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Translation of: Il mito delle origini. Breve storia degli spaghetti al pomodoro.

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Key Selling Points Timely reflection of the idea of progress, its potential and limits Author is a renowned historian of the Ancient world, able to adopt a long-view of the present Combines erudition and readability Translation by "star translator" Ann Goldstein Target Readership For readers of The Lessons of History by Will Durant, The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt

A clear-eyed, timely investigation of the rise of Artificial Intelligence and the great risks it poses to democracy. Miguel Benasayag, a philosopher and psychoanalyst, warns of the great risk posed by big data and algorithms deciding the direction of the world. This book explores the relationship between human beings and machines and the impact the digital world has on our society. The author argues that leaders have delegated decision making ...

Key Selling Points: Arguably the world's most well known architect, this is Piano's first book co-written with his son, and is intended for a general rather that specialist audience A combination of literary travel log, father-son story, philosophical meditation on place, and work of contemporary architectural history, this book has multiple entry points for readers Great gift book for fathers, son, architects, builders TARGET READERSHIP ...

Highly regarded philosopher and psychoanalyst, Massimo Recalcati has penned a gripping, erudite meditation on suffering, doubt, betrayal, and the potential for renewal that dwells in our most painful moments. For Recalcati, Jesus's reckoning in the Garden of Gethsemane is at once an instance of human weakness and an encounter with the Divine. It is the story where the Divine and the Human meet most forcefully, first in company, then in solitud...

Evocative . . . A paean to the life, cities and food of the Mediterranean . . . His essays . . . reveal a man of deep feeling and humanity" (The Guardian).A short sublime book on the three things dearest to Jean-Claude Izzo's heart: his native Marseilles, the sea in all its splendor, and Mediterranean noir-the literary genre his books helped to found. This collection of writings shows Izzo, author of the acclaimed Marseilles trilogy, at his mo...

TARGET CONSUMER . Creative/literary/narrative non-fiction . Philosophy . History & Biography . Political theory . 19th and 20th century history/politicsKEY SELLING POINTS . Accessible yet rigorously researched . "Pop" philosophy . Renewed interest in Marxist ideas/socialism . For readers of When Einstein Walked with Gödel by Jim Holt, Karl Marx: A Nineteen Century Life by Jonathan Sperber, The Young Karl Marx by David Leopold, I Am Dynamite! A...

A history of Europe like you've never read before. From the industrial revolution through two world wars and to the birth of the European Union, Our Europe sets in free verse the story of 150 years of growth, confrontation, hope, defeat and passion.

Boitani's presentation of the classics is as entertaining and unexpected as it is informative. He invites the reader to discover the timeless beauty and wisdom of ancient literature, highlighting its profound and surprising connections to the present.