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At work one night, photography archivist Charlie Sze-Toh receives a misdirected letter from Wang Tian Wei, a 1920s colonial era Chinese photographer. Through a mysterious digital folder and photographic plates, a conversation is sparked, leading to a romance that spans lifetimes.In his time, Tian Wei scours a turbulent Singapore for his missing friend Aiko, leading him to the perfumed chambers of a Japanese brothel. Meanwhile, in the modern day, Charlie struggles against a family dynamic dominated by her stepmother, a manipulative matriarch who uses family secrets as bargaining chips.Communication starts to become difficult and Tian Weis letters are tinged by the increasing threat of Japanese Occupation. Will one last fate-defying letter from Charlie allow Tian Wei to keep their love alive?

Só um louco iria de livre vontade à Floresta Devoradora, o sítio onde os pecadores entram para morrer.Primeiro livro da série The Eating Woods, da mesma autora de Nocticadia.Encontrada abandonada na

A partir de um luto inominável, a ficcionista Yiyun Li compõe um livro de memórias sublime, nem trágico, nem elegíaco: transformador.FINALISTA: National Book Award | Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excelle

"A dor que transforma apresenta o relato de profissionais que foram atravessados pela dor — física, emocional, espiritual e financeira — e decidiram escutar o que ela tinha a dizer. Eles assumiram re

Cecília sempre sonhou em ser detetive, exatamente como o avô. Já adulta, ela finalmente consegue seu primeiro caso: investigar um incêndio suspeito em Itaipaema, uma cidadezinha pacata onde supostame

Damos-te as boas-vindas à Academia Bloodwing. Entra num mundo de magia, competição e sangue.Uma fada numa escola de vampiros? É a receita para o desastre.Sou a Medra Pendragon, a última cavaleira de

For Caitlin Bailey the past has been far from easy. Living in the shadows of her mothers mental illness, she has been brought up in Dublin by her Aunt Milla. Now aged 22 and with her mother back home, Caitlin is escaping to London with her artist boyfriend Fitz to live life on her own terms. What does she want? Who can she be?The emerging art scene of early 90s London brings a job as a gallery assistant and exciting new friends but intrusive memories of her childhood haunt Caitlins nights. And then Fitz leaves to work in Rye its temporary but feels like another abandonment. What follows will change everything.A love story in which past and present reverberate, Three Flowers asks what we need to hold and what we need to let go in order to love and live well.

For nearly four centuries, the transatlantic slave trade and plantation slavery created a system of racialized bondage that commodified human beings, generated immense wealth for European and American economies, and inflicted incalculable suffering on millions of enslaved Africans and their descendants. This history examines slaverys brutal mechanisms, the resistance enslaved people mounted against their bondage, and the protracted struggles that ultimately achieved legal abolition.Drawing on slave narratives, plantation records, legislative debates, abolitionist publications, and court documents, the narrative traces slaverys evolution from Portuguese Atlantic expeditions through Caribbean sugar economies, North American cotton kingdoms, and Brazilian coffee plantations. The Middle Passage transported approximately twelve million Africans across the Atlantic under horrific conditions. Survivors faced forced labor, family separation, violence, and legal status as property without human rights.The book explores slaverys economic foundations and ideological justifications. Plantation agriculture generated profits sustaining European industrialization and American expansion. Pseudo-scientific racism provided moral rationalization for exploitation. Legal codes denied enslaved people basic protections while criminalizing resistance. Yet enslaved communities maintained cultural traditions, created kinship networks, and preserved dignity despite systematic dehumanization.

Resistance to Nazi occupation took countless forms beyond armed combatfrom forging documents to hiding refugees, from sabotaging production to circulating forbidden newspapers. This exploration examines how ordinary people organized clandestine networks under conditions of constant surveillance and lethal reprisal, using resistance archives, Gestapo records, and survivor testimony to reconstruct the organizational structures and daily operations that sustained underground movements across occupied Europe.From French maquis to Polish Home Army, from Dutch rescue networks to Norwegian civil disobedience, discover how disparate groups coordinated actions despite communication difficulties and penetration risks. Examine the ethical dilemmas resistance members facedweighing individual survival against collective action, balancing sabotage effectiveness against reprisal consequences, negotiating cooperation between ideologically opposed factions united only by opposition to occupation.Documentary evidencecoded messages, forged papers, underground newspapers, post-liberation interrogationsreveals operational methods and security procedures developed through trial and fatal error. Survivor accounts provide testimony to the psychological burden of maintaining double lives, the constant fear of betrayal, and the bonds formed under shared danger.Each chapter explores specific networks and their contexts, analyzing factors that determined success or failure. Understand how geography influenced resistance tactics, how pre-war social networks became organizational foundations, how class and political divisions complicated unity, and how Allied support both enabled and constrained underground operations.

