Marián Gazdík Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

We'd like to introduce you to Elizabeth Finch. We invite you to take her course in Culture and Civilisation. Her ideas are not to everyone's taste. But she will change the way you see the world. 'The task of the present is to correct our understanding of the past. And that task becomes the more urgent when the past cannot be corrected.' Elizabeth Finch was a teacher, a thinker, an inspiration - always rigorous, always thoughtful. With careful empathy, she guided her students to develop meaningful ideas and to discover their centres of seriousness. As a former student unpacks her notebooks and remembers her uniquely inquisitive mind, her passion for reason resonates through the years. Her ideas unlock the philosophies of the past, and explore key events that show us how to make sense of our lives today. And underpinning them all is the story of J - Julian the Apostate, her historical soulmate and fellow challenger to the institutional and monotheistic thinking that has always threatened to divide us. This is more than a novel. It's a loving tribute to philosophy, a careful evaluation of history, an invitation to think for ourselves. It's a moment to reflect and to gently explore our own theories and assumptions. It is truly a balm for our times.

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is one of the great works of science fiction. It is the year After Ford 632 in the New World. People are born and live by scientific methods. There is worldwide happiness and order. Then John comes from the Savage Reservation to the New World and with him he brings strong emotions - love, hate, anger, fear. Suddenly, danger threatens the New World.

Mae Holland crede di aver fatto il colpo della vita quando viene assunta al Cerchio, la più influente azienda nella gestione di informazioni web (un incrocio tra Facebook e Google). Inizialmente Mae è eccitata dal nuovo lavoro: gli open space avveniristici, le palestre e le piscine distribuite ai piani, la zona riposo con i materassi per chi si trovasse a passare la notte al lavoro, le feste organizzate e le gare sportive, i club e perfino un acquario con rarissimi pesci tropicali... Mae continua a considerarsi fortunata anche quando la vita al di fuori del Cerchio non è più altro che un miraggio lontano, anche quando un ex collega cerca di farla riflettere su qualche operazione di cui le sfuggiva il senso, anche quando la sua stessa vita inizia a diventare sempre più pubblica, trasparente al mondo esterno. Presto quella che sembrava la storia delle idealiste ambizioni di una donna diventa una storia di suspense, un'indagine a tutto campo sulle questioni della memoria, della privacy, della democrazia e dei limiti (valicabili o meno) posti alla conoscenza umana.