In "Rencontres Privilégiées" (Privileged Encounters) published and distributed in 2000 in Beirut, Paris, London, Geneva and New York, Ricardo brought together a selection of his finest television interviews taken from his show "Maraya".

This high quality 632 page hardcover book, partly written in French and the other in Arabic, comes complete with Ricardo's introductions and features exclusive, unedited, black and white photographs provided by the guests from their own archives.

His second book "Le Paris Libanais" (The Lebanese Paris) launched in December 2004 narrated the story of the Lebanese community in France from the outbreak of the civil war in 1975 till date.

Seen through the eyes of business makers and entrepreneurs, thinkers and writers, artists and political personalities, this 614 page volume of text and photographs cited 2000 luminaries becoming the first of its kind in Lebanese literature.

Moreover, the book portrayed the energy, creativity and faith of the Lebanese expatriates, their will to overcome all odds and lay the foundation of a cedar community along the banks of the River Seine.