Pedagogia e religione. La sorgente delle forze dell'anima. Seminario didattico.

Traduzione di Federico Verdinois. Massa, Edizioni Clandestine 2018, cm.12,5x19, pp.250, brossura copertina figurata a colori. In questo saggio lo studioso gallese Alfred Wallace si propone di dimostrare in maniera inconfutabile l'esistenza dei fantasmi, riportando esempi ed esperienze paranormali e bizzarre che sperimentò personalmente o gli vennero raccontate da altri, argomentandole il più possibile con occhio scientifico e imparziale. Wallace credeva fermamente che nel mondo e intorno a noi vi fosse un'energia naturale che coinvolgesse sia i vivi che gli spiriti dei defunti e che ogni evento "anomalo" o manifestazione inspiegabile, anziché canzonata come stupidaggine, meritasse di essere indagata e compresa.

The University of Chicago Press 2010, cm.18x26, pp.310, legatura editoriale cartonata con sopraccoperta figurata a colori. Outside of Italy, the country&;s culture and its food appear to be essentially synonymous. And indeed, as The Italian Way makes clear, preparing, cooking, and eating food play a central role in the daily activities of Italians from all walks of life. In this beautifully illustrated book, Douglas Harper and Patrizia Faccioli present a fascinating and colorful look at the Italian table. The Italian Way focuses on two dozen families in the city of Bologna, elegantly weaving together Harper&;s outsider perspective with Faccioli&;s intimate knowledge of the local customs. The authors interview and observe these families as they go shopping for ingredients, cook together, and argue over who has to wash the dishes. Throughout, the authors elucidate the guiding principle of the Italian table&;a delicate balance between the structure of tradition and the joy of improvisation. With its bite-sized history of food in Italy, including the five-hundred-year-old story of the country&;s cookbooks, and Harper&;s mouth-watering photographs, The Italian Way is a rich repast&;insightful, informative, and inviting.