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Uma visita ao Chile se transforma em jornada existencial para Afonso Cruz. Além de escapar por um triz de um cerco policial a manifestantes e de sofrer um acidente quase fatal, ele descobre o céu do deserto do Atacama e a historia de um homem indigena levado a força da Patagonia chilena. Entre tantas experiencias, um ponto em comum se ilumina, refletido nas paginas deste livro: o de que tudo carrega a sua propria finitude.

Fascinating and timely JOHN BANVILLEDegenerate Art was the end of the first act of Hitlers Reich, the cultural and spiritual "coordination" of the German people.The Nazi exhibition of Degenerate Art in 1937 was meant to show all that had gone wrong with Germany. Yet it was, ironically, one of the first great retrospectives of modern European art. More than a million people flocked to the show to catch a glimpse of the insane, the criminal, the Jewish and the Bolshevist: the primitive international scratchings of un-German artists, in the words of Adolf Hitler. While some came to sneer or mock, others were there to admire or to pay their final respects. Within a few years, many of the works on display would be destroyed or lost in the chaos of war. John-Paul Stonard leads a tour of the crowded vaults of the Hofgarten arcade to discover the wonders of Dada, reveal hidden jewels of German Expressionism and the innovations of Bauhaus and to demonstrate how the worst that Germany had to offer made one of the most fascinating shows of all time.

Marty Waters is a computer support specialist and history buff whose main hobby is working at the local historical society. When a boy goes missing, Marty offers his tech skills to aid the police in finding him. Enter Officer Hottie and his K-9 partner, Dexter. Grant Webster works as a K-9 officer with the Carlisle PD, and hes been assigned to the recent kidnapping case. He could do without the assistance of the computer geek who insists on helping, though, no matter how cute he is.It turns out, Martys historical knowledge and research skills are more useful than Grant expected, and together theyre able to recognize the kidnappers pattern, but the long hours bring an intense attraction neither of them has ever experienced. Is the interest real or just a reaction to the excitement and danger? As more children are taken, they will have to set aside their attraction and rely on each other, and Dexter, to find the kids in time.

An outrageously witty tragicomedy-of-manners about a queer black teenager coming of age, introduced by Mendez, author of Rainbow Milk.When a peacocks days are over, theyre over.Oliver is precocious, black and gay. He reads Baudelaire, plays with his pet peacock, eats smoked oysters and fends off the maid Della Mae whenever she gets the Nasties. He lives in rural Michigan with two elderly ladies: the white, wealthy Etta and her devoted housekeeper, Harry, his aunt. When a psychic warlock named Maurice LeFleur comes to stay, however, promising to contact the ghost of Ettas dead son, their eccentric household starts to fall apart.First published in 1965, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, this sparklingly witty debut novel is a radically hopeful vision of racial integration and sexual acceptance that was years ahead of its time.

Um dos maiores clássicos da literatura afro-americana, elogiado por W.E.B. Du Bois como um dos romances que melhor traduz o drama do colorismo no pós-abolição dos Estados Unidos, De passagem inaugura

A escolha definitiva entre a essencia humana e a inteligencia artificialVivemos um momento decisivo em que a biotecnologia e a IA desafiam a nossa soberania interior. Em Unicamente Humanos, Gregg Braden conduz uma investigaço provocadora sobre o risco de nos tornarmos a ultima geraço de humanos puros. O autor alerta que a fuso homem-maquina e o uso de chips podem limitar nossa capacidade de amar, sentir empatia e perdoar. Longe de ser um manifesto contra a tecnologia, a obra e um chamado para recuperar o potencial inato e a conexo emocional que nos define. Braden desafia dogmas e prope uma reflexo profunda sobre a preservaço das qualidades extraordinarias da nossa especie. Esta jornada revela habilidades ocultas por seculos e nos convida a viver de forma integral em um mundo em constante transformaço.

