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SINGING BETWEEN THE HANDSA Journey Among the Ismaelits of Hindukush by Martino Nicoletti

Size: 14 x 21 cmNumber of pages: 190Illustrations: b/w photographsPaperback

Born during a long author’s journey under the protection of an armed escort in themountain region of Hindukush, between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the book offersan unprecedented insight into the spiritual life and the universe of the Ismailits, oneof the most fascinating and controversial Shiite Islam groups, today in direct strug-gle with the Taliban threat. For centuries the West has considered them wrapped inan aura of mystery and terror, linked to legendary and dark figures such as their cha-rismatic leader, «the Old Man of the Mountain», and his dreadful «Assassins» – war-riors consacreted to martyrdom. Ismailits are a rich and complex religious minority,characterized by an unquestioned faith in the person of the Imam – the Prophet's ear-thly representative and depositary of the esoteric interpretation of the Qur’an – anda strong mystical vocation, aimed at a tangible and intimate union between the belie-ver and the divine. The high quality of Nicoletti’s writing is also reflected in the sug-gestions of the black and white photographs made with vintage cameras, turning apersonal diary into a document with a broader meaning: a statement of the beautyand depth of the encounter between different cultures and the complexity that everygenuine dialogue between worlds, as always, reserves.

Martino Nicoletti, orientalist, writer and multimedia artist, has been working formore than two decades in Asia, a continent where he has also traveled and lived.Author of literary and photographic essays, he lives between Paris and England,where he is Senior Lecturer in Art at the University of Derby.


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PRAGUE AT THE AGE OF KAFKAA Literary Guideby Patrizia Runfola, with a foreword by Gérard-Georges Lemaire and a dialogue withClaudio Magris

Size: 14 x 21 cmNumber of pages: 256Illustrations: b/wPaperback

Kafka was Prague and Prague was Kafka. With these words Urzidil, artist and friendof the writer, describes the unique relationship that indissolubly bound the authorof The Trial and The Metamorphosis to his city. Patrizia Runfola put into this litera-ry guide of Prague at the age of Kafka all of her passion as a reader, even before herscholarly and intellectual skill, and gives us a unique picture, made of soft lights anddense fog. In these pages Kafka becomes the symbolic linchpin of the story of all theartists who lived in Prague at the turn of the XX century, in a literary journey thatnever stops amazing and fascinating, and that finishes with a very accurate biblio-graphy that allows us to continue the search for the many literary treasures here evo-ked.

Patrizia Runfola (1951-1999) was one of the best authorities for Kafka’s work and thePrague of his age. Artist and scholar of international fame, she wrote on magazinessuch as «Il Sole 24 ore», «L’Europeo», «Contemporanea» and «L’Art Vivant».


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LOVE, ALWAYSThe Meaning of Life in the Stories of the Sickby Attilio Stajano

Size: 14 x 21 cmNumber of pages: 168Illustrations: NoPaperbackSOLD IN FRANCE

FRENCH AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE

The experience of terminal illness is a challenge full of meaning for contemporarysociety, and it can and should measure its ability to welcome, support and help peo-ple, even when their life is coming to an end. But what happens in the places wherepatients spend the last days or the last weeks of their lives? What stories intertwine,what dialogues are born, what feelings grow? The stories collected by Attilio Stajanoreflect very different events and situations, but have one common trait: in the end,when gestures and words fatally begin to fade, only love remains. Patiently and sen-sitively listening to those who are leaving us can teach us a lot about the deeper mea-ning of life and death. Above all, it teaches us to live better, until the end.

Attilio Stajano works as a volunteer in a hospital in Brussels. He has been an indu-strial researcher, director of research programs at the European Commission andUniversity Professor at Georgia Tech and in Bologna.


