Títulos em Urbano

O avesso da pele é a história de Pedro, que, após a morte do pai, assassinado numa desastrosa abordagem policial, sai em busca de resgatar o passado da família e refazer os caminhos paternos. Com uma narrativa sensível e por vezes brutal, Jeferson Tenório traz à superfície um país marcado pelo racismo e por um sistema educacional falido, e um denso relato sobre as relações entre pais e filhos.

Yeongju tem se sentido desmotivada. Sua vida se tornou uma sucessão de frustrações e ela sente um vazio eterno no peito. Cansada de viver assim, decide deixar tudo para trás e colocar em prática um antigo sonho: abrir uma livraria. Desde a infância, Yeongju encontra conforto nos livros, e abrir a loja parece ser a solução ideal para os seus problemas. Mas começar um negócio nunca é fácil, e ela precisa aprender que ser uma amante dos livros não é o suficiente para tornar o seu sonho realidade.

Sem contato com a família, morando sozinho e tendo apenas o gato como companhia, ele não estava preparado para receber o diagnóstico de uma doença em fase terminal e a notícia de que teria apenas alguns meses, talvez até semanas, de vida. Entretanto, antes que possa se conformar com a fatalidade do destino, o Diabo aparece em sua casa e lhe faz uma proposta irrecusável: para cada coisa que o homem estiver disposto a fazer desaparecer do mundo, ele ganhará um dia extra de vida. E assim começa uma semana inusitada.

Marco inegável da literatura brasileira, Parque industrial é uma reflexão brutal sobre classe, gênero, poder e desejo.

Victor and Zoey are getting old, well old-er, and it’s beginning to be a real problem. Best friends for a decade, they have seen each other through bad dates and office drama, late nights and hungover brunches, during their years together in New York City. As their wild twenties come to a close, though, the dynamic between the two is shifting. Coming off a tough breakup, Victor dedicates his energies toward building a career writing celebrity profiles for one of the last glossy magazines left, while Zoey navigates the terrain at her nascent fashion startup.

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than 100 years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer.

Avery, a strait-laced lawyer living in London, is the typical eldest daughter, though she’s hiding a secret that could undo her perfect life forever. Bonnie was a boxer but, following a devastating defeat, she's been working as a bouncer in LA, until one reckless night threatens to drive her out of the city. And Lucky, the rebellious youngest, is a model in Paris whose hard-partying ways are finally catching up with her. Then there was Nicky, the beloved fourth sister, whose unexpected death left Avery, Bonnie and Lucky reeling.

In seinem ersten Roman Buddenbrooks erzählt Thomas Mann nur wenig verschlüsselt die Geschichte seiner Familie und ihrer Stellung in der Vaterstadt Lübeck, soweit er sie nachvollziehen, in Einzelheiten überblicken konnte, ja sogar noch miterlebt hat. Verwandte, Honoratioren und markante Persönlichkeiten seiner Jugend werden integriert. Es ist die Geschichte des langsamen Niedergangs einer reichen Kaufmannsfamilie über vier Generationen hinweg. Auch mehr als hundert Jahren nach seinem ersten Erscheinen hat der Roman nichts an Charme und Aktualität eingebüßt.

Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank’s life is full of all the excesses Cleo’s lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint and the opportunity to apply for a green card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could’ve predicted.

A deadly enemy will rise again.... Ella Praeger has always felt like an outsider. So when she is called to join the ranks of The Group, a force for good operating in the shadows, her world shifts. She is gifted a purpose - and a dangerous legacy. Years ago, The Group rid the world of one of its most powerful criminal masterminds. Yet when a child washes up on a beach in Greece, a mysterious symbol tattooed on its heel, it is a clear warning: impossibly, Athena Petridis has returned to reclaim her empire.

A young American au pair, Charlotte Clancy, vanishes without a trace in Mexico City. The case is left cold, but its legacy will be devastating. A decade later, LA is shaken by a spate of violent murders. Psychologist Nikki Roberts is the common link between the victims, her patients at the heart of this treacherous web. When someone makes an attempt on Nikki’s life, it’s clear she is a marked woman.

In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests. They must follow the café's strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold. Another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, in Before we forget kindness our new visitors wish to go back into their past to move on their present, finding closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.

Chegou a hora de abraçar sua verdadeira herança e reivindicar a coroa de Terrasen. Agora é a vez do suor e das lágrimas, do sangue e do sacrifício. A justiça mais uma vez ocupará o trono do cervo branco, o Senhor do Norte. Presa ao juramento de sangue feito a Nehemia, Celaena procura a rainha feérica Maeve para aprender os segredos da própria magia. Enquanto treina com Rowan, um príncipe que leva a jovem aos limites da exaustão física e emocional.

Stefan Zweig was born on the 28th November 1881 in Vienna, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and into a wealthy Jewish family with interests in banking and textiles. Zweig first published in 1900 and two decades later was a popular and highly regarded author in many parts of the world, although not in England. He was also the librettist with Richard Strauss of two operas and a keen collector of autographed musical manuscripts. His collection of over two hundred pieces was later donated to the British Library.

Ditado pelo espírito Lucius, este romance mostra que nossas dificuldades têm a função de desfazer as ilusões que impedem a felicidade e revela que somos responsáveis por tudo o que nos acontece. Com base no enredo original do livro impresso, que desde o lançamento figura no ranking dos mais vendidos, a versão em audionovela conta com abertura de Zibia Gasparetto e é narrada de forma dramatizada por atores profissionais, com diálogos que prenderão o ouvinte do começo ao fim, proporcionando uma envolvente experiência.

Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, divorces her husband, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge. From the lonely barista to the unhappily married housewife, and the writer who sees something special in Yeongju - they all have disappointments in their past.

Celaena Sardothien é a nova campeã do rei. Depois de vencer a brutal competição que a livrou da escravidão das Minas de Sal de Endovier, ela se tornou a assassina real. Coroa da meia noite é o segundo volume da série Trono de Vidro, onde acompanhamos a guerreira Celaena em busca do que mais deseja: sua liberdade. Agora, a protagonista tem como obrigação é atravessar terra e mar em busca de inimigos do rei e fazer cumprir sua vontade. Como recompensa, recebe conforto, horas de fartos banquetes, conselhos dados pela doce Nehemia e uma enorme quantia que lhe permite comprar vestidos e livros.

Glasgow, 1981. A cidade está morrendo. A pobreza, aumentando. A esperança, desaparecendo. Agnes Bain sempre esperou por mais. Ela sonhava com coisas grandiosas: uma casa com entrada particular, uma vida confortável. Quando seu segundo marido, um taxista mulherengo, sai de casa, ela e os três filhos se veem presos em uma cidade mineradora dizimada pela política da então primeira-ministra Margaret Thatcher. Enquanto Agnes se entrega cada vez mais ao álcool em busca de conforto, seus filhos tentam salvá-la. Porém, um a um, vão desistindo porque precisam salvar a si mesmos.

Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing f****n junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total f***n embarrassment tae the selfish, f****d-up brats ye've produced. Choose life.

When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride.