Angelo: 844 books

The deadlocked Papal conclave turns to a compromise candidate, Anthony Cardinal Pavelli. Ordained at fifty years of age, and in declining health, the seventy-two year old American, is an unlikely choice. Reluctantly accepting the scepter as God’s will, the Pontiff is eager to reinvigorate the Church...

Luke’s gospel contains a number of passages about compassion. One of the most beloved of these is commonly known as the parable of the Prodigal Son. In The Prodigal Father, Angelo Scarano focuses on the distinctive role of the father in the parable, the example he provides of being transformed by...

The author Angelo Crapanzano, being a devout Christian, decided to write this short text to answer the questions he was often asked about the lord. The believers wanted explanations and the unbelievers question his believe. This book discusses what he felt were the most important questions. First he...

«Non posso dimenticare le ascese giovanili in Grigna passando dalla cresta Segantini… Credo che la via della Chiesa di oggi sia una via stretta: la chiamerei la via del crinale.» È lucido e consapevole, ma pieno di speranza, lo sguardo con cui il cardinale Angelo Scola racconta la sua vita, la...

La conquista italiana della quarta sponda è costata alle popolazioni della Libia, nell'arco di vent'anni, centomila morti. Un numero enorme di vittime, se si pensa che il Paese contava, al momento dell'invasione, appena ottocentomila abitanti. Dunque un libico su otto ha perso la vita - nei combattimenti,...

“War presidents” are hardly exceptional in modern American history. To a greater or lesser extent, every president since Wilson has been a War President. Each has committed our country to the pursuit of peace, yet involved us in a seemingly endless series of wars-conflicts that the American foreign...

Cinquanta cavalli, un corteo mai visto prima d’allora. Arrivavano da Chiari, e attraversarono Palazzolo nel pomeriggio, tra lo stupore e i cattivi presentimenti della gente, diretti verso la campagna sul confine con Telgate. Su ognuno dei cavalli, una guardia. Giunsero davanti alla chiesina di San...

Come mai tanti giovani appartenenti ai gruppi della sinistra rivoluzionaria hanno creduto di poter cambiare il mondo?Come volevano cambiarlo e per quali ragioni?Perché a un certo momento hanno cominciato a pensare che la violenza fosse lo strumento necessario per realizzare questo sogno?Perché davano...

Oggi il Medio Oriente è distrutto dall’indifferenza verso la dignità dell’uomo, i suoi diritti e la sua libertà. Il germe del fondamentalismo cancella la cura verso il fratello e bestemmia Dio in nome di un’ideologia. Altra strada non ci può essere, per evitare il baratro, se non quella...

It is becoming increasingly clear that a new economics is required for investigating modern dynamic economies and the coming social world. Important features of those economies, such as innovation, uncertainty and entrepreneurship, are usually considered capitalist features. This may have been true...

Avoid Being Cheated On and Have a Happier Relationship with Your Significant Other!You are here right now, right this very instant, reading this for a sole reason because you are having relationship problems:* Either struggling to maintain a healthy relationship with the person who you're...

This book is a discourse on modelling Man in a social context. Its focus is on economic main-stream theory in its capacity to handle basic problems such as uncertainty, social dynamics and ethics. The point of departure is a systematic critique of the specific methodology of economics and its axiomatic...

A comprehensive, integrated, and accessible textbook presenting core neuroscientific topics from a computational perspective, tracing a path from cells and circuits to behavior and cognition. This textbook presents a wide range of subjects in neuroscience from a computational perspective. It...

Fishing is one of the oldest continually practiced pastimes in history. But like almost everything else in our modern era, it too has been greatly influenced by ever-changing technology and scientific advances. With busy lives, it's often impossible for anglers to keep up with constantly evolving...