Due cacciatori di lontre della Compagnia Russo-Americana, Sandoe e Mac-Doll, vengono imbarcati su un sottomarino contro la loto volontà. Si ritrovano così a far parte dell'equipaggio del Taimyr, un geniale e futuristico battello subacqueo dalle possibilità infinite, comandato dal misterioso ingegnere Nikirka, coadiuvato da un equipaggio di provata fedeltà. La missione del Taimyr è raggiungere il Polo Nord navigando esclusivamente sotto le acque. Pur con con alcuni imprevisti e difficoltà, la meta viene raggiunta. Il ritorno, invece, riserva delle conseguenze impreviste. Dopo la perdita del Taimyr e dell'intero equipaggio, il solo Mac-Doll, che dovrà lasciar morire l'amico Sandoe, sarà miracolosamente salvato da una nave di passaggio.

This impressive compilation offers a nearly complete listing of sound recordings made by American minority artists prior to mid-1942. Organized by national group or language, the seven-volume set cites primary and secondary titles, composers, participating artists, instrumentation, date and place of recording, master and release numbers, and reissues in all formats. Because of its clear arrangements and indexes, it will be a unique and valuable tool for music and ethnic historians, folklorists, and others.

This volume is a result of the need to reflect upon Portugal’s position from the viewpoint of the literary assets imported and exported through translation. It brings together a number of scholars working in the field of Translation Studies directly concerned with the Portuguese cultural system in order to analyse this question from various theoretical perspectives and from case studies of translation flows and movements in Portuguese culture. By Translating Portugal Back and Forth, the articles discuss issues such as: how can one draw the borderline between a peripheral and a semi-peripheral system? Is this borderline useful or necessary? How peripheral is the Portuguese cultural system as far as translation transfers are concerned? How stable or pacific has this positioning been? Does the economic and historical perception of Portugal as peripheral entail that, from the viewpoint of translation, it would behave similarly? By addressing some of these questions, and as shown by the (second) subtitle – Essays in Honour of João Ferreira Duarte –, the volume pays homage to one of the most prominent Translation Studies scholars in Portugal, who has extensively reflected on the binary discourse on translation, its metaphors and images.

It’s thaw season at the North Pole. A little polar bear is playing happily on the snow when the ice where he is standing breaks and his floe is carried away by the drift. By chance, a young seal also finds herself on that ice floe, after the same adventure happened to her. This is the beginning of a tender friendship which will help the two little animals against the terrible killer whale. Luckily, they can count on the help of the big blue whale and of the friendly dolphins. They land on the continent, where they will discover one surprise after another and even meet Santa Claus and his faithful reindeer- lucky them! They will of course receive a gift. Which gift? Read the book and you will find out!!

In this important volume, major events and personalities of 20th century physics are portrayed through recollections and historiographical works of one of the most prominent figures of European science. A former student of Enrico Fermi, and a leading personality of physical research and science policy in postwar Italy, Edoardo Amaldi devoted part of his career to documenting, both as witness and as historian, some significant moments of 20th century science. The focus of the book is on the European scene, ranging from nuclear research in Rome in the 1930s to particle physics at CERN, and includes biographies of physicists such as Ettore Majorana, Bruno Touschek and Fritz Houtermans.Edoardo Amaldi (Carpaneto, 1908 - Roma, 1989) was one of the leading figures in twentieth century Italian science. He was conferred his degree in physics at Rome University in 1929 and played an active role (as a member of the team of young physicists known as ?the boys of via Panisperna?) in the fundamental research on artificial induced radioactivity and the properties of neutrons, which won the group's leader Enrico Fermi the Nobel Prize for physics in 1938. Following Fermi's departure for the United States in 1938 and the disruption of the original group, Amaldi took upon himself the task of reorganising the research in physics in the difficult situation of post-war Italy. His own research went from nuclear physics to cosmic ray physics, elementary particles and, in later years, gravitational waves. Active research was for him always coupled to a direct involvement as a statesman of science and an organiser: he was the leading figure in the establishment of INFN (National Institute for Nuclear Physics) and has played a major role, as spokesman of the Italian scientific community, in the creation of CERN, the large European laboratory for high energy physics. He also actively supported the formation of a similar trans-national joint venture in space science, which gave birth to the European Space Agency. In these and several other scientific organisations, he was often entrusted with directive responsibilities. In his later years, he developed a keen interest in the history of his discipline. This gave rise to a rich production of historiographic material, of which a significant sample is collected in this volume.

Focusing on extreme environments, from Umberto Nobile’s expedition to the Arctic to the commercialization of Mt Everest, this volume examines global environmental margins, how they are conceived and how perceptions have changed. Mountaintops and Arctic environments are the settings of social encounters, political strategies, individual enterprises, geopolitical tensions, decolonial practises, and scientific experiments. Concentrating on mountaineering and Arctic exploration between 1880 – 1960, contributors to this volume show how environmental marginalisation has been discursively implemented and materially generated by foreign and local actors. It examines to what extent the status and identity of extreme environments has changed during modern times, moving them from periphery to the centre and discarding their marginality. The first section looks at ways in which societies have framed remoteness, through the lens of commercialization, colonialism, knowledge production and sport, while the second examines the reverse transfer, focusing on how extreme nature has influenced societies, through international network creation, political consensus and identity building. This collection enriches the historical understanding of exploration by adopting a critical approach and offering multidimensional and multi-gaze reconstructions. This book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in environmental history, geography, colonial studies and the environmental humanities.

Esordisce nel 1875 come scrittrice di novelle pubblicate in importanti riviste del tempo - il Pungolo, L'illustrazione italiana, il Marzocco - viaggiando ed entrando in contatto con Verga e Capuana, esponenti della corrente letteraria del Verismo, alla quale ella stessa aderì. Nel 1890 fu tra i fondatori della rivista Vita intima, che tuttavia cessò le pubblicazioni l'anno dopo. Negli ultimi anni Neera fu probabilmente colpita da un tumore che le impedì di scrivere - ma riuscì a dettare le sue memorie, Una giovinezza del secolo XIX, pubblicate postume nel 1919 - e la condusse alla morte nel 1918. Scrittrice prolifica e di successo, il tema dominante della sua narrativa è l’analisi della condizione femminile – della quale ella accetta il ruolo socialmente subordinato – limitandosi a rivendicare le ragioni del cuore e della sensibilità femminile a fronte della mediocrità della realtà quotidiana nella quale le protagoniste dei suoi romanzi finiscono per ripiegare. Fonte Wikipedia