Ergebnis für "Rick" in Bräuche & Traditionen

Unlike thousands of other "experts" promising all sorts of ways to make Marriage work, social reformer, political activist and anthropology enthusiast, Rick Lannoye, has boldly stepped forward to question whether or not there just might be something about Tying the Knot itself that chokes love to death! The Honeymoon Ends With "I Do" is the result of an arduous, personal journey alongside a decade of intense research on how Marriage damages love. However, it's also a revelation of what can be done to make love thrive again.

The legend of Atlantis is one of the most captivating and enduring stories ever told. For over two thousand years, it has stirred the imagination of philosophers, explorers, mystics, and dreamers. A city swallowed by the sea in a single day and night, a mighty civilisation punished for its hubris, a radiant island where power and beauty thrived before vanishing without a trace — Atlantis is both a cautionary tale and a timeless riddle. But what do we really know about it?

Crucibles: History's Most Formidable Rites of Passage explores fourteen elite organizations, with a special emphasis on the onerous trials designed to cull initiates from aspirants. It analyzes the underlying commonalities of such trials, describing how they work, why people are willing to subject themselves to such rigors, and how such tests benefit or harm the organizations that require them.

Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent 42 summers, George Howe Colt returned for one last stay with his wife and children. This poignant tribute to the 11-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt's final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers.