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24 February 2012

Book Review: Triumph of the City, by Edward Glaser, ****

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Singapore, 2012 Synopsis America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the 3 percent of land that contains our citie...
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18 February 2012

Recensione: Sale Nero, di Marco Aime, Stefano Pensotti e Andrea Semplici, ****

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Sinossi Taudenni e Ahmed Ela: due "non luoghi" africani, il primo in Mali il secondo nella Dancalia etiope, sono un chiaro esemp...
14 February 2012

Book Review: Buddhism Without Beliefs, by Stephen Batchelor, ****

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Synopsis The author points out that Buddha was not a mystic and his awakening was not a shattering revelation that revealed the mysteries o...
13 February 2012

Film Review: The Swimming Pool (1968), by Jacques Deray, ***

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Synopsis Contains the French version and the original English spoken version in FULL HD resolution !!! Classic 60's French drama, the...
12 February 2012

Film Review: Midnight in Paris (2010), by Woody Allen, ***

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Synopsis This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged ...
09 February 2012

Film Review: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), by Michael Anderson, ****

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Sinopsys Phileas Fogg bet his fellow club members that he can circle the globe in eighty days. That may not be impressive today, but in 18...

Recensione Film: Il Giro del Mondo in 80 Giorni, di Michael Anderson, ****

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Sinossi Dal romanzo di Jules Verne, l'epopea di Phileas Fogg che con il suo maggiordomo per scommessa tenta di fare il giro del mondo ...
08 February 2012

Book Review: Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, *****

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Synopsis Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and p...

Recensione Film: Cuore di Tenebra (1993), di Nicholas Roeg, ***

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Sinossi Nel Congo belga, dove la vita vale pochissimo, Kurtz, funzionario di una compagnia che traffica in avorio, è forse impazzito nel ...
04 February 2012

Neve a Roma

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Evento straordinario, era dal 1986 che non c'era una nevicata così. Nella mia vita me lo ricordo due o tre volte. Forse qualche volta no...
28 January 2012

Book review/Recensione: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, *****

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Recensione in italiano di seguito! Synopsis Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in ...
22 January 2012

Book Review: Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps, by Allan and Barbara Pease, ****

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Synopsis The classic international bestselling book. Allan and Barbara Pease spotlight the differences in the way men and women think. Boys...
21 January 2012

Book Review: What the Chinese Don't Eat, by Xinran, ***

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Synopsis Since June 2003 Xinran has been writing about China in her weekly column in the Guardian. She has covered a vast range of topics f...
12 January 2012

Book Review: The Skeptical Environmentalist, by Bjorn Lomborg, *****

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Pollution in the Maldives Synopsis Lomborg, an associate professor of statistics in the Department of Political Science at the Univer...
05 January 2012

Film Review: Windtalkers, by John Woo, **

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Synopsis US Marine Nicolas Cage--with a scarred ear and a fed-up look--is given the job of looking after Navajo Adam Beach, whose complex ...