Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

This masterful reimagination of the Bible from the Devil's perspective is a triumph of religious fantasy that will keep you laughing as it makes off with your heart. Snarky narrator, Archangel Gabriel, takes you on an epic journey interwoven with science fiction, romance, betrayal, and redemption. Meet Nick, a talented but disruptive archangel who likes to push boundaries and question rules, including those laid down by God.

Jonas Heidbrink, ein Erfolgsmensch. Schon vor dem dreißigsten hat er sein Start-up versilbert; arbeiten muss er sein Leben lang nicht mehr. Aber es geht Heidbrink nicht gut, überhaupt nicht. Und so fährt er eines kalten Januartages los Richtung Osten, in die mecklenburgische Einöde, wo inmitten von Sümpfen ein schlossartiger Bau emporragt: das Sanatorium. Alles ausgesprochen nobel, aber eben doch: Klinik, für Menschen mit dem einen oder anderen Knacks.

The land of Tic-Tac-Toe is to the left of your vision it is always there yet if you blink you will miss it. Fortunately I have had a bump on the head, a prerequisite for multiple journeys to this mixed up gibberish of a place. Our hero Squelch is of good and nearly good stock, the unlikely outcome of a union between a well known stolen racehorse and that woman with all the snakes on her head.

The duck is over.

Benito Pérez Galdós, autor de una vasta e importante obra literaria en la que destacan los Episodios Nacionales, quien nos entrega un cuento tragicómico de un donjuán, quizá más en su imaginación que en la realidad. El relato, narrado en primera persona, narra las malandanzas del donjuán de turno, que cae hechizado bajo el influjo de una hermosa dama. Se supone que don Juan sabe siempre lo que hay que hacer para enamorar a una mujer, ¿verdad? Bueno, tal vez no siempre.

Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect Victorian governess. She’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But the longer Winifred spends within the estate’s dreary confines and the more she learns of the perversions and pathetic preoccupations of the Pounds family, the more trouble she has sticking to her plan.

Vince Locker's life is tragic. His comedy act for the LaughCom competition has just bombed, ruining any chance of the cash prize he desperately needed. His life is in tatters; abandoned by his father as a child, an estranged wife, Jessica, who he seems to disappoint just by his mere existence, and living in his mother's house with his bipolar brother and facing foreclosure. As he stands on Smith Avenue Bridge, suicide seems the only option until he is unexpectedly rescued by an old school mortician named Truss. Vince meets another of Truss's rescues, Winona.

Фараон и хорал — рассказ, написанный американским прозаиком XIX века О. Генри (англ. O. Henry, 1862–1910). Сопи — профессиональный нью-йоркский нищий. Главной целью его жизни становится Остров, где узников содержат в исключительно комфортных условиях. Другими известными произведениями автора являются новеллы: "Алое платье", "Калиф и хам", "Момент победы", "На чердаке", "Так живут люди", "Тысяча долларов", "Брильянт богини Кали" и "Последний трубадур".

Вождь краснокожих — один из самых популярных рассказов известного американского писателя О. Генри (англ. O. Henry, 1862–1910). Сэм и Билл Дрисколл даже не догадываются, к каким последствиям может привести похищение сына Эбенезера Дорсета, эсквайра. Писатель также прославился благодаря рассказам "Фараон и хорал", "Сыщики", "Момент победы", "Закон и порядок", "День, который мы празднуем", "Тысяча долларов", "Багдадская птица" и "Орден золотого колечка".

Devil’s Point, New York. Mettie Eastey loved coming from a long line of evildoers. But the senior year student is left reeling when she learns she doesn’t share her tiny Satanic town’s bloodline, destroying her relationship with her grandmother. And she can’t help thinking something’s a bit off when she chases off bullies… and the next day the taunting boys show up stone cold dead.

A dazzling and sweeping new novel from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry!

Dive into the cheesy and hilarious world of "Who Moved My Nachos?" where four unlikely heroes—NachoNinja, Chipster, SalsaSage, and QuesoQuixote—embark on a flavorful journey through Nacholandia. In this whimsical tale filled with crunchy adventures and melty wisdom, listeners discover that life's challenges can be as satisfying as a perfectly topped nacho.

Fancy a trip back in time to 1981? Then join Nick Taylor as he gets the opportunity of a lifetime to relive a whole year of his life. 1981 wasn't a year Nick remembered fondly. His mother was killed in a plane crash, his father ran off with the babysitter, and he was sent to possibly the most horrible school in the world. 2020 ends on a similar note when that babysitter, now his stepmother, can't be bothered to tell him his father is dying until it is too late and then promptly disinherits him.

May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when she—and everyone else in the shop—receives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotation—and seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead. Meanwhile, May’s elderly mother Minty is staying with her, her old friend Fletcher, and her two dogs. To her dismay, Minty is quite preoccupied with death. She also keeps reminiscing about her past in ways that make May wonder what secrets she’s hiding.

When Bobbie and Grayson go on the hunt for the legendary Florida Skunk Ape, there’s more than one tangled mystery afoot. Grayson, the man Bobbie’s hung her life and career on, is every bit as evasive as the creature they’re tracking. At the start of their investigation, a colossally bad judgement call leaves Bobbie wondering just exactly who—or what—the elusive being is.

The continuing outlandish adventures of mediocre music journalist turned accidental space adventurer, Derek Christian, and his friends now aboard the Napoo Starship, the VHS Betamax. Many questions will be raised although the answers will no doubt be sparse. The universe will most likely have to be saved again, but can it be done in time for tea?

What if your life was suddenly over and it wasn't even meant to happen? From the moment Benjamin May is hit by a school bus that appears from nowhere he senses something is amiss. When that same bus turns out to be driven by a Reaper who resembles the front of a heavy metal album things get considerably stranger.

BALLOON ANIMALS is a pilgrimage and road-trip of unusual dimensions. Follow me, Jonny Rowe, on a wild goose chase from Ireland to the USA with my American grandfather's remains in my red birthday balloon. I use 'remains' in the loosest sense of the word: my grandfather, 45, puffed his last breaths of air into my birthday balloon before suffering a massive heart attack right there at my birthday party which becomes his deathday party.

Julian ‘Jilly’ Tetanich is a retired mafia contract killer who now owns a Pittsburgh bar full of colorful characters and whose best friend happens to be a slightly lapsed fantasy football-loving Catholic priest. When rogue Archangel Uriel descends from above with his God Squad sidekicks, they try to enlist Jilly to perform one more hit and save his immortal soul. All Hell breaks loose as the forces of good and evil prepare for this comedic showdown. Jilly will have to decide whether he should stick to his guns or dust them off one last time.

A group of friends record their wild parties for laughs, then stumble upon a passion for filmmaking, transforming playful chaos into a profitable side hustle and navigating the unexpected challenges of fame, talent, and friendship.