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Featured

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Botany of Wonder
New book

Botany of Wonder

Maura Gancitano · Andrea Colamedici

How can we move forward when everything collapses? An investigation into the human spirit documenting practices of cultural resistance in the cracks of the apocalypse.

Discover the book

Hypnocracy

Jianwei Xun — Edizioni Tlon

The Algorithm of Babel

A. Colamedici, S. Arcagni — Solferino

Festival 2026: Crossings

Piacenza, September 24—27

Full Catalog

Edizioni Tlon —

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