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THE RED ATLANTISThe End of Communism in Europeby Luigi Geninazzi, with a foreword by Lech Walesa

Size: 14 x 21 cmNumber of pages: 288Illustrations: 12 b/wPaperbackSOLD IN POLAND

Once upon a time there was «the Eastern Europe», a world that in the collective ima-gination has disappeared in just one night along with the fall of the Berlin Wall onNovember the 9th 1989. Gone, like the mythical Atlantis. In fact, the end of commu-nism has come after long years of suffering and nonviolent struggles conducted bythousands of citizens, in more or less organized forms, with great hardship and sacri-fice. The Author, Luigi Geninazzi, lived all that in first person, as a special correspon-dent on the field, from Gdansk and Warsaw to Moscow, from Prague to Vilnius, fromBerlin to Bucharest. In this book the author recalls his experience by sliding underour eyes large and small events of daily life, anecdotes, important historical figures –as John Paul II, Lech Walesa, Vaclav Havel – such as well as ordinary anonymouspeople, brave and fearless. The result is a passionate chronicle of a crucial decade ofthe twentieth century, which marked the passage – very complex, difficult and fullof shadows and half-truths – from the time of the opposite blocs up to contempora-ry Europe.

Luigi Geninazzi, journalist and writer, is an expert of international politics. For theweekly magazine «Il Sabato» and the newspaper «Avvenire» he has followed eventsin many areas of the world, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe. He receivedmany awards and won the prize «Europe for Journalism» in 1990. For his articles onSolidarnosc he got in 1995 the Cross of Grand Officer of the Republic of Poland, oneof the highest honors awarded by the Government of Warsaw to a foreigner.



COSMIC SOMERSAULTFrom Here to Eternity (and Back) Hand in Hand With Dante and Chestertonby Annalisa Teggi

Size: 14 x 21 cmNumber of pages: 152Illustrations: NoPaperback

It is thought that the Divine Comedy begins with a man lost in a forest; in fact, the manwas found and this is the only reason why the story of his journey begins. A paradoxi-cal point of view is a surprising weapon in life and in literature, and it is what links thewriters so far away in history like the medieval Dante and the modern Chesterton.They both put heaven and earth upside-down, just to give us a look of wonder on rea-lity. Following them, walking between chronicle and literature, entails the risk of livinga strange day, in which the dawn talks about fatigue and tiredness, the afternoonunchains heroic adventures and the sunset brings an unexpected joy!

Annalisa Teggi has a PhD in Comparative Literature and in 2009 she translated andedited a new edition of Dante’s Epistle to Cangrande. She is a translator of prose andpoetry from the English language, and in particular of the works of Gilbert KeithChesterton.


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GIANNI VERSACEThe Biographyby Tony Di Corcia

Size: 14 x 21 cmNumber of pages: 288Illustrations: 32 col. PaperbackSOLD IN POLAND

Gianni Versace’s life was both fabulous and tragic. It is the fairytale of a Calabrianyoung boy – whose mother was a dressmaker – who fell in love with fashion, becomingone of the most famous and successful Italian fashion designers: from a child crawlingon lace and trims to the designer of Princess Diana’s and Madonna’s dresses (just tomention two examples), he also designed costumes for the theatre and for a number ofBéjart’s ballets. Tragic was his murder in Miami Beach, which surprised the entire worldand remains unexplained to this day. Shy, reserved, and designer of seductive andeccentric fashion at the same time, Gianni Versace was a man of contrasts: innovator,provoker, and an expert in sartorial tradition; cosmopolitan and very much attached tohis Italian origins; skilled businessman and «avant-garde» artist. Fifteen years after hisdeath, this final biography highlights all his life stages and artistic career steps: from hisapprenticeship, helping his mother, to his first important collaborations, from the foun-dation of his international fashion house to his tragic and mysterious death. The story of Versace’s life is enriched with first person accounts by personalitiesfrom the world of fashion, culture and entertainment who were close to him; itrecalls one of the most brilliant Italians of the last fifty years, who was the protago-nist of a unique adventure.

Tony di Corcia, born in Foggia in 1975, is a journalist and writes for the Apulianentertainment section of «Corriere della Sera» and «La Repubblica». He is also theeditor of viveur.it, online version of the weekly magazine.

