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Obra mais conhecida da escritora mineira Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de despejo reúne entradas dos diários que a autora manteve enquanto vivia na favela do Canindé, em São Paulo. Publicado em 1960, o livro narra o cotidiano de Carolina, a criação de seus filhos, seu trabalho como catadora de papel e escritora, suas preocupações literárias, afetos e a vida com outros moradores do Canindé. Quarto de despejo serve como porta de entrada para a escrita de uma autora fundamental, traduzida para inúmeros idiomas, que arrebata leitores de todo o mundo por sua precisão e força literária.

Durante décadas, essa frase permeou o dia a dia de todos os habitantes da megalópole Seattle-Portland, controlada pelo regime autoritário da Delegação. A maior forma de controle, no entanto, vinha do Insight, um implante ocular que permitia acompanhar tudo o que era feito e dito pelos cidadãos, punindo os que saíam das regras e recompensando os que as seguiam. Mas isso foi há muito tempo: uma revolução tirou a Delegação do poder, libertando todos da vigilância do Insight.

One choice can destroy you. Veronica Roth's second #1 New York Times bestseller continues the dystopian thrill ride that began in Divergent. A hit with both teen and adult readers, Insurgent is the action-packed, emotional adventure that inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene...

Cinq destins, un seul choix. Tris vit dans un monde post-apocalyptique où la société est divisée en cinq factions. À 16 ans, elle doit choisir son appartenance pour le reste de sa vie. Cas rarissime, son test d'aptitudes n'est pas concluant. Elle est divergente. Ce secret peut la sauver... Ou la tuer.

Three years ago, forensic analyst Joleen Parker vowed to expose the small-town rehab hospital she believes was responsible for her brother's death. Now, she finally has her chance—an audit of the hospital's finances gives her two weeks to find the answers she's been seeking.

1941, Krakow. Lidia Sobieska hears a knock on the door and is shocked to find a baby in a basket on her doorstep. Attached to the basket is a letter from the baby’s mother, begging to save her daughter Suzanne from the Nazis. Always wanting children of her own but unable to conceive, Lidia knows there is only one right thing to do. She names the baby Sophie and vows to do everything she can to love and protect her.

Hudson Powell und Tory Bellona sind die besten Sammler von Sternenschrott in der Galaxie. Sie riskieren alles, um in den Wracks riesiger Raumschiffe auf fernen Welten Alienartefakte aufzuspüren. Der Kampf gegen tödliche Rivalen, skrupellose Kartelle und korrupte Beamte gehört zu ihrem Alltag. Doch nun droht eine noch viel größere Gefahr. Ein fanatischer Kult unter der Führung der Eiferin Amelia Ash hat eine bösartige KI erweckt. Dieser uralte Zerstörer ist für die Vernichtung unzähliger Zivilisationen verantwortlich.

Due adolescenti svaniscono nel nulla nell'arco di pochi giorni. Per il primo, Luca Alberti, si pensa a un allontanamento volontario, ma quando scompare la seconda, Marta Moretto, e viene rinvenuta la sua bicicletta abbandonata sul ciglio della strada, si inizia a ipotizzare che possa trattarsi di rapimento. Le indagini, affidate al commissario Emma Verdelli e alla sua squadra, si concentrano all'interno della cerchia dei famigliari e dei compagni di scuola. Nel frattempo scompare una terza ragazza, Mirella Vianello.

Immer noch verzweifelt auf der Suche nach Liberty Devan reist Hudson Powell zu einer neuen Portalwelt: Chrome One. Illegal von der Relic Reliktschutztruppe , vermutet Hudson, dass Logan Griff seine Finger im Spiel hat. Wenn er den Mistkerl von einem ehemaligen Ausbildungsoffizier finden kann, findet er vielleicht auch Liberty und den Kristall. Währenddessen reist Morphus zu einem mächtigen außerirdischen Relikt namens "Das Teleskop", um herauszufinden, wo sich Goliath befindet. Doch ohne den von Logan Griff gestohlenen Alienkristall gibt es keine Hoffnung, das riesige Schiff zu besiegen.

