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Abstract: The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart. After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape. When she spoke out about the mass political indoctrination she saw around her in the United States, Park faced censorship and even death threats. In While Time Remains, Park sounds the alarm for Americans by highlighting the dangerous hypocrisies, mob tactics, and authoritarian tendencies that speak in the name of wokeness and social justice. No one is spared in her eye-opening account, including the elites who claim to care for the poor and working classes but turn their backs on anyone who dares to think independently. Park arrived in America eight years ago with no preconceptions, no political aims, and no partisan agenda. With urgency and unique insight, the bestselling author and human rights activist reminds us of the fragility of freedom, and what we must do to preserve it

Abstract: "Ibn Battuta, dubbed the traveler of Islam, was a Moroccan scholar who at the age of 21 began a series of travels that eventually covered all of the Muslim world and several lands beyond. He traversed the Middle East, making the pilgrimage to Mecca and seeing the other great capitals of the region; traveled to what was then El Andalus in Spain and along the Mediterranean coast; recorded the glories of the Byzantine empire in its later stages; traveled to India, where he was appointed the Sultan's ambassador to China and described that culture as well; and definitely made it as far as what is now the western part of Indonesia and perhaps even to Java and the Philippines (the location of a land he called Talawisi is disputed)... Savall depicts not only Ibn Battuta's impressions but the historical events he witnessed or those of which he experienced in the aftermath. This two-disc set will give listeners a knowledge of a great swath of important but mostly (to Westerners) unfamiliar world history as Islam advanced in Byzantium and Central Asia but lost ground in Spain. The program is put together from two live concerts, one in Abu Dhabi in 2014, and one in Paris two years later. The first one covered the first half of Ibn Battuta's career; the second, his later life. The two halves don't fit together perfectly as a single piece (for example, the first half is narrated in English, while the second is in French), but the method is the same throughout: Ibn Battuta's life is narrated, excerpts from his writing are given and accompanied by appropriate music, and instrumental or vocal pieces for each locale are reconstructed..."

Abstract: Audio material for use in class including audio for the new skills lessons

Abstract: Questo volume è parte dell'opera Advanced Trainer, il compagno ideale per una preparazione pratica all'esame Cambridge English: Advanced aggiornato al 2015. Oltre a contenere sei prove complete, propone una guida concreta e facile da seguire.

Abstract: Piddlebury è un sonnolento villaggio dei Cotswolds, miracolosamente scampato alle orde di turisti della domenica. Ma è anche ospitale: infatti ha accolto con calore Gloria French, che si è subito impegnata in attività di beneficenza e nell'assistenza agli anziani. Gloria però ha un difetto: chiede in prestito le cose più disparate, che poi immancabilmente non restituisce. Forse anche per questo, quando viene trovata morta, uccisa con del vino di sambuco al veleno, nessuno ne piange la dipartita. Il presidente del consiglio comunale incarica Agatha di indagare, ma lei si scontra con un muro di omertà.Titolo dell'originale dell'opera Something Borrowed, Someone DeadTraduzione di Marina MorpurgoCopyright 2013 by M.C. BeatonPublished by arrangement with The Italian Literary Agency and Lowenstein Associates, Incastoria è un marchio di Ugo Guanda Editore Srl Gruppo Editoriale Mauri Spagnol © 2019 Ugo Guanda Editore Srl via Gherardini 10, Milano

Abstract: A Topazia, il primo giorno di Primavera si festeggia scambiandosi golosissime uova di cioccolato! Ci sono anche tante altre iniziative come: la Gara di Pasticceria per il Miglior Uovo di Cioccolato, la Caccia alle Uova per le vie della città e la mostra delle Preziosissime Uova di Topergé, dei veri gioielli di oreficeria. Per Geronimo è una giornata impegnativissima: viene infatti coinvolto da Trappola nella preparazione di un uovo di cioccolato per la Gara di Pasticceria e da Ficcanaso nella risoluzione di uno strano caso... qualcuno ha rubato il più prezioso Uovo di Topergé della mostra!contributoriLE Geronimo Stilton