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Childhood and Society /Infanzia e Società Vol.2 Special Issue no. 1-2. Per una sociologia dell'infanzia. Dinamica della ricerca e costruzione delle conoscenze. Proceedings of the international colloquium in Rome 9-11 November 2005 edited by Marina D'Amato. Writings by: A. Petitat, A. Milanaccio, D. Ottavi, D. Bühler-Niederberger, J. Delalande, V. Cicchelli, C. Pugeault Cicchelli, S. Mougel, L. Benadusi, M. Tessarolo, A. M. Curcio, G. Mangiarotti, L. Gavarini, R. Maragliano, P. Landi, M. Morcellini, A. Piromallo Gambardella, I. Danic, M. Lozzi, K. Scannavini, M. Jacinto Sarmento, M. Gammaitoni, S. Drasigh, C. Piantoni, V. Grassi, B. Schlemmer, C. Baraldi, L. Hamelin, A. Saporiti, F. Casas, D. Grignoli, A. Mancini, M. Rago, C. Alsinet, C. Figuer, M. Gonzàlez, M. Gusò, C. Rostan, A. Sadurn, S. Andrini, S. Chistolini, F. M. Battisti, P. Pantano, A. De Stefano Perrotta

In this extraordinary stand-alone novel, the authors and translator of Vita Nostra?a "dark Harry Potter on steroids with a hefty dose of metaphysics" (award-winning author Aliette de Bodard)?return with a story about creation, music, and companionship filled with their hallmark elements of subtle magic and fantasy.Late one night, fate brings together DJ Aspirin and ten-year-old Alyona. After he tries to save her from imminent danger, she ends up at his apartment. But in the morning sinister doubts set in. Who is Alyona? A young con artist? A plant for a nefarious blackmailer? Or perhaps a long-lost daughter Aspirin never knew existed? Whoever this mysterious girl is, she now refuses to leave. A game of cat-and-mouse has begun.Claiming that she is a musical prodigy, Alyona insists she must play a complicated violin piece to find her brother. Confused and wary, Aspirin knows one thing: he wants her out of his apartment and his life. Yet every attempt to get rid of her is thwarted by an unusual protector: her plush teddy bear that may just transform into a fearsome monster. Alyona tells Aspirin that if he would just allow her do her work, she'll leave him?and this world. He can then return to the shallow life he led before her. But as outside forces begin to coalesce, threatening to finally separate them, Aspirin makes a startling discovery about himself and this ethereal, eerie child.

Vita Nostra a cross between Lev Grossmans The Magicians and Elizabeth Kostovas The Historian [...] is the anti-Harry Potter you didnt know you wanted. -- The Washington PostVita Nostrahas become a powerful influence on my own writing. Its a book that has the potential to become a modern classic of its genre, and I couldnt be more excited to see it get the global audience in English it so richly deserves. -- Lev GrossmanBest Books of November 2018 -- Paste MagazineThe definitive English language translation of the internationally acclaimed Russian novela brilliant dark fantasy combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way.Our life is brief . . .Sasha Samokhina has been accepted to the Institute of Special Technologies.Or, more precisely, shes been chosen.Situated in a tiny village, she finds the students are bizarre, and the curriculum even more so. The books are impossible to read, the lessons obscure to the point of maddening, and the work refuses memorization. Using terror and coercion to keep the students in line, the school does not punish them for their transgressions and failures; instead, it is their families that pay a terrible price. Yet despite her fear, Sasha undergoes changes that defy the dictates of matter and time; experiences which are nothing she has ever dreamed of . . . and suddenly all she could ever want.A complex blend of adventure, magic, science, and philosophy that probes the mysteries of existence, filtered through a distinct Russian sensibility, this astonishing work of speculative fictionbrilliantly translated by Julia Meitov Herseyis reminiscent of modern classics such as Lev Grossmans The Magicians, Max Barrys Lexicon, and Katherine Ardens The Bear and the Nightingale, but will transport them to a place far beyond those fantastical worlds.

Marina Lambrini Diamandis, better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer-songwriter who rose to fame after reaching number two on the BBC Sound of 2010 poll list, coming second to Ellie Goulding. This songbook is an artist-approved, deluxe edition matching folio to Marina's debut album, Family Jewels.