Edizioni San Paolo Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 Stand 5.0 D57 Catalogue

Edizioni San Paolo Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 stand 5.0 D57

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3 BIBLE AND THEOLOGY 11 GREAT AUTHORS 22 CARLO MARIA MARTINI 28 PRAYER 35 BIOGRAPHIES 40 WORLD SOCIETY FAMILY 47 CHILDREN LITERATURE 58 EXCEPTIONAL LIVES

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Estabilished in 1914, Edizioni San Paolo is the leading religious publishing house in Italy with an open look to the world. We aim to “talk about everything” in a Christian way and to underline the essential values in the life of every human being. For this reason we intend to persevere in the spirit of the apostle Paul and of our founder, Blessed James Alberione, and to tread along «new and unbeaten and somehow unknown paths.» With the present catalogue Edizioni San Paolo are pleased to offer a wide range of publications covering topics like

• Bible and Theology • Great Authors • Carlo Maria Martini • Prayer • Biographies • World, Society and Family • Children and Young Adults Literature • Exceptional Lives

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BIBLE AND THEOLOGY

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Pope Francis – Martin Luther DIALOGUE ON FAITH A Dialogue Awaited since 500 Years

This text was born around a precise historical meeting: on October 31, 2016 Pope Francis will attend in Lund, Sweden, the ecumenical celebration for the fifth centenary of the Lutheran Reformation. The visit resumes a long broken dialogue the ecumenical movement has tried to mend. In a dialogue over centuries, Luther’s voice and Pope’s voice alternate and discuss the key issues of Christianity: faith, hope, charity, the Church, the Holy Spirit, the Lord’s Prayer ... A text of the German Reformer is matched to a text by Pope Francis to give the readers the chance to get closer to one of the decisive moments in Christian history. A book to deepen Luther’s thought and spirituality and to better understand the ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Protestants. 98A 46 Luther and Pope Francis: a dialogue on faith 500 years after the Reformation. 9 788821 599309 Size 13,5x21 cm Pages 168 Illustrations No Price € 16,00 Series I Papi del terzo millennio ISBN 9788821599309

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Maurizio Gronchi AMORIS LAETITIA Guide to Reading the Apostolic Exhortation

The Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis came out a few months after the end of the Bishops’ Synod on the family. It could revolutionize family pastoral. Such a rich and innovative text undoubtedly needs a guide to help everyone – bishops, priests, pastoral workers, couples and all believers – to orient themselves in this sensitive field. Don Maurizio Gronchi – who as an expert has participated to the synodal assemblies on the family 2014 and 2015 – has written an useful tool to understand and use the Apostolic Exhortation,

An indispensable tool to approach the reading of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia.

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Luigi Maria Epicoco THE STAR, THE PATH, THE CHILD A Journey to Christmas Between Art and Faith

The gift book for Christmas, a journey between art and faith. What do we need to start this journey? A sky we can lift our eyes to in order to see our guiding star. A path, because the we can only find something inside us when we have a destination. And this goal is the child. This new life is someone God is entrusting us with, so that we can take care of him. This life is Jesus. The reflections by Don Luigi Maria Epicoco are enriched by beautiful images that draw a path in the art history – from the Middle Ages to the present day – inspired by the Nativity. At the same time they are a company for the readers on their spiritual journey towards Christmas. A wonderful Christmas gift, enriched by art photographs and an elegant packaging. 22H 330

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Antonella Anghinoni – Elide Siviero WOMEN OF GOD Biblical Views

From the first chapter of Genesis to the last verses of Revelation, the Bible is full of women’s figures. Since in Biblical times women were subordinate to men, in this book women who emerge most are women who show an unusual courage, because they go beyond conventional roles. Suffice it to mention the heroism of women in the the Passion tales: the women who follow Jesus under the cross and suffer at his side, who accompany his body to the grave and prepare the ointments for embalming. They are disciples and witnesses of the crucifixion and the first witnesses of the resurrection. From Sara to Rebecca, from Ruth to Bathsheba, not forgetting of course, Maria, Anna and Mary of Magdala, a collection of portraits of the most important female figures in the Holy Scripture drawn by two female theologians. Accessible to a wide readership because of the 21D 86 understandable language. 9 788821 596940 The most important female characters in the Bible Size 12,5x20 cm told by two female theologians. Pages 176 Illustrations No Price € 14,00 Series Fame e sete della parola ISBN 9788821596940

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Gabriele Maria Corini DO NOT STAY FALLEN The Fifteen Diseases of Christian Love According to Pope Francis. A Biblical Itinerary

During a meeting with the Roman Curia, Pope Francis has listed fifteen soul diseases each of us should make an examination of conscience about. The Holy Father, tireless evangelizer of divine mercy, made it clear that God is infinite love, and that no one, whatever his/her sin is, is excluded from the divine gaze. Father Gabriele Maria Corini was so inspired by the Pope’s words and by the soul diseases listed by him, that he decided to write about the possible cures for our spiritual infirmities. These cures can be found in the Biblical pages. A volume for readers who, alone or in a group, want to dedicate some time to the spiritual exercises inspired by the Bible.

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Daniele Libanori (ed.) BY FAITH Doctrine of Justification and Experience of God in the Preaching of the Church and in the Spiritual Exercises

«Starting with the mercy of God everyone is looking for, it is possible to interpret anew the fundamental nucleus of the doctrine of justification and to let it appear in all its relevance,» says Benedict XVI in an exclusive interview published in this volume. It begins focusing on the biblical- theological foundations of the doctrine of justification and on how that experience can influence the correct understanding of the justifications itself. In this way it leads to a purification of the image of God the Spiritual Exercises by St. Ignatius intend to let «feel and taste intimately.» The authors of these collectanea are renown theologians. Among them: a new text by Benedict XVI, Romano Penna, and Salvatore Maurizio Sessa. 22T 113

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Massimo Grilli – Maurizio Guidi Elzbieta M. Obara

COMMUNICATION AND PRAGMATICS IN BIBLICAL EXEGESIS

This book focuses on the Holy Scriptures as a communicative event. Word is the main tool of communication, more so when referring to the Biblical word. The word not only “says” something, but it “does” something, it acts to change things. For that reason the interpretation of a text cannot be limited to the semantic fact, but it must take into account the complexity of mechanisms and agents involved in the communicative interaction. If pragmatics (the study of the relationship between signs and their users) has long been accepted in linguistics as a research field, in Biblical science this method is just at the beginning. This volume represents an absolutely 21W 10 innovative and pioneering work. The authors are experts 9 788821 598982 in their respective disciplines at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Size 15x23 cm Pages 264 Illustrations No Pragmatics: a pioneering approach in the field Price € 35,00 of Biblical studies by reknown experts. Series Lectio ISBN 9788821598982

