Títulos em Cultural e Regional

A internacionalmente aclamada atriz Viola Davis narra em sua biografia, Em busca de mim, tudo o que viveu desde a infância difícil até o estrelato. Nesta biografia você vai conhecer uma garotinha chamada Viola, que fugia de seu passado até tomar a transformadora decisão de parar de fugir para sempre.

Uma cidade em convulsão na imprensa, na literatura, na música popular, na ópera, no teatro, nas artes plásticas, no cinema, na caricatura, na praia, na ciência, na arquitetura, no futebol, na luta das mulheres, nos costumes, no sexo e nas drogas. Se o Brasil dos anos 20 ainda engatinhava rumo à modernização, o Rio de Janeiro tinha vida própria e já era sinônimo de arrojo e vanguarda. É essa capital fervilhante o cenário e a protagonista do novo livro de Ruy Castro.

An Immigrant Daughter’s Journey to EnoughFrom the crowded streets of São Paulo to the wide, unfamiliar skies of the American Midwest, Damaris Melo-Gyasi has spent her life crossing borders—geographical, cultural, economic, and spiritual. In this gripping and deeply personal memoir, she reveals how a young Brazilian girl with big dreams learned to survive, rebuild, and rise in a world that repeatedly told her she was “too much.

What if the voice that nearly broke you was also the one that drove you home? Kunle Bademosi grew up under the shadow of a brilliant, intimidating father where love felt conditional, approval felt earned, and one sentence shaped everything: “You’ll never be successful.” From the outside, his life looked impressive. On the inside, it was fear in a suit, shame, performance, and a constant need to prove his worth. Each reinvention worked… until it didn’t. The Long Way Home is a raw memoir of family pressure, culture shock, ego, collapse, and rebuilding.

What does it mean to build a life — when life first breaks you? A Man Under Construction is a powerful literary memoir about survival, responsibility, migration, leadership and inner growth. Born from a near-fatal accident in infancy, Fernando J. M. Lopes grows up between fragility and resilience, navigating childhood instability, early fatherhood, turbulent relationships, and the demanding reality of rebuilding himself in London’s construction industry. Through honest reflection and poetic clarity, this book traces the evolution of a man who refuses to remain defined by circumstance.

John W. Butler is an award-winning author and broadcaster. An authentic voice with stories from the roads less traveled." He invites you to trade screens for scenes. Put your phone down. Turn off the noise. Take a road trip. Talk to real people. The audiobook opens in a roadside diner when a farmer asks him, “Road trip or running away?”

A tender and quietly powerful memoir tracing one man’s life through changing times, from rural Ireland to Apartheid-era South Africa, love, loss, and resilience.

It's 12 October 1984. An IRA bomb blows apart the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Miraculously, Margaret Thatcher survives. In small-town Scotland, eight-year-old Damian Barr watches in horror as his mum rips her wedding ring off and packs their bags. He knows he, too, must survive. Damian, his sister and his Catholic mum move in with her sinister new boyfriend while his Protestant dad shacks up with the glamorous Mary the Canary. Divided by sectarian suspicion, the community is held together by the sprawling Ravenscraig Steelworks.

"The Blunder Years" — A hilarious boyhood memoir narrated by the guy who caused all the trouble. Before ADHD had a name, it had a kid named Phil. Growing up on Long Island in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, he stumbled through boyhood, leaving a trail of mishaps, misunderstandings, and accidental comedy. In this laugh-out-loud memoir, Phil revisits the true stories of his chaotic youth — from altar boy misadventures and Boy Scout fiascos to a Wyatt Earp getup that turned him into the self-appointed sheriff of the “lawless Long Island Territory.

"Misled" is a haunting memoir that exposes the dark reality of life inside the House of Judah. This religious cult masked child abuse behind the veneer of spiritual devotion. Listen to this impelling story through the eyes of a young boy who survived unspeakable trauma. His story reveals how false leaders can destroy families and steal childhoods under the guise of divine authority.

My Whole Childhood Was a Side Quest By Mike “PayDay” Danielson. What if the hardest part of your life wasn’t the main story… but the training ground? My Whole Childhood Was a Side Quest is a raw, gripping memoir about survival, identity, and becoming a man when the odds were stacked against you long before you knew what odds were. From a loving, stable childhood with grandparents in small-town Michigan…

In his most personal and powerful release to date, Edward A. Julian, Sr., shares a gripping account of his journey from incarceration to transformation. With unflinching honesty, he exposes the raw realities of prison life, challenges the myths surrounding reentry, and unveils the mindset required to break destructive cycles and step boldly into purpose.

In A Story Rewritten, Nkechi Ezeani’s journey unfolds as a poignant tale of loss, survival, and rediscovery. Fleeing a life torn apart by war, she seeks refuge in 1970s New York, where reinvention becomes both her salvation and her burden. Amid the grit and vibrancy of the city, Nkechi builds a new life, finding unexpected connections and a love that offers her hope for the future. But the past is never truly left behind.

Kiki is moulded and shaped by her employers' demands and those of her clients until she is forced to change who she is. At last, she gets her British passport and is able to initiate divorce proceedings. She enters survival mode, allowing herself to be receptive to new experiences and starting the healing process.

In the early 1980's, Greg Wier faced the same brutal crossroads every teenager does. Straight out of the trailer park, he had to choose between poverty or success. Adulthood did not arrive gently. It came with repossessions, utility shut-offs, trailer-lot rent, and stealing food just to eat. Crime, drugs, and drinking surrounded him, constantly pulling him away from responsibility and toward self-destruction, forcing a daily choice between going down the wrong path or stepping up to take care of his family. He chose marriage and family over carefree nights with friends.

Brought to you by Penguin. In 1971, two years after the launch of Monty Python’s Flying Circus made his comedy troupe global superstars - and made all their lives a little more complicated - Eric Idle decided to buy a ramshackle property in the south of France. In search of a simpler, quieter...

A story about the sound and silence of survival, and the rhythms that carry us home. In Mixtape: A Memoir, therapist and storyteller Johnzelle Anderson weaves a raw, lyrical portrait of resilience, identity, and healing. Born to a disengaged West African father and a volatile white mother, Anderson grows up mixed race in 1990s Roanoke, Virginia—feeling like an outsider in every room. Amid childhood abuse, neglect, and racism, he clings to the safety of his grandmother’s love and his inner voice’s promise of a better future.

"A Life to Tell" is a profound and unvarnished memoir that chronicles a remarkable journey from the stark realities of a remote Albanian village to the vibrant opportunities of modern democracy. Through deeply personal recollections, the author. The author invites listeners into a world shaped by extreme deprivation, pervasive state control, and an unyielding quest for knowledge and self-determination.

In Raised in Silence, Maria Gallucci invites you into the vivid, rarely seen world of growing up as a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). With humor, heart, and unflinching honesty, she shares what it's like to bridge two cultures from the moment you can walk: the Deaf world of her parents and the hearing world outside their door.

Fresh out of the University of Colorado with a degree in geology, the author found himself embarking on an adventurous first job as an exploration geologist for Minas de San Luís, situated in the quaint pueblo of Tayoltita in Durango, Mexico. Nestled under Bolaños Peak and in the heart of the Sierra Madre Occidental, the mine was a remote gem accessible only by a solitary road winding 3,000 feet up the mountain.