Download or read book La Scherma written by Francesco Ferinando Alfieri and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first published English translation of Francesco Alfieri’s fencing treatise: “La Scherma”, first published in Padua in 1640. Alfieri was the Master at Arms at the Accademia Delia in Padua, Italy from 1632. The Delia was a school attached to the University of Padua teaching young gentlemen military skills, mathematics and the martial arts of self defence. It is not widely appreciated that Europe has martial arts traditions that are centuries old. Contained within this book is a description of one of these European combat systems ~ the art of fighting with the Rapier ~ a long, slender, civilian sword designed for self defence and dueling. The ability to wield such a weapon with skill was a matter of vital importance in an age when the defence of honour and, by definition, the immortal soul, could be more important than life itself. Alfieri’s concise system is a very practical and effective way to address this need. It is an excellent resource for all students of historical swordplay and anyone interested in the martial arts of Renaissance Europe." -- Amazon.com

Download or read book The Diamond Dutch written by Viktor Moskalenko and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandmaster Viktor Moskalenko shakes up the lines of yet another chess opening! For those who have the Dutch Defense in their repertoire or play against it, this brings an explosive mixture of danger and opportunity. Danger if you stick to your old ways, opportunity if you are ready to take up Moskalenko’s new weapons or his refutations of old ones. Moskalenko covers the Anti-Dutch, Leningrad, Stonewall and Classical variations. He guides you through this ground-breaking opening book with the enthusiasm, the ease and the humor that characterize his style. For ‘The Diamond Dutch’ goes what chess star Vassily Ivanchuk said about Moskalenko’s previous work ‘The Perfect Pirc-Modern’: “This book will undoubtedly help you to master not just the Pirc and Modern Defences, but also to systematize and perfect your understanding of the key points of other openings.” ,

Download or read book Learn To Read Italian Fast written by Jon Adams and published by Green Mountain Computing. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to Read Italian Fast: A Dual Language Learning Adventure Dive into the world of Italian with "Learn to Read Italian Fast," a revolutionary dual language learning book designed to immerse you into the linguistic treasures of Italian with ease and speed. Crafted for learners at all levels, this book stands as your ultimate guide to mastering Italian reading skills, leveraging a unique format that promises to enhance your comprehension and fluency. Why Choose This Book? Innovative Dual Language Format: Experience the future of language learning. Our pioneering approach presents materials in both English and Italian, allowing your brain to adapt naturally and swiftly to Italian. This method not only simplifies learning but ensures that you grasp the nuances of the language, setting a solid foundation for advanced proficiency. Rich Content Variety: "Learn to Read Italian Fast" is not just a book; it's a comprehensive learning experience. It features an array of short stories, real-life conversations, and situational exercises that make learning engaging and applicable to everyday life. This variety ensures that you're not just learning the language, but also experiencing it in its full context. Structured Learning Journey: Navigate through meticulously organized chapters that cover everything from basic grammar essentials to complex narrative understanding. Each chapter is designed to build upon the previous one, ensuring a smooth learning curve and a rewarding educational journey. Chapters Overview: Introduction to the Book: Start your journey with an overview of what to expect and how to maximize your learning experience. Grammar Fundamentals: Lay the groundwork with essential grammar rules, made easy through direct comparisons and explanations in both languages. Engaging Short Stories: Dive into a selection of short stories that entertain as they educate, enhancing your vocabulary and comprehension skills. Real-Life Conversations: Practice reading through dialogues and conversations that reflect everyday situations, improving your ability to understand and respond in Italian. Situational Understanding: Master the art of reading Italian in various contexts, from formal to informal, through targeted exercises and scenarios. Transform Your Reading Ability: With "Learn to Read Italian Fast," you embark on an educational journey that is as exciting as it is enlightening. By reading consistently, your brain will adapt to this new dual language format, empowering you to understand and read Italian quickly. Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to enhance your proficiency, this book promises to be an invaluable resource in your language learning arsenal. Embrace the challenge and joy of learning Italian. "Learn to Read Italian Fast" is not just a book; it's your passport to a world where language barriers are broken, and cultural doors are opened wide.

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Download or read book Mayhem in the Morra written by Marc Esserman and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mayhem in the Morra offers a complete fighting repertoire for White against the Sicilian with 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3. The Morra Gambit is a popular weapon at club level, but can it be effective at GM level? Marc Esserman believes so and he has 2700-rated scalps to back up his view.Esserman is the world's leading expert on the Morra Gambit and he shares all his secrets and many novelties in a lively witty style. The Morra leads to exciting gambit play, so some players decline the offer with 3...Nf6 - Esserman also shows how White can attack this cautious defence.Don't be afraid of the Sicilian - unleash Mayhem in the Morra!* A complete anti-Sicilian repertoire * Ideal for attacking players* Hundreds of novelties and improvements

Download or read book Life in Peacetime written by Francesco Pecoraro and published by Italian List. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Life in Peactime opens, on May 29, 2015, engineer Ivo Brandani is sixty-nine years old. He's disillusioned and angry--but morbidly attached to life. As he makes a day-long trip home from his job in Sharm el Sheik reconstructing the coral reefs of the Red Sea using synthetics, he reflects on both the brief time he sees remaining ahead and on everything that has happened already in his life to which he can never quite resign himself. We see his slow bureaucratic trudge as a civil servant, long summer vacations on a Greek island, his twisted relationship with his first boss, the turmoil and panic attacks he faced during the student uprisings in 1968 that pushed him away from philosophy and into engineering, and his fearful childhood as a postwar evacuee. A close-up portrait of an ordinary existence, Life in Peacetime offers a new look at the postwar era in Italy and the fundamental contradictions of a secure, middle-class life.

