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2 NO TIME FOR NOSTALGIA an interview with Franca Rame The professional and personal lives of Dario Fo and Franca Rame have been linked since they first met as young performers in Milan in 1952, but Franca s own many achievements deserve to be disentangled. As a member of the Rame family-company of strolling players, she was born into the central Italian theatre tradition, and in her life she has shown her mettle as actress, author, political militant, social activist, and more recently as senator. Her delicate skill in serious or even tragic parts led some to wonder what she would have become had she, in a parallel universe, not met Fo. The equally intriguing question is what would Dario Fo have become had she not been there to criticise the various versions of the plays, and then collect the rewritings, hone, edit and publish them? The dialogue clarifies a collaboration unique in theatre history and allows Franca to tell her own story in her own words. JOSEPH FARRELL is Emeritus Professor of Italian studies at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. His works include A history of Italian theatre (2006) and Dario Fo and Franca Rame: harlequins of the revolution (2001). INTERVIEW Price: EURO Pages: 96 ISBN: Size: 130 x 200 mm Publication date: July 2013 Category: interview Audience: general PLUS The first book to be signed by Franca Rame alone, where she conveys her personal views on the Rame-Fo theatre and their life together, as well as on the stormy Years of lead in Italy in which she took an active role. The book is to be followed by an interview with Nobel Price Dario Fo, where he gives his personal and captivating views on Shakespeare s theatre.

3 SOVIET ATHENS ANCIENT DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNIST REVOLUTION Carlo Marcaccini Starting from the 19th Century debates on the liberty of the ancients, Marx develops a new political model for the future. Lenin as well, when imaging the soviets as the core of the new communist state, has in mind some aspects of ancient democracy. HISTORY OF COMMUNISM CLASSICAL STUDIES Carlo Marcaccini draws on his extensive knowledge of both classical and contemporary sources to look at how both Marx and Lenin s theories were inspired by classical democracy, turning Athens into a new revolutionary paradigm. CARLO MARCACCINI holds two PhD degrees - one from the University of Udine and one from the University of Bologna. He is the author of Archilocos and the colonisation of Thasos and from 2001 to 2007 was the editor-in-chief of academic review Portolano Adriatico. PLUS Crossdisciplinary appeal: to ancient historians, classicists, sovietologists and historians of political thought. Price: EURO Pages: 260 ISBN: Size: 150 x 210 mm Publication date: November 2012 Category: non-fiction Audience: academic The author is a member of the Legacy of Greek Political Thought.

4 THE FAIRY TALE OF MY LIFE an interview with Roberto Innocenti In this interview full of colours, Rossana Dedola follows Roberto Innocenti in the enchanting tale of his life story, retracing the episodes that made him one of the world s greatest illustrators for children. INTERVIEW Born in a small Italian town near Florence in 1940, Roberto Innocenti moved to Rome at 18, where he found employment in an animation studio. At the age of 30, he started his career as a book artist, and by the 1980s, he was illustrating books for the American publisher Creative Editions. This was the starting point of an international career that would led him to produce works which are still a source of continual wonder. With 32 original illustrations. ROSSANA DEDOLA is a children s book author. Her works, published in Italy by Bruno Mondadori, include Pinocchio e Collodi (2002), La valigia delle Indie e altri bagagli (2006), Pinocchio in volo tra immagini e letterature (2008). Price: EURO Pages: 128 ISBN: Size: 130 x 200 mm Publication date: November 2012 Category: interview Audience: general PLUS Roberto Innocenti is wordly known for his illustrations of The Adventures of Pinocchio, originally brought out by the American publisher Creative Editions. Roberto Innocenti s work has obtained wide critical acclaim and honors such as the Bratislava Golden Apple Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

5 1917 RUSSIA TOWARDS THE ABYSS Ettore Cinnella Drawing largely from previously inaccessible Soviet archives, the book is the definitive account of the Bolsheviks rise to power. Cinnella lays out a masterful canvas of those tumultuous years, showing how the Bolsheviks managed to take advantage of the popular revolt and to defeat all the other socialist parties. The author explains how the Bolshevik movement became a brutal military tyranny, causing fierce uprisings of the masses and protests by the parties that had remained faithful to the ideal of democratic socialism. For everyone who wants to understand the real role of all the political and social players involved in those stormy events, the book is essential reading. ETTORE CINNELLA taught for many years Contemporary History and History of Eastern Europe at the University of Pisa. He was the first Italian historian to acknowledge and explain the tragedy represented by the Russian revolution. PLUS The author is acknowledged as one of Italy s greatest experts in Russian History, his articles have been traslated into many different languages. NUMBERS PLUS RUSSIAN STUDIES Price: EURO Pages: 260 ISBN: Size: 150 x 210 mm Publication date: October 2012 Category: non-fiction Audience: general academic The Tragedy of the Russian Revolution by Ettore Cinnella sold over 70,000 copies as part of the «Corriere della Sera» s Universal History Series.

