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View Rights PortalMMC EDIZIONI is a publishing house based in Rome.Born in 2001 as a generalist, along the time it has specialized almost exclusively in non-fiction, dedicated in particular (but not only) to the city of Rome.The main series, called "A walk with history" offers an alternative vision of the city through the historical reconnaissance and analysis of some of its urban furnishings that are not taken into consideration such as small fountains, clocks, inscriptions, sacred shrines, plaques. This series stands out for a particular graphic style and for the abundance of photographs, specially made for these books.Other series on Rome are instead dedicated to in-depth studies on specific historical and customs themes, or on the mysterious aspects of the city that also reveal its dark side.In the MMC catalogue are other non-fiction books on topics such as Music, Interculture, Anthropology and a series of stories for children encouraging solidarity, non-violence and respect for the environment
View Rights PortalEinfühlsam zeichnet Erika Pluhar das schillernde und zugleich tragische Leben ihrer Freundin Marisa Mell nach. Sie erzählt von einer faszinierenden Frau und ihrem Traum von Ruhm und Anerkennung, von ihren Selbsttäuschungen und ihrer Einsamkeit. Wien, 1960er Jahre: zwei Schauspielschülerinnen in einem Schlosspark, die eine bewundernswert schön und begabt, die andere pflichtbewusst und scharf beobachtend. Eine wird bald als glamouröse Filmdiva Erfolge feiern. Der anderen steht eine Karriere am Wiener Burgtheater bevor. Hier die abenteuerbereite Marisa mit den Illusionen, den Träumen, den Liebhabern und dem jähen Lebensknick, dort die Theaterschauspielerin, Sängerin und Autorin Erika, die sesshaft wird und eine Tochter großzieht. Mehr als dreißig Jahre, bis zu Marisas frühem Tod, bleiben die beiden gegensätzlichen Frauen – trotz räumlicher Trennung, trotz nie enden wollender Verwunderung übereinander – Freudinnen.
Conspiratorial views of events abound even in our modern, rational world. Often such theories serve to explain the inexplicable. Sometimes they are developed for motives of political expediency: it is simpler to see political opponents as conspirators and terrorists, putting them into one convenient basket, than to seek to understand and disentangle the complex motivations of opponents. So it is not surprising to see that just when the French Revolution was creating the modern political world, a constant obsession with conspiracies lay at the heart of the revolutionary conception of politics. The book considers the nature and development of the conspiracy obsession from the end of the old regime to the Directory. Chapters focus on conspiracy and fears of conspiracy in the old regime; in the Constituent Assembly; by the king and Marie Antoinette; amongst the people of Paris; on attitudes towards the peasantry and conspiracy; on Jacobin politics of the Year II and the 'foreign plot'; on counter-revolutionary plots and imaginary plots; on Babeuf and the 'conspiracy of equals'; and finally on fear of conspiracy as an intellectual impasse in the revolutionary mentality. Inspired by recent debates, this book is a comprehensive survey of the nature of conspiracy in the French Revolution, with each chapter written by a leading historian on the question. Each chapter is an original contribution to the topic, written however to include the wider issues for the area concerned. There is an emphasis throughout on clarity and accessibility, making the volume suitable for a wide readership as well as undergraduates and advanced researchers ;
The book’s central time frame is the 1970s, when Bruce takes over a financial consultancy firm founded by his father, and Marisa inherits property. Love, lust and money are what drive them both, until their relationship meets its first challenge. Bruce retreats further into the world of commerce. Marisa’s interests are social and political. Twenty-five years on from their affair, a chance entry in one of Bruce’s business listings shows that Marisa is now boss of the Rae Agency – a media PR concern. Bruce, as he recollects their tumultuous relationship, is torn between his harmonious family life, and renewing contact with Marisa. Finally, when he does decide on a course of action, he has to face the truth of not having grasped the cultural separation their two different views of the world have wrought over the last quarter century. Available at Amazon and other online retailers.
Los Círculos de encuentro llevan el nombre de Marisa Moresco como reconocimiento a su aportación como acompañante y testigo, que se plasmó en su decisión determinada y sostenida en el tiempo de generar vida, desde la confianza incondicional en Aquel que es la Vida y con la mediación del acompañamiento.Los Círculos tienen vocación de encuentro entre distintas personas y colectivos vinculados por el acompañamiento espiritual. Lo nuestro es crear espacios de intersección, construir puentes que vinculen, tejer la diversidad, transitar por lugares conocidosrecreándolos y por territorios nuevos que invitan a habitarlos.Estos primeros Círculos de encuentro se preguntan cómo acompañar la vida en las periferias existenciales, creando espacios seguros en los que la Vida se acoge, se comparte y se despliega a favor de todos, especialmente de los más vulnerables. Quieren ser, también un homenaje a la persona de Marisa Moresco.Con este volumen se inicia la publicación de las contribuciones de los Círculos de encuentro Marisa Moresco, impulsados por el equipo Ruaj.
In 1919, Walter Gropius founded the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar (Germany): a place for construction. The project was born as a utopian school in which to train, integrating various artistic disciplines through the object and architecture, the new craftsmen that would be demanded for a sweeping beginning of the century. An idea that would evolve into design from its headquarters in Dessau with the famous "art and technology: a new unity". However, the intellectual recognition of the Bauhaus is a fact that historically focused on its male protagonists, forgetting a number of women artists, designers, set designers, painters or architects trained there who contributed decisively to this "revolution", and whose work in the imaginary about the Bauhaus has remained invisible, despite developing their respective careers with an unquestionable international impact. With this work, Marisa Vadillo fills this gap, completing the reality of the school by recounting the outstanding role of these fundamental authors in an unrepeatable episode of twentieth-century art.
Legend has it that in a very distant time, at the top of a mountain there was a very special castle. It was known among the local people as The Castle of the Seven Eyes. The castle was ruled by Queen Zyla and King Hiasy, who together with their son Prince Arniel, had to ensure that the powers kept in the castle were used in a correct and responsible way. The problem arises when the young prince Arniel decides to make use of them without notifying his parents. In his adventures you will find dragons, spells, mermaids and magic books. Dare to join him!
A woman on the run…a warrior’s vow…an assassin on their trail. The Warriors of the Iroquois, Book 1 With the English and the French at each other’s throats, struggling for control of the North American continent, the battle lines have been drawn. But Marisa Jameson is witness to treachery closer to home. After she overhears her uncle’s plot to destroy a Dutch town for his own gain, she threatens to expose him—and is forced to run for her life. When the mesmerizing beauty says she needs a guide to visit a friend, Mohawk warrior Black Eagle volunteers. He knows the wild forests of New England like the back of his hand, but soon senses danger is dogging their heels and suspects there’s more to Marisa’s anxiety to move swiftly than her eagerness to “visit a friend”. Caught in the crossfire of a war and with a deadly assassin hot on their trail, Marisa and Black Eagle discover that trusting each other is the only way to outrun the enemy—and that love may be the only way to survive.