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Christianity emerged nearly two thousand years ago in ancient Palestine, profoundly influencing human history. Yet, the origins remain elusive. How did Jesus, a first-century Jew, ignite a new religion? This question is one of history's greatest mysteries. Traditionally, the birth of Christianity has been linked to the miracle of the Resurrection, where Jesus, after his death, was raised by God and appeared to his disciples, urging them to spread the gospel. Witnessing the Risen Jesus solidified their belief, leading to the rapid spread of Christianity across the Middle East and Europe, eventually dominating much of the world. However, historians struggle to explain this success without the Resurrection as a catalyst. If no one truly saw the Risen Jesus, what convinced his followers of his immortality? Art historian Thomas de Wesselow has dedicated seven years to unraveling this puzzle, reconstructing a new understanding of Christianity's origins. By reassessing a familiar yet misunderstood historical source and reinterpreting biblical passages, he reveals that the answer has been overlooked for over a century: the Shroud of Turin, often dismissed as a fake, is authentic and holds the key to this enduring mystery.

Più di quaranta colloqui personali con Steve Jobs in oltre due anni, e più di cento interviste a familiari, amici, rivali e colleghi, hanno permesso a Walter Isaacson di raccontare l'avvincente storia del geniale imprenditore la cui passione per la perfezione e il cui carisma feroce hanno rivoluzionato sei settori dell'economia e del business: computer, cinema d'animazione, musica, telefonia, tablet, editoria elettronica. Mentre tutto il mondo sta cercando un modo per sviluppare l'economia dell'era digitale, Jobs spicca come la massima icona dell'inventiva, perché ha intuito in anticipo che la chiave per creare valore nel ventunesimo secolo è la combinazione di creatività e tecnologia, e ha costruito un'azienda basata sulla connessione tra geniali scatti d'immaginazione e riconosciute invenzioni tecnologiche. Nonostante abbia collaborato in prima persona alla stesura di questo libro, Jobs non ha imposto nessun vincolo sul testo né ha preteso di leggerlo prima della pubblicazione. E non ha posto alcun filtro, incoraggiando anzi i suoi conoscenti, familiari e rivali a raccontare onestamente tutta la verità. Lui stesso parla candidamente, talvolta in maniera brutale, dei colleghi, degli amici e dei nemici, i quali, a loro volta, ne svelano le passioni, il perfezionismo, la maestria, la magia diabolica e l'ossessione per il controllo che hanno caratterizzato il suo approccio al business e i geniali prodotti che ha creato.

Dopo una vita trascorsa ad annotare su carta pensieri e avvenimenti, sacrifici e vittorie, Nelson Mandela ha aperto il proprio archivio personale, che offre una visione senza precedenti della sua straordinaria esistenza. Io, Nelson Mandela svela ai lettori chi è l'uomo privato che si cela dietro il personaggio pubblico: dalle lettere scritte nelle ore più buie dei suoi ventisette anni di prigionia alla bozza del seguito di Lungo cammino verso la libertà, la sua autobiografia. Vediamo Mandela prendere appunti e scarabocchiare durante le riunioni, trascrivere sogni tormentati sul calendario da tavolo nella sua cella a Robben Island, tenere un diario mentre in fuga durante le lotte antiapartheid dei primi anni Sessanta, chiacchierare con gli amici in quasi settanta ore di conversazioni registrate. Un ritratto intimo che offre ai lettori la rara possibilità di trascorrere del tempo con l'uomo Nelson Mandela, ascoltando in presa diretta la sua voce: schietta, limpida, privata.

A preeminent scientist - and the world's most prominent atheist - asserts the irrationality of belief in God, and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament, to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion, and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence.The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong, but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.

Throughout his life Mozart was inspired, fascinated, amused, aroused, hurt, disappointed and betrayed by women; and he appeared equally fascinating to them. But, first and last, Mozart loved and respected women. His mother, his sister, his wife, her sisters, his patrons, his friends, his lovers and his artists all figure prominently in his life. Jane Glover introduces us to Mozart’s mother, Maria Anna and his beloved and talented sister, Nannerl. We meet, too, Mozart’s ‘other family’, the Webers: Constanze, his wife, much maligned by history, and her sisters Aloysia, Sophie and Josepha. This is their story. But it is also the story of the women in his operas, all of whom were – like his sister, his mother, his wife and entire female acquaintance – restrained by the conventions and strictures of eighteenth-century society. Yet through his glorious writing, he identified and released the emotions of his characters. They hold up the mirror to their audiences and offer inestimable insight, together constituting yet further proof of Mozart’s true genius and phenomenal understanding of human nature. Rich, evocative and compellingly readable, Mozart's Women illuminates the music and the man, but above all, the women who inspired him.