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Xbox 360 Slim 250GB in ottime condizioni con oltre 60 giochi
Vendo Xbox 360 Slim lucida con hard disk da 250GB perfettamente funzionante, in ottime condizioni, completa di scatola originale e compresa di: - Alimentatore Originale Microsoft. - 2 x Joypad Originali Microsoft. - Auricolari Wireless Bluetooth Originali Microsoft utilizzabili anche con cellulari/smartphone Bluetooth. - Auricolari filari Originali Microsoft. - Tastiera Originale Microsoft. - Telecomando Originale Microsoft. Compreso nella confezione vendo anche il kit Band Hero, composto da: - Gioco Band Hero. - Chitarra Wireless. - Batteria Wireless. - Microfono. Insieme alla console e al kit vendo compresi nel prezzo anche i seguenti giochi fisici: - Alone in The Dark - Assassin's Creed Revelations - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition con DLC: + Assault Shortcut + Combinazione di aggiornamento AZ-SPEC + Engineer Shortcut + Medic Shortcut + Onslaught + Recon Shortcut + Vietnam - Battlefield: Hardline con DLC: + Tradimento - Battlefield 4 con DLC: + China Rising + Community Map Project + Naval Strike + Night Operations + Second Assault - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Call of Duty Black Ops 2 con DLC: + Nuketown + Nuketown Zombies - C&C Red Alert 3 con DLC: + Mappe Decimazione - Crysis 2 Limited Edition con DLC: + Limited Edition Bonus - The Darkness - Fallout 3 con DLC: + Broken Steel + Mothership Zeta + Operation: Anchorage + Point Lookout + The Pitt - Fifa 06 Road to Fifa World Cup - Fifa 11 con DLC: + Online Pass - Fifa 13 - Gears of War 2 con DLC: + All Fronts Collection + Multiplayer Flashback Map Pack - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 con DLC: + Co-op Collection 2 + Modulo Revival #2 + Espansione Nuove Armi + Modulo Classico di GRAW 2 - Guitar Hero 5 - Mass Effect Classics Edition - Mass Effect 2 - Medal of Honor Limited Edition con DLC: + Kit Shortcut + Elimination + King of the Hill + Online Pass - Mondiali Fifa - Need for Speed Shift Special Edition con DLC: + Exotics Racing Series + Ferrari Racing Series + Team Racing - WWE Smackdown vs. Raw - Star Wars: Il Potere della Forza 2 con DLC: + Character Pack 1 + Endor - Wolfenstein Inoltre nella console sono installati i seguenti giochi giocabili con qualsiasi account: - Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag con DLC: + Pacchetto Altair ed Ezio - Assassin's Creed Rogue - Batman: Arkham City con DLC: + Bat-costumer della Batman Inc. + La Vendetta di Harley Quinn + Pacchetto Catwoman + The Arkham Bundle - Beyond Good & Evil HD - BioShock Infinite - Borderlands - Crysis 3 - Cute Things Dying Violently - Dead Island - Dead Space - Deus Ex: Human Revolution - DiRT Showdown - F - Far Cry 3 - Far Cry 4 - Fifa 16 - Forza Horizon - Full House Poker - GRID 2 - I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!1 - Just Cause 2 - Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - Magic - Max Payne 3 con DLC: + Cemetery + Classic Max Payne Character + Content Pack 1, 2 e 3 + Deadly Force Burst + Deathmatch Made In Heaven Mode Pack + Disorganized Crime Pack + Gorilla Warfare Pack + Hostage Negotiation Map Pack + Local Justice Pack + Painful Memories Map Pack + Pill Bottle Item + Rockstar Pass + Silent Killer Loadout Pack + Special Edition Pack - Metro - Metro: Last Light - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - Miner Dig Deep - Mirror's Edge - MX vs. ATV Reflex - Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - Plants vs. Zombies - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - Red Faction Armageddon - Resident Evil Revelations 2 - Saints Row 3 - Saints Row 4 - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - Tron Evolution - World Series of Poker: Full House Pro - XCOM: Enemy Unknown Vendo tutto il blocco completo a 250 €, il primo che arriva piglia tutto! Ritiro in zona Calenzano (FI) (disponibile anche su richiesta nella zona di Monsummano Terme (PT), a volte mi trovo lì per altri impegni), o spedizione in tutta Italia con Pacco Celere a 25 €.
Robertson Davies: A Portrait in Mosaic
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ross, Val, PUBLISHER: Emblem Editions, National bestseller and a "Globe and Mail" Best Book A fascinating, larger-than-life character, Davies left a treasure trove of stories about him when he died in -- expertly arranged here into a revealing portrait. From his student days onward, Robertson Davies made a huge impression on those around him. He was so clearly bound for a glorious future that some young friends even carefully preserved his letters. And everyone remembered their encounters with him. Later in life, as a world-famous writer, perhaps Canada's pre-eminent man of letters (who "looked like Jehovah"), he attracted people eager to meet him, who also vividly remembered their meetings. So when Val Ross set out in search of people's memories, she was faced with a wonderful embarrassment of riches. The one hundred or so contributors here range very widely. There are family memories, of course, and memories from colleagues in the academic world who knew him as a professor and the founding master of Massey College at the University of Toronto. Predictably, there are other major writers like Margaret Atwood and John Irving. Less predictably, there are people from the world of Hollywood, such as Norman Jewison and David Cronenberg (who remembers Davies on-set, peering through a camera lens as he researched his newest novel). And we even hear from his barber, and from his gardener, Theo Henkenhaf. Some speakers contribute just a lively paragraph; others several pages. Yet all of them, through the magic of Val Ross's art, help to create an intriguing, full-colour portrait of a complex man beloved by millions of readers around the world. "From the Hardcover edition."
