

 Italia del Sud, fine anni Cinquanta. Una grande azienda settentrionale ha deciso di impiantare una nuova fabbrica nel cuore del Mezzogiorno. Ora deve selezionare il personale adatto, e per questo ha incaricato uno psicologo che sottoponga i candidati a una "valutazione psicotecnica". Nel suo diario, lo psicologo registra l'esito del suo lavoro, che si fa via via più coinvolto e commosso, fino a trasformarsi in una vera e propria partecipazione al dramma dei disperati che si aggrappano al miraggio del posto di lavoro per liberare se stessi e le loro famiglie dalla miseria. E lui che, invece, per dovere professionale, deve decidere il destino di ciascuno di loro. Prefazione di Giuseppe Montesano

Ipermodernità. Dove va la narrativa contemporanea di Raffaele Donnarumma

 

 

 Che cosa sta accadendo nella narrativa contemporanea? Possiamo ancora leggerla con le categorie elaborate dal postmoderno? Il libro propone un'interpretazione e una storia della letteratura del presente che ne rintracciano le origini più o meno dirette in Arbasino, Calvino e Manganelli per giungere a indagare i romanzi di autori come Philip Roth e Saviano. Questi i problemi centrali: il predominio del racconto; i rapporti fra reale e virtuale; l'oscillazione fra volontà di testimonianza e scrupolo documentario; l'espansione delle scritture dell'io; l'egemonia del romanzo; il sorgere di nuovi generi originali, come l'autofiction o il personal essay. Si arriva così a definire un nuovo quadro culturale: il postmoderno si è esaurito, e siamo entrati in una fase che potremmo definire ipermoderna.

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• Il servizio DAZN è disponibile su smart tv, pc, smartphone, tablet e game console. è possibile guardare DAZN su 6 differenti devices, di cui 2 in contemporanea.
• Su DAZN puoi trovare 3 partite di Serie A TIM a giornata, la Serie BKT, la MotoGP, Moto2 e Moto3, il calcio internazionale, la boxe, e molto altro.

 

Campioni Azzurri - Gennaro Gattuso - Action Figure

Se uno nasce quadrato non muore tondo (Varia) di Gennaro Ivan Gattuso

 

 

Gli scozzesi lo chiamavano Raino, i salernitani pitbull, i giornalisti Braveheart, Carlo Ancelotti "un'impepata di cozze". Ma il soprannome che meglio descrive il suo carattere è Ringhio.Provateci voi a fare gol sulla spiaggia di Schiavonea, ad andare in giro per l'Umbria su una Vespa scassata, a vivere da terrone a Glasgow guardando tutte le notti solo Marzullo in tv, a sopportare gli scherzi idioti di Gascoigne, che vi fa la cacca dentro i calzettoni, e dopo gli allenamenti si lava i denti con il vostro spazzolino. Provateci voi a togliervi la cravatta senza mai sciogliere il nodo, perché non siete capaci di rifarlo, e non serve a niente chiamare il papà quando siete a tremila chilometri da casa perché non può sentirvi.In questo libro, Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, centrocampista campione del mondo, racconta come è diventato Ringhio, scalando tutte le tappe della gavetta, dagli esordi nel Perugia al successo nei Glasgow Rangers, al trionfo nella squadra del cuore, il Milan, fi no ai magici giorni della vittoria della Nazionale a Berlino nell'estate del 2006.Con la stessa grinta che mette in ogni partita, Rino ricorda tutti i momenti più importanti della sua vita di bambino, di calciatore, di uomo. Ma soprattutto ci consegna una summa del Gattuso-pensiero: pillole di buon senso e un po' di trovate che gli hanno consentito di diventare un campione di saggezza, in campo e fuori. Scoprirete così che in Calabria quando un calciatore cade tutti urlano "Si scorciau" e se uno fa cilecca proprio davanti al portiere "Su mangiau un gol", e guai se capita una "malaoccasione", perché "nella vita nessuno ti regala nulla. Bisogna farsi un mazzo tanto". E se si è nati quadrati… inutile sperare di diventare tondi.

The Bible in 52 Weeks: A Yearlong Bible Study for Women by Dr. Kimberly D. Moore

 

 

 

A yearlong journey through the Bible to strengthen women’s faith

When you need to lift your spirits or tackle life’s challenges, the Bible is always there to offer guidance. This inspiring approach to Bible study for women combines a daily reading plan with weekly opportunities to reflect, discuss, and explore how God’s wisdom can be applied to your daily life.

Go beyond other Christian books for women with:

• Themed readings―All verses for a given week tie together with themes that relate to modern women, like persevering through challenges, moving on from mistakes, and more.
• Your favorite translation―The included reading plans work with any translation, allowing you to use your favorite Bible to connect with God more deeply.
• Ways to study―Explore the interactive questions, Bible journaling prompts, and prayers on your own or in a group setting of any denomination.

