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Preserving Knowledge
and Promoting Reading

Preserving Knowledge
and Promoting Reading

The first Pirelli library was set up in 1928, when a subscription library with 800 books was made available to personnel who were members of the Dopolavoro Aziende Pirelli, the workers’ club. It was one of the first examples of a company promoting reading and the start of long tradition that Pirelli has continued to this day with company libraries in the Headquarters at Milano Bicocca, in the factory in Bollate and in the Industrial Centre in ​​Settimo Torinese. But there is more, for the company has also been collecting scientific texts for over a century, and these now form part of the Scientific and Technical Library at the Pirelli Foundation. The panorama of Pirelli libraries ends with the Pirelli Foundation Library, which has books ranging from the history of the company to corporate communication.

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Winter, the Cat, the Fire and the Book
From the poet Alba Donati comes a perfect book for the run-up to Christmas. Little Adelaide realises she already has everything she needs to be happy: a warm, welcoming home with a crackling fire, a cat that never leaves her side, a book brimming with ever-new tales to read, and...
From the poet Alba Donati comes a perfect book for the run-up to Christmas. Little Adelaide realises she already has everything she needs to be happy: a warm, welcoming home with a crackling fire, a cat that never leaves her side, a book brimming with ever-new tales to read, and the enchantment of a snow-white winter outside. What more could she possibly want? Just a few carefully chosen words form the text of this beautifully poetic children’s book. They celebrate the simplicity of little things – the stuff of everyday life – which can be enough to bring us joy, if only we know how to notice them and make good use of them. Anna Rizzi’s gentle illustrations pair beautifully with the lyrical voice of the poet, marking her debut in writing for young readers and giving this book the power to warm the spirit even in an age dominated by an endless accumulation of objects and a restless pursuit of gratification without true desire. This Christmas tale offers young readers a message of great value, and leaves older ones with a question: what more could we possibly wish for?

Reading age: from 7 years

L’inverno, la gatta, il fuoco e il libro

Alba Donati, illustrations by Anna Rizzi
Mondadori, 2025

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Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, on 30 October 1885. An American poet, essayist, and translator, Pound was a central figure of modernism, championing new poetic movements such as Imagism and Vorticism, which proved to be turning-points in contemporary verse. His monumental masterpiece, The Cantos, was composed between 1915...
Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, on 30 October 1885. An American poet, essayist, and translator, Pound was a central figure of modernism, championing new poetic movements such as Imagism and Vorticism, which proved to be turning-points in contemporary verse. His monumental masterpiece, The Cantos, was composed between 1915 and 1962. The section known as The Pisan Cantos was written after the Second World War during his internment in a US detention camp in Pisa, where he was accused of collaboration with the Fascist regime.  

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