Anniversaries are important, centenaries even more so. Then if it is one of the most loved motorcycle companies that ceiebrates a centenary - Moto Guzzi - as Italians, we also feel really proud. There are not many companies that after such a long time and many ups and downs, have such a large number of aficionados. Even the author of this book is one of them: it is a fascination handed down in the family, from grandfather Mario who raced along on a fiame-red Falcone Sport. Retracing the long history of the compa-ny from Mandello is a good opportunity: it is a journey around Italy and not only around its motorisation, from the first riders who faced races with mad courage until the exaltation of the motorcycle as a means of transport to a cuit object. It is also a way to return to the processes of socia) transformation and economic development, stili finding today some food for thought in Carlo Guzzi and Giorgio Parodi's enterprise. The Guzzi is more than just mechanical parts. It has a soul. You will find it again here.