Blue House: Ten Years on the Way Home tells the struggles, traumas and tragedies of a family in the former USSR during Stalin's reign, pre-WWII. Dispossessed of the happy home and wealth they built through their own sweat and labor, they were forced to withstand horrors and hardships as their daily bread...when there was any bread.

Pope Leo XIV has expressed concern about how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect the labor economy and the development of young people seeking productive expression of their God-given gifts. How do these concerns relate to those of the pontiff from whom the pope took his name, Leo XIII, in his groundbreaking 1891 encyclical written during the second phase of the Industrial Revolution?

Hudson Powell war schon immer ein Herumtreiber, aber nach dem Tod seines Vaters schwor er sich, sein Leben zu ändern. Er gab seine freiberufliche Tätigkeit als Raumschiffpilot auf und trat im Alter von 38 Jahren als Rookie der Relic Guardian Force bei. Das war ein großer Fehler. Die RGF bewacht die außerirdischen Wracks, die auf jeder Portalwelt gefunden wurden, die im letzten Jahrhundert entdeckt wurde. Sie sorgt dafür, dass die Reliktjäger Steuern für die unbezahlbare außerirdische Technologie zahlen, die sie aus den Wracks bergen. Der Haken: Die RGF ist korrupt.

Isolado da sociedade e profundamente amargurado, o narrador sem nome deste pequeno romance compõe uma reflexão existencial e filosófica ao mesmo tempo em que apresenta uma confissão tortuosa, mordaz e irônica sobre seu passado. Ex-funcionário público de São Petersburgo, o "homem do subsolo" — como ficou conhecido o narrador-personagem deste livro —se volta para temas como a liberdade, a consciência e a irracionalidade, em um relato, ao mesmo tempo, angustioso e irresistível.

They called her the devil’s child. From birth, Assisi Lastra was raised on fear, shame, and whispered prayers meant to cleanse her soul. But Sisi never asked to be saved. She only wanted to be seen. And then she met Vlad. A monster. A living weapon trained to destroy, not to love. She thought she could save him, but instead, he broke her trust and ripped her soul apart. And then he left. But monsters don’t know how to stay away from the light they crave. Vlad comes back a man changed.

When Kate Landers's husband vanishes with their young son—and a woman connected to him is found dead—Kate is forced into a deadly game far beyond her world of corporate banking. Desperate for answers, she finds herself back in Savannah—a place filled with memories, and the one place still hiding the truth.

What if everything you remembered about the person you loved… was a lie your mind told to survive? Samantha wakes up one morning to find her husband, Jack, gone—not just from their bed, but from existence. No photos. No records. No one remembers him. Not her friends. Not her family. Not even the internet. But Samantha remembers everything: their wedding, their vacations, the sound of his laugh echoing through the house. As her frantic search for proof spirals into obsession, the world insists she’s delusional. Is Jack real? Or is Samantha's mind hiding something far more terrifying than loss?

This is the story of Veronica Walker. A second generation white African. This is the story of how one woman learnt to accept loss and rebuild her life time and again and how she learnt to fight for herself against a society where women were deemed as second class citizens and the possession of their husbands or fathers. Fighting for her children's safety, Veronica learns to demand her voice be heard and she be accepted for the independent woman she was.

In the beginning, the Devil was not what you think. Book of the Devil: Genesis is a spiritual fantasy and mythic fiction tale that reimagines one of history’s most misunderstood figures — Satan. Told through his own voice, this philosophical fantasy explores loyalty, love, and rebellion at the dawn of creation. Iblis is not yet the Devil, but a young jinn learning the cost of obedience, pride, and sacrifice. Between high-stakes moral drama and intimate moments of loss, the story wrestles with eternal questions: What does it mean to be chosen? Can forgiveness survive betrayal?

When a bank executive returns to her hometown of Savannah with her son, she hopes her family and friends and the charm of the low country will heal their grief and bring them peace. Instead, she's thrust into chaos—a crumbling family business on the brink of bankruptcy, mysterious bodies surfacing with ties to her family's name, and whispers of long-buried secrets threatening to come to light.

A spirited audiobook biography about composer Aaron Copland and the birth of modern America This is a story about music. But it's also a story about America. Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn in 1900 at the dawn of a new generation. In a community of immigrants, he had a front-row seat to the...