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O curso "Justice", de Michael J. Sandel, é um dos mais populares e influentes de Harvard. Quase mil alunos aglomeram-se no anfiteatro do campus da universidade para ouvir Sandel relacionar grandes problemas da filosofia a prosaicos assuntos do cotidiano. São temas instigantes que, reunidos neste livro, oferecem ao leitor a mesma jornada empolgante que atrai os alunos de Harvard: casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo, suicídio assistido, aborto, imigração, impostos, o lugar da religião na política, os limites morais dos mercados.

As democracias liberais estão em risco. E, de acordo com o filósofo Michael J. Sandel, o princípio do mérito, um de seus pilares básicos, é o responsável por esse cenário.

A obra de Michael J. Sandel promete um debate público sobre em quais circunstâncias o mercado faz sentido e em quais deveria ser mantido a distância.

Igualdade: Significado e importância reúne o renomado economista Thomas Piketty, de O capital no século XXI, e o aclamado filósofo Michael Sandel, de Justiça, com prefácio da economista Laura Carvalho, de Valsa brasileira. Em um diálogo fascinante, Thomas Piketty e Michael Sandel, dois dos pensadores mais influentes da atualidade, debatem por que a igualdade é tão importante. Além disso, debatem o que cidadãos e governo devem fazer para diminuir os abismos sociais. Abordando economia, filosofia, história e atualidades, Piketty e Sandel refletem sobre o quanto já avançamos rumo à igualdade.

At exactly 9:17 a.m., children across the world stop what they’re doing. They don’t panic. They don’t cry out. They listen. From hospital rooms and classrooms to refugee camps and living rooms, children—too young to be coached, too innocent to conspire—begin responding to a voice no adult can hear. They speak truths they were never taught. They reveal secrets no one shared. And they warn of something coming that the world is not ready to face.

TO REFORGE A NATION… The once-mighty Federated Suns has been weakened by years of conflict on both sides of its border. Its proud capitol, New Avalon, has been held by its mortal enemies, the Draconis Combine, for years, forcing First Prince Julian Davion to rule his fractious nation on the run. But at long last, the time to liberate New Avalon from the Dragon is at hand.

On a snowy winter night, drug cartel assassins bomb the home of FBI Special Agent Nicholas Lee, killing Nick's wife and daughter. But the mortally wounded Nick finds himself propelled to a parallel dimension. Confused, bewildered, staggering under this incomprehensible loss, he finds himself floating in a strange world, ". . . aware that this was not a 'place' per se. He was on a path about the width of railroad tracks, and rather than sky or trees on either side, strings of incandescent lights streamed past him.

Jacen Ryker barely survived his first week aboard the Cerberus, and the crew is still stranded in an unknown galaxy. Now he’s stuck juggling the ship’s adorable Chief Science Officer, Minerva, and his sultry, possessive alien fiancée, Princess Arulya. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew seems very interested in their new favorite male passenger.

Out of the Mouths of Children is a powerful supernatural Christian novel that unfolds where heaven and earth quietly collide. Hannah and Blaze Mercer are not ordinary children. From the moment they are born, unseen forces gather around them—angels appointed, darkness watching, destiny already in motion. Though small and seemingly fragile, the siblings carry a rare spiritual authority, one rooted not in strength or knowledge, but in purity, obedience, and faith untouched by the world.

For 21 years, Elias Merrick was a ghost. The night he vanished, he made a vow to God while staring down the barrel of a gun—a vow sealed by a miracle no one could explain. When Elias disappears without a trace, the world assumes he is dead. But Elias does not age. And Elias is not finished. Two decades later, a barefoot man with glowing eyes appears on a street corner in downtown Austin. He speaks truths no stranger should know. He names hidden grief, secret guilt, and prayers whispered only in the dark. Crowds gather. Lives unravel. Hope awakens. They begin calling him the Corner Prophet.

North Korea is perhaps the most intriguing, infamous and enigmatic nation of our modern world. Yet how many of us know its full history, and how it came to be? How can we understand such a strange, isolated state? This new edition seeks to provide some answers to these questions. Starting with its origins in the colonial period, Michael J Seth masterfully traces how North Korea transformed itself from a Soviet-style socialist state to the ultra-nationalist, dynastic dictatorship of the 21st century.

