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  • A Morte Do Gavião
    Rodrigo Alencar
    Na semana seguinte, fui até a margem do rio e aguardei sua chegada. Por volta das onze da manhã, ela assomou na outra margem, do lado baiano. Veio nadando até o lado no qual eu estava, com braçadas ágeis e compassadas. Ao findar a travessia, parou diante de mim, quieta. Desvestiu a blusa úmida, torceu-a, vestiu-a de novo. Eu não lhe disse nada, mas percebi que tinha envelhecido...
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    10,35 €

  • The Grape Picker
    Lucia Cristinoiu
    The story with the title The Grape Picker was the main reason that I wrote this book. It is the story of an accidental trauma of a small child, misdiagnosed as child abuse.Witnessing the painful experience that the child’s parents had to go through (the accident itself, the accusations against them, ACS involvement with subsequent placement of the child in foster care, the need...
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    17,78 €

  • O Sol Nas Margens Da Noite
    Luiz Carlos De Proença
    O Sol Nas Margens da Noite é uma coleção de crônicas que explora a vastidão e os dilemas da existência humana, onde cada texto desenha paisagens de sonhos, realidade e contradições. Entre o efêmero e o eterno, a obra reflete sobre temas universais como o tempo, a vida, o amor, a liberdade, e as angústias de quem busca um sentido para a própria existência. O sol, símbolo de clar...
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    11,96 €

  • Ma vie d’enfant
    Maxime Gorki / Serge Persky
    Naissance d’une âme révolutionnaire.Maxime Gorki, écrivain russe renommé, nous guide ici dans les premières années de sa vie. Découvrez les secrets de ce romancier, plongez dans les tourments de son âme d’orphelin et la naissance de son insatiable soif de liberté et de justice. Dans cette oeuvre, il nous dévoile les brutalités de la tyrannique organisation sociale, la misérabil...
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    20,03 €

  • Pesquisas Científicas Em Humanidades E Linguagens
    Eva Da Silva Alves / Flávio Da Paz / Jane Lúcia Ferreira De Souza Silva / José Néstor Raúl González Gutiérrez
    Em um mundo cada vez mais globalizado e interconectado, os estudos que abordam as interações entre diferentes culturas e formas de expressão tornam-se fundamentais para promover um conhecimento crítico e reflexivo sobre a diversidade humana. Esta obra, sob o título de PESQUISAS CIENTÍFICAS EM HUMANIDADES E LINGUAGENS: PERCURSOS MULTICULTURAIS explora como os percursos multicult...
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    17,63 €

  • Sessenta
    Vilebaldo Nogueira Rocha
    Sessenta é uma antologia de poemas do poeta Vilebaldo Nogueira Rocha para comemorar os seus 60 anos de vida. poemas selecionados pelo autor ...
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    10,92 €

  • Love Me, Your Daughter
    Geertje Suhr
    After numerous volumes of poetry and short stories as well as two novels, Geertje Suhr presents here a special kind of poetic autobiography: very personal and razor-sharp close to her subjects, in her well-known, witty and humorous style. [...]Countless characters appear in this book, real and certainly fictional, family, friends, relatives, acquaintances, countless places such...
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    19,84 €

  • Jean Baudrillard
    Andrew Parry
    In today’s world, where we are constantly bombarded by images, simulations, and digital media, understanding the nature of reality has never been more important. Jean Baudrillard, one of the most provocative thinkers of the 20th century, offers a ground-breaking perspective on how our world has shifted from the real to the hyperreal, and how this shift impacts every aspect of l...
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    31,17 €

  • Biruba
    Carlos Henrique Gonçalves Dos Santos
    Como o personagem principal é um apaixonado por pipa, há uma leve introdução de como se procedia a realização desta brincadeira. No decorrer, Biruba mostra suas habilidades no manuseio desta, paralelamente a situações que se apresentam. Tendo como coadjuvantes amigos em comum, vão aparecendo outras brincadeiras ou apenas relatos de pura amizade. Dezesseis histórias são poucas p...
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    11,96 €

  • Notes from the Porch
    Thomas Christopher Greene
    Silver Winner, Inspirational, 2025 IBPA Book AwardSilver Winner, Creative Nonfiction, 2024 IPNE AwardFrom the author of the international bestseller The Headmaster’s Wife and other novels comes a collection of essays written during the Covid-19 pandemic. While the author sheltered in place in his tiny Vermont town, he observed and documented neighbors helping neighbors, the joy...
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    12,04 €