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VALENTINOPortrait of the Last Emperor of Fashionby Tony Di Corcia

Size: 14 x 21 cmNumber of pages: 304Illustrations: 32 col.Paperback

Since his consecration in the fashion world in 1962 in Florence, Valentino Garavanidistinguished himself for his image of the woman, a timeless mix of elegance andglamour, along with modern and classic style. From the historic parade of white clo-thes only in the White Room of Pitti Palace in Florence to the recent farewell to cat-walks, Valentino has created many extraordinary clothes, but he also evoked a uni-que style, embodied time after time by icons such as Jackie Kennedy, Liz Taylor andSophia Loren. In this book, top models and people of the jet set give account of their«Valentine’s Day», revealing the less known face of a designer who brought the«Made in Italy» to an unprecedented success.



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BURBERRYThe History of an English Icon from Queen Victoria to Kate Mossby Tony Di Corcia


The history of Burberry began in 1856 when its founder, the young ThomasBurberry, opened a store of workwear and outdoor activities in Basingstoke,Hampshire. Thanks to an insight that would allow him to discover a versatile andlightweight waterproof fabric like gabardine, Burberry created a company able toexport its products all over the world. Other fundamental inventions are the check,the plaid lining all its garments, and the trench coat, which was born as «coat for thetrenches» and worn by half a million soldiers of His Majesty in the First World War.During the twentieth century, Burberry has made of the combination of adventureand elegance its trademark, from the expeditions to the Pole to transatlantic flights,up to Hollywood stardom (just two names: Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca andAudrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s), transforming it in a symbol of Britishstyle worldwide. The book by Tony Di Corcia recalls in detail the stages and themain characters of this history, following the changes in fashion, communication,advertising, sales and the relations with the English Crown.



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HERMÈSThe Adventure of Luxuryby Federico Rocca


Paris 1837. Thierry Hermès, a thirty-six year old German, opened a horse harnessesworkshop at 55 Rue Basse-du-Rempart. In a short time, his extraordinary craftsmanshipin the manufacturing of reins earned him the trust of the highest European royal fami-lies and international respect and fame. La Maison Hermès, generation after generation(currently the sixth) turned into a Fashion System war machine: bags, scarves, perfu-mes, watches, accessories, ties. Many became cult-objects, above all Kelly and Birkinbags, the silk carrés, the perfume Eau d’Hermès. Hermès is now a unique and extraordinary reality in balance between industry and col-lecting, marketing and art, family capitalism and international finance. It is the mostexclusive luxury brand of our times. Its products are not «creations» of the advertisingindustry; they are successful because of their extreme quality which makes themmodern and timeless at the same time.But what is the story of the Hermès family, who has been owning the company for near-ly two centuries? Who are they? How was this empire created? Which are its most suc-cessful products? What moves around the worldwide phenomenon of collecting Hermèsproducts?This unique book answers for the first time all these questions…

Federico Rocca, born in 1975 is graduated in Film History at the University ofBologna. He worked for five years in the tv broadcast SKY. He is the author of threebooks on the world of fashion. Today he is Fashion Editor for the national referencewebsite www.style.it of the group Condé Nast in Milan.

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SERGIO LEONEOnce Upon a Time There Was Cinemaby Italo Moscati

Size: 14 x 20,4 cmNumber of pages: 288Illustrations: NoPaperback

Who was, or rather who is, Sergio Leone? 50 years have passed since A Fistful ofDollars. Nobody could forecast its extraordinary success and that it would becomeone of the most famous Western movies in the world. The movie – one year later fol-lowed by the second act of «The Dollar Trilogy», a new success – marked a key datein the history of cinema and consecrated the director as a star of the Western genreand one of the most celebrated Italian artists also in the United States. But, no mat-ter what you may think, Leone had to overcome many problems before emerging.And Moscati’s story is focused on his efforts, blending cinema and life, victories andsetbacks, passion and family, to enter an extraordinary existential and creative labo-ratory, which culminated in Once Upon a Time in America, his farewell to cinema.Sergio Leone died in 1989, just 60 years old, while he was preparing a colossal on thebattle of Leningrad.

