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Unleashing it was easy. Surviving it wont be Conan, Jack, Jerry and Yash barely escaped with their lives the last time they messed around with portals, demons and the powerful relic known as the summonstone. But when the chance to reunite with an old friend arises, they decide to use its ancient power one more time. Big mistake.What they summon is not an old friend, or even a new one. Its something mischievous, something monstrous and now its loose

From Far Around They Saw Us Burn is the eagerly awaited first short story collection from Alice Jolly, one of the most exciting and accomplished voices in British fiction today.The extraordinary range of work gathered here is united by a fascination with how everyday interactions can transform our lives in unpredictable ways. These are stories of lonely people, outcasts and misfits, and the ghosts that inhabit our intimate spaces. The result is a compelling, arresting and, at times, devastating collection not least in the title story, which was inspired by the tragic true events of the 1943 Cavan orphanage fire.Written with an exemplary eye for detail and an intimate understanding of the complexities of human nature, Jollys collection builds up towards the ultimate question: what is revealed of us when we peel away the surfaces, and is it enough?

When Alice Jollys second child was stillborn and all subsequent attempts to have another baby failed, she began to consider every possible option, no matter how unorthodox.Shot through with humour and full of hope, Dead Babies and Seaside Towns is an intensely personal account of the search for an alternative way to create a family. As she battles through miscarriage, IVF and failed adoption attempts, Alice finds comfort in the faded charm of Britains crumbling seaside towns.The journey ultimately leads her and her husband to a small town in Minnesota, and to two remarkable women who offer to make the impossible possible.In this beautifully written book, Alice Jolly describes with a novelists skill the events that many others have lived through even if they may feel compelled to keep them hidden. Her decision not to hide but to share them, without a trace of self-pity, turns Dead Babies and Seaside Towns into a universal story: one that begins in tragedy but ends in joy.

Not a Fictional Mum makes sure no woman gets left behind Giovanna Fletcher In this inspiring, topical and painfully funny memoir, Not a Fictional Mum asks what it is that really makes a mum? What Makes a Mum? is a less conventional journey of being mothered and reaching motherhood, from teenage foster care, struggling with infertility and navigating the adoption process. Not a Fictional Mum reveals the policies and statistics that led her to campaign for change, and what emerges is a picture of resilience, determination and hope.A personal account and a manifesto for change, What Makes a Mum? looks at family beyond genetics and offers a guiding hand to anyone in the long and sometimes agonising pursuit of becoming a mother.

The thrill of the carnival turns sinister as FBI Agent Hailey Rock tracks a murderer using fairground games as instruments of death. Can she unveil the face behind the funhouse mirror before the carnival leaves town, taking another soul with it?"A brilliant book. I couldnt put it down and I never guessed who the murderer was!"Reader review for Only MurderThis is book #15 in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller Rylie Dark, whose bestseller has received over 700 five star ratings and reviews.A cat-and-mouse thriller with harrowing twists and turns and filled with heart-pounding suspense, the mystery series offers a fresh twist on the genre as it introduces two brilliant protagonists who will make you fall in love and keep you turning pages late into the night.Future books in the series are now available!"I loved this thriller, read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns and I didnt guess theculprit at all Already pre-ordered the second!"Reader review for Only Murder"This book takes off with a bang An excellent read, and Im looking forward to the next book!"Reader review for SEE HER RUN"Fantastic book! It was hard to put down. I cant wait to see what happens next!"Reader review for SEE HER RUN"The twists and turns kept coming. Cant wait to read the next book!"Reader review for SEE HER RUN"A must-read if you enjoy action-packed stories with good plots!"Reader review for SEE HER RUN"I really like this author and this series starts with a bang. It will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book and wanting more."Reader review for SEE HER RUN"I cant say enough about this author! How about out of this world! This author is going to go far!"Reader review for ONLY MURDER"I really enjoyed this book The characters were alive, and the twists and turns were great. It will keep you reading till the end and leave you wanting more."Reader review for NO WAY OUT"This is an author that I highly recommend. Her books will have you begging for more."Reader review for NO WAY OUT

King Arthurs Death, commonly referred to as the Alliterative Morte Arthure, is a Middle English poem written in Lincolnshire at the end of the 14th century. A source work for Malorys later Morte dArthur, it is an epic tale which documents the horrors of war, the loneliness of kingship and the terrible price paid for arrogance.The poem tells of the arrival of emissaries from Imperial Rome demanding that Arthur pay his dues as a subject. Arthurs refusal leads him on a quest to confront his foes and challenge them for command of his lands.His venture is not without cost. Although he defeats the Romans, his decision to leave Mordred at home to watch over his realm and guard Guinevere, his queen, proves to be a costly one. He must now face Mordred for control of his kingdom a conflict ultimately fatal to the pair of them.Combining heroic action, insight into human frailty and great attention to contemporary detail, King Arthurs Death is not only a lesson in effective kingship, it is also an astonishing mirror on our own times, highlighting the folly of letting stubborn dogma drive political decisions.

