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Simplesmente o melhor livro daquele que é considerado o melhor autor de ficção científica de sempre.A guerra entre as duas Fundações terminou. Os vitoriosos cientistas da Primeira Fundação regressam

Were children of God, sister. No hunk of metal could replace any one of us.Behind the crumbling walls of St Graces Convent, an exhausted order of nuns needs resurrecting. As Easter approaches, Mother Elizabeth has just the thing.Behold Mary, a council-funded robot. Practical and surprisingly funny, for some a blessing, for others a curse could she be the revelation they have all been praying for?Electric Rosary is a sharp, timely and gloriously funny play by Tim Foley, asking what faith really means in the age of artificial intelligence and what it is to be human in tomorrows world. It was a Judges Award winner in the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, and premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in 2022.

Its not a game for gentlemen were playing,Political and civilized. This is Historic2024. As America goes to the polls, democracy itself is on the brink. Who takes the White House and at what cost?Mike Bartletts viciously funny and foreboding The 47th is a dazzling glimpse into the underbelly of the greatest political show on earth: the US presidential race.It was first produced at The Old Vic, London, in March 2022 by The Old Vic, Sonia Friedman Productions and Annapurna Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold, and featuring Bertie Carvel as Donald J. Trump, Tamara Tunie as Kamala Harris, and Lydia Wilson as Ivanka Trump.

Archibald Hunter arrives at Cruden Bay for his yearly seaside vacation, looking for nothing more than peace and quiet. Then all of a sudden his life becomes plagued by intimidating visions and omens of impending disaster. What are these creepy ghosts trying to tell him? And what is the mystery behind the strange cipher that has inexplicably fallen into his lap?A mystery novel at first but transforms into an exciting adventure full of intrigue, romance and treasure hunting. The Mystery of The Sea is a stark but refreshing contrast to Bram Stokers well-known horror classic Dracula, famously portrayed by film star Bela Lugosi. Highly recommended for avid fans of H.P. Lovecrafts supernatural stories, and its HBO adaptation Lovecraft Country. Also a perfect fit for Robinson Crusoe fans seeking a sinister adventure story about a lone man taking on the malignant forces of nature.

Father and son team John and Ezra Girdlestone are facing the financial ruin of their family business. In order to save the firm and the family name, the duo come up with a series of devious plans in order to cheat and trick their way into a fortune. Will the cunning pair succeed? This is a gripping story full of fascinating and villainous characters from the famous Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

First published in 1894, Round the Red Lamp is a collection of mostly medical themed stories from the famous Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, no doubt drawing on his own experiences as a physician. Stories in the collection include the squeamish tale His First Operation, childbirth story The Curse of Eve and a sweet, sentimental account about the passage of time in Behind the Times.

Business magnate Roger Melton has passed on, leaving behind one of the grandest fortunes of his time. To the familys astonishment, Roger has bequeathed his vast estate to the black sheep of the family, his young nephew Rupert Sent Leger. But Ruperts inheritance involves the most extraordinary conditions, including one stating that he must reside in the ancient castle of Vissarion in the Land of the Blue Mountains. Rupert travels to Vissarion with his Aunt Janet, who possesses the occult power of Second Sight. But despite all the precautions Rupert is visited by a mysterious woman veiled in a burial shroud. Beguiled by her otherworldly and ethereal beauty, Rupert ponders whether she is a vampire, a ghost, or another sort of mystic creature altogether. Determined to find out for himself, but has no idea of what dangers he has to face. A rare find published in 1909, The Lady of The Shroud ranks among Stokers best known horror novels, overshadowed by Dracula alone. Dracula has been adapted into several noteworthy film adaptations, the best known of which is the 1931 rendition starring Bela Lugosi. The Lady of The Shroud is recommended for Bram Stoker aficionados as well as fans of H.P.Lovecraft, H.G.Wells and Edgar Allan Poe.

A sua filha... onde se encontrava a sua filha...? Pânico. Silêncio terrível.O único som que ouvia era o do próprio coração, a bater freneticamente contra o peito. Saiu a correr da sala e deteve-se br

A investigação de Kate Marshall sobre o desaparecimento de uma jornalista há quase treze anos leva-a por um caminho inesperadamente retorcido, num thriller genial e intenso.Kate Marshall e o seu parc

A startling psychological drama about the darker side of modern parenthood.Behind the shiny door of Hazel Robinsons immaculate London home, things arent as good as they look. Her plastic surgeon husband, Richard, has embarked on his latest charitable mission to Haiti, leaving the heavily pregnant Hazel to cope with a failing business and a problem son. When a professional nanny arrives unannounced on her doorstep, Hazel finds her home under the shadow of a seemingly perfect stranger, and one who has an agenda of her own.Nancy Harriss play Our New Girl was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2012.

How do you get to know your daughter when she is dead?This is the question that haunts Mojisola as she grapples with the sudden loss of her daughter, Yinka, and the unresolved fractures in their relationship. Mojisola is forced to confront the dysfunctions of her life that have led her to this point, evading her errant husband and mourning their estranged daughter alone.Mojisolas grief takes her from Cape Town to Johannesburg where she holes up in Yinkas apartment, unearthing the life that she had built for herself there. Walking a mile in Yinkas shoes, Mojisola slips into a clandestine underworld, where she learns to break free from the bondage of the labels, wife and mother.In this new world of feline companionship, reignited talents and unlikely friendships, including with Yinkas acerbic landlady Zelda, Mojisolas understanding of life, and her place within it, is built anew.A bold and unflinching tale of one womans unconventional approach to life and loss.