Italo Moscati, director, writer, screenwriter. He has taught History of Media at theUniversity of Teramo, and led lectures and courses in many Italian and foreign uni-versities.

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WES CRAVENThe Artisan of Fearby Roberto Pugliese


In the last 50 years Wes Craven has been the director who has dug in deepest into thehorror genre, bringing to light the hidden impulses of the American society.Pugliese’s essay delves into the creative labyrinth of his movies and television pro-duction. Late filmmaker and classic «handyman» of Hollywood, Wes Craven is theauthor of disturbed and disturbing films, where the contradictions of the Americansociety are unveiled, in particular those produced by the deadly clash between theidea of the bourgeois family and the many outcast individuals. Craven has attendedall the principal themes of the horror movies – from Frankenstein to Werewolf, wit-ches and Bogey Man – creating masterpieces such as Nightmare on Elm Street andScream. The book is enhanced by timely and up to date equipment, including filmo-graphy, videography, bibliography and discography of the soundtracks.

Roberto Pugliese, journalist, has taught Elements of the History of Film Music at theUniversity of Venice. He is author of many essays and monographies on the mostimportant film directors such as Clint Eastwood, Stanley Kubrick, Dario Argento.

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The latest discoveries of science around the three Big Bangs that brought the worldto be as its (the birth ot the universe, the emergence of life on Earth, the emergenceof man) are, in Straffellini’s opinion, the lights of rationality that illuminate the pathto God. It could be said – paraphrasing Bacon – that while «a little science bringsmen’s minfs to atheism, a lof science brigs the back to faith». According to the author,the spiritual dimension of our existence is indeed not separated from rationality andfrom their inner dooubts but it is, instead, fed by tehm. Straffellini’s book is a passio-nate reflection on the mystery that surrounds us and aspires to be a «manifesto» foranyone who is on a journey towards faith combined to reason.

Giovanni Straffellini is Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Trento. He is theauthor of more than a hundred papers published in scientific journals, as well asbooks and handbooks. He has been working for years eith the Diocesi of Trento forthe initiative «The Chair of Confrontation» between believers and atheist.

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MANIFESTO FOR SKEPTICS (BUT NOT TOO MUCH) INSEARCH OF GODby Giovanni Straffellini

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PIUS XThe Origins of Contemporary Catholicism

by Gianpaolo Romanato


Pope of the Antimodernity or of renewal? 100 years after his death, a book «redisco-vers» Pius X as a model for the Church of nowadays. The relevance of this book staysin the portrait of Pius X as a concrete and realistic reformer, able of innovating andof prophetic gestures, which amaze for their courage, even on decisive issues. It isthe reversal of the traditional vision of this Pope, known in history as an uncompro-mising opponent to modernity, a fundamentalist of the immobility of the old Church.Romanato’s book is one of the few texts able to explain the true design of Pope Sartofor the Church and Catholicism.Winner of the «Acqui Storia» 2014 Prize.

Gianpaolo Romanato teaches History of the Modern Church and ContemporaryHistory at the University of Padua and is a member of the Pontifical Committee ofHistorical Sciences.


Almost every day media talk about the Middle East conflicts, the raging dictators,the blood trail of the so-called Arab Spring. Are we, however, confident that this con-stant news flow allows us to grasp this fragmented reality as a complex? Do we havea really correct idea of the various religions and denominations? And who are theChristians who live in those places of the first evangelization, what tragedies arethey suffering, what hopes are they nurturing?In this book Antonio Picasso brings us to the streets of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon andEgypt, talks to the Christians who live there, makes us understand what it means tobelieve in Jesus and the Gospel on the other side of the Mediterranean. In this wayhe also helps us to understand the many Syrians, Egyptians and Iraqis who left theircountries in war and chaos, and who now live by us and share our life.

Antonio Picasso is a reporter who covers the Middle East and the Islamic world. Hewrites for «La Stampa» and is an analyst for the ISPI (Institute for InternationalPolitical Studies) and the Center for Documentation and Research Luigi Einaudi. Inthe past he wrote for many specialized magazines of international politics.

