Category Archives: Abitudini

Leonardo’s Paintings:  What’s in a Price?

Posted on March 8, 2018 by babbityjean

There are about 20 paintings by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) believed to exist today.  A precise number is impossible because there is a more or less constant stream of disputed attributions and recent attributions due to scholarship and technological advances … Continue reading →

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Le due donne che hanno sfidato il crimine organizzato

Posted on February 22, 2018 by babbityjean

(È stato estratto e tradotto da un lungo articolo dal New Yorker intitolato “Sangue e giustizia”) Una volta considerato poco più di un gruppo di banditi dalla campagna in Calabria, in Italia, la ‘Ndrangheta (pronunciato “n-drahng-ghe-ta”) divenne uno dei più … Continue reading →

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The Two Women who Defied Organized Crime

Posted on February 22, 2018 by babbityjean

(Abstracted from a lengthy article in the New Yorker entitled “The Women Who Took on the Mafia”) Once considered little more than a group of country bandits in the Calabrian region of Italy, after the 1990s the ‘Ndrangheta (pronounced “n-drahng-ghe-ta”) … Continue reading →

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