Três histórias. Duas vidas. Um assassino.A agente Tess Winnett está de volta com três casos reunidos num único livro. Raparigas desaparecidas, evidências perturbadoras e crimes terríveis. Tess Winnet

Em julho de 1940, a aterrorizante máquina de guerra de Hitler prepara-se para invadir a Grã-Bretanha. Enquanto todos os focos estão voltados para as fronteiras, Hitler encontra uma oportunidade para

Its Christmas Eve. As the cold, bleak night draws in, the penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted by the spirit of his former business partner, Jacob Marley.Bound in chains as punishment for a lifetime of greed, the unearthly figure explains it isnt too late for Scrooge to change his miserly ways in order to escape the same fate. But first hell have to face three more eerie encounters...Mark Gatiss spine-tingling adaptation is faithful to the heart and spirit of Charles Dickens much-loved festive ghost story with an emphasis on the ghostly.Commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse, the adaptation premiered there in 2021, starring Nicholas Farrell alongside Gatiss, and directed by the theatres Artistic Director, Adam Penford.A Christmas Carol A Ghost Story subsequently transferred to Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, produced by Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Eilene Davidson Productions.

Uma das mais esmagadoras obras de aventura e vingança da história da literatura. Moby-Dick, obra prima de Melville, o mais experimental dos romances, é a história de um louco e da sua vingança. Depois de ter sido mutilado por uma baleia, o capito Ahab procura vingar-se. A baleia e Moby Dick, um ser gigantesco, o terror dos baleeiros. Pequod e o navio, em que Ahab instala um poder tiranico com o unico proposito de abater o monstro dos mares, objecto de toda a sua raiva. Entre as tabuas do Pequod, concentra-se toda a humanidade. A beleza e a tragedia do ser humano, cercado por um impiedoso oceano e dominado pelo turbilho de uma vingança sem sentido. A luta do homem contra o homem, a luta do homem contra a natureza. No fim, a inevitavel derrota.Uma nova e notavel traduço.

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE"A wildly enjoyable book; the 85-year-old Vargas Llosa is as sharp and mordantly funny as ever."Financial TimesGuatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup topples the government. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changed the development of Latin America: that those in power encouraged the spread of Soviet communism in the Americas.Mario Vargas Llosa has written a drama on a world stage, in which some persecutors end up as victims of the very plot they helped construct. Ironic and sensual, provocative and redemptive, Harsh Times is a story of international conspiracies and conflicting interests in the time of the Cold War, the echoes of which are still felt today.

Three urgent and compelling plays, joint winners of the 2021 New Writing Prize awarded by acclaimed theatre company Papatango, in partnership with English Touring Theatre.Some Of Us Exist In The Future by Nkenna AkunnaFresh off the plane from the UK, Chiamaka is new to Brooklyn and its extremes. Shes new to queer dating, to the realities of being an immigrant. Most of all, shes new to the voices of the gods Utterly original, wryly funny and always gripping, Some Of Us Exist In The Future follows one womans search for a place to belong in a world thats not all it seems.Ghost Stories from an Old Countryby Tajinder Singh HayerAmars older brother Dalvir has always told a good ghost story properly unsettling, dark tales that send a chill right through Amars soul. But now Dalvirs almost a ghost himself, cloistered and secretive. Amar desperately wants his brother back, but can he unravel Dalvirs stories to reconnect with the only family he has left? Ghost Stories from an Old Country is a riveting and poignant exploration of the ties that bind us, threaded through with captivating fables.The Silence and The Noise by Tom PowellEvery teenager knows what its like to be stuck between things: childhood and maturity, innocence and experience, hope for the future and uncertainty about what it might bring. But Daize is torn between even greater challenges: her love for her vulnerable mother and her dangerous friendship with Ant. An outsider with knockout trainers, Ant has just appeared on her doorstep, bringing with him a whole world of trouble. The Silence and The Noise beautifully captures the story of two young people on the edge.All three plays were produced and premiered by Papatango and English Touring Theatre in 2021 as audio plays, presented to audiences via specially designed audio stations that toured UK theatres.Remarkable unearthers of new talentEvening Standard on PapatangoAstonishingly brilliant one of the best debut plays I have ever seen BBC Radio 4s Saturday Review on Shook by Samuel Bailey, winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize

You do not know me yet but I am the heroine of this drama. I am told that here I must give a taste of what is to unfold. I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent days of slavery and the early years of freedom.I am to say that it is a true and thrilling journey through that unsettled time.Cha, I say, what fuss-fuss. Come, let them just see it for themselves.The Long Song is adapted from Andrea Levys award-winning novel by Suhayla El-Bushra. It premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in October 2021, directed by Charlotte Gwinner.

Following his acclaimed translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl, Simon Armitage shines light on another jewel of Middle English verse. In his highly engaging version, Armitage communicates the energy and humour of the tale with all the cut and thrust of the original. An unnamed narrator overhears a fierce verbal contest between the two eponymous birds, which moves entertainingly from the eloquent and philosophical to the ribald and ridiculous. The disputed issues still resonate - concerning identity, cultural habits, class distinctions and the right to be heard. Excerpts were featured in the BBC Radio 4 podcast, The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed. Including the lively illustrations of Clive Hicks-Jenkins, this is a book for the whole household to read and enjoy.

Alex and Rupert arent a conventional match, but a caffeinated meeting on the Underground ignites a spark. Skip forward to them fighting over baby names, nursery colours and ways to save money. All the signs of a normal family in waiting.Then Alex goes into labour, their baby is born still and their world implodes. What follows is a window into how a couple find the strength to move forward, the will to stay together, and the determination to keep alive the memory of their child.Anything is Possible if You Think About It Hard Enough takes us to the depths of grief to find hope, and to the edge of insanity to find reason. There is humour, too, in the most unexpected places.Cordelia ONeills play was first presented by Small Things Theatre at Southwark Playhouse, London, in September 2021, and won the Best New Play award at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards).