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China blocks their exports. The United States looks to Greenland to extract them. Europe does not produce them, but desperately needs them: Rare Earths are today’s gold of the 21st century.

Geopolitics of Rare Earths takes the reader inside the new great game of critical raw materials, where China controls 80% of refining, the United States rushes to find new deposits, and Europe–still lacking a common strategy–tries to focus on recycling and partnerships. The book clearly answers crucial questions: Which industrial groups are leading this change? What role can Europe and Italy play? What financial instruments allow operators and investors to participate in this global challenge?

Enriched with charts, tables, and a color map on the inside covers locating rare earth reserves, the book combines geopolitics, economics, and finance, offering a valuable tool to navigate a contest that will determine wealth, energy security, and power in the coming decades.

What gives unity to an interior design project? Beyond the coherence of materials, it is the use of color that gives character and identity to domestic space; each architect, each era has its own palette, where the floor, walls, and ceiling are composed with the dominant hues of the chosen materials.

If the twentieth century and early rationalism fought their battle between pastel shades and primary colors, the weight of the times and of war was tinged with greens and browns. The explosion of optimism brought back blues, mauves, and pinks, while the Viennese use of black and white was recovered to emphasize the graphic quality of forms. Gio Ponti is brighter, Viganò more elegant, Sottsass more contrasting. When the home becomes an artist’s canvas, color is its instrument. Some architects are directly associated with a particular tone, and vice versa: Caccia Dominioni’s red is so different from the red that invades homes in 1968. The percentage and density of color increase more and more up to the 1970s, when the monochrome home is completely immersed in dark blues and browns.

80 double-page spreads feature a brief description of the interior, several images of the spaces, and on the right-hand page, the color palette for floors, walls, ceilings, and furnishings, providing at a glance the chromatic essence of each environment. The entries are grouped by decade and preceded by a brief summary of the “spirit” of the decade and its color range. The book opens with an introduction by Stefanie Wettstein and closes with a piece by Chiara Mazzola on palettes. All texts are in both Italian and English.

In a world where financial education is often neglected, The 4 Pillars of Financial Independence offers a clear and practical guide to taking control of your money and building solid financial security.

Divided into four parts–Earn, Track, Save, Invest–the book follows a practical path, simply explaining key concepts such as budget management, the importance of an emergency fund, strategies to increase income, and the basics of investing safely.

Designed for those who want to improve their financial situation, this book goes beyond theory, providing immediately applicable strategies, concrete examples, and useful tools to turn money into an ally rather than a source of stress.

Rock & Cinema explores–from Elvis Presley’s rock and roll to the present day–the successful encounters between music and cinema that have given rise to works that have become milestones of contemporary culture.

Much has been written about the mutual influence between rock and the big screen, but little attention has been paid to the impact that certain films and their soundtracks have had on the world of music and on the artists themselves.

There are numerous cases of films that have become true symbols for entire movements or subcultures. Cinema has represented a natural step for many rock stars, and has also become a precious opportunity for underground bands to experiment with new expressive languages.

The main aim of this book is to observe the relationship between rock and cinema from a new perspective: the musical one. It is a journey that traces the history of rock on the big screen, in a passionate project curated down to the smallest detail.

Andrea Caraffini, the face of White Ghost Shop and a point of reference for a vast community of over 250,000 enthusiasts, guides you step by step in discovering DIY tools.

“I Make Things” is not a manual that teaches you how to solve a specific problem, but a guide that provides the foundations to tackle any project with confidence, so you can finally say, “I did it myself.” With the right tools and proper knowledge, anything becomes possible.

Divided into 8 themed sections and organized into illustrated cards: each tool is described simply, with explanatory images and Andrea’s friendly, immediately applicable advice.

For DIY enthusiasts, the new generation of makers, and the curious who don’t know where to start.

Back pain is one of the most common and debilitating conditions of the modern era, capable of compromising quality of life and daily activities. With a holistic approach that integrates physical exercises, stretching, nutrition, manual therapy, and stress management, the author offers concrete and personalized solutions to improve back health, demonstrating that even the most persistent pain can be resolved with the right approach.

The book does not simply address the symptoms, but focuses on the underlying causes of this condition, offering a complete and scientifically grounded perspective in simple and accessible language, making it an indispensable ally for anyone who wants to take care of their health in a natural and sustainable way.