Get to know the Word in a new light and strengthen your relationship with Christ in this Bible study for women.

 

Woman Evolve: Break Up with Your Fears and Revolutionize Your Life by Sarah Jakes Roberts

 

 

New York Times Bestseller

Sarah Jakes Roberts, with life-lessons she’s learned and new insights from the story of Eve, shows you how the disappointments and even mistakes of your past can be used today to help you become the woman God intended.

Who would imagine being friends with Eve—the woman who’s been held solely responsible for the fall of humanity (and cramps) for thousands of years? Certainly not Sarah Jakes Roberts. That is, not until Sarah discovered she is more like Eve than she cares to admit.

Everyone faces trials, and everyone will mess up. But failure should not be the focus. Your focus should not be on who you were but rather the pursuit of who you can become. In Woman Evolve, Sarah helps you to understand that your purpose in life does not change; it evolves.

Making her mistake in the Garden of Eden, Eve became the first woman to deal with rebuilding her life in the aftermath of her past. Eve knew better, but she didn’t do better. With scriptural lessons and Sarah as your guide, you discover and work through

• past issues and questions that haunt you,
• seeing yourself as God sees you and trusting Him with who you really are,
• how to come out of darkness and pursue a real relationship with God,
• why it’s important to truly care for yourself,
• setting in motion the beautiful seed that God planted in you, and
• running to become who you were meant to be!

Your fears and insecurities may have changed how you viewed God, others, and yourself, but in Woman Evolve, you can breakthrough and use past mistakes to revolutionize your life. Like Eve, you don’t have to live your future defined by your past.

 

Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (with Scripture References) by Sarah Young

 

 

Experience a deeper relationship with Jesus as you savor the presence of the One who understands you perfectly and loves you forever. With Scripture and personal reflections, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Young brings Jesus' message of peace—for today and every day.

Jesus Calling is your yearlong guide to living a more peaceful life. More than 30 million copies sold!

By spending time in the presence of the Savior with the much-loved devotions in Jesus Calling, you will:

• Feel comforted by words of hope and encouragement
• Be reassured of Jesus' unending love for you
• Receive gentle guidance based on Scripture
• Strengthen your faith with Scripture verses
• Connect with Jesus further with reflection and meditation based on God’s Word

With 365 devotions, this padded hardcover edition is a favorite for its small size and is a perfect fit on a nightstand or in a travel bag. Jesus Calling resonates with men and women.

Written as if Jesus Himself is speaking directly to you, Jesus Calling invites you to experience peace in the presence of the Savior who is always with you.

 

Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts by Jennie Allen

 

 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • You can choose hope in the midst of chaos. The visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering challenges you to exercise your God-given power to shift negative thinking patterns and take back control of your thoughts and emotions.
 
“A must-have resource for anyone looking to get control of their thoughts.”—Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries

CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY COSMOPOLITAN

Are your thoughts holding you captive? I’ll never be good enough. Other people have better lives than I do. God couldn’t really love me. Jennie Allen knows what it’s like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, but she also knows we don’t have to stay stuck in toxic thinking patterns.
 
As she discovered in her own life, God built a way for us to escape that downward spiral. Freedom comes when we refuse to be victims to our thoughts and realize we have already been equipped with power from God to fight and win the war for our minds.
 
In Get Out of Your Head, Jennie inspires and equips us to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking control of our thoughts. Our enemy is determined to get in our heads to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for the kingdom of God. But when we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways.
 
It starts in your head. And from there, the possibilities are endless.

The Day He Drove By: Sweet Contemporary Romance (Hawthorne Harbor Romance) by Elana Johnson

 

 

A widowed florist, her ten-year-old daughter, and the paramedic who delivered the girl a decade earlier... Paramedic Andrew Herrin delivered Gretchen Samuels's daughter on the side of the road when she and her husband couldn't make it to the hospital in time. When their paths cross again in small-town Hawthorn Harbor, she's a widow and the baby is ten-year-old Dixie.Dixie gets along great with Drew, and Gretchen finds herself falling in love with the man who's rescued her on the side of the road twice now. But when Drew's ex-girlfriend comes back to town, Gretchen's trust issues rear their ugly head. The day Drew drove by Gretchen's van changed his whole life. He wants her and her daughter in his life, but he can't keep reassuring her that he and his ex are over. Way over.Can Drew and Gretchen find their way toward true love?This is a full-length sweet/clean contemporary beach romance in the vein of your favorite Hallmark movie by USA Today bestselling author Elana Johnson.Read all the Hawthorne Harbor Romances:1. The Day He Drove By2. The Day He Stopped In3. The Day He Said Hello4. The Day He Let Go5. The Day He Came Home6. The Day He Asked AgainAnd coming soon - a brand-new novella in the Hawthorne Harbor series - The Day He Left Town!