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Parallel Empires: The Vatican and the United States--Two ...

Parallel Empires: The Vatican and the United States--Two ...

Massimo Franco

The bishops engaged Kathleen McChesney, a Catholic and a highly respected FBI veteran. THE McCHESNEY REPORT "IN NOVEMBER 2002, in response to the problem of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests, I was asked by the ...
I racconti della tavola

I racconti della tavola

Massimo Montanari

Il cibo è in sé un patrimonio di intrecci, un narratore straordinario: Massimo Montanari, studioso di primo piano di storia dell'alimentazione, ne sfrutta in queste belle pagine ogni potenzialità narrativa.
Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb

Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb

Massimo Montanari

Intrigued by this proverb, which has endured since the Middle Ages, Massimo Montanari launches an adventurous history of its origins and utility.
Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table

Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table

Massimo Montanari

In his new, must-read history of food, acclaimed historian Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastesÑboth culinary and culturalÑfrom raw materials to market and their reflections in todayÕs food trends.
Diasporic conditions: African women and the cultural ...

Diasporic conditions: African women and the cultural ...

L. Asale Angel Ajani

ln The Prison and the Factory: Origins of the Penitentiary System, edited by Dario Melossi and Massimo Pavarini, translated by Glynis Cousin, pp. 63-95. New Jersey: Barnes and Noble Books. Melossi, Dario and Massimo Pavarini 1981 [ 1978] ...
Franco-Americans of New England: Dreams and Realities

Franco-Americans of New England: Dreams and Realities

Yves Roby

In "The Franco-Americans of New England" Yves Roby describes the first-person accounts of French Canadians' immigration to New England, as well as those of their descendants, and the Franco-Americans.
Psychiatry Inside Out: Selected Writings of Franco Basaglia

Psychiatry Inside Out: Selected Writings of Franco Basaglia

Franco Basaglia

A collection of essays by an Italian psychiatrist includes discussions of deviance, mental asylum reform, and the nature of madness
Franco (Text Only)

Franco (Text Only)

Paul Preston

Generalissimo Francisco Franco, the Caudillo of Spain from the Nationalists' brutal, Fascist-sponsored victory over the Republican government in the Spanish Civil War until his quiet death in 1975, is the subject of this book.
Paraíso travel

Paraíso travel

Jorge Franco-Ramos

Comme dans La Fille aux ciseaux, Jorge Franco dresse ici le portrait d'une génération désespérée au cœur d'un monde de violence.
Computer Security – ESORICS 2006: 11th European Symposium on ...

Computer Security – ESORICS 2006: 11th European Symposium on ...

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References [1] Massimo Bartoletti, Pierpaolo Degano, and Gian Luigi Ferrari. Static analysis for stack inspection. Electronic Notes in Computer Science, 54, 2001. [2] Massimo Bartoletti, Pierpaolo Degano, and Gian Luigi Ferrari. History- based ...
Paraíso travel

Paraíso travel

Jorge Franco

Una novela de Jorge Franco autor de Rosario Tijeras y ganador del Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2014.
Franco American Dreams

Franco American Dreams

Julie Taylor

A fashion design student with her eyes firmly set on the runways of the future, Abbie MacPherson wavers when romance calls in the shape of a red-haired hunk named Franco, and she finds herself distracted from her life purpose.
Distant Reading

Distant Reading

Franco Moretti

In the ten essays collected in this volume, Franco Moretti reconstructs the intellectual trajectory of his philosophy of ‘distant reading’.
El mundo de afuera (Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2014)

El mundo de afuera (Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2014)

Jorge Franco

Con un perfecto manejo de la tensión, Jorge Franco construye en esta novela un cuento de hadas con tintes tenebrosos que acaba convirtiéndose en la historia desquiciada de un secuestro.
Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II

Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II

Stanley G. Payne

This is the first book in any language to answer these intriguing questions. Stanley Payne, a leading historian of modern Spain, explores the full range of Franco’s relationship with Hitler, from 1936 to the fall of the Reich in 1945.
Q & A A Day for Kids: A Three-Year Journal

Q & A A Day for Kids: A Three-Year Journal

Betsy Franco

A question by children's author Betsy Franco is featured for each day with only a few lines provided for a response, making this journal the ultimate no-fuss record keeper. Simply turn to today's date and record your child's answer.
Paradise Travel: A Novel

Paradise Travel: A Novel

Jorge Franco

Praise for Rosario Tijeras: "Latin America's McOndo literary movement drags the butterflies of magical realism into Burger King. With Jorge Franco's narco-saga Rosario Tijeras, it may have found its first masterpiece." —Rachel Aviv, Salon
The Sopranos: Born Under a Bad Sign

The Sopranos: Born Under a Bad Sign

Franco Ricci

In The Sopranos: Born under a Bad Sign, Franco Ricci presents an insightful analysis of the groundbreaking HBO series and its complex psychological themes.
A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe: From ...

A History of Franco-German Relations in Europe: From ...

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a history of franco-german relations in europe Copyright © Carine Germond and Henning Türk, 2008. All rights reserved. First published in 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin's Press LLC, 175 Fifth ...
Interfaces franco-allemandes dans la culture populaire et ...

Interfaces franco-allemandes dans la culture populaire et ...

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Alex Demeulenaere, Florian Henke, Christoph Vatter (Hg.) Interfaces franco- allemandes dans la culture populaire et les médias Deutsch-französische Schnittstellen in Populärkultur und Medien LIT Populäre Kultur und Medien, Bd. 10 Alex ...
Getting Started with Arduino

Getting Started with Arduino

Massimo Banzi

This valuable little book offers a thorough introduction to the open-source electronics prototyping platform that's taking the design and hobbyist world by storm.
The Culture of Food

The Culture of Food

Massimo Montanari

This book is about the history of food in Europe and the part it has played in the evolution of the European cultures over two millennia.
Il formaggio con le pere: La storia in un proverbio

Il formaggio con le pere: La storia in un proverbio

Massimo Montanari

L'idea di un libro dedicato a un proverbio può sembrare eccentrica.

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