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O novo livro de Pedro Vieira, onde se conta a história real de sete mulheres que, cada uma a seu tempo, mudaram o curso da história. Despir as mulheres para as expor em público é um costume antigo- e no estamos apenas a falar de roupa.Ha seculos que a existencia das mulheres e terreno aberto para todo o genero de delirios e desaforos dos homens. As suas vidas - terrenas ou espirituais - foram e so instrumentalizadas ao sabor das novas ordens e dos sistemas de poder que frequentemente contrariam a nossa natureza, com particular prejuizo para a metade feminina da humanidade.Atraves de uma narrativa hibrida, entre reconstituiço historica ficcionada e investigaço, Pedro Vieira escreve sobre sete mulheres que so todas as mulheres, sujeitas ao poder deles, cujas existencias foram contadas e adulteradas para servir uma narrativa ardilosa que bloqueia com eficacia qualquer tentativa de emancipaço coletiva.Venus em chamas recupera as historias reais de Maria, me de Jesus, Maria Madalena, imperatriz Teodora, Fillide Melandroni, Joana dArc, Harriet Tubman e irm Lucia, para refletir sobre a forma como a Historia e a Arte as apresentaram, representaram e imolaram, tantas vezes despindo-as de qualquer agencia ou autoridade sobre si mesmas.

Os Larápios são uma orgulhosa família de vilões, que remonta a três gerações.O Tomé adora a sua família, mas não se encaixa nela…AVISO IMPORTANTE!Confirma que tens o recibo deste livro. Se o pediste

At work one night, photography archivist Charlie Sze-Toh receives a misdirected letter from Wang Tian Wei, a 1920s colonial era Chinese photographer. Through a mysterious digital folder and photographic plates, a conversation is sparked, leading to a romance that spans lifetimes.In his time, Tian Wei scours a turbulent Singapore for his missing friend Aiko, leading him to the perfumed chambers of a Japanese brothel. Meanwhile, in the modern day, Charlie struggles against a family dynamic dominated by her stepmother, a manipulative matriarch who uses family secrets as bargaining chips.Communication starts to become difficult and Tian Weis letters are tinged by the increasing threat of Japanese Occupation. Will one last fate-defying letter from Charlie allow Tian Wei to keep their love alive?

Só um louco iria de livre vontade à Floresta Devoradora, o sítio onde os pecadores entram para morrer.Primeiro livro da série The Eating Woods, da mesma autora de Nocticadia.Encontrada abandonada na

A partir de um luto inominável, a ficcionista Yiyun Li compõe um livro de memórias sublime, nem trágico, nem elegíaco: transformador.FINALISTA: National Book Award | Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excelle

From Far Around They Saw Us Burn is the eagerly awaited first short story collection from Alice Jolly, one of the most exciting and accomplished voices in British fiction today.The extraordinary range of work gathered here is united by a fascination with how everyday interactions can transform our lives in unpredictable ways. These are stories of lonely people, outcasts and misfits, and the ghosts that inhabit our intimate spaces. The result is a compelling, arresting and, at times, devastating collection not least in the title story, which was inspired by the tragic true events of the 1943 Cavan orphanage fire.Written with an exemplary eye for detail and an intimate understanding of the complexities of human nature, Jollys collection builds up towards the ultimate question: what is revealed of us when we peel away the surfaces, and is it enough?

When Alice Jollys second child was stillborn and all subsequent attempts to have another baby failed, she began to consider every possible option, no matter how unorthodox.Shot through with humour and full of hope, Dead Babies and Seaside Towns is an intensely personal account of the search for an alternative way to create a family. As she battles through miscarriage, IVF and failed adoption attempts, Alice finds comfort in the faded charm of Britains crumbling seaside towns.The journey ultimately leads her and her husband to a small town in Minnesota, and to two remarkable women who offer to make the impossible possible.In this beautifully written book, Alice Jolly describes with a novelists skill the events that many others have lived through even if they may feel compelled to keep them hidden. Her decision not to hide but to share them, without a trace of self-pity, turns Dead Babies and Seaside Towns into a universal story: one that begins in tragedy but ends in joy.

