Sergio

Author : Samantha Power
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101202746

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Chasing the Flame by Samantha Power Pdf

Now a Netflix biopic, Sergio, with Narcos star Wagner Moura playing diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello. "The best way to understand today's messy world is to read about the inspiring life and diplomatic genius of Sergio Vieira de Mello." –Walter Isaacson Before his death in 2003 in Iraq's first major suicide bomb attack, Sergio Vieira de Mello--a humanitarian and peacemaker with the United Nations--placed himself at the center of the most significant geopolitical crises of the last half-century. He cut deals with the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, forcibly confronted genocidal killers from Rwanda, and used his intellect and charisma to try to tame militant extremists in Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Known as a "cross between James Bond and Bobby Kennedy," Vieira de Mello managed to save lives in the world's most dangerous places, while also pressing the world's most powerful countries to join him in grappling with such urgent dilemmas as: When should killers be engaged, and when should they be shunned? When is military force justified? How can outsiders play a role in healing broken people and broken places? He did not have the luxury of merely posing these questions; Vieira de Mello had to find answers, apply them, and live with the consequences. With Chasing the Flame, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Education of an Idealist Samantha Power offers a profile in courage and humanity--and an unforgettable meditation on how best to manage the deadly challenges of the twenty-first century.

Author : John Andrisani
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0399530835

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Play Like Sergio Garcia by John Andrisani Pdf

Utilizes the championship skills of PGA superstar Sergio Garcia to demonstrate how golfers can improve their own golfing techniques, using detailed instruction, practical advice, and black-and-white photographs to follow Garcia's tee-to-green game and reveal the basics of his swing, setup, and putting shots. Reprint.

Author : Christian Uva
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780190942717

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Sergio Leone by Christian Uva Pdf

Spectacle, myth, fable - these words instantly leap to mind when considering director Sergio Leone's celebrated films. His popularization of the Spaghetti Western genre, through works like A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), continues to have a profound impact on filmmakers worldwide. In this exciting new study, Italian film scholar Christian Uva explores a side of Leone's works rarely before discussed: the political. Grappling with the contradictions between Leone's politically critical cinematic eye and his aversion to ideological classification, Sergio Leone: Cinema as Political Fable makes sense of how the director's internal political tensions shaped the radical themes of his Western fables. Looking at Leone and his films through a number of lenses, the book examines the elements of Italian history and identity interwoven in the director's stories, provides cultural context for a career spanning from Italy's fascist regime to Leone's death in 1989, and discusses the influences that formed Leone's directorial identity. Uva focuses in particular on the postmodernist theory behind Leone's works, revealing the critical basis of his stylistic and narrative innovations and newly analyzing the most iconic sequences from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1967), Duck, You Sucker (1971), and Once Upon a Time in America (1984). An admirably thorough take on the man and his works, Sergio Leone: Cinema as Political Fable provides fresh perspective on a director long-established in cinema canon.

Author : Sergio Aragones
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781621156543

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Sergio Aragones' Groo: Mightier than the Sword by Sergio Aragones Pdf

There's no accounting for taste. That must be why so many accountants are buying Groo collections! This trade paperback collects the latest and greatest adventures of Groo, the world's stupidest barbarian. In a savage land of another era, a goodly segment of the world has long been under the heavy thumb of the evil, power-mad despot known as Pipil Khan. The tyrant wants nothing more than to name an heir and shuck his mortal coil, but one thing stands in his way: Groo! It seems Khan just can't rest easy until Groo is out of the way. He'll give his kingdom to the one of his sons who can accomplish this. One of them has a foolproof plan how to do it. Unfortunately for him, it may be that no plan is foolproof enough to thwart Groo. Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Sergio Aragonés and "World's Greatest Soccer Mom" Award-winning wordsmith Mark Evanier bring you more moronic mayhem from the barbarian who made "mulch" a household word.

