Confidencias con un bollo suizo y un chocolate con nata

"I saggi contenuti documentano la molteplice ricchezza di una materia e di un oggetto d'arte e di comunicazione così particolare come il teatro e il cinema di Totò: Totò e la gaia scienza di O. Caldiron, Totò e il varietà: dal futurismo al futuro di N. Fano, Totò e Peppino: la coppia e la danza comica di G. Frezza, La scrittura dei semicolti dal teatro di Scarpetta al cinema di Totò di G. Gavagnin, Parli come badi: la creatività linguistica e l'effetto comico di A. Cicalese, L'apporto linguistico di Totò alla formazione dell'italiano contemporaneo di E. Radtke, Gioco verbale e...

Las apasionantes memorias de la madre espiritual de la Europa moderna. «Las desgracias sufridas, por mucha amargura que me hayan causado, son poca cosa al lado de los desastres públicos de los que hoy somos testigos.» «Mi imaginación concibe antes el dolor que la esperanza.» Escritas durante el destierro que Napoleón Bonaparte impuso a la autora, estas memorias registran con acuidad, ironía y elegancia los vaivenes sociales, políticos y militares de Europa durante el ascenso y apogeo del emperador francés. Diez años de destierro constituye, pues, una confesión íntima, sincera,...

From the author of the critically acclaimed Fruit of the Drunken Treecomes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir about liberating herself fromWestern notions of fact and fiction to reclaim her family's otherworldlylegacy. For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in theColombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?"was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy andviolence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, acommunity healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, curethe sick, and ...

When Bill Wilson, with his friend Dr. Bob Smith, founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, his hope was that AA would become a safe haven for those who suffered from this disease. Thirty years after his death, AA continues to help millions of alcoholics recover from what had been commonly regarded as a hopeless addiction. Still, while Wilson was a visionary for millions, he was no saint. After cofounding Alcoholics Anonymous, he stayed sober for over thirty-five years, helping countless thousands rebuild their lives. But at the same time, Wilson suffered form debilitating bouts of clinical...