A love letter to the lives, loves, losses, and other mysteries that lay at the heart of our history.Angela Alaimo ODonnell, grandchild of Italian immigrants, granddaughter of coal miners, and author of twelve published poetry collections and thousands of poems, offers her most personal collection to date. These are poems that speak to people, for all of us come from somewheresome world we have necessarily left behind but that still lives within us and makes us who we are.This book is for lovers of stories, told through artful poems and vivid prose, as it invites us all to reflect, laugh, smile, shed a tear, re-live, and perhaps even make sense of our own childhood experiences. Dip into it while sitting by the fire or gathered with friends and family in a shared celebration of our personal histories and the bonds that connect us to one another."The childhood belonging to each of us is unique, as is each human beingyet there are some things that remain constant. We all have a mother and father, and, if we are lucky, sisters and brothers. We all have a place that we come from that has helped shape us into who we are. We all have memories that stay with us, bring us joy, and haunt us, and we all face the daily decision of what to do with those memoriesto preserve them or to let them fade. My vocation, as a poet, compels me to turn them into story and song. These poems tell my stories, and I also hope they, in some way, tell yours." -Angela Alaimo ODonnell

The book of Exodus blazes with glory, liberation, and redemption. In displays of miraculous deliverance, God ushers his people from slavery into a relationship with himself and personally leads them toward the promised land.Exodus showcases Yahwehs power over human empires of oppression and confirms his loving, relational heart. In the wilderness, his guidance and provision prove he is a savior and deliverer we can trust. Yahweh demonstrates his passionate desire to live among us by revealing to the Israelites his holy name, his law, and detailed instructions for building the dwelling place.Nothing can limit the dynamic nature of Yahweh. As we witness his compassion and power to save, we feel the reality of his living presence with his peopleboth then and now."Yahweh! Yahweh, the mighty God, the gracious God, full of tender mercy. I am slow to anger, and I overflow with unchanging love. You can trust me, for my faithful love will endure for thousands of generations."Exodus 34:67

Once part of a dying species, one wolf now harnesses supernatural and godlike abilities as it fights for survival, in this grimdark fantasy adventure.Its been nearly a millennium since wolves prowled the earth. Theyre only spoken of as mythical destroyers of life. But one solitary wolf, born a simple, primal beast, is becoming the very monster of legend feared by both humans and otherworldly creatures. A multilimbed shapeshifter, it slaughters anything that threatens it or the pack of companions it has sworn to protect, including Emhreeil; her human friend, Katherine; and a goblin known as Scruffy.All three are grateful for the wolfs guidance but frightened of its growing power. And as the team navigates warring factions battling for control of a dungeon labyrinth, they discover one of those factions wants to ally themselves with their party. This partnership would allow them the means to telepathically communicate with their savage leaderand access a ritual blood spell to make the wounded Emhreeil whole once more, an offer they cant refuse.As the two groups join forces, Emhreeil undergoes a physical transformation as uncanny as the wolfs: now shes a winged elven vampire, consumed with bloodlust and evolving into an immortal being. Although powerful, her healing comes at the cost of her humanity. With each victory won against monsters and hunters living in the dungeon, she descends further into madness. And as she and the wolf prove themselves as apex predators, they begin to reach toward a godhood that Katherine and Scruffy dontand cantshare.But their enemies still stalk them. The dungeon lord Baron Manos Ironheart will stop at nothing to make the wolf his personal weapon, and Emhreeils volatile mother, Marquess Irythiel, has massacred a dungeon nobles family in a quest to find her daughter. As these threats and more close in, the wolf and his pack know they must break out of the underground labyrinth . . . and take the fight to the surface once and for all.The third volume of the hit LitRPG adventure serieswith more than a million views on Royal Roadnow available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!Tropes include: found family and fight to survive.

