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  • The Viceroys

    A Novel

    by Federico De Roberto ...
    Translated by Archibald Colquhoun ...
    A lost literary classic, written in 1894, The Viceroys is one of the most acclaimed masterworks of Italian realism. The novel follows three generations of the aristocratic Uzeda family as it struggles to hold on to power in the face of the cataclysmic changes rocking Sicily. As Garibaldi’s triumphs move Italy toward unification, the Uzedas try every means to retain their position. De Roberto’s ... Read more

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  • The Rosary

    by Federico De Roberto ...
    Between prayers, as she says the rosary ("forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us"), an old woman refuses to pardon her newly widowed and destitute daughter.Genre: short storyLength: 3,600 wordsTranslated from Italian (2012) by Juan LePuen ... Read more

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  • The Wedding Mass

    by Federico De Roberto ...
    The sculptor Lodovico Bertini turns up on a mysterious errand at the school where a friend of his is teaching Greek. He has come, it turns out, to witness the arrival of a passenger liner, aboard which is a man whose imminent return to Italy is throwing Bertini's life into turmoil.Translated from Italian (2012) by Juan LePuenGenre: novelLength: 40,000 words ... Read more

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  • The Beautiful Death

    by Federico De Roberto ...
    The captain of the "Siracusa" has received orders to sail for Tangiers, where rebels have seized the Italian consulate. The blue peter is hoisted, and the sirens announcing the ship's departure echo off of the hills above Livorno. From all over the city, seamen and officers begin returning aboard--all of them, that is, but the junior lieutenant Luigi Carleoni, the ship captain's son.Genre: short ... Read more

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  • The Illegitimate Age

    Aesthetics and Political Theology

    by Federico Vercellone ...
    Translated by Robert Valgenti ...
    Series series Outspoken
    Our age – saturated with media images and ever-present political crises – traces back to the beginning of Christianity and its messianic vision of the world. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, our sense of time and history has become apocalyptic.In The Illegitimate Age Federico Vercellone explains contemporary affinities for both apocalypse and media imagery from the perspective of ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • STESSA 2000: Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas

    Proceedings of the Third International Conference STESSA 2000, Montreal, Canada, 21-24 August 2000

    Edited by Federico Mazzolani, Robert Tremblay ...
    This is a review of developments in the behaviour and design of steel structures in seismic areas. The proceedings look at the analytical and experimental research on the seismic response of steel structures, and cover topics such as global behaviour and codification, design and application. ... Read more

    $234.99 USD

  • Ploughshares Solos Omnibus Volume 4

    by Joan Frank, Ted Kehoe, Alexandra Marshall, Bill Roorbach, Douglas Trevor, Andria Nacina Cole, Federico Falco, Sarah Viren, Robert Boswell, Patricia Buddenhagen, Ladette Randolph ...
    Nine long stories and essays, originally published in the acclaimed Ploughshares Solos digital series, create this fourth annual print collection.Visit a small island off the coast of Maine where the reappearance of an old friend might just push a painter suffering from artist’s block over the edge. Meet a newly divorced lecturer of critical theory who, in an effort to spice up his life, gets more ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Mini-invasive Approach in Acute Care Surgery

    Edited by Federico Coccolini, Mauro Podda, Robert B. Lim, Massimo Chiarugi ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The minimally invasive approach in emergency and general trauma surgery is a key aspect of both scenarios. This book, the first comprehensive manual in the field, takes a global view of the subject and deals with it in depth, ranging from the historical perspective to the pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects in the various body compartments.Thanks to its user-friendly approach, this book ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • BLACK&WHITE Multidisciplinary clinical protocols of cariology, whitening and treatment of dental discolorations

    by FEDERICO EMILIANI, ROBERTO TURRINI ...
    What strategies can we implement to treat carious lesions and prevent their recurrence, rather than just focusing on performing restorations? Is there a clinical protocol to practically determine the stages of severity of dental caries and establish treatment and prevention measures? These are the questions answered by the authors in the first part of this volume. The second part is devoted to ... Read more

    $119.99 USD

  • A Guide to the Mammals of China

    Edited by Yan Xie, Darrin Lunde, John MacKinnon, Andrew T. Smith, Robert S. Hoffmann, Don E. Wilson, W. Chris Wozencraft ...
    China's stunning diversity of natural habitats--from parched deserts to lush tropical forests--is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. A Guide to the Mammals of China is the most comprehensive guide to all 556 species of mammals found in China. It is the only single-volume reference of its kind to fully describe the physical characteristics, geographic distribution, natural ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Envisioning Abolition

    Socialism, Anarchism and Penal Abolitionism in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth centuries

    by Ruby Tuke, Ophélie Siméon, Andrei Zorin, Peter Cox, Jonathan Baldwin, Owen Holland, Federico Testa, Robert Weide, Alejandro Forero Cuellar, Davide Turcato, Marco Manfredi, Lisa Phillips, Andrew Kersten, Penny A. Weiss, Søren Hough, Paul Taylor ...
    Abolitionist thought visualizes a world without prisons – or a radical reduction or transformation of prisons and punishment. This fascinating book explores the abolitionist ideas of key early socialists and anarchists, writing from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. It considers how these radical thinkers can provide insights into our present condition, both by highlighting the harms of ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Almonds

    Botany, Production and Uses

    by James Adaskaveg, José M Alonso, José M Ansón, Octavio Arquero, Roger A Baldwin, Ignasi Batlle, Mireia Bordàs, Patrick Brown, Mariano Cambra, Miguel A. Cambra, Robert Curtis, Federico Dicenta, David A. Doll, Henri Duval, Iban Eduardo, Daniel Esmenjaud, José L Espada Carbó, Maria T Espiau, Antonio J. Felipe, Angel Fernández i Martí, Carolina Font i Forcada, Helga Förster, Luis Iannamico, Santiago Izquierdo, Sat Darshan S. Khalsa, Ossama Kodad, Maria M. López, Carmen Martínez, Pedro Martínez-Gómez, Saiful Muhammad, Eva Núñez Seoane, Antonio Olmos, Ana Palacio-Bielsa, Vicente Pallás, Katherine Pope, Gregory Reighard, Maria J Rubio-Cabetas, Ned T. Ryan, Sebastián Sáa Silva, Raquel Sánchez-Pérez, Francisco J. Vargas, Steve Weinbaum, Michelle Wirthensohn, Shu-Biao Wu, Frank G Zalom, Alexis Verdú, Joseph H Connell ...
    Series series Botany, Production and Uses
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of almond growing from a scientific and horticultural perspective, covering botany, production, processing and industrial uses. Almonds are an important crop; they are highly regarded for their flavour, nutritional properties and culinary uses, and almond oil is used widely in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical production. They are easy to transport and ... Read more

    $175.99 USD