Ordinary People Who Did Extraordinary Things
Intense stories, true stories of men and women who became heroes of our time.
Because anyone can be a hero in everyday life, by following their principles with honesty and courage.
- A series of immediate and genuine books, where the ordinary is extraordinary and even the smallest gesture can make a difference.
FRANCO BASAGLIA, THE KING OF MADMEN
Davide Morosinotto
His mother is crazy, that’s why Lisa can’t stay with her. To meet her, Lisa has to go to the big asylum on the hill and get past the guard at the gate. A true nightmare for Lisa. Luckily, a new director is about to arrive at the Trieste asylum. Franco Basaglia. Lisa’s and her family’s lives will change forever. Even the entire city will change. All of Italy. And the way people think about that strange, mysterious, and often frightening thing we call “madness.”
KHALIFA, A MEDAL-WORTHY IMMIGRANT
Daniele Nicastro
Sobuj lives as best as he can in Rome, on the banks of the Tiber, invisible among the invisible. Until he sees a woman’s body floating in the river. Some scream, some call for help, some turn the other way. Not him. He’s the only one who jumps into the water. He finds the courage to make a difference by saving her life. He doesn’t yet know that this dive will change his life forever.
CHICO MENDES, DEFENDER OF THE AMAZON
Davide Morosinotto
The story of a great champion of the Amazon, a man who decided to save the forest and the people who live in it, an activist on the front lines against the greed of criminals willing to burn the planet for profit. A hero ready for anything. Even to sacrifice his own life.
PEPPINO IMPASTATO, A FREE VOICE
Davide Morosinotto
Born in 1948 in Sicily, in a mafia family, guarantees a very specific future. But Peppino Impastato won’t stand for it and rebels. In an era when speaking out means dying, he opens a free radio station and uses it to expose the crimes he witnesses every day. In an era where the mafia is based on terror, Peppino dares to make fun of the powerful, jokes about them, ridicules them. A sin that is unforgivable, and he pays for it with his life. But thanks to his sacrifice, others find the courage to rebel.
ROBERTO MANCINI IN THE LAND OF FIRES
Igor De Amicis & Paola Luciani
Jacopo, Gennaro, and Luigino are three friends with a great desire for adventure. So, they explore the old quarry in search of a legendary monster. But what they find are thousands of blue metal drums, leaking poisonous liquid. What is happening in their land? Who are the men dumping waste continuously? Only Roberto Mancini answers the boys’ questions. A determined policeman ready to risk everything to uncover the truth. To discover the “Land of Fires.”
IGOR TROCCHIA, A KICK AGAINST RACISM
Igor De Amicis & Paola Luciani
A football team is much more than its players. It’s friendship, collaboration, respect. This is the story of a coach who teaches how to become people first, before champions: Igor Trocchia, appointed Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by President Mattarella.
