These lyric poems tell the love story of a young man who is torn between two women. His yesterday liaison with an alluring brunette is a comfortable, but melancholy relationship, bounded by time. The today he shares with a woman of malachite green eyes is a tormented affair that seems destined to remain inconclusive, yet holds the possibility of a durable tomorrow. In examining the vagaries of love, Nothing is Without Future recaptures memories of sensual pain and pleasure as it reaches for serenity and a foundation on which to build lasting love.

Nothing Is Without Future (English and Italian Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Piero Rivolta

Poetry

New Chapter Publisher

For more than 25 years, Jean Germain captured images of Big Band era legends in performances at the annual Sarasota Jazz Festival. Photographs of regulars - like Milt Hinton - show them at various stages in their careers. Other images showcase well known festival visitors like Tito Puento, Gerry Mulligan, Cleo Laine, Doc Cheatham, George Shearing, Diana Krall and Lionel Hampton.Unlike traditional studio, rehearsal and performance pictures, these jazz portraits reveal a love affair between the photographer and her subjects, and a unique aspect of the passion and energy that kept many of these jazz greats performing into their 80s and 90s.Whether it's Sweets Edison and Snooky Young reuniting after 30 years, Bucky and John Pizzarelli - father and son guitarists - playing together, or Eartha Kitt showing that she has still great legs at 80, Jean's photos portray more than the pleasure of these artists making music. Her lively images convey the energy, passion and spirit of these jazz greats, for whom music burns like an immortal flame, no matter what their age.

Jazz from Row Six: Photographs 1981-2007

Arts & Photography

Germain, Jean

Individual Artists

Just One Scent was originally published in Italian in 1999 by the Italian publishing house Crocetti Editore, eventually selling sold more than 7,000 copies worldwide.This award winning second edition has been extensively revised by the author. In the tradition of metaphysical poets, Rivolta gathers concrete, yet evocative impressions - images based on the sea and sailing, mountains and meadows, music and smells - to ask questions about the purpose of life and what it means to be human. Prose poems alternate with lyrical verses to cover a range of subjects, including work, spirituality, romantic relationships and love, from a variety of perspectives. Analyzing feelings and desire, he offers sly and profound musings to the dilemmas we all face in the quiet, reflective moments of our lives. Above all he affirms the beauty and joy of existence we can all experience on our earthly journey, if we take the time to bypass excessive rationality and trust our intuitive and sensory perceptions.

Solo un profumo, il resto é Dio (Italian Edition)

Rivolta, Piero

Roberto, a bank employee in Milan, dreams of walking among the stars - literally on a bridge into the sky. When he moves to the island of Sardinia with his mother, these visions intensify and he encounters two intriguing women who become crucial to his stellar explorations. Barbara, intoxicating and bewitching, has business and scholarly contacts all over the world who help launch his new career. Lucia, sensual and pragmatic, takes a practical approach to life that keeps him grounded. With their guidance, Roberto embarks on a journey of discovery that includes revealing regressions into his past lives, visits to astronomical observatories in Europe and the United States, and a trip to Africa to the land of the Dogon, a mysterious people whose knowledge of the Sirius Star System predates modern times by many centuries. Bridge Through the Stars is a powerful romance...an aspirational, coming-of-age story that deals with our origins, as well as our prior and current role in the universe while seeking our future among the stars.

Bridge Through the Stars (Paperback)

A collection of provocative observations from the novels and books of poetry by award-winning poet, Piero Rivolta. Laced with passion, wit and humor, and tinged with irony, they address a wide range of human concerns, including sexuality, ethnic differences, media, politics, bureaucracy, money, creativity, imagination, and consciousness. 
Rivolta’s love for humanity is as evident as his frustration with people’s pettiness, willful ignorance and inability to learn from history. You may not agree with all of his assertions and suggestions, but they will challenge you, amuse you and make you think about your life with renewed vigor and curiosity.

Homo too Sapiens: A Consciousness Dilemma

Essays & Correspondence

Fight For Justice

Ruth Kreindler

Chris Angermann

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