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Tre storie. Tre universi solo in apparenza lontani. Una figura che ritorna, ogni volta diversa, ogni volta familiare.In un condominio, dove la serenita regna sovrana, una serata di giochi si trasforma in un patto collettivo con qualcuno che non sa o finge di non sapere di avere un ruolo infernale cucito addosso.In un piccolo parco di provincia, un uomo incontra se stesso su una panchina, e il tempo si piega dinanzi ai suoi occhi.In un albergo ordinario e accogliente, il mistero si cela proprio dietro a quei sorrisi apparentemente perfetti.Chi indaga scoprira molto piu di quanto avrebbe voluto e molto piu di quanto potra mai raccontare.Unopera che gioca con lidentita, con il destino, con lidea stessa del male una figura che non agisce mai in modo plateale, ma che e sempre presente. Quella che forse abbiamo incontrato tutti almeno una volta, senza riconoscerla.

Per oltre ventanni, Cino Palmieri vive sospeso nel ricordo di Alberta, lamore travolgente della sua giovinezza, svanito senza spiegazioni e mai davvero superato.Divenuto giornalista e scrittore affermato, attraversa relazioni e successi con un vuoto costante, abitato da un passato che continua a bruciare piu del presente.Quando, nel Natale del 1990, un evento improvviso lo riporta a quei giorni lontani, Cino decide di affrontarli scrivendo.Tra pagine che mescolano memoria e sentimento, riaffiorano segreti familiari, divisioni profonde e un amore ostacolato, fragile e indimenticabile. Ma raccontare Alberta non basta piu.Tra nostalgia, rimpianto e il desiderio mai spento di ritrovarla, Cino si trovera davanti a una scelta: lasciare che il passato resti tale o inseguire, ancora una volta, cio che non ha mai smesso di chiamarlo.

Nel settembre del 1990, in una villa affacciata sul mare del Cilento, viene trovato morto il celebre violinista Liborio Ansaldi. Lindagine e affidata al maresciallo Francesco Di Matteo e alla commissaria Silvia Maggi, legati da un rapporto sentimentale intenso che si intreccia al lavoro investigativo. Quello che sembra un delitto nato nellambiente musicale si trasforma presto in un intreccio di passioni, rivalita e interessi economici. Tra spartiti enigmatici, simboli cifrati e opere darte scomparse, linchiesta si allarga fino a sfiorare confraternite antiche e traffici nascosti, in un sud sospeso tra tradizione e modernita.

Na virada do século 21, a Globo é obrigada a se reinventar para não naufragar em um mercado sacudido pela revolução tecnológica e pelo impacto, sem precedentes, das redes sociais e das plataformas de

Virginia Woolf leu James Joyce? Joyce leu Virginia? A primeira tem resposta fácil, porque Virginia escreveu publicamente sobre Joyce, em especial, sobre Ulysses. Ele figura, centralmente, no ensaio "Os romances modernos", de 1919. Ele aparece novamente em 1925, no ensaio "A ficço moderna", verso ligeiramente modificada de "Os romances modernos". Pode-se dizer que Virginia tinha uma relaço ambigua com Joyce e seu Ulysses. Ela, sem duvida, admirava sua criatividade, mas tambem era essa criatividade que a incomodava. Joyce, por sua vez, que se comprazia em reproduzir, em seus livros, sobretudo em Finnegans Wake, frases de seus criticos, transcritos ao seu bel prazer, faz ao menos uma referencia a uma frase de Virginia, retirada justamente do ensaio em que ela trata dos romances modernos. E esse "encontro" (ou seria um "desencontro"?) entre os dois que o livro busca documentar.

