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Is it better to be loved or feared? The Prince (1532), by Niccolò Machiavelli, is one of the most influential and controversial works in political philosophy. Written as a guide for rulers, the book……続きを見る

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook. The Prince is the most controversial book about winning power - and holding on to it - eve……続きを見る

From the cobbled streets of Southern Italy to the trenches of World War I, the book offers an in-depth exploration of the rich and sometimes brutal history of Italian knife fencing. It provides read……続きを見る

Il Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About Principalities), it was writte……続きを見る

Forging a Special Operations Force: The U.S. Army Rangers details the origins and development, combat philosophy, and key engagements of America's elite fighting force. Structured topically, the boo……続きを見る

The Macchi C.202 was probably the most successful Italian fighter during the Second World War. It is generally agreed that the performance of the Macchi was superior to both the Hawker Hurricane and……続きを見る

The Battle of Berlin (in German “Schlacht um Berlin”) was the final clash in the European theater of World War II. Beginning on April 16, 1945, the Red Army launched the great attack on the Oder lin……続きを見る

Chi è Sergio Mattarella, il nuovo Presidente della Repubblica Italiana? Quali sono le sue origini, il suo percorso? Bernardo, Piersanti e Sergio: un filo rosso fatto di passione politica, spirituali……続きを見る

"Deliberai, per non passare questi mia oziosi tempi sanza operare alcuna cosa, di scrivere, a sodisfazione di quegli che delle antiche azioni sono amatori, della arte della guerra quello che io ne i……続きを見る

La mattina del 26 aprile 1478, nel palazzo Medici a Firenze, famigli e inservienti sono impegnati nei preparativi per il sontuoso banchetto in onore del giovane cardinale Raffaele Sansoni Riario, pr……続きを見る

The Chattahoochee River has dramatically shaped the heritage of the lower Chattahoochee Valley of east and southeast Alabama and west and southwest Georgia. As the region�s dominant geographic featu……続きを見る

Since 1850, Chicago has felt the benefits of a vital Italian presence. These immigrants formed much of the unskilled workforce employed to build up this and many other major U.S. cities. From often ……続きを見る

Author and history professor Dominic Candeloro presents an intriguing narrative record of the earliest beginning of the Italian communities in Chicago. The stories of Chicago's Italian communities a……続きを見る

This book chronicles the demise of the supposedly leftist Italian cultural establishment during the long 1980s. During that time, the nation's literary and intellectual vanguard managed to lose the ……続きを見る

This book traces how Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, during their respective years as Conservative Opposition Leaders (1965-70 and 1975-79), managed their Party’s attempts to ensure a return to ……続きを見る

This collection of essays by a team of international scholars addresses the topic of Charity through the lenses of the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The contributors lo……続きを見る

Niccolò Machiavellis 'Geschichte von Florenz' ist ein Meisterwerk der politischen Literatur des 16. Jahrhunderts. In diesem Buch, das mit faszinierenden Illustrationen angereichert ist, erforscht Ma……続きを見る

La battaglia di Berlino (in tedesco Schlacht um Berlin, in russo Берлинская наступательная операция) fu lo scontro finale del teatro europeo della seconda guerra mondiale. A partire dal 16 aprile 19……続きを見る

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From his correspondence, a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using……続きを見る

All states, all powers, that have held and hold rule over men have been and are either republics or principalities. Principalities are either hereditary, in which the family has been long establishe……続きを見る

Writing Architecture in Modern Italy tells the history of an intellectual group connected to the small but influential Italian Einaudi publishing house between the 1930s and the 1950s. It concentrat……続きを見る

"An analytic overview of the history of social welfare and juvenile justice in Boston..[Schneider] traces cogently the origins, development, and ultimate failure of Protestant and Catholic reformers……続きを見る

Cedric C. Brown combines the study of literature and social history in order to recognize the immense importance of friendship bonds to early modern society. Drawing on new archival research, he ack……続きを見る

Nel periodo storico universalmente riconosciuto come "Risorgimento italiano" un ruolo di primo piano venne ricoperto dall'Armata Sarda. Risorta nel periodo della restaurazione più come strumento per……続きを見る

Nel periodo storico universalmente riconosciuto come "Risorgimento italiano" un ruolo di primo piano venne ricoperto dall'Armata Sarda. Risorta nel periodo della restaurazione più come strumento per……続きを見る

Alla fine del VI secolo a.C. iniziò una sequenza di conflitti combattuti tra le pòlis greche e l'Impero Persiano. La guerra durò a lungo, dal 499 a.C. al 449 a.C. Molto si è esagerato nel descrivere……続きを見る

Confined in a small space for months on end, subject to ship's discipline and living on limited food supplies, many sailors of old lost their minds – and no wonder. Many still do. The result in some……続きを見る

"On Friendship, with its total of one hundred sayings, is the perfect gift for friends."-Feng Yingjing, renowned scholar and civic official, 1601 Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is best known as the Italia……続きを見る

Nel periodo storico universalmente riconosciuto come “Risorgimento italiano” un ruolo di primo piano venne ricoperto dall’Armata Sarda. Risorta nel periodo della restaurazione più come strumento per……続きを見る

The battle that unfolded at the Little Big Horn River on June 25, 1876, marked a watershed in the history of the Plains Indians. While a stunning victory for the Sioux and Cheyenne peoples, it initi……続きを見る