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Giovanni Boccaccio può essere considerato insieme con Dante e Petrarca, il più importante scrittore del XIV secolo sia in Italia che in tutta Europa...

Naples, 1932. A week before Easter, springtime offers fragrant temptations to the men and women of Naples - but evil also lurks in the sweet-smelling spring air. At the high-class brothel in the center of town known as Paradiso, Viper, the most famous prostitute of all, is found dead after being suffocated with a pillow. Her last client swears that he left her alive and well. But when her next client arrived, he found her dead. Who killed her and why?

Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come.

The Vanishing reveals the plight and possible extinction of Christian communities across Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Palestine after 2,000 years in their historical homeland.

In this audiobook, we’ll be taking a look at some of the most significant elements of change that you can introduce to your life if you want to communicate effectively. Everything in this audiobook is designed with the idea of helping improve your life and make you an effective communicator. This audiobook will provide you a set of proven techniques which can help you to transform your life by improving your day to day communication.

Dopo la morte della moglie, Massimo, professore di matematica in pensione, vive, introverso e taciturno, in una casa appartata su un'isola del golfo di Napoli. Pesca con metodo e maestria e si limita a scambiare rare e convenzionali telefonate con la figlia Cristina, che vive in una piccola città della ricca provincia padana. A interrompere il ritmo di tanto abitudinaria esistenza la notizia di un grave incidente stradale: la figlia e il genero sono morti, il piccolo Checco è in coma.

Zehn Florentiner Adlige, die im Pestjahr 1348 aus der Stadt fliehen, erzählen einander Geschichten, um sich die Zeit zu vertreiben. In diesen wird leidenschaftlich geliebt, inbrünstig gehasst, gelitten, betrogen und schamlos verführt. Den Sprechern dieses bunten Erzählreigens, darunter Größen wie Gert Westphal, Uwe Friedrichsen u. v. a., gelingt es, Boccaccios burlesken Tonfall mittels einer fein bemessenen Ironie und dank eines unbestechlichen Gespürs für Situationskomik aufs Trefflichste zu veredeln.

A group of Florentine youths escape to the mountain countryside during the time of the plague, only to regale each other with vignettes of sex, vice, temptation, and come-uppance. This is a strictly adult listen, which will bring a little colour to your cheeks and have you laughing out loud.

This cookbook contains an introduction to traditional vegan Italian soup making including how to make the perfect soffritto and brodo. Then, ingredients, photos, and procedures for making simple yet traditional versions of 30 vegan Italian soups are presented including sbroscia (the "table scrap" soup from Northern Italy), bordatino pisano (the 10th century maritime soup), maccu (the delightful Sicilian fava bean and fennel soup), zuppa del contadino (farmer's soup), zuppa di zucca e castagne (pumpkin and chestnut soup), zuppa di lenticchie rosse (red lentil soup), ciambotta (vegetable stew...

Teresa Pandolfi ha esagerato. Questo pensa chi l'ha rapita. La sfacciata, attraente bionda a capo dell'Unità segreta dei Servizi deve essere messa a tacere. Prima di farla fuori, però, serve la certezza che non abbia lasciato prove compromettenti per il loro sistema di potere. Intanto Sara è in crisi. Diverse come il giorno e la notte, lei e Bionda sono amiche, colleghe, rivali. Più ancora: sorelle. Dal giorno in cui non le risponde a un messaggio, Mora ha capito: Teresa è in pericolo di vita.

Il male non si concede pause neanche a maggio. Sul lungomare di Posillipo viene trovato un anziano prete, barbaramente ucciso. È inspiegabile, perché padre Angelo, era amato da tutti. Un santo, dicono. Un fine teologo, un uomo che nella vita ha donato conforto a tante persone. E Ricciardi è più inquieto che mai. Lui ed Enrica hanno cominciato a incontrarsi, ma il commissario non può continuare a nasconderle la propria natura, il segreto che a lungo lo ha tenuto lontano da lei.

Don't buy a used car before buying this manual! This manual provides detailed information on do it yourself pre-purchase inspections, test drive instructions and tips, popular dealer scams and lies, and information that will potentially save you thousands of dollars in the purchase of your next used car. It also contains suggested methods on how to protect yourself and your family from scammers, in addition to a section on possible solutions to the problems that have plagued auto manufacturers for many years and that they seem to refuse to address.

On November 11, 1943, the Nazis invaded Cansano, forcing its two thousand inhabitants to make a tough decision—fight and be killed or sent to a POW camp, stay behind as servants to the Nazis, or move into the unforgiving mountains of Abruzzo while the Nazis used their village as a home base. Giovanni Ruscitti's family chose the latter and spent the next few months living in horrendous winter conditions in the rugged mountains. When the war ended, they returned to a village so ravaged by the Nazis that, today, the town has less than 200 citizens and remains in a dilapidated state.

At My Mind Valley, we have created a powerful affirmation program to let you work your way through pain and reinvest in life in an easy and holistic way.

"Patient Griselda" is arguably the best and certainly one of the most famous tales from The Decameron.

Learn how to deal with situations more calmly and effectively, and let go of the addictive nature of anger, outrage, and irritation with the help of this guide.

According to Aristotle, the ultimate human good is eudaimonia, an ancient Greek word that can be translated as happiness, or flourishing. Eudaimonia comes from a life of virtuous (or good) action. Virtues such as justice, restraint, and practical wisdom cannot simply be taught - they must be developed over time by cultivating virtuous habits. The making of virtuous choices can be developed by using practical wisdom and by recognizing the desirable middle ground between extremes of human behavior.

Napoli si prepara al Capodanno quando, sul palcoscenico di un teatro di varietà, il grande attore Michelangelo Gelmi esplode un colpo di pistola contro la giovane moglie, Fedora Marra. Non ci sarebbe nulla di strano, se non fosse che dentro al caricatore, tra i proiettili a salve ce n'è uno vero che uccide la donna. Gelmi giura la propria innocenza ma nell’ambiente gira voce che Fedora si fosse innamorata di un altro.... Ricciardi è perplesso e si applica con pazienza a riannodare i fili della vicenda.

The bonds we are capable of feeling toward other people - how we know and belong to one another - provide fascinating glimpses into the intricacies of human behavior. Intimacy is that moment when our true identity is revealed to another, when traumas, fears, and ambitions are shared. Through the ordinary stories of eight relationships, Giovanni Frazzetto has woven an extraordinary narrative of togetherness.

Il "Galateo ovvero de' costumi" è un trattato rinascimentale nel quale si ragiona dei modi che si debbono tenere o schifare nella comune conversazione. Vengono esposte norme sul modo di vestirsi, enumerati tutti i gesti e le cose spiacevoli da evitarsi; è riprovato lo scherno, la beffa, la parola che morde e offende; si suggeriscono i modi del parlare, si consigliano i vocaboli da usare e quelli da evitare. Il trattato diventò così famoso da introdurre il termine galateo nel linguaggio comune.