Get ALL THREE books in the riveting, thought-provoking, shockingly authentic The Forcing Trilogy from international bestselling author and leading environmental scientist Paul E. Hardisty in one GREAT VALUE set!In a world ravaged by climate collapse, power has fallen to the young and the generations blamed for the disaster are cast out. From exile and escape to a desperate search for the truth behind the catastrophe, and a teenage girl carrying the last fragments of human knowledge, this powerful, gripping dystopian trilogy about devastation, survival and the fragile possibility of hope confronts the cost of the climate emergency and the fight to rebuildPaul Hardisty is a visionaryLuke McCallin`A superbly handled tale of struggle and survival in a maimed world The TimesVery plausible and terrifyingly soSciFi Now----------------------------------------The Forcing (Book One)In a near future, where civilisation has collapsed, a government of youth has taken power in North America. All older people deemed responsible for the cataclysmic climate emergency are relocated, but a breakaway group escapes exile to seek freedom at devastating costThe Descent (Book Two)A young man and his young family set out on a perilous voyage across a devastated planet to uncover the origin of the events that set the world on its course to disaster The prescient, deeply shocking prequel to the bestselling, critically acclaimed Climate Emergency thriller, The Forcing.The Hope (Book Three)In a future devastated by climate collapse, a secret library is destroyed and a teenage girl gifted with perfect memory becomes the last refuge of human knowledge, hunted by those in power as she fights to save the last hope for humanity. The searing, unforgettable conclusion to the internationally acclaimed The Forcing trilogy.----------------------------------------Praise for The Forcing TrilogyAnnounces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John ChristopherTim GlisterA novel that might have actually predicted our futureEwan MorrisonPaul Hardisty is a fine writerLee ChildThe book Ive been waiting and hoping forPaul WatersA riveting eco-thrillerCrime Fiction Lover

Get ALL THREE books in the hilarious, award-winning, internationally bestselling Rabbit Factor trilogy in one GREAT VALUE set!An insurance mathematicians carefully ordered life is upended when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park with criminals, desperate schemes, dangerous enemies, impossibly high stakes and the bewildering chaos of family life. A darkly funny, tense and brilliantly offbeat trilogy from award-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen now in production for the screen, starring Steve Carell.The funniest writer in EuropeThe TimesDelightfully funnyGuardian`A thrilling and hilarious read Liz NugentThe king of the humorous crime caperAbir Mukherjee----------------------------------------The Rabbit Factor (Book One)An insurance mathematicians carefully ordered life is turned on its head when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park with a whole host of problems. A quirky, tense and warmly funny thriller from award-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen, FIRST in a seriesThe Moose Paradox (Book Two)Insurance mathematician Henri has his life under control, when a man from the past appears and a shady trio take over the adventure parks equipment supply company Things are messier than ever in the absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly tense second instalment in Antti Tuomainens bestselling series The Beaver Theory (Book Three)Can everyones favourite insurance mathematician, Henri, combine the increasingly dangerous world of adventure parks with the unpredictability of blended-family life? Hes about to find out in the final instalment of the hilarious, nail-biting Rabbit Factor Trilogy.----------------------------------------Praise for The Rabbit Factor Trilogy`Finlands greatest export M.J. Arlidge`Thrilling and warmly human. In these uncertain times, what better hero than an actuary? Chris Brookmyre`Unlike anything else out there The Times`Charming, funny and clever, this is a novel to cheer up anyone who is finding life a little tough Literary Review`A delight from start to finish Big Issue`Original and brilliant story-telling Helen FitzGerald`A coruscating comedy Sunday Times`Right up there with the best Times Literary Supplement`A thriller with black comedy worth of Nabokov Telegraph

Pardes Rimonim is one of the fundamental works of classical Kabbalah. Written by Rabbi Mosheh ben Ya aqov Cordovero (Ramak), one of the greatest systematizers of Kabbalistic thought, the work was composed in Tzefat (Safed), in Galilee, around 15501555, at the height of the mystical flourishing of Judaism after the expulsion from Spain. Cordovero, a disciple of Rabbi Shelomoh Alqabetz, wrote this treatise before the emergence of the Lurian school, with the explicit purpose of ordering, clarifying, and harmonizing the traditions of the Zohar, the Tiqqunim, the Sefer Yetzirah, and earlier Kabbalistic authors. Pardes Rimonim is not a devotional book, but a rigorous Kabbalistic architecture. Structured into 32 Gates (She arim) and 287 chapters, it systematically explores the major axes of Kabbalah: the Sefirot, the distinction between Essence and Vessels (Atzmut ve-Kelim), the order of Emanation (Atzilut), the Divine Names, the worlds (ABYA), the letters, vowels and accents, the spiritual channels, the kelipot, the soul, the intention (kavanah), and the classical methods of interpretation such as gematria, tzeruf, and temurah. This 2nd edition is recommended for scholars, researchers, and readers committed to the Jewish mystical tradition at its highest level. Pardes Rimonim remains, to this day, an indispensable gateway for those who wish to understand Kabbalah as a structured spiritual science, and not as fragmented mysticism.

