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Baron Trumps Marvelous Underground Journey invites readers into a fantastical world where reality bends and imagination reigns supreme. Young Baron Trump, a clever and curious adventurer, sets out on a journey beneath the earths surface accompanied by his loyal dog, Bulger. Guided by mysterious manuscripts and ancient clues, he ventures into hidden realms populated by extraordinary civilizations, strange customs, and creatures that challenge the boundaries of logic.In these underground kingdoms, satire and wonder intertwine: the story critiques human folly, arrogance, and societys absurdities while delighting readers with whimsical humor and daring exploits. Originally published in 1893, Ingersoll Lockwoods tale captures the spirit of Victorian adventure fictionrich in invention, wit, and playful moral lessons.Blending steampunk-style invention, Victorian curiosity, and a dreamlike sense of the absurd, this novel remains a timeless exploration of discovery and imagination. Baron Trumps Marvelous Underground Journey is more than a childrens adventure: its a sharp, witty reflection on ambition, society, and the unknown, wrapped in thrilling escapades that will fascinate modern readers as much as it did over a century ago.

Blake Porter tinha tudo: uma carreira de sucesso, uma noiva encantadora e a casa dos seus sonhos. Mas de repente, tudo muda. Despedido do prestigiado cargo de vice-presidente de marketing da sua empresa, as dificuldades financeiras começam e Blake ve-se obrigado a alugar um dos quartos da casa que partilha com a sua noiva para conseguirem pagar a hipoteca.E e ento que aparece Whitney! Ela e tudo o que procuravam: bonita, simpatica, educada, com um ar confiavel e os pes bem assentes na terra. A inquilina perfeita.No entanto, a sua presença traz consigo algo que no bate certo. O ambiente na casa muda, os vizinhos comportam-se de forma estranha. Um odor terrivel podre, impossivel de ignorar invade a casa, por mais que Blake a limpe. E, como se no bastasse, ruidos inquietantes despertam-no a meio da noite.Em pouco tempo, Blake começa a temer que alguem conheça os seus segredos mais obscuros. Sente-se observado, perseguido... e, quando finalmente se apercebe da verdade, ja e demasiado tarde. A inquilina perfeita e tudo menos isso.FREIDA McFADDEN E A AUTORA MAIS VENDIDA DO ANOE O MAIOR SUCESSO EDITORIAL DOS ULTIMOS TEMPOS EM PORTUGAL.

A ghostly couple wanders through their former home, searching for a lost treasure. As their presence gently brushes against the living inhabitants, the boundary between past and present dissolves in a lyrical meditation on love and memory.

"Uma história de Jerusalém" é um conto ambientado na Jerusalém antiga, onde três sacerdotes – Abel-Fitim, Buzi-Ben-Levi e Simeão, os Gizbarim – se apressam para as muralhas da cidade em meio à tensão

High in the Accursed Mountains, in a village ruled by the ancient laws of the Kanun, Bekija escapes an arranged marriage by becoming a sworn virgin, renouncing her womanhood to live as a man. Her decision sets off a brutal chain of events, destroying her family and separating her from the one she loves the most. Years later, as Bekija now Matija tells their story to a visiting journalist, long-buried truths come to light, along with the realisation of all that might have been.

On a Womans Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her own choosing. When her abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, Noenka flees her hometown in Suriname, on South Americas tropical northeastern coast, for the capital city of Paramaribo. Unsettled and unsupported, her life in this new place is illuminated by romance and new freedoms, but also forever haunted by her past and societys expectations. Strikingly translated by Lucy Scott, Astrid Roemers classic queer novel is a tentpole of European and post-colonial literature. And amid tales of plantation-dwelling snakes, rare orchids, and star-crossed lovers, it is also a blistering meditation on the cruelties we inflict on those who disobey. Roemer, the first Surinamese winner of the prestigious Dutch Literature Prize, carves out postcolonial Suriname in barbed, resonant fragments. Who is Noenka? Roemer asks us. "Im Noenka," she responds resolutely, "whichmeans Never Again."

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERLucid, earnest and disarming.New York TimesA perfect jewel of a novel. LENA DUNHAMThe sensuality is extraordinarily powerful.Chicago TribuneKitchen comprises Banana Yoshimotos two classic tales about mothers, trans identity, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy. First published in 1987, it won two of Japans most prestigious literary prizes, remained at the top of the bestseller lists for over a year and has gone on to be a much-loved international bestseller.

A BEST BOOK OF 2024 IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE SPECTATOR, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, INDEPENDENT, SCOTSMAN AND THE NEW YORKERExtraordinary.MARINA HYDEPitch-perfect.OBSERVERAn utter joy to read.MONICA ALIMajestic.INDEPENDENTA masterpiece.JOHN LANCHESTERAddictively enjoyable.GUARDIANSensational.IRISH INDEPENDENTA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTIONHe always knew: when his life came tumbling down, it would occur in public.Campbell Flynn is fuelled by an appetite for wealth and admiration, controversy and novelty. An art historian and celebrity pundit, he has enjoyed a charmed career rubbing shoulders with oligarchs and aristocrats, fashion designers and fine artists, at ease with the highbrow and the mainstream.Only now, the world is changing. Over the course of an incendiary year a web of secrets and crimes will be revealed, and Campbell Flynn may not be able to protect himself from the shattering exposure of all his privilege really involves.Andrew OHagans novel Caledonian Road was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 31/03/2024

