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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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The Swallow’s Talent
What is talent? Matteo Bussola’s latest novel attempts to answer a question that haunts our times with almost obsessive force, especially for adolescents searching for who they are. Brando seems born to dance, yet his heart strives after drawing. Ettore, on the other hand, has a natural gift for drawing,...
What is talent? Matteo Bussola’s latest novel attempts to answer a question that haunts our times with almost obsessive force, especially for adolescents searching for who they are. Brando seems born to dance, yet his heart strives after drawing. Ettore, on the other hand, has a natural gift for drawing, but loves dance, to which he devotes himself with discipline and determination. The friendship that soon binds them becomes a living space for their shared ambitions and frustrations, mirrored in opposite ways. This fragile balance is disrupted by the arrival of Mirta, a radiant, unpredictable figure, full of questions, who triggers a crescendo of new challenges and emotions, in a whirlwind of rivalries, vulnerabilities and a fierce desire to be oneself. Perhaps true talent lies in finding one’s own voice and sharing it with those we love? In an age obsessed with performance, efficiency and early excellence, Il talento della rondine reflects on the courage it takes to grow up, and on the right to be oneself even when this fails to meet other people’s expectations. This is a novel that speaks directly to those living through adolescence, reminding us that life offers not just talent, but also human desires.

Reading age: 11+

Il talento della rondine
Matteo Bussola
Salani Editore, 2025

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Agatha Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie died 50 years ago in Winterbrook, England, on 12 January 1976. The English writer is regarded as one of the top names in detective fiction, best known for creating the characters of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The success of her work was such that it...
Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie died 50 years ago in Winterbrook, England, on 12 January 1976. The English writer is regarded as one of the top names in detective fiction, best known for creating the characters of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. The success of her work was such that it inspired numerous adaptations for cinema and television. These include Murder on the Orient Express, which was brought to both the small and the big screen: the famous 1974 version directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Albert Finney, Sean Connery and Ingrid Bergman, and, more recently, the 2017 adaptation, with Kenneth Branagh both directing and playing Poirot, alongside Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Penelope Cruz.

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