Ao se debruçar sobre as curiosidades e esquisitices da língua, Gregorio Duvivier combina rigor e humor para refletir sobre o modo como nos expressamos."O que há num nome?". A pergunta de Julieta a Romeu funda a questo que intriga o escritor e ator Gregorio Duvivier: por que sera que certas palavras so mais perfumosas que outras? Por que algumas tem um som mais estridente e pontiagudo, e outras um ar mais arredondado? As coisas existem sem seus nomes, ou e impossivel separar uma coisa da outra?Nessa declaraço de amor a lingua portuguesa, o autor mostra como as palavras que usamos todo dia podem ser surpreendentes quando olhadas sob uma nova perspectiva. Depois do sucesso estrondoso da peça O ceu da lingua, que ja teve mais de 200 mil espectadores, Duvivier se dedica a esmiuçar, com humor fino e vasto repertorio, o modo como as palavras moldam nossa identidade.

Every city has its ghosts. Ravn just hunts the ones that still breathe.Former investigator, Thomas Ravnsholdtknown as Ravndrifts like wreckage along Copenhagens harbour, numbed by cheap liquor and old wounds. But his peace is shattered when a desperate young woman shows up, pleading for help: her brother has vanished after stealing millions.The trail leads Ravn from the windy docks of Copenhagen to Berlin, where ghosts of the Cold War still linger: Stasi files, double agents, and brutality that never truly came to an end. Ravn soon realises that the missing is not merely lost, but ensnared in a deadly web.Dark and unnerving, The Missing blends a classic disappearance mystery with Nordic Noir slow-burning tension. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbs and Jussi Adler-Olsens haunted detectives.

Fraud is big business: not only is it one of the easiest crimes to commit, but its also one with the most lenient punishments. So how can we put a stop to it, how can we protect ourselves, and what new dangers do we need to be looking out for?Deeply researched and filled with expert testimony, The Future of Fraud explores interesting fraud cases past and present, from the first officially recorded case of a Greek sea merchant attempting to commit insurance fraud in 300 BC, to todays sophisticated technology perfectly poised to exploit via social media, the dark web, gaming, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.The only way to tackle the fraud epidemic, argues Holmes, is head on, via education, language, technology and regulation. We need everyone to understand the dangers and have protections in place to stop the bad guys. Are we fighting a losing battle, or can we make the future a safer place for all?

Em nove textos repletos de verdadeiras iluminações sobre o ato da escrita, e a partir da leitura de autores clássicos e contemporâneos, o autor investiga o que sustenta a formação de uma voz literári

Entre o real e o lendário, o cômico e o trágico, Vasto mundo desenha um retrato coletivo feito de fé, injustiça e resistência. Com uma prosa ímpar, Maria Valéria Rezende, autora vencedora do prêmio J

A partir da obra de grandes pintores do século XVII, como Rembrandt e Vermeer, o ganhador do Pulitzer e autor de Clarice, uma biografia coloca em cena questões fundamentais da história da arte: por q

A gente tende a tomar atitudes precipitadas quando acha que comparar a nossa vida com a vida dos outros é mais importante do que seguir os próprios passos.Em seu livro de estreia, Luanda Vieira provoca reflexes sobre coragem, sucesso e felicidade. Partindo de experiencias pessoais, sua escrita lirica e evocativa mostra as batalhas intensas que enfrentou para conquistar os seus sonhos e a descoberta de que nenhum desejo vale o adoecimento; afinal, nada e definitivo.Com um relato poderoso e honesto sobre o poder e a coragem de mudar de rumo e recalcular a rota, a jornada de autodescoberta e empoderamento de Luanda serve tambem como aprendizado para todos aqueles que ja enfrentaram resistencias externas na busca de seus sonhos. A partir de suas palavras podemos aprender a ter novas conversas. Podemos entender que, em um mundo que no foi feito para o sucesso de todos, priorizar a saude e a autenticidade pode fazer mais sentido do que "chegar la" a qualquer custo.