Not a Fictional Mum makes sure no woman gets left behind Giovanna Fletcher In this inspiring, topical and painfully funny memoir, Not a Fictional Mum asks what it is that really makes a mum? What Makes a Mum? is a less conventional journey of being mothered and reaching motherhood, from teenage foster care, struggling with infertility and navigating the adoption process. Not a Fictional Mum reveals the policies and statistics that led her to campaign for change, and what emerges is a picture of resilience, determination and hope.A personal account and a manifesto for change, What Makes a Mum? looks at family beyond genetics and offers a guiding hand to anyone in the long and sometimes agonising pursuit of becoming a mother.

The thrill of the carnival turns sinister as FBI Agent Hailey Rock tracks a murderer using fairground games as instruments of death. Can she unveil the face behind the funhouse mirror before the carnival leaves town, taking another soul with it?"A brilliant book. I couldnt put it down and I never guessed who the murderer was!"Reader review for Only MurderThis is book #15 in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller Rylie Dark, whose bestseller has received over 700 five star ratings and reviews.A cat-and-mouse thriller with harrowing twists and turns and filled with heart-pounding suspense, the mystery series offers a fresh twist on the genre as it introduces two brilliant protagonists who will make you fall in love and keep you turning pages late into the night.Future books in the series are now available!"I loved this thriller, read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns and I didnt guess theculprit at all Already pre-ordered the second!"Reader review for Only Murder"This book takes off with a bang An excellent read, and Im looking forward to the next book!"Reader review for SEE HER RUN"Fantastic book! It was hard to put down. I cant wait to see what happens next!"Reader review for SEE HER RUN"The twists and turns kept coming. Cant wait to read the next book!"Reader review for SEE HER RUN"A must-read if you enjoy action-packed stories with good plots!"Reader review for SEE HER RUN"I really like this author and this series starts with a bang. It will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book and wanting more."Reader review for SEE HER RUN"I cant say enough about this author! How about out of this world! This author is going to go far!"Reader review for ONLY MURDER"I really enjoyed this book The characters were alive, and the twists and turns were great. It will keep you reading till the end and leave you wanting more."Reader review for NO WAY OUT"This is an author that I highly recommend. Her books will have you begging for more."Reader review for NO WAY OUT

King Arthurs Death, commonly referred to as the Alliterative Morte Arthure, is a Middle English poem written in Lincolnshire at the end of the 14th century. A source work for Malorys later Morte dArthur, it is an epic tale which documents the horrors of war, the loneliness of kingship and the terrible price paid for arrogance.The poem tells of the arrival of emissaries from Imperial Rome demanding that Arthur pay his dues as a subject. Arthurs refusal leads him on a quest to confront his foes and challenge them for command of his lands.His venture is not without cost. Although he defeats the Romans, his decision to leave Mordred at home to watch over his realm and guard Guinevere, his queen, proves to be a costly one. He must now face Mordred for control of his kingdom a conflict ultimately fatal to the pair of them.Combining heroic action, insight into human frailty and great attention to contemporary detail, King Arthurs Death is not only a lesson in effective kingship, it is also an astonishing mirror on our own times, highlighting the folly of letting stubborn dogma drive political decisions.

The Art of War (Dellarte della guerra), is one of the lesser-read works of Florentine statesman and political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli.The format of The Art of War was in socratic dialogue. The purpose, declared by Fabrizio (Machiavellis persona) at the outset, "To honor and reward virtu, not to have contempt for poverty, to esteem the modes and orders of military discipline, to constrain citizens to love one another, to live without factions, to esteem less the private than the public good." To these ends, Machiavelli notes in his preface, the military is like the roof of a palazzo protecting the contents.Written between 1519 and 1520 and published the following year, it was the only historical or political work printed during Machiavellis lifetime, though he was appointed official historian of Florence in 1520 and entrusted with minor civil duties.Many, Lorenzo, have held and still hold the opinion, that there is nothing which has less in common with another, and that is so dissimilar, as civilian life is from the military. Whence it is often observed, if anyone designs to avail himself of an enlistment in the army..