Author : John Fawell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476601816

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The Art of Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West by John Fawell Pdf

Few directors are characterized by both extraordinary film craft and the ironic reputation for lowbrow films. Despite his many achievements as a child of the Italian Cinecitta studios, however, Sergio Leone has been judged severely by writers who find his films lacking in ideas and moralists who find his films unduly cynical. Nevertheless, Leone’s greatest cinematic achievement, Once Upon a Time in the West, served to refute these criticisms while exposing the director’s unique romanticism and artistic ambition. As Leone’s fourth successful American western film, Once Upon a Time in the West earned him acclaim for liberating the western genre, restoring it to a place of antique American simplicity. The principal goal of this book is to sharpen an appreciation for Sergio Leone and his most famous American western. The first two chapters deal with the relationship between Once Upon a Time in the West and the western films that preceded it, particularly those of John Ford. Subsequent chapters concentrate on the central characters of Once Upon a Time in the West, with special attention to Jill, Leone’s first female protagonist and a surprisingly successful character, central to the plot and accorded a kind of existential strength usually reserved for men in Westerns. The sixth, seventh and eighth chapters address Leone’s visual style, which represents a unique fusion of Hollywood classicism and modernism, and reveals the influences of Italian Surrealism and the French New Wave. The final chapters explore the rhythm, romanticism, and musical character of Once Upon a Time in the West, espousing the theory that Leone’s approach to film is, above all, musical.

Author : Joseph Nettis
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595206957

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Sergio's Odyssey by Joseph Nettis Pdf

Sergio's Odyssy is a satirical romp loaded with lively laughs, touching moments, perceptive observations and surprising twists. Sergio, an innocent seventeen year old mountain boy, takes the daring step of traveling alone to Philadelphia in the hope of realizing his implausible but compelling obsession. When he arrives he encounters, among others, a traumatized relative, an arrogant cook, an opportunistic policeman, a callous hotel clerk, a prostitute and her pimp, a moneylender, a fortune-teller, protest marchers and two desperate gunmen. Then the excitement really begins. It is when Sergio meets slick Julian and luscious Heidi that his life changes drastically. What follows is another series of hilarious and improbable adventures where he comes across more offbeat characters who further complicate his life. Enjoy the odyssey!

Author : Alexandre Vidal Porto
Publisher : Europa Editions
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609453299

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Sergio Y. by Alexandre Vidal Porto Pdf

The acclaimed Brazilian author’s prize-winning, “captivating [and] impeccably structured novel” of a therapist and the trans patient he lost (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Armando, one of the most renowned therapists in São Paulo, is nearing the end of a long, illustrious career. Against his better judgment he agrees to take on a new patient: Sergio, the teenage son of a wealthy Brazilian businessman. Sergio suffers from malaise and his parents are concerned. But after a number of sessions, Sergio abruptly interrupts his course of therapy following a trip to New York, saying only that he has found his own path to happiness and must pursue it alone. Though perplexed, Armando lets the matter rest without further ado. That is, until he learns from the boy’s mother that Sergio has moved to New York in order to become Sandra. Shocked by this revelation and disappointed in his own lack of awareness, Armando embarks on a journey to discover the truth about his former patient—and about himself. Winner of the Paraná Literary Prize for Best Novel, Sergio Y. is “a beautiful, moving, profound book . . . Wonderfully accomplished and subtle” (Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree).

Author : Sergio Aragones
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781621156499

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Sergio Aragones' Groo: The Most Intelligent Man in the World by Sergio Aragones Pdf

When the barbarian with the lowest IQ in the world starts passing out words of wisdom and advice, all of his old cohorts and enemies come out of the woodwork to find out what's wrong, and no one's more confused than Rufferto, the most loyal little dog in Plentia. The adventures of Groo continue, as Sergio Aragonés, 1997 Harvey, Reuben, and Eisner Award-winner, teams with longtime accomplice Mark Evanier for a barbaric tale of temporary intelligence as only they can concoct. All new cover, new forward, and even new jokes!

Author : Robert C. Cumbow
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Motion picture producers and directors
ISBN : 9780810860414

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The Films of Sergio Leone by Robert C. Cumbow Pdf

The Films of Sergio Leone examines the work of this Italian filmmaker who made his mark re-envisioning the American Western. The book examines each of Leone's major films as director, as well as My Name Is Nobody, which Leone co-wrote and guided as producer. The book also includes an exhaustive bibliography, discography, and filmography, completely updated for this new edition.