HELIOS-mm micro 4/3
The helios-44-2 are derivatives of the carl zeiss biotar optical formula. as all lenses based on the biotar formula, the helios-44-2 produce an unusual "swirly" bokeh effect to the out-of-focus background. the bokeh "circles" become more elliptical in shape as you move away from the center of the photo. this optical phenomenon gives images rendered by these vintage lenses a distinct character, which has created a cult following among fine art photographers. creating swirly bokeh with the helios 44-2 lens read hire. black ?????? Helios-mm - m42 screw mount + adapter ring c mount micro m4/3 ! Lens in excellent/clean condition for this age ! Lens made in soviet union /ussr/ russia ! (for the external cosmetic condition, please see photos.) In the photo actual lens, you will received same the lens ! nr.1) front glass: no scratches,no damages. Nr.2) rear glass: no scratches, no damages. optics: no fungus, no haze, no dust, no dirty. Nr.3) aperture/diaphragm ring: smooth and precise, aperture work great nr.4) focusing ring: smooth and accuracy. nr.6) aperture blades: aperture blades work great. image and video hosting by tinypic you get: 1x - helios-44-2 lens in excellent/clean condition. 1x - black c mount micro m4/3 adapter ring. micro four thirds fit for camera: olympus - om-d e-m10 mark ii e-m5 mark ii e-m1 e-m5 e-m10. Pen - e-pl8 pen-f e-pl7 e-pl6 e-p5 e-pl5 e-pm2 e-p3 e-pl3 e-pm1 e-pl2 e-pl1 e-p2 e-p1. Panasonic - gx85 gf8 gx8 g7 gf7 gh4 gm1 gx7 gf6 gh3 g5 gf5 gx1 gf3 g3 gh2 g2 gf2 g1 gf1 g10.
Agatha Webb
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Green, Anna Katharine / Sporer, Paul Dennis, PUBLISHER: Anza Publishing, In this elegant drama, Anna Katharine Green, one of the greatest mystery writers of all time, weaves a narrative with her usual consummate skill, and portrays her characters with exceptional sympathy. On the New England seacoast, not far from Boston, lies a staid, picturesque village called Sutherlandtown. In these tranquil surroundings, Agatha Webb and her servant are found murdered. The task of unraveling the mystery begins at once, and suspicion points to a number of persons. Agatha herself had a tragic and troubled past. She suffered the loss of six of her children who died in infancy; some of the people of the village suspected her of complicity in these deaths, while others looked upon her as a victim. Adding to the complexity of the situation, a wealthy local man is being blackmailed by someone who believes that he is guilty of Agatha's murder. The solution of the puzzle is uncovered in an intensely dramatic court scene. In addition to the attraction of the mystery, there is a great love story. One of the detectives in the case, Caleb Sweetwater, was first introduced in a minor role in A Strange Disappearance (). Here, the details of his interesting life story are revealed, considerably fleshing out and developing his character. We learn that he was raised in Sutherland-town, maturing into a talented violinist, but constrained to supporting his mother with limited means. He relinquishes his musical career in order to become a detective. In this role he stands out as a trustworthy and conscientious young man, who volunteers his services to a patron in return for past consideration. Sweetwater becomes the hero by ultimately solving the crime in Agatha Webb. He appears again inseveral other Green novels as Gryce's assistant in the New York Police Department.
Tech 21 SANSAMP FLYRIG 5
Elegante, compatto, e semplicemente impressionante, il Tech 21 Fly Rig 5 dalla finitura Gunmetal è un piccolo titano tonale, un'unità professionale completamente trasparente e dotata di incredibili suoni analogici. Con un peso di poco più di 500 gr. e 30 cm. di lunghezza, usata ma come nuova... - Dotato dell'emulazione valvolare brevettata SansAmp, espressamente progettata per i toni puliti e derivata dal pedale della Character Series Blonde, questa sezione comprende un EQ attivo a 3 bande, e i controlli di Level e Drive per regolare la quantità complessiva di guadagno e di saturazione. - Il riverbero, all'interno della sezione SansAmp, deriva dall'acclamato pedale Boost RVB. Emula le ricche atmosfere di un riverbero a molla d'epoca senza i fastidiosi e tipici rumori metallici. - La sezione Plexi, sviluppata sul nuovo distorsore Hot-Rod Plexi, aggiunge la saturazione corposa di uno stack Plexi del '68, ed è comprensiva di controlli di Level, Tone e Drive. - Lo switch Hot, all'interno della sezione Plexi, aggiunge un boost fino a 21dB alla sezione di preamplificazione. Può essere usato sia per saturare la sezione Sansamp e/o quella del Delay, o come boost indipendente per aumentare il guadagno dell'amplificatore su cui viene utilizzato. - La sezione Delay deriva da un altro pedale Tech 21 di successo, il DLA Boost. E' stata sviluppata per dare le sonorità vintage di un tape echo, e dispone dei controlli di Level, Time, Repeats, e Drift, che permette di aggiungere un elemento casuale di modulazione per texture sonore profonde e originali. Il footswitch dedicato Tap Tempo rende immediata la selezione del tempo di delay che si desidera durante l'esecuzione. - Percorso del segnale completamente analogico. Gli effetti di riverbero e delay sono miscelati in parallelo. - 5 pedali indispensabili per ogni tipo di gig, ad 1 prezzo escluso spese di spedizione.
