Questo incontro si è svolto durante la I edizione di "RADICI. Il festival dell’identità (coltivata, negata, ritrovata)".
in dialogo con Giuseppe Culicchia
Come scrisse Goethe nel suo Viaggio in Italia, «la Sicilia è la chiave di tutto». Già parte della Magna Grecia, porta d’accesso all’Europa e collegamento tra questa e il mondo arabo, l’isola che isola non è ha una storia unica fatta di conquiste, contaminazioni e migrazioni, che molto dice sulle nostre radici.

Roberto Alajmo - Mediterraneo Culture Club

He doesn’t want your home. He wants you.

For two years Lucy and Sam renovated their beautiful Victorian home but spiraling debts are forcing them to sell. The agreement with their real estate agent is that they won’t be home for viewings, but when Lucy gets a voicemail saying the Agent is running late, she realizes she will have to show the prospective buyer around herself.

Suffering from extreme anxiety and claustrophobia, Lucy watches the stranger on their doorstep waiting to be let in; she wants to hide and pretend she’s not home, but then she thinks of Sam working at all hours to cover their bills, of how much they need this sale, and opens the door.

Lucy takes a breath and begins to show their house. He is well dressed, polite, and despite her unease everything goes well, until he starts acting strangely. Why is he asking increasingly intrusive questions about her and Sam’s relationship? Why is he trying to take photographs of her? And why does he disappear into the basement and then not answer her when she calls?

There is something very wrong with this stranger, and now he is refusing to leave…

The House Hunt By C.M. Ewan

An elemental witch and her shieldmaiden navigate a dangerous world of forgotten myth and deep magic in the second volume of New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow’s sweeping Norse-inspired epic fantasy series.

Solveig and her shieldmaiden have finally made it to Waterstone, a fabled city hidden in a world of frost by ancient magic. Shrouded from the Enemy’s gaze, they are safe to rest and regroup—or so they think.

Sol suspects their hosts are not as benevolent as they seem. Whispers race through the halls, hinting at self-serving agendas and secret plots. So, as Sol attempts to harness her awakened magic, she must fight for her voice to be heard or risk being used like a pawn in the greater game.

But the Enemy always watching and nowhere is truly safe. Before the darkness finds a way in, Sol must decide if she will take up the mantle of power to save not just the home she’s left behind, but the future of the world.

The Fall of Waterstone By Lilith Saintcrow Read By Saskia Maarleveld

The New York Times bestselling author of Deep Nutrition explains how a group of eight little-known oils cause the cellular damage that underlies virtually all chronic disease, exposes the corruption that deceives doctors and consumers into eating them, and gives us a clear roadmap to recovery and rejuvenation.

Did you know that eating a large serving of french fries—cooked in vegetable oil—delivers the toxicity of smoking 24 cigarettes?

Cornell-trained biochemist turned family physician Dr. Cate Shanahan introduces us to well-respected scientists who warn that vegetable oils are a public health disaster, wreaking havoc on our bodies’ cells by depleting antioxidants and promoting free radical toxicity.

Their many effects include:

Uncontrollable hunger, so we need drugs to maintain our weight
Inflammatory fat buildup under our skin and within our internal organs and arteries
Blood sugar swings that promote bad moods and antisocial behavior
Disrupted brain energy, concentration problems, and mental illnesses
Intracellular oxidative stress that promotes cancer development
Gut inflammation, bloating, heartburn, and the runs
Americans were enticed into buying these oils based on their cholesterol-lowering property, but the idea that cholesterol-lowering is beneficial was pushed on us without solid evidence to support it. In Dark Calories, Dr. Cate reveals the financial entanglements between industry and underhanded academics who created and sustain our 1950s-era, arbitrary dietary rules.

As a solution, she proposes a clear, no-nonsense plan that aligns with our genetic needs and nature’s laws. Thankfully, recovering our health is simplified by the fact that nutrients that treat one condition also tend to treat all the rest. As an added bonus, we also revive our sense of taste so that our cravings shift to wholesome, nourishing foods instead.

Dark Calories By Catherine Shanahan MD Read By Eliza Foss and Catherine Shanahan MD

A necessary, reassuring guide for all sexual assault survivors in need of immediate emotional and legal support post assault, and in the months and years after.

We Are the Evidence is the first comprehensive resource for survivors of sexual assault. Written with conviction and compassion by Cheyenne Wilson, a registered nurse and survivor of sexual assault, this handbook contains everything victims and advocates need to know to navigate the tumultuous times that follow an assault. Within, there's advice for:

The appropriate steps to take immediately after an assault
Disclosing your assault how and when you choose
How to pursue justice and navigate the legal system
Beginning the healing process and reclaiming your power
Throughout, you'll find exercises, opportunities to rest, and invaluable guidance from experts like attorneys, detectives and therapists. Voices from other sexual assault survivors also lend their support.

Meant to be easily accessible, everything is organized for you to go right to the topic you most need guidance for, no matter where you are on your healing journey. You deserve to be heard, believed, and supported.

Audiobook edition is read by Frances Anderson, LaNecia Edmonds, and André Santana, with contributions read by Cheyenne Wilson, Kathryn Marsh, Melissa Hopmeyer, Ammar Charani, Angela Goens, Bree Theising-Stair, Ruth Goins, Brandan Borgos, Cate Schultz, Celeste Mergens, Heather Peters, Isabella Grosso, Justin Boardman, Lauren Weingarten, Lindsay Nelson, Maggie Wagner, Patricia Bathory, Sarah Mathews, Shelly Fisher, and Sidney Townes.

We Are the Evidence By Cheyenne Wilson

Make yourself magnetic and attract the successful, vibrant life you deserve with this powerful guide to becoming your authentic self.​

We each hold the power to attract the life we want, the one we deserve, the one we dream of. Yet so many of us get stuck in a cycle of self-doubt, insecurities, and old patterns of behavior. Through simple guiding principles,, Amber Lyon shows you how to embrace and enhance your own power and magnetism. You are a Magnet shares powerful magnetic mindset shifts, practical tools and reflections to help you discover the limitless potential for growth that is at your fingertips.

What if you could change your life, simply by changing the way you see it? Through her four-part framework—Alchemizing Fear, Cultivating Courage, The Magnetic Mindset, and Living Through Joy— you will be gently guided along the journey of seeing your life through new eyes and learn to align your thoughts and behaviors with your most magnetic self.

You Are a Magnet By Amber Lyon

Promuove e produce cultura, tutti i giorni, per tutti, nelle sue tre sedi – Torino, Novara e Rivoli – con rassegne e festival. Un progetto di Regione Piemonte

Roberto Alajmo - Mediterraneo Culture Club

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