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This is a sweet and magical story about a little boy and his pet cloud named Harold. We have all seen shapes in the sky, but this young boy looks up and finds a special cloud that becomes his friend for life. The two play and share adventures, and the cloud is a reassuring presence. The boy learns that he can count on Harold for support, and that even though he may go away for a little while, as people in our lives sometimes do, their connection assures that Harold will always come back to him. This book speaks to a child's sense of wonder, imagination, friendship, and the ability to...

This collection of articles (the Vercelli conference proceedings) places the theme of scepticism within its philosophical tradition. It explores the English philosophical thinkers, the French context, as well as major Italian figures and Spanish culture. It pays special attention to the relationships between history of philosophical ideas and the problems rising from the history of sciences (medicine, physics, linguistics, historical scholarship) in the 17^th and the18^th centuries.

This visual reference book shows, with over twelve hundred full-color fashion photographs, a wide range of possibilities, styles, and trends in today's fashion.

Gianna Pucci's (style.com, vogue.it) compilation of fashion and runway shoots capture with great sensibility the stylistic hallmarks of fashion trends.

Separating communism from its metaphysical foundations, which include an abiding faith in the immutable laws of history and an almost holy conception of the proletariat, Gianni Vattimo and Santiago...

Sandra Wolff hat ihren Beruf als Kriminalkommissarin in Hamburg St. Pauli aufgegeben, um sich in der Toskana mit einem eigenen Yogastudio niederzulassen. Nun genießt sie das Leben in Poggibonsi zwischen den Chianti-Hügeln. Aber nur so lange, bis sie auf ihrer abendlichen Joggingrunde eine Leiche findet. Eine Winzerin, die an ihren Yoga-Kursen teilgenommen hat. Auch für Commissario Figallo ist die Tote keine Unbekannte. Deshalb fällt es ihm schwer, einen kühlen Kopf zu bewahren. Zusammen mit Sandra Wolff verbeißt sich Daniele Figallo in den verzwickten Fall, und das ungleiche...

Calabria, 1927. Un territorio, un paese, una famiglia, isolati tra le montagne della Sila Grande, vivono oppressi dalla tirannia di un violento Barone che vuole sottomettere i fratelli Ferruccio e Pietro. Il Barone rifi utato, attenta alla vita del fi glio di Ferruccio, Nicola di 2 anni e, a distanza di tempo, dopo una strage, adotta con prepotenza Carmen di 4 anni, nipote acquisita di Pietro, rimasta orfana. L'astuto Pietro, detto Zione, si schiera con l'arrogante Barone. Obbedisce, sopporta, gli sta vicino aspettando il momento propizio per eliminarlo. Passano gli anni. Ferruccio ritorna...

The work of Cellini that attracts Eric the most is the "Nymph of Fontainebleau" bas-relief in bronze. The nymph is Diana, goddess of hunting.

Cellini carved a firm, slender, supple body; the smooth modeling of the physique is set off by tight parallel folds of drapery and volutes representing water. The austere beauty of the face recalls antique sculpture, yet this stylized nude is redolent of sensuality.

Eric compares the beauty of the carved goddess to that of Venus painted by Botticelli. The body shapes are elegant; the physical beauty captures the concepts expressed by the...