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UNINA9910154859903321 |
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Costantini Roberto |
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The Root Of All Evil |
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1 online resource (720 p.) |
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We first meet the brash Roman police detective Michele Balistreri in The Deliverance of Evil, which Jeffery Deaver raved is "a nonstop thriller that drives readers relentlessly from the first page to the last" and Publishers Weekly called "a politically charged, Machiavellian tale of fiendish complexity." In The Root of All Evil we go back to the 1960s, when post-colonial Libya fell prey to the sprawling greed of the West, where the young Michele suffered a succession of personal blows that would scar him for life. The death of his mother; the unspeakable horror that befell his best friend's family; his father's role in Gaddafi's ascendance to power; and the innocent blood pact that would corrupt the course of his future.Two decades later, a run-down Commissario Balistreri, now living in Rome, escapes his regrets through sex, alcohol and gambling. His sole responsibilities are now a stilted investigation into the death of a South American student, and a tiresome obligation--in gratitude to the man who saved his career--to a television starlet needing protection from the pitfalls of fame.As the risks to this girl, Claudia Teodori, begin to rise along with her reputation, the sorrows of Balistreri's past also start to push back into his present. Both of their fates are inextricably linked, and this driven, obsessive young woman must help this damaged detective fight a foe that follows her and refuses to forget him. |
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UNINA9910813550603321 |
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Morais Rui |
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Greek art : from Oxford to Portugal and back again : a tribute to Maria Helena Da Rocha-Pereira / / Rui Morais ; with a foreword by Delfim Leão |
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Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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1 online resource (vi, 57 pages) : illustrations |
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"One of the most fascinating topics in the study of ancient art concerns artistic practices and models and the means of transmission of iconographic designs and decorative compositions. This phenomenon, although well known, has not drawn much attention of scholars of the ancient art. Apart from copies of originals, the practice dates back to the first civilizations and may be even older. The media used could be painted vignettes on papyri, paint on leather, or sketches painted on ostraca, used as pattern books. This issue is practically unheard of regarding ancient Greece, although a few media have been found which may have facilitated the transmission of iconographic designs and decorative compositions. In this study we present some examples that suggest the existence of pattern books in the Greek world. If the media used in the Greek world are insofar unknown, the same cannot be said of the Roman world. Written sources mention the existence of manuals in the form of papyrus scrolls (stemmata, imagines) which served as models as well as inspiration for the artists."--Back cover. |
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