One Heart to Win
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lindsey, Johanna, PUBLISHER: Gallery Books, Lindsey's golden anniversary 50th novel #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Johanna Lindsey presents a passionate novel of hidden identities, family secrets, and love that transcends a fifty-year feud set in the majestic ranchland of s Montana Territory. Some young ladies marry for money and social standing, a few lucky ones marry for love--but Tiffany Warren is marrying to end a feud. Honoring her mother's promise, Tiffany reluctantly travels west to meet her estranged father and his enemy's eldest son, rancher Hunter Callahan. Once the Warrens and the Callahans are united by marriage, both clans will stop squabbling over a disputed strip of land. In the chaos of a train robbery Tiffany seizes a golden opportunity: By assuming the identity of her father's new housekeeper she can live with the father she never knew and assess his true character, as well as that of the neighboring cowboy to whom she is betrothed. But, too late, Tiffany discovers that the rivalry between the Warrens and the Callahans has escalated when the Callahans steal the Warrens' housekeeper as soon as she steps off the train Now, Tiffany, who is pretending to be Jennifer Fleming, finds herself living in the enemy camp, under the same roof as her fiance. All too soon she learns her intended is a handsome, sweet talking charmer whom she has to fight off because he can't keep his eyes--or his hands--off Jennifer. After Tiffany's charade is exposed she refuses to marry Hunter to end the feud. As Hunter goes about claiming his rightful bride-to-be, he knows that although he loves two women--proper, elegant Tiffany as well as spunky, passionate Jennifer--he has only one heart to win.
Literature and Politics in the Age of Nationalism: The
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ahmed Talat / Ahmed, Talat, PUBLISHER: Routledge India, This book aims to provide a historical account of the All-India Progressive Writers' Association (AIPWA). In a structured narrative, it focuses on the political processes inside India, events and circumstances in South Asia and the debates and literary movements in Europe and the United States to demonstrate how the literary project was specifically informed by literary-political movements. It explores the theorisation of literature and politics that informed progressive writing and argues that the progressive conception of literature, art and politics was closer to the theorisation of two thinkers of whom the writers themselves knew very little - Leon Trotsky and Antonio Gramsci. The book charts the progressive movement's extension into the cultural arena through the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and the deepening of its nation-wide character through a progressive nationalism instilled with left-wing ideology. One of the important aims of the AIPWA project was to advance the development of a popular vernacular based on the demotic language of north India - Hindustani. The book locates this issue within the broader nationalist discussion on the national language. Contrary to what is implied by much of the previous scholarship, the book argues that the progressive movement did survive the ravages of partition and that the progressives maintained organisations in both India and Pakistan. It looks at the short-lived but very colourful history of the PWA in Pakistan, using PWA documents, government records and personal testimonies. Arguing that literary output and cultural production cannot be understood, let alone interpreted, outside the context of the nationalist movement, war, independence and partition, the book presents a narrative that necessarily transcends disciplinary boundaries between literature, politics and history. Supplemented with literary and archival sources and oral testimonies from the members of the movement, it provides the readers with a balanced and considered assessment of one of the twentieth century's most influential and most interesting literary-political movements.
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SPEDIZIONE € 3,50 CON PIEGO DI LIBRI RACCOMANDATO (CONTROLLABILE DAL SITO DELLE POSTE)O CONSEGNA A MANO SU PISA. 1) RUSSO FACILE EDITORE: VALLARDI AUTORE:ANJUTA GANCIKOV () (PAGINE INTERNE INTEGRE,COSTOLA DELLE PAGINE LIEVEMENTE INGIALLITA, CONDIZIONI BUONE) € )RUSSO GRAMMATICA ESSENZIALE: VALLARDI EDITORE: PIA DUSI PALMA GALLANA (COME SOPRA) € )IL PENDOLO DI FOUCALT: BOMPIANI EDITORE AUTORE:UMBERTO ECO (CONDIZIONI BUONE) € )GIOVANNI MARTINELLI PITTORE DI MONTEVARCHI: EDITORE MASCHIETTO (OTTIMO A COLORI) € )WATERCOLOR MADE EASY (IN INGLESE) PEGGI HABETS EDITORE:WALTER FOSTER )ACTION CARTOONING (IN INGLESE) BEN CALDWELL EDITORE:STERLING € )IMPARIAMO A FOTOGRAFARE EDITORE:IL CASTELLO € )PORTUGUESE ATUAL 1 EDITORE:LIDEL € )I MISTERI DELLA JUNGLA NERA EMILIO SALGARI EDITORE:EINAUDI € )LA PROFEZIA DEL RE MARKUS HEITZ EDITORE:TEALIBRI € )CORSO DI LINGUA SPAGNOLO INTENSIVO CON CD AUDIO EDITORE:GIUNTI DEMETRA € )PAINTING INDIANS (IN INGLESE) EDITORE:ANDREA PRESS € )ANATOMY: A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR ARTIST JOSEPH SHEPPARD (INGLESE) EDITORE:DOVER PUBNS € )DIPINGERE I CAVALLI EDITORE:ANDREA PRESS € )LA DINASTIA (ANDREA FREDIANI) € )COME DISEGNARE LA TESTA (BURNE HOGART) € )DISEGNARE CARICATURE (MARTIN POPE) € )FOTOGRAFARE GLI ANIMALI EDITORE PEARSON € )IMPARA IL PORTOGHESE E IL BRASILIANO CON ZANICHELLI € )FROM ZERO TO ROCK HERO: A CRASH COURSE IN PLAYING ROCK GUITAR (CON CD)OWEN EDWARDS € )GAME DEVELOPMENT WITH UNITY(SECOND EDITION) € )THE MAD ART OF CARICATURE (TOM RICHMOND) € )GILGAMESH LA RICERCA DELL'IMMORTALITA'(SANDRO ROSSOLINI) € )THE COMPLETE ENGLISH GRAMMAR (JOHN HIRD) € )GROUNDWORK OF EVANGELION VOL 3 (GAINAX) € )COME CORREGGERE IL PROPRIO ROMANZO (CHIARA PARENTI) € )VANISHING POINT PERSPECTIVE FOR COMICS (CHEESEMAN-MEYER)€ )MANUALE MODERNO DI SCENEGGIATURA (CLAUDIO DEDOLA) € )DRAWING COMIC BOOK ACTION (LEE GARRETT) € )CHARACTER DESIGN.PROGETTAZIONE DEI PERSONAGGI (EUROMANGA EDIZIONI) € )THE ANIMATOR'S SKETCHBOOK (COME NUOVO) (TONY WHITE) € )DANTE DE VULGARI ELOQUENTIA (GARZANTI) € )CONVIVIO.DANTE (GARZANTI) € 6.00
