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The city of the living / by Lagioia, Nicola,1973-author.; Goldstein, Ann,1949-translator.; translation of:Lagioia, Nicola,1973-Città dei vivi.English.;
In March 2016, in a nondescript apartment on the outskirts of Rome, Manuel Foffo and Marco Prato, two "ordinary" young men from good families, brutally murdered twenty-three year old Luca Varani. News of the seemingly inexplicable crime sent shockwaves through Rome and beyond. What motivated such extreme violence? Were the killers evil or in the grip of societal evils? Did they know what they were doing? Or were they possessed? And if the latter, possessed by what? Based on months of interviews, court documentation, and correspondence with the killers themselves, The City of the Living is not only a fast-paced, revelatory thriller in the style of Lisa Taddeo's Animal, it is also a descent into the dark heart of Rome--a city that is unlivable and yet teeming with life, overrun by rats and wild animals, and plagued by corruption, drugs, and violence. Yet, the Eternal City is also a place that, more than any other in the world, seems to inspire a sense of absolute freedom in its inhabitants. Proceeding in concentric circles, Nicola Lagioia leads us through a maze of betrayed expectations, sexual confusion, inability to grow up, economic grievances, crises of identity--progressively tightening the focus of the analysis to locate the breaking point after which anything is possible. As hypnotic as Erik Larson's Devil in the White City, an heir to Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, and destined to cast on spell on fans of the Morbid podcast, The City of the Living is Nicola Lagioia's most gripping, bestselling, and critically acclaimed novel to-date. Razor-sharp, unputdownable, devastating, it is the story not only of a crime but of human nature itself; of the tension between responsibility and guilt, between the drive to oppress and the desire to be free; of who we are and who we can become.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Varani, Luca, 1993-2016; Assassination;
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The Sopranos. [videorecording] / by Bracco, Lorraine,1955-; Falco, Edie.; Gandolfini, James.; Brad Grey Television (Firm); HBO Video (Firm);
Disc 1. Soprano home movies -- Stage 5.Disc 2. Remember when -- Chasing it.Disc 3. Walk like a man -- Kennedy and Heidi -- The second coming.Disc 4. The blue comet -- Made in America.Created by David Chase.James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Siricio, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drea de Matteo, Aida Turturro, John Ventimiglia, Federico Castelluccio, Steven R. Schirripa, Robert Funaro, Katherine Narducci, Nancy Marchand, Joe Pantoliano.The continuing story of Tony Soprano, a middle-aged businessman with a wife, a daughter, a son, and an elderly mother. He's also a mob boss.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Gangsters; Italian American families; Mafia; Mafiosi; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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The Sopranos. [videorecording] / by Bracco, Lorraine,1955-; Falco, Edie.; Gandolfini, James.; Brad Grey Television (Firm); HBO Video (Firm);
Disc 1. Members only -- Join the club -- Mayham.Disc 2. The fleshy part of the thigh -- Mr. and Mrs. John Sacrimoni request -- Live free or die.Disc 3. Luxury lounge -- Johnny cakes -- The ride.Disc 4. Moe n' Joe -- Cold stones -- Kaisha.Created by David Chase.James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Siricio, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drea de Matteo, Aida Turturro, John Ventimiglia, Federico Castelluccio, Steven R. Schirripa, Robert Funaro, Katherine Narducci, Nancy Marchand, Joe Pantoliano.The continuing story of Tony Soprano, a middle-aged businessman with a wife, a daughter, a son, and an elderly mother. He's also a mob boss.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Gangsters; Italian American families; Mafia; Mafiosi; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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Fidelity / by Missiroli, Marco,1981-author.; Valente, Alex,translator.; translation of:Missiroli, Marco,1981-Fedeltà.English.;
"Carlo, a part-time professor of creative writing, and Margherita, an architect-turned-real estate-agent: a happily married couple in their mid-thirties, perfectly attuned to each other's restlessness. They are in love, but they also harbour desires that stray beyond the confines of their bedroom: Carlo longs for the quiet beauty of one of his students, Sofia; Margherita fantasises about the strong hands of her physiotherapist, Andrea. The dream of a new flat, suspended between the old cobbled streets of Milan and the modern skyline cutting the horizon, might just help Carlo and Margherita bring down the wall Sofia and Andrea have built between them. But it is love, with its unassuming power, which ultimately pulls them from the brink, aided by Margherita's mother Anna, the couple's anchor and lighthouse--a wise, proud seamstress hiding her own disappointments. But after eight years of repressed desires and the birth of a son, when the past resurfaces in the form of books sent anonymously, not even Anna might be strong enough to save them"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Husband and wife; Marital conflict; College teachers; Real estate agents; Mother and child; Dressmakers;
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The family [videorecording] / by Agron, Dianna,1986-; Besson, Luc.; De Niro, Robert.; Jones, Tommy Lee,1946-; Pfeiffer, Michelle,1957-; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); EuropaCorp.; Relativity Media.;
Composers, Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine ; director of photography, Thierry Arbogast ; edited by Julien Rey.Dianna Agron, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones.A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield's best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Blake and his family can't help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the 'family' way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down, and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Crime films.; Criminal behavior; Feature films.; Italian American families; Mafia; Mafiosi; Witnesses;
