http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog Lettura, traduzione, scienza... e ancora lettura Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:00:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/185 Ok, just to be honest: I've been very lazy with this challenge, and only visited a couple of reviews now and then. Even so, I've enjoyed reading my five (1. Banker to the Poor; 2. My Life with Mozart; 3. Water Wars; 4. Shakespeare. The World as a Stage; 5. ... http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/126 I was almost giving up entirely on the Second Canadian Book Challenge: 13 books, 2 months gone and I still had to read my first. Then I realized that it's not entirely so. Somehow inadvertently, I have read two books that fit the bill. So here's reviews. (And this is ... http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/179 America: le parole dei candidati (via). Autori: ma quanti sono? Panda: non c'è solo questo. Parole: perché ci seducono. Ufficio: miti e realtà del lavoro da casa (via). http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/182 The book: Keith Devlin, The Millennium Problems The edition: Italian translation by Isabella C. Blum Contents: the seven Millennium Problems were identified and presented in 2000 as the most important problems now open in modern mathematics (ok, apart for one which, it seems, has been solved by now). The Clay Insitute has ... http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/183 Autumn is here. I like autumn: although it's cold here (and that means no more trips to the seaside and no more sunbathing :( ), autumn means it's time for roasted chestnuts, and grape harvesting, and the smell of must set to rest in cellars, and blue skies and yellow ... http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/181 Due video divertentissimi (via). Buona visione. [youtube wfH3BtWR-tA nolink] [youtube V8jYJomGTRQ nolink] http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/180 Sarà forse una trovata pubblicitaria, ma è ugualmente una bella notizia. José Saramago, a 85 anni, apre un suo blog. (Peccato che io il portoghese ancora non lo leggo...) http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/178 The book: Bill Bryson, Shakespeare. The World as a Stage Synopsis: Bryson goes on his own quest to tell us the life of the Bard. My thoughts: Bryson is surely not the first one to try and tell the story of Shakespeare's life, many have done so, and most were more entitled ... http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/165 Questo blog è stato "chiuso per ferie" per qualche tempo. Ritorno ora al lavoro e ai miei post. E ritorno con qualche spigolatura linguistica immortalata durante la vacanza. Forse raspano il suolo per fare un buco e nasconderci i soldi? Adapted? Attenzione: c'è gente che fa il bagno... Oh, dear hotel! Prima di entrare dove? ... http://scribacchina.freehostia.com/Blog/archives/168