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What if truth were funniest when it was most dangerous?The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde brings together the full literary legacy of one of the most dazzling minds in English literature. Celebrated for his razor-sharp wit, elegant style, and fearless critique of society, Wilde transformed comedy, drama, and prose into art forms of lasting brilliance.This comprehensive collection includes Wildes famous plays, his only novel, short stories, fairy tales, poems, and essays. From sparkling social comedies to haunting moral reflections, Wildes writing explores beauty, hypocrisy, love, identity, and the cost of living authentically in a judgmental world.Playful, provocative, and profoundly human, Wildes works continue to delight, challenge, and inspire readers across generations.Inside this eBook, youll explore:All plays, fiction, essays, poetry, and stories by Oscar WildeIconic works such as The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian GrayMasterpieces of satire, aesthetic philosophy, and dramaA cornerstone collection of Victorian and world literaturePerformed worldwide, quoted endlessly, and studied in classrooms everywhere, Oscar Wildes work remains as fresh, bold, and entertaining today as ever.Laugh, reflect, and revel in brilliance. Buy now and experience the complete works of Oscar Wilde.

Pérolas do Saber é um relato sucinto de 50 anos dedicados à Odontologia e ao Magistério, oportunidade em que contribuímos na formação de mais de dois mil cirurgiões dentistas!É com muito orgulho e sa

What stories shaped civilizations understanding of heroism, fate, and the soul?The Epic Poems Anthology brings together the greatest epic poems ever writtenmonumental works that defined cultures, inspired centuries of art, and laid the foundations of Western literature. From the battlefields of ancient Troy to the depths of the underworld and the heights of heaven, these poems explore courage, honor, destiny, love, and the eternal struggle between humanity and the divine.Featuring masterpieces such as The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and The Divine Comedy, this collection traces humanitys earliest and most powerful storytelling traditions. These epics blend myth, history, philosophy, and poetry into narratives of unforgettable scale and emotional depth.Grand, symbolic, and profoundly human, these works continue to shape literature, philosophy, and imagination across the world.Inside this eBook, youll explore:The most influential epic poems in literary historyLegendary heroes, gods, journeys, and moral trialsFoundations of classical mythology and Western thoughtA cornerstone anthology of world literatureRead for study, reflection, or pure aweThe Epic Poems Anthology offers stories that have endured for thousands of years because they still speak to who we are.Begin the journey that shaped the world. Buy now and experience the greatest epics ever written.

Following the success of her book "I Loved an Alcoholic," this expanded edition includes a new chapter in which Megan Whitfield distills the key lessons learned. For ten years, Megan lived with a man who could cut her open with a sentence at two in the morning and have no memory of it by breakfast. He drank. She covered for him, called his boss, cleaned up the mess. She learned to answer accusations that made no sense with arguments that changed nothing.What she didnt see for years: the patterns were in the words. In how they fought. In how they went silent. In how she explained and justified and helped until helping became its own trap.When she finally left, she expected him to fall apart. He got sober instead. Today theyre close friends.This memoir traces the communication patterns that keep people stuck in destructive relationships, and how those patterns begin to break once you can name them. Drawing on research in addiction and relationship science, it shows what happens in conversations that escalate, why well-meaning support can deepen dependency, and what it sounds like when someone starts speaking differently.

"The Amber Tsunami The day London was drowned by a wave of beer" recounts the London Beer Flood of 1814. At the Meux & Cos Horse Shoe Brewery, a massive iron hoop on a fermentation vat snapped. The vat burst, releasing 1.4 million liters (320,000 gallons) of porter ale. The force was so great it smashed through the brewery walls.Historian Thomas Brew details the tragedy in the St. Giles rookery (slum) behind the brewery. The 15-foot wave of beer destroyed two houses and killed eight people, mostly women and children attending a wake in a basement."The Amber Tsunami" explores the legal aftermath, where the disaster was ruled an "Act of God," leaving the victims without compensation. It is a grim reminder of the lack of regulation in the industrial age, where even a brewery could become a source of mass destruction.

"The Cobra Bounty How paying for dead snakes created more snakes" is the definitive book on the "Cobra Effect." The story is legendary: The British colonial government in Delhi was worried about the number of venomous cobras. To solve the problem, they offered a cash bounty for every dead cobra skin brought in. Initially, the snake population dropped.Economist Nikhil Scale explains the twist: Entrepreneurial locals began breeding cobras in their homes just to kill them and collect the money. When the government realized this and canceled the program, the breeders released their now-worthless snakes into the wild, tripling the original population."The Cobra Bounty" explores how well-intentioned policies often backfire due to perverse incentives. It applies this logic to modern examples, from paying teachers for test scores (cheating) to paying for trash collection (illegal dumping). A masterclass in second-order thinking.

"The Coldest Merchant The man who taught the world to buy frozen water" tells the improbable story of Frederic Tudor, the "Ice King." In the early 1800s, ice was something New England farmers cursed in winter. Tudor saw it as a product. He had the insane idea to cut ice from Massachusetts ponds, pack it in sawdust, and ship it to the tropical heat of the Caribbean and India.Historian Samuel Frost chronicles Tudors decades of failure. People laughed at him, his ice melted, and he went to debtors prison. But he persisted, eventually creating the ice industry. He didnt just sell ice; he had to teach bartenders how to make cold drinks and doctors how to use it for fever, creating a market where none existed."The Coldest Merchant" is a business adventure about creating value from nothing. It shows how one stubborn mans obsession changed global diet and medicine, laying the groundwork for the modern refrigerator.

"The Eleven Dollar Memo When a corporation calculated the cost of a human life" investigates the most infamous case of corporate negligence in history. In the 1970s, Ford discovered a flaw in the Pinto model: the gas tank could rupture in rear-end collisions, causing deadly fires. Engineers proposed a fix that cost $11 per car.Business ethics writer Robert Steel exposes the internal "Pinto Memo." Executives calculated that paying out settlements for anticipated burn deaths ($200,000 per life) would be cheaper than recalling and fixing 11 million cars ($11 each). They decided to let people burn to save money."The Eleven Dollar Memo" is a chilling look at utilitarianism gone wrong. It explores the legal and moral aftermath when a company reduces human tragedy to a line item on a spreadsheet, changing product liability laws forever.

This book explores the psychological work of reparentingnot as healing childhood wounds through memory work alone, but as learning to provide yourself the emotional safety, validation, and boundaries you may not have received growing up. It examines how early relational patterns shape adult behavior, reframing reparenting as the conscious development of an internal secure base.Rather than offering prescriptive inner child exercises or promises of complete healing, this book invites you to understand what it actually means to parent yourself with the consistency, compassion, and honesty you needed. It explores the patterns beneath self-abandonment, difficulty setting boundaries, and the automatic dismissal of your own needsrevealing how these survival strategies once protected you but now limit authentic living.Through psychological insight into attachment repair, nervous system regulation, and the difference between self-indulgence and genuine self-care, this book offers a realistic path toward building internal security. It examines how reparenting isnt about replacing what was missingits about becoming trustworthy to yourself now, learning to recognize your emotional needs, and developing the capacity to respond rather than react when those needs surface.

"The Nuclear Scout The teenager who built a nuclear reactor in his shed" recounts the terrifying true story of David Hahn. In the mid-1990s, this Michigan teenager, obsessed with chemistry and earning his Boy Scout merit badge, decided to build a breeder reactor in his mothers potting shed. He didnt have a lab; he had household items.Science writer David Core details how Hahn sourced radioactive materials: americium from smoke detectors, thorium from camping lantern mantles, and radium from antique clocks. He posed as a physics teacher to get advice from government agencies. He actually succeeded in creating a neutron source that irradiated his neighborhood, leading to a massive EPA Superfund cleanup."The Nuclear Scout" is a story of unguided potential. It illustrates the thin line between genius and madness, showing what happens when intelligence and determination are applied without safety, ethics, or adult supervision.

"The Horse That Counted How a stallion proved that humans cannot hide their thoughts" tells the famous story of Clever Hans (Der Kluge Hans). In early 20th-century Berlin, a retired schoolteacher named Wilhelm von Osten showcased a horse that could solve math problems, tell time, and spell words by tapping its hoof. The phenomenon baffled scientists for years.Author Paul Trot explores the investigation by Oskar Pfungst, who eventually cracked the code. Hans wasnt doing math; he was reading the microscopic, unconscious body language of the people asking the questions. When the questioner didnt know the answer, the horse didnt either."The Horse That Counted" is the origin story of the "Clever Hans Effect" (Observer-Expectancy Effect). It teaches us that we are constantly broadcasting our expectations to others without realizing it, influencing everything from police interrogations to classroom performance.

A pandemia da Covid-19 não se configurou apenas como uma crise sanitária, mas como uma lente que evidenciou múltiplas desigualdades estruturais presentes na sociedade brasileira. Entre essas desigual

"The Silent Night The soccer match played between enemies in the middle of a war" tells the poignant story of the Christmas Truce of 1914. Five months into World War I, ignoring the orders of their generals, British and German soldiers climbed out of their trenches. They didnt shoot; they shook hands, exchanged cigarettes and pudding, and famously played soccer in No Mans Land.Historian Julian Peace chronicles this spontaneous outbreak of humanity. He details the letters home describing the surreal silence and the joint burials of the dead. He also explains why it never happened again: The High Command on both sides was terrified by the fraternization and instituted harsh penalties to ensure soldiers continued to hate each other."The Silent Night" is a testament to the fact that wars are started by politicians, not by the people fighting them. It is a heartbreaking glimpse of a peace that could have stopped the 20th centurys greatest tragedy.

