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Ficção Completa de Edgar Allan Poe reúne, em dois volumes, todos os contos escritos por um dos maiores mestres da literatura fantástica e das tramas de suspense, além de seu único romance, "A narrati

Edición de Luis Gómez Canseco.Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventurasdel doctor don Diego de Torres Villarroel fue publicada por primera vez en 1743. Esta autobiografía novelada y novelesca se convirtio en un exito inmediato.La historia comienza con un protagonista que parece ir para picaro, pero que termina prefiriendo la vida acomodada de un rentista. De una pagina a otra lo vemos ejercer de estudiante, de truhan, ermitaño, bailarin, medico, torero, soldado, bordador, adivino, profesor, astrologo, hombre de Iglesia, polemista, peregrino, exiliado, delincuente, rastreador de duendes, charlatan, paseante refinado por la corte, actor, sabio o loco.A pesar de la buena fortuna de la Vida entre los editores modernos, la edicion de Luis Gomez Canseco para la BCRAE puede considerarse la primera plenamente atenta a todos los pormenores del texto, y nos devuelve una imagen del autor muy distinta a la del escritor negligente que el mismo quiso atribuirse. La anotacion y el estudio completan una rigurosa aproximacion a esta obra capital del pleno Setecientos.

Roma soy yo, Maldita RomayLos tres mundos reunidas en una edición en formato estuche.La historia de Julio César narrada como solo Santiago Posteguillo puede hacerlo.Roma soy yoRoma, año 77 a.C. El cruel senador Dolabela va a ser juzgado por corrupcion, pero ha contratado a los mejores abogados, ha comprado al jurado y, ademas, es conocido por usar la violencia contra todos los que se enfrentan a el. Nadie se atreve a ser el fiscal, hasta que de pronto, contra todo pronostico, un joven patricio de tan solo veintitres años acepta llevar la acusacion, defender al pueblo de Roma y desafiar el poder de las elites. El nombre del desconocido abogado es Cayo Julio Cesar.Combinando con maestria un exhaustivo rigor historico y una capacidad narrativa extraordinaria, Santiago Posteguillo logra sumergir al lector en el fragor de las batallas, hacerle caminar por las calles mas peligrosas mientras los sicarios de los senadores acechan en cualquier esquina, vivir la gran historia de amor de Julio Cesar con Cornelia, su primera esposa, y comprender, en definitiva, como fueron los origenes del hombre tras el mito.___________________Maldita RomaMare Internum, año 75 a. C. Un barco mercante navega rumbo a la isla de Rodas. A bordo, Julio Cesar acompañado solo por su fiel Labieno. Obligado por sus enemigos a exiliarse de Roma, se dirige al encuentro con el maestro Apolonio para aprender oratoria y de este modo, a su regreso, iniciar una feroz pugna para ingresar en el Senado y enfrentarse alli al temido Ciceron.Este es un relato sin tregua en el que viviremos ataques piratas, el enfrentamiento con Espartaco en la rebelion de los esclavos, grandes batallas en las que sentiremos el olor de la sangre y el estruendo de los gladios. Comprenderemos los habiles manejos de Cesar para ascender en politica y asistiremos, incluso, al nacimiento de la reina Cleopatra a orillas del Nilo.___________________Los tres mundosEn el 58 a. C., Roma, la Galia y Egipto eran tres mundos distintos que, sin saberlo, iban camino de un unico destinoSi en Roma soy yo conociamos los origenes de Julio Cesar y enMaldita Roma asistiamos a su ascenso politico, ahora Cesar se enfrenta a uno de los mayores desafios historicos de todos los tiempos: la conquista de las Galias, un territorio siempre hostil a Roma, vasto, inmenso y, a ojos de los enemigos de Cesar, un lugar inconquistable destinado a ser su tumba.Con una rigurosa documentacion y un ritmo soberbio vivimos el sufrimiento y la epica de la guerra de las Galias, pero tambien presenciamos la lucha politica fratricida en Roma y viajamos al exilio con el faraon Tolomeo XII, expulsado de Egipto en compañia de su hija, la joven y mitica Cleopatra.La Galia, Roma y Egipto, una colision inexorable de tres mundos legendarios en la que culmina la Trilogia del Ascenso, el primer ciclo de la serie sobre Julio Cesar.___________________Si alguna vez hubo un hombre nacido para cambiar el curso de la Historia, ese fue Julio Cesar. Su leyenda, veinte siglos despues, sigue mas viva que nunca.