  • Went Like It Came
    Geoffrey O’Brien
    Each of these poems is some sort of story about stories. A crowded city undergoes a spell of enforced confinement. In a war of rumors and conspiracy theories, identities are stolen and shapeshifting outsiders infiltrate urban parks. New fiefdoms consolidate under the sign of pervasive unease. A landscape of dry rivers and toxic weeds reveals itself. Within the zone of isolation...
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    17,11 €

  • Drei Dichter ihres Lebens
    Stefan Zweig
    Innerhalb der darstellenden Reihe Die Baumeister der Welt, mit der ich versuche, den schöpferischen Geistwillen in seinen entscheidenden Typen und diese Typen wiederum durch Gestalten zu veranschaulichen, bedeutet dieser dritte Band gleichzeitig Gegenspiel und Ergänzung der vorangegangenen. Der Weg der Drei Dichter ihres Lebens führt nun nicht wie bei jenen ins Unendliche hinau...
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    22,48 €

  • Becoming Me
    Betty Lunam
    As a single mother raising five children in the sixties, Betty Lunam is no stranger to struggle. Born in rural Québec in the midst of the Depression, Betty’s first marriage, to a member of the Canadian Air Force, would take her all over the country, following her husband’s postings. But as his behaviour takes increasingly erratic and violent turns, Betty is forced to flee with ...
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    36,74 €

  • Trix
    Barbara Fisher
    This volume represents the first biography of Alice MacDonald Kipling Fleming (1868-1948), known as Trix. Rarely portrayed with sympathy or accuracy in biographies of her famous brother Rudyard, Trix was a talented writer and a memorable character in her own right whose fascinating life was unknown until now. In telling Trix’s story, Barbara Fisher rescues her from the misrepre...
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    43,59 €

  • Trix
    Barbara Fisher
    This volume represents the first biography of Alice MacDonald Kipling Fleming (1868-1948), known as Trix. Rarely portrayed with sympathy or accuracy in biographies of her famous brother Rudyard, Trix was a talented writer and a memorable character in her own right whose fascinating life was unknown until now. In telling Trix’s story, Barbara Fisher rescues her from the misrepre...
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    60,68 €

  • A Folga Dos Petiscos
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    Mais de uma década depois de formados, amigos buscam subterfúgio nos jogos universitários da faculdade onde estudaram; em contrapartida, a narradora não quer contar essa estória.Talvez, este livro não seja recomendado a quem leva tudo a sério e, principalmente, a quem gosta de alta literatura. ...
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    21,32 €

  • Conversations with William Maxwell
    Barbara Burkhardt
    Conversations with William Maxwell collects thirty-eight interviews, public speeches, and remarks that span five decades of the esteemed novelist and New Yorker editor’s career. The interviews collectively address the entirety of Maxwel’s literary work--with in-depth discussion of his short stories, essays, and novels including They Came Like Swallows, The Folded Leaf, and the ...
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    42,74 €

  • Urdu ke kuch Adeeb - Funn aur Shakhsiat
    The history of Urdu language and literature is replete with literary movements and attitudes, but two in particular have had a significant impact on and enhanced Urdu language and literature. Although the Aligarh movement was mostly focused on education, it also made significant contributions to language and literature, helping to shift the course and momentum of Urdu language ...
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    20,98 €

  • A Life’s Ambition and My Odyssey
    Alexandre Dumas
    Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) wrote these autobiographical works about his life in the French theater, A Life’s Ambition, under the guise of being the memoirs of the fictional M. Gustave, and My Odyssey as himself. ...
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    16,30 €

  • INTERVISTE A SCRITTORI LEGGENDARI DELL’ALDILÀ
    Cathy McGough
    COSA CHIEDERESTI AL TUO SCRITTORE PREFERITO DELL’ALDILÀSE LO INCONTRASTE?Con l’aiuto di un collega sensitivo, i seguenti autori vengono riportati in vita per un’intervista di quindici minuti, unica nel suo genere:*Poe *Hawthorne *Tennyson *Shelley *Keats*Leacock *Voltaire *Paterson *Twain *Byron*Dostoevskij *Thoreau *Baudelaire *Burns*Collins *Dickens *Coleridge *Kipling'La pre...
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    32,01 €

