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Publicado em 1872, «Os Possessos» é um romance de cariz político inspirado na história verdadeira de um assassinato que chocou a Rússia. Em 1869, um grupo de reformadores liberais, mais conhecidos por niilistas, assassinou um elemento do seu próprio grupo no meio de uma conspiração contra o czar. Dostoiévski parte do assassinato e do julgamento que se lhe seguiu para construir a sua obra, que funciona também como um manifesto contra a ideologia...
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"It's everything you want from a thriller-and then some. Hugely enjoyable." -Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author
They say the camera never lies. But on this show, you can't trust anything you see.
Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for.
Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed...
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The story of a Boston heiress who wishes for nothing-except happiness-by a New York Times–bestselling author who "never falters when it comes to storytelling" (Publishers Weekly).
Caroline Ames is rich beyond imagining. But after a childhood with a cold, rejecting father, she is irrationally terrified of poverty, seething with hostility, and incapable of giving or receiving love. Those who cross her path tend to find themselves at the very least...
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"There is something special about the relationship we all have with our mothers . . . "
Meet Pat McNab, forty-five years old, and about to embark on a homicidal rampage sparked by matricide. Or is he?
Pat spent endless hours chain-smoking and propping up the counter of Sullivan's Select Bar (not that Mrs. McNab knew anything about it-she and Timmy the barman didn't get along at all) or sitting on his mother's knee singing away together like some...
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BLACK OPS: The shadow wars; the down-and-dirty work of CIA/Special Operations ...
On the eve of a groundbreaking U.S.–China summit, a covert CIA black ops team assigned to bug a Chinese nuclear test site is captured by Islamic terrorists. An explosive situation goes from bad to catastrophic when the terrorists ambush a Chinese army convoy, highjack a highly unstable nuclear device ... and arm it. On orders from the President, Major Michael Ritzik,...
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Reserved theatre nerd, Heather Walsh, navigates high school life from the social fringes. The same place where she watched her family move about their busy lives without her. From the bottom of the totem pole, Heather understood her place in life. Maintain the impossibly high standards set by her perfect older brother. Stay quiet. Be what is expected. And never poison the well.
Three days after Heather Walsh turns fifteen, she finds herself in...
7) Albatross
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Cássio's last memory is of laughter and clinking glasses, and a Halloween party that should've ended with the rising sun. But instead of waking in his own bed, he finds himself in a reality that's constantly shifting-buildings morphing, faces changing, time bending, yet he has no idea how he came to be here. Nothing is as it should be as reality is ever-changing. The only constant is Bakath. A mysterious being who appears to be more than what it...
8) Awoken
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The world was left in tears,wonder, and mystery, just waiting to be explored,heart and minds unimaginable thoughts and wonders,allowing ourselves to think and feel twisted emotionsheart with words deeply mingles with our soul'slifelikereflection in those mirrors takes it allin watching ourselvesbleed embarked on a journey of self-discovery within our conscious mindstwisting and turningwith every step of the way, blindnessand feel reflecting our soul's...
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Peintre amateur, elle décide de copier l'autoportrait de Picasso. Une relation intense et passionnée naît de ce face-à-face avec le maître. « Je ne pensais pas qu'une telle relation pouvait naître d'un portrait. Je me trouve ridicule, mais j'accepte ce ridicule. J'étais certainement à la recherche de sensations nouvelles. Et il ne m'a pas été difficile de tomber dans le piège d'une relation amoureuse. Le besoin était là, l'occasion a...
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Christine Snow, a successful Chicago therapist, sets out to find her vanished lover, the sultry and elusive travel photographer Taylor Hayes. Forging a trail that leads into the heart of Morocco, Seven Moves tracks Christine's gradual recognition that no one can ever really know another's soul. Bearing Anshaw's trademark style -funny, hip, and laser-sharp -this is "a tightly told tale that resists the bookmark as well as any thriller" (Chicago Sun-Times)....
