Títulos em Literatura Mundial

Seft, een getalenteerde vuursteendelver, trekt in de zomerhitte de Grote Vlakte over om getuige te zijn van de rituelen die het nieuwe jaar inluiden en om zijn stenen te verhandelen op de Midzomermarkt. Maar ook om Neen te vinden, het meisje van wie hij houdt, en te ontsnappen aan zijn brute vader en broers, die ook vuursteen delven. Neen en haar familie leven in liefdevolle harmonie met elkaar, iets waar Seft zelf zo naar hunkert.

Hester Prynne has been marked as an outcast from the society of colonial Boston for the sin of bearing a child out of wedlock. Her punishment? When she is released from jail, she must endure public shaming at the pillory with her baby. And then—worse yet—she is forced to spend the rest of her life wearing a red letter “A” on her breast, to mark her as an Adulterer. Although compelled by the puritanical town fathers to wear the scarlet letter, Hester refuses to name the baby’s father.

With a gift shop full of her own jewelry designs and a sweet little sailboat, Tadie Longworth doesn't spend much time worrying that she's turning into one of Beaufort, North Carolina's, spinsters--until the guy who got away shows up and starts hitting on her again. Widower Will Merritt provides the perfect distraction when he cruises into town with a broken sailboat and a perky seven-year-old daughter, and Tadie offers them shelter during a hurricane. Jilly soon becomes the daughter she could have had and Will the man she always wanted.

Naomi is surgically transplanted, giving her extraordinary powers of foresight and physical strength. Hearing street conversation and government instructions in her Logoharp, a universal translator of 104 human languages, she predicts future political events with deadly precision.

Award-winning British playwright, composer and screenwriter Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights. With honesty and humour, Leo Butler shares his experiences from his working-class upbringing in Sheffield, including his disastrous state education, his years on the dole, to his breakthrough into the professional theatre industry.

Monck’s Corner, South Carolina, 1739. When Mae Briscoe learns that a small group of slaves plans to flee to Florida for freedom among the Spanish, she knows she must go with them. The master’s son has been far too friendly lately, and there’s no one to protect her. She knows the trek will be rough, and it will be hard adapting to a new culture, but given the circumstances, the call of freedom is too strong to resist. Thus, she begins an adventure of a lifetime, heading south to freedom.

Boundless is more than a book - it's a transformative adventure. Through whimsical rhymes and insightful reflections, the book offers an enlightening roadmap for navigating life's ups and downs with courage and clarity. During a time of global uncertainty, Kathy's wisdom and the Noisy Spirits' boundless energy inspire you to shift your perspective, rediscover purpose, and embrace challenges with an open heart.

In twelve stories, Dreams in Times of War/Soñar en tiempos de guerra brilliantly fictionalizes the lives of Latinx immigrants in the United States. The stories explore themes of violence including toxic masculinity, domestic abuse, and (trans)gender discrimination but also the alternative communities they form that offer solidarity and hope. Listeners will celebrate this unflinching but heartfelt look at diverse immigrant experiences in the twenty-first century United States.

The year is 1290. At the twilight of the Crusades, war-weary Knight Templar Jonathan St. Clair is garrisoned in the port city of Acre in the Holy Land. In possession of an ancient scroll with a cryptic inscription, he learns that it holds the key to unlock the secrets of Jerusalem's Temple Mount. But time is running out. Acre will soon come under siege, and the one man able to divine the scroll's meaning, Rabbi Samuel of Baghdad, has been targeted for assassination. St. Clair apprentices himself to Rabbi Samuel and together they travel to Jerusalem.

Meet "Relic," the moonshining recluse of Canyonlands (Utah's red rock country) as he and a young lawyer flee con men and murderers through whitewater rapids, phobic-inducing caves, and ancient archaeological ruins of the pueblo people. Are there really dinosaur petroglyphs in Raptor Canyon?

