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Muito antes da história ser escrita, os celtas já narravam suas origens por meio de mitos, lendas e rituais sagrados que atravessaram séculos e continuam a fascinar o mundo moderno. Neste livro, o leitor e convidado a mergulhar no universo da mitologia celta, conhecendo seus deuses poderosos, herois lendarios, crenças espirituais e ritos ancestrais que moldaram a cultura da antiga Europa. Das florestas sagradas as batalhas epicas, cada capitulo revela simbolos, historias e tradiçes que ajudaram a construir uma das mitologias mais ricas e misteriosas da humanidade. Com uma abordagem acessivel e ao mesmo tempo aprofundada, a obra reune pesquisa historica, interpretaço mitologica e narrativa envolvente, tornando-se ideal tanto para iniciantes quanto para leitores apaixonados por mitologia, historia, espiritualidade e culturas antigas. Um livro essencial para quem deseja compreender os segredos, a magia e o legado dos povos celtas.

A single picture exposes a truth deadly enough to kill for. Disgraced photojournalist Shari Catalano built her new life on a lie. Theres a reason she cant trust her instincts or her friends. Because someone close to her found what she keeps sealed in a hidden room, and theyre using it to torment her. When her neighbor vanishes and the evidence points to Shari, finding her stalker becomes a matter of life or... life in prison. From behind her vintage camera lens, she watches the quiet suburban street that suddenly feels staged, every resident a suspect. Then a stranger turns up in her picturesque town of Doomwood Falls, so she snaps a picture and develops the film. What she discovers in her darkroom chills her to the bone. Exposing it could be deadly. Because Shari has a secret too, one that explains why she never allows her own picture to be taken, and why she refuses to speak her husbands name. Now someone is watching Shari. They discovered what shes done. And theyll kill to keep her silent. Shes taken one photograph too many. "Put on a neck brace before reading, because the twists are so good youre guaranteed to get whiplash!" reader review

Money laundering is as old as money itself and yet the laws designed to prevent it are as ineffective as they ever have been.Todays anti-money laundering (AML) regulations were designed to eliminate profits from drug trafficking and combat tax evasion, terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction. However, the modern laws have done little to stop crime and have instead significantly increased the regulatory burden on legitimate businesses and consumers. As one banker at an AML conference quipped, This does not stop money laundering; it just enables those in the know to charge more.Indeed, AML laws have laid the foundations for massive and sophisticated criminal enterprise support services that help criminals evade detection.How to Launder Money: A guide for law enforcement, prosecutors and policymakers offers a peek behind the veil to see the bent levers of finance and how they are pulled. It also examines how many who have pulled them, including one of the authors, have ended up behind bars. While acknowledging the challenges faced by law enforcement in a borderless world, it also provides concrete recommendations on how to reduce the crime associated with money laundering.The criminals already know how to launder money; this is, in part, their inside story. This book is for the rest of us, who want to know how the laws that are supposed to protect us from crime are in reality doing more damage than ever before.

Dos ventos gelados do Norte europeu surgiram histórias que atravessaram séculos e ainda hoje influenciam livros, filmes, séries e jogos. A mitologia nórdica é um universo marcado por deuses poderosos, herois corajosos, criaturas lendarias e profecias sobre o fim do mundo. Neste livro, o leitor e conduzido por uma jornada epica atraves dos mitos e lendas dos povos nordicos, conhecendo figuras iconicas como Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya e Tyr, alem das historias que envolvem gigantes, anes, drages e o temido Ragnarok. Cada narrativa revela valores como honra, coragem, destino e sacrificio, fundamentais para a cultura viking. Com uma linguagem acessivel e envolvente, a obra combina pesquisa historica e narrativa mitologica, tornando-se ideal tanto para quem esta tendo o primeiro contato com a mitologia nordica quanto para leitores que desejam aprofundar seus conhecimentos. Uma leitura indispensavel para amantes de mitologia, historia antiga e do fascinante mundo dos vikings.

A mitologia japonesa é um universo fascinante onde deuses, espíritos e forças da natureza coexistem com o mundo humano, revelando uma visão única sobre a vida, a morte e o sagrado. Nesta obra, o leit

Seleço de versos nascidos entre 1998 e 2022, soletrados principalmente em noites cujas imperfeiçes, em meio a escurido, conseguiram se camuflar com duvidosa eficiencia e nas quais as rimas se conheceram aos tropeços, impunes e desavergonhadas. E fato que algumas tardes intrometidas colaboraram; guardanapos rascunhados em mesinhas de bar com o velho papo de sempre: tempo, saudade, paixo, amor, todos esses elementos com os quais os versos costumam sonhar. E aos quais nos, pobres criaturas sentimentais, nos submetemos com indevida, mas necessaria, intensidade como se no houvesse amanh.

