Ric: 1687 books

" L'homosexualité dans le clergé est une question très sérieuse qui me préoccupe. " Pape François Le célibat des prêtres ; l'interdiction du préservatif par l'Église ; la culture du secret sur les affaires d'abus sexuels ; la démission du pape Benoît XVI ; la misogynie du clergé...

Je suis né à Tuckahoe, près de Hillsborough, à environ douze milles d’Easton, dans le comté de Talbot (Maryland, États-Unis d’Amérique). Je n’ai aucune connaissance précise de mon âge, car je n’ai jamais vu d’acte authentique...

Thinking back to all the jobs you’ve had in your life, you’ve probably had your fair share of managers. Some of them were probably the typical managers from Hell. Hopefully there were a few good ones in there too. What was the difference between the good managers and the um… not so good...

For too long, the study of religious life in Late Antiquity has relied on the premise that Jews, pagans, and Christians were largely discrete groups divided by clear markers of belief, ritual, and social practice. More recently, however, a growing body of scholarship is revealing the degree to which...

Two drifters convert to their own perverted brand of Islam and declare Jihad on America. Suzan and Michael Carson travel the California highways killing witches "in the Name of Allah".

En 1855, exilé par Napoléon III, Victor Hugo débarque sur l’île de Guernesey, et c’est comme si le Mont-Blanc surgissait dans un petit canton normand. Les Auxcrinier, paisibles bourgeois, suivent avec ferveur les espoirs et les luttes du grand poète, ils épient...

Panique à Paris ! La peste est de retour ! Voltaire aussi ! Tandis qu’une maladie mystérieuse affole la capitale, le voilà coincé entre police, assassins, les médecins et son frère Armand, religieux intransigeant avec qui on le confond sans cesse. Déterminé à dissiper les brumes qui obscurcissent...

En 1798, chargé par le Directoire de conquérir la lointaine et mystérieuse Egypte, le général Bonaparte s’adjoint une armée de savants qui assureront la description complète de cette terre inconnue. Exposés aux risques du voyage, de...

Voltaire a traversé la Manche après un nouveau séjour à la Bastille à cause d’une fâcheuse histoire de coups de bâton assénés sur sa perruque à bouclettes. Miracle ! Il découvre à Londres une société idéale fondée sur le droit, sur le respect des concitoyens et des libertés publiques...

Muita tinta tem corrido relatando o intenso romance de Napoleão e Josefina. O que permanece, mais ou menos desconhecido, é a personalidade sedutora deste grande general que, ao longo da sua vida, amou várias mulheres, umas mais do que outras. Com este livro Frédéric...

Everyone knows that it is difficult to break old habits and painstaking to build new ones, but most of us don’t really understand why. We’ve tried following the 7 Habits of just about everything and been met with constant frustration. New advances in brain science offer a better understanding...

Can we ever learn to just be ourselves at work? In Your Authentic Self, Ric Giardina says we can. He tells how, by honoring our authentic self at work, we open the doors to hidden gifts, including creativity, intuition, and innovation. The end result is greater clarity of insight and better on-the-job...

It's a totally human condition, a trap that ensnares virtually everyone. Just as when we tie a route to a destination so much so that when someone else takes a different route "why are we going this way?" it usually doesn't matter "how" you get there. This "how" trap also takes place at work, people...

Get noticed! Create a powerful online marketing platform that draws customers—and increases profits There are few guarantees in business today, but here’s one: If your message or product isn’t easy to find online, you won’t be in business very long. Whether you own a small business...