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Genova, year 1657. The doctorPiero Argentieri enters the city a fewdays prior to the plague epidemicwhich would eventually kill morethan half of its inhabitants. He can’tescape. He can’t hide. He can’t doanything but passively endure thefeelings arising from the doomsdayscenario. But the plague shows himnot only pain, anger, dismay andbetrayals, but also love, solidarityand hope: the hope that noteverything is lost.
One spring afternoon lawyer Guido Guerrieri finds an unexpected fragment of the past in his office. Of course, Lorenza has changed a lot. When they first met, more than twenty years ago, she was a charismatic, ambitious and seductive girl who wanted to become a writer and seemed ready to take on the world. Things took different turn. The years have had an impact on her face, her body, her temper. As if that weren’t enough her son Jacopo, a small-time delinquent, was convicted of first-degree murder. During the trial, the alibi she offered for her son was discredited. So, in the new trial, she turns to Guerrieri as her last hope. Guido does not have a good memory of her, of the way she treated him, of how their relationship ended. Moreover he isn’t convinced of Jacopo’s innocence. However, perhaps to make a melancholy tribute to his lost youth, he decides to accept the case. And so he begins, almost unwillingly, an exciting journey into the depths of justice and its potentially lethal pitfalls. A surprising investigation back and forth across the dangerous border between truth and mere verisimilitude. His old friend Carmelo Tancredi, a retired police inspector, and charming investigator Annapaola Doria are once again by his side. Between surprising nights at the Osteria del Caffellatte and heart-to-heart talks with Mr. Sacco – the punching bag he works out with every evening – Guerrieri realizes that this time, in court, it will take more than just a brilliant defense. A masterful novel. Writing at once unrelenting and full of compassion, striking a balance between the trial story – the purest distillation of human experience – and the sad notes of time as it passes and exhausts itself. “If he wasn’t guilty of that murder, and I can’t imagine how, then it would be such a combination of unfortunate circumstances as to give you the chills.”
What does it mean to be human? Throwing yourself headlong against obstacles at the cost of death, or planning every move wisely? Chasing the truth, or manipulating it? To be Achilles, or Odysseus? Since ancient times, Odysseus and Achilles have been considered the paradigms of two antithetical ways of facing life. On the one hand, a flexible intelligence, capable of adapting to circumstances to bypass obstacles. On the other hand, the ferocity of those who claim to shape reality. Odysseus knows how to wait, how to endure, just to save himself. Not Achilles: he consumes the moment, and devours his own existence. Because he is too frank, instinctive, choleric, at least as Odysseus is prudent, strategic and deceptive. The one facing the future, the other focused on the present, they are both unable to deal with the past. Unlike the invincible superheroes of our times, Homeric heroes are truly human, with their frailties and weaknesses. What is heroism, if not living fully your mortal condition? Through the gaze of Achilles and Odysseus, Nucci explores two different views of the present world. Is it acceptable to lie for a good cause? How can we prevent fear of failure from paralyzing us? When is it time to plan, and when to live to the fullest? The choice is yours: you can confront with the sea like Odysseus, who, as a sailor, observes it and tries to predict the weather and the currents; or instead, like Achilles, you can plunge into the sea and let the waves carry you, living in the moment. With an engaging narrative, Matteo Nucci reveals the eternal dimension of the two great Homeric heroes: opposite human models that go beyond the myth.
Manrico Spinori della Rocca, Public Prosecutor in Rome. He has a very special, personal method for solving cases: he searches for a corresponding opera. Because there is no human experience – including crime – which hasn’t already been recounted in an opera.
“Método de Tango” (Spanish for “Tango Method”) is the first fundamental book series that teaches how to play tango music, published in English and Spanish since 2014 by Tango Sin Fin in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This book series is the only collection which provides any musician, arranger, composer or ethnomusicologist from around the world a methodological and pedagogical approach to tango language, using academic terms, exercises and musical studies. CONTENTS » Each volume is focused on one instrument: violin, bass, bandoneon, piano, flute and guitar. » All the tools and techniques for playing tango music are covered throughout specific chapters and exercises. » 5 to 8 original works for ensemble are included in each book. Parts for other instruments are included on a separate insert. » Audio and video recordings and play-along tracks for each exercise and pieces are available for free on Tango Sin Fin’s YouTube channel. THE PIANO IN TANGO CONTENTS » Rhythmic melody. Articulation as a fundamental constituent element of the tango language. » Expressive melody. Fraseo as an essential resource for expressiveness. » Time-marking models. The piano as a support for the melodic discourse. » Different functions. The conductor role and other responsibilities undertaken by the pianist. » Milonga and vals, ornaments, guidelines to play in a tango ensemble, the history of the piano in tango, the different styles of the genre, and more. » 7 original works for piano. » 280 audio and video examples.
