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- Our Choice (19)
- A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
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- Il fu Mattia Pascal (25326)
- By Luigi Pirandello
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Finished on Dec 24, 2011
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Libertà ed Identità -
Pirandello tramite le vicende di Mattia Pascal riesce ad affrontare vari argomenti filosofici dal senso dell'esistenza alla giustizia, soffermandosi sul tema a mio avviso cardine: la libertà. Il libro sostanzialmente invita a riflettere su cosa è la libertà.
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- Trilogia della città di K. (9304)
- Il grande quaderno - La prova - La terza menzogna
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- Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo (15099)
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- I tre moschettieri (5777)
- I classici del romanzo storico, 1
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- Il Piccolo Principe (38477)
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- Racconto fantastico a più dimensioni
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- Un ragazzo (6479)
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Finished on Jun 16, 2010
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due ragazzi -
Si parla di genitori, si parla di figli, del loro difficile rapporto, si parla di normalità e di follia, di omologazione e di diversità, si parla del suicidio e del senso della vita. Hornby ne parla senza dare veri giudizi, senza imporre delle soluzioni o dei punti di vista etici.
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Al Gore wrote an “Environmental crisis for dummies”, and he did it quite good. At first he explains how greenhouse gases are emitted and why are they dangerous. So he talks with plain words about energy systems; how electricity is made, how is delivered to users, how we can use less of it, and how w ... (continue)
Al Gore wrote an “Environmental crisis for dummies”, and he did it quite good. At first he explains how greenhouse gases are emitted and why are they dangerous. So he talks with plain words about energy systems; how electricity is made, how is delivered to users, how we can use less of it, and how we can “capture” CO2 with manmade machinery or trough forests and soil. This section is very simple to understand and is sufficiently strict to the facts, maybe is a bit too enthusiastic about the role of renewable energy.
Then the subject focuses on the sociologic and political aspects. Now that we know what we need to solve the climate crisis we learn why this is not yet happening and therefore how to make it reality. From now on Gore pushes more and more on the emotions of the reader, as permitted by the subject, ending with a passionate letter to the future generations.
I liked the book. As I study energy related subjects I already knew most of the things explained in the technical part and they’re quite accurate. What is missing is a linking step between technical matter and socio-politic issues which is economy. Not that economy is never mentioned but its mechanisms should have been illustrated way better.
Ok now it’s time to “go far, quickly.”
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