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An incisive reflection on identity and wealth, and a refreshing racial queer story of survival
All Things Seen and Unseen follows Alex Nguyen, an isolated, chronically ill university student in her early 20s. After a suicide attempt and subsequent lengthy hospitalization, she finds herself without a job, kicked out of campus housing, unable to afford school, and still struggling in the aftermath of a relationship's dissolution. Hope comes in the...
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Nicola Barker weaves humor and tragedy through this fresh and original collection, as her characters struggle to find love, independence, and fulfillment in this new addition to the Ecco Art of the Story series
Nicola Barker's collection of her nineteen most brilliant stories exemplifies her ability to create daring, witty, and dynamic characters, all their idiosyncracies intact. Barker's stories often use wordplay and humor to stretch the boundaries...
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Behind immaculate hedges, in a neighborhood where nothing can seemingly go wrong, wealthy housewives are turning up killed, with nothing to connect them. As Jessie digs deeper, something feels rotten with this perfect community, and she has a nagging sense that the answer may be hiding in plain sight....
"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery."
-Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)
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THE PERFECT ACCOMPLICE is...
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Une île en Méditerranée, trait d'union entre terre et ciel, lieu de l'exil et de tous les possibles. Certains natifs de génération en génération, perpétuent les traditions, les autres choisissent la liberté. Parallèlement, une autre île lointaine, parmi des milliers en jeux de miroirs éclatés, révèle la fragilité de l'existence. Vanina quelques décennies plus tt décidera de fuir l'héritage mortifère, tandis que Kimiko aujourd'hui...
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Éva, sa famille et leurs plus proches amis sont de plus en plus cernés par des signes répétés qui laissent planer un soupçon de corruption, à la suite du crime d'un des leurs. Pour dénoncer cette situation de manière efficace, ils comprennent qu'il est impératif de disposer de preuves tangibles afin d'éviter de propager des rumeurs infondées et des préjugés. Y aurait-il une part de vérité derrière chaque rumeur ? Chacune et chacun...
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What does a boy do when his imaginary friends never die? Olly Frampton fights back his parting tears. It's all his fault. He stares at his mother's tear-streaked face in the rearview mirror, terrified she will careen off the mountain in the storm. Suddenly, she gasps and breaks. Police lights glare off the windshield. An officer in a yellow slicker waves them past an overturned car. The rain-swept highway glistens red and blue with shattered glass....
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Trois condisciples d'université aux parcours de vies très contrastés se retrouvent mêlés, quelques dizaines d'années plus tard, à l'assassinat d'une danseuse dans un bar à entraîneuses bruxellois, le Medusa.
Quels sont les liens entre Edgard Brandt, un célèbre et richissime avocat pénaliste, Grabowski, le patron pervers de la boîte de nuit et Antoine Maudet, un auteur en mal de succès ?
À la veille de sa mort, Brandt confie à Maudet...
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Après avoir émergé sur un canapé avec une sensation de lourdeur dans la tête, il jette un coup d'œil à sa montre et constate qu'il est dix heures. Désorienté, il ne sait ni o il se trouve ni ce qu'il a fait la veille. Observant son environnement, il remarque que tout est soigneusement rangé et propre, écartant ainsi la possibilité d'une fête dans la maison o il se trouve. Perplexe, il explore l'étage à la recherche d'indices, en vain....
19) Angels Weep
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A serial killer's daughter uncovers a disturbingly familiar pattern of murder in the New York Times bestselling author's medical thriller.
Morgan Ames never expected to survive, when she threw herself and her serial killer father off a cliff. She was fine with that-as long as it stopped his killing spree. But, after waking up from a coma, she finds herself in a nightmare worse than her father's sadistic tortures, she's trapped in the Pediatric unit...
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Nous irons nous promener dans les champs, un épi de blé tendre en bouche. Nous parlerons de nos échecs et de nos entraves. Nous parlerons de notre passion. Tu souffleras sur nos serrures. Elles partiront en fumée, dans une légère brise de feu que nous happerons de nos mains. Les flammes s'écarteront à chacun de nos brassages pour se refermer aussitt. Nous coudrons ton feu au mien et nos cicatrices disparaîtront. Des gardiens lumineux dispersent...
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