Emmanuel: 1325 books

«Propizio è avere ove recarsi» è una delle risposte che dà "I Ching" a chi lo interroga. E così, più di una volta nella sua vita, Emmanuel Carrère è partito per recarsi in qualche luogo. Si è lanciato sulle tracce di Dracula in Romania dopo la caduta di Ceauşescu; ha trascorso...

Ce livre base de la cuisine provençale du XXe siècle a été édité par les imprimeries du Petit Marseillais en 1920, grand journal régional d’avant-guerre disparu aujourd’hui. Il ne faut pas y chercher un livre de cuisine moderne, amateurs de gastronomie authentique et de grand classique...

C’est là un des plus brillants pamphlets de l’entre-deux-guerres. Emmanuel Berl, né en 1892, s’y attaque à la haute Université, au monde politique, aux gloires littéraires et aux sommités philosophiques de l’heure. Derrière cette spirituelle critique, se dessinent les lézardes d’une culture incapable de faire face à la tragédie d’un monde qui vacille.

THE DEPARTURE portrays a story of Sirleaf; a high school graduate who attains a scholarship to a college in America. During the four hour wait before his departure, a conversation ensues among his father Siafa, Uncle Sekou, Aunt Zoya and Varney; their US-born son. A book written to enlighten, entertain...

Eva Duarte was born in the town of Los Toldos in the Argentine pampas or flatlands. Miles of nothingness surrounded her early years of bliss. Her single mother struggled to make ends meet but parental struggle had never concerned a child. At fourteen she dreamed with becoming an actress and a year...

”Emmanuel Malynski spent thirty years of his life directly observing the development of the modern revolutionary movement around the world, devoting an almost visionary intelligence and clear-mindedness to this task. … From our mutual collaboration this book has sprung, which explores the secret...

Before the shattering of the Napoleonic empire in 1815, Count Las Cases had served loyally for many years in the council of state. However, his most important service was to come after he followed his Emperor into exile on St. Helena. During his time with Napoleon on the “Rock in the Atlantic”,...

Is there one central mechanism upon which all human thinking rests? Cognitive scientists Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander argue that there is. At this core is our incessant proclivity to take what we perceive, to abstract it, and to find resemblances to prior experiences—in other words, our...

What if Child Protective Services took away your child without cause? A poor young couple gives birth to a child, which leads to CPS intervention. This CPS interference invokes numerous stress filled situations which lead a father to his breaking point, and almost costs him his life. Through his tragic encounter with CPS, he ultimately finds remedy to the chaos.

What is life about? This is the kind of question that can take years to contemplate. This is what one of the essays in The Power of This Level touches upon with an assurance that will get you thinking. If you have ever considered the theme of name-calling, you will be interested in reading Adam and...

Short DescriptionsThis is a collection of essays that reflect on Christian themes such as chastisement, spiritual walk and purpose. There are four essays two of which has been previously published as separate pieces online."The Entrance; The Life" takes a look at why some people need to convince...

We learn who we are as we walk together in the way of Jesus. So I want to invite you on a pilgrimage. Rwanda is often held up as a model of evangelization in Africa. Yet in 1994, beginning on the Thursday of Easter week, Christians killed other Christians, often in the same churches where they had...

In most cases, God-bashing is something people do without giving it a second thought. The Stupidity of God is an unusual title for a book that throws a light on how humans tend to argue their case on how they view God. It is recommended that the reader reserves judgement until they have gone through...

After a pediatrician's dead body crashes through his office window, Bruce Howard begins an investigation that leads him to believe that maybe this man is better off dead. Should he even bother trying to find the killer?The third story in the collection of Bruce HowardLike this story? Download the full collection: Bruce Howard - Gentleman with Brass Knuckles