Dealers ChoiceI feel its my duty to proclaim it from the rooftops: this is it, this is the play that will remind you, at the end of a year that has contained too few stand-out new-writing hits and far too many musicals, why we go to the theatre - and just how good it can get.TelegraphCloserPatrick Marbers searing follow-up to Dealers Choice establishes him as the leading playwright of his generation.Independent on SundayOne of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right up there with Williamss Streetcar, Mamets Oleanna, Albees Virginia Woolf, Pinters Old Times and Hares Skylight.Sunday TimesHoward KatzAfter Dealers Choice (1995), his gripping study of self-destructive gamblers, and Closer (1997), a thrilling account of love, sex and betrayal, this third instalment of his trilogy set in contemporary London tackles the biggest themes of all - life, death, God and the human soul. Its great to see a contemporary dramatist wrestling with such material.TelegraphDon Juan in SohoOne of the foremost dramatic chroniclers of modern British life. Line by line, this is the best written of all Marbers plays. You want to hang around its phrases (how often does that happen in the theatre?): hardly a minute passes without a satirical swipe, a gutsy joke.ObserverThe Red LionMarber, in this riveting new piece, uses the world of non-league, semi-pro football to explore issues of trust and loyalty and the larger division between individual ambition and the collective ethic. If big issues emerge naturally from the action, it is because Marber is writing about a world he knows intimately. Everything feels right. Guardian

Experiencie a história de Frankenstein como nunca antes! O reverenciado clássico gótico de Mary Shelley ganha vida nesta nova edição de luxo, com a mágica arte do renomado estúdio de design MinaLima.

A Small Town. A Big Secret. One Chance to Heal. In the small Pacific Northwest town of Port Lawrence, five people search for a way forward in the wake of broken trust and lost hope. Molly McIntyre spends her days teaching fourth grade and her evenings and weekends caring for her grandmother Eleanor, a woman of deep faith who lives with chronic pain. The rest of Mollys time is spent volunteering at the community theater. Though she loves the magic of a good play, she doesnt trust actorstheyre too good at what they do.Tristan Stuart always wanted to be a movie star. But he put that dream aside when he decided to leave Hollywood to care for his sick mother, Diana, who continually mourns the time lost with her other son, who the family hasnt seen in years. But as far as his dad, Hal, is concerned, Tristans brother can stay away forever.After nine months away from the hustle of Hollywood, Tristans lifelong dream has turned to dust and ashes, and he has no idea what to dountil he meets Molly.As Tristan seeks a new path, Molly retreats in fear. But in slow fits and starts, their relationship begins to blossomuntil Tristans past collides with his present and shatters Mollys fragile faith in him, forcing them and their families to confront heartbreaking truths.A Journey of Love, Grace, and Following the Light With This Shore of Light, immerse yourself in a story where the tides of life reveal beauty in the midst of trialswhere love, family, and faith guide each step toward a brighter shore.

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The Barrowland Ballroom voted best music venue in the UK by musicians and artists (Time Out) has been a cornerstone of Glasgows live music scene for decades, embodying the citys identity and spirit.In Barrowland: the inside story of Glasgows beloved ballroom, Alison Irvine immerses readers in the tales of the individuals behind this iconic venue, from memorable gigs to backstage moments. Its a must-read for music lovers and anyone who treasures Glasgows magic!

