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O aguardado retorno de André Viana à ficção, o romance Apesar dos meus ossos roídos é uma declaração de amor à vida, ainda que (quase) tarde demais. Carlos, o protagonista deste romance a um só tempo

Dando continuidade à publicação da obra completa de Dalton Trevisan, temos a alegria de lançar mais um volume da obra deste que é um dos grandes escritores de todos os tempos. Publicado em 1985, A po

Nada na vida de uma garota de treze anos a prepara para ser uma vampira, mas neste livro pulsante como o melhor dos diários, Lila conta em detalhes como tudo isso começou.Lila é uma garota como outra qualquer. Ela vive numa cidade comum e estuda numa escola comum. Ate que um dia, no intervalo entre as aulas, morde o proprio labio enquanto come uma goiaba, e o sangue que se espalha pela sua boca tem um gosto extraordinario. Ela ainda no sabe, mas esta se tornando uma vampira. Quando seu reflexo deixa de aparecer no espelho e um de seus caninos começa a crescer mais do que devia, Lila decide investigar os misterios de sua familia, e o que ela vai descobrir mudara a sua vida para sempre. Na companhia da melhor amiga Fran e da gatinha Zuzu, perdida em um corpo cada vez mais estranho, Lila embarca numa aventura de morcegos voadores, uma ilha misteriosa e segredos ancestrais.Para crianças que...Queriam fazer parte de uma banda de rock, voar como um morcego e ter presas afiadissimas. NHAC!Para adultos que...Ja pensaram como seria acordar numa certa manh, depois de sonhos intranquilos, metamorfoseados em um vampiro!

Uma trama fora de série que envolve um microfone perdido, gadgets malignos, batidas de hip hop e muita magia.Atulhada entre álbuns de figurinhas surrados e refinadas cristaleiras, Safira é peça-chave entre os tesouros da loja de antiguidades de sua tia Yasmin, localizada na rua Amaral Gurgel, em So Paulo. Na Yasmin Antique, ela pode desenvolver um dom bastante raro: ao tocar em qualquer objeto de uma calculadora cientifica dos anos oitenta a uma poltrona de couro de uma antiga emissora de TV , Safira descobre a historia dele e absorve tambem as habilidades de seus antigos donos. Um dia, tia e sobrinha recebem a visita de ninguem menos que o lendario rapper Ted Fraldinha. Ele esta em busca do microfone de seu parceiro Joe Alcatra, amigo talentoso que morreu muito cedo, justo no auge da fama. A peça e rarissima e foi roubada em condiçes um tanto misteriosas. Munida de seus poderes e decidida a descobrir o que aconteceu, Safira se junta ao melhor amigo Vava e, pista por pista, parte em busca do microfone lendario em uma saga que atravessa a cidade de So Paulo e envolve figuras to unicas quanto as reliquias de um antiquario. Para crianças que...So curiosas, tem um forte senso de justiça e sempre do corda pra aquela pulga atras da orelha que faz a gente se meter em umas situaçes inacreditaveis.Para adultos que...Acompanharam series como A Turma do Gordo e Os Karas e querem voltar pra aquele tempo em que os dias se resumiam a chegar da escola, abrir um livro e esquecer da vida.

Na sequência do best-seller Lições sobre afogamentos, Effy e Preston retornam ao campus — e ao caos. As consequências das revelações e dos perigos que enfrentaram os perseguem na vida real e também n

Eleito o livro do ano pelo Sunday Times e pelo Daily Mail, o aclamado Os nomes, de Florence Knapp, é a história de três nomes, de três versões de uma vida e das infinitas possibilidades que uma única

Em edição traduzida a partir do original russo, Ressurreição é o último romance de Lev Tolstói, publicado em 1899, que explora temas de redenção, moralidade e injustiça social na Rússia tsarista.Nest

Livro de estreia de Cecília Malan, Eu e elas: histórias maternas reúne relatos de 21 mulheres entrevistadas pela jornalista. Com escuta atenta e olhar sensível, Cecília constrói um mosaico de vivênci

Parecia uma noite comum para Urael, que, após um dia de trabalho, bebia uma boa cerveja com seus amigos e na companhia de uma boa mulher. Porém nem sempre estamos no controle do que pode acontecer. O boemio se ve em meio de uma situaço que o compele a agir e sua interferencia desencadeia uma sequencia de eventos que o reune com o mais improvavel grupo de aventureiros numa jornada completamente inesperada.Neste livro, temperado com os melhores compilados de adorados cliches, o autor busca nivelar o que ha de mais conhecido e querido no folclore brasileiro com os mais tradicionais elementos de fantasia com um unico objetivo: diverso. Adicionando mais um cliche, o autor espera, de todo o seu coraço, que os leitores realmente se divirtam ao ler esta caotica aventura assim como ele mesmo se divertiu ao escreve-la.