"The Visual Learner Lie Why catering to your style actually hurts your learning" debunks the most persistent myth in education: Learning Styles (VARK). For decades, teachers and students have believed that some people are "visual learners," others "auditory," and others "kinesthetic," and that teaching must match the style.Education researcher David Class reveals the scientific consensus: There is zero evidence for this. We all learn best when the method matches the content (e.g., you learn geometry visually and languages auditorily), not the person."The Visual Learner Lie" explains why this myth is dangerous. It gives students an excuse to fail ("I cant learn this, Im a visual learner") and wastes teacher resources. The book offers evidence-based study techniques like dual coding and retrieval practice that actually work for everyone.

"The Billion Dollar Ring The hardware failure that almost killed Xbox" tells the story of the "Red Ring of Death" (RROD). When Microsoft launched the Xbox 360, it was a hit. But soon, consoles started dying. Three red lights flashed on the front, signaling general hardware failure caused by overheating and brittle solder.Tech journalist David Cooper reveals the internal panic. Failure rates hit 30%. Microsoft faced a choice: Deny the problem and kill the brand, or pay up. executive Peter Moore asked Steve Ballmer for $1.15 billion to extend warranties and fix every console.This book is a case study in crisis management. It shows how owning up to a massive mistake saved the Xbox division, allowing them to survive and eventually thrive, despite shipping a broken product.

"Outsourcing Memory Why we cant remember anything we look up" explores the "Google Effect" (also known as Digital Amnesia). Research by Betsy Sparrow at Columbia University shows that when people know they can find information online later, they are less likely to commit it to memory.Psychologist David Leroy explains the concept of "Transactive Memory." Historically, we shared memory with our tribe ("Ask Bob about farming"). Now, we treat the internet as our external hard drive. The problem is not that we are getting stupider, but that our brain is optimizing for search rather than storage.This book discusses the risks of this dependency. What happens to critical thinking when we dont have facts in our heads to connect? It is a guide to keeping your mind sharp in an age where the answer is always one click away.

Dynasties that once commanded absolute authority over vast territories have been erased from historical consciousness, their palaces excavated as archaeological puzzles rather than remembered as centers of power. This exploration traces royal lineages that shaped regions for generations before conquest, succession crises, or gradual decline ended their rule and consigned them to scholarly footnotes.Through documentary evidence and archaeological remains, discover how the Ghaznavid sultans built an empire spanning Persia to India before fragmenting into warring factions. Follow the Zagwe dynasty of Ethiopia, whose rock-hewn churches survive while their political achievements remain obscure. Witness the Ayyubid familys transformation from Saladins prestige to rapid dissolution across multiple successor states. Understand how the Ghurid rulers controlled Central Asian trade routes before vanishing so completely that historians debate their ethnic origins.Each dynasty reveals patterns in royal powers fragilitysuccession disputes that fractured kingdoms, military defeats that shattered legitimacy, cultural assimilation that dissolved distinct identities, geographic isolation that prevented recovery. Court chronicles and administrative documents show how these families perceived their permanence, while material evidence marks the physical traces of their authority.These were not minor players during their erathey commanded armies, administered justice, patronized culture, and shaped the political landscape. Their disappearance demonstrates that historical memory depends on factors beyond contemporary significance.

"The Herd Mind Why we agree with the group even when they are wrong" revisits the famous Asch Conformity Experiments of the 1950s. Solomon Asch showed participants two cards with lines of obviously different lengths. He asked them to match the lines. The catch: Everyone else in the room was an actor who intentionally gave the wrong answer.Psychologist Sarah Line details the disturbing result: 75% of participants eventually gave the wrong answer just to fit in. They denied the evidence of their own eyes to avoid the discomfort of standing alone."The Herd Mind" applies this to modern boardrooms and social media. It explains "Groupthink" and why intelligent teams make stupid decisions. It challenges the reader to ask: Would I have the courage to speak the truth if everyone around me was lying?

"The Stainless Steel Dream The car that destroyed its creator" tells the rise and fall of John DeLorean. He was the rock star of the automotive world, the man who created the GTO. He left General Motors to build his dream car: the DMC-12, featuring a stainless steel body and gull-wing doors.Business writer John Whitaker chronicles the disaster. The car was underpowered and poorly built in a factory in Northern Ireland plagued by political violence. Desperate for cash to keep the company afloat, DeLorean was caught on tape in an FBI sting operation agreeing to smuggle $24 million worth of cocaine."The Stainless Steel Dream" is a tragedy of ego. It shows how the car eventually became a legend in Back to the Future, but only after it had ruined the reputation and life of the visionary who built it.

