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Lady Anna is a novel by Anthony Trollope, written in 1871 and first published in book form in 1874.The protagonist is a young woman of noble birth who, through an extraordinary set of circumstances, has fallen in love with and become engaged to a tailor. The novel describes her attempts to resolve the conflict between her duty to her social class and her duty to the man she loves.The title character is the daughter of the late Earl Lovel. Her mother married him out of ambition rather than love, and despite his evil reputation. Soon after their marriage, he told her that he had a living wife, which made their union invalid and their unborn daughter illegitimate. He then sailed to Italy without her and did not return to England for twenty years.During those two decades, Lady Lovel struggled to prove the validity of her marriage, and consequently her right to her title and her daughters legitimacy. She enjoyed neither the sympathy of the public nor the support of her family during this time; her only friend and supporter was Thomas Thwaite, a Radical tailor of Keswick, who gave her and her daughter shelter and financed her legal battles.

Uma história real e impactante sobre amor, esperança e resiliênciaDois sobreviventes do Holocausto se apaixonaram em Auschwitz, vivendo os piores anos de suas vidas em busca de momentos de alívio e a

LEITURA ESSENCIAL PARA CONHECER AS RAINHAS ESQUECIDAS DO EGITOCleópatra: amante, sedutora e a maior rainha do Egito. Uma figura mais mito do que história, imortalizada na poesia, no drama, na música, na arte e no cinema. Ela cativou Julio Cesar e Marco Antonio, os dois maiores lideres romanos de sua epoca, e morreu em um claro de gloria, com uma vibora pressionada contra o peito ou pelo menos e o que diz a lenda.Mas a historia real de Cleopatra VII e ainda mais fascinante. Ela foi a ultima das sete Cleopatras que governaram o Egito antes de sua absorço pelo Imperio Romano. Essas sete Cleopatras foram as poderosas lideres da dinastia ptolemaica, a familia macedonia que governou o Egito apos Alexandre, o Grande. Seguindo os costumes dos deuses, as Cleopatras casavam-se com seus irmos de sangue e dominavam o mundo normalmente patriarcal da politica e da guerra. Essas mulheres extraordinarias mantinham um controle firme sobre o pais mais rico do mundo antigo.Neste livro, o historiador Lloyd Llwellyn-Jones, autor do best-seller Os persas, mostra como cada uma das sete Cleopatras detinha poder absoluto. Sua obsesso implacavel pelo dominio geraço apos geraço resultou em atos extraordinarios de traiço, violencia e assassinato na familia mais dinfuncional da historia.

UM RELATO BRILHANTE DE ANTONY BEEVOR SOBRE O COLAPSO DO TERCEIRO REICHO Exército Vermelho tinha sede por vingança quando finalmente alcançou as fronteiras do Terceiro Reich em janeiro de 1945. Instrutores politicos martelavam a mensagem sobre a brutalidade da Wehrmacht e das SS. O resultado foi o exemplo mais aterrorizante de destruiço e violencia ja visto, com tanques esmagando colunas de refugiados sob suas esteiras, estupros em massa, saques e aniquilaço.Centenas de milhares de mulheres e ciranças morreram congeladas ou foram massacradas porque os chefes do Partido Nazista, recusando-se a aceitar a derrota, haviam proibido a evacuaço de civis. Mais de sete milhes fugiram para o oeste, tentando escapar do terror do Exercito Vermelho.Apoiado em arquivos ineditos, Antony Beevor nos oferece neste livro no apenas um documento historico fundamental, mas tambem um grande relato tragico e comovente, no qual todas as paixes humanas se desencadeiam em seu auge em que o orgulho se mistura a loucura, a astucia convive com a estupidez, o heroismo coexiste com o medo, a abnegaço com a crueldade.

