Francesco Saba Sardi was een Italiaanse schrijver, essayist en vertaler. Als begenadigd polyglot beheerste hij zeven talen, wat zijn uitgebreide vertaalwerk ten goede kwam. Naast het vertalen was hij ook een productief auteur, met zesenvijftig boeken in uiteenlopende literaire vormen, waaronder romans, essays, reisverslagen en dichtbundels, waarmee hij een breed scala aan onderwerpen bestreek.
To Have Or to Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Eric Fromm. His thesis is that two modes of existence struggle for the spirit of humankind: the having mode, which concentrates on material possessions, power, and aggression, and is the basis of the universal evils of greed, envy, and violence; and the being mode, which is based on love, the pleasure of sharing, and in productive activity. To Have Or to Be? is a brilliant program for socioeconomic change.>
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, THE SILMARILLION is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before THE HOBBIT. Tolkien considered THE SILMARILLION his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing. The story of the creation of the world and of the the First Age, this is the ancient drama to which the characters in THE LORD OF THE RINGS look back and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The three Silmarils were jewels created by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were destroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter, the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils, but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. THE SILMARILLION is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy. This second edition features a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien describing his intentions for the book, which serves as a brilliant exposition of his conception of the earlier Ages of Middle-earth.
The incredible true story of Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon's discovery of the tomb of the Ancient Egyptian boy King. At the beginning of the 20th century, a young unknown pharaoh remained, beneath his golden mask, in the darkness of a tomb deep in the Valley of the Kings. His name was Tutankhamun. He had lain undisturbed for a thousand years until two men, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb and wrested him from obscurity in an attempt to solve his riddle. Jealousy, betrayal, intrigue and madness: the Tutankhamun Affair was about to begin. Christian Jacq tells the incredible true story of the strange curse of Tutankhamen which was to cause havoc among its unfortunate victims for the next half-century
Nonostante quel che si pensa abitualmente, la filosofia non deve per forza essere noiosa o incomprensibile. In realtà essa risponde alle domande che tutti ci poniamo: che senso ha la vita? Perché sono qui? Perché dovrei fare la cosa giusta? E che cosè la cosa giusta? Non sono domande facili, ma disporre di migliaia di anni di riflessione ci offre un vantaggio: alcune delle menti più brillanti della storia hanno lasciato idee e linee di condotta per il nostro benessere psicologico. Molto meglio del Prozac.Le concezioni di Platone sul bene e sul male, il consiglio di Aristotele di seguire in ogni situazione ragione e moderazione o i pensieri di Kierkegaard sulla morte, la saggezza tradizionale degli I Ching o la teoria dell’imperativo di Kant possono rivelarsi straordinariamente utili per affrontare problemi concreti. E mentre ad alcuni piacerà l’autoritarismo di Hobbes, altri si sentiranno maggiormente attratti da un atteggiamento più intuitivo, come quello di Lao Tzu.I farmaci non possono cambiare il mondo esterno, né insegnarci a vivere meglio il presente. Solo la filosofia può farlo.
Los templos del norte de Egipto están desiertos y los dioses han caído en el olvido. La corrupción y la injusticia campan a sus anchas. Han pasado cinco siglos desde los tiempos esplendorosos de Ramsés, cinco siglos en los que el imperio se ha visto abocado a una situación insostenible de la que parece que nunca va a salir. Sin embargo, un nubio se enfrenta a dicha fatalidad: Pianjy, el faraón negro, que gobierna en su reino del Sur con sabiduría y bondad. Un solo deseo alberga en su corazón: que los dioses vuelvan a instalarse en un nuevo Egipto de justicia y amor. Pero el precio que deberá pagar para conseguirlo tal vez sea demasiado elevado; Pianjy, hombre de paz, deberá enfrentarse al libio Tefnakt, un príncipe norteño autoritario y ambicioso que pretende reinar tras unificar el país con la fuerza de las armas. La guerra es inevitable, y de la victoria de uno u otro depende la supervivencia de un mundo sabio y milenario... ¿Le bastará al faraón negro su valentía para salir vencedor de la contienda? ¿Será la magia de su esposa capaz de conseguir lo imposible? Con su nueva novela, El faraón negro, Christian Jacq se consagra una vez más como uno de los autores de bestsellers de mayor éxito del momento.
Une encyclopédie en couleurs, très documentée, qui s'appuie sur une méthode essentiellement narrative. L'auteur conte des histoires en cherchant chaque fois à en découvrir la signification véritable. Contient en introduction un entretien avec Mircea Eliade.
