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Algumas guerras mudaram o curso da História. Este livro, encomendado a historiadores, sociólogos, geógrafos e jornalistas brasileiros, dá conta de quinze momentos-chave em que as armas substituíram a política (ou foram sua extensão, como queria Clausewitz) e decidiram o futuro da humanidade. Textos elucidativos, cuidadosamente pesquisados e escritos com clareza farão com que este se torne um livro de leitura obrigatória, obra de referência na área.

The unlikely story of an activist Greek Orthodox bishop in Chicago who helped abolish the death penalty in Illinois and whose ministry to HIV/AIDS patients helped changed religious perceptions of the LGBTQ+ community.

Há 100 mil anos, poucas dezenas de seres humanos saíram da áfrica. Seus descendentes, adaptando-se aos diferentes climas, desenvolveram inúmeras tonalidades de cor da pele. Um dia, alguns voltaram. Primeiro, como comerciantes, adquiriram cativos escravizados pelos próprios conterrâneos...

Sempre houve pessoas empenhadas em evitar guerras, prevenir situações de conflito, preservar a natureza e evitar a proliferação de artefatos nucleares. Mas será que, ainda assim, a insanidade dos homens conduzirá o planeta à sua destruição por conta de guerras nucleares e desequilíbrio...

Relaxed Conversations around getting AI into production, whatever shape that may come in (agentic, traditional ML, LLMs, Vibes, etc)

This story is about David, a kind and friendly young boy, who suddenly changes. He becomes sad and withdrawn. The story reveals David is being bullied at school. It tells his experience as he deals with being bullied by Max and his pals.

This audiobook features the daring Dempsey the Duck, mischievous Max the Monkey, tenacious Tommy the Tiger, and lastly the eloquent Eden the Elephant which are all connected as a blended family within this high spirited and joyful narrative. They will learn how to co-exist and depend on each other despite their tribal and physical differences. For ages eight and under.

Demetrios (Jim) Angelis does not make for a typical criminal: a religious Greek Orthodox Christian born in Montreal, a law-abiding man, a doting father of two with two master's degrees in administration, who speaks four languages, and who lived in New York City and Montreal before moving to Ottawa to study in local universities and work for the federal government. A jury convicted him in 2010 of murdering his unfaithful wife in 2008 and obliged the judge to sentence him to life in prison at the notorious (but now closed) Kingston Penitentiary, home to Canada's worst criminals.

One wave: that’s all it takes for the rest of Mae and Hannah Winters’ lives to change. When a tsunami strikes the island where their parents are vacationing, it soon becomes clear that their mom and dad are never coming home. Forced to move to Boston from sunny California for the rest of their senior year, each girl struggles with secrets their parents’ death has brought to light, and with their uncertainty about the future. Instead of bringing them closer, it feels like the wave has torn the sisters apart.

Growing up in abject poverty, terrorized by a boarder who lived in the root cellar, Athena Demetrios repressed the memories, thrusting her into a downward spiral of melancholy and despair. Transcendence and healing would come through reliving the horrors of her past through hypnotic regression. A powerful spiritual experience opened doors into other dimensions, which began an odyssey where truth became stranger than fiction.

Demetria M. McNeal, Ph.D. is a communication scientist. Sometimes, the things you say can be the things that make it impossible to say anything at all. In her practice, McNeal has figured out why certain topics are stigmatized, and why communication often breaks down at the times we need it most.

“Bringing together rigorous research and a vibrant writing style” (School Library Journal), Code Name Verity meets Inglourious Basterds in this riotous, spirited biography of the most dangerous of all Allied spies, courageous and kickass Virginia Hall. When James Bond was still in diapers...

Blood Passage is the electrifying second book in the Dark Caravan Cycle—a modern jinni fantasy-adventure trilogy from author Heather Demetrios, perfect for fans of Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone series and Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy. When Nalia arrives in Morocco to fulfill...

Freedom s Slave is the exhilarating end to Heather Demetrios s Dark Caravan Cycle a modern jinni fantasy-adventure trilogy, which Publishers Weekly called an intricate and smartly written story, perfect for fans of Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke & Bone series and Leigh Bardugo's Grisha...

For fans of Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone series and Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha Trilogy comes the first book in the Dark Caravan Cycle, a modern fantasy-adventure trilogy about a gorgeous, fierce eighteen-year-old jinni who is pitted against two magnetic adversaries, both of whom...

Decía Julio Scherer García que para entender la historia hay que analizar a los protagonistas. Y esta obra hace justamente eso: Demetrio Sodi, uno de los mayores conocedores de la política mexicana desde hace décadas, nos guía por los salones y los despachos donde se ha decidido la vida del país durante los últimos 40 años. Sodi de la Tijera —quien ha sido jefe delegacional, diputado, senador y activista, entre otros— nos cuenta los entresijos de las negociaciones, las tensiones ocultas, las amenazas, las razones hondas y las anécdotas más reveladoras.

A nameless El Salvadoran man, fleeing torture and imprisonment, arrives in the United States - his only hope for asylum. The American woman who has volunteered to help him is searching for something to add meaning to her life. When these two lonely people meet, their haunting relationship fulfills their hearts' desires, but it also gives life to their darkest dreams.