© c2013., Relativity Media ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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Hope : the autobiography / by Francis,Pope,1936-author.; Dixon, Richard,translator.; Musso, Carlo,author.; translation of:Francis,Pope,1936-Spera.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional book to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope have moved him to make this precious legacy available now. Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Francis's Italian roots and his ancestors' courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through his childhood, the enthusiasms and preoccupations of his youth, his vocation, adult life, and the whole of his papacy up to the present day. In recounting his memories with intimate narrative force (not forgetting his own personal passions), Pope Francis deals unsparingly with some of the crucial moments of his papacy and writes candidly, fearlessly, and prophetically about some of the most important and controversial questions of our present times: war and peace (including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East), migration, environmental crisis, social policy, the position of women, sexuality, technological developments, the future of the Church and of religion in general. Hope includes a wealth of revelations, anecdotes, and illuminating thoughts. It is a thrilling and very human memoir, moving and sometimes funny, which represents the "story of a life" and, at the same time, a touching moral and spiritual testament that will fascinate readers throughout the world and will be Pope Francis's legacy of hope for future generations. The book is enhanced by remarkable photographs, including private and unpublished material made personally available by Pope Francis himself"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Francis, Pope, 1936-; Popes;
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The new populism : democracy stares into the abyss / by Revelli, Marco,author.; Broder, David,translator.; translation of:Revelli, Marco.Populismo 2.0.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The word 'populism' has come to cover all manner of sins. Yet despite the prevalence of its use, it is often difficult to understand what connects its various supposed expressions. From Syriza to Trump and from Podemos to Brexit, the electoral earthquakes of recent years have often been grouped under this term. But what actually defines 'populism'? Is it an ideology, a form of organisation, or a mentality? Marco Revelli seeks to answer this question by getting to grips with the historical dynamics of so-called 'populist' movements. While in the early days of democracy, populism sought to represent classes and social layers who asserted their political role for the first time, in today's post-democratic climate, it instead expresses the grievances of those who had until recently felt that they were included. Having lost their power, the disinherited embrace not a political alternative to -isms like liberalism or socialism, but a populist mood of discontent. The new populism is the 'formless form' that protest and grievance assume in the era of financialisation, in the era where the atomised masses lack voice or organisation. For Revelli, this new populism the child of an age in which the Left has been hollowed out and lost its capacity to offer an alternative"--
Subjects: Populism.; Populism;
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The Sopranos. [videorecording] / by Bracco, Lorraine,1955-; Chianese, Dominic,1931-; Coulter, Allen.; Falco, Edie.; Gandolfini, James.; Iler, Robert.; Imperioli, Michael,1966-; Pastore, Vincent.; Patterson, John.; Sigler, Jamie-Lynn,1981-; Sirico, Tony.; Van Zandt, Steve.; Brad Grey Television Productions.; HBO Video (Firm);
Disc 1. Mr. Ruggerio's neighborhood -- Proshai, Livushka -- Fortunate son -- Employee of the month.Disc 2. Another toothpick -- University -- Second opinion.Disc 3. He is risen -- The telltale moozadell -- To save us all from Satan's power.Disc 4. Pine barrens -- Amour fou -- The army of one.James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Siricio, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drea de Matteo.Tony Soprano is a middle-class businessman with a wife, a daughter, a son, and an elderly mother. He's also a mob boss.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; full screen presentation.
Subjects: Gangsters; Italian Americans; Mafia; Mafiosi; Organized crime; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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La passione : how Italy seduced the world / by Hales, Dianne R.,1950-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A charming narrative and "pop historical" look into how Italy has shaped the Western world's most vibrant passions, from literature to love, music to art, food to wine"--
Subjects: Civilization, Western;
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Diary of a Tuscan bookshop : a memoir / by Donati, Alba,author.; Pala, Elena,translator.; translation of:Donati, Alba.Libreria sulla collina.English.;
Alba Donati was used to her hectic life working as a book publicist in Italy, a life that made her happy and allowed her to meet prominent international authors, but she was ready to make a change. One day she decided to return to Lucignana, the small village in the Tuscan hills where she was born. There she opened a tiny but enchanting bookshop in a lovely little cottage on a hill, surrounded by gardens filled with roses and peonies. With fewer than 200 year-round residents, Alba's shop seemed unlikely to succeed, but it soon sparked the enthusiasm of book lovers both nearby and across Italy. After surviving a fire and pandemic restrictions, the "Bookshop on the Hill" soon became a refuge and destination for an ever-growing community. The locals took pride in the bookshop, from Alba's centenarian mother to her childhood friends and the many volunteers who help in the day-to-day running of the shop. And in short time it has become a literary destination, with many devoted readers coming from afar to browse, enjoy a cup of tea, and find comfort in the knowledge that Alba will find the perfect read for them.
Subjects: Diaries.; Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Donati, Alba; Donati, Alba.; Booksellers and bookselling; Bookstore owners; Women booksellers;
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