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Numa noite entre amigos, Vladímir Petróvitch é desafiado a contar a história do seu primeiro amor. A memória leva-o de volta a um verão distante, passado na casa de campo da família, nos arredores de

ELA FUGIU DO PASSADO DURANTE DEZ ANOS, MAS AGORA NÃO TEM COMO ESCAPAR. Quando Brian, o ex-marido de Kay Sharp, é acusado do homicídio da sua antiga melhor amiga, Rachel, a detetive sabe que está dian

Sapphira and the Slave Girl is Willa Cathers last novel, published in 1940.The story of Sapphira Dodderidge Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, who becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful young slave. The book balances an atmospheric portrait of antebellum Virginia against an unblinking view of the lives of Sapphiras slaves.In this story I have called several of the characters by Frederick County surnames, but in no case have I used the name of a person whom I ever knew or saw. My father and mother, when they came home from Winchester or Capon Springs, often talked about acquaintances whom they had met. The names of those unknown persons sometimes had a lively fascination for me, merely as names: Mr. Haymaker, Mr. Bywaters, Mr. Householder, Mr. Tidball, Miss Snap. For some reason I found the name of Mr. Pertleball especially delightful, though I never saw the man who bore it, and to this day I dont know how to spell it.

The novel combined 11 previously published stories, of which the first six and the last were split in two, to make a book of 18 chapters. It is now often printed in 11 chapters, mirroring the original stories.All the stories had previously appeared in The Strand Magazine in the UK, between December 1921 and November 1922, except for one, "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril", which had appeared in the Strand in August 1918. That story had appeared in the Saturday Evening Post (US) in June 1918. All the other stories appeared in Cosmopolitan in the US between December 1921 and December 1922.This was the second collection of Jeeves stories, after My Man Jeeves(1919); the next collection would be Carry On, Jeeves, in 1925. All of the short stories are connected and most of them involve Berties friend Bingo Little, who is always falling in love.ContentsThe original story titles and publication dates were as follows (with split chapter titles in parentheses):"Jeeves in the Springtime" Berties friend Bingo is in love with a waitress, Mabel, but fears his uncle wont approve of her. Jeeves suggests a plan using romance novels to sway Bingos uncle.UK: Strand, December 19

Jonathan tem o que aparenta ser uma vida bem-sucedida: uma carreira sólida, uma imagem respeitada, uma rotina confortável. Mas, num domingo como tantos outros, durante um passeio pelos cais de São Fr

Although Kate Chopin lived in St. Louis, Missouri, for most of her life, the few years that she spent in Louisiana profoundly influenced her writing career, which lasted from about 1888 to 1902.Her best-known work, The Awakening (1899), created a sensation in its day by depicting a woman whose dissatisfaction with her role in society leads her to seek a life independent of her husband and children. The short novel was nearly forgotten for more than fifty years until feminist scholars in the late twentieth century championed Chopins work as a courageous declaration of womens sexual and spiritual yearnings.The Awakening tells the story of 28-year-old Edna, a Kentuckian married to 40-year-old French Creole Leonce Pontellier, a New Orleans businessman. The novel opens as Edna and her two young sons are summering along the Gulf of Mexico at Grand Isle, in beachfront cottages owned by Madame Lebrun from New Orleans, where "exclusive visitors enabled [Madame Lebrun] to maintain the easy and comfortable existence which appeared to be her birthright.

This tale was published in 1931. Willa Cathers Shadows on the Rock tells the tale of a young girl, her widower father, and their friends, all of them working to make a life for themselves in Quebec in 1697."Shadows on the Rock" is a historical novel which takes place between 1697 and 1713 in Quebec. For a number of years after the French first settled Quebec, it was an isolated, rocky settlement where many of the inhabitants struggled to survive in the harsh climate.The people tightly clung to the Catholic Churchs interpretation of events and distrusted anyone who differed in this world-view. Frequent prayer and church services were the rule.Chapter IOne afternoon late in October of the year 1697, Euclide Auclair, the philosopher apothecary of Quebec, stood on the top of Cap Diamant gazing down the broad, empty river far beneath him. Empty, because an hour ago the flash of retreating sails had disappeared behind the green island that splits the St. Lawrence below Quebec, and the last of the summer ships from France had started on her long voyage home.