Leyla Perrone-Moisés analisa o mais antigo documento do primeiro contato francês com o Brasil: o relato oficial da viagem de Paulmier Gonneville. Os problemas enfrentados ao longo do trajeto, o encon

Operational Intelligence: The Power of Digital, Data and AI is a practical and values-led guide for education leaders navigating the realities of digital transformation.Schools and colleges are awash with data. Attendance records, assessment results, safeguarding logs, financial reports, surveys and system analytics generate a constant stream of information. Yet despite this abundance, many institutions remain "data rich but insight poor" - managing fragmented systems, duplicated processes and disconnected reports that create noise rather than clarity.This book offers a structured pathway out of that complexity.Drawing on real-world leadership experience in further education, Chris Loveday sets out a coherent six-layer framework that moves institutions from scattered systems to fully integrated operational intelligence. Beginning with strong digital strategy and governance, the book explores how to build reliable foundations: clean, connected data; cloud infrastructure; a unified data warehouse; and a shared semantic layer that ensures everyone speaks the same data language. Only then does it introduce dashboards, analytics and AI - positioned not as shiny solutions, but as tools that amplify professional judgement.At its core, Operational Intelligence argues that technology should serve people, not replace them. AI is framed as a catalyst for clarity, efficiency and fairness, freeing leaders and staff to focus on what matters most: teaching, support and student success. The book tackles the cultural and ethical dimensions of transformation alongside the technical ones, addressing governance, trust, workload, sustainability and proportionate use of automation.Through practical examples, implementation lessons and reflective questions at the end of each chapter, leaders are guided to:Develop a clear digital strategy aligned to institutional valuesDesign a coherent and scalable digital ecosystemMigrate responsibly to the cloudIntegrate data into a single source of truthDefine meaningful KPIs that drive improvementEmbed dashboards and AI insights into everyday workflowsLead cultural change with confidence and integrityThis is not a technical manual. It is a leadership blueprint for building institutions that think, act and improve intelligently.For vice principals, headteachers, governors, CFOs, CIOs and digital leaders, Operational Intelligence provides the architecture, language and confidence needed to move beyond digital patchwork and towards purposeful, sustainable transformation.Because the future of education will not be defined by how much data we hold - but by how wisely we use it.

We sat on our bags and waited, our cargo piled high beside us. The tide lapped at the stone wall below us, and in that moment, with the land behind and the sea in front, I felt the first real jolt of what we were doing. This is real. Its happening.Lesley Bond and her partner, Gordon, were the first couple to embark on the six-month caretaking residency on the Great Blasket Island, one of Irelands most remote and historically rich locations. With no electricity, hot water or modern conveniences, their daily existence was like nothing they had experienced before.A unique blend of personal reflection and rich heritage, Blasket Bound reveals how the past continues to shape the present. It is a deep exploration of identity, illustrating how the environments we inhabit and the histories we inherit leave an indelible mark.

O presente livro foi idealizado a partir das discussões promovidas durante o simpósio do Instituto de Psicologia Analítica de Campinas (IPAC), que teve como tema: "O Silenciamento e as Dores da Alma"

Outside, the Tyrrhenian Sea laps gently against old stones and Eduardos red hibiscus flowers close up for the night. I can hear distant strains of music bounce between the hills and imagine its coming from Da Gianninos.In these essays, thirteen writers capture the magic and mirage of islands. Octavia Bright remembers a formative trip to the fish-shaped island of Elba in Tuscany; Megan Nolan sees Manhattan anew after discovering the joys of wandering the city alone; Noreen Masud flies to Tasmania, hoping to catch sight of a duck-billed platypus, and K Patrick takes a two-hour ferry from the Isle of Skye to the Isle of Lewis.Over the Water will transport you to shores far and near, a perfect travel companion filled with timeless essays.