“Método de Tango” (Spanish for “Tango Method”) is the first fundamental book series that teaches how to play tango music, published in English and Spanish since 2014 by Tango Sin Fin in Buenos Aires, Argentina.This book series is the only collection which provides any musician, arranger, composer or ethnomusicologist from around the world a methodological and pedagogical approach to tango language, using academic terms, exercises and musical studies. CONTENTS» Each volume is focused on one instrument: violin, bass, bandoneon, piano, flute and guitar. » All the tools and techniques for playing tango music are covered throughout specific chapters and exercises. » 5 to 8 original works for ensemble are included in each book. Parts for other instruments are included on a separate insert. » Audio and video recordings and play-along tracks for each exercise and pieces are available for free on Tango Sin Fin’s YouTube channel. THE GUITAR IN TANGO CONTENTS » Rhythmic melody. Different ways to articulate and accentuate a rhythmic melody in tango. » Expressive melody. Fraseo and ornamentation as essential expressive devices. » Milonga and vals, connecting passages, guidelines for playing in a tango ensemble, the history of the guitar in tango, tango orchestra styles, and more. » 8 original works for guitar and ensemble. » 350 audio & video tracks.
This is a book to help you learn to play the piano. It is not a 'Learn the Piano in Ten Easy Lessons' tutor - plenty of those exist - but an adventure introducing you to the world of music and stirring your imagination. Beginning with simple pieces, as you are fed with more knowledge the compositions become more advanced. They are all by composers whose works range from a 14th century Venetian dance to a 20th century South American tango. Your journey takes you through sixty-eight pieces with their historical and geographical backgrounds, the last being the much-loved first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Hence the title.
Everyone has heard of Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier – but hardly anybody knows anything about his journey to F sharp major.In March of 1700, shortly before his fifteenth birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach set off on his journey. His destination: to create perfect music, music that unites heaven and earth in harmony. His search finally brought him to Lübeck, where he became acquainted with Andreas Werckmeister and the well-tempered tuning. In this tempering – and that is new! – you can play everything, all keys, in major and minor. But perfection has its price: All notes are "tempered" a bit, which means falsified; the music has a touch of artificiality from now on. And not only the notes and pitches – nature and people are also being tempered. Gardens are laid out with geometric precision, rivers are canalized, cities redesigned. Night becomes day thanks to street lighting, the pocket watch makes it possible to take along the time with you, the tuning fork enables choral pitch. The journey into an artificial world has begun. When Bach completed the Well-Tempered Clavier, he was overcome with profound doubt: Is not his work "only of this world" – perfect, artificial, profane?
The ability to communicate emotions effectively and to perceive other people’s feelings permits to interact with others and with ourselves creating the basis for success in life. Communication is not limited to a series of words placed in a given order: it’s the outcome (for about 93%) of hand gestures, voice tone, facial expressions and bodymovements. Zen Communication techniques offer the chance to discover the secrets of particular mechanisms, which are often produced subconsciously, and improve them. We can put these original, innovative and simple teachings into practice to achieve excellencein every field of life. How to:• feel at ease in front of others• face a public audience transmitting friendship, charisma and trust• regulate a suitable voice tone and use the right words• breath properly• discover the benefits of relaxation and meditation techniques• control emotions and daily stress• enhance the sensitivity of perceiving others and their emotions• interpret body language• improve the fluidity, balance and elegance of body movements,making them more expressive, involving and harmonious
How will our future look like? This volume recounts, through clear and funny illustrations, the life of a typical family of 2050. The main themes are represented with two large boards: an introductive scene to contextualize the subject, focusing on items and everyday situations, and the following spread zooming in with realistic examples of the various innovations which will characterize our daily life. Every item represented in the book is actually going to exist, based on scientific records and discove so that children of today will learn about the actual future they are going to live in.
A tribute to the work and influence of this groundbreaking composer
A personal journey into the music of the Arctic