This novel by D. H. Lawrence was first published in 1928 and subsequently banned. Lady Chatterleys Lover is one of the most subversive novels in English Literature. The story concerns a young married woman, the former Constance Reid (Lady Chatterley), whose upper class husband, Sir Clifford Chatterley, described as a handsome, well-built man, has been paralysed from the waist down due to a Great War injury. In addition to Cliffords physical limitations, his emotional neglect of Constance forces distance between the couple. Her emotional frustration leads her into an affair with the gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. The class difference between the couple highlights a major motif of the novel which is the unfair dominance of intellectuals over the working class. The novel is about Constances realization that she cannot live with the mind alone; she must also be alive physically. This realization stems from a heightened sexual experience Constance has only felt with Mellors, suggesting that love can only happen with the element of the body, not the mind.

FINALMENTE EM PORTUGAL O LIVRO-REVELAÇÃO DO ANO!MISTERIOSO, INTENSO E VICIANTE COMO UM VERDADEIRO THRILLER DEVE SER!FREIDA MCFADDEN É A AUTORA BESTSELLERDO MOMENTO E OS SEUS LIVROS ESTÃO A CONQUISTAR

"This seasons most-anticipated first outing." (Vogue)"A Lynchian reinterpretation of The Virgin Suicides." (Observer)"An astonishing debut that will burrow under your skin." (Sunday Times)In Falls Landing, Florida - a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers - something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preachers daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. Where is she? Watching from a distance, they edge ever closer to discovering a dark secret about their fame-hungry town and the cruel cost of a ticket out. What they uncover will continue to haunt them for the rest of their lives.Through a darkly beautiful and brutally compelling lens, Dizz Tate captures the violence, horrors, and manic joys of girlhood. Brutes is a novel about the seemingly unbreakable bonds in the we of young friendship, and the moment it is broken forever.

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein", despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novels subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is arguably considered the first fully realized science fiction novel.

"O Cobrador", um dos mais conhecidos livros de contos de Rubem Fonseca, está de volta. Em seu quinto livro de histórias curtas, o autor mantém o tom incômodo e brutal de sua ficção, apresentando pers

Im going to tell him to pick up his prayer mat and get out of my house.When Parvezs son Ali starts clearing out his bedroom, Parvez assumes hes taking drugs and selling his possessions to pay for them. His fellow taxi drivers are triumphant: they knew something was wrong. Bettina, the prostitute Parvez regularly drives home, tells him what signs to look out for.But nothing is physically different about Ali except that he is growing a beard - and praying five times a day. He condemns his father for drinking alcohol and eating bacon, and assures him that the Law of Islam will rule the world.First published in March 1994, Hanif Kureishis comedy of assimilation is both uproariously funny and so prescient its barely funny at all.

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all.Years ago, Sukie moved in with Nathan because her mother was dead and her father was difficult, and she had nowhere else to go. Now they are on the brink of the inevitable.Sally Rooney is one of the most acclaimed young talents of recent years. With her minute attention to the power dynamics in everyday speech, she builds up sexual tension and throws a deceptively low-key glance at love and death.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZEA work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.Monica Ali, New York TimesTremendous from its opening sentence.Tessa Hadley, GuardianA work of cut-glass brilliance.Financial TimesIn the wake of her familys collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions - personal, moral, artistic, and practical - as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confront aspects of living that she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to reattach herself to, and believe in, life.Filtered through the impersonal gaze of its keenly intelligent protagonist, Transit sees Rachel Cusk delve deeper into the themes first raised in her critically acclaimed novel Outline, and offers up a penetrating and moving reflection on childhood and fate, the value of suffering, the moral problems of personal responsibility and the mystery of change.

Tem nas suas mãos um romance épico: a vida de D. Afonso Henriques. Recorrendo a uma meticulosa pesquisa histórica, Maria Ventura transporta-nos para o século XII e envolve-nos com as paisagens, cultu

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHORTWICE WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONOne of the best books about climate change. NAOMI KLEIN Lyrical, socially-engaged and passionate.SUNDAY TIMESImpressive.OBSERVERBeautiful.IRISH TIMESCompelling.DAILY TELEGRAPHA captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change by the award-winning, global bestselling author of Demon Copperhead and The LacunaOn the Appalachian Mountains above her home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature. As the world around her is suddenly transformed by a seeming miracle, can the old certainties they have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged?Flight Behaviour is a captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change. It explores the truths we live by, and the complexities that lie behind them.Readers loved Flight Behaviour:Fascinating and unflinchingly raw. Highly recommended. A beautifully crafted tale of creation, destruction and resurrection. So resonant and moving. A great book and in many ways a fable for our times.

FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEVER LET ME GOSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR1948: Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his two grown daughters and his grandson, and his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past - to a life and a career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism - a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.An exquisite novel.ObserverPitch-perfect. . . a tour de force of unreliable narration.GuardianA work of spare elegance: refined, understated, economic.Sunday Times

Depois de séculos sendo odiada pela humanidade, a morte resolve pendurar o chapéu e abandonar o ofício. O acontecimento incomum, que a princípio parece uma benção, logo expõe as intrincadas relações