Luca's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 27 Dec 2016 04:13:52 -0800 60 Luca's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[La solitudine dei numeri primi]]> 3828372 Mattia pensava che lui e Alice erano così, due primi gemelli, soli e perduti, vicini ma non abbastanza per sfiorarsi davvero. A lei non l'aveva mai detto.

Alice ha sette anni e odia la scuola di sci, ma suo padre la obbliga ad andarci. È una mattina di nebbia fitta, lei ha freddo e il latte della colazione le pesa sullo stomaco. In cima alla seggiovia si separa dai compagni e, nascosta nella nebbia, se la fa addosso. Per la vergogna decide di scendere a valle da sola, ma finisce fuori pista, spezzandosi una gamba. Resta sola, incapace di muoversi, al fondo di un canalone innevato, a domandarsi se i lupi ci sono anche in inverno.
Mattia è un ragazzino intelligente con una gemella ritardata, Michela. La presenza costante della sorella umilia Mattia di fronte ai suoi coetanei. Per questo, la prima volta che un compagno di classe li invita entrambi alla sua festa, Mattia decide di lasciare Michela nel parco, con la promessa che tornerà presto da lei.
Questi due episodi iniziali, con le loro conseguenze irreversibili, saranno il marchio impresso a fuoco nelle vite di Alice e di Mattia, adolescenti, giovani e infine adulti. Le loro esistenze, così profondamente segnate, si incroceranno e i due protagonisti si scopriranno strettamente uniti eppure invincibilmente divisi. Come quei numeri speciali, che i matematici chiamano primi gemelli: due numeri primi separati da un solo numero pari, vicini ma mai abbastanza per toccarsi davvero.
Questo romanzo è la storia dolorosa e commovente di Alice e di Mattia, e dei personaggi che li affiancano nel loro percorso. Paolo Giordano tocca con sguardo lucido e profondo, con una scrittura di sorprendente fermezza e maturità, una materia che brucia per le sue implicazioni emotive. E regala ai lettori un romanzo capace di scuotere per come alterna momenti di durezza e di spietata tensione a scene più rarefatte e di trattenuta emozione, piene di sconsolata tenerezza e di tenace speranza.]]>
304 Paolo Giordano 8804577029 Luca 0 to-read 3.52 2008 La solitudine dei numeri primi
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<![CDATA[Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity]]> 1633
* Apply the "do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it" rule to get your in-box to empty
* Reassess goals and stay focused in changing situations
* Plan projects as well as get them unstuck
* Overcome feelings of confusion, anxiety, and being overwhelmed
* Feel fine about what you're not doing

From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Done can transform the way you work, showing you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down.]]>
267 David Allen 0142000280 Luca 5 4.00 2001 Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
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<![CDATA[Letting Go: The Pathway To Surrender]]> 16098910 368 David R. Hawkins 193388598X Luca 0 to-read 4.13 2012 Letting Go: The Pathway To Surrender
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Animal Farm 7613
The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. Old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals � inspired by his philosophy of Animalism � plot a rebellion against Jones.

Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this dangerous enterprise. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs, and Jones and his men are chased off the farm. Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm, and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the barn wall...]]>
129 George Orwell Luca 0 to-read 3.90 1945 Animal Farm
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The Metamorphosis 424055 94 Franz Kafka 1600964222 Luca 5 3.83 1915 The Metamorphosis
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The Art of War 10534 170 Sun Tzu Luca 0 to-read 3.98 -400 The Art of War
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Candide 19380 Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty, bantering tale, this eighteenth-century classic is actually a savage, satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan. Fast, funny, often outrageous, the French philosopher's immortal narrative takes Candide around the world to discover that � contrary to the teachings of his distinguished tutor Dr. Pangloss � all is not always for the best. Alive with wit, brilliance, and graceful storytelling, Candide has become Voltaire's most celebrated work.]]> 129 Voltaire 0486266893 Luca 0 to-read 3.76 1759 Candide
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<![CDATA[Stroh im Kopf?: Vom Gehirn-Besitzer zum Gehirn-Benutzer]]> 4464189 anderen Seite und versuchen vezweifelt, die Memetik zu erklären, ernten aber nichts als fragende Blicke? Dann wird es Zeit, das eigene Lehren und Lernen gehirngerecht aufzubereiten. Wie das funktioniert, zeigt Vera F. Birkenbihl in ihrem Bestseller Das "neue" Stroh im Kopf?, der bereits in der 38. Auflage erscheint. Denn: "Es gibt keine trockene Theorie -- nur trockene Theoretiker."

