Títulos em Amadurecimento

From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.

An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment. Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have so far failed to uphold. Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities, while elsewhere, an unlikely pair from the Society cohort partner to influence politics on a global stage.

Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman that follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall. The novel revolutionized prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist's moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative, where actions and events are colored by a psychological intensity.

Joan Lennon é uma menina de 10 anos com um dom surpreendente: ela é capaz de lembrar, com exatidão de detalhes, tudo que aconteceu com ela. Sabe quantas vezes a mãe disse “sempre dá certo” nos últimos seis meses, lembra dos dias e dos motivos para ter chorado, mas compreende também que nem todos têm essa capacidade. A maioria das pessoas, ela sabe, esquece as coisas, mas Joan não quer ser esquecida pelos outros.

Todo cambia en la vida de Olga cuando, después de quince años de matrimonio, Mario la abandona por una jovencita. Sola con sus dos hijos, el mundo en apariencia perfecto de la mujer se desmorona. Atrapada entre las cuatro paredes del piso que antes llamaba hogar, Olga no duerme, no come y casi no se reconoce: quien está al otro lado del espejo cuando se mira por la mañana es una mujer que ha perdido todos sus atributos y tendrá que buscar otras palabras que la definan y le permitan seguir adelante.

Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives.

Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream.

The Saint of War spares the life of a servant girl so she can fulfill her destiny as the kingdom’s greatest warrior in this short story of love and loyalty by New York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow.

In this thrilling next instalment, the secret society of Alexandrians is unmasked. Its newest recruits realize the institute is capable of raw world-changing power. It’s also headed by a man with plans to change life as we know it—and these are already under way. But the cost of this knowledge is as high as the price of power, and each initiate must choose which faction to follow. Yet as events gather momentum and dangers multiply, which of their alliances will hold? Can friendships hold true and are enemies quite what they seem?

Arthur Stannard was just 17 years old when he was transported more than 11,000 miles from his home in rural England to the rugged open landscapes of North Island, New Zealand. The son of a naval officer, Arthur was one of hundreds of boys and girls who were taken from their families and shipped to locations around the Dominions. Arthur’s destination was Flock House, a residential home and farm training school, set up and run by New Zealand farmers as a debt of gratitude to The Royal Navy for protecting their merchant ships during the First World War.

From the author of Malas comes a short story collection that centers the challenges of family, with characters constantly trying to navigate a web of allegiances and seeking breathing space for themselves. A young boy from the barrio settles a wager his dead father made with a rich man. A sister tries to make sense of her brother’s career as a bull rider. A group of kids searches for the bogeyman haunting their grandmother’s house. A suburban wife aches to understand her volatile husband.

Following her father's mysterious disappearance, Elara discovers his workshop filled with cryptic journals, ancient texts, and an obsidian orb that seems to pulse with temporal energy. As she delves deeper into her father's past, she uncovers his involvement with the Chronomasters, a secret society that manipulates time, and learns of a catastrophic temporal fracture threatening to unravel Aevum's existence.

Meet Lucy, an intoxicatingly glamorous former Broadway star, and Beatrice, a stoic gardener with ancient wisdom in her blood. Together, they sweep 11-year-old Lauren out of her troubled home and introduce her to delicious living on Italy’s isle of Capri. Under their tutelage, Lauren discovers the ingredients required to transform a painful past into a courageously joyful life. This sparkling short story offers a roadmap for emotional healing, and a provocative exploration of the depths of love. Ready to enter a world of epicurean adventure, Italian romance, and la dolce vita?

In a city ruled by silence and emotional suppression, Alina Marr is a model citizen—composed, compliant, and invisible. Her every heartbeat is monitored by the AER implant behind her ear, designed to eradicate feeling in favor of order. Love, grief, and joy are crimes. Even a smile can be suspect. But everything changes when she finds a letter—handwritten, forbidden, and deeply personal. Don’t get on the 7: 40 train tomorrow. The message saves her life and ignites a revolution within.

High school sweethearts Henry and Dotty, start their life together on 10 acres in Idaho falls, Montana in late 1930’s. After a young daughter Lila comes into their lives, Henry works for the railroad traveling around the Northwest. From the time Lila is 6 years old till she is in her fifties, she sustains a long-distance relationship with her father as he travels constantly for work on the railroad. Their poignant letters reveal their long distance love of father and daughter, dreams, longings to be together and regrets over a lifetime

For 15-year-old Daphne Ann Post, the summer of 1976 at Lake Carlson should be filled with new friendships and carefree late-night parties. But something darker lurks beneath the surface—her chilling premonition that someone is going to drown. Wishing she could escape the shadow of her fractured family and her mother’s too-soon rebound relationship, Daphne reluctantly heads to the family lake house in Northern Indiana. The tension with her mother is thick—especially when Daphne is the only one who knows her mom's boyfriend is hiding a dangerous secret.

An unexpected friendship. A late-night adventure. A revelation that changes everything. College junior Olin Sloane has never been the volunteering type, but when he’s nudged into joining an adopt-a-grandparent program, he figures it could be good for him. Then he meets Alph—a closed off, no-nonsense old man who was cold and uninterested in the program. But over time, their reluctant pairing turns into something real; full of humor, mischief, and life lessons. When Alph asks Olin for a favor, he agrees, unaware that this simple act will change his life forever.

As a prospective barrister, Zaid Saban is on the cusp of achieving everything he has dreamed of. His social and professional world is far removed from his schoolyard days in the suburbs of western Sydney, even more far removed from the traumatic events of his final year of school in which best friend, Hass, was arrested for murder. Zaid thinks he has put all this behind him. But when Hass’s sister, Amira, finds him and asks him to read her brother’s diary, Zaid is pulled back to the very world he had left behind. Is it possible that Hass was innocent?

The Bradford-Shmulkin family is falling apart. A very modern blend of Russian, Jewish, Korean, and New England WASP, they love each other deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds.

Beneath the Smile: A Story of Love, Lies, and Narcissism follows Ava, a loyal friend who watches helplessly as Maya, her vibrant and artistic chosen sister, falls under the spell of Devin, a charming but deeply manipulative narcissist. Through Ava’s eyes, we witness the subtle erosion of Maya’s spirit, the insidious isolation, and the devastating cost of unchecked emotional abuse. As Ava fights to hold on to Maya, the story becomes a chilling reminder of how easily love and trust can be weaponized.