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Gianfranco Ravasi FATHERS, MOTHERS, CHILDREN Family Stories in the Bible

Card. Ravasi offers the readers a biblical reflection on family and mercy. A book at the crossroad of these two fundamental subjects for every believer and every human being. Both of them have an enduring meaning well beyond the synod on family or the extraordinary Jubilee Year on mercy. In the first part Card. Ravasi deepens the themes of family love and mercy in the Bible; in the second one, through a careful selection of pages from the Holy Scriptures, he shows concretely the interweaving of the two themes. The Bible itself is often a history of families, and the family in its traditional form is still a fertile field, where not only weeds take root, the but also the corn of love, of religious and social commitment, of mercy. Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, exegete, is the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred 22H 345 Archaeology. 9 788821 599576 A reflection on family and mercy by Size 13,5x21 cm the well-known exegete Card. Gianfranco Ravasi. Pagine 192 Illustrations No Price € 16,00 Series Dimensioni dello spirito ISBN 9788821599576

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Rosario Carello THE EMBRACES OF FRANCIS When the Pope Gives a Ring

When some amazed journalists asked Pope Francis about his phone calls to sick people, priests, nuns, parents, and many other common people, the answer was: «And thank goodness you are not aware of all the ones I’ve made.» In these words we can grasp the greatness and simplicity of a man who is able to live out his mission with unconditional love. Many have believed that these phone calla were false news fabricated by the press, but the Pope himself said: «For me it remains a habit. A service. I feel it inside». And the Pope in person dials the number, listens to the problems, comforts, gives advice. And the people who receives the phone calls? They find strength, hope. But what does exactly happen before those phone calls? Over them? And after them? This book tells the whole story through many stories, all true, all wonderful. 95A 153 A book full of real and unpublished stories about 9 788821 599545 the phone calls by Pope Francis to common people. Size 13,5x21 cm Pages 160 Illustrations No Price € 9,90 Series Attualità e storia ISBN 9788821599545

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Fabio Rosini LOVE ALONE CREATES The Spiritual Works of Mercy

We live in a confused and contradictory world, where a hand gives and the other takes, a hand cares and the other slaughters; a world in need of mercy. But we no longer know what mercy really is. Too often we confuse it with a general feeling of forgiveness and hospitality; but mercy – we learn from the Scriptures – is completely different. Mercy is an act, it is a work, a wisdom, a cure, the result of a relationship with each other. Mercy does not rise by human beings, but by the relationship with God. It is the result of a synergy, or, better still, it is a work of God in the human beings. The author, Fr. Fabio Rosini, is well known for having conceived the project Catechesis on The Ten Commandments, which from Rome has spread throughout Italy, and for his comments on the Sunday Gospel on the Vatican Radio. This is his long awaited book. With a provocative and direct style, 22H 347 Rosini guides the readers to the discovery of a Love that alone creates and gives shape to everything we do. 9 788821 599828 Size 13,5x21,5 cm In a world in need of mercy the discovery Pages 180 of a Love that alone creates. Illustrations No € The long awaited book by Fr. Fabio Rosini. Price 9,90 Series Dimensioni dello spirito ISBN 9788821599828

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Ermes Ronchi GOSPEL’S BARE QUESTIONS

Ten questions for ten meditations, ten questions «to let the word of Jesus resonate again, perhaps in an unusual way.» This is the purpose by Fr. Ermes Ronchi in preaching the spiritual exercises for Pope Francis and the Roman Curia. But before searching for answers, «human words,» it is essential «to love the questions, which are the Word of God.» They are like a sealed jar: you have to take the lid off in order to find «a surprise made of gold and light inside. The questions are the coffer of a small treasure. They will disarm you, and then you are called upon to give creative answers, and your own answers.» The questions Fr. Ronchi is talking about are Gospel’s bare questions. What are you looking for? Why are you afraid, why don’t you have faith? But who do you say I am?... The book is enriched by the letter sent by Pope Francis to Fr. Ronchi to invite him preach the spiritual exercises and the Pope’s speech given at the end of the retreat. 22H 322 9 788821 598630 The spiritual exercises preached by Fr. Ermes Ronchi Size 13,5x21 cm to Pope Francis, ten questions for every believer Pages 216 and every searching human being. Illustrations No Price € 15,00 Series Dimensioni dello spirito ISBN 9788821598630

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Enzo Bianchi GOD’S OUTRAGEOUS LOVE

«We have to admit: today we are not shocked by Jesus’ words of judgment; what scandalizes us is his mercy. Jesus interprets mercy in an opposite way to the one intended by religious people, by ourselves! Throughout the mercy has scandalized, and it has been little practised. The ministry of condemnation has been having much more place than mercy and reconciliation.» In the richness of Jesus’ message, mercy is perhaps the least understood aspect, the most refused one. Just look at our own history: it is difficult to forgive! And even more at a social level: mercy becomes almost a revolutionary and uncomfortable word. That means, says Enzo Bianchi, «to betray the Gospel.» In order to announce God’s outrageous love the prior of the Bose community comments on the Gospel passages where God’s mercy emerges more clearly, and one particular, “dangerous”, text: the adulteress (John 8:7) with the famous words by Jesus: «Who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.» 22H 309

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Raniero Cantalamessa THAT NOTHING WILL BE WASTED

The Second Vatican Council has been an event of great creativity, a sort of fermentation of the bread of the Word and the Spirit. We just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary (1965-2015), therefore it is inevitable that the pressure by new events and problems tends to push the Council event on the background. At the same time the Council offers some «everlasting conquests» the Church should never lose sight of. In this volume Fr. Cantalamessa applies what Jesus invited the Apostles to do after the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, when he told them: «Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted» (John 6:12). The author does not focus on the Council’s doctrinal and pastoral implications, that are best known and debated, but strictly on the spiritual contents.

Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher 22H 324 of the Pontifical Household, on the spiritual heritage of the Second Vatican Council. 9 788821 599392 Size 13,5x21 cm Pages 144 Illustrations No Price € 16,00 Series Dimensioni dello spirito ISBN 9788821599392

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Luigi Maria Epicoco ONLY SICK PEOPLE CAN HEAL The Human of the (Non) Believer

The book roots in the Gospel passage of the disciples of Emmaus. Its purpose is to discover the human aspect in every experience of faith or unbelief. That’s why the work is divided into two parts. In the first one five issues are addressed: authenticity, friendship, restlessness, sense, and nostalgia. They lead the readers to immerse themselves in their humanity and to rediscover what most people would consider a disease: being human with all the frailties it entails. The second part offers a theological reflection based on four images: inn / church; table / sharing; breaking the bread / faith; getting back / announcement. Finally, in the appendix we can find a new reading of St. Paul’s life, as the man who more than anyone else has summarized all aspects previous chapters treated. A new look on our own humanity, echoing the words of Jesus: «Those who are well do not 226Q 85 need a physician, but the sick do.» (Matthew 9:12). Only if we admit our own humanity, Christ can heal us, that is He 9 788821 597688 can reconciliate ourselves with our own humanity. But there Size 12,5x20 cm can be no healing for those who do not consider themselves Pages 112 sick, because they are too busy to convince other people and Illustrations No themselves they are perfect or, as the Gospel says, righteous Price € 10,00 (Matthew 9:13). A text written in a narrative way, and Series Parole per lo spirito therefore accessible to every reader. ISBN 9788821597688

Only if we admit our own humanity, Christ can heal us, that is He can reconciliate ourselves with our own humanity.

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Anna Maria Cànopi TODAY A CHILD IS BORN FOR US

Mother Cànopi, one of the major figures of contemporary spirituality, helps us live the event of the birth of Christ renewed every year. At the same time she challenges us to recognize it and to witness it in our daily existence. The reflections by mother Cànopi begin with the Word of God as the fundamental attitude of the believers. She retraces too the major stages of the journey of the chosen people, the life and witness of some female Biblical figures, up to the death and resurrection of Christ and the proclamation of the good news of the Gospel. The day of a continuous amazement, because Christ is present and acts in our lives. A text for Advent and Christmas and an excellent tool for personal and community reflection.

A reflection by Mother Cànopi on how to recognize, live and witness today the birth of Jesus. 22H 303

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Paolo Curtaz THE SEEKER, THE ESCAPED, THE SMART, THE DREAMER Stories of Patriarchs, Matriarchs and Those Who Took the Road

The well-known spiritual writer Paolo Curtaz retraces the journey of Abraham (the seeker), Isaac (the escaped), Jacob (the smart), Joseph (the dreamer) and their descendants, of the patriarchs and matriarchs, of men and women in the Bible who have dedicated their lives seeking God with strength and unshakable determination. Life is research, passion and deepening, or it ends up being a sterile succession of days. The great news of the Word is: each of us has a destiny, each of us is called by God, is capable of God, but we have to take the road to find out and understand God’s will. This volume roots in the belief that either human beings become searching travelers, or they do not really live. Wheter they turn their life into a wonderful treasure hunt, or 22H 328 they fade into a void that becomes unbridgeable. 9 788821 599125 Size 13,5x21 cm A book for searching people, for every human being Pages 240 who wants to fully live and not just to experience Illustrations No a sterile succession of days. Price € 14,50 Series Dimensioni dello spirito ISBN 9788821599125

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Bruno Forte JESUS’ JOURNEY AND OURS Spiritual Exercises on the Gospel According to Luke

Themes like journey and wandering are so dominant in Luke, that the third Gospel is connected to the Acts of the Apostles by a single plan. This plan runs from Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem to his disceples’ journey to bring the good news of the Risen Lord to all people and to pass on to anyone the gift of salvation offered by Him. In this volume, Archbishop Bruno Forte collects three meditations on the theme of journey in the Gospel according to Luke: Mary’s visit to Elizabeth after the Annunciation, the Lucan pericope of the path to Jerusalem, and Jesus’ meeting with the two disciples in Emmaus. Suitable for personal and community reflection.

Three meditations on the theme of journey in the Gospel according to Luke by Arch. Bruno Forte. 226T 158

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Carlo Maria Martini PASSION TALES Meditations

The Bible is nothing more than the story of God’s passion for human beings. Taken with mad love for the human beings, God is «in love with the beauty of his creation.» This is why Christians should keep on reading the Passion tales. Card. Martini was so persuaded of this truth, that he dedicated to the Passion tales several meditations, now collected in this volume. For his reflections, Martini chooses to use a series of “Biblical paintings.” The first stars Peter, and the believers recognizes the man who sees all his certainties failing, but other Biblical figures follow quickly: Judah, the guards, Pilate... A dense comment on the Passion narratives, full of realism, wisdom and hope. First volume of a series collecting for the first time the most beautiful Biblical meditations by Card. Martini. A proposal for a strong, open spirituality for believers and searching people. 22H 310 A dense comment on the Passion narratives 9 788821 597732 by Card. Martini. Size 13,5x21 cm Pages 240 Illustrations No Price € 17,00 Series Dimensioni dello spirito ISBN 9788821597732

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Carlo Maria Martini PAUL In the Heart of Ministry

In this volume Card. Martini chooses as a guiding text the Second Letter to the Corinthians and focuses on the apostle Paul. His reflections lead the readers face to face with the Apostle to the heart of his ministry. Martini brings out the disruptive power of the Word. He recalls that for the servant of the Gospel the consolation emanates from suffering. In the light of this Pauline letter, Card. Martini outlines the concrete life of a sheperd today: he serves the Gospel in the Christian community, helps it grow in faith, and tells the riches and possibilities hidden in the fragments of everyday life, even when it looks like we are choked by suffering and misunderstandings. For the first time the most beautiful Biblical meditation by Cardinal Martini collected in a single series. 22H 311 Face to face with Paul. The meditations on the apostle of nations by Card. Carlo Maria Martini. 9 788821 597749 Size 13,5x21 cm Pages 144 Illustrations No Price € 15,00 Series Dimensioni dello spirito ISBN 9788821597749

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Carlo Maria Martini THE LORD’S PRAYER Do Not Waste Words

In these pages Card. Martini takes the reader on a journey to discover the Lord’s Prayer. This prayer has been defined by Tertullian the «synthesis of the whole Gospel.» With a simple and sober style, these meditations enable the readers to understand the heart of the prayer taught by Jesus Christ. Only Jesus – says Martini – could say the Lord’s Prayer, and only Jesus could teach it, because there is a perfect homology between the Lord’s Prayer, the Gospel teaching, and the life of Jesus, the Son of God who died and resurrected for us.

A journey to discover the inexhaustible treasures of the Lord’s Prayer with the help of Card. Martini.

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Carlo Maria Martini ABRAHAM Our Father in Faith

Carlo Maria Martini dedicates these meditations to Abraham, symbol of every human being who is looking for God. Abraham is our father not only «in faith as a lived life», but also because he is a «model of every human being who is welcoming and forthcoming». He sets off following God’s call, and in this way he reminds us how faith is a journey to be taken up with courage and openess. Abraham is a seeker who is not afraid of finding something different and bigger.