Yamaha CP50
Vendo per cambio strumentazione. Come nuovo, usato un paio di volte. Il CP50 è caratterizzato dalle sonorità e dalla tecnologia del CP1, ma è flessibile e portatile, perfetto per il professionista in movimento. Il CP50 aggiunge un'ampia gamma di suoni a quelli del CP1. Clavicembali, organi, archi e altri ancora rendono il CP50 perfetto per le chiese, le scuole e le situazioni live in cui tutto va gestito da un'unica tastiera. Il CP50 dispone non solo di effetti Virtual Circuit Modeling, ma di molti effetti tratti dai sintetizzatori della linea Motif XS. Il CP50 è caratterizzato da meccanica graded hammer e da un design leggero e portatile. Specifiche Voices Maximum Polyphony 128 Tone Generator SCM (Spectral Component Modeling) + AWM2 Performances Performances Preset 10 x 4 groups x 3 banks User 10 x 4 groups x 3 banks External 10 x 4 groups x 3 banks Parts 3 Voice Block 12 piano voices(SCM + AWM other voices (AWM2) Modulation Effect Block 49 types Reverb 8 types Master Compressor 3-band Master Equalizer 3-band Rhythm Number of Kits 14 Number of Patterns 100 Control Interface Keyboard 88 keys, GH keyboard Display 24 character x 2 lines, vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) Controllers Pitch bend wheel, Master volume, Knobs 1 to 3, Part volume x 3, Master equalizer x 3 Connectivity Connectors Line Out L/MONO,R (Unbalanced) Headphones Headphones jack (stereo-phone) Foot Switch SUSTAIN, ASSIGNABLE Foot Controller x1 MIDI IN, OUT, THRU USB TO HOST, TO DEVICE Size/Weight Dimensions Width mm Height 165 mm Depth 332 mm Weight Weight 20.9 kg Other Power Consumption 7W Additional package contents Power adaptor PA-150 (or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha), Foot pedal FC3, Owner's Manual
Betting Hearts
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tenorio, Dee, PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing, He's never lost a bet in his life but she's playing for keeps Cassandra Bishop's boyfriend is back. Only problem is.she doesn't want anything to do with him. Or his new fiancie. What the confirmed tomboy would like is to wring his neck. She might have done it, too, if he hadn't filled her in on the embarrassing truth that he'd left her at the altar because she wasn't woman enough to satisfy him. Her pride nearly settled for punching him in the nose.until she thought of something better-proving him wrong. High on Burke Hallifax's list of cataclysmic nightmares is having to look at his best friend as a real female. But when her ex-fianci makes his wedding a personal vendetta against Cass, Burke has no choice but to bet everything on her ability to out hot-girl the competition. Unfortunately, the entire town is betting as well-on whether Burke and Cass can pull off the makeover of the century.without losing their hearts in the process. Blue Ribbon Rating: 4.5..."Let's hear it for the tomboys Cassandra is such a fun character. She's bold and brash yet still girly, but not in a makeup and high-heels sort of way. She wants to be loved and get married, even have kids but Luke's cruel comments push her into a deep-seated need to prove to everyone including herself that she is a woman. Burke loves Cassandra just the way she is, her changing forces him to realize that she is desirable and he's always been attracted to her, that's why he hates Luke so much. Matters of the heart are always a gamble, but it's so worth it when you bluff and win." Chrissy Dionne, Romance Junkies
Wish You Were Here
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Nan, Stewart, PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Award-winning writer Stewart O'Nan has been acclaimed by critics as one of today's most accomplished novelists and hailed by The New York Times as "a master of voices and the place they resonate from, of human rhythms and the universal rhythms they cut across." Now, with Wish You Were Here, he reaches a new level of achievement, weaving together the lives and desires of three generations of an American family gathered together for one final summer week at their summer cottage. A year after the death of her husband, Henry, Emily Maxwell summons her family to their vacation house on Lake Chautauqua, in western New York, one last time before selling the place. Joining her is her sister-in-law Arlene, a retired schoolteacher who silently mourns the passing of the lake house from her family's hands and is still wounded from a love lost long ago. Emily's firebrand daughter, Meg, a recovering alcoholic recently separated from her husband, brings her children from Detroit -- the blossoming Sarah and the timid Justin. Emily's son, Ken, a struggling photographer who quit his job and mortgaged his future to pursue his art, brings his wife, Lisa, who is secretly heartened to be visiting the house for the last time -- and not-so-secretly cool to her prickly mother-in-law -- and their children, the bookish Ella and the troubled Sam. With honesty and generosity, O'Nan inhabits each character during the course of their week together, illuminating the many lives of the Maxwell family as memories of past summers resurface, old rivalries flare up, and love is rekindled and born anew. Poignant and resonant, Wish You Were Here is a magical book whose beauties are as moving as a summer storm and as brilliantas the glint of sun on water.
