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Em todas as histórias antigas, naqueles contos de fadas em que eu ainda acreditava mais ou menos, era assim que acontecia. Crianças comuns estavam visitando seus parentes, talvez. Ou presas em internatos. Sozinhas. Incertas. Ansiando por aventura. E, em pouco tempo, a aventura chegava ate elas. Pegaram o caminho errado, foram expulsas de tudo que era familiar e, de repente, uma porta para outro mundo se abria.Naquele vero, aos catorze anos, eu estava velha demais para acreditar, e claro. Mas o desejo e a vontade ainda estavam la.Na verdade, eles nunca nos deixam. A questo e se isso vai tornar nossa esperança mais verdadeira ou nossa ferida mais profunda. Ou os dois.""Era uma vez uma rainha e uma carta de amor de Sarah Arthur a grande literatura infantojuvenil. Ao longo do livro, a começar pelo titulo, percebe-se seu grande apreço por autores classicos como C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien e E. Nesbit. No entanto, este livro no e uma mera homenagem. Nestas paginas, Sarah Arthur conta uma historia autentica e singular, repleta de intriga e encanto, que certamente cativara a imaginaço de uma nova geraço de leitores." David Bates, co-apresentador do podcast "Pints with Jack", dedicado as obras de C.S. Lewis

Quando guerras, fúrias da natureza e pestes afligem a humanidade, vozes da ignorância e da falsidade se levantam dizendo que o fim está próximo e que Jesus está voltando, porém como sempre, o tempo p

No decorrer dos capítulos, vamos mergulhar nas causas do estresse no trabalho, ambientes tóxicos, pressão por resultados, relações interpessoais conturbadas… aqui, vamos tratar disso com carinho e ho

Wild, remote, windswept and utterly epic, Scotlands climbs are not for the faint of heart. In Cycling Climbs of Scotland, Simon Warren (@100climbs) crosses weather-beaten islands and snow-covered mountains on roads that demand respect and reward effort with breathtaking beauty. From the famous glens and lochs that draw visitors from across the globe rise legends such as The Lecht, the Wall of Talla and the mighty Bealach na Ba.If you crave rugged adventure, fresh air and pristine wilderness, head north and take on the Cycling Climbs of Scotland. This second edition for 2026 features stunning photography, updated stats and the latest information to guide your next ride.

Mermazing action-packed underwater adventures for young readers. Beautifully illustrated throughout and with a glittery cover! From the authors and illustrator of the bestselling Unicorn Academy series.Hidden deep beneath the waves is Mermaid Academy, a magical school where mermaids are paired with their very own dolphin and must discover their unique mermaid magic, with plenty of adventure along the way!Mermaid Academy is the perfect series for 7+ readers who love magic and adventure.Look out for more titles! Isla and Bubble, Cora and Sparkle, Maya and Rainbow, Amber and Flash, Millie and Storm, Harper and Splash, Lyla and Charm, Aurora and Jewel and Serena and Opal

The first volume of a sweeping fantasy by one of Japans most beloved storytellers, and the bestselling author of the Moribito series.The vast Umal Empire has flourished for centuries thanks to the miraculous ohaleh rice, a sacred grain brought from a distant land by the first empress Kokun. Resistant to all parasites, the rice has sustained the empire, ensuring peace and prosperity for centuriesuntil now. When a mysterious infestation strikes, famine spreads and the empire begins to crumble.Fifteen-year-old Aisha, granddaughter of the deposed lord of West Kantal, flees to the imperial capital with her younger brother after a violent coup. There she meets the reigning Kokun, Oliean enigmatic girl worshipped for her supposed gift of scent, yet secretly powerless. As Aisha uncovers her own latent ability to perceive the natural world through smell, she and Olie form an unlikely alliance.Together, Aisha and Olie must uncover a hidden history and the truth behind the ohaleh rice, all the while battling forces that threaten not just the empires survival, but the very balance of nature.