A grieving detective on the edge. A missing woman. And a serial killer hunting in the shadows of Stockholms cobbled alleys.Criminal investigator Thomas Ravnsholdt known as Ravn is adrift after the brutal murder of his wife. Once a relentless detective in Copenhagens special crime unit, he is now forced on leave, living in self-imposed exile on his neglected boat, with his grumpy Old English Bulldog.But when a friend pleads for help finding a missing young woman, Ravn is pulled back into a grim world he swore hed abandoned. His search crosses the cold waters between Denmark and Sweden, leading him to the stark and forbidding scrapyards of Stockholm, where victims are preserved like grotesque trophies. As the body count rises, Ravn must confront his own haunted past to deliver justice and perhaps find a path to redemption.Dark and moody, "The Reckoning" is a Nordic noir thriller perfect for fans of Netflixs "The Chestnut Man", and brooding Harry Bosch-like detectives such as Jo Nesbos Harry Hole and Jussi Adler-Olsens Carl Mrck in "Department Q".Previously published as "Derailed".Praise for Michael Katz Krefelds INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Darkness Calls":"An intricate police procedural, taut with intrigue that explodes into terrifying violence." Kirkus Reviews"If you like fast-paced thrillers with unpredictable plot lines that pit good versus evilwith some of that Nordic noir atmospherethen Michael is certainly the author read." Crime Fiction Lover"For those who take their Nordic noir extra bleak" Kirkus Reviews

Em meio à caótica cidade de São Paulo, o detetive Clark persegue um assassino em série impiedoso, responsável por transformar mulheres em vítimas silenciosas.Sua esposa, Silvia, convive com um transt

Uma jovem ruiva de invulgar beleza é encontrada morta em uma luxuosa residência. O principal suspeito, um respeitável senhor de provecta idade, retorna ao local do crime e acaba morto em confronto co

"Quando tu te encontrares, sentirás o que procuravas."Durante nossa árdua jornada em busca de uma profissão, desejos, convivência familiar, amigos, amores ou aquele único amor que desejamos ter sempr

"With Pictures and Maps"My Disillusionment in Russia is a famous book by Emma Goldman. The book was based on a much longer manuscript entitled "My Two Years in Russia" which was an eyewitness account of events in Russia from 1920 to 1921 that ensued in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and which culminated in the Kronstadt rebellion.Long-concerned about developments with the Bolsheviks, Goldman described the rebellion as the "final wrench. I saw before me the Bolshevik State, formidable, crushing every constructive revolutionary effort, suppressing, debasing, and disintegrating everything".Much to Goldmans dismay, only upon receiving the first printed copies of the book did she become aware that the publisher had changed the title; and the last twelve chapters were entirely missing, including an Afterword which Goldman felt was "the most vital part" of the book. Sympathetic to the initial Russian Revolution, the (complete) book is nonetheless a strong and impassioned left critique of the Bolshevik Revolution as well as Vladimir Lenins New Economic Policy-an "all-powerful, centralized Government with State Capitalism as its economic expression".

"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"So Big is a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber. The book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarlberg in the Dutch community of South Holland, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1925.The story follows the life of a young woman, Selina Peake De Jong, who decides to be a school teacher in farming country. During her stay on the Pool family farm, she encourages the young Roelf Pool to follow his interests, which include art. Upon his mothers death, Roelf runs away to France. Meanwhile, Selina marries a Dutch farmer named Pervus. They have a child together, Dirk, whom she nicknames "So Big," from the common question and answer "How big is baby? ""So-o-o-o big!".Pervus becomes ill and dies, and Selina is forced to take over working on the farm to give Dirk a future. As Dirk gets older, he works as an architect but is more interested in making money than creating buildings and becomes a stock broker, much to his mothers disappointment. His love interest, Dallas OMara, an acclaimed artist, echoes this sentiment by trying to convince Dirk that there is more to life than money.

THIS book contains twelve stories of great inventions, with a concluding chapter on famous inventors of today. Each of the inventions described has added to the comforts and joys of the world. Each of these inventions has brought about new industries in which many men and women have found employment. These stories, therefore, offer an easy approach to an understanding of the origin of certain parts of our civilization, and of the rise of important industries.The story of each invention is interwoven with that of the life of its inventor. The lives of inventors furnish materials of the highest educative value. These materials are not only interesting, but they convey their own vivid lessons on how big things are brought about, and on the traits of mind and heart which make for success.It is hoped that this book will set its readers to thinking how the conveniences of life have been obtained, and how progress has been made in the industrial world. While appealing to their interest in inventions and in men who accomplish great things, may it also bring them into contact with ideas which will grip their hearts, fire the imagination, and mold their ideals into worthier forms.

"A Novel of the Wilderness"A Gentleman of Courage, A novel of love and adventure in a French-Canadian pioneer village on Lake Superior in the 1890s.Pierre Gourdon had the love of God in his heart, a mans love for a mans God, and it seemed to him that in this golden sunset of a July afternoon the great Canadian wilderness all about him was whispering softly the truth of his faith and his creed. For Pierre was the son of a runner of the streams and forests, as that sons father had been before him, and love of adventure ran in his blood, and romance, too; so it was only in the wild and silent places that he felt the soul in him attuned to that fellowship with nature which the good teachers at Ste. Anne de Beaupre did not entirely approve. Nature was Pierres God, and would ever be until he died. And though he had crept up the holy stair at Ste. Annes on his knees, and had touched the consecrated water from the sacred font, and had looked with awe upon mountains of canes and crutches left by those who had come afflicted and doubting and had departed cured and believing, still he was sure that in this sunset of a certain July afternoon he was nearer to the God.

