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Extraídos do livro "Contos da Aldeia", estas duas narrativas fazem um retrato fiel do português campesino em seu melhor. Em "O abandono do moinho", o autor conta a história de Teresinha, filha do moleiro, que deixa um dia o moinho para levar farinha à morgada e é seguida pelo pai. Em "O jantar de Natal", esperança e alegria são enaltecidas com o enredo em torno do velhote tio Simão e seu cãozinho Fiel.

Diante da possibilidade de uma guerra entre Inglaterra e Brasil, o povo brasileiro subiu seu nível de patriotismo. Em Óbidos, Pará, um juiz e um coronel são encarregados de angariar fundos para contribuir com o armamento do Brasil e logo conseguem a considerável soma de nove contos de réis. Mas faltava conversar com o capitão Silvestre.

Em "O galo preto", o leitor encontra o antigo universo das palmatórias em sala de aula. Conta-se nele como um abade descobre o ladrão de lápis de uma sala de aula. Já em "A volta das andorinhas", Alberto Braga mistura fábula e conto para apresentar o encontro do narrador com uma viscondessa minhota, que coincide com o retorno das andorinhas na primavera.

O conto é narrado por Domingos Espalha, que é também personagem da história. Junto com o companheiro Chico Pitanga, ele é incumbido de cuidar da fazenda Paraíso, assinalar o gado e enviar uma vaca para uma festa junina. A busca de uma rês pela fazenda, no entanto, revela-se difícil e eles vão parar na Serra do Valha-me Deus.

Este e-book reúne dois grandes contos curtos de Machado de Assis. Primeiro, "A carteira". Gustavo e Honório são os dois personagens centrais deste conto. Diante da necessidade de um valor considerável para quitar suas dívidas, Honório topa com uma oportunidade: acha uma carteira que traz mais do que ele precisava. No entanto, enfrenta um dilema: usa o dinheiro? Devolve a carteira ao dono – que é justamente o amigo Gustavo? A ler! O bom mote do triângulo amoroso é o centro de A cartomante, o segundo conto. Nele, o conceituado advogado Vilela reencontra Camilo, amigo de infância.

Com um quê de realismo fantástico, o conto narra a história das filhas do capitão Jerônimo Ferreira: Aninha, filha de sua falecida esposa, e Vitória, que encontrou sozinha numa canoa enquanto ele caçava na mata. Os destinos das duas meninas se entrelaça de forma surpreendente.

O autor do livro mais vendido em Portugal no ano de 2019 está de regresso com mais uma história de amor e superação pessoal que promete dar-te ensinamentos essenciais para venceres as fases negativas da tua vida.

After her girlfriend breaks up with her for being too emotionally stifled, Jo Miller is trying to become more expressive. But then her boss calls her into his office for a private meeting and sexually assaults her. His parting words are, “you won't want to talk about this Jo. You think you do now, but trust me, you won’t.” Jo had been ready to go straight to the police, but every time she tries to talk about what happened, live insects crawl up her throat and into her mouth.

Four lives. Four stories. Four sets of letters. Four brave souls in need of guidance while facing life's greatest challenges. The anonymously published Dear Life program is designed to help them step outside of their comfort zones, face their obstacles, and relinquish their demons...and prove their existence.

When Dr. Ellen Einterz first arrives in the town of Kolofata in Cameroon, the situation is dire: Patients are exploited by healthcare workers, unsterilized needles are reused, and only the wealthy can afford care. In Life and Death in Kolofata: An American Doctor in Africa, Einterz tells her remarkable story of delivering healthcare for 24 years in one of the poorest countries in the world, revealing both touching stories of those she is able to help and the terrible suffering of people born in extreme poverty.

Quando chegou ao Upper East Side com o marido e o filho pequeno, Wednesday Martin foi jogada em uma tribo superfechada de mães megarricas e glamorosas com ambições altíssimas e determinação ferrenha. Em um mundo onde cumprimentos não são retribuídos, juntar as crianças para brincar é um esporte sangrento e até caminhar pela calçada é um exercício de dominação e submissão, ela sofreu um verdadeiro choque cultural.

Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora grew up together. Sharing secrets, hiding in their tree house, they were playmates, best friends and later—as teenagers—almost something more. Until the devastating house fire that ripped them apart, claiming the life of Dhillon’s father and Riya’s big brother, Samir. Riya and Dhillon have barely spoken since that terrible night, but they both made big decisions based on that fire. The Second First Chance is a big, messy love story about family, heartbreak, strength and courage that shows us that sometimes what we want is what we least expect.

War is destroying the galaxy. Esmae has vanished without a trace. A terrifying, ravenous beast is devouring the stars one by one. Titania is offered a gift that may well be a curse. Alexi, the exiled prince, is asked to pay a heavy price for his mistakes. And far, far away, on a dark, mysterious planet, a sleeping god stirs awake. As the end of the world draws ever closer, Esmae and Alexi must decide how far they’ll go to win - and who they’ll sacrifice along the way.

Hannah Malone loves her new town. Despite living in Cunningham Falls for five years, she's still considered a "move in" by most of the locals, and that doesn't bother her in the least. She's the "new girl", and she hasn't regretted it for one day. This town is her sanctuary. Her home. The one place she finally fits in and feels safe after a lifetime of being different and running from the memories and a past so far away it can't haunt her anymore.

Reese King: Olympic medalist, underwear model, Greek god. His body is chiseled from rock, sculpted by the weight room, and refined by water. On a daily basis his skin is completely bare for everyone to see, tan and defined, covered up only by a minuscule piece of spandex. There is no denying his sex appeal. I hate to admit it, but I'm head over heels infatuated with him.

It's the dead of winter in Winnipeg and Wendy Reimer, a 30-year-old trans woman, feels like her life is frozen in place. When her Oma passes away Wendy receives an unexpected phone call from a distant family friend with a startling secret: Wendy's Opa (grandfather) - a devout Mennonite farmer - might have been transgender himself. At first she dismisses this revelation, but as Wendy's life grows increasingly volatile, she finds herself aching for the lost pieces of her Opa's truth.

A haunted young girl (who happens to be a kung-fu expert and pathological liar) runs away from an oppressive city, where the sky is always grey, in search of love and sisterhood - and finds herself in a magical place known only as the Street of Miracles. There, she is quickly adopted into a vigilante gang of glamorous warrior femmes called the Lipstick Lacerators, whose mission is to scour the Street of violent men and avenge murdered trans women everywhere. Can our intrepid heroine find the truth within herself in order to protect her new family and heal her broken heart?