Analogue Solutions Telemark NUOVO Eurorack Doepfer
Salve a tutti Come da titolo e foto vendo VCF Eurorack Analogue Solutions - Telemark Multimode Filter PERFETTO IN TUTTO! Filtro spettacolare! Ha un suono bellissimo! Insieme al modulo allego tutto: - Fattura d'acquisto per una eventuale garanzia (acquistato da New Groove precisamente il ) - Confezione originale - Protezioni originali - Cavo d'alimentazione originale - Viti - Spilletta Sono l'unico proprietario di questo modulo. L'ho utilizzato veramente pochissimo, sempre e solo nel mio home studio. Specification: - Pure analogue circuitry - Telemark filter - 4 filter types - Low, High, Band, Notch - Resonance (Q) boost feature - Slim design - Spun metal knob caps - Width: 18 HP - Depth: 35 mm - Weigth: 197 g - Power: +12V, 15mA / -12V, 28mA The Telemark multimode filter module is based on the filter of the legendary Telemark semi-modular synthesizer. It's routes lie in the original s Oberheim SEM, though it has developed a character of its own. The filter is a 12db/Octave multimode type. Multimode means there are more than one type of filter output. There are in fact four: low pass, band pass, high pass and notch filter. Additionally, notch filter can be varied for an even wider range of sounds. Use of Gain and Q allow for even wider possibilities. No special knowledge is required to use this filter. Just plug your audio in the left, and your audio out on the right. Per qualsiasi altra info, foto e/o altro non esitate a contattarmi. Sarò a vostra completa disposizione. Preferisco consegna a mano in zona Teramo, Abruzzo ma nel caso potrei anche accettare la spedizione a carico dell'acquirente PER FAVORE NO PERDITEMPO NON CONTATTATEMI SE NON SIETE REALMENTE INTERESSATI ALL'ACQUISTO Saluti a tutti Christian 340/
Visto per Shanghai - Qiu Xialong - librivale
INVIO LISTA COMPLETA DI TUTTI I LIBRI IN VENDITA A RICHIESTA - Titolo: Visto per Shanghai Autore: Qiu Xialong Editore: Tascabili Marsilio Anno: ottava edizione ISBN: Titolo Originale: A Loyal Character Dancer Traduzione di: Paola Vertuani lingua: Italiana volumi: n°1 Condizioni: Usato - ricerca la parola: librivale e troverai tutti i libri che sto vendendo - altre foto le invio a richiesta per chi è realmente interessato - è possibile ritirarlo senza spese di spedizione presso Borgo San Martino (Cerveteri) - Possibilità di consegna a Roma gratuita per acquisti superiori a euro - L'acquirente ha la possibilità di scegliere fra una molteplicità di opzioni di spedizione di seguito indicate con Poste Italiane: - A) SPEDIZIONE SEMPLICE fino a 2Kg - Euro 1,90 B) SPEDIZIONE SEMPLICE fino a 5kg - Euro 4,50 La "spedizione semplice" non è tracciabile e sebbene lo si possa riconoscere come un ottimo servizio non si escludono rischi che saranno a carico dell'acquirente tempi della spedizione 6 giorni lavorativi - C) RACCOMANDATA fino a 2Kg - Euro 3,90 D) RACCOMANDATA fino a 5Kg - Euro 6,50 Tale formula conferisce all'acquirente il diritto a ricevere il codice di spedizione così da poterla monitorare personalmente si tratta di un sistema di spedizione particolarmente sicuro, il più consigliato da noi tempi della spedizione 6 giorni lavorativi - E) PACCO ORDINARIO fino a 10Kg - Euro 9,00 F) PACCO ORDINARIO fino a 20Kg - Euro Tale formula consente di spedire in totale sicurezza sarà inviato il codice di spedizione tempi di attesa 4 max 5 giorni lavorativi - G) PACCO CELERE 3 fino a 3 Kg - Euro 9,90 H) PACCO CELERE 3 fino a 10kg - Euro I) PACCO CELERE 3 fino a 20Kg - Euro L) PACCO CELERE 3 fino a 30Kg - Euro Tale formula consente di spedire in totale sicurezza sarà inviato il codice di spedizione tempi di attesa 3 max 4 giorni lavorativi - Le spedizioni saranno gratuite con spesa pari o sup. 100 euro
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a la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carlip, Hillary / Green, Barbara, PUBLISHER: Virgin Books, A comic original in the tradition of Tracey ullman and lily Tomlin--with cindy Sherman's eye-- Hillary carlip creates america's most unforgettable grocery shoppers. It's happened to all of us--we find, tucked away in the corner of our shopping cart, someone's discarded grocery list. It first happened to Hillary Carlip when she was a teenager, and she's been wondering to whom the lists belonged ever since. Who's the person buying "Leche, Panpers, and Chanpu"? Or "Whole milk, heavy cream, Ice cream, cheese, and Gas-Ex ()"? Why would someone need to write down "Coors and Oreos" on a matchbook cover--couldn't he just remember those two items? And what's the person like who scrawled their list on a PROZAC notepad? Taking her clues from the items listed, the types of paper written on, the handwriting, and even misspellings ("Aunt Spray"), Hillary saw that each list--at once mundane and personal--offered an intimate peek into a complete stranger's life. She picked twenty-six lists and imagined who the shoppers might be. She next transformed herself into all twenty-six people, one by one, literally stepping into each character--all ages, genders, and ethnicities--with hair, make-up, outfits, and one Fu Manchu. Photographer Barbara Green then captured unforgettable images of Hillary portraying these shoppers at their neighborhood markets. Hillary came to love these characters, so her accompanying stories for each are as poignant and hilarious as the photographs. She brings to life richly imagined inner worlds, including one for macho Woody, a self-described "Lady's Man with NO BANKRUPTCIES ready to meet just one Special Lady with NO KIDS." After getting to know these grocery shoppers through Miss Carlip's dedicated voyeurism, going to the market will never be the same.