The new novel from the award-winning author of Guapa; and a sweeping, multi-generational saga that traces the fractured bonds between three Iraqi-British sistersIn the summer of 2014, three estranged Iraqi-British sisters are drawn back into each others orbits through the discovery of their late fathers lost paintings.As Mediha, Zainab, and Ishtar lay claim to his legacyan inheritance laced with exile, betrayal, and an Iraq they no longer recogniseZainabs son Nizar, a war correspondent haunted by his time on the front lines, returns to the family fold. As summer bleeds into autumn and the truth about the paintings unfurls, the family is forced to confront the personal and political betrayals that tore them apart.Spanning continents and decades, Floodlines grapples with grief and memory, and charts the emotional and political aftershocks of a century of war and revolution in Iraq and beyond. Inspired by the artistic legacy of Haddads great uncle, the Iraqi modernist painter Jewad Selim, Floodlines explores family, queerness, and the wounds of (neo)colonialism in haunting, visceral prose."A literary voice capable of narrating untold stories of the modern gay experience, from one of the most complicated parts of the world."Attitude Magazine

THE PLAN:1. Do the best you can at school.2. Work at Dollars City to save money.3. Edit school magazine.4. Go to University of Kentucky with Maddie.Mal Flowers lives by The Plan. Its the only thing that keeps their ADHD brain from spiralling. But when the school magazine gets cancelled, The Plan starts falling apart.Enter Emerson Pike: radiant, carefree and the total opposite of Mals carefully controlled world. Her idea? Go rogue and launch an underground zine - unofficial, unapproved, and utterly terrifying.With no other option, Mal agrees. But as MixxedMedia is born and parks begin to fly both on and off the page, can Mal learn that not everything in life has to go according to plan?PRAISE FOR ACCORDING TO PLAN:Warm, witty, and wonderfully queer Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery BoysAn absolute delight Crystal Maldonado, author of Fat Chance, Charlie VegaChristen Randall proves to be one of the best queer storytellers of our time, bar none Jonny Garza Villa, award-winning author of Canto Contigo

This nationally important book reveals the untold story of the Irish tricolour: its true origins, a forgotten heroine, and the emblems it replaced. For the first time, a fully referenced history corrects long-standing myths and slurs surrounding Irelands national flag. It also reinterprets iconic Irish symbols from the harp and shamrock to the tri-spiral placing them within the broader journey toward Irish nationhood and national identity. Along Irelands road to a republic, key figures are restored to their rightful place from Owen Roe ONeill and Wolfe Tone to Thomas Meagher and Padraig Pearse.The book explores crucial turning points the rise of green as Irelands colour, the rebellions of 1642, 1798, 1848, and 1916, Catholic Emancipation, and the flags later use and misuse. A bold, insightful retelling of Irelands story through its symbols.

Hilarious, high-energy series about animals with jobs, clothes and superpowers! Highly illustrated in black and white and perfect for fans of the movies Sing and Zootropolis!Put on your super-suit and prepare for comic-book capers in Pawtonia, where the animals wear clothes, hot chocolate flows and evil is just an ostrich feather awayMeet Bob and Archie. Two hapless, but enthusiastic, koalas who are just getting to grips with their superpowers when faced with their archenemy. Enter Dr Colossus, an evil giant ostrich, who has grand plans to take over Pawtonia by releasing a hoard of zombie chickens loose in the city!Our fluffy duo needs everything it takes to stop Dr Colossus and his robber duck minions.Can the Koalas in Capes master their powers in time to save the fate of Pawtonia?Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. Its Koalas in Capes! This side-splitting, superhero series is perfect for newly-independent readers, where chapter books meet graphic novels.Look out for: Koalas in Capes: The Robot Spiders

The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries witnessed the dawn of a golden age of science, during which time there was a dedicated drive to accurately categorise nature and explain the natural world. Enthusiastic naturalists, amateur and professional, set off to collect and classify plants and animals across the New World, and many of these finds still bear the names of those who discovered them today.In this new and updated edition, The Noble Quest profiles nine notable naturalists of the pre-Darwinian age: early naturalists William Bartram and Alexander von Humboldt; inquisitive aristocrats Charles Waterton and Prince Maximilian of Wied; professional collectors David Douglas, John Kirk Townsend and John Richardson; and the last of the field naturalists Henry Walter Bates and John Wesley Powell.All faced great adventures and hardship as they undertook their groundbreaking work and strived to quantify, categorise and rationally explain the planets flourishing ecosystems.

We all know of of the various wars, the Famine and the pivotal events which have made the Ireland what it is today, but few know the stranger aspects of the nations past.From body snatchers, to pirate queens and Celtic vampires, Irelands hidden history is explored here in a book bound to thrill and astound you from the first page.

An astounding debut, so full of wonder, outrage, invention, fireworks, sheer brilliance Edward Carey, author of LittleSubversive, hilarious and shockingly original Rosanna Pike, author of A Little TrickerieA true, unique talent Kat Dunn, author of HungerstoneStep into the past. Rush headlong at the future. The Age of Calamities is here.Henry VIII wants Anne Boleyn dead, but theres just one small problem: shes alive again by morning, sipping tea at the breakfast table. In the gilded hush of the Winter Palace, the Romanov sisters slip through time and waltz aboard a spaceship bound for the stars. A woman on the run strikes a sinister bargain with the ghost of Joan of Arc, but can she reclaim her body before sunrise?With flickers of horror and dark humour, The Age of Calamities catapults us through sentient houses, looping timelines and haunted histories. Fiercely inventive and wickedly playful, these stories mark the arrival of a bold new voice in fiction-inviting the reader to confront the past, the present and themselves, all at once.PRAISE FOR THE AGE OF CALAMITIES:Surreal, funny and endlessly thought-provoking DazedAn addictive blend of imagination and wit Katherine J. Chen, author of JoanFull of imaginative daring and electrifying humour Naomi Booth, author of Animals at NightThe past comes to unexpected, vivid life in these speculative short stories Publishers WeeklyWonderful writing that had me in its grasp to the very last sentence Nydia Hetherington, author of SycoraxStunning in its power, purpose and ambition Maggie Su, author of Blob: A Love StoryDazzlingly inventive Kelly Link, author of White Cat, Black DogWild, incantatory, upending Claire Oshetsky, author of Evil GeniusI loved Ahmads perilously playful journeys to other timescapes Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells

A brand new emotional, sweeping romance from the bestselling author of ONE MOMENT. Perfect for fans of Paige Toon, David Nicholls and Jojo Moyes. _______________Becky Hunter will steal your heart Veronica HenryFull of heart, heartbreak and hope Carole HaileyThis emotional read will make you laugh and cryHeat_______________In every lifetime, its always you...When Lissa meets Ash, she cant deny their instant connection. Its like theyve met before, many times.Then, the flashbacks start and somehow she just knows: these are memories of past lives. And in those lives, theres always one person. Always, she falls in love with him. Always, it ends in tragedy.This time, Lissa knows she must do something different. Can the star-crossed lovers learn from their past mistakes and finally find their happy ending? _______________Praise for Becky Hunters novelsPrepare to have your heartstrings tugged and your tear ducts emptiedRedSwoonsome love storyGood HousekeepingPrepare to ugly cry and snort laugh with abandonHeatUtter joy!PrimaReaders LOVE Becky HunterAn emotional rollercoaster *****Utterly beautiful, captivating and impossible to put down! *****Captivated me from the first page to the last *****Heartwrenching *****

Daniel Wiles connects us viscerally to the past we have buried the history we choose to ignore Hilary MantelIf his wife hadnt changed, then maybe Bernardo wouldnt have left, with his son in tow, to try and tame the wilderness of his childhood.If the land hadnt changed, turning grey and collapsing in their hands each time they grasped for survival, then maybe Bernardo and the boy could have built a life here.If the Puma hadnt changed everything, then maybe Bernardo wouldnt have to stalk the beast, searching for some measure of revenge, wishing hed pulled the trigger when he had the chance.The Puma is a novel that asks what a father would do to ensure his familys survival and what he might become when that is no longer an option.