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WHAT’S LEFT OF THEMAmong the Eastern Christians

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PATHS OF BEAUTYFor a Theological Aesthetics

by Umberto Casale


«Christianity is the overflowing and never-overcome principle of every aesthetics. It isthe aesthetic religion par excellence» wrote Hans Urs von Balthasar. The theologicalrelevance of beauty, however, is like an underground river, which shows and hides her-self throughout the course of the Christian history.In this wide-ranging and in-depth study Umberto Casale approachs this subject by fol-lowing three different routes. The first one is devoted to the ancient Greek philosophy(Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus), which has produced reflections on beauty great intensity andcharm. The second analyzes the biblical tradition (the old and new Testament): the Bibleis indeed a real «aesthetic code» which has inspired architecture, painting, sculpture,music in every age. The third goes through the theological tradition (Eastern andWestern) from the Patristic to the Middle Age, from modernity to contemporary,through the authors who spoke about the Saving Beauty, the glory of God shining onthe face of Christ: Augustine, Dionysius the Areopagite, Thomas Aquinas, Kierkegaard,Dostoevsky, Florensky, Balthasar and Ratzinger. At the end of the analysis it is evidenthow the via pulchritudinis (the way of Beauty) and the via veritatis (the way of Truth) con-verge in the same way, via amoris (The way of Love).

Umberto Casale is a Professor of Fundamental theology at the Thaology Faculty ofTurin and is a member of the ATI (Italian Theological Association ). He has publishedhundreds of articles and around 20 theological and philosophical books.


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THE SKY AT HOME

by Cristina Arrondini, Elena Fabi

Size: 21 x 26 cmNumber of pages: 40Illustrations: colorPaperback

The people of Borgo San Giovanni desire a new church, so all the people get laboriou-sly at work. On Christmas Eve, the building is ready, but something seems to spoil theparty and cancel the satisfaction for the great enterprise that has involved the commu-nity. Thanks to an unexpected event, however, finally a new church in Borgo SanGiovanni will be born...

Cristina Arrondini works on exhibitions and books relating education in the branchof science and mathematics. She writes children stories, in particular on the subjectof Christmas.

Elena Fabi teaches painting and drawing and holds workshops for little artists fromthe age of three to eleven.

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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER by John Ruskin

illustrations by Marco D’Aponte

Size: 14x21 cmNumber of pages: 64Illustrations: colorPaperback

Once upon a time there were three brothers living in a beautiful valley surrounded bymountains and washed by what they called the Golden River. Owners of land and live-stock, Hans, Schwarz and Gluck had got everything they could wish for. The two elderbrothers, however, were so bad and selfish that they had turned this paradise into a life-less desert. To rediscover the richness of the past you have to cross a terrible glacier, rea-ching the Golden River and pouring into it three drops of holy water. A difficult taskthat only a good and generous youg man could accomplish…

John Ruskin (1819-1900) was an important and influential art critic. His rediscoveryof the Gothic and Italian primitive painters characterized the esthetic of an entire age.

Marco D’Aponte is a painter and comics author.

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CURRENT EVENTS, HISTORY, LITERATURE

Pakistan Express. Living and Cooking under the Shadow of Talibans by AnnaMahjar Barducci. 176 pages. Rights sold in Poland.A journey into the mysterious, beautiful yet dramatic world of Pakistan, and in all itsdeep contradictions.

Pictures from an Exhibition. The Great ideas of Physics Through 32 ArtMasterpieces by Leonardo Colletti. 230 pages. Rights sold in Korea.Through a Journey into art history analyzing fundamental pictures of famous pain-ters the author shows us how art and science can be deeply related.

Richard Wagner. Genius and Antisemitism by Carlo Alberto Defanti. 272 pages. The book investigates one of the most emblematic figures of the German nationalculture, representing its best and its worst.

RELIGION ESSAYS

Against the Postmodern Idols by Pierangelo Sequeri. 144 pages. Rights sold inSpain. Contemporary culture is locked around four «Molochs» that have dismissedany reference to truth: juvenile, utilitarianism, culture of information, exclusion ofGod from the public speaking. How can the Catholic people intervene in this kind ofSociety?

Hunting the Hare. The Christian Tradition of the Silent Meditation by LorellaFracassa. 120 pages.Christianity, not differently from Hinduism, Buddhism and from some currents ofIslam, developed the «silent meditation», already practiced in the early centuries bythe monks of the Egyptian desert.

Me and the Devil. The «Autobiography» of St. Anthony of Padua by RinoCammilleri. 224 pages. Rights sold in Spain.

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The Author decides to let the Saint speak in first person and to reveal what nobodyknows about him, in particular his struggle against the Devil.

Monasteries of the Third Millenium by Maurizio Pallante. 112 pages.The monastic experience can be still inspiring as a model of simplicity and self-suf-ficiency in an age of crisis of values and economy.

New Christians of Europe. 10 Stories of Conversion between Faith and Reason byLorenzo Fazzini. 216 pages. Rights sold in Spain.Someone has been seduced by Christ in an unexpected life encounter, someone elsereturned to Him at the end of a long search, everyone speaks of the still possibleUtopia to be men and women of their time, yet continue to believe in Christ and bewitnesses of their faith.

Paradise and Money by E. Gotti Tedeschi and R. Cammilleri. 160 pages. Rights soldin Poland.How can it be possible for Catholics to match capitalism, global economy, in oneword, money and spiritual life?

Pope John XIII. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. A Life in History by Marco Roncalli.800 pages.From a grand nephew of this great Pope the definitive portrait of one of the mostcharismatic and beloved figures of the history of the Church.

The Realism of a Mother. Introduction to the Social Doctrine of the Church byLuigi Patrini. 400 pages.This book explores a wide range of economic, political, ecologic and ethical issuesaccording to the most recent Catholic social concepts.

The Second Vatican Council. An Unwritten History by Roberto De Mattei. 632pages. Rights sold in Germany, Portugal, Poland, France, USA.The Author makes a deep and rigorous reconstruction of the events, roots and con-sequences, mainly based on archival documents, diaries, letters and testimonies, ofthose who were the protagonists of one of the turning point of the History of theChurch.

The Smell of Lemons. Technology, Education, Human Relations in the FacebookEra by Jonah Lynch. 144 pages. Rights sold in Colombia. 10.000 copies sold in Italy.Is the relationship among religion, spirituality, ethics and internet and social mediaspossible? That’s the question this book tries to give an answer to.

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Thérése of Lisieux. The Fascination of Holiness by Gianni Gennari. 576 pages.Finally the truth on her re-discovered manuscripts which can explain why such anhumble figure was declared by Pope John Paul II «Doctor of the Church».

War to Christians. Prosecutions and Discriminations against Christians in theWorld by Mario Mauro. 144 pages. Rights sold in Poland.A dramatic and very timing account of the prosecution of Christians in the world.The New Face of God. Jesus’ Words and Gestures by Bruno Maggioni. 163 pages.Sold in Spain. In Jesus – in his words, his gestures – the true face of God is revealed,surprisingly modern and universal, able to lead and engage even the more detachedand distant reader.

CHILDREN BOOKS

Benjamin and the Magic Clock by Paolo Ligabue and Matteo Pagani. 24 pages.On the way to school Benjamin finds a beautiful clock…

Jack the Giant Killer, illustration by Anna Leotta. 64 pages.The famous tale of the English folk tradition, accompanied with poetic illustrations.It was G.K. Chesterton’s most favorite tale.

The Legend of the Six Travel Companion by Guido Gozzano. 40 pages.Guido Gozzano is one of the most important figures of the Italian literature of theXIX century. He was also a great lover of popular tales and of the poetical world offairies…

The Signs of Christmas by Christina Arrondini. 32 pages.The dialogue between mother and daughter on the magical Christmas traditions fullof beautiful illustrations.