Macbeth
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shakespeare, William, PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, This tragedy tells of a power-hungry Scottish nobleman and his lady, and the price they pay for violently seizing the royal throne. Books in this new, illustrated series present complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students can see the bard's original poetic phrases printed side-by-side and line-by-line with a modern "translation" on the facing page. Starting in the late s and for several decades that followed, Shakespeare's plays were popular entertainment for London's theatergoers. His Globe Theatre was the equivalent of a Broadway theater in today's New York. The plays have endured, but over the course of 400+ years, the English language has changed in many ways--which is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend. "Simply Shakespeare" offers an excellent solution to their problem. Introducing each play is a general essay covering Shakespeare's life and times. At the beginning of each of the five acts in every play, a two-page spread describes what is about to take place. The story's background is explained, followed by brief descriptions of key people who will appear in the act, details students should watch for as the story unfolds, discussion of the play's historical context, how the play was staged in Shakespeare's day, and explanation of puns and plays on words that occur in characters' dialogues. Identifying icons preceding each of these study points are printed in a second color, then are located again as cross-references in the play's original text. For instance, where words spoken by a person in the play offer insights into his or another character's personality, the "Characters" icon will appear as a cross-reference in both the introductory spread and the play proper. Following each act, a closing spread presents questions and discussion points for use as teachers' aids. Guided by the inspiring format of this fine new series, both teachers and students will come to understand and appreciate the genius of Shakespeare as never before.
Biographical Supplement and Index
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Oxford University Press / Freund, David M., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, To fully appreciate our country's history and the problems and possibilities we face as a nation on the eve of a new century, Americans--young and old--need to know that the fascinating heritage of African Americans begins not with the slave ships of Portugal and Spain, but with the richly diverse tribes, cultures, and ancient civilizations of the African continent. We need to understand that the long journey for freedom and equality for all Americans began well before the Civil War, or even the Revolutionary War, and that the journey continues to this day. Now history's missing pages at last come to life with the publication of The Young Oxford History of African Americans. Spanning five centuries, this extraordinary 11-volume series paints a vibrant and compelling portrait of the lives of African Americans. Written by distinguished American historians, the series sets a new standard for accuracy, balance, and breadth of scholarship in a reference aimed at the general reader. The lively narrative is rich in gripping first person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans experienced it. From the first black Africans brought as slaves into the Caribbean islands and the colonies of Central and South America to today's black filmmakers and politicians, the stories of remarkable individuals of great courage and ability are told, but also those of ordinary men and women whose struggles and accomplishments continue to shape history. Whatever their race or background, readers come away with a deeper appreciation of African Americans as a people who have long shared in the aspiration and expectations of their fellow citizens, but who have done so with a unique history and a unique set of barriers to overcome. Unrivaled in breadth or depth, The Young Oxford History of African Americans is an unforgettable portrait of a people. It is an essential reference not only for students of African-American history, but also for libraries, teachers, parents, and all of us who strive to understand the struggles and sacrifices of the American past, the formidable challenges of our present, and our brightest hopes for the future.
Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stewart, John Lawrence, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, When Ernst Krenek's opera "Jonny spielt auf" (Jonny plays on) opened in Leipzig in , it became an instant and spectacular success. Performed in over a hundred cities and translated into a dozen languages, it became the most popular opera of this century. And Austrian-born Krenek, easily one of this century's most prolific major composers, became a wealthy man. Ten years later, however, he found himself a destitute refugee, fleeing to the United States as Hitler's troops invaded Austria. His work, always avant-garde, had become increasingly political; Hitler banned it and labeled Krenek a "cultural Bolshevist." The composer endured long periods of hardship and neglect before his music, which was much admired by such colleagues as Stravinsky and Alban Berg but strange to American ears, was rediscovered by Europeans after the war. Eventually it brought him financial security and many honors, including the Gold Medal of Vienna and the Cross of Austria, and it has been celebrated by festivals in Vienna, Salzburg, Berlin, and other cities. Krenek, who in became an American citizen, has been as experimental and broad-ranging in his compositions as he has been prolific. His 240 musical works illustrate brilliantly the principal musical trends of the century: Neoromantic tonality, Neoclassicism, free atonality, the twelve-tone technique, integral serialism, and electronic music. In addition, Krenek has also been an accomplished teacher and writer. He has taught some of America's leading composers and has several collections of essays in both German and English to his credit. In this first major biography of Krenek, Stewart chronicles both the personal and the professional events of this brilliant, resilient composer's life. He not only explains Krenek's music in terms that enable us to comprehend and appreciate its character but vividly illustrates how Krenek's imagination has been affected by his experiences, his associates, and the massive social and artistic changes of the twentieth century. Many of the most important music figures cross the landscape of this life--Franz Schreker, Artur Schnabel, T. W. Adorno, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Dimitri Mitropoulos, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau--confirming Krenek's position as one of the world's foremost composers.
John Keats:,
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bate, W. Jackson / Bate, Walter Jackson, PUBLISHER: Belknap Press, The life of Keats provides a unique opportunity for the study of literary greatness and of what permits or encourages its development. Its interest is deeply human and moral, in the most capacious sense of the words. In this authoritative biography--the first full-length life of Keats in almost forty years--the man and the poet are portrayed with rare insight and sympathy. In spite of a scarcity of factual data for his early years, the materials for Keats's life are nevertheless unusually full. Since most of his early poetry has survived, his artistic development can be observed more closely than is possible with most writers; and there are times during the period of his greatest creativity when his personal as well as his artistic life can be followed week by week. The development of Keats's poetic craftsmanship proceeds simultaneously with the steady growth of qualities of mind and character. Mr. Bate has been concerned to show the organic relationship between the poet's art and his larger, more broadly humane development. Keats's great personal appeal--his spontaneity, vigor, playfulness, and affection--are movingly recreated; at the same time, his valiant attempt to solve the problem faced by all modern poets when they attempt to achieve originality and amplitude in the presence of their great artistic heritage is perceptively presented. In discussing this matter, Mr. Bate says, "The pressure of this anxiety and the variety of reactions to it constitute one of the great unexplored factors in the history of the arts since . And in no major poet, near the beginning of the modern era, is this problem met more directly than it is in Keats. The way in which Keats wassomehow able, after the age of twenty-two, to confront this dilemma, and to transcend it, has fascinated every major poet who has used the English language since Keats's death and also every major critic since the Victorian era." Mr. Bate has availed himself of all new biographical materials, published and unpublished, and has used them selectively and without ostentation, concentrating on the things that were meaningful to Keats. Similarly, his discussions of the poetry are not buried beneath the controversies of previous critics. He approaches the poems freshly and directly, showing their relation to Keats's experience and emotions, to premises and values already explored in the biographical narrative. The result is a book of many dimensions, not a restricted critical or biographical study but a fully integrated whole.
