Milano in maschera

Roland Michaud, Sabrina Michaud
Gremese Editore

Dan Free
TUTTLE Publishing

Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan during the Meiji era.

The importance of early railways in the industrialization of the United States and Europe is a fact all of us are familiar with. To witness the amazing parallel development of the railways in Japan, happening at much the same time as America was connecting its vast hinterland to the East and West coasts, is an eye-opening realization.

In Early Japanese Railways 1853–1914, Dan Free tells the fascinating story of the rise of Japanese rail amidst a period of rapid modernization during Japan's Meiji era. Leaving behind centuries of stagnation and isolation, Japan would emerge into the 20th century as a leading modern industrialized state. The development of the railways was a significant factor in the cultural and technological development of Japan during this pivotal period. Free's rare photographic and historical materials concerning Japan's early railways, including a print showing the miniature steam engine brought to Japan by Admiral Perry aboard his "Black Ships" to demonstrate American superiority, combine to form a richly detailed account that will appeal to students of Japanese history and railway buffs alike.

This one-of-a-kind book, Early Japanese Railways 1853–1914, illuminates for non-Japanese-speaking readers the early history of Japanese railroads, and in the process the fascinating story of Japan's prewar industrial modernization. Anyone interested in train history or mode trains will find this book a fascinating read.

Tolumitsu Iwago
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Giulia Bologna
Biblioteca Trivulziana

Edith Wharton
Passigli Editori

Alessandro Arienti, Elisa Ganzaroli, Roberto Venafro
E2i Energie Speciali

Andreas Endemann
Dewi Lewis Publishing

Based on a summer following UK bikers as they travelled through the country from meet to meet, this stunning work presents a fascinating look at bike culture. These are true individuals committed to a way of life which marks them out from the crowd; individuals dedicated, even addicted, to their bikes and to the culture that surrounds them. The resultant photographs are superb, beautiful hand-tinted images that capture a wonderfully fresh portrait of this fascinating group of outsiders and make this one of the finest books on bike culture ever published. Full colour.

Brunamaria Dal Lago Veneri, Arnaldo Loner
Newton Compton Editori

Roby Schirer
Edizioni della Meridiana

Sara Ciruzzi, Marzia Fabiano
Cantini

Rita Paris
Mondadori Electa

Il libro si apre con uno scritto militante di Rita Paris, archeologa della Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma, profonda conoscitrice e perciò strenuo difensore di uno degli angoli più incantevoli del patrimonio culturale italiano tra archeologia e natura. Come documentano gli autorevoli interventi divenuti ormai "storici" di Adriano La Regina e Italo Insolera e il pensiero forte di Antonio Cederna, l'Appia antica è stato il più rilevante caso di studio italiano sulla tutela di un paesaggio stratificato: dibattito attualissimo ripercorso da Maria Pia Guermandi nella sua interessante cronistoria dalla stampa al web. Tra le pagine dell'album, alle splendide fotografie antiche, espressione di quel sentimento inafferrabile che conquistava poeti e artisti nelle loro passeggiate "archeologiche" sulla regina viarum, sono associate in un efficace e significativo contrasto le immagini dell'oggi. Grazie ai fotografi di un tempo e alle loro stampe conservate in diversi fondi, archivi e collezioni scopriamo le meraviglie perdute, mentre gli abusi sono altrettanto puntualmente registrati. Non mancano tuttavia i segnali dell'avvenuta rinascita con i risultati degli scavi recenti, attraverso le tante aree strappate all'abusivismo, acquisite dallo Stato, riaperte al pubblico e in corso di valorizzazione: per un destino migliore.

Arthur Tress
Abbevill Press

"When the curtain goes up on The Teapot Opera there is no music. There are no people, either. But there are plenty of characters: there's the teapot, of course, and a white plastic stallion, a china harpist, a skull, an expresso machine, chess pieces, fruit, the Michelin Tire man, fragments of a classical sculpture, ancient books, a souvenir bust of Teddy Roosevelt, valves and gauges of all kinds, a Shriner's fez, a glass eyeball, billiard balls, and so much more."--Jacket flap.