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02 July 2010

Book Review: Exploring Kinnaur and Spiti in the Trans-Himalaya, by D Sanan and D. Swadi, ****

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Review This book fills a gap in the literature in that while there are a number of guides and travelogues on Ladakh, Kahsmir and Uttarankha...
01 July 2010

Book Review: A Sense of the World. How a Blind Man became the World's Greatest Traveler, by Jason Roberts, *****

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Synopsis When Lieutenant James Holman sailed to Russia in 1822, intent on crossing Siberia on his way to circumnavigate a globe still lar...
30 June 2010

File review: Whatever works (2009), by Woody Allen, *****

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Synopsis Boris Yellnikoff ( Larry David , Curb Your Enthusiasm ) is angry, opinionated and happy to live a reclusive life. All that chang...
03 June 2010

Film review: Kama Sutra, a Tale of Love (1997), by Mira Nair ****

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Synopsis If you're looking for a deep, intelligently romantic movie with complex characters and a richly rewarding plot, don't bo...
26 May 2010

Film Review: Katyn, by Andzrej Wajda, *****

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Synopsis KATYN is the story of Polish army officers murdered by the Soviet secret police in the Katyn forest during the Second World ...
21 May 2010

Recensione: Storie di New York, di Alessandra Mattanza, ****

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Sinossi Una New York che non si può dimenticare, capace di entrare nel sangue e scendere profondamente nell'anima. Un banchiere sull...
03 May 2010

Il vecchio paradigma nucleare

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Gli esperti di strategia, strana risma alla quale ho un tempo appartenuto, cercano spesso il sensazionalismo. Ciò è necessario per giustif...
26 April 2010

Film review: The Factory of Martyrs, by Camilla Cuomo & Annalisa Vozza, ****

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Synopsis The face of charismatic leader Khomeini and his successors, portraits of national martyrs, animal figures symbolizing good and ev...
22 April 2010

Book Review: Sailing Around the World, by Lizzi Eordegh and Carlo Auriemma, *****

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Synopsis In 1993, Elisabetta Eordegh and Carlo Auriemma set sail aboard the specially designed Barca Pulita (which translates, literally,...

Recensione: In barca a vela intorno al mondo, di C. Auriemma e L. Eordegh, *****

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Sinossi Le foto di questo volume documentano le avventure di Elizabetta Eordegh e Carlo Auriemma. Coraggiosamente, alla fine degli anni ...
07 April 2010

Gita al sacrario della Grande Guerra sul Monte Grappa

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Commovente gita al sacrario del Monte Grappa con Benedetto. Giornata stupenda, sole brillante in un cielo blu, immacolato come la neve che c...
24 March 2010

Bibliography: books on Ethiopia

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Guide and Maps Bocale, Massimo e Piera Barchetti: " Etiopia ", (Firenze: Polaris, 2008). Libro informativo ma pesante da portare...
09 March 2010

Partire, tornare o ...viaggiare? Ali e radici della mia vita fino ad ora.

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Vivo a Bruxelles. Perché? Ne parlavo con il mio amico Marco De Andreis, che ci ha vissuto anche lui fino a qualche anno fa. Forse me ne andr...
21 February 2010

Taipei: National Palace Museum, 101, Longshan temple

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National Palace Museum My morning is entirely devoted to the National Palace Museum . I was here eight years ago but I am just as excite...
20 February 2010

Taipei, Taiwan: Shilin night market

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After eight years, I am back in Taiwan. Taipei fascinates me, a small capital city of a fiercely proud nation that wants to be a country. It...