6 CARMINE CROCCO: LIFE OF A BRIGAND Ettore Cinnella Considered by many a folk hero, the Lucan bandit Carmine Crocco was the main protagonist of the Great Brigandage of , leading an army of more than one thousand brigands and collaborating with the champions of the Bourbonist reaction in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. BIOGRAPHY The book retraces the life of Crocco through the major events of that period, from the Risorgimento movement in Lucania to the dramatic war against the brigands under the command of Italian General Emilio Pallavicini. ETTORE CINNELLA taught for many years Contemporary History at the University of Pisa. He has dedicated many studies to the history of peasant revolts in Russia and Ucraina, and the question of land redistribution. A native of Lucania, he has recently broaden his field of study to include the history of brigandage in Southern Italy. Price: EURO Pages: 200 ISBN: Size: 130 x 200 mm Publication date: October 2010 Category: non-fiction/biography Audience: general BOOK REVIEWS A unique biography, capable as few others of explaining how dramatic has been the partecipation of Southern Italy to the Risorgimento movement Il Mestiere di Storico A splendid historical account, well written and immensely gripping Il Quotidiano della Basilicata

7 GEORGE ORWELL: A BIOGRAPHY Luciano Marrocu George Orwell is one of the sharpest and most courageous critics of the tragedies of the 20th Century. From the experience of the Spanish Civil War to his personal fight for political change at home, he has always acted as an independent thinker. BIOGRAPHY This biography focuses on the most significant moments of Orwell s life. The book retraces episodes from his private life and it recreates the political and intellectual context which inspired Animal Farm and This study represents an important contribution to fully appreciate George Orwell s farsighted understanding of soviet totalitarianism and its monstrous ability to manipulate reality. LUCIANO MARROCU is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Cagliari. His works include a biography of Beatrice Webb, various essays on the British Labour Party and several studies on the Fabian Society. Price: EURO Pages: 236 ISBN: Size: 130 x 200 mm Publication date: October 2009 Category: non-fiction/biography Audience: general BOOK REVIEWS This riveting and comprehensive biography faithfully illustrates George Orwell s political and ideological torment Secolo d Italia A captivating and intense biography Il Giornale

8 ON HISTORY an interview with Emilio Gabba Professor Emeritus at the University of Pavia and member of the Accademia dei Lincei Emilio Gabba is one of the most distinguished scholars of ancient history worldwide. He has lectured at the University of California, Berkeley on the subject of Dionysius and the History of Archaic Rome and has been awarded several honorary degrees. In this interview Gabba retraces his academic career, focusing on the most crucial issues that have affected classical historiography in recent years. Along with his academic engagements, Gabba gives an heartfelt and lively account of the historians he has met during his life, from his master Plinio Fraccaro to his colleagues and friends Franco Venturi and Arnaldo Momigliano. UMBERTO LAFFI is a Professor of Roman History at the University of Pisa. His works include several studies on Roman law. INTERVIEW Price: 8.00 EURO Pages: 58 ISBN: Size: 130 x 200 mm Publication date: October 2009 Category: interview Audience: academic PLUS Emilio Gabba is a worldrenowned historian of Roman History.

9 1905 THE REAL RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Ettore Cinnella Everyone is familiar with the 1917 Russian Revolution, when Lenin and the Communist Party seized power. Not many, however, are familiar with the other, much more fascinating Russian revolution of 1905, which was a truly pivotal moment of modern Russian history. RUSSIAN STUDIES The book brings to life many long-forgotten protagonists of the revolution, whose names where buried by the Communist victors of Based on original sources, 1905 gives an extraordinarily detailed and lively description of the enthralling world of Russian society at the turn of the century in prose so vivid the book reads like a novel. ETTORE CINNELLA taught for many years Contemporary History and History of Eastern Europe at the University of Pisa. His most famous book, The Tragedy of the Russian Revolution ( ) was republished as part of Corriere della Sera s Universal History series. Price: EURO Pages: 542 ISBN: Size: 150 x 210 mm Publication date: October 2008 Category: non-fiction Audience: academic BOOK REVIEWS An in-depth and complex analysis of the Tsarist Empire on the verge of collapse Corriere della Sera A book that will unavoidably lead us to reflect and think L Indice dei Libri del Mese

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