The world of textiles told with a contemporary and design-oriented perspective through 130 fabrics: a visual and bilingual (Italian-English) guide for professionals and students in the fields of fashion, design, and textiles.

This book places fabric as the absolute protagonist, highlighting it as a precious and irreplaceable raw material that gives rise to fashion. For this reason, the selection is mainly based on samples collected from luxury Made in Italy companies.

The volume stands out for its practical and intuitive approach: each fabric is presented through a photograph showing both the front and the back of the sample, conveying the full visual and tactile richness of the material.

The data sheets, organized over double pages with multiple fabric proposals, clearly and immediately present all the essential information: weave, weight, hand, ideal uses in fashion, sustainability, price range, and many other characteristics, easily recognizable thanks to a system of recurring symbols.

It is an indispensable tool designed for professionals in the Fashion, Luxury, and Design sectors, as well as for students of Fashion Design, Fashion Styling, and Fashion Business.

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Guide to consultation – The fabrics. Guide to understanding fabrics – The hand: visual and tactile perception – Key factors in fabric selection. The fabrics: the data sheets. Fundamental weaves. Plain weave – Twill weave – Satin weave – Other fabrics. Jacquard fabrics – Openwork fabrics – Fabrics with hairy surfaces – Linings and interlinings – Knitted fabrics – Non-woven fabrics. Patterns, finishes, decorations, and textile manipulations. Appendices.

Rebelling against fate, breaking the rules, and living a life worth living. A journey for those who are not satisfied with “that’s how it’s always been done,” but instead are fueled by questions, dreams, and inner revolutions.

Halfway between a personal growth book, a biography, and an entrepreneurial essay, The Tao of Business is a true journey of discovery along a different path–the path of the extraordinary.

Dario Vignali–founder of several companies, including Marketers, the most important Italian community of founders, creatives, and digital professionals–shares the journey that took him from being a shy young man to becoming an entrepreneur and creating several successful businesses. The real achievement, however, was not accumulating tangible results, but deeply understanding the meaning of a full, authentic, and conscious life.

The Tao of Business, the result of years of experiences, research, mistakes, and achievements, is a powerful guide for those who want to create something of their own, pursue freedom, and live with intention. Not just a book, but an invitation to rewrite the rules of your own game.

Luciano Pignataro’s challenge, as an undisputed authority on Southern Italian cuisine, is to revive the tradition of Neapolitan cooking, where classic dishes are subject to new interpretations and the spirit of the city comes alive on the pages through stories, products, and wines: the relationship between Neapolitans and food–O magnà.

A new book that presents itself as a classic. Neapolitan cuisine is unique in Italy for its richness and variety. It blends dishes from humble traditions (pasta and potatoes, pasta and legumes, as well as pizza) with dishes of aristocratic or bourgeois origin (such as timbales). It also offers both seafood cuisine and dishes using products from the hinterland, blessed by the fertility of volcanic soil. Even the “street” pastries reach heights of excellence (sfogliatelle, babà, zeppole), not to mention the more traditional desserts.

The book, after a preface by Princess Giulia Ferrara Pignatelli di Strongoli and an introduction by the author, is divided into a historical section, an analysis of products, and a rich, up-to-date recipe collection featuring the classics of 21st-century Neapolitan cuisine.

An appendix on Campanian wines completes the volume. The photographs by Ciro Pipoli offer a splendid interpretation of the relationship between Naples and food.

Can the public debt of major countries threaten our collective well-being? Are there limits to debt growth? Can a large country with a major reserve currency like the United States really go bankrupt? And what would such a scenario look like? These are some of the questions underlying the alarm raised for the global economy in this volume.

Ray Dalio, one of the greatest investors of our time, who predicted the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2010-2012 European debt crisis, shares for the first time his detailed explanation of what he calls the “Big Debt Cycle.” Understanding this cycle is essential to help policymakers, investors, and the general public understand where we are and in which direction we are heading. Dalio’s model points to surprisingly simple solutions for managing the debt problems that the United States, Europe, Japan, and China are facing today.

How countries go broke shows how these problems are connected to other forces–domestic politics in various countries, geopolitical relations, natural changes (droughts, floods, and pandemics), and technological changes (especially AI)–which together are causing what Dalio calls great cycle upheavals in the world order.