Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

Issue de la bourgeoisie, Emma Bovary est élevée dans un couvent, où elle fera son "éducation sentimentale" en lisant les œuvres romantiques à la mode. Son mari, Charles Bovary, ne ressemble en rien aux amants mystérieux et délicats de ses lectures : c'est un officier de santé qui exerce dans un village normand où Emma, confrontée à la réalité de la vie quotidienne, va peu à peu perdre pied.

Há séculos os sete grandes reinos de Westeros se enfrentam em amargas disputas, batalhas e traições. Agora, com Joffrey Baratheon e Robb Stark fora da jogada e lordes insignificantes competindo pelas Ilhas de Ferro, a guerra que devorou o continente parece ter finalmente chegado ao fim. No entanto, como após todo grande conflito, não demora para que os sobreviventes, os bandidos, os renegados e os carniceiros avancem para disputar o espólio dos mortos.

I fell for the villain. It happened back when I was a clueless girl. But he ruthlessly broke my heart and trapped it in a jar. Since then, I’ve sworn to hate him to the end of my days. Eli King might be a savage devil, but I’m out of his way. And league. That is until I wake up in a hospital and find him holding my hand. He tells me the words that change my life forever.

From New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Freida McFadden comes the next installment of the unbelievably twisty, tension-packed and globally bestselling Housemaid series. This book can be enjoyed as a standalone listen: and once you start, it will have you up all night until the final explosive twist.

In einem Café mitten im Nirgendwo wird John mit 3 Sinnfragen konfrontiert. "Die Möwe Jonathan für das neue Jahrtausend." Ein kleines Café mitten im Nirgendwo wird zum Wendepunkt im Leben von John, einem Werbemanager, der stets in Eile ist. Eigentlich will er nur kurz Rast machen, doch dann entdeckt er auf der Speisekarte neben dem Menü des Tages drei Fragen: "Warum bist du hier? Hast du Angst vor dem Tod? Führst du ein erfülltes Leben?" Wie seltsam - doch einmal neugierig geworden, will John mithilfe des Kochs, der Bedienung und eines Gastes dieses Geheimnis ergründen.

Bast é um Encantado, vindo do reino das fadas, e uma de suas maiores habilidades é fazer acordos. Vê-lo negociar é como observar um artista em ação. Embora não se importe com as leis dos homens, ele é obrigado a seguir leis mais antigas e profundas e acaba caindo numa armadilha. Apesar de sua inteligência e cautela, Bast se vê forçado a escolher entre dois caminhos: trair a confiança de seu mestre ou ajudar um inimigo detestável.

Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbeck’s dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1937-1938 and has featured a number of actors who have played the iconic roles of George and Lennie on stage and film, including James Earl Jones, John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.

After a long and gruelling conflict, the traitors at last close upon Terra. But time is dwindling for an attack. Both Guilliman and the Lion are returning with all haste, and their armies could turn the tide. The hosts of the Warmaster must unite, for only then can they attack the Throneworld itself. While Mortarion is sent on ahead as the fleet’s vanguard, it falls to Lorgar and Perturabo to marshal Fulgrim and Angron, both now elevated to daemonhood and perhaps beyond even the will of the Warmaster to command.

Simon Greene tinha uma família perfeita. Até perder a filha mais velha para as drogas. Depois de receber todo o apoio necessário na luta contra o vício, Paige desapareceu com o namorado abusivo, sem deixar vestígio. Um dia, ele a reencontra no Central Park, em Nova York, tocando violão por uns trocados. Ela parece outra pessoa: está fora de si, assustada e claramente em perigo. Quando Simon vai falar com ela e lhe implorar que volte para casa, Paige foge mais uma vez. Então ele faz o que qualquer pai faria: vai atrás dela e acaba entrando em um mundo sombrio e perigoso.

The animals of Manor Farm are in the midst of a revolution. Overworked and mistreated, they set themselves against Mr Jones and with flaming idealism and stirring slogans they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice and equality; only to find that revolution isn’t always so simple.