Your Immortal Body of Light
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gibson, Mitchell E., PUBLISHER: Reality Press, "My name is Mitchell." Thus begins, Your Immortal Body of Light, a fascinating and true story that takes Mitchell E. Gibson, M.D. out of his ordinary consciousness and into the inner realms of his being. Dr. Gibson was Chief Resident in Psychiatry at a large inner city medical center when he began his journey, expanding his consciousness using meditation. On his quest, he actually encounters an ancient 'god of healing' known as Djehuti (pronounced Dee-jan-tee), or Thoth. Being a psychiatrist, Gibson more than wavered before accepting that he was indeed speaking with an actual entity but the experience persisted and eventually Djehuti revealed profound information to Gibson, about the formation of the soul and the causes of mental illness. Your Immortal Body of Light is a credible and highly readable adventure into the land of magic and miracles invoked by meditation. Not since the release of Tranceformers: Shamans of the 21st Century by John Jay Harper has there been such a heartfelt sharing of what it means to be contacted by a "deceased" colleague and how to apply those insights to understanding the physics and metaphysics of creation. In this book the author travels beyond the illusive veil of "reality" to bridge the gap between cultures and centuries. Dr. Gibson reveals how Words of Power invoke transformation in body-mind-spirit as scholar Jeremy Naydler declared in Temple of the Cosmos: The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred. "It is no coincidence that Thoth, the Lord of Speech, who in the Beginning uttered the primordial sounds that thickened into tangible substances and thus brought the world into existence, was also the originator of writing." That is, your world will never be the same once you put these writings into practice to create a life that is a dream come true too. Both fascinating and chilling this is not your everyday spiritual awakening story. Lee Levinson, Emmy Winning Television Producer "Your Immortal Body of Light" is alternatively a sensitive and compelling portrait of one man's spiritual and emotional journey into the unknown. The author's recounting of his personal experiences are reflected in outstanding visual sequences and dramatic character interaction that make this true story resonate with an air of authenticity that will impact audiences everywhere. Five Stars Highly Recommended... Kirkus Reviews "Nourishing soul food for the spiritually inclined."
The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Emerson, Ralph Waldo / Robinson, David M., PUBLISHER: Beacon Press (MA), The first collection of Emerson's spiritual writings, published for the 200th anniversary of the writer's birth Matthew Arnold once described Ralph Waldo Emerson as "the friend and aider of all those who would live in the spirit." Arnold's comment captured the impact that Emerson had as a teacher of a new form of spirituality in the nineteenth century. Emerson proposed a new religious vision that made the spiritual life freshly accessible to people. In our current era, Emerson continues to speak with a compelling voice. Known best in the twenty-first century as a literary innovator and early architect of American intellectual culture, Emerson's writings still offer spiritual sustenance to the thoughtful reader. The Spiritual Emerson brings together the essays and lectures that best articulate Emerson's spiritual vision, and promise the greatest relevance to today's reader. Compiled and introduced by David M. Robinson, one of the leading authorities on Emerson, The Spiritual Emerson will be both a portrait of Emerson as a spiritual teacher and a sourcebook for all those who find his ideas and convictions useful in their own efforts to live in the spirit. "This collection brings together for the first time Emerson's most important writings on spiritual themes, along with a discerning and eminently readable introduction by one of the foremost authorities on Emerson's religious thought." --Lawrence Buell, Harvard University, author of LITERARY TRANSCENDENTALISM and EMERSON "Simply the best selection ever made from the spiritual writings of America's most influential sage. Combining familiar essays with the oft-neglected, from both the early and the laterEmerson, Robinson reveals the paradoxes that shaped one soul then and continue to shape many today. For all who still care for the soul, essential reading." --John Buehrens, author of UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE "THE SPIRITUAL EMERSON is a superb and timely collection, one that will help to elucidate and consolidate our understanding of Emerson's spirituality on the occasion of his 200th birthday celebration. Accessibly framed and introduced by David Robinson, our premier scholar of the religious context and character of Emersonian Transcendentalism, this elegantly appointed volume will help open the way to a fuller understanding of the heart of Emerson's thought. Drawn together chronologically from every period of Emerson's long and productive career, the essays contained here provide a sound basis for a better understanding of the life-long evolution of his religious and moral philosophy." --Alan Hodder, Hampshire College "David Robinson is our leading interpreter of the later Emerson's pragmatic turn toward an 'ever greater conviction that ethical action is] not a by-product of religious belief, but the very core of religion itself.' Robinson has for years been calling attention to Emerson as a religious figure, not just a
Touching Winter
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rozelle, Ron, PUBLISHER: Texas Christian University Press, Ron Rozelle's new novel, Touching Winter, is a four-part-evocation of memory and place and the yearning for home. Each part of the novel begins with a meditation on one aspect of the protagonist's life as he watches the unpredictable weather of East Texas. When Will was a young boy, he and his grandfather enjoyed being out in the spectacular East Texas storms. These sessions taught Will many things about life--ranching, weather, character, how to be a man--and bound Will to the family land and to his grandfather. Only at the ranch does Will feel like the person he was, or would like to be, before wrong decisions turned his life down an entirely different path. A powerful, early romance proved disastrous, and the relationship haunts him. To compensate for lost love, Will carved a niche for himself in the competitive concrete industry, inventing a technique to make mixing trucks more efficient and becoming wealthier than he could have dreamed. His marriage to a Houston socialite is thin and brittle, unsatisfying for his wife, Lauren, and for himself. Their daughter Aimee lives in California, as far away from her family as possible. As Will ages, he turns to the ranch as a place of clarity in times of crisis, eventually moving back there entirely. He exchanges the public life he and Lauren led in Houston for the simplicity of walks along the rustic fence, lunch with old friends at the town's only diner, and long evenings on the porch watching the stars. Along the way, a fierce, red-breasted hawk comes to represent the spiritual for Will, and he is forced to face the consequences of earlier decisions. "After his soup and crackers he came out here, not interested in the inane offerings ontelevision on such a splendid night. All those years away from here-down in the flat, concrete and steel landscape of Houston--he missed this porch. These hills. These stars. This porch swing, and the larger one that once hung here. He finds Orion, the hunter, in a sky packed with stars. It is a clear, cool night that often precedes a big norther, as if Nature has done a good cleaning, making sure everything is scrubbed bright before the onslaught of a particularly rambunctious visitor. He listens for geese; hopes for them. For the reassurance of their presence, of things moving along... None yet. So far there's just been the sound of a car as it passes, and the slight rustling of leaves in the giant cottonwood that was already old before he was born."