Poirot Investigates is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924. In the eleven stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries involving greed, jealousy, and revenge. The American version of this book, published by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1925, featured a further three stories. The UK first edition featured an illustration of Poirot on the dust jacket by W. Smithson Broadhead, reprinted from the 21 March 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.Poirot receives a visit from Miss Mary Marvell, the famous American film star on her visit to London. She has received three letters, handed to her by a Chinese man, which warn her to return her fabulous diamond jewel, the "Western Star", to where it came from the left eye of an idol before the next full moon. Her husband, Gregory Rolf, who bought it from a Chinese man in San Francisco, gave Mary the jewel three years ago. The pair are going to stay at Yardly Chase, the home of Lord and Lady Yardly when the moon is next full to discuss the making of a film there and Mary is determined to go with her diamond.

The struggle of man against his unseen and silent enemies, the lower or bacterial forms of life, once one becomes alive to it, has an irresistible fascination. More dramatic than any novel, more sombre and terrifying than a battle fought in the dark, would be the intimate picture of the battle of our bodies against the hosts of disease.If we could see with the eye of the microscope and feel and hear with the delicacy of chemical and physical interactions between atoms, the heat and intensity and the savage relentlessness of that battle would blot out all perception of anything but itself. Just as there are sounds we cannot hear, and light we cannot see, so there is a world of small things, living in us and around us, which sways our destiny and carries astray the best laid schemes of our wills and personalities.The gradual development of an awareness, a realization of the power of this world of minute things, has been the index of progress in the bodily well-being of the human race through the centuries marking the rebirth of medicine after the sleep of the Dark Ages.

Glaze Inspirations is a rich, visual exploration of ceramic surface possibilities. Written by Louisa Taylor, with stunning photography by Simon Punter, the book offers an innovative and inspiring approach to glaze development. Packed with over 800 illustrated glaze examples, it presents a curated selection of appealing colourways and distinctive effects, each paired with striking photographic references. Whether youre seeking technical direction or fresh ideas, Glaze Inspirations provides a focused and imaginative approach to surface and form helping you advance your practice with confidence.

Hedges are one of Great Britains most iconic landscape features. They are the stitching in the patchwork quilt of fields and meadows that defines the countryside. Hedgelaying first developed to form living stock-proof barriers, and has always been considered an art and a skill, taking something wild and unruly and giving it order, structure and perhaps even beauty. The book examines over 25 regional styles in England and Wales, introducing local experts who proudly explain their native style and offer a wealth of informed advice.

A Sacred Invitation to Hope How can we live as people of hope in the midst of unmet longings, unanswered prayers, and seemingly unresolvable pain? Through sharing her personal story of deep loss, Hannah Miller King reflects on how the ancient Christian practice of Communion can reframe our grief by embedding it in a larger picture of gospel hope. Each chapter presents a way in which the Lords Supper makes the hope of the gospel tangible, reminding us of Gods present faithfulness and promise of future renewal. With its inviting tone and thoughtful reflections, Feasting on Hope provides solace for those seeking hope amid a world that is not yet restored.In Feasting on Hope, youll find Rich biblical insights made approachable for all readers A hopeful exploration of how we participate in Christs triumph An invitation to see yourself as a wanted guest of Gods hospitality Reflection questions for individuals and groups to foster thoughtful engagement Whether you are grappling with what seems like an endless search for peace, wrestling with unmet desires, or simply longing for a deeper connection with God and others, this book meets you with tender realism and abundant grace.Feasting on Hope invites you to the Communion table, where Gods people are formed into a family that is strong enough to hold sorrow inside of hope. Are you ready to take your place at the table?

Em Algum Lugar é um romance intenso sobre tempo, memória e pertencimento. Kairon, um jovem que vive no piloto automático, encontra em Ana e no gato Tempo um respiro em sua rotina cinzenta. O que começa como encontros casuais no onibus se transforma em uma historia de descobertas, amor e cicatrizes. Conforme os dois compartilham alegrias, traumas e sonhos, o tempo passa a costurar suas vidas, revelando que algumas conexes so maiores do que o acaso. Mas o destino tambem guarda sombras: perdas, desigualdades e escolhas dificeis que desafiam o amor e a coragem de ambos.Em Algum Lugar fala sobre reencontros possiveis e impossiveis, sobre carregar fantasmas e aprender a amar apesar deles. E uma narrativa que percorre silencios, afetos, dores historicas e a beleza da resistencia. Um livro que olha para personagens negros com delicadeza e profundidade, trazendo a tona temas de pertencimento, identidade e a busca por um lugar no mundo. No fim, resta a pergunta que ecoa: quando o tempo e o destino se cruzam, o que realmente permanece?