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I Who Have Never Known Men - Discover The Haunting, Heart-Breaking Post-Apocalyptic Tale

by Jacqueline Harpman

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 Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy. Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl—the fortieth prisoner—sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929, and fled to Casablanca with her family during WWII. Informed by her background as a psychoanalyst and her youth in exile, I Who Have Never Known Men is a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel of female friendship and intimacy, and the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of devastation. Back in print for the first time since 1997, Harpman’s modern classic is an important addition to the growing canon of feminist speculative literature.

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Arquiteto Ernesto Korrodi | Architect Ernesto Korrodi - Vi(n)da e obra | Life and Work

by José Manuel Teixeira

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 Ernesto Korrodi, arquiteto suíço, deixou marcas indeléveis por todo o País, particularmente em Leiria, cidade onde se radicou e faleceu a três de fevereiro de 1944. Ficou para a História como o mais português dos arquitetos estrangeiros que contribuíram para o enriquecimento do património edificado nacional.

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A Reconectar | Reconnecting - Poemas da natureza | Poems from nature

by Belinda Raitt

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 «Mostrar-te-ei todo um universo minúsculo a teus pés, Um mundo inteiro nos teus olhos. Mostrar-te-ei a tua história à medida que ela se desenrola. Se escolheres contar-me a tua história, Eu pegarei na tua mão e mostrar-te-ei, Mostrar-te-ei tu próprio.» Se perdeu o sua conexão consigo próprio, e está a procurar mais significado na vida, mergulhar na natureza o ajuda a entender o universo ao seu redor, e também dentro de si. Passar o tempo a refletir na natureza permitiu a Belinda a reconectar consigo mesmo e a reacender a sua criatividade, e esta coleção de poemas é a expressão de como ela entende o universo, com todos os seus sentidos. Talvez eles também o inspirem a passar mais tempo na natureza e a ouvir a música da sua própria alma. «I’ll show you a whole tiny universe at your feet, A whole wide world in your eyes. I’ll show you your story as it unfolds. If you choose to tell me your story, I’ll take your hand and I’ll show you, I’ll show you yourself.» If you have lost your connection with yourself and are searching for more meaning in life, immersing yourself in nature helps you to make sense of the universe around (and within) you. Spending time reflecting in nature has allowed Belinda to reconnect with herself and reignite her creativity, and this collection of poems is the expression of how she perceives the universe, with all her senses. Perhaps they will inspire you too, to spend more time in nature and listen to the music of your own soul.
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The Ministry For The Future

by Kim Stanley Robinson

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 Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his top reads of 2020, this visionary novel from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Kim Stanley Robinson is a gripping exploration of climate change, technology, politics and the human behaviours that drive these forces.

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The Forester's Daughter - Faber Stories

by Claire Keegan

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 *From the Booker-shortlisted author of Small Things Like These* Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. The evening is fine. In the sky a few early stars are shining of their own accord. She watches the dog licking the bowl clean. This dog will break her daughter’s heart, she’s sure of it. Claire Keegan’s mesmeric story takes us into the heart of the Wicklow countryside, and of the farming family of Victor Deegan, with his ‘three teenagers, the milking and the mortgage’. When Deegan finds a gun dog and gives it as a present to his only daughter, his wife is filled with foreboding at this seeming act of kindness. As the seasons pass, long-buried family secrets threaten to emerge. Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.
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The Civil War - Together With The Alexandrian War, The African War, And The Spanish War

by Julius Caesar

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 A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his life with immediacy and power. "The Civil War" is a tense and gripping depiction of his struggle with Pompey over the leadership of Republican Rome - a conflict that spanned the entire Roman world.
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The Portable Atheist - Essential Readings For The Nonbeliever

by Christopher Hitchens

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 Christopher Hitchens's personally curated New York Times bestselling anthology of the most influential and important writings on atheism, including original pieces by Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwan
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The Death And Life Of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs

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 In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed.
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The Mammoth Book Of Celtic Myths And Legends

by Peter Ellis

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 From all six Celtic cultures - Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx and Breton - Ellis has included popular myths and legends, as well as bringing to light exciting tales which have been lying in manuscript form, translated and unknown to the modern general reader.
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Down And Out In Paris And London

by George Orwell

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 Deals with the underworld of society. In this book, the author documents a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor - sleeping in bug-infested hostels and doss houses of last resort, working as a dishwasher in Paris' vile 'Hotel X', surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps, a star-gazing pavement artist and more.
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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon

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 Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, this title provides a selection and bridging commentary that enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the author's work.
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Primary Words

by Ivolpichella

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 How does it feel to endure everything you said you wouldn't and most importantly what does it actually say about you? Don't Answer. I'm talking to myself. How come you're still in the same situation you said you'd be damned if you every caught yourself up in? Don't reflect. Although you should. You meditate, pray, exercise, drink, smoke, maybe go out every night or stay all day at home looking at your phone, just to avoid yourself. How's that working out for you? Don't worry. The grass isn't always greener on the other side, it gets greener when you water it. Water yourself.
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Jesse, A Ruthless Sheriff