A charming murder mystery from the internationally bestselling author for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, as well as classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie_______________The perfect murder mystery JANICE HALLETT, author of The AppealA true delight right up to its clever final reveal PETER SWANSON, author of Kill Your DarlingsOne of the best crime novels Ive read in years! KELLY MULLEN, author of This is Not a Game_______________To catch a killer, one must act the part.Arriving on the Greek island of Utakos, ageing actor Ormond Basil hopes only for a holiday and perhaps finally to shed the mantle of his most famous role: world-renowned sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.But when a body turns up in his hotel, the other guests, accustomed to seeing Ormond as the greatest detective of all time on the silver screen, pressure him to solve the mystery.Yet even with Ormonds encyclopaedic knowledge of plots and killers, this case turns out to be anything but elementary... ___________________Praise for Arturo Perez-ReverteGives murder a touch of classObserverSpains most popular, inventive writer of historical fictionThe Sunday TimesA sophisticated and exciting intellectual gameDaily TelegraphTo read him is to rediscover the delights of Dumas and Conan DoyleThe TimesIts rare a novelist who can create a literary page turner. Perez-Reverte is one of those raritiesDenver Post

A fantastic, sharp, and witty debut... Two Left Feet is not one to miss! Hannah Bonam-Young, New York Times bestselling author of People WatchingTension heats up on the pitch in this heartfelt MM football romance, perfect for fans of HEATED RIVALRY.In a league with no room for love, two players are about to change the game.Oliver Harris is football royalty in London. Ordinarily, the star of the Camden Roses is calm, cool, and collected, keeping his club relevant with his prowess in the midfield and mighty left foot. But this season, the threats abound: theres Camdens management to contend with complete with a new, prickly Dutch coach, eager for better results and a mid-season injury, which sidelines him when his team needs him most. When a recruit is called up to fill in, Oliver fears hell be replaced. If he can mentor this younger talent, then they might just have a chance at winning, together.After a string of lacklustre performances in his native Spain, Leonardo Davis-Villanueva is looking for one last shot at the club he always dreamed of, where he once played in the youth academy. Oliver immediately finds confident, eager Leo irritating. He can barely go through the motions, let alone coach him, without outright hostility. When he comes to admire Leos skill and warms to his humor and energy, though, he begins to see Leo as a friend and then, to his mounting horror, as something more.Leo craves Olivers attention and partnership; Oliver cant afford to fall in love with his teammate. Hes always kept a tight lid on his sexuality in a league thats never had a player come out. As the season heats up, a lot more than football hangs in the balance. Can Oliver and Leo win when it counts most?

Samantha writes characters that I would love to play. Her Stories and dialogue are an actors dream!TV Legend, Frazer HinesSamantha Lee Howe writes like a dream...twisty, turny and not to be missed!Pop Icon, Ayshea BroughDownton Abbey turned murderous.Paul Finch, Sunday Times bestselling authorSecrets bloom where the roses die and Mel Greenway is digging up the truth.In post-war Britain, Avonby estate is a crumbling relic hiding deadly secrets. Lady Melinda Mel Greenway, a former army mechanic and the familys poor relation, seeks solace in its overgrown gardens until she unearths a body beneath the roses.The discovery drags Mel into a tangled web of lies, resentments, and buried truths, forcing her to clash with Inspector Derrin Bradley, her wartime lover turned investigator. As Derrin digs into the dark web of secrets entangling Avonbys privileged residents and its resentful staff, Mel is determined to solve the mystery herself. As sparks fly and old wounds resurface, Mels relentless pursuit of the truth puts her at odds with both her family and Derrin, while making her a target for a killer desperate to keep the past buried.A tale of resilience, forbidden romance, and suspense, A Thorn in the Rose is a richly atmospheric mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page.

A pure action horror movie set-up, a life-or-death moral dilemma and a terrific, devious twist... I could hardly look away GILLY MACMILLAN, AUTHOR OF THE BURNING LIBRARYOne week to escapeHigh in the mountains, a sudden rockslide traps ten hikers in an abandoned bunker, nicknamed The Ark. Then it starts to flood.One person will be sacrificedThere is only one chance of survival - in order for the rest of them to escape, someone must be left behind.But one of them has other plansAs they struggle to decide who to abandon, the group is torn apart by a brutal murder. And it wont be the last.Can they unmask the murderer and reach safety before the water rises? Or will The Ark become their tomb?