A magnificentlectio biblica by Card. Martini on Abraham as a symbol of every human being who is looking for God.

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Carlo Maria Martini JEREMIAH A Prophetic Voice in the City

Carlo Maria Martini applies the method of lectio divina and lays bare the heart of the relationship God-human being. At the centre there is the figure of Jeremiah, a man who could talk with overwhelming and strong ardor of the power of God and of his calling; a man engaged in a difficult – almost ungrateful – task: he has to announce the faithfulness of God, but at the same time he warns the chosen people of Israel of the disaster. The prophet is purified by suffering, so that he can announce the good news: God strikes a covenant with His people, He does it again, and with determination. Only in Christ this announcement will find its complete fulfillment, but the prophet’s voice – the cry of a tried but true man, in a “secular” city that is not listening – will forever remain a warning: it is possible to trust God. 22H 339 Jeremiah’s voice is reminding us: it is possible to trust God. 9 788821 599279 Size 13,5x21 cm Pages 264 Illustrations No Price € 17,00 Series Dimensioni dello spirito ISBN 9788821599279

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Pope Francis Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) A MONTH WITH A MONTH WITH MARY MOTHER OF MERCY OUR MOTHER EARTH Thirty Brief Meditations and Thirty Brief Meditations and a “Notebook” for Personal Reflection a “Notebook” for Personal Reflection

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Pope Francis Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) A MONTH OF A MONTH WAITING FOR GOD EDUCATION OF THE HEART Thirty Brief Meditations and Thirty Brief Meditations and a “Notebook” for Personal Reflection a “Notebook” for Personal Reflection

Gabriele Amorth MY ROSARY

Fr. Amorth has dedicated his books to exorcism and the devil. Around the world he was known as the most powerful exorcist. At the end of his life he has decided to reveal his secret, in a book totally new. These pages are full of light, just like Father Amorth’s life, because has lived a life anchored in the light of Christ. Father Amorth reveals his inner strength, that has allowed him to fight against evil without failure or defeat in all these years: the Rosary.

The strength of the Rosary in the words of Father Gabriele Amorth.

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Remo Lupi Poor Clares THE ROSARY WITH of the Monastery Santa Speranza THE GOSPEL CHARACTERS AWAITING THE LORD WITH MARY New Advent Rosary

MichaelDavide Semeraro LENT An Opportunity Not To Be Missed

Lent is an emblematic time of the path that Christ’s disciples are called to cross every year in a deep and conscious way. If the early Christians rightly said that they could not give up the celebration of Sunday, we could say that our generation of disciples cannot in any way give up Lent as a time of purification, conversion, understanding of the Gospel. This volume accompanies every believer during Lent as an especially propitious and suitable time for the growth in the life of faith. A journey of Lenten reflection designed to revive the grace of Baptism. A book for personal and community reflection.

Lent: purification and conversion time.

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Costanza Miriano Giovanna Parravicini WAY OF THE CROSS THE WAY OF THE CROSS From the Epiphany of Violence Twentieth Century Martyrs: to the Epiphany of Love Ecumenism Through Blood

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MichaelDavide Semeraro CHARLES DE FOUCAULD Explorer and Prophet of an Universal Brotherhood

The centenary of fr. Charles de Foucauld’s death in the Sahara Desert on December 1, 1916 has urged fr. MichaelDavide Semeraro to write this book. The author wants to highlight all the innovations the “little universal brother” has introduced not only for those people who have followed in his footsteps, but for the whole consecrated life and the entire ecclesial community. A tribute to this monk without a monastery, this seeker of God: hopefully his memory will enlighten Christians, so that they accept the Gospel path desired by the Second Vatican Council and confirmed by the impulses Pope Francis is keeping on giving to the Church.

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Michele Gesualdi DON LORENZO MILANI The Exile of Barbiana Preface by Andrea Riccardi and Postface by Don Luigi Ciotti

Don Lorenzo Milani (1923-1967) has been a multifaceted figure: teacher, educator, writer, but first of all a priest faithful to the Gospel. Michele Gesualdi, one of his first students in Barbiana, draws a portrait of Don Lorenzo without making him a saint, but a real and alive man. Gesualdi’s narration starts with Don Milani’s family and the founding moment of his life: the conversion to Christianity. Later the years in the seminary and the period as a chaplain in San Donato a Calenzano, where Don Lorenzo starts the popular school. These years strengthen his convictions, but at the same time they make ihm unpopular with the conformists and most of the local priests. And it will be the hostility of the latter to weigh on the judgment of the Curia that is going “to exile” Don Lorenzo in Barbiana. But Don 92B 97 Lorenzo does not lose heart, on the contrary: he kicks off 9 788821 599569 a popular school once again. The result is an exceptional experience Gesualdi has lived first hand and recounts with Size 14x21,5 cm great effectiveness. He tells the last days of Don Lorenzo’s Pages 216 life as well, because he was on Don Milani’s side on his Illustrations No deathbed. Price € 16,00 Series Tempi e figure 50 years since Don Lorenzo Milani’s death ISBN 9788821599569 (1967-2017): his life and deeds told by one of his first pupils in Barbiana.

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Angelo Comastri I HAVE MET A SAINT WOMAN Mother Teresa of Calcutta

The saints need no applause; the saints are asking us to keep on doing their work, to keep burning the lamp of their example and the fire of love they have sparked on earth. The tireless nun from Skopje has known the faces of the outcasts, and she was able to capture their desires and fears. For decades she has picked up the dying, the sick, the abandoned from the pavements of Calcutta. For decades she has touched the wounded faces, sunken cheeks, obscenely ulcerated bodies of God’s children. These people had this tiny and gigantic nun at their side, small and great, an emissary of God. In this volume, Cardinal Angelo Comastri, a close friend of Mother Teresa, collects anecdotes and testimonies of those who have personally known this saint woman. 22H 316 The life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta told 9 788821 598166 by card. Comastri through the testimonies of those who have met her personally. Size 13,5x21 cm Pages 144 Illustrations No Price € 15,00 Series Dimensioni dello spirito ISBN 9788821598166

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Stefano Campanella MERCY ACCORDING TO PADRE PIO Preface by Mons. Rino Fisichella