Lincoln in American Memory
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Peterson, Merrill D., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Lincoln's death, like his life, was an event of epic proportions. When the president was struck down at his moment of triumph, writes Merrill Peterson, "sorrow--indescribable sorrow" swept the nation. After lying in state in Washington, Lincoln's body was carried by a special funeral train to Springfield, Illinois, stopping in major cities along the way; perhaps a million people viewed the remains as memorial orations rang out and the world chorused its sincere condolences. It was the apotheosis of the martyred President--the beginning of the transformation of a man into a mythic hero. In Lincoln in American Memory, historian Merrill Peterson provides a fascinating history of Lincoln's place in the American imagination from the hour of his death to the present. In tracing the changing image of Lincoln through time, this wide-ranging account offers insight into the evolution and struggles of American politics and society--and into the character of Lincoln himself. Westerners, Easterners, even Southerners were caught up in the idealization of the late President, reshaping his memory and laying claim to his mantle, as his widow, son, memorial builders, and memorabilia collectors fought over his visible legacy. Peterson also looks at the complex responses of blacks to the memory of Lincoln, as they moved from exultation at the end of slavery to the harsh reality of free life amid deep poverty and segregation; at more than one memorial event for the great emancipator, the author notes, blacks were excluded. He makes an engaging examination of the flood of reminiscences and biographies, from Lincoln's old law partner William H. Herndon to Carl Sandburg and beyond. Serious historians were late in coming to the topic; for decades the myth-makers sought to shape the image of the hero President to suit their own agendas. He was made a voice of prohibition, a saloon-keeper, an infidel, a devout Christian, the first Bull Moose Progressive, a military blunderer and (after the First World War) a military genius, a white supremacist (according to D.W. Griffith and other Southern admirers), and a touchstone for the civil rights movement. Through it all, Peterson traces five principal images of Lincoln: the savior of the Union, the great emancipator, man of the people, first American, and self-made man. In identifying these archtypes, he tells us much not only of Lincoln but of our own identity as a people. More than thirty years ago, Peterson won the prestigious Bancroft Prize for The Jefferson Image in the American Mind. The New York Times Book Review hailed it as "an engrossing story of the uses and abuses of a great legend," saying that Peterson's writing is often "brilliant." This absorbing book follows in the footsteps of that landmark work, leading us on a revealing tour through our changing image of our greatest president--and our changing image of ourselves.
The Redrock Chronicles: Saving Wild Utah
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Watkins, T. H., PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press, As a collection of geological and climatic phenomena, the earth is a scarred, bent, cracked, and agitated wreck of a place. Nowhere is this more evident than in Utah's redrock canyon country, which is among the most spectacular terrain not only in America but in the world. These extraordinary lands lie at the heart of the Colorado Plateau -- square miles of uplifted rock sitting like a huge island in an earthly continental sea, surrounded on all sides by the remnants of once-active volcanoes. Although the Colorado Plateau includes portions of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, in no other part of any other state are its complexity and time-constructed beauty illuminated more brilliantly than in southern Utah. Tourists and outdoor enthusiasts by the millions visit and revisit the area because there is no place else on earth quite like it. In The Redrock Chronicles, T. H. Watkins, one of America's best-known and award-winning writers on the environment and history, focuses on southern Utah's unprotected lands in a loving testament to its warps and tangles of rock and sky. Combining history, geography, and photography, the author reports the full story of the region -- from its violent geologic beginnings to the coming (and going) of pre-Puebloan peoples whose drawings still adorn rocks and caves there, from the Mormon settlement of the s and s to the great uranium boom of the s, from the beginning of tourism and parkland protection in the s to today's controversial movement to preserve millions of acres of wild Utah land in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Indeed, the account of that revolutionary movement is told here in all its color and complexity for the first time. Writing from his own personal experience and extensive research, an appreciative Watkins takes readers on a tour of the Grand Staircase of plateaus, moving from the utterly wild triangle of Kaiparowits Plateau, with its erosion-sculptured mesas, tablelands, benchlands, and canyons, to a more welcoming kind of verdant wilderness that sits northeast, across the rolling desert scrubland of Harris Wash, in the red-walled canyon of the Escalante River. The author has spent much time hiking and camping here among the isolated buttes and mesas, and he draws a vivid portrait of the area's highlights: Comb Ridge, a 90-mile wall of 600-foot cliffs; Waterpocket Fold, an even more spectacular monocline to the northeast of the Escalante River, stretching a hundred miles; the Henry Mountains; Hump of Bull Mountain; Cataract Canyon; and the San Rafael Swell, an enormous oval some square miles which rises just north of Capitol Reef National Park. But The Redrock Chronicles is not simply a celebration. Watkins concludes with a spirited call for the preservation of the unprotected wilderness that gives the land its character and color. He offers the legislative device of wilderness designation as the necessary means of saving this plateau country