Between now and then, I will offer you A fist full of rock cress fresh from the bank The valley tips of garlic red with dew Cooler than shallots, a breath you can swankIn the village when you come. At noon-day I will offer you a choice bowl of cawl Served with a lovers spoon and a chopped spray Of leeks or savori fach, not used now,In the old way youll understand. The din Of children singing through the eyelet sheds Ringing smith hoops, chasing the butt of hensLynette Roberts is one of the most astonishing and brilliant poets of the twentieth century. Though published by T.S. Eliot and Faber in the 1940s and 50s her work unjustly fell off the radar for many years until the groundbreaking edition of her collected poems published by Carcanet in 2005. Twenty years on, this new edition contains an additional sixty-five previously uncollected and unpublished poems by Roberts, and a new epilogue highlighting her growing importance to our understanding of twentieth-century poetry.

T. S. Eliot took George Barker onto the Faber poetry list in 1935 with Poems, when Barker was only twenty-two. This was the beginning of a publishing association which would endure through nineteen further volumes. There was an earlier Collected Poems published in 1957, but this edition, published in 1987 towards the end of the writers life, is the definitive edition. Here, readers have access to the contents of all of those volumes together with lesser-known work published by smaller presses and journals both in the UK and abroad. The book allows us to follow the evolution of a major talent who subscribed to no school and scorned all affiliation, but whose work is uncompromisingly true in both its stylistic integrity and its unswerving conception of poetic responsibility.His work was passionate, intellectually challenging and highly original, his language incantatory and often hypnotic. Peter Wilby, Guardian

The new novel by the international bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers When Agnes hears from the local police her Aunt Colette has died, she cant believe her ears. Her fathers sister Colette, her Tata, died three years ago and has been resting in peace in the cemetery of Gueugnon. Agnes is called to identify the body: there is no doubt, its Aunt Colette. But then, who rests under the stone engraved with Colettes name? And why did she fake her own death? So begins an investigation back in time, as Agnes pieces together the multitude of stories that lie behind her aunts second death. An intricate, compelling web of stories told with irony, delicacy and depth, Tata will keep readers glued to every page.

At this dead hour of the morning, the lorry park is deserted. It is a bitterly cold night, with rain falling and an edge of snow, and under the sickly yellow lighting the great lorries and tarpaulined trailers are dark and bulky as huddled beasts. For the last six months, Callan has been spending nights looting the lorries for their precious cargos - and its all been going well. But this fateful evening something will change, and Callan will find himself at the heart of a murder, and DCI Kelso Strang finds himself at the heart of the investigation .

May 1942. Thousands of American GIs are stationed across eastern England building airfields to bomb Germany. Cambridge is a liberty town - a hot spot for Yanks on leave. DI Eden Brooke is called to the aerodrome five miles east of the city when the remains of an airman, identified by his dog tag, are uncovered as workmen extend the runway. Its clear the victim has been buried for decades. Brooke discovers the base was used to train US pilots in the Great War - a quarter of a century earlier. When another soldiers body turns up just days later, its clear there is a connection . the clues all lead back to a long-lost parish register, and a story of love and revenge which spans two world wars.

*** Available for pre-order now ***What a joy! A novel with endless ingenuity and enormous heart. Kaliane BradleyOne of the finest prose stylists of his generation.The Times My God can he write. Richard Osman Its the summer of 1939. London is on the brink of catastrophic war. Iris Hawkins, an ambitious young woman in the stuffy world of City finance, has a chance encounter with Geoff, a technical whizz at the BBCs nascent television unit.What was supposed to be one night of abandon draws her instead into an adventure of otherworldly pursuit - into a reality where time bends, spirits can be summoned, and history hangs by a thread. Soon there are Nazi planes overhead. But Iris has more to contend with than the terrors of the Blitz. Over the rooftops of burning London, in the twisted passages between past and present, a fascist fanatic is travelling with a gun in her hand.And only Iris can stop her from altering the course of history forever.

