Storia, letteratura, attualità
In queste pagine potrai trovare le recensioni dei nuovi libri di Gingko Edizioni, i punti di vista dell’editore sulle tematiche dell’attualità e della Storia che ha segnato il nostro tempo.
One the greatest book about WW1 – A Year on the High-Plateau.
A Year on the High Plateau – Un Anno Sull’Altipiano – by Emilio Lussu (Cagliari 1890 – Rome 1975) in my opinion is one of…
Farewell Party at the old office of Dante Alighieri on 27 June, 7 PM.
We are moving to a new location. At 1/F Honest Building, 9-11 Leighton Road Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Let’s celebrate…
Two powerful nuclear plants starting soon in Taishan.
China is moving fast to become the first country to operate two of the the world’s most powerful atomic reactors in existence, even…
A Great Day for Mankind: Malaria could be soon a thing of the past.
ANDREA CRISANTI, Professor of Molecular Parasitology at the Imperial College of London may have found a solution to the problems of Malaria, which is killing 1…
Orsoni & C. colpevoli fin quando non si dimostreranno innocenti.
VENEZIA – 30 giugno 2017. Due anni e tre mesi di reclusione e un milione di multa per l’ex sindaco di Venezia, Giorgio Orsoni,…
Are the giants of Mount Prama Odyssey’s Laestrygonians?
In Homer’s Odyssey – composed around the XI century BC – we encounter in the X chapter the Laestrygonians, horrendous flesh heating giants who,…
Is there a link between ancient Sardis and Sardinia?
History is made with clues, facts may follow later. Here I am proposing that the ancient city of Sardis ‘rich in gold’ of king…
A new technique to save the life of newborn babies. First on B39 now on the BBC.
The article below was offered to the South China Morning Post more than one year ago, but it was not deemed worth of publication….
The Chinese who created the first desktop computer
Unsung Chinese engineer behind first desktop PUBLISHED On the South China Morning Post on Sunday, 14 August, 2011, Exactly 50 years ago, Mario Tchou, a…
Is it really Shakespeare’s own dictionary?
We are reposting here below the blog written by Michael Witmore and Heather Wolfe and published on 21 April 2014. An Article on the Atlantic…
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci in the first edition of Giorgio Vasari’s Lives.
Here we are presenting the Life of Leonardo da Vinci as it was printed by Torrentino in its first edition, dated 1550. The English…
L’uomo che tradusse in cinese Dante e Beccaria
Dal Blog di Dino Messina sul Corriere della Sera La Nostra Storia http://lanostrastoria.corriere.it/ Eugenio Zanoni Volpicelli di ANGELO PARATICO Il 14 aprile scorso è stato…
Launching of the Italian Edition of the Book ‘Cinque Secoli di Italiani a Hong Kong e Macao’
The Italian edition of the book ‘Cinque Secoli di Italiani a Hong Kong e Macao’ was finally presented last night, the 14 of April, 2014…
First complete translation in English of Girolamo Cardano’s De Subtilitate published in Arizona.
The book De Subtilitate written by Girolamo Cardano (1501 – 1576?) – translated as On Subtlety – was published by three different printers in…