Il gesto di Ettore: Preistoria, storia, attualità e scomparsa del padre
By: Luigi Zoja
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Questo saggio si occupa per la prima volta delle origini e dell'evoluzione del padre da un punto di…
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1. Open
By: J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi
4.31
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever … read more
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"Control what you can control."-J.R. Moehringer, Open
"We talk about things. We talk about nothing."-J.R. Moehringer, Open
"The most animated talks we have are about…things"-J.R. Moehringer, Open
"When they hand me the trophy I think about vomiting into it"-J.R. Moehringer, Open
2. The Golden Bough
By: James George Frazer
4.03
Format: 880 pages, Paperback
A world classic. The Golden Bough" describes our ancestors' primitive methods of worship, sex pract… read more
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"God may pardon sin, but Nature cannot."-James George Frazer, The Golden Bough
"Man sollte auch hinter den Ofen gehen und sich den Zahn nach rückwärts über den Kopf werfen mit den Worten: „Maus, gib mir deinen eisernen Zahn. Ich werde dir meinen Knochenzahn geben.“ Danach bleibe…"-James George Frazer, The Golden Bough
"Das Stuhlbein, welches an Stelle des Tierbeines behandelt wird, gehört in keiner Weise zu dem Tiere, und das Verbinden dieses Gegenstandes ist nichts weiter als eine Nachahmung der Behandlung, welche…"-James George Frazer, The Golden Bough
"Bei den Südslaven gräbt ein Mädchen die Erde von den Fußtapfen ihres Geliebten aus und tut sie in einen Blumentopf. Dann pflanzt sie eine Ringelblume, eine Pflanze, die als unverwelklich gilt, hinein…"-James George Frazer, The Golden Bough
3. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
By: David Foster Wallace
4.15
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more
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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
4. Mendel el de los libros
By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou
4.00
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
Escrito en 1929, Mendel el de los libros narra la trágica historia de un excéntrico librero de viej… read more
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"لا ننتج الكتب إلا لكي نبقى على صلة بالبشر فيما وراء الموت فنزود بذلك عن أنفسنا ضد العدو الألد للحياة ، ضد الزمن الذي يمضي ، ضد النسيان"-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros
"Los libros sólo se escriben para, por encima del propio aliento, unir a los seres humanos, y así defendernos frente al inexorable reverso de toda existencia: la fugacidad y el olvido"-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros
"...avrei dovuto sapere che i libri si fanno solo per legarsi agli uomini al di là del nostro breve respiro e difendersi così dall'inesorabile avversario di ogni vita: la caducità e l'oblio."-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros
5. Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir
By: Irvin D. Yalom
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom puts himself on the couch in a lapidary memoi… read more
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- psychology
6. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
By: David Deutsch
4.18
Format: 487 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestseller: A provocative, imaginative exploration of the nature and progress o… read more
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- psychology
7. Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive World: How to Create a Happy Life
By: Ilse Sand , Elisabeth Svanholmer
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
In today's fast-paced, increasingly public society, we are expected to be resilient, to have the en… read more
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- psychology
8. Il gesto di Ettore: Preistoria, storia, attualità e scomparsa del padre
By: Luigi Zoja
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Questo saggio si occupa per la prima volta delle origini e dell'evoluzione del padre da un punto di… read more
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9. La profezia dell'armadillo
By: Zerocalcare
3.58
Format: 366 pages, Paperback
Centotrentasei tavole, divise in storie brevi alla sua maniera, storielle di una o quattro/cinque p… read more
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10. Accabadora
By: Michela Murgia
4.07
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
La Sardegna degli anni Cinquanta è un mondo antico sull’orlo del precipizio. Maria ha sei anni ed è… read more
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"Quan es té prou temps, fins i tot la ràbia s'organitza."-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
"En la hora de la debilidad algunos prefieren hacerse creyentes que fuertes"-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
"-¿Quieres juzgar el cómo sin entender el porqué? Siempre tienes prisa por dictar sentencias, Maria. (Bonaria Urria)"-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
"Come gli occhi della civetta, ci sono pensieri che non sopportano la luce piena. Non possono nascere che di notte, dove la loro funzione è la stessa della luna, necessaria a smuovere maree di senso i…"-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
11. The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
By: bell hooks
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the … read more
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12. Tales of Ordinary Madness
By: Charles Bukowski
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Inspired by D.H. Lawrence, Chekhov and Hemingway, Bukowski's writing is passionate, extreme and has… read more
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13. A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the tradition of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Robert Sapolsky, a foremost science writer and re… read more
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14. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable… read more
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15. Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
By: Irvin D. Yalom
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
Written in Irv Yalom's inimitable story-telling style, Staring at the Sunis a profoundly encouragin… read more
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16. Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte
By: Horacio Quiroga
4.24
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Constituye la obra cumbre del autor, en las breves y apasionantes historias que componen el libro, … read more
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17. The Summer that Melted Everything
By: Tiffany McDaniel
4.45
Format: 864 pages,
Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the summer of 1984:the year a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio.… read more
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18. L'arte della gioia
By: Goliarda Sapienza
4.34
Format: None pages, Hardcover
L'arte della gioiae un libro postumo: giaceva da vent'anni abbandonato in una cassapanca e, dopo es… read more
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19. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
20. Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso
By: Gianluca Gotto
4.38
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso è il racconto di un viaggio che ha come protagonista Davide… read more
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"Per didelis galvojimas yra liga."-Gianluca Gotto, Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso
"Turi rūpintis tik tuo, ką gali kontroliuoti."-Gianluca Gotto, Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso
"Skausmas - neišvengiamas, bet kančia yra pasirenkama."-Gianluca Gotto, Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso
"Turėti mylimus žmones prie savo stalo reiškia turėti viską."-Gianluca Gotto, Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso
