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Based on previously undisclosed archival materials, this book tells the fascinating, untold, and troubling story of an anti-Protestant campaign in Italy that lasted longer, consumed more clerical energy and cultural space, and generated far more literature than the war against Italy's Jewish population.

Si quiere descubrir la fascinante historia de la guerra de las Galias, continúe leyendo...Mientras Roma se llenaba de comerciantes, artesanos, esclavos y familias ricas de comerciantes, sus políticos luchaban por mantener las propiedades democráticas fundamentales del gobierno republicano. Las reglas se doblegaban y rompían, políticos y votantes eran sobornados y engañados, hasta que finalmente, el poder de Roma cayó en manos del único hombre que podía reunir el respeto y la lealtad del mundialmente famoso ejército romano.

Este audiolibro contiene dos partes. Por un lado, contiene 22 capítulos que relatan diferentes episodios de la historia de la Mafia siciliana. En esta primera parte el oyente encontrará personajes siniestros, matones ceñudos que atemorizaban a sus vecinos en el siglo XIX y otros aún más siniestros, sí, hay muchos políticos, incluyendo a Berlusconi. Por otro lado, el audiolibro contiene una filmografía, con más de 250 películas comentadas, que trata de explicar cómo ha evolucionado la figura del gánster y del mafioso en el cine.

Las contribuciones de Galileo Galilei a la ciencia moderna fueron tan fundamentales para una variedad de campos que, aunque murió hace casi 400 años, su nombre conserva el reconocimiento internacional. A este filósofo natural del siglo XVII a menudo se le atribuye la invención del telescopio gracias a sus numerosos descubrimientos utilizando este instrumento específico, y aunque en verdad no fue su inventor, el mito aún persiste.

Thomas Aquinas is known as a great theologian, and his treatises and theories are studied by clergy all over the world. He is celebrated for his words of wisdom as well as the alleged miracles that he performed while he was still alive. Yet as large as his acclaim may be, Aquinas has also had his fair share of detractors both during his lifetime and long thereafter. Casting all accolades and critiques aside, in this book, you will find the raw, bare bones of the man who Thomas Aquinas came to be.

Los cuervos del Vaticano revela una historia de mayordomos traidores, filtraciones de documentos, comisiones secretas de investigación, del servicio de espionaje y contraespionaje del Vaticano, de prelados que denuncian la corrupción y que son alejados de inmediato de San Pedro, lavado de dinero, altos miembros de la mafia siciliana, un complot para asesinar al papa, una adolescente desaparecida y supuestamente utilizada como esclava sexual, una guerra entre periodistas y directivos de la prensa católica, un presidente del IOR cesado y con miedo a ser asesinado.

Este audiolibro contiene dos partes. Por un lado, contiene 22 capítulos que relatan diferentes episodios de la historia de la Mafia siciliana. En esta primera parte el oyente encontrará personajes siniestros, matones ceñudos que atemorizaban a sus vecinos en el siglo XIX y otros aún más siniestros, sí, hay muchos políticos, incluyendo a Berlusconi. Por otro lado, el audiolibro contiene una filmografía, con más de 250 películas comentadas, que trata de explicar cómo ha evolucionado la figura del gánster y del mafioso en el cine.

On March 25, 1957, Italy signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community (EEC), a forerunner of the European Union (EU) that was promoted as a guarantor of future peace in Europe. For the soldiers on both sides of World War II fighting each other 13 years earlier in the mountains around Monte Cassino, south of Rome, this would have seemed a highly improbable outcome. The Italian Campaign of World War II effectively divided Italians into three groups, and the country into two rival political entities.

Over the course of the 19th century, the people of Sicily found themselves at the center of a struggle for freedom, one that ended up being long and often very bloody. It was during these crucial years of struggle that the Sicilian mafia, La Cosa Nostra ("Our Thing"), started to take shape. Cosa Nostra: The Notorious History and Legacy of the Sicilian Mafia examines how the world’s most famous mob formed, its inner workings, and the events that made it feared around the world.

In the 18th century, Italy was still divided into smaller states, but differently than during medieval times when the political entities were independent and were flourishing economic and cultural centers almost unrivaled in Europe. During the 18th century, all of them were submitted, in one way or another, to one of the greater hegemonic powers. This process of conquest and submission began during the early 16th century, when France was called on by the Duke Milan to intervene in his favor and from there never stopped.

As Rome swelled with tradespeople, artisans, slaves, and wealthy merchant families, its politicians struggled to maintain the fundamental democratic properties of the republican government. Rules were bent and broken, politicians and voters were bribed and lied to, and eventually, the power of Rome fell to the one man who could muster the respect and loyalty of the world-famous Roman army. That man was Gaius Julius Caesar.

Los Medici o Médicis fueron una poderosa e influyente familia del Renacimiento en Florencia entre cuyos miembros se destacaron tres papas - León X, Clemente VII y León XI - , numerosos dirigentes florentinos, miembros de las casas reales de Francia e Inglaterra y que sobresalieron por ser mecenas, patrocinando desinteresadamente a los artistas y científicos de su época.

"Gladiatoren gelten heute als furchtlose Krieger, die in den Arenen um ihr Leben kämpften. Zahlreiche Filme berichten von den Arten der Gladiatoren, dem Aufbau des Römischen Reiches und dem Untergang. Im Mittelpunkt der Geschichte der Gladiatoren, stehen die Gladiatorenkämpfe. Blutig, tödlich und brutal! So beschreibt man die Gladiatorenkämpfe heute. Sinnfrei waren diese Kämpfe nicht. Ein Gladiatorenkampf spiegelte die Ordnung des römischen Imperiums wider. Sie boten dem Volk eine Unterhaltung! Hören Sie, um mehr zu erfahren.

Los Medici fueron los promotores de la época de mayor esplendor artístico de la historia y los creadores de la banca moderna. Descubre los logros y las intrigas de una familia de campesinos que se convirtió en una de las más poderosas de la historia.

Richly painted maiolica ceramics from Tuscany. Supple Florentine leather. The cameos of Naples and the Amalfi Coast. Made in Italy takes you on a complete tour of the dazzling artisanal legacy of Italy, uncovering off-the-beaten-path destinations and one-of-a-kind, hidden workshops where everything from leather bags to gilded frames are turned out completely by hand, piece by piece. This book includes instructions for getting a free copy of the companion guide, Artisans of Italy, with complete, continually updated listings of Laura's personally recommended shops.

Mi chiamo Fabio Fabiano e sono un giallista siciliano. Ho scritto diversi romanzi che raccontano vicende che sono frutto della mia fantasia, ma osservando la realtà siciliana mi sono accorto che è intrisa di eventi che farebbero impallidire i migliori scrittori e drammaturghi. Dopo aver studiato i documenti del passato ho raccolto queste storie vere, avvolte dal mistero, per raccontarvele.

In 1934, at age 51, Elsa’s sheltered life in Mussolini’s Fascist Italy changes remarkably when she and her husband, Paul, purchase the Pensione Alexandria overlooking the Mediterranean in Naples. When war breaks out in Europe and Italy sides with Germany, Elsa and her family’s fears are quickly realized. The growing sense that the atrocities in German-occupied lands will soon occur in Italy forces them to sell their pensione and attempt a desperate journey to safety in America.

This Amazon number one best seller is based on a never-revealed Vatican cover-up uncovered by Dr. Emile Jean Pin, world renowned former Jesuit priest and Professor of the Gregorian University (the University of the Vatican)–The Calling is a gripping tale of sex, corruption, and intrigue. In a deserted cemetery outside Verona Italy, an old man lay bleeding to death, stabbed by a kitchen butcher knife. His dying words, “That damned priest". The victim’s parish priest, Father Daniele, is accused of murder on circumstantial evidence.

"I Reportage di Repubblica" raccolgono i grandi racconti pubblicati sul quotidiano, come la serie "Super8 - Le storie al rallentatore". In ciascun episodio, mettendo in pausa il flusso incessante delle notizie, le firme del giornale accompagnano il lettore alla scoperta di luoghi, personaggi e vicende tramite una narrazione dal respiro lento e approfondito.

La chiesa cattolica è stata messa a dura prova con la discesa di Napoleone in Italia. Ferdinando di Borbone e il Cardinale Ruffo si ritrovano sulla nave dell'ammiraglio Nelson per riscattare l'Italia dagli invasori francesi. Con loro l'artista grigionese Angelika Kaufmann. Molti pasticcieri svizzeri furono cacciati da Venezia, la loro arte si diffuse così in tutta Europa. Mazzini, amante delle torte e gran cuoco, unì l'Italia anche grazie alle ricette dei dolci svizzeri, sapendo abilmente mischiare ingredienti del Sud e del Nord.