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Don Bosco, The MysticA Life Between Heaven and Earthby Cristina Siccardi

Size: 14 x 21 cmNumber of pages: 408Illustrations: NoPaperbackSOLD IN BRASIL

Don Bosco is one of the most famous but also most misunderstood Saints in theChurch history. Although certainly there is no shortage of books about him, rarelyhis person and, above all, his spirituality are presented in a deep and complete waylike this. As Cristina Siccardi shows drawing on the rich primitive sources – the mostreliable of all – he was continually visited by the Divine, because it asked him to crea-te a great project in which the supernatural and natural touch would led the «badboys» to become «honest citizens and good Christians» (in the sense that the bookreveals at best). What emerges from these pages is thus not the «Social Saint» ideo-logically set, not the «Manager» so popular in the 70s and 80s, nor the precursor ofmodern psychology, nor of the Second Vatican Council, but a man made of heavenand charity, who worked to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. An extraordina-ry priest who fought tirelessly, following the guidelines of Tradition and using thetools of the dialectic and the press, against mistakes and heresies, against liberalismand Freemasonry, defending with courage, passion and determination the Catholicfaith and his Church.

Cristina Siccardi is a journalist and writer. She writes for several cultural and reli-gious magazines. She is founder of CESCOR (Centre for Historical Studies on theCounter-Revolution).

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«WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU, DO IT»The Meaning of the Marian Apparitions in History and Theology by Daniela Del Gaudio


The apparitions of the Holy Mary offer many opportunities for a theological and spi-ritual reflection, as we can see in them the divine pedagogy which, through the per-son and the words of Mary, draws everyone towards Jesus Christ, Savior of theworld. By reading the recall of the various Marian apparitions by Daniela DelGaudio, the reader may meditate on how concretely the Virgin calls every man toopen his heart to the love of God, manifested on the Earth by the Son, be encouragedto listen to Him, as she did at Cana in Galilee, and to do whatever he tells us andtransform our lives according to His plan of salvation. This book will help us, moreo-ver, to understand how Mary enters into dialogue with all peoples and cultures –taking expressions, symbols, traits specific to each nation.

Daniela Del Gaudio belongs to the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of theImmaculate. She is Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical UrbanUniversity ISCSM and at the Theological College of Benevento, affiliated with thePontifical University Antonianum.


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THE ANGELA Beam of Light on the Worldby Renzo Lavatori


From ancient times the angel represents the protection of the devotees of God onEarth. This book analyzes the history and significance of these wonderful entitieswith a human look and divine power. In this vast essay, angelology (the study ofangels) engages closely anthropology and theology. Through the centuries the imageof the angel, always included in the religious traditions, has taken on different mea-nings. The author studies the evolution and meaning in a Christian perspective, inthe hope that thanks to angels a new era can be born, in which Earth can get closerto Heaven for a better and harmonic world.

Renzo Lavatori has been for years Professor at the Pontifical Urban University, andis currently Professor of dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University of the HolyCross and the Lateran. He is Author of various publications of theological study onthe truths of the Catholic Church. He conducts a program on Radio Maria.

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ENQUIRY ON CHRISTIANITYHow Civilization Has Been Builtby Francesco Agnoli


Catholics know too little of the history of their Church. It is a serious ignorance,which has among its consequences the undermining of a fruitful comparison withthe non-believers, who do not find in the believers informed interlocutors. What didthe advent of Christianity in history mean? To understand it, it is good to make acomparison between the first pagan world and Christianity. You might notice thatthe Incarnation of Christ was an extraordinary event not only for those who believe,but it has had an impact on the lives of peoples and individuals in general.Christianity, in fact, freed man from ancient superstitions, it introduced the idea offreedom and equality and changed the way we look at poor and sick people, womenand children. The new religion has fostered the birth of schools, universities andhospitals and the emergence of modern science, offering a full humanism and uni-versal solidarity, compassion and dialogue. Christianity is a social, political and cul-tural revolution and it is still in progress….

Francesco Agnoli is an historian. He writes for newspapers and magazines. Hepublished many books on the History of Religion and Christianity.