  • Kya khoob Aadmi they
    Syed Hyderabadi
    Personification is another name for sketching. There are instances and remnants of it in every language, nation, and era. Sketching allows one to observe and understand the many colors and forms of human life, as well as the shifting moods of life and the passing of time. Sketch writers can draw inspiration from anyone and use anyone as the subject and center of their work, reg...
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    22,29 €

  • A Amaz nia Por Dentro
    Gracineia Ara jo
    O livro re ne dez fabulosos contos atrav s dos quais o leitor mergulha no maravilhoso universo de lendas e mitos que florescem e se multiplicam como a ...
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    15,70 €

  • How to Fail as an Author
    Steven E. Wedel
    In a world saturated with success stories and overnight sensations, author Steven E. Wedel takes a refreshingly honest and humorous approach to navigating the tumultuous waters of the writing life. In 'How to Fail as an Author,' Wedel shares his personal journey from aspiring writer to seasoned author, highlighting the inevitable failures, setbacks, and unexpected detours along...
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    14,37 €

  • La gran travesía de Alberto Magalhaes
    Luis Del Palacio
    La travesía es un viaje largo, no exento de riesgos y de incógnitas. Actúa como metáfora de la vida de hombres y mujeres que avanzan por ella; enfrentándose a mares encrespados y a galernas, pero también disfrutando de días bonancibles y de puertos en los que guarecerse.Esta es la historia de una travesía que aún sigue su curso. 10 ...
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    15,00 €

  • 至高喜乐的传承: 在恩典中得胜的奥古斯丁、路德和加尔文 The Legacy of Sovereign Joy
    约翰·派博 John Piper
    公元426年,奥古斯丁卸任希波主教时,继任者埃拉克利乌斯曾说:'蟋蟀鸣叫,而天鹅沉默。'然而,奥古斯丁没有沉默,在他之后也不断有天鹅发出鸣唱。《至高喜乐的传承》讲述了奥古斯丁、路德和加尔文的生平和侍奉。派博牧师视角独特,他没有着力讲述三位圣徒的伟大成就,而是透过他们的软弱,展现了上帝的恩典和荣耀如何贯穿他们的侍奉,帮助他们胜过生命中的瑕疵。因恩典的大能,奥古斯丁摆脱了情欲的捆绑,发现了'至高喜乐';路德不断研读圣言;加尔文则毕生传讲上帝的话语。这三位圣徒的生命见证至今仍然向我们说话,他们的不完全告诉我们:尽管我们有许多瑕疵,这些瑕疵却无法拦阻上帝使用我们。 ...
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    14,98 €

  • A Life of Contrasts-
    Diana Mitford
    Diana Mitford was the most glamorous of Winston Churchill’s nieces and an inspiration for writers and artists-the National Gallery even immortalised her as the muse of oratory. Here she narrates in her riveting, inimitable way her exceptional aristocratic life. Many of the 20th century’s most talked-about characters were friends. Not only Churchill adored her but also Adolf Hit...
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    23,72 €

  • Mapping Black Women’s Geographies
    Kimberly Blockett
    Spanning three centuries, this book demonstrates a variety of archival practices to tell more expansive stories about Black women. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies. ...
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    227,80 €

  • Dalam Tawanan Jepang (Bukit Duri-Serang-Cimahi)
    Ikhwanul Halim
    Dalam Tawanan Jepang (Bukit Duri-Serang-Cimahi): Kisah Nyata Kehidupan Seorang Tawanan pada Zaman Pendudukan Jepang disadur dari autobiografi Nio Joe Lan, Dalem Tawanan Djepang (Boekit-Doeri - Serang - Tjimahi) penoetoeran pengidoepan interneeran pada djaman pendoedoekan Djepang) dari bahasa Melayu-Tionghoa era 40-an atas persetujuan keluarga pengarang asli.Buku ini ditulis be...
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    26,19 €

  • A Tramp Abroad, vol. 1
    Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens
    One of the finest of Twain’s travel books, detailing (often hilariously) his adventures in Europe, as a Yankee confronting the Old World. France, Germany, and Switzerland will never quite seem the same again. A fascinating glimpse of far times and places, seen through the eye of America’s best writer. ...
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    18,41 €

  • A Tramp Abroad, vol. 1
    Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens
    One of the finest of Twain’s travel books, detailing (often hilariously) his adventures in Europe, as a Yankee confronting the Old World. France, Germany, and Switzerland will never quite seem the same again. A fascinating glimpse of far times and places, seen through the eye of America’s best writer. ...
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    32,04 €