The Ego and Its Own is an 1844 work by German philosopher Max Stirner. It presents a radically nominalist and individualist critique of, on the one hand, Christianity, nationalism and traditional morality, and on the other, humanism, utilitarianism, liberalism and much of the then-burgeoning socialist movement, advocating instead an amoral (although importantly not inherently immoral or antisocial) egoism.Stirner believed that there was no objective social reality independent of the individual; social classes, the state, the masses, and humanity are abstractions and therefore need not be considered seriously. He wrote of a finite, empirical ego, which he saw as the motive force of every human action. Writing chiefly for working-class readers, he taught that all persons are capable of the self-awareness that would make them "egoists," or true individuals.Max Stirner in his book The Ego and His Own (1845) recommended, instead of social reform, a ruthless individualism that should seek satisfaction by any means and at whatever risk. A small group of other individualists.

A lyrical cosmic fairytale about listening to the night, letting go without loss, and the stars that remember kindness.At a forgotten cliffside observatory, an astronomer discovers something impossible: a fragment of night beating softly inside a lantern, pulsing like a living heart. It is not light. It is not shadow. It is a memory the sky itself has lost.As the shard awakens, the stars begin to drift, constellations bend, and the boundary between dream and waking thins. Guided by a woman woven from nebula-quiet and starlight, the astronomer must follow the night beyond the limits of his worldinto the place where darkness remembers what it once was.But some things cannot be kept.They can only be returned.The Astronomer Who Stole a Piece of Night is a tender, dreamlike story about:listening instead of possessinglove that exists without ownershipand the quiet courage it takes to let the universe be whole againWritten in luminous, atmospheric prose, this seventh volume of Echoes of the Veiled Stars unfolds like a whispered myth among constellationssoft, cosmic, and deeply human.Perfect for readers who love poetic science-fantasy, melancholic stargazing, and stories where wonder is found in restraint rather than spectacle.

Tem a impressão de que estamos a um passo do fim do mundo? E que cada tragédia que acontece traz consigo a promessa de outra desgraça ainda maior? Eis um pequeno consolo: não é o primeiro a senti-lo.

Quando te derem a mo, diz-lhes o quanto adoras que o façam. Quando andarem pela casa, interrompe-os para lhes dizer: Obrigada por estares na minha vida. Quando os fores buscar a escola, diz-lhes o quanto sentiste a sua falta. Quando sorrirem, diz-lhes que te aquecem o coraço. Quando te derem um beijo, diz-lhes que adoras estar com eles. Educar, conviver e trabalhar com crianças e uma viagem rica que deve ser partilhada em ambas as direçes. Com frequencia, transmitimos inconscientemente um legado de dor emocional, expectativas desmedidas e necessidade de controlo. As soluçes tradicionais oferecem tecnicas rapidas e autoritarias que ignoram a individualidade e limitam a empatia, com todas as consequencias que dai advem. Numa abordagem consciente e transformadora, Shefali Tsabary desmonta a viso de que as crianças so desafios a corrigir, e convida-nos a ve- -las como aliadas na construço de relaçes profundas e autenticas, em casa, na escola ou em qualquer outro contexto. Educar e cuidar tornam- -se, assim, um caminho de crescimento mutuo.

Debbie Mullen está à beira de um colapso. Durante anos, dedicou- -se a partilhar os seus conselhos na coluna Querida Debbie, um espaço onde as esposas de Nova Inglaterra procuravam apoio, empatia e o

Bumble the bison notices that his friendsthe rabbits, squirrels, and hedgehogsstruggle to cross the wide, sparkling river that winds through their meadow. Inspired by a sudden idea, Bumble envisions building a bridge to help everyone cross safely, turning a daunting challenge into a shared adventure. With careful observation, empathy, and determination, he imagines a bridge not only functional but vibrant and alive, perhaps even decorated with berries and natural elements from the meadow. Encouraged by the meadow itself and the quiet support of his friends, Bumble resolves to transform his idea into reality, embracing creativity, courage, and teamwork as the first step of a grand, collaborative adventure across the river.