For Caitlin Bailey the past has been far from easy. Living in the shadows of her mothers mental illness, she has been brought up in Dublin by her Aunt Milla. Now aged 22 and with her mother back home, Caitlin is escaping to London with her artist boyfriend Fitz to live life on her own terms. What does she want? Who can she be?The emerging art scene of early 90s London brings a job as a gallery assistant and exciting new friends but intrusive memories of her childhood haunt Caitlins nights. And then Fitz leaves to work in Rye its temporary but feels like another abandonment. What follows will change everything.A love story in which past and present reverberate, Three Flowers asks what we need to hold and what we need to let go in order to love and live well.

For nearly four centuries, the transatlantic slave trade and plantation slavery created a system of racialized bondage that commodified human beings, generated immense wealth for European and American economies, and inflicted incalculable suffering on millions of enslaved Africans and their descendants. This history examines slaverys brutal mechanisms, the resistance enslaved people mounted against their bondage, and the protracted struggles that ultimately achieved legal abolition.Drawing on slave narratives, plantation records, legislative debates, abolitionist publications, and court documents, the narrative traces slaverys evolution from Portuguese Atlantic expeditions through Caribbean sugar economies, North American cotton kingdoms, and Brazilian coffee plantations. The Middle Passage transported approximately twelve million Africans across the Atlantic under horrific conditions. Survivors faced forced labor, family separation, violence, and legal status as property without human rights.The book explores slaverys economic foundations and ideological justifications. Plantation agriculture generated profits sustaining European industrialization and American expansion. Pseudo-scientific racism provided moral rationalization for exploitation. Legal codes denied enslaved people basic protections while criminalizing resistance. Yet enslaved communities maintained cultural traditions, created kinship networks, and preserved dignity despite systematic dehumanization.

Resistance to Nazi occupation took countless forms beyond armed combatfrom forging documents to hiding refugees, from sabotaging production to circulating forbidden newspapers. This exploration examines how ordinary people organized clandestine networks under conditions of constant surveillance and lethal reprisal, using resistance archives, Gestapo records, and survivor testimony to reconstruct the organizational structures and daily operations that sustained underground movements across occupied Europe.From French maquis to Polish Home Army, from Dutch rescue networks to Norwegian civil disobedience, discover how disparate groups coordinated actions despite communication difficulties and penetration risks. Examine the ethical dilemmas resistance members facedweighing individual survival against collective action, balancing sabotage effectiveness against reprisal consequences, negotiating cooperation between ideologically opposed factions united only by opposition to occupation.Documentary evidencecoded messages, forged papers, underground newspapers, post-liberation interrogationsreveals operational methods and security procedures developed through trial and fatal error. Survivor accounts provide testimony to the psychological burden of maintaining double lives, the constant fear of betrayal, and the bonds formed under shared danger.Each chapter explores specific networks and their contexts, analyzing factors that determined success or failure. Understand how geography influenced resistance tactics, how pre-war social networks became organizational foundations, how class and political divisions complicated unity, and how Allied support both enabled and constrained underground operations.

"The Visual Learner Lie Why catering to your style actually hurts your learning" debunks the most persistent myth in education: Learning Styles (VARK). For decades, teachers and students have believed that some people are "visual learners," others "auditory," and others "kinesthetic," and that teaching must match the style.Education researcher David Class reveals the scientific consensus: There is zero evidence for this. We all learn best when the method matches the content (e.g., you learn geometry visually and languages auditorily), not the person."The Visual Learner Lie" explains why this myth is dangerous. It gives students an excuse to fail ("I cant learn this, Im a visual learner") and wastes teacher resources. The book offers evidence-based study techniques like dual coding and retrieval practice that actually work for everyone.

