Bioeconomia

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"Perché un ospedale cattolico
50 anni della Columbus nel quadro della sanità italiana"
Piero Gheddo
Piemme pp. 156 L. 15.000

The book by Father Gheddo - missionary of the P.I.M.E. (Foreign Missionaries Pontifical Institute) and experienced journalist - goes over the fifty years of the history of the Columbus, a Milanese clinic of the Missionary Nuns of the of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was one of the first private clinics (and Catholic) in Italy.
The history of the Milanese clinic proceeds at the same rate as the evolution of the Italian health, from the health insurance association through the establishment of the National Health Service, up to, in practice, the nowadays diatribes concerning public and private

"Mercanti.
Commercio e cultura dall'antichità al XIX secolo"
Philip D. Curtin
Laterza pp. 329 25.000

Enclosing the history of trade in few hundreds pages (even very thick written) may seem impossible, notwithstanding the author is a prestigious historian of the Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore. Really he had delimited his investigation to the intercultural exchanges.
In practice in the whole handling he privileged only some examples of trade relationships of great historic relevance, neglecting at all the trades inwards certain cultural areas or those that, even if concerning heterogeneous areas, are not supported by a proper bibliographic research.

"Accordare il mondo.
La diplomazia nell'età globale"
Boris Biancheri
Laterza pp. 164 L. 25.000

The early war in the Balkans has risen for the umpteenth time the open questions about the functions and mainly the efficacy of the international diplomacies.
The author of this book was ambassador at Tokyo, London and Washington, before holding the charge of secretary-general at the Farnesina; so he is a deep expert in that world that often results unintelligible to common citizens.
This easy volume try to explains which are the tasks of ambassadors and consuls both historically and in the particular conjuncture we live, featured by the presence of a supranational institution as the UNO.

"Guida al piacere e al divertimento.
2000 indirizzi sfiziosi e alla moda"
Roberto Piccinelli
Fuorithema pp.446 L. 28.000

Young but already experienced free-lance journalist, Piccinelli is an attentive and (we think) amused observer of the youths' trends, a haunter of the 'cult places' of amusement, not only the most well known and “in” ones but also those less known and new.
The list goes from discothèques to pubs, from farm holidays to hair stylists, and takes into account only the places really appellation contrôlée. First try and then trust.