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In Naples, a new kind of gang rules the streets: the 'Paranze', the 'Children's Gangs', groups of teenage boys who divide their time between Facebook or playing Call of Duty on their PlayStations and patrolling the streets armed with pistols and AK-47s, terrorizing local residents in order to mark out the territories of their Mafia bosses.Roberto Saviano's eye-opening novel The Piranhas tells the story of the rise of one such gang and its leader, Nicolas - known to his friends and enemies as the 'Maharajah'. But Nicolas's ambitions reach far beyond doing other men's bidding: he wants to be the one giving orders, calling the shots, and ruling the city. But the violence he is accustomed to wielding and witnessing soon spirals out of his control . . .

Now in paperback, an illustrated history of the wholly imaginary place on the globe: the equator, an entirely human construct that has fascinated and challenged explorers for 3,000 years. The equator—its location not only on the globe but also in the minds and exploits of navigators, travelers, poets, and dreamers since the dawn of civilization—is the magical thread on which the eminent Italian historian Gianni Guadalupi strings some of humankind’s most intriguing lore and most amazing adventures in this original and riveting intellectual history. The mysterious source of the Nile and the enigma of the Congo’s swell, the perils of the Doldrums, and the vicissitudes of El Nino, the quest for the lost Eden and the search for El Dorado, all fall within the compass of Guadalupi’s extraordinary volume. So do the names of Columbus, Magellan, Don Lope de Aguirre, Sinbad the Sailor, Henry Stanley, Charles-Marie de la Condamine, and Dante Alighieri, who placed Purgatory on an island athwart the equator. “A series of historical vignettes ... for the armchair traveler: history rendered as a libretto to the planet’s grand opera.”—Kirkus Reviews “These engagingly written stories are perfect jumping-off points for armchair adventurers or perhaps journey enough for commuting conquistadors.”—Booklist “Filled with stories that are well written and captivating”—Library Journal

New York has had many names -- "the city that never sleeps," "Gotham," the "Big Apple," New Amsterdam, "the Naked City" -- even "that tight little island." It is New York, New York -- the city they had to name twice. It is a city with a past, a city with an architecture all its own, a city that -- like San Francisco, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, and Venice -- is surrounded by water. New York's buildings, streets, people, and history are all here, described in print and captured on film by a small platoon of inspired photographers. Here, eight million stories intertwine in the web of a city populated by wise-guys, tycoons, artists, immigrants, office workers, tradesmen, and aristocrats -- a multicolored, multifaceted kaleidoscope of humanity. This, then, is New York City -- home of tall buildings, ambition, aggressive self-confidence, and abrasive humor: the city where everyone wants to make it -- and anyone can. It has been called the most interesting place in the world. Take a look