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Alessandro Balestra

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Un oceano deterministico di Marcello Saponaro

Al centro dell'universo, al di la' di cio' che l'essere umano riesce a osservare, Crono - cosi' veniva chiamato dagli Antichi � galleggia nella vastita' dell'oceano cosmico come una palla lanciata da un bambino capriccioso

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	Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft, Eleonora Della Gatta (Translator), Alessandro Balestra (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 13,838 ratings — published 1917 — 12 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
	Tre minuti di orrore 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 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
	Commodore 64 horror. Breve storia dei videogiochi horror del mitico computer a 8 bit 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 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
	Storie di streghe by Alessandro Balestra (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roberto Risso, Danilo Giardini 3.22 avg rating — 9 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
	300 Parole per un Incubo 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 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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Alessandro Balestra rated a book it was amazing Il richiamo della foresta: Ediz. integrale (La biblioteca dei ragazzi) (Italian Edition) by Jack London	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 sempre avuto un'indole animalista, ma negli ultimi 4-5 anni questa si è amplificata a dismisura. Vedo tutto con occhi diversi, qualsiasi tipo di abuso e violenza su un essere vivente per me è diventato insostenibile e intollerabile (anche nella fi ...more
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Alessandro Balestra rated a book really liked it 1920-2020: una lunga storia d'amore (Italian Edition) by Donatella Bignardi	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
Alla scoperta dell'amore che ha unito i nonni dell'autrice (la mia amata prof di lettere delle superiori 😎) tra romanticismo e malinconia, una bella storia! ...more
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Alessandro Balestra made a comment on his review of I morti viventi " A parte i Malavoglia di Verga non ho mai mollato un libro :) comunque per un po' con gli zombie sono a posto, non leggerò altro ...more "
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Mio dio… I morti viventi “arcobaleno”?! Ho sempre avuto un’enorme passione per il Romero regista, i suoi film zombeschi - i primi tre - sono immensi. Con questo libro ho avuto invece un rapporto controverso, forse perché, come si legge nelle note fina ...more
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