St Pio of Pietrelcina was a great witness of mercy. As a confessor, Padre Pio has welcomed hundreds of thousands of penitents from all over the world, and he was able to enter into their heart and to lead them to repentance. The friar from Pietrelcina performed a divine mandate – «to rip entwined souls to satan and to win them to Christ» – made even more evident by the signs, by the stigmata and other gifts accepted with charity. But he was also the man of concrete mercy, a promoter of great social works – such as the Home for the Relief of Suffering – designed precisely to support people in need. Padre Pio’s life unravels mercy in its many and varied forms and concrete expressions. That’s why he was chosen by Pope Francis as an example for priests for his tireless efforts in administering the sacrament of Reconciliation. The author is director of Padre Pio TV and 92C 175 the Press Office of the religious Province of Sant’Angelo and 9 788821 597718 Padre Pio of Friars Minor Capuchin in Italy. Size 13,5x20 cm Pages 192 Padre Pio’s life: his mercy in the words and Illustrations No testimonies of people who knew him firsthand. Price € 14,90 Series I protagonisti ISBN 9788821597718

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Pasquale Ferrara FRANCIS’ WORLD Bergoglio and International Politics

It would be simplistic to analyze the international activities of Pope Francis with the categories of geopolitics or even with the prospect of an (even if legitimate) defense of the Vatican’s and of the Catholic world’s interests. Bergoglio’s approach is not based on a traditional foreign policy, but it rather favours world politics. Papal visits always reveal a double register, one linked to the concreteness of local and regional fractures, the other, much larger, connected to their global repercussions. He uses local criticality as metaphors for planetary fractures. All the major Italian and foreign newspapers keep on following with great attention the foreign policy of Pope Bergoglio. This volume addresses the crucial foreign policy issues according to Pope Francis: from the criticism of the laissez-faire economic and political model to the reconciliation process in the Middle East, from the 95A 152 Latin America countries to the south of the world. 9 788821 597794 The crucial foreign policy issues according to Size 13,5x21 cm Pope Francis: the focus on world politics. Pages 288 Illustrations No Price € 17,50 Series Attualità e storia ISBN 9788821597794

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Claudia Ryan HANA THE YAZIDI GIRL Hell is on Earth

August 3, 2014: the ISIS fighters attack and conquer Sinjar in Kurdistan. That day Hana, a young nurse of Yazidi religion, is in town visiting her family. For her, as for all members of the Yazidi minority, it is the beginning of a nightmare: Hana’s brother and mother are killed, she and Wafa, her sister, are sold as slaves. Having suffered countless abuses and tortures, Hana manages to escape her tormentors and to take refuge in Duhok, where she resumes her work as a nurse in the Khanke refugee camp and tries hard to regain a normal life. A novel inspired by many women who have been through unspeakable horrors in Kurdistan. Hana’s voice is their voice, her story wants to tell their stories. A novel for readers who want to better understand the current situation in Kurdistan. 82L 72 A novel inspired by many women in Kurdistan. 9 788821 598142 Hana’s voice is their voice. Size 14,5x21,5 cm Pages 144 Illustrations No Price € 14,50 Series Le vele ISBN 9788821598142

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Claudio Risé SATED TO DIE Affluence Diseases and the Necessity of Making an Effort

Fun, Wealth & Look: here is the trinity of this new millennium venerated in the Western world. In this part of the world human beings are trapped in a hypertrophied ego, unable to convey nothing but the culture of excess, and falling into a state of deep catatonia. Claudio Risé, well-known psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, presents a critical and punctual interpretation of the crisis of values the entire Western world is suffering under. It is a dead end it will be difficult to get out from, unless something is done soon. Too much money, too much food, too much sugar, too much fat, too many drugs. A need to be filled with adulterated and poisoning materials, to avoid physical effort and to surrender to a sedentary lifestyle. We rest on machines: by car, by plane, on the treadmill at the gym, but 33M 14 we never walk, with both our feet on the ground. Looking at life as fun, gratification, permanent reassurance, we are 9 788821 597619 dying a slow death. The only option is to rediscover limit as a Size 12,5x20 cm value, the obscenity of excess, the educational value of need, Pages 176 to recognize reality in its truth and to wonder for the small Illustrations No things every day. Price € 14,50 Series Psiche e società A critical and punctual interpretation of the crisis ISBN 9788821597619 of the Western world values.

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Federico De Rosa THE ISLAND OF US Guide to the Autism Country

Imagine landing on a small island lost in the Ocean you know absolutely nothing about: no language, customs, and geography. What would be the first thing you would do once you arrive? To find a guide! What you have in your hands is a guide to an unknown island to most people, the Island of us, the autism country. Here “normal” people do not know how to navigate and therefore they have everything to learn. But how does this island look like? There is a mooring for ferries, the hospital and a clinic to treat not autistic people; the largest school district; the parliament; the Leisure Corporation, the largest company on the island; the monastery, which is on a mountain behind the city; “Let’s have fun”, an entertainment community built under a forest; the Sighs of Love Park, where courting couples 82L 86 can find a place for themselves; of course, to get around there is the underground train. Federico De Rosa, author 9 788821 598647 of the international bestseller What I never said, turns all Size 14,5x21 cm stereotypes upside down and writes the first guide for Pages 144 “normal” people to the autistic world. Illustrations No Price € 14,50 Federico De Rosa, author of the international Series Le vele bestseller What I never said, writes the first guide ISBN 9788821598647 for “normal” people to the autistic world.

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Antonio Ferrara – Filippo Mittino DADS’S CHALLENGE Nine Stories About Fathers to the Test of Their Teenager Children

Being a dad is a challenge, especially when children reach the difficult teens. But what happens, when nine teenagers meet to talk about their dads in an entirely different challenge, one where «everyone talks about his / her own father, and at the end we decide who is the most pain in the ass»? The well-known novelist Antonio Ferrara presents a roundup of very different father figures. Thanks to the comments of the psychologist Filippo Mittino, reflection takes place along a path in order to rediscover the features of the father’s role and to understand what behavioral and affective aspects are needed in order to achieve the desired goal: the child’s growth. A narrator and a psychologist together to describe the father figure and all its difficulties. 19F 176 A book to understand fathers and children 9 788821 598128 (and to understand ourselves). Size 12,5x20 cm Pages 160 Illustrations No Price € 14,00 Series Progetto famiglia ISBN 9788821598128

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Marina Ricci MOTHER TERESA’S GIFT. GOVINDO