Behind the Iron Curtain, the Truth Can Kill You. Europe, 1956. The Iron Curtain divides the Free West from the Soviet Bloc, and the battle for hearts and minds is waged with words, not bullets. Charlie Atkins, a 23-year-old California farm girl, works at Radio Free Europe in Munich, relaying Western news to millions trapped behind Soviet borders. She longs to report real stories—like her own, marked by the mysterious disappearance of her father, Captain A. J. Atkins, in the last days of World War II. Her boss dismisses her: too young, too green, too female.

Most people do not even realize that a language imbues attributes in them which largely rules ones thoughts, actions and belief systems. This is our second book in our endeavour to explore international languages. We aim to expand our listener base.

Swamp Jesus is a story about a young man coming of age. Dillon is raised in a single parents household in rural Louisiana surrounded by social economic inequality and the dark side of substance abuse. He dreams of breaking free and moves to Nashville, when invited by a friend. In this new city, he uses his love for music to establish new roots, find, love and maybe success in the home of country music. It isn’t as easy as it sounds.

El lector tiene en sus manos una “verdadera pieza maestra del arte literario mexicano”, una “proeza de la imaginación, la inteligencia y la inventiva”, como lo llamó David Huerta. El juego del arte es uno de los libros más divertidos e inteligentes en la literatura escrita en español en las últimas décadas. Aquí un escritor que ha imaginado los monstruos más conspicuos y algunas de las situaciones más novelescas de nuestra literatura reciente desentraña los grandes misterios del arte, a medida que sostiene una conversación accesible y adictiva con el lector.

La actuación del clero católico en el trágico y dolorido siglo XIX mexicano esconde un sinnúmero de respuestas para explicar la conformación de nuestro país. La jerarquía eclesiástica acaparó la riqueza durante más de tres siglos, y se coludió con militares para derrocar gobiernos como el de Juárez e instaurar tronos como los de Iturbide y Maximiliano.

Sotto le luci miserabili e iperboliche di Hollywood, Arturo Bandini sogna il successo di scrittore mentre con la mano sinistra scrive pessime sceneggiature che non vedranno mai la luce. Potrebbe essere la premessa di una tragedia, ma come sempre, in bocca a Bandini, tutte le tragedie finiscono in commedia. Anche in quest'ultimo capolavoro colpisce l'inconfondibile voce fantiana, quell'impasto di humour, candore e cattiveria che ne ha fatto uno degli scrittori piú amati dei nostri anni.

Pur essendo ormai anziano, il pittore Louis Cuchas, quando qualcuno gli chiede qual è l’immagine che ha di sé stesso, risponde, senza esitazione alcuna, che lui si vede sempre come un ragazzino. Perché di fatto la sua arte è il frutto di quel modo particolare di vedere la realtà che solo l’anima pura di un ragazzino riesce a percepire.

A cowboy lies dead on the trail, shot through the heart with no one around. Detective Dan Alsop must find his killer through a maze of squabbling relatives, disgruntled friends and Hollywood mobsters. The setting is Carson City, Nevada in one of the worst snowstorms in recent history. He finds an unlikely ally in Chloe Ball, cousin to the deceased cowboy. She's in town to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with her husband and his relatives. She becomes more involved in the case than Dan would like, but is helpful in clumsy ways.

With clear-eyed observations and gentle musicality, Allen takes stock of the burden of our collective history and looks directly into passing storms that we each must face alone. When the skies clear, how do we come to terms with self and our place in this world, and what do we build from the wreckage?

Rolson McKane thought his crime-solving days ended the night he lost his badge in a drunken accident. But when he discovers the body of a young Black man near his property—and the dead man visits Rolson in his dreams—he realizes this case is personal. As Rolson digs deeper, he collides with a corrupt police force, a ruthless local politician, and a town determined to bury the truth, not just with this case, but with something that happened decades ago. Every step pulls him into a darkness he may not be able to escape.