It has been three years since the wars against Arminius and the Cherusci. Gaius Silius, legate of the 20th Legion, is concerned that the barbarians - though shattered by the war - may be stirring once again. He also seeks to confirm the rumors regarding Arminius' death. What Silius does not realize is that there is a new threat to the empire, but it does not come from beyond the frontier; it is coming from within, where a disenchanted nobleman looks to sow the seeds of rebellion in Gaul.

At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boulevards, the grand hotels, the cafes abuzz with conversation. The street kids still play on the two great bridges that divide the city, and the smart set still venture down to the Morgue Ship for an evening's entertainment. Yet it only takes a spark to ignite a revolution.

"Quando você quer alguma coisa, todo o Universo conspira para que você realize seu desejo." De tempos em tempos, surge um audiolivro que muda para sempre a vida de seus leitores. "O Alquimista" é um deles. Com mais de 85 milhões de exemplares vendidos no mundo inteiro, o mais famoso título de Paulo Coelho já se estabeleceu como um clássico moderno, atemporal e universal. Mais de 25 anos após seu lançamento, segue fascinando públicos cada vez maiores, de diferentes gerações.

Waterstone's book of the year. Colum McCann once called Stoner one of the great forgotten novels of the past century, but it seems it is forgotten no longer - in 2013, translations of Stoner began appearing on best-seller lists across Europe. William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at 19 to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman.

When I started my first year of college, I had one goal in mind and it had nothing to do with school. I wanted to earn a spot on the U.S. National Water Polo Team. I never imagined that my new coach would be someone I looked up to. Someone whose entire career I meticulously followed... and someone I had a misguided crush on. The first moment I lock eyes with Fallon Harris is the moment everything changed. The Olympics weren’t the only thing on my mind anymore. He doesn't feel the same because everything that comes out of his mouth is anything but admiration.

For fifty years, Abe and Jane have been coming to Central Park, as starry-eyed young lovers, as frustrated and exhausted parents, as artists watching their careers take flight. They came alone when they needed to get away from each other, and together when they had something important to discuss. The Park has been their witness for half a century of love. Until now. Jane is dying, and Abe is recounting their life together as a way of keeping them going: the parts they knew.

From the sumptuous private drawing rooms of 18th-century Paris to the decadent estates and chateaus of the French countryside, La Marquise de Merteuil and Le Vicomte de Valmont hatch a long-distance plan of vengeance and seduction. Valmont is determined to conquer the famously pious Madame de Tourvel, whose husband is abroad on business. However, Merteuil has other plans.

What started out as a strange assignment leads to one of the most gruesome murder mysteries of our time, and my friends and I are set and determined to find out who is killing off Fae and Witches alike. Couple of problems in the way - I hate the Fae, and the Prince of the Dark Fae is bound and determined that I work for him. He’s a rude, overbearing, egotistical ass with a compulsive need to possess, dominate, and control me. Oh - did I mention that he is absolutely sex-on-a-stick gorgeous and he makes me feel things that I never ever wanted to feel for a Fae....

Depois de perder o pai e ficar sabendo que o irmão Thomas foi ferido durante uma batalha, Cecilia Harcourt tem duas opções: se mudar para a casa de uma tia ou se casar com um vigarista. Para fugir desses destinos, ela cruza o Atlântico, determinada a cuidar do irmão. Após uma semana sem conseguir localizá-lo, ela encontra o melhor amigo dele, Edward Rokesby, inconsciente e precisando desesperadamente de cuidados. Mas, para permanecer a seu lado, Cecilia precisa contar uma pequena mentira....

Frio é a história de Vila, um homem em busca do pai, inseguro e despreparado para o desafio com o qual se defronta. De volta à sombria Cidadezinha, cenário de sua infância, ele quer saber o que aconteceu com seu pai, mas se vê perturbado por sonhos e lembranças que o afundam em um torpor paralisante.