Marina Ricci, Vatican correspondent of an important Italian TV channel, is sent to Calcutta in 1996 while Mother Teresa is facing a serious illness and is close to death. The reporter visits the facilities where the sisters of Mother Teresa are helping children in need. She meets Govindo, a seriously ill child no family is willing to adopt. Marina and her family chooses instead to adopt him: it is the first step of a journey that will change Govindo’s life and the one of Marina and her husband and children. Gogo, as everyone calls him, is suffering from a degenerative disease. He does not walk nor grow, but this does not stop him from loving and being loved by his new family and going beyond the skepticism of the doctors, who had given him only a few years to live. Gogo instead fills with joy his new mum, Marina, his father Tommaso and his siblings and nephews until November 5, 2010, when, just turned 18 years old, he dies. This book is 82L 323 a testimony of the precious gift Govindo was for his family, 9 788821 598661 and for those who knew him, maybe even for a few minutes. Size 14,5x21,5 cm Pages 176 Govindo: a seriously ill child from Calcutta adopted Illustrations No by an Italian family. A precious gift for his family Price € 14,50 given by Mother Teresa. Series Le vele ISBN 9788821598661

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NEW ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN BIBLE

From the creation of Adam and Eve to Abraham’s journey, from Moses and the adventurous escape of the Israelites from Egypt to the arrival in the Promised Land, from King David and his son Solomon to the destruction of Jerusalem and its reconstruction. From the life of Jesus, his teachings, his parables to the birth of the first Christian community. Through the unfolding of the Old and New Testament stories the thread of the history of salvation emerges clearly. Not just a collection of stories, but the tale of one story. This new illustrated children Bible goes beyond the usual children Bibles, because it does not neglect the most difficult pages of the sacred history. For the Old Testament, it gets up to the books of the prophets, the exile and the return of the people of Israel into the Promised Land, for the New Testament up to the Acts of the Apostles and the Revelation. R4D 70 The story focuses on the values the Bible holds: freedom, personal responsibility, justice, fidelity, mercy ... The writing 9 788892 210240 is simple. The narrative is organized around short stories, Size 19,5x26 each occupying a double illustrated page. That choice makes Pages 240 it easier to read and to understand the text. The texts are Illustrations Ye s by Rosa Mediani, who was advised by Fr. Giacomo Perego, Price € a biblical scholar and priest of the Society of St. Paul. The Series I più bei libri per ragazzi illustrations by Silvia Colombo accompany each page and ISBN 9788892210240 represent a real comment.

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Andrea Ciucci GOD’S CARESS The Catechism of Pope Francis on the Family

Starting with the Wednesday catechesis, dedicated by Pope Francis to the family, the author deals with various themes: suffering and times of life, family vocation and the major issues affecting society. With a simple and direct language, Don Ciucci helps children understand the teachings of Pope Francis: in every chapter brief quotations by the Pope and his references to experiences lived in his childhood are enriched by delicate and ironic illustrations by Sara Benecino. A book designed for children aged five years on, but also a great tool for parents and catechists. French, English, Spanish, Portuguese translations are already available. R4B 131 The teaching of Pope Francis on the family 9 788821 598968 explained to children. Size 16,5x22 cm French, English, Spanish, Portuguese translations Pages 64 already available. Illustrations Ye s Price € 10,00 Series Bimbi e Gesù ISBN 9788821598968

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Gruppo Il Sicomoro THE BEATITUDES Explained to children

The Beatitudes – the centre of Jesus’ teaching – explained to children in a simple way. Each chapter is dedicated to a beatitude with short insights and references to the Gospel and closes with a page designed like a notebook. The kids can read the texts and prayers and write their own thoughts, but also answer questions by checking what they have already been put in place in their lives and investigating which new possibilities open up following Jesus. A book aimed at young people aged 9 years on. From the authors of The 10 Commandments (explained to children), I Believe (explained to children), The Works of Mercy (explained to children).

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Laura Salvi JESUS IN MY HEART Album of My First Communion

An album of the First Communion for colouring and drawing and where to collect photos and thoughts of a special day. An album for photographs and thoughts, memories and dreams of the day of your First Communion. A special gift for those who approach the sacrament of Communion for the first time. A classic gift in a modern guise. It contains 130 stickers.

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Silvia Vecchini BLACK HOLE

Giulio is thirteen years old, shy, overweight and has a nerdish passion for the cosmos and black holes. He is forced to spend the summer in an empty city, because his mother is taking care of his sick and aging grandparents, while his father is on holiday with his new partner and a new born baby-boy. His days have a sudden turn when he casually meets Samanta, an odd girl, older than him. Samanta says very little about herself and alternates moments of sadness and euphoria, but she seems to accept Giulio’s company, who is both fascinated and frightened by her. Loneliness unites them. No one seems to notice this strange couple, adults are absent or distracted. Giulio is involved in a series of increasingly risky and dangerous adventures, until Samanta’s “black hole”, the painful secret that affects her life, starts to become really dangerous. Giulio understands that he can’t deal with Samanta’s problems alone. Then he has the courage to ask for help. It is a difficult act, which R6N 79 forces him to be sincere with his family, especially with his 9 788821 598494 father, but that act reopens his relationship with him. A Size 14x21,5 cm novel of great emotional impact which addresses the issues Pages 144 of abuse and adolescent discomfort with sensitivity and Illustrations No acumen. From 12 years on. Price € 14,50 Series Narrativa San Paolo Ragazzi A mysterious “black hole” is devouring Samanta’s ISBN 9788821598494 soul. It will be up to Giulio, thirteen, shy and overweight, the task of filling that void.

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Gabriele Clima THE SUN BETWEEN HIS FINGERS

Dario is 16 years old and has a difficult character. Since his father abandoned his family, he lives with his mother, but their relationship is dialogueless. At school, after another stunt, the principal decides to punish him assigning him to assist a disabled student. That’s how Dario meets Andy, who sits in a wheelchair and has serious mobility and communication problems. After a difficult start, the two youngsters find a way to communicate, and Dario decides to take a stroll with Andy without telling anyone. The principal calls the police, and the situation degenerates; Dario gets scared and runs away with Andy in tow. A picaresque journey begins, rich of bizarre encounters and motorized wheelchairs. Dario is grappling with Andy, who depends completely on him. The complicity between the two of them grows, Dario discovers even a way to enter into Andy’s secret world. At the same time Dario decides to take advantage of the trip to track down his father, but the meeting proves R6N 81 to be a disappointment, because his father is nothing more 9 788821 598760 than an adult-adolescent incapable of taking responsibility. Size 14x21,5 cm The meeting, however, helps Dario understand what Pages 180 responsibility means, and he decides to get back home. After Illustrations No the initial shock, Andy’s parents notice that the adventure Price € 14,50 has let their son make unexpected progress, which nobody Series Narrativa San Paolo ragazzi before had managed to get. The novel was inspired by a true ISBN 9788821598760 story. The book addresses the issues of adolescent distress and disability in an original and compelling way. From 12 years on.

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Antonio Ferrara ZO’

Lucio is a strange kid. Thin and tall and drawn to everything about death: funeral, suicides, Halloween ... so much that at school he is known as Zo’, short for zombies. He has only one friend, Nano, and a difficult relationship with his family and the bullies. He also has a boat, Witch, but his real passion is acting and he is always ready to invent a story. He’s so good that, when he meets Anna, a woman about to throw herself off a bridge, he fakes a seizure and saves her life, because he forces her to intervene to help him. Thus he becomes a friend of Anna and Marco, a cultured and wealthy couple that has just lost their son. Lucio is so fascinated by them that he daydreams to have them as parents. Everything changes when Marco commits suicide. Lucio begins to look at the world in a different way: he understands how much courage it takes to deal with life day by day. Maybe his family is not perfect, but it is still a family that loves him. Lucio R6N 83 decides to take the reins of his own future and, despite the opposition of his mother, he takes part in an audition for a 9 788821 599347 scholarship that will allow him to attend a prestigious theatre Size 14x21,5 cm school and he gets it. The new novel by the double Andersen Pages 192 Prizewinner (2012 and 2015). From 12 years on. Illustrations No Price € 14,50 A story of friendship, growth and change Series Narrativa San Paolo ragazzi that teaches children to pick up their lives. ISBN 9788821599347

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Silvia Vecchini – Giusy Capizzi TEN SHORT STORIES TO LIVE HAPPY

This book collect ten short stories that have children as protagonists struggling with large and small daily events. But not only. These stories cherish ten things to do to meet God, ten attitudes to encourage in children so that they can learn to recognize His voice, His beauty, His love. An illustrated book suitable for a shared reading parents/children.

Ten small stories to read together – parents and children – to meet God and live happily.

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Manuela Monari – Martina Peluso SALTAINMENTE

A book for toddlers who faces a difficult topic: What am I free to do? Everything! If you are thinking of doing anything, do it! But if you are thinking of doing anything you would not want to be done to you ... wait, wait a minute. Look, look better ... and amazing thing happens. A funny and poetic hymn to fantasy and children’s freedom, to care and respect for everybody. A book with texts and illustrations targeted for toddlers. Great gift idea.

A book to explain freedom, imagination, respect to the little ones. R4I 47

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Maria Loretta Giraldo – Nicoletta Bertelle ELEPHANT, HOW SCARY!

A funny and colourful story that speaks to children about their fears and plays them down. The protagonists are the savannah kittens who seek advice in Elephant, the wisest and bravest of all animals. His suggestions are valuable for overcoming fear and uncertainty (fear of the dark, bad dreams, not having friends, being wrong) and infuse peace and security, but – surprise! – even the strongest have some fear... From 5 years on. Ideal for a shared reading parents/children. R2R 38 Everyone is afraid of something, it is normal, there is no shame! 9 788821 599330 Size 16,5x16,5 cm Pages 32 Illustrations Ye s Price € 10,00 Series Racconti fiabeschi ISBN 9788821599330

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Davide Rondoni THE KISS OF SEVILLE The Man Who Was Don Juan

In Seville there is a secret. Who was the man who was Don Juan? What was that collector of love, kisses, appointments, looking for? Did the figure who for centuries inspired so many works, from Tirso de Molina to Mozart, to many recent authors, really exist? The novel’s protagonist – a young man of our time – puts on Don Juan’s footsteps to understand and to see what that mysterious figure has to say to his life. A journey that takes the readers into the history and the characters of the capital of the immense Kingdom of Spain, a sumptuous and obscure theatre of love and death. At its centre the figure of Miguel Mañara, a dashing knight and main charachter of an exceptional life. Around him so many characters full of light and shadows, ancient and modern. A story full of twists and a deep and passionate humanity, crossed by the eternal question: What is love? 82L 73

DAVIDE RONDONI, editor of the series Exceptional Lives, 9 788821 598340 is a poet and a novelist. In Italy he has published with Size 12x19 cm Mondadori, Guanda, Rizzoli, Piemme, Frassinelli. With Se tu Pages 208 fossi qui (Edizioni San Paolo, 2015) he has won the Andersen Illustrations No Prize 2015. Price € 12,00 Series Le vele Who was the man who was Don Juan? A novel that ISBN 9788821598340 masterfully recounts the exploits of Miguel Mañara, the man who was Don Juan.

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Mariapia Ammirati OUT OF THE HAREM Caterina Troiani, the African Girls and the Paradise-Stealers

Cairo at the beginning of the twentieth century is a gigantic city, a labyrinth of streets and markets. Ancient glories cross with modern miseries. Why is that young Italian woman over there to pick up the dying children and to free women from the harem? A story that has become tremendously actual today. There is a secret in the life of Caterina. The author approaches the mystery of this Italian woman who was a refuge for many Arab women and digs into her secret. It’s a secret of love and violence, tender cure and efforts to let different cultures and faiths meet. The paradise-stealers, children gathered to let them die at least with dignity, and girls sold to harems are the main charachters of this unknown and fascinating story. 82L 74 MARIA PIA AMMIRATI is the director of Rai Teche (the archives of the Italian public television) and a literary critic. 9 788821 598357 Her novels have been published in Italy by Mondadori. Size 12x19 cm Pages 160 «The only way to save girls and women slaves Illustrations No € would have been to go to the harem, Price 12,00 Series Le vele and take them away…». ISBN 9788821598357

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Lucrezia Lerro THE INFECTION OF LOVE Etty Hillesum and Julius Spear

What burns in the secret of an ordinary girl? And if her desires, contradictions, hopes, intersect with the tremendous fire of history? Who is really Etty? What is she looking for? Her diaries reveal a restless and shining personality, her words have gone through the horror and touched millions of hearts. But she, who is she? How does she live, how does she look, how does she love? The author follows her in her discoveries, in her troubles, in her relationships. Here are the normal and exceptional events surrounding a girl who lives normality asking for an intense life. As if she was preparing for a great destiny. And when that destiny arrives, she, a normal girl, is ready to be the protagonist of a great story.

LUCREZIA LERRO is a novelist and a poet. Her books have been published in Italy by Bompiani and Mondadori. 82L 76 «He liked Etty because she has put love 9 788821 598371 at the centre of her life». Size 12x19 cm Pages 192 Illustrations No Price € 12,00 Series Le vele ISBN 9788821598371

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Andrea Di Consoli THE MISSED MIRACLE Francesco di Paola and the King of France

1483. Louis XI, King of France, falls ill. His personal doctor is straining with no success, but the hope of recovery is slim. The news of a Calabrian monk, a singular man capable of incredible miracles, reach the king’s ear: Could he heal the monarch? Francesco di Paola, the pious man, reluctantly leaves his country and embarks on a long journey, by land and sea, that will lead him to the king’s court. It is a chance to make new and wonderful miracles all the way: the king can only hope to be healed.