Der Schlüssel zum besseren Gedächtnis liegt in folgender Erkenntnis: Nur wer bewusst wahrnimmt und begreift, kann dieses Wissen später leichter wieder abrufen. "Wir erzeugen dieses bessere Ergebnis mit weit weniger Aufwand als früher! Wir brauchen nämlich keinesfalls mehr zu tun, sondern im Gegenteil: weniger, dies aber bewusst und unter Ausnutzung der Arbeitsweise des Gehirns", so Birkenbihl, die sich als Leiterin des Instituts für gehirn-gerechtes Arbeiten schon seit vielen Jahren mit der Thematik befasst.

Doch wie setzt man sich bewusst mit Themen oder Begriffen auseinander? Hier schöpft Birkenbihl aus der Fülle ihrer faszinierenden Methoden, seien es selbst kreierte Zeichnungen oder Wortassoziationen. Sie stellt sich dabei das individuelle Wissen als Netz vor, das ständig erweitert und optimiert werden soll. Es müssen also immer neue Fäden geknüpft und mit den alten verbunden werden. Ist das Lerngebiet so neu, dass es keine Anknüpfungspunkte an das persönliche Wissensnetz gibt, können zunächst Hilfsfäden (Eselsbrücken) konstruiert werden. Sind neue Informationen dann richtig in vorhandene Kenntnisse integriert, werden sie später schneller und besser wieder abgerufen. Der umfangreiche Praxisteil des Buches hilft mit zahlreichen Experimenten und Übungs-Aufgaben, dieses gehirn-gerechte Arbeiten zu trainieren.

Wer also vom Gehirn-Besitzer zum Gehirn-Benutzer werden will, findet in dem Bestseller Das "neue" Stroh im Kopf? eine Fülle methodischer Ansätze, die Birkenbihl meist selbst entwickelt hat. Die "Warnung" der Autorin zu Beginn des ersten Kapitels ist also durchaus ernst gemeint: "Das Lesen dieses Buches könnte zu einer dramatischen Verbesserung ihrer Gedächtnisleistung führen." --Gabriele Hilchenbach

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336 Vera F. Birkenbihl 3636072277 Luca 5 4.10 1991 Stroh im Kopf?: Vom Gehirn-Besitzer zum Gehirn-Benutzer
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<![CDATA[Lernen: Gehirnforschung und die Schule des Lebens]]> 2752610 528 Manfred Spitzer 3827417236 Luca 5 to-read 4.01 2002 Lernen: Gehirnforschung und die Schule des Lebens
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Inside the Third Reich 853201 B&W photos.]]> 672 Albert Speer 0684829495 Luca 0 to-read 4.09 1969 Inside the Third Reich
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<![CDATA[The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany]]> 767171 No other powerful empire ever bequeathed such mountains of evidence about its birth and destruction as the Third Reich. When the bitter war was over, and before the Nazis could destroy their files, the Allied demand for unconditional surrender produced an almost hour-by-hour record of the nightmare empire built by Adolph Hitler. This record included the testimony of Nazi leaders and of concentration camp inmates, the diaries of officials, transcripts of secret conferences, army orders, private letters—all the vast paperwork behind Hitler's drive to conquer the world.

The famed foreign correspondent and historian William L. Shirer, who had watched and reported on the Nazis since 1925, spent five and a half years sifting through this massive documentation. The result is a monumental study that has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of one of the most frightening chapters in the history of mankind.

This worldwide bestseller has been acclaimed as the definitive book on Nazi Germany; it is a classic work.

The accounts of how the United States got involved and how Hitler used Mussolini and Japan are astonishing, and the coverage of the war-from Germany's early successes to her eventual defeat-is must reading

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1147 William L. Shirer 0671728687 Luca 0 to-read 4.20 1960 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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