Esta edição traz um panorama completo dos principais temas de Geografia e História. Em Geografia Humana, aborda demografia, urbanização, transportes e agropecuária. Em História Geral, destaca o Ilumi

"They can take your freedom, but they cannot take your identity."In 1841, Solomon Northup was a professional violinist and family man living in Saratoga Springs, New York. After being lured to Washington D.C. with the promise of work, he was drugged, shackled, and stripped of his name. For the next twelve years, he was passed from master to master in the bayous of Louisiana, enduring the sadistic cruelty of men like Edwin Epps while witnessing the quiet heroism of his fellow enslaved people. Twelve Years a Slave is a visceral, unflinching look at the "peculiar institution" through the eyes of a man who knew both the dignity of liberty and the agony of the lash. It remains a foundational text of American history and a testament to the endurance of the human spirit.The Mechanics of Oppression: Northup provides a meticulous, almost journalistic description of the economics and daily operations of the slave trade. He details the cultivation of cotton and sugar, the social hierarchies of the plantation, and the psychological warfare used to keep human beings in subjection.A Quest for Justice: The narrative is propelled by Northups secret attempts to communicate with his family in the North. His eventual rescue is a heart-stopping moment of tension and triumph, highlighting the legal and social complexities of a divided nation where a mans status as "property" or "person" could depend entirely on the color of his skin and the geography of his location.Why It Is a Vital Classic: While many narratives were edited to suit political agendas, Northups account is praised for its stark realism and descriptive power. It provides names, dates, and locations that were later verified by historians, making it one of the most credible and devastating indictments of slavery ever written.Bear witness to the truth. Purchase "Twelve Years a Slave" today.

9 de Julho é uma obra que resgata a memória da Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932, com foco na participação decisiva de Mato Grosso do Sul. O autor, filho de um combatente constitucionalista, recon

Em um mundo onde tantas almas caminham silenciosamente pelas sombras da dor, Quando a escurido se rende a luz surge como um farol, uma jornada de retorno ao sagrado que habita em cada ser. Este livro no e apenas sobre sofrimento, mas sobre transcendencia. E sobre reconhecer as feridas invisiveis, escutar o sussurro da alma e permitir que a luz penetre onde, por tanto tempo, houve escurido. Com uma escrita sensivel, verdadeira e profundamente espiritual, a autora convida voce a mergulhar em experiencias reais, resgatar partes perdidas de si e despertar a força adormecida que sempre esteve ali. No e preciso temer a escurido. Quando acolhida com amor e consciencia, ela se transforma. E e nesse encontro sagrado que a luz ressurge, no como negaço da dor, mas como fruto da coragem de atravessa-la. Se voce sente que carrega sombras que ninguem ve, este livro e para voce. Ele e um chamado. Um abraço na alma. Uma luz acesa no m do tunel que, na verdade, sempre esteve dentro de voce.

Jane Eyre is the story of a young, orphaned girl (shockingly, shes named Jane Eyre) who lives with her aunt and cousins, the Reeds, at Gateshead Hall. Like all nineteenth-century orphans, her situation pretty much sucks.Mrs. Reed hates Jane and allows her son John to torment the girl. Even the servants are constantly reminding Jane that shes poor and worthless. At the tender age of ten, Jane rises up against this treatment and tells them all exactly what she thinks of them. (We wish we couldve been there to hear it!) Shes punished by being locked in "the red room," the bedroom where her uncle died, and she has a hysterical fit when she thinks his ghost is appearing. After this, nobody knows what to do with her, so they send her away to a religious boarding school for orphansLowood Institute.At Lowood, which is run by the hypocritical ogre Mr. Brocklehurst, the students never have enough to eat or warm clothes. However, Jane finds a pious friend, Helen Burns, and a sympathetic teacher, Miss Temple. Under their influence, she becomes an excellent student, learning all the little bits and pieces of culture that made up a ladys education in Victorian England.

The village lay under two feet of snow, with drifts at the windy corners. In a sky of iron the points of the Dipper hung like icicles and Orion flashed his cold fires. The moon had set, but the night was so transparent that the white house-fronts between the elms looked gray against the snow, clumps of bushes made black stains on it, and the basement windows of the church sent shafts of yellow light far across the endless undulations.Young Ethan Frome walked at a quick pace along the deserted street, past the bank and Michael Eadys new brick store and Lawyer Varnums house with the two black Norway spruces at the gate. Opposite the Varnum gate, where the road fell away toward the Corbury valley, the church reared its slim white steeple and narrow peristyle.As the young man walked toward it the upper windows drew a black arcade along the side wall of the building, but from the lower openings, on the side where the ground sloped steeply down to the Corbury road, the light shot its long bars, illuminating many fresh furrows in the track leading to the basement door, and showing, under an adjoining shed, a line of sleighs with heavily blanketed horses.

Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Owing to the passage of the power of patronage to a new Prime Minister, a newcomer, the far more Evangelical Bishop Proudie, gains the see.His wife, Mrs. Proudie, exercises an undue influence over the new bishop, making herself as well as the bishop unpopular with most of the clergy of the diocese. Her interference to veto the reappointment of the universally popular Mr. Septimus Harding (Protagonist of Trollopes earlier novel, The Warden) as warden of Hirams Hospital is not well received, even though she gives the position to a needy clergyman, Mr Quiverful, with 14 children to support.Even less popular than Mrs. Proudie is the bishops new chaplain, the hypocritical and sycophantic Mr. Obadiah Slope, who decides it would be expedient to marry Hardings wealthy widowed daughter, Eleanor Bold. Slope hopes to win her favour by interfering in the controversy over the wardenship.

Uma coletânea inédita que revela conexões esquecidas entre as Américas, Europa, África e Ásia entre os séculos XVI e XIX. Circulação de ideias, bens, crenças e resistências se entrelaçam em um mosaic

"You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man."In this searingly honest and powerful account, Frederick Douglass reveals the harrowing reality of slavery in the American South. From the soul-crushing toil on the Lloyd plantation to his life-changing confrontation with the "slave-breaker" Edward Covey, Douglass chronicles his journey from a state of bondage to the reclamation of his own soul. He famously details how he secretly taught himself to read and write, realizing that education was the "pathway to freedom." This narrative is not just a historical document; it is a timeless testament to the power of literacy, the resilience of the human spirit, and the relentless pursuit of justice.The Battle for Human Dignity: The turning point of the narrative is Douglasss physical fight with Edward Covey. This moment represents the internal shift from a broken spirit to a man determined to be free, illustrating that resistanceboth mental and physicalis the cornerstone of liberation.A Critique of Hypocrisy: Douglasss prose is sharp and uncompromising. He famously contrasts the "Christianity of Christ" with the "Christianity of this land," exposing the moral bankruptcy of those who used religion to justify the horrors of the slave system.Why It Is Essential Reading: Short, visceral, and profoundly moving, this narrative changed the course of history. It forced the world to acknowledge the humanity and genius of the enslaved, making it one of the most effective tools in the fight for abolition. To read it is to understand the very heart of the American struggle for equality.Experience the story that sparked a revolution. Purchase the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" today.

The Last of the Mohicans is a timeless adventure novel set during the French and Indian War. James Fenimore Cooper weaves a dramatic tale of courage, loyalty, and conflict on the American frontier, following Hawkeye and his Mohican companions through perilous wilderness battles. The novel explores cultural collision, friendship, and the tragic decline of Native American tribes. It remains one of the most influential works in American historical fiction.

The artist Norman Thelwell (19232004) was famous for his horse and pony cartoons, but his work was far more wide ranging. He focused his exceptional talent on many diverse subjects, with his witty and wry observations providing amusement and sharp social comment. Brat Race, which was first published in 1977, takes a comical look at the world of children and the joys of parenthood. Thelwell chronicles youngsters behaviour with hilarious accuracy noting the mysteries, curiosities and characteristics, while providing humorous hints and advice for anxious parents and well-meaning relatives. From names, toys and birthday parties, to pets, health and happiness, all elements of childhood are depicted in the artists inimitable and entertaining style.

In every family, beneath the surface of shared blood and familiar faces, lies a complex web of emotionshope interwoven with fear, love shadowed by resentment, dreams tangled with sacrifice. "Betrayal: Sharp Edge of a Knife" invites you into such a web, drawing you deep into the intimate and often turbulent realm of familywhere the purest intentions collide with the harshest realities, and where the thin line between loyalty and treachery can cleave hearts with unimaginable force. This book is not merely a story about one familys silent battles and shattered dreams; it is a mirror held up to a universal human condition, a journey through the intricate labyrinth of perseverance and despair, ambition and jealousy, and the aching silence that follows when trust is broken.

Drogas são Legais: Memórias de um psiquiatra em crise é um mergulho visceral na mente de um médico que atravessou hospitais psiquiátricos, CAPS, Cracolândia e os próprios limites da sanidade. Mais do

António Sérgio (1883-1969) viveu durante uma era em que Estados-nações mantiveram estruturas socioeconómicas promotoras da desigualdade entre as pessoas, e em que movimentos diversos tentaram as corr

A tragédia de um povo, uma das obras mais completas e humanas já escritas sobre a Revolução Russa, ganha nova edição. "Poucos historiadores têm coragem de abordar grandes assuntos; menos ainda são b