We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that \"they\" must never do it again. But who are \"they\"?...

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate.When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective....

Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres....

Menschen, die ihre Handys verschlingen, Bücher, die die Existenz Napoleons bestreiten, und Seeräuber, die vorbildliche Kapitalisten abgeben - so absurd die Phänomene der modernen Gesellschaft erscheinen mögen, sie......

En 1992, à Milan, six journalistes sont embauchés pour créer un nouveau quotidien qu’on leur promet dédié à la recherche de la vérité. Ils fouillent dans le passé pour......

Una raccolta inedita composta dallo stesso autore, che propone il meglio della scrittura divulgativa, divertente, irriverente di Umberto Eco. Un libro che prosegue idealmente il successo delle Bustine di Minerva, in forma di istruzioni per affrontare......

Trent\"anni dopo \\\"Il nome della rosa\\\" Umberto Eco torna in libreria con un nuovo romanzo di ambientazione storica. Lungo il XIX secolo, tra Torino, Palermo e Parigi, troviamo una satanista isterica, un abate che muore due volte, alcuni......

Argomenti trattati: cos\"è una tesi di laurea e a che cosa serve; la scelta dell\"argomento; la ricerca del materiale, il piano di lavoro e la schedatura, la stesura, la redazione definitiva....

1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured by local partisans and shot in a summary execution. The precise circumstances of Il Duce\"s death remain shrouded in confusion and controversy. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed writer......

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective.......

A fascinating illustrated tour of the fabled places in literature and folklore that have awed, troubled, and eluded us through the ages....

From the best-selling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, a novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder. A newspaper committed to blackmail and mud slinging, rather than reporting the news. A paranoid......

The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective....

Der Italiener Simon Simonini lebt in Paris, und er erlebt eine dunkle Geschichte: geheime Militärpapiere, die der jüdische Hauptmann Dreyfus angeblich an die deutsche Botschaft verkauft, piemontesische, französische und......