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Num país indeterminado decorre, com toda a normalidade, um processo eleitoral. No final do dia, contados os votos, verifica-se que na capital cerca de 70% dos eleitores votaram branco. Repetidas as eleições no domingo seguinte, o número de votos brancos ultrapassa os 80%. Receoso e desconfiado, o go
Tertuliano Máximo Afonso, professor de História no ensino secundário, «vive só e aborrece-se», «esteve casado e não se lembra do que o levou ao matrimónio, divorciou-se e agora não quer nem lembrar-se dos motivos por que se separou», à cadeira de História «vê-a ele desde há muito tempo como uma fadi
The world's threats are universal like the sun but Ricardo Reis takes shelter under his own shadow. Back in Lisbon after sixteen years practicing medicine in Brazil, Ricardo Reis wanders the rain-sodden streets. He longs for the unattainably aristocratic Marcenda, but it is Lydia, the hotel chambe
«Um homem fica cego, inexplicavelmente, quando se encontra no seu carro no meio do trânsito. A cegueira alastra como «um rastilho de pólvora». Uma cegueira colectiva. Romance contundente. Saramago a ver mais longe. Personagens sem nome. Um mundo com as contradições da espécie humana. Não se situa em
Le titre de ce livre est très trompeur. Il ne s'agit pas d'un manuel fait de conseils pratiques pour la peinture et la calligraphie, mais bel et bien d'un roman, publié en 1983, dont les premières pages semblent presque banales : un peintre doit faire le portrait du patron d'une grande entreprise. C
Senhor José is a low-grade clerk in the city's Central Registry, where the living and the dead share the same shelf space. A middle-aged bachelor, he has no interest in anything beyond the certificates of birth, marriage, divorce, and death that are his daily routine. But one day, when he comes acro
Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noises in his apartment, he goes into the living room to find that the VCR is r
**Manual de pintura y caligrafía es una reflexión sobre el arte y sobre la escritura.** Pintor mediocre, dolorosamente consciente de sus imitaciones, H. recurre a las páginas de un diario como medio para comprender sus debilidades estéticas y para comprenderse a sí mismo, cuando acepta el encargo
On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if th
A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealing food rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to this nightmare who guides seven strangers-among
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After being reported as dead in a German POW camp, Jack Chesley returns to L.A. in 1947 very much alive, only to discover that his wife is dead--and her twin sister insists that it wasn't an accident like the cops said. They set out to find her killer, a journey that takes them from the boozy back c
Numa manhã de votação que parecia como todas as outras, na capital de um país imaginário, os funcionários de uma das seções eleitorais se deparam com uma situação insólita, que mais tarde, durante as apurações, se confirmaria de maneira espantosa. Aquele não seria um pleito como tantos outros, com a
He came back to kill a tyrant. He found the Devil instead. An amazing historical novel with a supernatural twist set after the English Civil War. This is the stunning debut from Clifford Beal. He came back to kill a tyrant. He found the Devil instead. 1653: The long and bloody English Civi
I married my fake fiancé and now… I want a divorce. I’ve known Mason since we were kids and next-door neighbors. Back when I was more interested in his brother. Scandalous, I know. All of that is in the past. The only thing that matters now is my dying father’s last wish. His dream is to wal
A rogue attack. A shocking kidnapping. A surprise fated mate. Joshua, the Crown Prince and Captain of the Guards, doesn’t want to fall in love, but fate has other plans for him… so do rogue wolf shifters. Leah enjoys the time she spends with her longtime friend and fiercest confidante, but when ti
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Doktor med. Johann Dolittle, der vor langen Jahren in Puddleby in England lebte, hatte sein Herz den Tieren geschenkt, und deshalb folgte er dem Ruf der Schwalbe nach Afrika, wo die Affen schwer erkrankt waren, nur zu gern. Mit Hilfe von Dab-Dab, der Ente, und Göb-Göb, dem Schwein, und vielen andere
In the city of Quafin, Emilie Hartford will find danger…and love I always knew that being a cop would be dangerous. Long nights, unknown threats, and the constant rush that any hesitation to act could very well mean death. But I lived for that. I loved the rush. And nowhere was more dangerous than
The blood moon rising changed everything… Katie hated her life. Working for her supermodel sister was about as much fun as eating rocks. But when doing the right thing leads to losing everything, Katie does the logical thing… she gets wasted on the beach. And then the blood moon rose. Memories, t
The mysteries and adventure are back and bigger than ever in the second book in the Menagerie trilogy! With the magic of Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven and the charm and humor of Carl Hiaasen, *The Menagerie #2: Dragon on Trial* is perfect for young readers who love myths, fairy tales, and magical creatu
One night of passion will bind them for a lifetime… Their first marriage was a disaster. Cold-hearted billionaire Massimo Montebello needed Alessia as his bride to complete a valuable merger, but that was never enough for love-struck Alessia. She had no choice but to leave him. Five years later, an
She’s a travel writer whose next assignment lands her in the middle of nowhere with snow, ice, and storms, when all she wanted was to sit on a beach drinking pina coladas. He’s ready to take over his uncle’s company, but first he’s got to work as a travel writer to prove himself, but he doesn’t have
Preorder the long-awaited sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning Thomas Cromwell trilogy. 'If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak it?' England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a