Download or read book The Wise Men of Pizzo written by Francesco M Marincola and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story is presented through the eye of an immigrant returning home for a fortnight to a little coastal Italian town from the Americas, with the intent of taking a break from customary life and reorganising his thoughts around lifelong problems with his wife. There old memories emerge and blend with the current life of the town. During his stay, the visitor learns from a group of wise old men that a friend of his youth has died of Aids after conducting a dissipated life. The old men also represent the heart of the little village with their provincial wisdom.

Download or read book New Moon written by Stephenie Meyer and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007-08-08 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From evil vampires to a mysterious pack of wolves, new threats of danger and vengeance test Bella and Edward's romance in the second book of the irresistible Twilight saga. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning. Bella and Edward face a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality. It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with the highly anticipated companion, Midnight Sun: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view. "People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." -- Time "A literary phenomenon." -- The New York Times

Download or read book The Years of Alienation in Italy written by Alessandra Diazzi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Years of Alienation in Italy offers an interdisciplinary overview of the socio-political, psychological, philosophical, and cultural meanings that the notion of alienation took on in Italy between the 1960s and the 1970s. It addresses alienation as a social condition of estrangement caused by the capitalist system, a pathological state of the mind and an ontological condition of subjectivity. Contributors to the edited volume explore the pervasive influence this multifarious concept had on literature, cinema, architecture, and photography in Italy. The collection also theoretically reassesses the notion of alienation from a novel perspective, employing Italy as a paradigmatic case study in its pioneering role in the revolution of mental health care and factory work during these two decades.

Download or read book Sewing School written by Andria Lisle and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids can sew too! This inspiring guide includes 21 fun sewing projects for children ages 5 and up. With easy-to-follow illustrated instructions and cut-out patterns, young crafters will quickly be sewing up colorful pillows, potholders, dolls, blankets, and more. These kid-tested projects require only minimal supervision and most can be made using simple hand stitches, so no sewing machine is required. With plenty of encouragement and helpful tips, Sewing School ® helps young sewers develop their skills while sparking a passion that will last a lifetime. Also available in this series: Sewing School ® 2,Sewing School ® Fashion Design, Sewing School ® Quilts, and Sewing School ® Box Set.

Download or read book Da Capo written by Graziana Lazzarino and published by Heinle & Heinle Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Seventh Edition of the best-selling intermediate Italian text, DA CAPO, International Edition, reviews and expands upon all aspects of Italian grammar while providing authentic learning experiences (including new song and video activities) that provide students with engaging ways to connect with Italians and Italian culture. Following the guidelines established by the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning, DA CAPO develops Italian language proficiency through varied features that accommodate a variety of teaching styles and goals. The Seventh Edition emphasizes a well-rounded approach to intermediate Italian, focusing on balanced acquisition of the four language skills within an updated cultural framework.

Download or read book Mastering the LEGO Serious Play Method written by Sean Blair and published by Promeet. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 180 page full colour book will help LEGO(R) Serious Play(R) facilitators plan and deliver professional workshops. It has 44 detailed facilitation techniques from master trainer Sean Blair. The book outlines stories from 20 graduates describing what happened after their training, where they now use the method, and their tips and lessons learnt.

Download or read book Communicating the Environment to Save the Planet written by Maurizio Abbati and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, based on authoritative sources and reports, links environmental communication to different fields of competence: environment, sustainability, journalism, mass media, architecture, design, art, green and circular economy, public administration, big event management and legal language. The manual offers a new, scientifically based perspective, and adopts a theoretical-practical approach, providing readers with qualified best practices, case studies and 22 exclusive interviews with professionals. A fluent style of writing leads the readers through specific details, enriching their knowledge without being boring. As such it is an excellent preparatory and interdisciplinary academic tool intended for university students, scholars, professionals, and anyone who would like to know more on the matter.

Download or read book Strangers I Know written by Claudia Durastanti and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold, contemporary and urgent novel from a renowned Italian writer that examines silence in different forms, immigration, family and social class.

Download or read book Caravaggio and Pictorial Narrative written by Lorenzo Pericolo and published by Harvey Miller. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HMSBA is Harvey Miller Studies in Baroque Art.

Download or read book Simplexity written by Alain Berthoz and published by Odile Jacob. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Simplexity, as I understand it, is the range of solutions living organisms have found, despite the complexity of natural processes, to enable the brain to prepare an action and plan for the consequences of it. These solutions are simplifying principles that enable the processing of information or situations, by taking into account past experience and anticipating the future. They are neither caricatures, shortcuts, or summaries. They are new ways of asking questions, sometimes at the cost of occasional detours, in order to achieve faster, more elegant, more effective actions.” A. B. As Alain Berthoz demonstrates in this profoundly original book, simplicity is never easy; it requires suppressing, selecting, connecting, thinking, in order to then act in the best way possible. And what if we, in turn, are inspired by the living world to process the complexity that surrounds us? Alain Berthoz is professor at the Collège de France where he is co-director of the Laboratoire de physiologie de la perception et de l’action. [Laboratory for the physiology of perception and action]. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and is the author of Le Sens du mouvement [The Brain's Sense of Movement] and La Décision [Emotion and Reason].

Download or read book Edited by Francesco Gallo written by Giovanni Iudice and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giovanni Iudice's paintings and drawings of physicality-of crowds of migrants, crowds dispersed across beaches, of individual nudes and lovers-are full of air and light, immediate and yet fondly remote. Using photography as a starting point, he transforms fleeting moments into classic depictions of the present.