Do premiado autor de Eles eram muitos cavalos. Dezoito histórias de vidas anônimas atravessadas por perdas, violência, memória, desejo e amor. Um retrato poderoso, por vezes comovente, por vezes crue

Copacabana, 2020. Depois da morte da mãe e de perder o emprego e a bolsa de mestrado, Nerissa se vê confinada num apartamento que já não pode mais bancar. A situação piora quando cai nas mãos do sínd

Hans é um ex-policial vivendo numa casa de repouso em Joanesburgo, assombrado pelas lembranças dos crimes que cometeu a serviço do governo. Já Zoe, enfermeira designada para cuidar dele, é uma mulher que cresceu enfrentando a desigualdade e o racismo, consequencias da violencia politica de seu pais. A medida que ambos partilham suas memorias e remorsos, um improvavel vinculo se estabelece, trazendo a tona mais de um seculo da historia da Africa do Sul.

Durante oito meses, Tamara Klink viveu sozinha num pequeno veleiro preso no mar congelado do Ártico Groenlandês. Depois de uma longa preparação e de atravessar o oceano desviando de icebergs, ela anc

A linguagem simbólica do coração através do baralho cigano!André Mantovanni, autor do best-seller Baralho Cigano – Tradição, Teoria e Prática, amplia sua jornada oracular com um olhar cuidadoso sobre

When I think of Sylvia Plath, I am in awe of her intelligence, her language, her wit, her consonantal music - her sheer gift, and what must have been her drive, as its guardian, possessor, possessee, to realise it. Sharon OldsThe Poems of Sylvia Plath is a landmark publication: the definitive edition of the poets work for scholars, students and general readers. Sylvia Plaths first Collected Poems was published in 1981. This new volume draws on decades of research and almost doubles the content of that edition. The book is in two parts: the first contains the poems Plath composed in the last ten years of her life and upon which her reputation is founded, and the second includes those poems written in childhood and through her student years. In both sections, the editors have dated, corrected and arranged each poem chronologically, drawing on manuscripts, typescripts and related archival material. Critical notes document and cast new light on Plaths extraordinary evolution as a poet, from her childhood compositions, through the early blossoming of her talent and ambition, and into the molten core that was to shape the poems of her last few years, securing her place in literary history.

O mapa para a maturidade masculina autêntica.Muitos homens vivem hoje entre o isolamento e estereótipos vazios. O "puxa-saco" corporativo e o pai distante compartilham um traço: são meninos fingindo

Un anno imprecisato. Una citta qualunque. Una squadra viola che, contro ogni previsione, sta riscrivendo la propria storia. Poi, un corpo in un albergo. Amina. Da quel momento, tutto cambia. Le indagini, affidate a "Colonnello" uomo senza nome, come molti in questa vicenda si muovono in un territorio ambiguo, dove il confine tra verita e convenienza si fa sempre piu sottile. Un sospettato, unombra nelle immagini, e infine lui: il Campione, idolo della citta, simbolo di un sogno collettivo che nessuno e disposto a mettere in discussione. Ma quanto vale una vittoria? E cosa si e disposti a sacrificare per difenderla?Tra pressioni invisibili, silenzi imposti e verita manipolate, la giustizia si piega mentre la folla esulta. Solo anni dopo, lontano da tutto, nel silenzio del deserto, emergera cio che davvero si nasconde dietro quellomicidio. Un noir teso e potente, dove il calcio e solo la superficie di una storia piu oscura, fatta di potere, identita e segreti impossibili da seppellire.

Da vencedora do Nobel, um romance que revisita A montanha mágica para criar uma história sem igual que mescla horror, ironia, comédia e parábola feminista. Görbensdorf, Baixa Silésia, 1913. O jovem p

Um livro cheio de ideias mirabolantes, dessas que fazem nossa imaginação saltitar. fim de domingo. O sol se põe, a vovó e o vovô voltam do sítio para a cidade — e dessa vez, eles não estão sozinhos!

Um grupo de conhecidos se junta para praticar pequenos atos de "terrorismo arquitetônico". São intervenções em igrejas, ataques a políticos corruptos, rituais que combinam magia, arte e sexo. Eles sã