Paper wealth is an illusion that evaporates the moment mass panic infects the stock market. During severe economic depressions or hyperinflationary spirals, the complex financial derivatives and highly leveraged equities that generated massive returns during the boom cycle suddenly become toxic liabilities. True wealth preservation requires an immediate retreat from the digital abstract into the brutal reality of the physical world.The most resilient portfolios do not rely on fiat currency or corporate promises; they rely on "Tangible Moats." These are hard, physical assets that society literally cannot survive without, regardless of the macroeconomic climate. When credit markets freeze, the fundamental value of arable farmland, fresh water rights, and logistical energy infrastructure remains completely untouched by the chaos of Wall Street algorithms.This financial breakdown dissects the specific strategies of acquiring and defending physical monopolies. You will analyze the historical performance of commodities during the Great Depression, the legal architecture of land and water rights, and the logistical challenges of maintaining hard assets.Escape the fragility of the stock exchange. Discover how to anchor your wealth to the bedrock of physical reality and build an unbreakable portfolio capable of outlasting any economic collapse.

Somewhere along the way, a quiet belief took hold: that life should be easier than this, that effort is optional, that discomfort is evidence of unfairness. This book has noticed. And it is not entirely unsympathetic but it is also not going to pretend that the belief is serving anyone particularly well.This book explores the entitlement mindset with a tone that is equal parts honest and warmly irreverent drawing on blunt humor not to ridicule, but to disarm. Because sometimes the most compassionate thing a book can do is refuse to flatter the part of us that already has too many cheerleaders. It looks at how entitlement quietly erodes motivation, strains relationships, and keeps people locked in a comfortable dissatisfaction waiting for circumstances to change rather than choosing to.Drawing on insights from behavioral psychology and the well-established tradition of tough-love motivation, this book challenges readers to exchange the exhausting performance of deserving for the quieter, more grounded satisfaction of actually doing. It does not lecture. It nudges, teases, and occasionally holds up a mirror with both hands inviting readers to laugh at the recognition before they choose something different.For anyone who suspects, somewhere beneath the grievance, that they are capable of far more than they have been willing to attempt this book is the direct, good-humored companion that finally says so out loud.

Trauma does not only live in memory. It lives in the tightening of a jaw, the holding of a breath, the sudden stillness that comes before a word is spoken. Long after the event has passed, the body continues to hold what the mind could not fully process quietly, persistently, and often without a name.This book explores the growing understanding that deep healing is not only a cognitive experience, but a somatic one. It gently introduces body-based approaches to trauma recovery including breathwork, movement, and nervous system regulation not as clinical procedures, but as acts of returning: to safety, to sensation, to self.Drawing on insights from somatic experiencing and related body-centered practices, this book traces how trauma becomes stored in the body and how, with patience and care, it can begin to move again. It does not rush toward resolution. It honors the pace of the nervous system, the wisdom of physical sensation, and the courage it takes to feel what has long been pushed aside.For anyone who has done the talking and still feels something unresolved beneath the words this book offers a different kind of listening. One that begins not in the mind, but in the quiet, honest language of the body itself.

In the late summer of 1944, a paralyzing terror gripped the small town of Mattoon, Illinois. Residents began reporting a mysterious prowler who sprayed a sweet-smelling, paralyzing gas through their open bedroom windows in the dead of night. Victims described sudden nausea, temporary paralysis, and a lingering metallic taste. As sensationalized newspaper headlines amplified the story, the reports skyrocketed.However, despite massive police manhunts and armed citizen patrols, no physical evidence of a gas-wielding attacker was ever found. Modern psychologists and historians now recognize the "Mad Gasser of Mattoon" as one of the most perfectly documented cases of mass psychogenic illness in American history. The toxic gas was not a chemical weapon, but a psychological contagion, fueled by wartime anxiety, industrial pollution from local factories, and irresponsible yellow journalism.This book explores the terrifying power of collective delusion. You will examine the neurological mechanics of psychogenic physical symptoms, the reckless role of the media in validating paranoia, and the desperate societal need for a tangible enemy during a period of intense global stress.Breathe in the toxic atmosphere of a panicked town. Learn how the human mind can conjure genuine physical symptoms from the sheer terror of an invisible threat.

You intended to check a single message, but somehow forty minutes have vanished into the void of a digital feed. This is not a failure of personal willpower; it is a highly engineered psychological trap known as the infinite scroll. By removing the physical "friction" of clicking to a new page, developers successfully bypassed the human brains natural stopping cues.The mechanism relies on a behavioral psychology concept known as variable ratio reinforcement. Because you never know when the next highly engaging piece of content will appear, your brain is kept in a constant state of anticipatory tension, identical to the neurology of a slot machine. The algorithm feeds you just enough dopamine to keep your thumb moving, plunging you into a state of hypnotic cognitive exhaustion where time perception completely collapses.This book deconstructs the predatory behavioral design of the modern internet. You will explore the neuroscience of dopamine loops, the intentional removal of user autonomy in user interface architecture, and the deliberate engineering designed to harvest human attention.Reclaim your cognitive autonomy. Understand the hidden mechanics of your favorite apps and learn how to reintroduce deliberate friction into your daily digital life.