O passo mais importante para qualquer mudança e crescimento é a autoconsciência: observar-se, entender as suas motivações e corrigir padrões destrutivos. O mundo interior de cada ser humano é moldado

Teias – Inovação e Impacto Social revela a trajetória extraordinária de José Alberto Sampaio Aranha, engenheiro químico, empreendedor visionário e um dos principais articuladores dos ecossistemas de

ELE É UM JUIZ PODEROSO, FRIO E FEITO PARA DAR ORDENS. ELA É UMA AMA IRREVERENTE, LINDA E IMPOSSÍVEL DE CONTROLAR. ENTRE O DEVER E O DESEJO, SÓ HÁ UMA LEI: ATRAÇÃO TOTAL. Quando Brielle se candidatou

Vivemos obcecados em descobrir o que leva ao sucesso: os hábitos, as estratégias, as fórmulas mágicas. No entanto, raramente paramos para pensar no contrário: o que é que o destrói. Este livro revela uma verdade simples, mas poderosa: no e apenas o que fazemos que molda a nossa vida. E, sobretudo, o que escolhemos no fazer. As historias de sucesso so celebradas em livros, redes sociais e biografias. Ja os fracassos desaparecem no silencio. Contudo, e precisamente nas quedas, nos erros e nas tentativas falhadas, que se escondem as liçes mais profundas. Rolf Dobelli convida-nos a aprender com empresas que faliram, projetos que morreram na praia, relaçes que se perderam, porque e ai que aprendemos o que realmente importa evitar. Com base em decadas de observaço, investigaço e experiencia pessoal, Dobelli partilha 52 habitos e padres mentais a eliminar se queremos libertar espaço para o que e essencial: clareza, foco, equilibrio e verdadeira felicidade.

The first novel in the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bearset in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!One hundred thousand years ago, the galaxy was populated by a great variety of beings.But one specieseons beyond all others in both technology and knowledgeachieved dominance.They ruled in peace, but met opposition with quick and brutal effectiveness.They were the Forerunnersthe keepers of the Mantle of Responsibility, the next stage of life in the Universes Living Time.And then they vanished.This is their story.

From New York Times bestselling, Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Nine Goblins, a novella of low fantasy and high mischief.A funny cosy fantasy novella, perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and Thornhedge. No one knows exactly how the Goblin War began, but folks will tell you that goblins are stinking, slinking, filthy, sheep-stealing, henhouse-raiding, obnoxious, rude, and violent. Goblins would actually agree with all this, and might throw in "cowardly" and "lazy" too for good measure.But goblins dont go around killing people for fun, no matter what the propaganda posters say. And when a confrontation with an evil wizard lands a troop of nine goblins deep behind enemy lines, goblin sergeant Nessilka must figure out how to keep her hapless band together and get them home in one piece, despite a path filled with elves, trolls, monsters, and that most terrifying of creaturesa human being.

A line of pain runs through generations of families until one generation stops to question the ancestral forces behind the door. In Life & Fable Guislaine Vincent explores archetypal patterns in the ancestral background of her familys storytelling, peeling away the layers to discover a self in myth and fable. As the narrative unfolds, its the implacable presence of childhood that recurs, not only in events, but in how events reveal the self. Mektoub, my father would say: it is written. From a great grandfather found in the deserts of Syria and named after the monastery that takes him in to the pain of losing a child; from a childhood of 14 schools across multiple countries to training as a Jungian Psychoanalyst, this is a life story that asks deep questions about who we are and how we peel back reality to find the truth in fables. A story of resilience and the epiphany of how powerful it is to have a name.