Naval warfare determined which empires controlled global trade, colonial expansion, and strategic waterways. This exploration examines decisive sea battles that transformed political landscapes, using ships logs, battle reports, and underwater archaeology to reconstruct encounters where tactical brilliance, technological superiority, or strategic positioning decided the fate of nations.From the Battle of Lepantos clash between Christian and Ottoman fleets to Trafalgars confirmation of British naval supremacy, from the Spanish Armadas catastrophic defeat to Tsushimas demonstration of modern naval power, discover how these engagements reshaped maritime dominance. Examine the tactical innovationsline-ahead formations, broadside gunnery, steam propulsion, ironclad armorthat revolutionized naval combat across four centuries.Documentary evidence reveals commanders decisions under pressure, logistical challenges of maintaining fleets far from home ports, and diplomatic consequences that rippled from battle outcomes. Archaeological investigations of wrecks provide material testimony to ship construction, armament capabilities, and the violent reality of naval combat that official reports sanitized.Each battle analysis considers strategic context, technological factors, leadership decisions, and weather conditions that influenced outcomes. Understand how control of sea lanes enabled colonial empires, how naval power projection enforced trade monopolies, and how maritime defeats triggered political realignments that lasted generations.

History is not only made by kings and battlesit unfolds in kitchens, workshops, and marketplaces where ordinary people shaped their worlds through daily choices and routines. This exploration reconstructs everyday existence across different societies and epochs, using archaeological findings and documentary sources to reveal how people truly lived.From Roman tenement dwellers to medieval peasants, from Ottoman artisans to Victorian factory workers, discover the material realities that defined human experience. Examine what people ate, wore, and valued. Understand how they organized their homes, raised children, and navigated social hierarchies. Witness how technological changesfrom the plow to the printing presstransformed domestic rhythms and community life.Archaeological evidence brings texture to these stories: cooking vessels reveal dietary patterns, building foundations show housing inequality, discarded objects illuminate consumption habits. Documentary recordsletters, account books, legal complaintscapture voices usually absent from grand narratives.Each chapter focuses on specific periods and regions, demonstrating that understanding daily life requires examining both continuity and change. The familiar and the foreign coexist in these reconstructions, showing how universal human needs met vastly different material conditions across time and geography.

Este livro, resultado de um processo de doutorado, apresenta uma abordagem inovadora do currículo de Educação Física no Ensino Médio Integrado, com foco nas realidades e desafios vivenciados no Insti

In 508 BCE, Athens launched historys first radical experiment in citizen rulea system where ordinary people debated policy, voted on laws, and held magistrates accountable through public assembly. This examination of Athenian democracy reveals both its revolutionary achievements and its inherent contradictions, offering unexpected insights for contemporary political challenges.Drawing on archaeological findings, inscriptions, speeches, and philosophical texts, the narrative reconstructs how democratic institutions actually functioned. The Assembly gathered on the Pnyx hill where thousands of citizens argued foreign policy, declared war, and decided budgets. Juries of hundreds heard cases without professional judges. Officials were selected by lottery, not election, to prevent elite domination. Yet this participatory system excluded women, slaves, and foreignersroughly 90% of Athens population.The book traces democracys evolution through Persian invasions, the Peloponnesian War, internal coups, and philosophical critiques from Plato and Aristotle. It examines how Athens balanced individual liberty with collective decision-making, managed populist pressures and elite influence, and confronted the tension between expertise and popular sovereigntydilemmas strikingly familiar to modern democracies.Beyond idealized narratives, the analysis explores practical mechanisms: how debates were structured, how demagogues gained influence, how ostracism removed dangerous leaders, and why direct participation eventually gave way to representative systems. The Athenian experience illuminates persistent questions about citizenship, accountability, political education, and the fragility of democratic norms.

Medieval Europes social pyramid rested on intricate bonds of loyalty, obligation, and violencea world where armored warriors swore fealty to monarchs, peasants labored on manorial estates, and the Church claimed authority over souls and kingdoms alike. This history examines how feudal society actually functioned beneath the veneer of chivalric romance.Drawing on monastic chronicles, legal documents, archaeological excavations, and material culture, the narrative reconstructs daily existence across social strata. Royal courts administered justice and diplomacy while managing fractious nobles. Knights trained for warfare from childhood, their martial prowess celebrated in tournaments yet brutally deployed in territorial conflicts and crusades. Chivalric codes prescribed honor and courtesy, but practice often diverged sharply from idealviolence, plunder, and political calculation shaped knightly behavior as much as courtly virtue.The book traces political structures from Charlemagnes Carolingian reforms through the consolidation of dynastic kingdoms and the tensions between centralized authority and local power. It explores castle construction and siege warfare, the manor economys agricultural rhythms, guild organization in growing towns, and monastic lifes intellectual contributions. Religious authority permeated governance, yet secular rulers constantly negotiated boundaries with papal claims.Beyond elite politics, the analysis reveals how ordinary people navigated rigid hierarchiesserfs bound to land, women managing households and estates, Jewish communities facing periodic persecution, and gradual social mobility through commerce and military service. The devastating impact of famine and plague in the fourteenth century exposed feudalisms vulnerabilities, accelerating transformations already underway.