The Art of War (Dellarte della guerra), is one of the lesser-read works of Florentine statesman and political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli.The format of The Art of War was in socratic dialogue. The purpose, declared by Fabrizio (Machiavellis persona) at the outset, "To honor and reward virtu, not to have contempt for poverty, to esteem the modes and orders of military discipline, to constrain citizens to love one another, to live without factions, to esteem less the private than the public good." To these ends, Machiavelli notes in his preface, the military is like the roof of a palazzo protecting the contents.Written between 1519 and 1520 and published the following year, it was the only historical or political work printed during Machiavellis lifetime, though he was appointed official historian of Florence in 1520 and entrusted with minor civil duties.Many, Lorenzo, have held and still hold the opinion, that there is nothing which has less in common with another, and that is so dissimilar, as civilian life is from the military. Whence it is often observed, if anyone designs to avail himself of an enlistment in the army..

Prémio da Crítica da GalizaPrémio Follas Novas para Melhor LivroPrémio Xerais de RomanceUm dos Melhores Livros Galegos do Ano (El País)Entre o silêncio e o grito, entre o que se diz e o que se cala,

Romance inaugural de László Krasznahorkai sobre um mundo em decadência, falsos profetas e utopias falhadas, já considerado uma obra-prima da literatura contemporânea, foi igualmente adaptado ao cinem

A ferramenta essencial para alcançar o sucesso no trabalho e na vidaMilhes de pessoas em todo o mundo tornaram-se mais bem-sucedidas ao compreenderem o simples facto de que 80% dos seus resultados provem de 20% dos seus esforços. E este e o livro que lhe mostra como o fazer.O Principio 80/20, escrito pelo visionario Richard Koch, e mais poderoso e essencial do que nunca. Mostra-lhe como funciona a regra 80/20 e revela-lhe como usa-la de maneira sistematica e pratica para aumentar significativamente a sua eficacia e melhorar os seus resultados.Seja mais eficaz com menos esforço: Identifique os metodos que levam a otimos resultados; Evite o trabalho arduo; Seja seletivo no que faz; E, no fim, tenha uma otima vida.Hoje, muito pouco daquilo em que despende o tempo tem impacto no seu sucesso. Ao concentrar-se no que importa, pode desbloquear o enorme potencial dos 20% magicos.Os elogios da critica:"Leia este livro e use-o."Tim Ferriss, autor de 4 Horas por Semana"Aqui encontra ideias que podem mudar a sua vida."The Good Book Guide"A gesto do tempo no e organizar as suas tarefas diarias, mas sim organizar as tarefas diarias essenciais e descartar o resto. Richard Koch ganhou milhes com isto - um bestseller baseado numa unica ideia - provando que funciona."Gentlemens Quarterly"Richard Koch e um entusiasta do Principio 80/20. Leia-o e tambem se tornara um."Andrew Campbell, diretor do Ashridge Strategic Management Centre"Perspicaz e acessivel, este livro ajuda as pessoas a concentrarem-se em no desperdiçar as suas vidas."Theodore Zeldin, fellow do St Antonys College, Oxford"Damos 5 estrelas a esta obra-prima este livro vale muito mais do que o seu preço."The Weston Review

A forma perfeita de planear as refeições da sua semana sem esforço!Comprovado, acessível e eficaz: o método que já mudou a rotina de quem achava que não tinha tempo para cozinhar.«Não tenho tempo.» Q

Poderá um diagnóstico médico causar mais mal do que bem?UM DOS MELHORES LIVROS DO ANOThe Times * The Sunday Times * Financial TimesThe Guardian * The Economist * The London StandardThe Observer * The New Statesman * The Irish TimesO diagnostico e visto como a chave que abre a porta de acesso a muito daquilo por que ansiamos uma explicaço, o potencial de recuperaço, apoio, uma tribo de outros pacientes com a mesma doença , mas atras dessa porta tambem existem aspetos mais negros que nem sempre so devidamente ponderados.Do autismo as alergias, da PHDA a Covid longa, cada vez mais pessoas recebem rotulos medicos. Sera que estamos realmente a ficar menos saudaveis ou apenas a considerar patologicas as normais imperfeiçes humanas?Quando sofremos, e natural desejarmos um rotulo claro, compreenso e, naturalmente, tratamento. No entanto, muitos diagnosticos no so to definitivos quanto parecem e, nalguns casos, podem transformar pessoas saudaveis em pacientes.O avanço de tecnicas sofisticadas de sequenciaço genetica significa que ate os mais saudaveis podero, em breve, ser rastreados em busca de potenciais anomalias. Nunca tantas pessoas foram classificadas como doentes.Baseando-se em historias reais, em decadas de pratica clinica e na investigaço medica mais recente, a Dra. Suzanne OSullivan apela a necessidade de encontrarmos novas e melhores linguagens para falar do sofrimento e de desenvolvermos formas de apoiar as pessoas sem as medicalizar.Os elogios da critica:A melhor escritora de ciencia da atualidade uma verdadeira herdeira de Oliver Sacks.Sathnam Sanghera, jornalista e autor bestsellerRevelador. Aborda tantos temas que me tem preocupado, mas que eu no conseguia resolver sozinho como pai e medico.Chris Van Tulleken, medico e autor do bestseller Pessoas Ultra ProcessadasUm estudo brilhante sobre os perigos do sobrediagnostico.The GuardianTornamos as pessoas mais doentes pelo simples ato de as diagnosticarmos com um problema medico. Um livro fascinante.The TimesCom clareza de prosa e raciocinio, A Era dos Diagnosticos deve fazer-nos refletir a todos se estamos mais ou menos saudaveis quando recebemos um diagnostico.Elizabeth F. Loftus, psicologa e professora na Universidade da California

Uma distopia com um plot twist nunca antes visto e que inquieta pelas estranhas semelhanças com a nossa realidade cada vez mais virtual.Num mundo à beira do colapso, a humanidade está dividida em doi

Um romance imerso nos desacertos pessoais e políticos que moldam o doloroso fio do dia a dia da contemporaneidade, que nos traz a voz única de um dos autores mais lúcidos e atentos do nosso tempo.Uma trabalhadora de uma gigantesca empresa de expediço de encomendas, Barbara de seu nome de guerra, vive um precario equilibrio entre uma gravidez escondida, o conforto das redes sociais e o aconselhamento terapeutico aos colegas de trabalho, prisioneiros de ansiedades varias. Convidada a partilhar um voo de turismo espacial como unica operaria entre astronautas milionarios, aproveita o passeio na atmosfera para anunciar a sua condiço e exercer uma pequena grande vingança sobre um dos milionarios, reconhecido assediador.Regressada do espaço, assiste ao lento desmoronar da atmosfera fabril, com a chegada de novas maquinas trabalhadeiras a relegarem o operariado ao despedimento e ao desespero, enquanto a administraço oferece como menu consolador uma panoplia de eremitas, falsos santos, mulheres-magicas e especialistas do fim do mundo, entre outros.Os elogios da criticaA arte de Jose Gardeazabal consiste em encontrar um terreno comum entre o triunfo da linguagem desenfreada e a voz imperiosa da consciencia social.Alberto ManguelUm livro extraordinario, ninguem escreve com esta estranheza, inteligencia e talento em Portugal.Jose Riço Direitinho (sobre Quando eramos peixes)Mereceria integrar as antologias dos melhores textos da literatura portuguesa de todos os tempos.Miguel Real, Jornal de Letras (sobre A melhor maquina viva)[...] um autor com uma cultura literaria extraordinaria, este e o desenho de uma distopia radical.Eliane Robert Moraes, Juri do Premio Literario Oceanos (sobre A melhor maquina viva)Se necessario fosse, o segundo romance de Jose Gardeazabal vem confirma-lo como uma das grandes vozes da literatura portuguesa.Jose Riço Direitinho, Publico (sobre A melhor maquina viva)[Um livro que,] pela sua qualidade literaria e originalidade estrutural, e tambem pelo testemunho que as paginas sumariam, cristalizara este tempo estranho transfigurado na memoria estetica da Literatura.Miguel Real, Jornal de Letras (sobre Quarentena - Uma historia de amor)O aparecimento de Jose Gardeazabal no plano literario europeu contribui para uma desconstruço da Europa moderna.Ana Catarina Anjos, A Europa Face a Europa: Poetas Escrevem a EuropaMaquina narrativa em que a ferocidade da ironia esmaga os leitores desavisados. [] esta e uma catarse literaria continua.Revista Viso (sobre Origami)Origami e um livro politico, [] no sentido moderno e abrangente. Uma lucida biografia dos nossos tempos.Jose Riço Direitinho, Publico

O novo livro de Mafalda Santos é uma história comovente, chocante e brilhantemente escrita, sobre um mundo onde o toque humano mata.Quando o toque se torna mortal, o que resta da humanidade?Num mundo que ja se habituou a indiferença, um som impossivel ecoa do ceu e da terra e, num instante, tudo muda. Depois dele, surge uma nova verdade, to simples quanto devastadora: o toque mata. Milhares sucumbem. As regras da convivencia e do amor so rescritas e a sociedade renasce sob um novo pacto, o da distancia.Mas como continuar a ser gente num mundo onde o afeto e proibido? Sera a liberdade e a justiça algo de que estamos dispostos a abdicar para sobreviver?Cinco desconhecidos duas mulheres, dois homens e uma criança surda embarcam numa jornada perigosa rumo a um refugio remoto, onde acreditam existir uma cura.Entre a esperança e a manipulaço, eles tornam-se herois improvaveis de uma epopeia distopica que reflete, com inquietante preciso, o mundo em que vivemos. Uma historia sobre o medo, a coragem e o poder devastador e redentor do contacto humano.