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THE MARTYRDOM OF S. MARIA GORETTIPassion of Christ - Passion of «Marietta»by Fr. Dino De Carolis


Marietta lived in Holiness even before her martyrdom, and the final act of her life hasilluminated and made her whole existence shine at the light of the Holy Spirit. Evenbefore her tragic death, her ordinary experience made her beloved and venerated bythe people around her. Her martyrdom is much more than brutal and dramatic news:the murder of this young witness of Christ is the culmination of an existence thatseems to reflect that of Jesus himself, as extensively analyzed in this beautiful volu-me.

Fr. Dino De Carolis is member of the Congregation of the Brothers of the ChristianInstruction of Ploërmel, whose mission is the evangelization and education of chil-dren and young people through teaching and education. He studied philosophy andtheology in France, and holds a degree in Educational Sciences at the University ofUrbino. He is teacher at the Pontifical School of Castel Gandolfo.

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FROM PIETRELCINAThe Other Padre Pioby Luigi Ferraiuolo


How did Padre Pio become a Saint? And where? Why his hometown, Pietrelcina,was kept in the darkness? Why the friar could not leave this little town until the ageof nearly thirty (and got sick everywhere he went and healed only if he got back)? For years in this town near Benevento, the Capuchin friar has fought the devil,always defeating him, even if nobody talks about that. All his training, the thirtyyears that shaped him, are inexplicably forgotten, as if they did not count. Insteadthey are the root of everything. Padre Pio became a Saint in Pietrelcina, a town whichis a place for the soul. Luigi Ferraiuolo has led a strict investigation in Pietrelcinawhich allowed him to rebuild many new events of the Saint’s life and gather eyewit-ness testimonies never documented before.

Luigi Ferraiuolo, journalist, is editor of Tv2000, the TV of the Italian Catholics. Hehas written for important newspapers and magazines such as «Avvenire», «Corrieredella Sera», «Famiglia Cristiana», «Il Sole 24 Ore».

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SISTER DEATH OF THE BODYScience and Afterlife

by Francesco Agnoli


For many years religious scholars and scientists has been fiercely debating on theissue of the existence of the soul and afterlife. With a rich repertoire of sources, theauthor provides an interesting look at the main thesis brought for and against the dif-ferent positions. From scientific studies on pre-death experiences and awakeningafter a period of coma or brain inactivity to the positions supported by the Christiandoctrine, this book calls into question a large number of experts and scholars to telleverything about the greatest mystery of our being. This is no kind of «teosophic»book, but investigates the phenomenon under a Christian and yet scientific light.

Francesco Agnoli is an historian. He works for newspapers, magazines and radioprograms.

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BACKLIST

Friar «Fortune-teller». The Real Story of Father Mariangelo by Giuseppe Zois. 96pages.The first book on this very popular Friar in Italy, «Frate Indovino», able to predictmany events, from the weather (in a time with no weather forecasts) to social andpersonal facts. He was also the author of a very popular calendar, probably the mostposted up in Italian homes ever.

Saint Rita of Cascia by Cristina Siccardi. 144 pages.The complete biography of one of the most popular Saints in the world, subject ofhuge devotion because she is considered the Saint of the «lost causes», since her lifewas always full of extraordinary miracles.

Scientists in Frock. From the Father of Heliocentism, Copernicus, to the Father ofthe Big Bang, Lemaitre by Francesco Agnoli. 128 pages.Many of the discoverers of the most influencing scientific theories were religiouspeople or priests. It is the demonstration that science and God are not in opposition.

On the Road… with Maria by Lorella Fracassa. 78 pages.John Main was an Irish Benedictine monk, inspirer of the movement World Communityfor the Christian Meditation. He has proposed a path in the Spirit with an evident andcontroversial absence, yet only apparent: the Holy Mary. Main’s thinking however, doesnot deny at all the Marian dimension, instead, it emerges a backlit portrait of an inward-ly rich woman, who can mediate the horizon of the Jewish people and the universalhuman salvation.

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