Review: The Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Tre ciotole. Rituali per un anno di crisi

Tre ciotole. Rituali per un anno di crisi by Michela Murgia
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Dispatches

Dispatches by Michael Herr
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: If I Survive You

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Quicksand

Quicksand by Nella Larsen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Neurophilosophy at Work by Paul M. Churchland

Neurophilosophy at Work by Paul M. Churchland
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Different essays, some of which were extremely complex for me to understand. Some others were easier and usual involved more philosophy than algorithms. This book is also almost 10 years old, so if you need the state of the art of Neurophilosophy, it may be better to look for some other book.

Differenti saggi, alcuni dei quali troppo complessi per me. Altri invece erano di piú facile comprensione e di solito avevano a che fare piú con la filosofia che con gli algoritmi. Inoltre questo libro ha quasi 10 anni quindi magari se vi serve una situazione dello stato dell'arte, magari é meglio cercare qualcosa di piú aggiornato.

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Lady Mechanika Volume 2: Tablet of Destinies by Joe Benítez (author & illustrator), M.M. Chen, Mike Garcia (Colors), Martin Montiel (Letters)

Lady Mechanika Volume 2: Tablet of Destinies by Joe Benítez
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Even better than the first one regarding the plot, and as fine as usual for the steampunk illustrations. I really hope there is going to be more of Lady Mechanika in the future!

Meglio del primo per quanto riguarda la trama e bello come al solito per le illustrazioni steampunk. Spero ci sará un futuro per Lady Mechanika!

THANKS TO NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

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Review: Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto

Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kōhei Saitō
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I'm not sure I fully understood what the author means by "degrowth communism," but he certainly pleaded his case in an extremely articulate way, so much so that by the end of this book I wasn't sure whether to set out to write a review or commit suicide directly....

Non sono sicura di aver ben capito cosa intenda l'autore per "comunismo di decrescita", ma sicuramente ha perorato la sua causa in modo estremamente articolato, tanto che alla fine di questo libro non ero sicura se mettermi a scrivere una recensione o suicidarmi direttamente....

I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.

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Review: Heal Your Nervous System: The 5–Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation

Heal Your Nervous System: The 5–Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation by Linnea Passaler
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Years ago I had read a book called "The highly sensitive person," and since then I've been wondering if perhaps, after so many years (it's a 1996 book) we can talk about people on the autism spectrum, partly because the symptoms seem to me to be quite similar in some ways. There is also the possibility that we finally delve into the "autistic but extroverted" person as well, which seems an almost impossible condition, but I would say quite present, based on my experience as a psychologist also.
Anyway, this book is well written, provides self-diagnosis tools and several "survival" strategies as it were. I just wouldn't sell it as new idea.

Anni fa avevo letto un libro che si chiamava "The highly sensitive person" ed é da allora che mi chiedo se forse, dopo tanti anni (é un libro del 1996) si possa parlare di persone sullo spettro autistico, anche perché i sintomi mi sembrano parecchio simili per certi versi. C'é anche la possibilitá che si approfondisca finalmente anche la persona "autistica ma estroversa" che sembra una condizione quasi impossibile, ma direi piuttosto presente, basandomi sulla mia esperienza di psicologa.
Comunque questo libro é scritto bene, fornisce strumenti di autodiagnosi e parecchie strategie "di sopravvivenza" come dire. Solo che non lo venderei come una novitá.

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Physical Control of the Mind: Toward a Psychocivilized Society by José M.R. Delgado, Ruth Nanda Anshen (editor)

Physical Control of the Mind: Toward a Psychocivilized Society by José M.R. Delgado
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Some of the things written here (mostly the experiments on the animals) were already known to me, but together with experiments of humans show a very scary picture all together, still very interesting anyway.

Alcune delle cose scritte qui le avevo giá studiate (fondamentalmente tutti gli esperimenti sugli animali) ma sommate a quelle sugli umani danno un quadro d'insieme abbastanza preoccupante, che resta comunque molto interessante.

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Review: The Allure Of Lord Devlin: A Love versus Honor Regency Romance

The Allure Of Lord Devlin: A Love versus Honor Regency Romance by Bronwen Evans
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Someone Is Watching

Someone Is Watching by Amanda Stevens
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Lady Mechanika Volume 1: Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse by Joe Benítez

Lady Mechanika Volume 1: Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse by Joe Benítez
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This graphic novel is really well done, but I was a little bit disappointed in the plot and the dialogues. This doesn't mean that I'm looking forward to read the second installment in this series as I have a big love for steampunk whatever the form it takes.

Questa graphic novel é disegnata benissimo, anche se i dialoghi e la trama in generale non sono proprio il massimo. Questo non significa che io non leggeró il secondo volume, anzi, considerato il mio amore per tutto ció che é steampunk.

THANKS TO NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

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Review: Trials of Conviction

Trials of Conviction by T.A. White
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: L'arte di respirare

L'arte di respirare by James Nestor
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: La baceria di Felice

La baceria di Felice by Cristiana SORIANO
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

In questo orrido momento storico, mi sembrava il libro migliore per cominciare l'anno.

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Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging [With CDROM] by Scott A. Huettel

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging [With CDROM] by Scott A. Huettel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I read only the chapters that were interesting for me and they were well written.

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Review: Frostbitten

Frostbitten by Rebecca Zanetti
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I like the stories in this series, but I had grown fond of Millie and honestly expected a little more from her book, and Scott had never interested me that much. Other than that, the story holds more than one surprise twist so the murder mystery is not bad at all.

A me le storie di questa serie piacciono, ma a Millie mi ero affezionata e sinceramente mi aspettavo qualcosina di piú dal suo libro e Scott non mi era mai interessato tanto. A parte questo, la storia riserva piú di un colpo di sorpresa quindi il giallo non é niente male.

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Review: Principles of Emotion

Principles of Emotion by Sara Read
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Cognitive Neuroscience of Natural Language Use by Roel Willems

Cognitive Neuroscience of Natural Language Use by Roel Willems

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A little bit boring because language is not really so interesting for me, except for the chapters about reading (specially n.4 and n.6) that were great.

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