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A brasileira Caroline Breure levava uma vida quase perfeita na Austrália quando, em 2019, um terrível acidente mudou seu destino. Com apenas 5% de chance de sobreviver, o corpo destruído e a mente fragmentada por uma lesão cerebral, ela precisou reaprender cada detalhe sobre sua própria vida. Após um ano de uma dolorosa reabilitação, Caroline voltou para casa, mas tudo parecia fora do lugar. Seu namorado, seus amigos, seu trabalho, sua vida – nada era exatamente como ela se lembrava. Fragilizada e sem confiar nas próprias memórias, ela iniciou uma busca por pistas.

13-year-old Sam is now the Tempest – head of the secret, ancient Order of the Evening that protects the world from evil. Sam's nemesis – a madman with the terrifying power to slice through portals of time – is on a mission to destroy the world and Sam and his friends are the only ones can who stop him. This deadly game of cat-and-mouse will take them to the very ends of the earth.

In Pedagogy of Hope, Freire revisits the themes of his masterpiece, the real world contexts that inspired them and their impact in that very world. Freire's abiding concern for social justice and education in the developing world remains as timely and as inspiring as ever, and is shaped by both his rigorous intellect and his boundless compassion. Pedagogy of Hope is a testimonial to the inner vitality of generations denied prosperity and to the often-silent, generous strength of millions throughout the world who refuse to let hope be extinguished.

Men, women, teens, fathers, daughters, wives, mothers, single, divorced, married, you name it. This book is an asset to everyone who will listen to it. The truth of origins that will heal and empower individuals and couples alike. Understanding how a situation really happened can give you insights into how the future can be better than the past. As you listen to this book, you will gain new revelations about true authority. You don't have to suffer through life. It can be as simple as standing in your authority to protect your own "garden".

Norwegian ex-police officer Anne Bonnevie stumbles upon a photo of her long-lost twin sister who was snatched as a child on a family vacation. The sister now seems to live a luxurious life on Guana Cay in The Bahamas with a famous movie star. Desperate for answers and needing to support herself financially, Anne takes a job at a posh development on the island, leaving behind the man she has grown to care for and his son in Nassau. But her new boss turns out to be a dangerous criminal with numerous illegal operations.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the early 20th century, this sweeping saga follows the intertwined fates of three families, bound by love, a terrible crime, and the scars of war. Squadron Leader Robert Banster, an RAF pilot, is deeply in love with Elizabeth, a beautiful young woman he met in 1937. Their marriage is blissful—until war shatters their world. During the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, Robert is shot down over France and taken prisoner, enduring the brutal hardships of a German POW camp.

A young party animal collapses in a Parisian disco and dies on the dance floor, only to watch his soul departing his body. Two embittered police detectives debate their favourite weapons. A violent man looks back on his childhood and seeks out the now-aged male porn actor his mother shot movies with.

A rat policeman comes to the startling realization that each rat is out for themselves. An elderly judge gives up his job in the city for an improbable return to the family farm in the Pampas. An elusive film-maker and the little-known Argentinian novelist whose work he's plagiarized for years, finally fall into confrontation. Unpredictable and daring, highly controlled and yet somehow haywire, the five short stories included in The Insufferable Gaucho are some of Roberto Bolaño's best.

Auxilio Lacouture is trapped. For twelve days she hides alone in a lavatory on the fourth floor of her university. A highly charged first-person semi-hallucinatory novella, Amulet is a potent stream of consciousness through which the poets of Mexico rage and swirl.

Amidst the seedy hotels and deserted campsites of the Costa Brava, someone has gone missing. A detective sets out to find them. They search among the hapless girls, failed poets, and shifty policemen that populate this dream world – but every door opens onto a nightmare. An experimental novella, spliced together in vignettes, Antwerp is Roberto Bolaño's first work of fiction.

A journey to Acapulco gradually becomes a descent into the underworld. An elderly South American writer instructs a protégé in the subterfuges of entering work for provincial literary prizes. Set in the Chilean exile diaspora of Latin America and Europe, and peopled by Bolaño's beloved 'failed generation,' this collection was the first to introduce the English-speaking world to Bolaño's immeasurable gifts as a short-story writer.

Dropped from the Olympic figure skating team, Nuria Martí's fate pivots her into a world of corruption, jealousy – and revenge. Cushioning her fall from grace, a besotted admirer builds a secret ice rink for her in the ruins of an old mansion on the outskirts of their seaside town. What he doesn't tell her is he paid for it using public funds. Such deceit is not without repercussions, and the skating rink soon becomes a crime scene.

Paris, 1938. The Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo lies in hospital, hiccupping himself to death. When the doctors struggle to offer a diagnosis, his wife calls on an acquaintance of her friend Madame Reynaud, the mesmerist and reclusive bachelor Pierre Pain. But on a night that 'smells of something strange', things soon go awry...

The next exciting adventure in a new Western series from Malcolm Hotzman! This is action, adventure and Old West justice from one of the most acclaimed Western authors of today! “There are things worse than dying, and one of them is not fighting for what you believe is right.” That is what Dalton Brisco said when asked why he was risking his life. He had ridden into Bear Cave, Colorado, and through a chance encounter, found the town was in the grips of a powerful mine owner. When one of the mine owner’s men tries to disarm him, Brisco knocks the man unconscious and leaves.

When Gemma’s supposed to terrify her appointed victim, she ends up captivated instead. Caleb, a romantic who believes in all things supernatural, finds her adorably pink-skinned, horned form more alluring than alarming. But as their steamy night unfolds and unexpected feelings bloom, Gemma must choose between her demonic duties and the human who makes her feel anything but monstrous.

Artifact Forge doesn't make monsters. She's a bioengineer. She creates exotic magical livestock, upgrades cats into witches' familiars, and can turn you into a goblin if you accept the risks. She's also thirteen, and has arrived in Goblita to learn her uncle is dead, she's inherited his business, and has a demonic cousin her age. Don't worry, Artifact can handle it. She's a prodigy! Give her a bioengineering challenge and she'll make you something better than you wanted. …

Die Vagabunden machen sich auf, um die magischen Kräfte zu erforschen, die einen der ihren verändert haben. Finden sie Antworten in den zerfallenden Zeugnissen der insektenartigen Churrm, die einstmals die Metropole der Sonne errichtet haben? Der Hochschamane der Orks will das unheimliche Himmelslicht nutzen und führt seine Krieger in die Ruinen, um eine verborgene Kammer zu finden. Dass die Orks dazu einen Gaukler in ihre Dienste pressen, können die Vagabunden nicht hinnehmen. Freiheit ist ihr höchstes Gut! Und so beginnt eine gefährliche Verfolgungsjagd hinein in die Sonnenruine.

When Dave Munson set out to create the greatest leather bag in the world, he had no idea he would be creating one of the most respected and recognized leather brands in the world at the same time. From dodging hitmen in Mexico to getting launched into the air by a raging bull, living in one of the most dangerous cities in the world with Blue, his beloved black Lab and even accidentally working for the mafia. It came together.

A senior manager who specializes in putting out business fires is combustible when he shouldn’t be. Can he change enough to save his relationship with the love of his life? Can he stop fighting the need to reform?

When successful prosecutor Katy's daughter is abducted, she must navigate a small town's dark underbelly to find her. But the case takes a sinister turn when Katy discovers the perpetrator is her long-lost twin sister, who has been living a life of abuse and seeks revenge. With the help of former felon Sloan and unlikely allies, Katy races against time to save her daughter and stop her twisted sister's deadly plan. A gripping abduction mystery set in a small town that will leave you on the edge of your seat.