Author : Natasha Knight
Publisher : Natasha Knight
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Sergio by Natasha Knight Pdf

I’m the first-born son of the mafia king. The favorite. Destined to rule, I’m a dangerous man, a ruthless one. But in my world, you have to be. Then Natalie stumbles into my life. Wrong place. Wrong time. Twice, fate put her in my path. Twice, fate placed the innocent lamb at the mercy of the monster. I gave her a chance to walk away. Told her it would be better for her if she did. But she didn’t listen. And now it’s too late. Because I’m not good. I never wanted to be. And I won’t let her go anymore. See, I’m not the hero. When I touch her, it’s with dirty hands. I know my reckoning is coming though. I know I’ll burn for the things I’ve done, the sins I’ve committed. And I don’t deny hell is where I belong, but I want my time first. I want my time with her. She’s mine. Forever. No matter what. Author's Note: Sergio is an emotional romance set in the Benedetti Mafia world. It is not a traditional romance. It is recommended that you read both Salvatore: a Dark Mafia Romance and Dominic: a Dark Mafia Romance before reading Sergio's story.

Author : Wanda Maria Alberico,Stefano Sciuto
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814550062

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Symmetry And Simplicity In Physics - A Symposium On The Occasion Of Sergio Fubini's 65 Birthday by Wanda Maria Alberico,Stefano Sciuto Pdf

By collecting contributions of the many scientists who have interacted with Sergio Fubini and shared his friendship and enthusiasm for unraveling the ultimate mysteries of matter, this book offers a panorama of recent and interesting achievements in experimental and theoretical particle physics, gauge and string theories and the like. It also contains some reports about the historical development of this branch of activity, with its political, financial and cultural implications for the present and future. The common feature of the contributions is the search for symmetry and simplicity in complex phenomena. The book represents a struggle toward the future without forgetting the good and the bad of the past.

Author : Edel Rodriguez
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316052542

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Sergio Saves the Game by Edel Rodriguez Pdf

Sergio's a soccer star... in his dreams. He can't even kick the ball! So Sergio decides to try playing another position--goalie! He isn't so good at first, but with hard work and practice, he's ready for the game against the big, bad Seagulls. Will Sergio become a true star? This adorable "everypenguin" (Kirkus) returns with a story about determination and finding your true talents, leading to a triumphant and hilarious outcome.

Author : Sergio Esposito
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780767926089

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Passion on the Vine by Sergio Esposito Pdf

As a young child in Naples, Italy, Sergio Esposito sat at his kitchen table observing the daily ritual of his large, loud family bonding over fresh local dishes and simple country wines. While devouring the rich bufala mozzarella, still sopping with milk and salt, and the platters of fresh prosciutto, sliced so thin he could see through it, he absorbed the profound relationship of food, wine, and family in Italian culture. Growing up in Albany, New York, after emigrating there with his family, he always sat next to his uncle Aldo and sipped from his wineglass during their customary hours-long extended family feasts. Thus, from a very early age, Esposito came to associate wine with the warmth of family, the tastes of his mother’s cooking—and, above all, memories of his former life in Italy. When he was in his twenties, he headed for New York and undertook a career in wine, beginning a journey that would culminate in his founding of Italian Wine Merchants, now the leading Italian wine source in America. His career offered him the opportunity to make frequent trips back to Italy to find wine for his clients, to learn the traditions of Italian winemaking, and, in so doing, to rediscover the Italian way of life he’d left behind. Passion on the Vine is Esposito’s intimate and evocative memoir of his colorful family life in Italy, his abrupt transition to life in America, and of his travels into the heart of Italy—its wine country—and the lives of those who inhabit it. The result is a remarkably engaging and entertaining wine/travel narrative replete with vivid portraits of seductive places—the world-famous cellars of Piedmont, the sweeping estates of Tuscany, the lush fields of Campania, the chilly hills of Friuli, the windy beaches of Le Marche; and of memorable people, diverse and vibrant wine artisans—from a disco-dancing vintner who bases his farming on the rhythm of the moon to an obsessive prince who destroys his vineyards before his death so that his grapes will never be used incorrectly. Esposito’s luscious accounts of the wonderful food and wine that are so much a part of Italian life, and his poignant and often hilarious stories of his relationships with his family and Italian friends, make Passion on the Vine an utterly unique and enchanting work about Italy and its eternally seductive lifestyle.

Author : Oreste De Fornari
Publisher : Gremese Editore
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015040353610

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Sergio Leone by Oreste De Fornari Pdf

The great American Western would never be the same after Italian director Sergio Leones spaghetti-western revolution.

Author : Resil B. Mojares
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Philippines
ISBN : UOM:39015043631533

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Sergio Osmeña by Resil B. Mojares Pdf