by Joaquim Caioã

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 The author, who is truly curious about what goes on and went on in the world, decided to call on his memories from his youth, when there was a constant call for literature and movies about the adventures that took place in the American Wild West, and fulfilled his dream of writing about that time that fascinated him so much. The author took for granted that other young people of his time, lived the same dreams and the present work was also for them to be able to fulfill their dreams and feed their memories. The author has chosen a town for his narrative, a town that exists in official Ghost Town status; a mining town, whose silver mines made many people rich and gave rise to many adventures. In the narrative there is no shortage of cowboys, bandits, adventurers, gamblers, harlots, and the sheriff and his deputies who carried out the thorny mission of enforcing the law and safety in their jurisdiction. The work will have many flaws and inaccuracies, but, even so, it was only possible to make it with a lot of research and a trip - albeit virtual - to the United States of America, more specifically to the State of California, the region where the most iconic adventures of the Old Wild West took place. Any comments, criticisms, corrections, or requests can be made to: Alvaroluis1943@gmail.com
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The Factory

by Hiroko (New Directions) Oyamada

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 The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamadaâ€"one of the mostpowerfully strange young voices in Japan
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The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft - Beyond Arkham

by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

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 With the much-anticipated follow-up to his â€œOlympian landmark of modern gothic literatureâ€ (Harlan Ellison), Leslie Klinger completes his tour-de-force annotation of H.P. Lovecraftâ€™s canon of weird fiction.
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Concrete

by Thomas Bernhard

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 LRB BOOKSHOP'S AUTHOR OF THE MONTH ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY MICHAEL HOFMANN'If you haven't read Bernhard, you will not know of the most radical advance in fiction since Joyce ...
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Slow Regard Of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss; Illustration: Nate Taylor

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 Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place.Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries."The Slow Regard of Silent Things" is a brief, bittersweet glimpse of Auri s life, a small adventure all her own. At once joyous and haunting, this story offers a chance to see the world through Auri s eyes. And it gives the reader a chance to learn things that only Auri knows....In this book, Patrick Rothfuss brings us into the world of one of "The Kingkiller Chronicle" s most enigmatic characters. Full of secrets and mysteries, "The Slow Regard of Silent Things" is the story of a broken girl trying to live in a broken world."
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The Penguin Book Of The British Short Story: 2 - From P.G. Wodehouse To Zadie Smith

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 'Eclectic, entertaining ...almost all British, if not human, life is here' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'Mind-stretching, heart-breaking, beautifully-crafted fiction' Claire Harman, Evening Standard 'She would tear the house down - shatter the windows, slash the furniture, flood the baths, fire the curtains!' Hilarious, exuberant, surreal, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular and above all unexpected: this extraordinary selection celebrates the British short story from the 1920s to the present day. From Angela Carter to V. S. Pritchett, Elizabeth Taylor to J. G. Ballard, Ali Smith to a host of little-known works from magazines and periodicals, and including tales of air-raids, phone sex, snobbery, modern-day slavery, grief, desire, the familiar and the strange, here is the short story in all its limitless possibilities. Edited and with an introduction by Philip Hensher, the award-winning novelist, critic and journalist.
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The New Penguin Book Of American Short Stories, From Washington Irving To Lydia Davis

by Kasia Boddy

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 The short story is one of the most varied genres in American literature. This title brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a diverse cast of characters, including convicts, artists, farm labourers, slaves, soldiers and salesmen, witches and ghosts, families and lovers.
La Dama Boba

by Lope De Vega

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 La dama boba relata la historia de Finea, una niña rica que se niega a madurar. Todos a su alrededor la creen tonta. Sin embargo, un día, la supuesta dama boba se enamora de Lorenzo y entonces pone de manifiesto toda su cordura y su sensatez. En esta obra, Lope intenta escenificar una idea filosófica neoplatónica: el amor que educa y refina a las personas. La dama boba pone de manifiesto el papel de la mujer en la sociedad y las dificultades que tiene para seguir el camino que ella ha elegido; lo cual la vuelve, a pesar del tiempo, increíblemente actual. Aquí Lope de Vega usa la simplicidad para explorar el tema del amor en sus diferentes facetas, pero simplificando los tipos de personajes y utilizando solo los imprescindibles. Por ejemplo, no habla de otras mujeres que no sean las hermanas y sus respectivas criadas.Respecto a los hombres, solo incluye a los pretendientes y a un criado por cada uno. A través de cada personaje trata un aspecto diferente del amor.Cabe finalmente destacar también en esta obra la irónica alusión a Juan Latino.
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Shooting An Elephant - And Other Essays

by George Orwell

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 An account of author's experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. This title features essays such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys', his memoir of the horrors of public school, and more.
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Blithe Spirit

by Noel Coward

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 Written in 1941 this book remians the longest-running comedy in the history of the British theatre for three decades.
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Handke Plays: 1 - Offending The Audience;My Foot My Tutor;Self Accusation;Kaspar;Lake Constance;They Are Dying Out

by Peter Handke

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 This volume contains Handke's work from the 1970s. It includes "Kaspar", in which the playwright explores the power of language as a means of oppression - a means of creating artificial uniformity by teaching people to comprehend the world only in terms of the speech patterns they are given.
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Statecraft 3.0 - The Age of AI Diplomacy

by Rui Pedro Duarte

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 In a world accelerating beyond the grasp of traditional governance, diplomacy must evolve or dissolve. Statecraft 3.0 is a bold reimagination of global governance for an AIternative era. Rui Duarte, a former parliamentarian turned AI thinker, takes readers on a journey through the crumbling pillars of 20th-century diplomacy into the quantum protocols of tomorrow. From Geneva’s algorithmic negotiations to the rise of autonomous policy agents, this book offers a sweeping, deeply original framework for how nations, corporations, and decentralized actors can negotiate the future not just for power, but for purpose. More than a forecast, this is a call to reboot the global operating system where protocol is code, peace is real-time, and diplomacy thinks at machine speed.
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