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Inez Victor knows that the major casualty of the political life is memory. But the people around Inez have made careers out of losing track. Her senator husband wants to forget the failure of his last bid for the presidency. Her husband's handler would like the press to forget that Inez's father is a murderer. And, in 1975, the year in which much of this bitterly funny novel is set, America is doing its best to lose track of its one-time client, the lethally hemorrhaging republic of South Vietnam.

Darcy, a restless young artist, travels to the Soviet Union to visit his elusive half-sister, Fin. Upon his arrival in the depths of a bleak Moscow winter, Darcy is immediately embroiled in Fin's mysterious life there and also drawn to Moscow's forbidden underground, finding himself swept up in political and sexual intrigues of a nature he could never have imagined.

O Cortiço é um dos principais romances naturalistas brasileiros. O português João Romão, dono do cortiço, busca a ascensão social a todo custo, concorrendo com o dono do sobrado vizinho, Miranda. Se utilizando do trabalho duro da escrava fugida Bertoleza, o comerciante aluga mais casas em seu terreno, guardando cada centavo apenas para si. No cenário de uma habientação coletiva, Aluísio Azevedo adentra no cotidiano dos moradores dessas estalagens cariocas do século XIX, discutindo a influências das relações entre meio, raça e momento histórico na construção dessa sociedade.

As the lives of two characters intertwine around a single defining event, a series of utterly chilling experiences is revealed, sparking a nail-biting race to find the truth...and justice. A riveting, searing and devastatingly dark thriller, The Source is also a story about survival, about hopes and dreams, about power, abuse and resilience...an immense, tense and thought-provoking debut that you will never, ever forget.

Ever Montgomery suffered the ultimate betrayal by the one man who she should have been able to count on for anything. It has left her hurt, jaded, and incapable of forming relationships, but it also means that she can spot a liar a mile away. These traits are earning her a reputation as a reporter with a keen nose for a good story and a complete understanding of the extreme power of the written word.

Claymore Straker is a fugitive with a price on his head. He's wanted by the CIA for acts of terrorism he did not commit; his best friend has just been murdered; and Rania, the woman he loves, has disappeared. Betrayed by those closest to him, he must flee the sanctuary of his safe house in Cornwall and track her down.

Nick Woods is tired of waiting. America's greatest sniper has spent the better part of two years up in the mountains of Montana, waiting for the government to double-cross him and try to come get him. But what Nick doesn't know is that the Mexican government stands on the verge of complete collapse. A brilliant madman has united the drug cartels into a deadly alliance, and the Mexican president holds a perilous grip on power.

Historia de un amor imposible, Las batallas en el desierto es un magistral audiolibro que involucra otros aspectos como la corrupción social y política, el inicio del Mexico moderno y la desaparición del país tradicional, y el rescate de las memorias individuales y colectivas de una ciudad a la que José Emilio Pacheco ama profundamente, pero recrea sin nostalgia y denuncia de manera implacable.

Publicado em 1949, o texto de Orwell nasceu destinado à polêmica. Traduzido em mais de sessenta países, virou minissérie, filmes, quadrinhos, mangás e até uma ópera. Ganhou holofotes em 1999, quando uma produtora holandesa batizou seu reality show de Big Brother. 1984 foi responsável pela popularização de muitos termos e conceitos, como Grande Irmão, duplopensar, novidioma, e buraco da memória. O trabalho de Winston, o herói de 1984, é reescrever artigos de jornais do passado, de modo que o registro histórico sempre apoie a ideologia do Partido.

Roaming India in 1939 and the early 1940s, two flawed but extraordinary men latch onto each other with shocking consequences as each follows an ill-fated quest for “enlightenment.” Moses, a Polish Jew, is fleeing both the Nazis and his own failed marriage; Sahadeva, an itinerant Hindu monk, is trying to resolve his crisis of religious belief. Both men find themselves embroiled in hardship, shame, and chaos, stumbling into scandal and ultimately tragedy.

Giugno 1981: a Vermicino il piccolo Alfredo Rampi è incastrato in un pozzo artesiano. Diciotto ore di diretta televisiva raccontano la sua fine e lo trasformano in un'icona mediatica - Alfredino. L'Italia non lo dimenticherà più. È l'alba di una nuova nazione, pronta a varare il suo decennio più patinato e contraddittorio, gli anni Ottanta. Percossi dalla Storia che stravolgerà l'Italia stessa e il mondo - la P2, la caduta del Muro, Tangentopoli, le guerre di Bush, la crisi - si muovono i protagonisti di questo libro.