It is incredibly satisfying to judge the historical figures of the 18th century by the highly evolved moral standards of the 21st century. It is also intellectually dishonest and sociologically dangerous. Presentism is the cognitive bias of projecting contemporary cultural values onto the past, effectively judging historical actors by rules they had no concept of.This chronological arrogance completely ignores the brutal, complex socio-economic realities and limited information ecosystems in which historical actors actually lived. By viewing history exclusively through a modern, sanitized lens, society loses the ability to understand how radical systemic change actually occurs. We substitute genuine historical analysis with performative outrage, failing to realize that future generations will inevitably judge our current morals with the exact same harshness.This book attacks the flaws of modern historical judgment. You will explore the psychological comfort of moral superiority, the danger of erasing uncomfortable historical context, and the necessity of evaluating the past within its own complex parameters.Break free from chronological arrogance. Learn how to dismantle the presentism bias and study history with objective, contextual accuracy rather than modern moral vanity.

In the late 13th century, Kublai Khan amassed the largest naval invasion force in history to conquer the island nation of Japan. The Mongol fleet was technologically superior and overwhelmingly massive, yet it was annihilated twice without ever securing a permanent foothold on the Japanese mainland. The defenders were vastly outnumbered, but they possessed a hidden, unstoppable ally.That ally was the absolute chaos of Pacific meteorology. Two separate, catastrophic typhoonslater dubbed the "Kamikaze" or divine windstruck just as the Mongol armadas anchored off the coast. The brutal fluid dynamics of the storms shattered thousands of flat-bottomed wooden hulls designed for rivers rather than deep oceans, drowning tens of thousands of invaders and abruptly ending the Mongol expansion.This historical deep-dive analyzes the catastrophic intersection of maritime warfare and meteorology. You will study the flawed naval architecture of the Mongol galleons, the climatological patterns of the Pacific typhoon season, and the enduring psychological impact of the divine wind on Japanese nationalism.Witness the meteorological destruction of an empire. Understand how oceanic weather systems successfully repelled the greatest military superpower of the medieval world.

The vibrant, emerald green book covers that dominated Victorian libraries were a triumph of aesthetic publishing. They were also covered in a highly toxic, dusting layer of lethal arsenic. In their rush to mass-produce cheap, brightly colored books, 19th-century publishers utilized a cheap chemical pigment known as Scheeles Green.While beautiful, this copper arsenite compound was inherently unstable. Simply holding the book, turning its pages, or letting it sit in a damp room released microscopic, toxic particles into the air. This slowly poisoned readers, librarians, and the impoverished factory workers who bound the volumes. The pursuit of perfect aesthetics accidentally turned everyday literature into a silent, deadly hazard.This investigation explores the intersection of Victorian aesthetics and chemical toxicity. You will trace the industrial supply chain of arsenic pigments, the devastating neurological symptoms suffered by the victims, and the modern conservation efforts required to safely handle these lethal antiques today.Examine the beautiful, toxic legacy of Victorian publishing. Discover how the relentless pursuit of vivid colors accidentally poisoned a generation of readers.

Empathy is the foundational tool of medicine and therapy, but it is also a biological vulnerability. For doctors, nurses, and crisis counselors, absorbing the intense emotional pain of others is a daily occupational hazard. However, the brain cannot always distinguish between a tragedy experienced firsthand and a tragedy witnessed repeatedly.This is the hidden crisis of vicarious trauma. Through the intense firing of mirror neurons, a clinicians nervous system begins to simulate the physiological stress of their patients. Over time, this emotional contagion rewires the brains amygdala, inducing symptoms identical to post-traumatic stress disorderinsomnia, hypervigilance, and profound emotional numbnessdespite the caregiver never actually experiencing the original traumatic event themselves.This clinical text deconstructs the neurological hazards of extreme empathy. You will explore the biochemical limits of compassion, the systemic failure of hospitals to protect their frontline workers, and the crucial difference between standard occupational burnout and genuine secondary trauma.Protect the minds of those who heal us. Learn the neurological mechanics of emotional contagion and the vital psychological boundaries required to survive in the modern caregiving industry.

A obra "Educação Contemporânea em Múltiplos Contextos: Desa¬os e Perspectivas"apresenta um conjunto de textos que objetivam despertar, no leitor, re¬exõescríticas acerca dos desa os e perspectivas vi

Without realizing it, you are constantly changing the pitch, cadence, and vocabulary of your voice depending on who you are speaking to. This vocal shapeshifting is not a sign of inauthenticity; it is the "Chameleon Effect," an automatic, hardwired neurological reflex designed to build rapid social cohesion and establish trust.When we interact with someone we like or want to impress, our mirror neurons force our vocal cords to subtly imitate their speech patterns. This subconscious acoustic negotiation instantly signals empathy and group belonging. Conversely, failing to align vocal patterns can accidentally signal hostility or arrogance, subtly sabotaging job interviews, sales pitches, and romantic encounters before the logical brain even registers a problem.This book breaks down the complex sociolinguistics and biological triggers behind unconscious vocal alignment. You will explore how power dynamics dictate who mimics whom in a boardroom, the phonetic adjustments made during attraction, and the evolutionary survival benefits of blending into the acoustic environment of the tribe.Listen closer to your own conversations. Understand the silent, neurological diplomacy of vocal mimicry and how your brain negotiates social status through sound alone.