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Esta pesquisa analisa o cyberstalking, uma modalidade criminosa que emergiu com a sociedade da informação e apresenta alta incidência na violência doméstica. O objetivo do trabalho é colocar o tema e

On August 21, 1986, the farmers around Lake Nyos in Cameroon went to sleep in a silent valley. By morning, every living thing1,746 people, 3,500 livestock, even the flieswas dead. There was no fire, no flood, and no violence. The killer was the lake itself.This book investigates the terrifying phenomenon of a limnic eruption, where a lake "burps" a massive cloud of carbon dioxide, displacing oxygen and drowning a valley in invisible gas. It follows the scientific detective story to understand the event, the race to degas the lake before it strikes again, and the geological ticking time bombs hiding in crater lakes around the world. A gripping look at how the earth breathes, and sometimes, holds its breath too long.

You think you know what you like. But do you? In a famous experiment, researchers Petter Johansson and Lars Hall asked people to taste two jams and pick their favorite. Then, using a sleight-of-hand trick, they swapped the jars and asked the subjects to explain why they liked the chosen jam. Shockingly, most people didnt notice they were eating the rejected flavorand happily invented reasons why it was superior.This phenomenon is called "Choice Blindness." This book explores how our brains rationalize decisions after we make them, rather than before. It reveals that we are often strangers to our own preferences, easily manipulated by outcomes we never wanted. A disturbing but necessary look at the illusion of free will in the supermarket and the voting booth.

In 1939, speech pathologist Wendell Johnson believed that stuttering was a learned behavior, not a biological defect. To prove it, he conducted an experiment at an orphanage in Iowa. He took twenty-two children, half of whom spoke perfectly fine, and subjected them to intense negative therapy, telling them they were developing a stutter and must not speak unless they could do so perfectly.Known today as the "Monster Study," this experiment ruined the lives of children who were shamed into silence. This book exposes the dark side of academia, where the pursuit of a hypothesis overrode basic humanity. It tracks the lifelong trauma of the subjects ("The Mary Tudor group") and the decades-long cover-up by a university that knew it had crossed the line.

The Magic Mountain (German: Der Zauberberg) is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in German in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentieth-century German literature.Mann started writing what was to become The Magic Mountain in 1912. It began as a much shorter narrative which revisited in a comic manner aspects of Death in Venice, a novella that he was preparing for publication. The newer work reflected his experiences and impressions during a period when his wife, who was suffering from a lung complaint, resided at Dr. Friedrich Jessens Waldsanatorium in Davos, Switzerland for several months. In May and June 1912, Mann visited her and became acquainted with the team of doctors and patients in this cosmopolitan institution. According to Mann, in the afterword that was later included in the English translation of his novel, this stay inspired his opening chapter ("Arrival").The outbreak of World War I interrupted his work on the book. The savage conflict and its aftermath led the author to undertake a major re-examination of European bourgeois society. He explored the sources of the destructiveness displayed.

The People That Time Forgot is a fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second of his Caspak trilogy. The sequence was first published in Blue Book Magazine as a three-part serial in the issues for September, October and November 1918, with The People That Time Forgot forming the second installment. The complete trilogy was later combined for publication in book form under the title of The Land That Time Forgot (properly speaking the title of the first part) in 1924.The People That Time Forgot is a direct sequel to The Land That Time Forgot and continues the lost world saga begun in the earlier story. Burroughs continues the revelation of his lost worlds unique biological system, only hinted at in the previous installment, in which the slow progress of evolution in the world outside is recapitulated as a matter of individual metamorphosis. This system forms a thematic element serving to unite the three otherwise rather loosely linked Caspak stories.The novel begins with the organization of an expedition to rescue Bowen J. Tyler, Lys La Rue, and the other castaways marooned on the large Antarctic island of Caprona.

O texto aborda o processo de tomada de decisão pelo Estado na economia para corrigir falhas de mercado. O Estado Regulador se agigantou após a abertura de mercados monopolizados e a necessidade de ex

Nascido nos subúrbios de Chicago, formado no rigor da fé e forjado no calor das missões latino-americanas, Robert Francis Prevost não buscou os palcos do poder. Caminhou entre os pobres, escutou os e

In 1963, Tino De Angelis controlled the worlds soybean oil market. Or so it seemed. His company had tanks in New Jersey filled with millions of dollars worth of oilcollateral for massive loans from American Express. But when inspectors came to measure the inventory, they didnt know the trick: oil floats on water."The Floating Asset" details the "Salad Oil Scandal," where De Angelis filled his tanks with sea water and pumped just a few feet of oil on top to fool the dipsticks. Its a classic tale of corporate negligence, showing how a simple physics trick caused a market crash and gave a young Warren Buffett the chance to buy into American Express at rock bottom.

In 1991, eight "biospherians" were sealed inside a three-acre glass terrarium in the Arizona desert. Biosphere 2 contained a rainforest, an ocean, and a savannah. It was meant to prove that humans could colonize Mars. Instead, it proved how little we understand Earth. Oxygen levels plummeted, crops failed, the crew split into warring factions, and crazy ants exterminated the other insects."The Glass World" documents the most ambitious ecological experiment in history. It details the scientific hubris, the psychological strain of isolation, and the humbling realization that we cannot engineer a replacement for nature. A crucial read for the climate change era, showing that "Planet B" is much harder to build than we think.

"Varney, the Vampir: or, the Feast of Blood" is a sprawling Victorian penny dreadful published between 1845 and 1847, often attributed to James Malcolm Rymer or Thomas Peckett Prest. It follows Sir Francis Varney, a tragic and tormented vampire who haunts the Bannerworth family and their ancestral estate. Blending gothic horror, melodrama, and social commentary, the novel helped shape many modern vampire tropescenturies before Draculathrough its exploration of guilt, monstrosity, and the cursed hunger for immortality.

Artigos escritos pela autora e publicados em site espírita contendo textos em prosa, histórias infantis para crianças e adultos, poesia caipira( duas delas receberam o prêmio Menção Honrosa em concur

Sophia Wright é famosa por ser amargurada, resmungona e muito solitária. O que é compreensível já que ninguém consegue encontrar a felicidade em plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, principalmente, logo após sua cidade natal, Londres, ser bombardeada. Por consequencia do destino, nossa protagonista e forçada a se mudar com sua me para um lugar mais seguro e isolado do mundo exterior: Cabo de Nagel. Contudo, a vida de Sophia Wright ainda esta longe da normalidade, pois a cidade esconde segredos sombrios em seus escombros, desde cumplices de assassinatos, crianças desaparecidas ate uma figura noturna misteriosa e lunatica que oferece dor de cabeça para os moradores da regio. Agora, cabe a jovem pessimista solucionar o caso e garantir um lugar seguro para que sua familia possa viver em paz.

Esta série foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de oferecer uma abordagem prática, direta e tecnicamente fundamentada para a resolução de questões específicas aplicadas em concursos públicos nas áreas de

O livro é bem objetivo e pratico quanto a vida dedicada a Deus. Fornece um passo a passo para uma rotina saudável do ponto de vista espiritual. Levanta a questão de confiarmos demasiadamente em homen

Em pleno esplendor da Inglaterra vitoriana, Kate Wilcott leva uma vida aparentemente tranquila, até que, após um baile desastroso, tudo muda. Raptada por Aaron, um enigmático feérico, ela é levada para um reino encantado e acusada de roubar um artefacto poderoso. Agora, Kate precisa provar a sua inocencia enquanto enfrenta criaturas fantasticas, desafios mortais e a dificil deciso de confiar ou no no seu sequestrador. Ao longo dessa perigosa jornada, Kate encontra aliados improvaveis e desvenda segredos que testam a sua coragem e determinaço. Mas, com o tempo a esgotar-se e os riscos a aumentarem, ela precisara lutar no so para limpar o seu nome, mas tambem para salvar a propria vida e encontrar o caminho de volta a Inglaterra antes que seja tarde demais.

Quem é a menina que se afoga? Por que ela está morrendo? Ou... já está morta? O livro A menina na água é uma viagem por Aruanda através do olhar de Vovô Babaçuê e sua aprendiz Jureminha. A Cidadela é

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Este livro apresenta a evolução do irracional até o racional na caminhada; dádivas recebidas dos céus. A pessoa usa 0,5% quando nasce e 0,5% quando for recolhido, se o nascimento ocorrer em um país q

Did Henry VIII really plan to have Anne Boleyns beloved dog thrown out the window?Was Elizabeth I secretly a man?Who were the Grey sisters, and why is theirs one of the saddest Tudor stories of all?From Henry VII to Elizabeth I, Bloody, Brilliant Tudors answers all these questions and more. Come with us as we delve into the people and places behind the world-famous Tudor myths and legends.Through various tales exploring the whole of the glittering dynasty, well learn about the lesser-known facts and figures behind these myths. Each reign serves up a wealth of fascinating historical stories to reveal the Tudor world in a new light.