Fleeing her moribund marriage in Cape Town, Beth accepts a diplomatic posting to Shanghai. In this anonymous city, she hopes to lose herself in books, wine, and solitude, and to dodge whatever pangs of conscience she feels for her fealty to a South African regime that, by the 21st century, has betrayed its early promises.

Dr. Heather Reilly has been an anti-war activist since her brother died fighting the Taliban. But her crushing student loans drive her to take a job working on a peace plan for Afghanistan, in the last place on Earth she ever thought she'd be employed: the Pentagon. On her first day, however, her position is eliminated and she’s shuffled to a war-fighting office focused on combating Russian aggression. Making matters worse, she’s also working for Ariane Fletcher - a woman so terrifying, she eats generals for breakfast.

Nick Woods and his elite band of shooters from Shield, Safeguard, and Shelter (S3) deploy to Africa on their next mission to deal with an out-of-control terrorist group that now holds more than 20,000 square miles of land. This terrorist group, called the Boko Haram, has finally gotten the attention of America's leaders. Its tactics of abducting children and ruthlessly expanding its territory pose a threat to Nigeria and the countries surrounding it.

In September 1870 a train leaves Manchester bound for London. Onboard is Lizzie Burns, a poor worker from the Irish slums who is embarking on the journey that will change her forever. Sitting in the first-class carriage beside her lover, the wealthy mill owner Frederick Engels, the vision of a life of peace and comfort takes shape before her eyes: finally, at nearly 50, she is to be the lady of a house and the wife to a man. Perhaps now she can put the difficulties of the past behind her and be happy.

Ein kauziger älterer Herr, Geschichten über ein Land, das es nicht mehr gibt und die Frage, ob ein Leben eher durch Wahrheit oder durch Phantasie gelingt. Gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Anja Tsokos erzählt Bestsellerautor Michael Tsokos in dem Roman «Heinz Labensky – und seine Sicht auf die Dinge» von der ehemaligen DDR. Wir tauchen ein in das Leben des liebenswerten Einzelgängers Heinz Labensky und begeben uns auf eine verschmitze Reise durch die deutsch-deutsche Geschichte. Heinz Labensky hat auch nach der Wende den Osten Deutschlands nie verlassen und sitzt in einem Seniorenheim die Zeit ab.

Aim for Neutrality. We Need Better Sources. Anonymity is Fundamental. Keep Developing. The editors know these principles. The editors follow them every day—usually. The editors may not be recognized on the street, but they craft the information that is seen on nearly every internet search. Through Infopendium, a global, crowd-sourced internet encyclopedia, the editors influence the world. Freelance journalist Morgan Wentworth attends the Global Infopendium Conference in New York expecting a straightforward story to help pay the rent. But the so-called “pendium people” are full of surprises.

Dozens of start-up tech companies are forming each week, innovating at a breakneck pace and forcing change overnight, ready or not. In the blisteringly funny Obvious in Hindsight, the new technology in question is flying cars, and they’re coming to a crowded urban area near you. But before that happens, the slick and powerful political consultants campaigning to get the new tech adopted will have to manipulate political operatives to their advantage while overcoming fierce opposition from groups hostile to the idea.

Johannes Gottstein flieht 1796 nach New York. Der junge Pfarrer war zu freigeistig, wurde exkommuniziert. In den frisch gegründeten USA soll «John» eine Expedition des vermögenden Oliver Hancock begleiten, der das «American Incognitum» aufspüren will – ein Mammut in einem unzugänglichen Landstrich, dessen Entdeckung Reichtum, ja ewigen Ruhm verheißt. Dreizehn Männer ziehen los, ein bunter Haufen. Sie erleben Eisstürme, Überfälle, begegnen Natives. Die waghalsige Reise fordert bald ihre Opfer.

Somewhere in the United Kingdom, an eight year old boy is removed from his home in the middle of the night. He is a victim of an extraordinary experiment. In an attempt to reform society, the government has divided the population into four groups, each group representing a different personality type.