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.
1. Lincoln, a movie by Steven Spielberg. 2 An Italian Map in the movie. 3 Abolition of slavery by Doge Pietro IV for Christian slaves. 4 Garibaldi received an offer from Lincoln to become the Commander in Chief of the Northern Army. 5 An Interview with Arrigo Petacco.
This film is a historical drama, first released in 2012. It is also now shown in Hong Kong’s cinemas, after receiving two Oscars in Hollywood:…
Was Hitler ill?
A review of the book “Was Hitler ill? A final diagnosis” by Hans-Joachim Neumann and Herik Eberle. Polity Press, 2013. This is indeed a very…
FROM RUSSIA, WITH A BANG!
A meteor has fallen on the Urals yesterday, 1500 km from Moscow, injuring a thousand and two hundred people. Fortunately, that was just a small…
500th anniversary of the composition of The Prince by Niccolo’ Machiavelli.
Machiavelli wrote it in 1513, but then it was published only in 1532, posthumously. Machiavelli died in 1527. The first English edition was printed in…
Relics of the blessed Carlo Spinola sj donated to Macau
On the occasion of the exhibition ‘Journey to the End of the World – Michele Ruggieri and Jesuits in China’ (29 November 2012 – 3…
Did Churchill order Mussolini’s death, HK novelist asks Sunday, 12 September, 2010, 12:00am
Alex Lo Who killed Mussolini? That question has inspired one of the most enduring conspiracy theories to have emerged out of the second world war….
Alex Lo on the South China Morning Post 16.01.2013
My Italian friend Angelo Paratico likes to compare Nero to Leung Chun-ying – and even wanted to dedicate to our chief executive a centuries-old book…
Behind a vilified leader are those who …
Few figures have been more vilified and loathed throughout history than the Roman Emperor Nero, whose 14- year reign, almost 2000 years ago, has been…
Addio alla Carta? Da Il Fatto quotidiano
13 agosto 2012 – ore 10:50 Addio alla carta? I grandi giornali internazionali cominciano a vendere più online che in edicola. Inchiesta su quella che…
Giusva e le colpe della strage: “La verità? Fa troppa paura” Fioravanti scrive al Giornale: “Non so se la pista palestinese sia giusta. Ma il terrorismo arabo in Italia ha fatto 60 morti. E nessuno li piange” Giuseppe Valerio Fioravanti – Gio, 02/08/2012 – 08:5
Giusva e le colpe della strage: “La verità? Fa troppa paura” Fioravanti scrive al Giornale: “Non so se la pista palestinese sia giusta. Ma il…
Almeno Parla Chiaro
IDA MAGLI SEI TUTTI NOI! – “MACCHÈ PROFESSORE, MONTI HA INSEGNATO A TRENTO NEL ’69, CHE È UGUALE ALLA LAUREA DEL TROTA IN ALBANIA” –…
Italians in Hong Kong
You may not notice them, because they do look like other like other Europeans. Some Italians are blonds with blue eyes; some are dark…
La Storia
Lo scrittore americano Edgar L. Doctorow scrisse che: “La storia riguarda il presente ed è per questo motivo che ogni generazione la riscrive.” Che…