ANDREA DI CONSOLI is a journalist and a novelist. His novels are published in Italy by Rizzoli.

Only a miracle can save the king, a humble friar is called to fulfill it. 82L 77 9 788821 598388 Size 12x19 cm Pages 128 Illustrations No Price € 12,00 Series Le vele ISBN 9788821598388

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Antonella Berni THE AUSTRALIAN Mary MacKillop, a Woman Against Convention

Mary loved horses. And she knew how to treat them. No one suspects that holiness, like a strange predator, is looking for a girl in a remote region of Australia. The hard life of a family where her father is a distant shadow, where everything is needed, but there is someone who begins to teach children without making distinctions between natives and immigrants, between poor and rich. It was rumoured that she was a drunkard, she was excommunicated, but Mary did not stop her horses and her sisters and, in a land abandoned by human beings and by God, she carried on her mission. A great story set in a distant world, where the wind seems wilder and more intense the feeling that agitates human beings. She, Mary, controversial and fierce, has become Australia’s first saint. 82L 79 ANTONELLA BERNI is a translator and a novelist who works in Italy with Raffaelli Editore and BUR. 9 788821 598401 Size 12x19 cm A great story set in a distant world. Pages 160 At its core Mary MacKillop, controversial and fierce, Illustrations No € Australia’s first saint. Price 12,00 Series Le vele ISBN 9788821598401

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Beatrice Buscaroli ONE LIFE IS NOT ENOUGH History and Genius of Michelangelo

When Ludovico Buonarroti trusted the little Michelangelo to the wife of a stonemason, he could not imagine that his son would become one of the greatest artists of all time. This historical novel lets the readers meet Michelangelo well on in years. The artist himself tells of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Angelo Poliziano and Girolamo Savonarola. Halfway between the historical novel and the memoir, the figure of Michelangelo emerges in all its grandeur. With equal force are drawn all the characters he has crossed his existence with, such as Domenico Ghirlandaio – the envious master – or Pietro Torrigiano – the rowdy rival – who with a punch hopelessly deformed the nose of Buonarroti.

BEATRICE BUSCAROLI teaches contemporary art at the university in Bologna. She is the director of Collezioni d’arte 82L 80 e di storia of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bologna and she has been the curator of Padiglione Italia at the 9 788821 598418 Biennale in Venice 2009. Size 12x19 cm Pages 192 A vivid portrait of Michelangelo and Illustrations No the Italian Renaissance. Price € 12,00 Series Le vele ISBN 9788821598418

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Alberto Friso HEAVEN UNDER THE STONES Father Piccirillo, God’s Archaeologist

Lucas was having a quiet life: his studies, a girl, some friends and the thesis to be written without much effort. Then his professor pronounces a strange name, never heard before: Father Michele Piccirillo. This name becomes the starting point of an incredible adventure on the trail of a seeker of ancient stones. A surprising journey through mysterious figures, new friends, and ghosts emerging from the past. Lucas finds himself coming to terms with ancient stories, doubts, false leads, twists, and a man who knew how to combine science, passion, and mystery.

ALBERTO FRISO is a journalist and an essayst. His books have been published in Italy by EMP.

A crime story on the trail of an archeologist 82L 81 who knew how to combine science, passion, 9 788821 598425 and mystery. Size 12x19 cm Pages 240 Illustrations No Price € 12,00 Series Le vele ISBN 9788821598425

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Eleonora Mazzoni HIS HEAD ON YOUR CHEST In the Footsteps of St. John

He has had a long life, as it had been predicted by the strange man whom he had followed and called the Messiah. A man whom he had seen crying on the cross and who had entrusted his own mother to him. John, the beloved disciple, is the focus of this novel, told by a woman of our times in search of the secret of Christianity. Why could such a “small” event, restricted to a handful of men, go through time and space and captivate millions of people? What did John write to Mary, his new mother? And is God father and mother at the same time? What did John think at the end of his long life, a man who saw his friends end up far away?

ELEONORA MAZZONI is an actress and a novelist. Her novels have been published in Italy by Einaudi and Chiarelettere. 82L 83 A novel about John, the beloved disciple. 9 788821 598449 Size 12x19 cm Pages 160 Illustrations No Price € 12,00 Series Le vele ISBN 9788821598449

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Costanza Cavalli GREEN FIRE Hildegard of Bingen, Mystery Woman

Hildegard of Bingen was a multifaceted figure. A Benedictine nun, a writer, a poet, a musician too. And then a philosopher, a naturalist, a healer. She did not remain closed in her monastery, she had also founded, but she was able to challenge her time and she did even come to attack the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Since her death nearly eight centuries have passed. What lies behind such a remarkable woman? Hildegard herself is going to tell us all. In her last days, it is time to go back over her life...

COSTANZA CAVALLI is a journalist and an harpist.

Hildegard of Bingen was a multifaceted figure. What secret lies behind such a remarkable woman? 82L 84

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Moreno Giannattasio GIULIA Beauty, Love and Wine of the Barolo Marchioness

Giulia is beautiful, cultured and refined, and belongs to an ancient and aristocratic French family. When her father, with the approval of Napoleon, invites her to marry a nobleman, not much older than her, Julia does what her family wants. But Carlo Tancredi Falletti, Barolo marquis, is far away from the stereotype of the imposed husband. An arranged marriage, but a marriage between kindred spirits. The couple lives in Turin and welcomes in its palace the most important political and intellectual figures of their age, but other people too: poors, beggars, orphans, sick people…Giulia herself is always ready to serve them hot meals in the canteen set up in the entrance hall of the palace. But it is not enough. While Carlo takes care of health and education, Julia takes care of female inmates (prostitutes, thieves, and murderers) locked up in jail, and teaches them how to read and to write. She 82L 85 even gets from the king the position of jail superintendent. Her life is spent entirely for the outcasts, sustained by faith 9 788821 598463 and love of God, but she is not only a woman all zeal and Size 12x19 cm charity. Together with her husband she is also dedicated Pages 160 to producing the best wine of the region, Barolo, and she Illustrations No introduces innovations that allow the increase of the wine Price € 12,00 production and – with its revenues – she finances the Barolo Series Le vele charity. ISBN 9788821598463

MORENO GIANNATTASIO teaches creative writing, is a dramatist and a translator.

Giulia di Barolo: marchioness, benefactress, wine producer. A life that looks like a novel.

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