Albert: 2833 books

A suspenseful, emotionally charged real-life Sopranos: The son of New York's most notorious Mafia killer reveals the conflicted life he led being raised by a cold-blooded murderer, who was also a devoted family man, and the wrenching legacy of Mafia family life. Al DeMeo will never forget the...

When a plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, the best place to land is in the arms of a younger man… Hotshot attorney Reuben Graham has finally agreed to take a vacation, when his plane suddenly plunges into the Alaskan wilderness. Just his luck. But his frustrations have...

Full of grief and jaded by love, corporate philanthropist Egan MacGuire is given two options by his boss: take a leave of absence or kiss his job goodbye. A road trip with a friend is just the distraction Egan needs to figure out how to get his life back on track. Celeste St. Angelo left the...

iographie de Stendhal par un stendhalien, ce livre raconte la vie, les amours, les haines, les voyages de l'auteur de la Chartreuse de Parme et du Rouge et le Noir. On le suit à l'opéra, à Milan, à Paris, dans les Salons, chez l'empereur Napoléon. Un livre essentiel pour qui veut connaître Stendhal ou renouer avec lui.

Extrait : "Aucun art n'éprouve plus que l'architecture l'influence des mœurs, c'est un miroir où elles se réfléchissent pour se transmettre aux générations futures. Si donc les édifices publics élevés par une nation sont appelés à faire connaître les grands traits de son histoire,...

Vibrantly imaginative and starkly honest, Closer takes the reader into realms that most of us are hesitant to traverse. Al shows us it is worth taking the journey into spiritual doubt, to face images of death and to bear the loss of our own bearings. His poetry carries us deeply into places where...

In this unique and engaging collection, twelve essays celebrate the legacy of one of America's most important playwrights and investigate Williams's enduring effect on America's cultural, theatrical, and literary heritage. ** ** Like Faulkner before him, Tennessee Williams gave universal appeal...

Watching Films: New Perspectives on Movie-Going, Exhibition and Reception provides new and compelling insights into the social, cultural and economic factors that influence the circulation, prensentations and consumption of film. This book provides a fresh approach to understanding the rapidly changing nature of modern cinema.

Innovation and Future Technology accepts scientifically rigorous research, regardless of novelty. Innovation and Future Technology’s broad scope provides a platform to publish primary research, including interdisciplinary and replication studies as well as negative results. This publication...

Relationships with our siblings stretch, as an old saying has it, all the way from the cradle to the grave. Few bonds in life are as significant, as formative, as lasting, and as frequently overlooked as those we share with our brothers and sisters. In this stellar, first-of-its-kind anthology,...

BnF collection ebooks - "Ces psychologues anglais à qui nous sommes redevables des seules tentatives faites jusqu'à présent pour constituer une histoire des origines de la morale, nous présentent en leur personne une énigme qui n'est pas à dédaigner ; j'avoue que, par cela même, en tant...

De tout temps les sages ont porté le même jugement sur la vie : elle ne vaut rien... Toujours et partout on a entendu sortir de leur bouche la même parole, — une parole pleine de doute, pleine de mélancolie, pleine de fatigue de la vie, pleine de résistance...

Complete, Unabridged Guide to Johnny Depp. Get the information you need--fast! This comprehensive guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. It's all you need. Here's part of the content - you would like to know it all? Delve into this book today!..... : Dissatisfied with...