"The Billion Dollar Ring The hardware failure that almost killed Xbox" tells the story of the "Red Ring of Death" (RROD). When Microsoft launched the Xbox 360, it was a hit. But soon, consoles started dying. Three red lights flashed on the front, signaling general hardware failure caused by overheating and brittle solder.Tech journalist David Cooper reveals the internal panic. Failure rates hit 30%. Microsoft faced a choice: Deny the problem and kill the brand, or pay up. executive Peter Moore asked Steve Ballmer for $1.15 billion to extend warranties and fix every console.This book is a case study in crisis management. It shows how owning up to a massive mistake saved the Xbox division, allowing them to survive and eventually thrive, despite shipping a broken product.

"Outsourcing Memory Why we cant remember anything we look up" explores the "Google Effect" (also known as Digital Amnesia). Research by Betsy Sparrow at Columbia University shows that when people know they can find information online later, they are less likely to commit it to memory.Psychologist David Leroy explains the concept of "Transactive Memory." Historically, we shared memory with our tribe ("Ask Bob about farming"). Now, we treat the internet as our external hard drive. The problem is not that we are getting stupider, but that our brain is optimizing for search rather than storage.This book discusses the risks of this dependency. What happens to critical thinking when we dont have facts in our heads to connect? It is a guide to keeping your mind sharp in an age where the answer is always one click away.

Dynasties that once commanded absolute authority over vast territories have been erased from historical consciousness, their palaces excavated as archaeological puzzles rather than remembered as centers of power. This exploration traces royal lineages that shaped regions for generations before conquest, succession crises, or gradual decline ended their rule and consigned them to scholarly footnotes.Through documentary evidence and archaeological remains, discover how the Ghaznavid sultans built an empire spanning Persia to India before fragmenting into warring factions. Follow the Zagwe dynasty of Ethiopia, whose rock-hewn churches survive while their political achievements remain obscure. Witness the Ayyubid familys transformation from Saladins prestige to rapid dissolution across multiple successor states. Understand how the Ghurid rulers controlled Central Asian trade routes before vanishing so completely that historians debate their ethnic origins.Each dynasty reveals patterns in royal powers fragilitysuccession disputes that fractured kingdoms, military defeats that shattered legitimacy, cultural assimilation that dissolved distinct identities, geographic isolation that prevented recovery. Court chronicles and administrative documents show how these families perceived their permanence, while material evidence marks the physical traces of their authority.These were not minor players during their erathey commanded armies, administered justice, patronized culture, and shaped the political landscape. Their disappearance demonstrates that historical memory depends on factors beyond contemporary significance.

"The Herd Mind Why we agree with the group even when they are wrong" revisits the famous Asch Conformity Experiments of the 1950s. Solomon Asch showed participants two cards with lines of obviously different lengths. He asked them to match the lines. The catch: Everyone else in the room was an actor who intentionally gave the wrong answer.Psychologist Sarah Line details the disturbing result: 75% of participants eventually gave the wrong answer just to fit in. They denied the evidence of their own eyes to avoid the discomfort of standing alone."The Herd Mind" applies this to modern boardrooms and social media. It explains "Groupthink" and why intelligent teams make stupid decisions. It challenges the reader to ask: Would I have the courage to speak the truth if everyone around me was lying?

"The Stainless Steel Dream The car that destroyed its creator" tells the rise and fall of John DeLorean. He was the rock star of the automotive world, the man who created the GTO. He left General Motors to build his dream car: the DMC-12, featuring a stainless steel body and gull-wing doors.Business writer John Whitaker chronicles the disaster. The car was underpowered and poorly built in a factory in Northern Ireland plagued by political violence. Desperate for cash to keep the company afloat, DeLorean was caught on tape in an FBI sting operation agreeing to smuggle $24 million worth of cocaine."The Stainless Steel Dream" is a tragedy of ego. It shows how the car eventually became a legend in Back to the Future, but only after it had ruined the reputation and life of the visionary who built it.