1949. The Cold War is intensifying and rumours abound that the Russians are close to creating an atomic bomb.Beattie Cavendish, special operative for a covert section of GCHQ is sent to Scotland, to a listening station in the Highlands at Kilbray. Beatties arrival is greeted with suspicion by the stations staff. She faces an uphill battle to turn things around. When Beattie discovers that her uncle Howard, who lives nearby, has gone missing, she becomes convinced his disappearance is more sinister. She learns Howard has been visiting a remote Highland lodge used during the war to hide out of favour special operation executive officers. As she delves deeper, there is no one she feels she can trust except for private detective Patrick Corrigan. But Corrigan has troubles of his own as he needs to get out of London after crossing the Kutsnetsov brothers, a pair of notorious Russian gangsters.As the snow begins to fall hard and fast, Beattie realises the search is putting her life and that of Corrigans in danger, and that the answers she is looking for lie buried in her wartime past.

Summer. A dark, brooding season of oppressive heat and thunderstorms, and Flotsam yearns for fresh air and a sea breeze. But business is brisk in Baker Street and becomes even brisker when a lady who purports to be a spiritualist brings Sherlock Holmes a mysterious message from the dead. The legendary detective has no time for mediums, yet the message proves remarkably prescient when, later the same day, he is consulted about the Last Will and Testament of the deceased armaments tycoon, Erasmus Belladonna.Belladonnas only child, a son, had been stolen from his cot twenty years previously and has never been seen since### shortly after the infants disappearance, Belladonna had blown himself up in an experiment gone wrong, leaving his entire fortune to his son, to pass to him on his 21st birthday. Now, with that date looming, not one but seven young men have come forward. But which, if any, is really the missing child?

The plotting is excellent, with admirable narrative drive . an engaging and entertaining read Historical Novels ReviewJanuary 1901. Abigail and Daniel Wilson, often lauded as The Museum Detectives, are on their way to the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. Their explorations of the pyramid, including the Robbers Tunnel, take a very sinister turn when they come upon the dead body of a man who has been brutally garrotted. Investigations by the local police reveal him to be Simeon McGruder, a wealthy American who is financing an excavation of the pyramids. When Daniel and Abigail return to Cairo they are asked by the American Embassy if they can take on the case, but they have a difficult path to tread as they try to keep different factions onside: the British and American authorities, the puppet Egyptian Government and officials, while at the same time facing lies and deviousness from McGruders associates and friends.

As Rebecca Tope tells it, every rural idyll is blighted by underlying menace. Such is her writing skill, Im inclined to believe herDaily MailHeavily pregnant yet still running her flower shop in Keswick, Simmy Brown agrees to deliver an unusual bouquet to remote Eskdale. There she encounters three generations of women - and the next day, one of them is brutally murdered. Drawn into the mystery, Simmy and her friends soon find themselves navigating eccentric artists, fractured families, and secrets buried deep in the Lakes. As her new assistant Evie proves unexpectedly determined to sleuth, and tangled motives begin to surface, Simmy realises the truth is darker - and closer - than anyone imagined. And time is running out, in more ways than one.A Rebecca Tope novel, be it one of her Lake District, Cotswold or West Country Mysteries is a guarantee of a complex, page turning plot that will keep the reader guessing until the last page. A thoroughly enjoyable read which I heartily recommend.Mystery People

Former lawyer Merrin McKenzie has returned to her hometown of St Ives, the stunning coastal town in Cornwall. She has settled back into life there in a lovely cottage, and new friendships are beginning to blossom. An old friend, Jane Faulkner is going through a messy divorce, and her daughter Emily is keen to stay with Merrin, but just three days into the holiday, she disappears. Emily has pushed a note through Merrins bedroom door to say she is going back home to Bristol but has left behind all of her possessions. It soon becomes clear she is not heading home and the police are notified, but when a ransom demand is made to her parents requesting 500,000 for the girls safe return, matters take a distinctly sinister turn .

Uma das obras mais ambiciosas e singulares da literatura mundial das últimas décadas, a Heptalogia, do escritor norueguês Jon Fosse, vencedor do prêmio Nobel de literatura de 2023, chega às livrarias