Ricardo: 953 books

A masterful debut from a powerfully original poetic voice A poignant and terse vision of New York City unfolds in Rowan Ricardo Phillips's debut book of poetry. A work of rare beauty and lyric grace, The Ground is an entire world, drawn and revealed through contemplation of the post-9/11 landscape....

My thirty years of experience in construction as a journeyman carpenter in North America, including twelve years in civil industrial construction in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, have provided an eye-opening education for me regarding Mexican cliques in my industry.Even though cliques are not always...

The Xavánte in Transition presents a diachronic view of the long and complex interaction between the Xavánte, an indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon, and the surrounding nation, documenting the effects of this interaction on Xavánte health, ecology, and biology. A powerful example...

Many analysts around the world have found themselves in a situation of continuing (or even beginning) psychoanalytic treatment from a distance - either by telephone or other means of communication. No one has found the courage, however, to recognize this as a formal method, as Ricardo Carlino does...

During the second half of the twentieth century, economics exported its logic – utility maximization – to the analysis of several human activities or realities: a tendency that has been called “economic imperialism”. This book explores the concept termed by John Davis as “reverse imperialism”,...

El profesor Turgimann, el hombre más íntegro del barrio, posee un don bien visible en su entrepierna. Una cualidad ganadora en teoría, pero… El hurto de un precioso instrumento musical, el violín cargado de una fuerza intensamente sensual de un indescifrable Maharajá, es eclipsado por...

Pequeños relatos de vida cotidiana (y no) en un campamiento romano, contados a través de los ojos de un verdadero cives. Bajo la guía de un hábil y ambicioso procónsul destinado a entrar en la Historia, se desarrollan traiciones, subterfugios, intrigas y amoríos, todo con un solo fin: la rendición...

Trois explorateurs imprudents, en s’aventurant dans une grotte, deviennent les protagonistes d’une affaire ambiguë d’homicide présumé. L’enquête, menée par le commissaire De Narvalho et de sa consœur Melodia De La Anguilla, est fidèlement rapportée dans le journal personnel d’un...

Il furto di un prezioso strumento musicale, il violino dalla carica fortemente sensuale di un indecifrabile Maharajah, viene messo a tacere dalla portata degli eventi storici italiani degli anni settanta e presto dimenticato. Ma dopo circa trent’anni, all’ormai assolto liutaio Fedifragio Colliodoro...

Unremarkable events of daily life (and not only) in a Roman camp, related through a real cives point of view. Guided by a skilled and ambitious proconsul bound to write History, betrayals, subterfuges, plots and stories alternate, all this with a single aim: Vercingetorige's surrender, barricaded...

Le professeur Turgimann, l’homme le plus probe des environs, possède une qualité bien visible sous le pantalon. Caractéristique gagnante en théorie, mais… Le vol d’un précieux instrument de musique, le violon à la charge fortement sensuelle d’un indéchiffrable Maharajah, a été...

Petites histoires de vie quotidienne (et pas seulement) dans un campement romain, racontées à travers les yeux d'un véritable cives. Sous le commandement d'un habile et ambitieux proconsul destiné à écrire l'Histoire, des trahisons, des subterfuges, des intrigues et des aventures se développent,...

All over the world there was nothing but chaos and wretchedness. There was just no such thing as happiness - If there was, it belonged only to a very very select few. Let alone being happy or being able to find happiness, even food was scarce – and it was a lucky day, when I would be able to get a decent meal – or any meal at all, for that matter.

Uma investigação exuberante. Uma viagem esclarecedora ao nosso passado. Em 1914 a Europa lançou-se para uma guerra destruidora que mudou a vida de milhões de pessoas e que alterou para sempre o curso da história. A violência e as mortes obliteraram tudo o resto, como se nada mais tivesse acontecido....