The House Where Silence Learned to DreamTales from the Silent Garden XII(Final Book of the Series)by Evelyne DLorien Book Description (EN)The garden has been silent for a long time.And the house has been waiting even longer.At the far edge of the Silent Garden stands a house that does not call, does not demand, does not promise. It waits. When she crosses its threshold, she steps into a dream shaped by memory, longing, and everything left unspoken.Rooms awaken. Letters remember her name. Windows look back. The night itself leans closer, asking to be seen. As the house reveals its heart, she discovers a truth neither of them could reach alone: silence does not disappear when it is heardit becomes a place where something new can begin.The House Where Silence Learned to Dream is the final volume of Tales from the Silent Garden, bringing the series to a quiet, luminous close. It is a story about memory without pain, dreams without urgency, and the courage to remain with what has waited patiently inside us all along.A meditative, atmospheric conclusion for readers who cherish poetic prose, emotional stillness, and gentle fantasy shaped by introspection rather than conflict.

Punishment was never the point.Undoing was.After the protocol ends, Elena returns to a world that looks unchangedbut no longer feels the same. Structure has not vanished; it has moved inside her. Silence no longer waits to be filled. Obedience no longer depends on command.In Her Quiet Undoing, the second part of The Assistants Punishment, control is no longer enforced through instruction or consequence. Instead, it is stripped down, dismantled, and carefully rebuilt through absence, exposure, and choice. Commands dissolve into intent. Submission becomes fluency. Surrender becomes precision.This is a slow, psychologically exact exploration of power beyond punishmentwhere dominance is no longer loud, resistance no longer useful, and obedience no longer needs to be demanded.A ritual-driven erotic novella about internalized control, voluntary alignment, and the dangerous clarity that follows when nothing is takenonly unnecessary structures removed.For readers of psychological BDSM, slow-burn power exchange, and erotic fiction where silence carries more weight than force.

Uma notável proeza caleidoscópica da imaginação, a partir da leitura por Lily Tuck de um obituário do fotógrafo Wilhelm Brasse, que tirou mais de 40 mil fotografias dos prisioneiros de Auschwitz, ent

The Falklands War: Britains Unexpected Battle for a Remote Island ChainWhy did two countries end up fighting over a group of islands barely anyone had heard of?In 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, kicking off a short but intense war with Britain that caught the world off guard. On the surface, it looked like a small territorial dispute, but behind it were years of colonial history, clashing national identities, and rising political pressure on both sides.This book looks closely at how it all happened: what led to the invasion, how Britain responded so quickly, and why the Falklands became such a symbolic flashpoint for both nations. Its a detailed, balanced look at a war that wasnt supposed to happen, and how it changed the people and countries involved. Inside, youll learn about: The long and complicated backstory of who really "owned" the Falklands. What pushed Argentinas military leaders to launch an attack? How the British response helped shape the countrys modern identity. What the islanders themselves thought, and why their voices mattered. The political and military fallout that lasted long after the shooting stopped. And much, much more! This isnt just a timeline of events, its a deeper look at what the war meant and why it still matters today.Click Add to Cart now to explore one of the most unexpected and revealing conflicts of the late 20th century.

This gentle collection gathers three of Christopher T. Winters most beloved dream journeys into one uninterrupted volume of calm, reflection, and quiet wonder.Across mist-filled valleys, whispering paths, and gardens where horizons soften, these stories invite the reader to slow down and step into spaces shaped by stillness rather than urgency. Each chapter unfolds like a lantern-lit walk through the nightguided by memory, breath, and the quiet language of dreams.Dreams That Wander Through the Silent Valleys is designed as a companion for rest: a place to ease the mind, soften the edges of thought, and drift gently toward sleep. There is no conflict to solve, no tension to resolveonly atmosphere, warmth, and a steady sense of quiet belonging.This volume includes: The Dream Collector of Silent Valleys The Whispering Path of Dreams The Garden Where Soft Horizons SleepIdeal for nighttime reading, relaxation, and readers seeking calm, poetic storytelling that lingers softly long after the final page.