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Francesco Mancini

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	The Management of UN Peacekeeping: Coordination, Learning, and Leadership in Peace Operations by Julian Junk (Editor), Francesco Mancini (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Wolfgang Seibel (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Good Company: The Role of Business in Security Sector Reform 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La pace preventiva: Piccolo manuale di prevenzione dei conflitti by Francesco Mancini (Goodreads Author), Daniele Bellasio 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Security and Development: Searching for Critical Connections by Necla Tschirgi (Editor), Michael S. Lund (Editor), Francesco Mancini (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Francesco rated a book liked it No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A very tough book to read and to like, it tells the descent to hell of a mid-century Japanese man who always felt to be "disqualified from being human." Depicting many of the life experiences of the author (alcoholism, uncontrollable womanizing, tube ...more
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Francesco has read Kolchoz by Emmanuel Carrère	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Certo Emmanuel Carrere ha avuto una famiglia interessante! In questa opera ibrida tra l'autobiografico, la saga familiare, e il romanzo storico, Carrère ricostruisce la storia della sua famiglia, articolata intorno alle vicende della sua famosa madre ...more
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Francesco rated a book liked it Colonel Sun: A James Bond Adventure by Kingsley Amis	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Kingsley Amis wrote Colonel Sun under the pseudonym Robert Markham. It was the first James Bond novel by a different author than his creator Ian Fleming. I reread it recently and found it a solid entry in the series, certainly stronger than some of t ...more
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Francesco rated a book really liked it La società liquida. Che cos’è e perché ci cambia la vita by Thomas Leoncini (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Ho scoperto questo libro quando Il Sole 24Ore ha pubblicato il mio libro La Pace Preventiva e me lo sono letto con grande piacere. E' una versione corta e divulgativa del pensiero del sociologo/filosofo inglese, il fu Zygmunt Bauman, con cui Leoncini ...more
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Francesco rated a book really liked it The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915 - 1919 by Mark Thompson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
To the best of my knowledge, this is the best historical account in English of the WWI Italian front in 1915-1919. From the political machinations and nationalist manipulations to shift the Italian alliance and push the country into war, to the sense ...more
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Francesco rated a book it was amazing Candido or A Dream Dreamed in Sicily by Leonardo Sciascia	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sciascia's books are always simple, straightforward, short, with a pinch of irony and sarcasm. This doesn't mean that his books are easy and light. On the contrary, his simple writing highlights the complexity and intricacies of the society he descri ...more
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Francesco rated a book it was amazing The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Such a wonderful book! Three characters narrate three times the events surrounding the life of Johnny Lim, a native of the Kinta Valley in Malaysia. Each narration adds elements to the picture, a fuzzy puzzle of intrigues, passion, power, traumas, an ...more
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Francesco rated a book it was ok The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I have to confess for the first time in my life, I couldn't finish a Murakami's book. I had a sense of deja vu in the first part, where the author brings us back to the walled city of unicorns and no shadows of "Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of ...more
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Francesco rated a book it was amazing Michelangelo Pistoletto: The Third Paradise by Michelangelo Pistoletto	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Third Paradise is not a conventional book. After all, Michelangelo Pistoletto is not a conventional artist. It is a mix between a manifesto, a provocation, and a call to action. Straddling art, philosophy, and civic responsibility, it invites the ...more
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Francesco rated a book really liked it There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I fully enjoyed this novel and although quite long, the narrative flows fast like the rivers she evokes. Shafak masterfully weaves lives across time and geographies, all connected by ancient Mesopotamia. Her idea that water carries memory, trauma, an ...more
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