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Fearless in Tibet: The Life of the Mystic Terton Sogyal

Fearless in Tibet: The Life of the Mystic Terton Sogyal

Matteo Pistono

In Fearless in Tibet, Matteo Pistono shares Tertön Sogyal’s essential teachings and life story; from the challenges Tertön Sogyal faced during his early yogic training, to exploring the mystic’s inner world of visions and spiritual ...
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.
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.
Masterpieces of Modern Architecture

Masterpieces of Modern Architecture

Matteo Agnoletto

This book creates a journey through the new trends up until the first years of our own century.
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 ...
Inventing the Garden

Inventing the Garden

Matteo Vercelloni

The book concludes with a look at contemporary gardens, where efforts to reclaim landscapes and repurpose crumbling infrastructure are taking place within an atmosphere of ecological sensitivity--appreciating the idea that the whole planet ...
Rooftoppers

Rooftoppers

Katherine Rundell

When authorities threaten to take Sophie, twelve, from Charles who has been her guardian since she was one and both survived a shipwreck, the pair goes to Paris to try to find Sophie's mother, and they are aided by Matteo and his band of ...
World Unfurled

World Unfurled

Matteo Pericoli

The renowed architect's unique, inspiring, breathtaking portrait of more than four hundred famous buildings from seventy different countries is published here in fold-out format, revealing a panoramic view of a seamless skyline that ...
New American houses: country, sea & cities

New American houses: country, sea & cities

Matteo Vercelloni

This second book in the series "International Architecture & Interiors" deals with new home designs in New York and the United States.
Sociophysics: An Introduction

Sociophysics: An Introduction

Parongama Sen

... Mehdi Lallouache, Subhrangshu Sekhar Manna, Matteo Marsili, Daniele De Martino, Manipushpak Mitra, Gautam Mukherjee, Tapan Naskar, Purusattam Ray, Krishanu Roy Chowdhury, V. Sasidevan and P. A. Sreeram for their collaboration  ...
Critical Media Analysis: An Introduction for Media Professionals

Critical Media Analysis: An Introduction for Media Professionals

Matteo Stocchetti

This book provides undergraduate students in media programmes with the essential background knowledge to start developing critical analytical skills.
In the Shadow of the Buddha: One Man's Journey of Spiritual ...

In the Shadow of the Buddha: One Man's Journey of Spiritual ...

Matteo Pistono

Yachen. “This is the poster I hid in the sole of my shoe and brought out of China.” Thirty minutes later, Richard held the document up as evidence during his testimony before the Committee on International Relations to demonstrate China's ...
Networked Affect

Networked Affect

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Katrien Jacobs, Marije Janssen, and Matteo Pasquinelli, 77–88. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. Cramer, Florian. 2007. Sodom Blogging: Alternative Porn and Aesthetic Sensibility. In C'Lick Me: A Netporn Studies Reader, ed. Katrien ...

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