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Composed in the early 1350s, in the wake of the Black Death, The Decameron comprises 100 short stories from all over the world, reset by Boccaccio among the flourishing merchant classes of Renaissance Italy. Their universal themes—love, sex, religion, fate, morality—resonate with us to this day, and their witty, satirical, bawdy voice sounds utterly modern. Monty Python star and medieval historian Terry Jones presents ten BBC Radio dramatisations of tales from Giovanni Boccaccio's humane and comic masterpiece

A kidnapped child and the burglary of a high-class apartment: Two crimes that seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono, known as “The Chinaman”, starts to investigate.

A heinous double murder in a squalid apartment on the wrong side of town pits Inspector Lojacono, Di Nardo and the rest of the motley collection of cops known as the “bastards” of the Pizzofalcone precinct against their superiors, the press, and the local political hierarchy. Only by bringing the killer to justice can they save their reputations and the department.

Born to Palestinian refugees, Kassem Eid grew up in the small town of Moadamiya on the outskirts of the ancient city of Damascus. The streets that he and his many siblings played on were perfumed with jasmine. A precocious child, he excelled at school and had a natural gift for languages. But it didn't take long for Kassem to realise that he was treated differently at school because of his family's resistance to the brutal government regime.

¿Explotas en furia con frecuencia solo para después sentirte culpable y avergonzado? ¿Lastimas a las personas que quieres con tus ataques e ira? ¿Deseas tener una vida más tolerante, pacífica y relajada? Este libro es para ti. Enojarse o dejar salir la ira es parte de la vida del ser humano desde las épocas prehistóricas. Sin embargo, cuando el demonio del enojo escapa a nuestro control, surgen incontables problemas en nuestras relaciones con los demás e incluso perjudica nuestra salud. En este valioso manual, el psicólogo italiano Giovanni Barone nos ofrece una nueva perspectiva ...

Firenze, 1348. La peste nera infuria, e un gruppo di giovani sta cercando di fuggire da essa. Alla ricerca di un rifugio sicuro, si ritrovano in campagna. Nell'arco di dieci giorni, per passare il tempo, si raccontano un centinaio di storie fantastiche, tristi ed elaborate. Un ricco arazzo di tragedia e commedia, di farsa e di erotismo, "Il Decameron" è un capolavoro della prosa italiana. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) è stato uno studioso, uno scrittore e un poeta italiano.

Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed.

Doing for Syria what Imperial Life in the Emerald City did for the war in Iraq, The Morning They Came for Us bears witness to one of the most brutal, internecine conflicts in recent history. Drawing from years of experience covering Syria for Vanity Fair, Newsweek, and the front pages of the New York Times, award-winning journalist Janine di Giovanni gives us a tour de force of war reportage, all told through the perspective of ordinary people.

Accidentally Vegan Italian Pasta is the third book in the Accidentally Vegan series. The books in this series are motivated by one desire: to provide delicious Italian food options for vegetarians, vegans, and others that do not require any of the modifications, substitutions, or omissions so common in today’s vegan cookbooks. No meat or dairy substitutions or omissions are required for the recipes in these books. Without thinking twice, Italian cooks have been making vegan pasta dishes for generations, usually out of necessity or frugality, and those dishes are the focus of this book. ...

Here are 16 tales from one of the great works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled for a while the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio’s answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Danny "Madman" Maddox isn’t supposed to make Skylar Haze's heart beat out of rhythm. At least not anymore. She hasn't seen that boyish face since the day he left to go on tour with her brother Joey's band. Now, with a major record label backing them, the band is in need of a bit of help, and when Joey asks Skylar to be the band's photographer, she can't help but say yes. Of course, Joey doesn’t know about that forbidden kiss. The one Skylar hopes Danny’s forgotten. But can she?

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.

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.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man, an act that ignited a movement that changed modern history.

L'aria è dolce a Napoli nel mese di maggio, ma non c'è da fidarsi. La squadra dei Bastardi del commissariato più chiacchierato della città è alle prese con un crimine odioso, il rapimento di un bambino di dieci anni, nipote di un ricco imprenditore. Tra furti apparentemente banali e fantomatici serial killer, le indagini procedono lentamente fino a quando i Bastardi non troveranno la forza di scandagliare il buio delle miserie umane.

I Malavoglia è il romanzo più famoso di Giovanni Verga, ambientato ad Aci Trezza, alla fine del 1800. Il romanzo non ha un solo protagonista, né una sola famiglia, i Malavoglia, come protagonista, ma è il coro di tutto il paese e di un tipo di vita che segue , senza ribellarsi, i proverbi e le tradizioni, le convinzioni e i pregiudizi dell’ambiente.

1931. Mentre la città attende la prima di Natale in casa Cupiello, dietro l'immagine di ordine e felicità propagandata dal regime fascista, crescono povertà e disperazione. In un ricco appartamento vicino Mergellina vengono trovati i cadaveri di un funzionario della Milizia, Emanuele Garofalo, e di sua moglie Costanza. La statuina di san Giuseppe, patrono dei lavoratori, giace infranta a terra. Sulla scena del delitto, Ricciardi, che ha l'amaro dono di vedere e sentire i morti ammazzati, ascolta le ultime frasi della coppia, che non gli dicono granché.

Da piú di quindici anni Vinnie Sannino vive in America dove è diventato campione mondiale di pugilato. Ma dopo che il suo avversario è morto sul ring, lui non se l'è piú sentita di continuare. Cosí è tornato in città per inseguire il suo sogno d’amore con Cettina, che però, nel frattempo, si è sposata. E così, pochi giorni dopo l’arrivo di Vinnie il marito di Cettina viene trovato morto. Qualcuno lo ha assassinato finendolo con un pugno alla tempia. Spetta al commissario Ricciardi trovare il colpevole al di là delle apparenze.

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.

Un grupo de nobles italianos tienen que refugiarse la peste negra en una casa para pasar el rato, se cuentan el uno al otro historias. La serie de cien cuentos que se narran son divertidos por que se mofan de todas las que se supone sean buenas costumbres.