Jonas Walker has spent a lifetime running—from responsibility, from regret, and from the people he once called family. Alone in a failing shack on the edge of Walnut Springs, Texas, he believes his story is already over. Until the night someone knocks on his door. A silent stranger hands Jonas a worn, red-letter Bible… and vanishes into the dark. What follows shatters everything Jonas thought he understood about life, death, and the world around him. Because something else is watching him too. Something that smiles in the shadows. Something that stands by the creek at night.

Daniel Stanton hat nur ein Ziel in seinem Leben: BattleMech-Pilot zu werden, und sei es auch nur als Angehöriger einer planetaren Miliz. Doch als die Simulator-Auswertungen ihn eher bei der Panzertruppe sehen, begibt er sich in eine örtliche Bar, um seinen Kummer zu ertränken. Dort trifft er auf Sergeant McHugh, einen ergrauten Veteranen, der womöglich schon länger in Mechs kämpft, als Daniel überhaupt lebt. Und was er Daniel dann an der Theke erzählt, wird seine Perspektive … und seine Zukunft … für immer verändern.

Cade Brannon was a man coming undone—a husband with a shattered marriage, a son drowning in regret, and a soul convinced he was beyond saving. One lonely night, with a pistol in his hand and his heart collapsing under the weight of failure, Cade prepares to end everything. But in a moment that can only be described as divine intervention, his television flickers on, and a preacher declares a message that stops Cade cold: “There is power in the words of Christ.

Colton Ray Denison grew up surrounded by silence, shame, and half-truths in a broken Texas home—raised on bitterness and built on lies. For years, he believed the story his mother told: that his father, a Vietnam veteran, had abandoned the family in disgrace. But everything changes the summer Colton finds a box of hidden letters—vile confessions written by his mother to the father she betrayed. As truth cracks open his world, Colton begins a quiet, emotional journey to reclaim his identity, protect his younger sister, and choose a better path than the one laid before him.

There is something quite special about this fine collection of tales of terror from the Sceptered Isle, each and every one crafted in the dead of the night by twisted, fevered minds, who have brought crawling and slithering to life the darkest denizens of the blackest shadows to terrify those brave souls amongst you who are brave enough to listen...

Sometimes the best education doesn’t come from school—it comes from scraped knees, busted fences, and a healthy dose of small-town mischief. In Whatevs: From Foolishness to Fondness, Michael J. Melton looks back on his wild Texas upbringing with a blend of humor, heart, and hard-earned wisdom. From stealing watermelons and surviving electric fences to sibling wars involving Duran Duran, Deep Heat, and questionable brownies, every story is a snapshot of a life lived full-speed and with a grin.

Nine-year-old Eli Walker should have been an ordinary boy…until the night an ancient voice awakened inside him. When two bullies attack him behind an abandoned store, time freezes—and a fallen guardian named Hazariel rises within Eli’s mind. From that moment on, Eli sees the world differently. Shadows move. Thoughts whisper. Danger trembles before it reaches him.

Royce Melborn, a cynical ex-assassin, and Hadrian Blackwater, an idealistic ex-mercenary, are a pair of rogues-for-hire known as Riyria (its elvish for two). This duo makes a living taking nefarious jobs for conspiring nobles. Doing so usually involves stealing something, but when a young heiress asks them to steal her . . . well, that is a first for the pair.

Le jour, il incarnait Alex P. Keaton, ado conservateur et sarcastique de la sitcom culte Sacrée Famille. La nuit, il devenait Marty McFly, héros d'une aventure de science-fiction appelée à marquer des générations entières : Retour vers le futur. Entre deux tournages, Fox traversait Los Angeles comme s'il franchissait une faille temporelle, passant d'un rôle à l'autre, inventant sans le savoir un morceau de légende. Future Boy nous plonge au cœur de ces mois frénétiques où la télévision et le cinéma se sont rencontrés pour donner naissance à l'un des plus grands phénomènes de la culture pop.