Francesco Saba Sardi was an Italian writer, essayist, and translator. A gifted polyglot, he possessed expertise in seven languages, which informed his extensive translation work. Beyond translation, he was a prolific author, contributing fifty-six books across various literary forms, including novels, essays, travelogues, and poetry collections, showcasing a wide-ranging engagement with diverse subjects.
In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams, which are nothing compared to what life actually has in store for him. He embarks on an epic journey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice where he will learn the power of words, the power to transform lives and the power of one.
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.>
This extraordinary bestseller is still the most incisive, thought-provoking book ever written about the Middle East. Thomas L. Friedman, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, and now the Foreign Affairs columnist on the op-ed page of the New York Times, drew on his ten years in the Middle East to write a book that The Wall Street Journal called "a sparkling intellectual guidebook... an engrossing journey not to be missed." Now with a new chapter that brings the ever-changing history of the conflict in the Middle East up to date, this seminal historical work reaffirms both its timeliness and its timelessness. "If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it." -- Seymour Hersh
An unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security. A Proper Marriage is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence series of novels, each a masterpiece on its own right, and, taken together, an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth 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.