"The Final Promotion Why every manager eventually becomes incompetent" explains the "Peter Principle." Formulated by Laurence J. Peter in 1969, the theory states: "In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." If you are good at your job, you get promoted. You keep getting promoted until you land in a job you are bad at. And there you stay, messing things up, because you are no longer good enough to be promoted, but not bad enough to be fired.Business writer Peter Level analyzes why organizations are filled with bad bosses. They were likely excellent engineers or salesmen, but that doesnt make them good leaders. The skills that got them there are not the skills they need now."The Final Promotion" offers structural solutions for companies (like technical career tracks that dont involve management) and advice for individuals on how to refuse a promotion that will ruin their career.

The Renaissance celebrates individual geniusMichelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael. Yet this narrative of solitary brilliance overlooks the economic and social structures that made masterpieces possible: wealthy families competing for political legitimacy through commissioned art, guild regulations determining who could legally practice, and workshop systems where dozens of assistants executed the masters designs.This book reexamines Renaissance art through contracts, payment records, guild documents, and workshop inventories. It traces how art functioned as political currency for the Medici and other banking families, how artists navigated between creative vision and patron demands, and how marble quarrying, pigment trade, and apprenticeship networks shaped what could actually be produced. The focus extends beyond famous names to include the skilled laborersplasterers, gilders, stone carverswhose work remained anonymous.By analyzing the material conditions of artistic production, this work reveals how Renaissance achievement emerged from collaborative labor embedded in specific economic relationships. It asks: when we admire a painting, whose genius are we really witnessingthe individual artist or the entire system that sustained their work?

"The Tins of Terror" by historian Samuel Wright offers a chilling, forensic deep-dive into one of the greatest mysteries of the age of exploration: the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845. While many books focus on the harsh climate or the eventual resort to cannibalism, Wright zooms in on the technological marvel that was supposed to save them: canned food.Wright meticulously traces the supply chain of the 8,000 tins of preserved meat supplied by Stephen Goldner. He exposes the corruption and haste of the victualling contract, where cost-cutting measures led to lead soldering dripping into the food. The book argues that the expedition was doomed not by the ice, but by the slow, neurotoxic effects of lead poisoning, which caused paranoia, weakness, and madness among the crew long before starvation set in.Combining metallurgy, toxicology, and naval history, Wright paints a portrait of Victorian hubristhe belief that technology could conquer nature without consequence. He uses modern autopsies of the frozen bodies found on Beechey Island to prove his thesis. This is a story of how a tiny, invisible manufacturing flaw brought down the pride of the British Royal Navy. It serves as a grim cautionary tale about quality control and the fragility of human endurance in extreme environments.

"The Map of Death The doctor who stopped a plague with a map" recounts the birth of modern epidemiology. In 1854, a terrifying cholera outbreak struck the Soho district of London. The medical establishment believed cholera was spread by "miasma" (bad air). Dr. John Snow believed it was the water.Author Oliver Well chronicles Snows investigation. He didnt use a microscope; he used data. He plotted every death on a map of the neighborhood. The dots clustered densely around one specific public water source: the Broad Street Pump. Snow famously convinced the council to remove the pumps handle, ending the outbreak."The Map of Death" is a tribute to critical thinking. It shows how one man stood against the consensus of his time, using statistics and visualization to save lives, proving that sometimes the most powerful medical tool is a pencil.

Meet Clovis Sangrail, a recurring protagonist who navigates the social minefields of the elite with a mixture of charm and sociopathic detachment. This collection features some of the authors most famous tales, characterized by practical jokes that go too far and supernatural intrusions into mundane life. The prose sparkles with epigrams and irony, peeling back the veneer of civilization to reveal the wildness underneath. It represents the pinnacle of high-society satire, delivering laughs that leave a stinging aftertaste.

The processes of coming into being and passing away are analyzed in this scientific exploration of change in the natural world. Aristotle distinguishes generation from simple alteration, proposing that the four elementsearth, air, fire, and watertransform into one another through the exchange of qualities. The text examines the cyclical nature of life and matter, rejecting the idea of a void and focusing on the continuity of physical substance. It lays the groundwork for understanding growth, decay, and the perpetual transformation of the material universe.

Experience the moving final hours of Socrates as he discusses the immortality of the soul with his devoted friends before drinking the hemlock. The dialogue weaves together emotional narrative and complex metaphysical arguments, offering hope that death is a liberation rather than an end. Plato presents a vision of the afterlife and the philosophers journey toward the pure realm of Forms, transforming a tragedy into a testament of intellectual courage. It stands as one of the most poignant and influential works in Western literature.