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Historic-archaeological ThrillerA secret hidden for centuries, places soaked with magic, a tormented love story, an occult sect: these are the ingredients of a novel where history and irony, archaeology and mystery are mixed to create a captivating story. A fascinating trip throughout space and time, from ancient romans to medieval crusades, from the byzantine empire to the Renaissance House of Medici, until today.Tarsus (Turkey), 8 July 2010.A university professor finds in his excavations what many looked for in vain: the tomb of Julian the Apostate, the philosophe emperor. But the sepulchre is empty and right after the discovery the archaeologist is found dead. Has he been murdered? Who stole Julian’s mortal remains? Where is the famous treasure that was buried with the roman emperor?That’s from here that the adventure starts for Francesco Speri, a bank employee passionate about history, who, with the help of his beloved Chiara, investigates among ancient sites and ciphered codes. The intrigue gets thicker when a neo-pagan organisation will try in any way to stop the protagonist, who is willing to go on with his researches of the professor and the Apostate at all costs...

Crime novel Lisbon (Portugal). A hot summer night in 2020, a disturbing blue villa, a man dressed in black. Suddenly a sharp thud and blood everywhere on the pavement. Thus the lifeless body of the head of an obscure religious organization is found, who has fallen from the third floor. Murder or suicide? Siena (Italy). ”Do you remember me?” is the question with which Chiara, who has been missing for years, returns to Francesco, inviting him to accompany her on a journey to investigate the mystery that lies behind her strange death. Wewelsburg (Germany). What is the thin red line that connects a Nazi castle, which was the occult and esoteric center of the SS, to the investigation of the bank detective and his elusive companion? Montségur (France). The mystery deepens when all the clues lead to the enigmatic secret fortress of the Cathars and then to a remote island in the Croatian sea, where there is only one building: a lighthouse. Follow, if you want, the two protagonists in an engaging thriller full of twists and where nothing is as it seems ... ”A new novel to read in one breath. Unmissable ”-World News 24-” Pages that tickle the curiosity and keep glued to the last line ”- Literary Chronicles -” Real events and disturbing crimes give life to a pressing narrative ”- Boom Channel -” A novel that captures the reader, amidst puzzles, tormented loves and captivating stories ”-The Nation-” True story skillfully intertwined with fantasy events ”- Literary Coffee -” A mystery that fascinates and a love that intrigues, in a book that enchants ”- Our Free Time - Translator: Erica Brusco PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Crime and Mystery Novel A professor of a prestigious high school in Piedmont plunges at night into an isolated beach in Liguria. In his hand he clutches an ancient Egyptian talisman. At dawn, two students, Giulia and Riccardo, see the lifeless body of their teacher emerge from the sea. A quiet school trip thus turns into a frantic search to discover the mystery hidden behind that death. With the help of their classmates, the boys venture through the streets of a city that is both fascinating and disturbing. Turin, the world capital of white magic and black magic. The protagonists, sucked into a vortex of enigmas, face an obscure path that leads them from the Book of the Dead to the Holy Shroud, from the Angelic Fountain to the Devil's Door. An enthralling and profound thriller that crosses over into the occult, in an eager crescendo, until the final twist. Translator: LRizzi-Erneste PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

In this playful yet informative manifesto, a leading plant neurobiologist presents the eight fundamental pillars on which the life of plants—and by extension, humans—rests. Even if they behave as though they were, humans are not the masters of the Earth, but only one of its most irksome residents. From the moment of their arrival, about three hundred thousand years ago—nothing when compared to the history of life on our planet—humans have succeeded in changing the conditions of the planet so drastically as to make it a dangerous place for their own survival. The causes of this reckless behavior are in part inherent in their predatory nature, but they also depend on our total incomprehension of the rules that govern a community of living beings. We behave like children who wreak havoc, unaware of the significance of the things they are playing with. In The Nation of Plants, the most important, widespread, and powerful nation on Earth finally gets to speak. Like attentive parents, plants, after making it possible for us to live, have come to our aid once again, giving us their rules: the first Universal Declaration of Rights of Living Beings written by the plants. A short charter based on the general principles that regulate the common life of plants, it establishes norms applicable to all living beings. Compared to our constitutions, which place humans at the center of the entire juridical reality, in conformity with an anthropocentricism that reduces to things all that is not human, plants offer us a revolution.

Named a Best Book of the Year for the Know-It-All by The Globe and Mail In this richly illustrated volume, a leading neurobiologist presents fascinating stories of plant migration that reveal unexpected connections between nature and culture. When we talk about migrations, we should study plants to understand that these phenomena are unstoppable. In the many different ways plants move, we can see the incessant action and drive to spread life that has led plants to colonize every possible environment on earth. The history of this relentless expansion is unknown to most people, but we can begin our exploration with these surprising tales, engagingly told by Stefano Mancuso. Generation after generation, using spores, seeds, or any other means available, plants move in the world to conquer new spaces. They release huge quantities of spores that can be transported thousands of miles. The number and variety of tools through which seeds spread is astonishing: we have seeds dispersed by wind, by rolling on the ground, by animals, by water, or by a simple fall from the plant, which can happen thanks to propulsive mechanisms, the swaying of the mother plant, the drying of the fruit, and much more. In this accessible, absorbing overview, Mancuso considers how plants convince animals to transport them around the world, and how some plants need particular animals to spread; how they have been able to grow in places so inaccessible and inhospitable as to remain isolated; how they resisted the atomic bomb and the Chernobyl disaster; how they are able to bring life to sterile islands; how they can travel through the ages, as they sail around the world.