Global Literature

Oxford, England 1993. An awkward American grad student runs into a gorgeous English undergrad with her bicycle. She’s embarrassed. He’s intrigued. They go their separate ways, but neither forgets. Chicago, Illinois 2013. When Cress Taylor starts receiving anonymous threats, the successful novelist feels her world crashing down. Max Grant turns up at a book signing and wants to renew their fleeting acquaintance. Is the timing coincidental or suspicious? Should she fall into his arms or run like hell? Then the plagiarism accusations start.

After the disastrous events in the Kingdom of Androthe, the powerful Fusionist has arrived in another part of the world. Not only is he alone and unsure of where exactly he is, but now he has to navigate the strange Sealance Empire, paying off his debt toward its people that he incurred just after arriving. However, if he can journey across its expanse, he can finally return to the Kingdom where his family and friends he left behind are located.

In this Swedish folktale, a young boy longs for all the nice things other children have. An old woman tells the boy a secret for granting his wishes: sprinkling salt on a magpie’s tail. But, before the magpie will grant the boy’s wish, the bird has some strange requests of his own.

Time travel meets apocalyptic weather event in this eagerly awaited sequel to The Time Bubble! In 2029, Earth is facing a major climate catastrophe. An asteroid strike blankets the globe in dust and ash, blocking out the sunlight. Soon, temperatures begin to fall. As weather conditions worsen, the residents of a small market town in Southern England must make a decision - flee south or wait for the worst to pass. With power supplies failing and food scarce, survival is at stake as those with darker motives seek to take advantage of the situation.

Jolly Copper is one of the few people who know the world is on the brink of cataclysmic destruction.... not because he had any scientific knowledge or prophetic dreams, but because he is nosey and read what was on a fellow bus passenger's phone one day. He learns there will be an unprecedented series of natural disasters, and the expected grand finale disaster is predicted to be a tidal wave massive enough to swallow half the globe.

Learn about three powerful witches from mythology and literature—Circe, Baba Yaga, and the White Witch.

A pandemic in the 21st century creates a technical elite class which shuns physical contact and depends on virtual reality for all social interactions. Duke Landon is among the top echelon of the Royal World Commonwealth and poised for success. His life is a privileged orchestra of politics, finance, and leisure pursuits which rarely intersect with the framework of boring reality. The elite rule the world and rarely bother with the primitive humans who eke out a minimal existence in the hot, violent climate that has reclaimed the earth.

Team up with Max Axiom to learn all about global warming and its effects on the Earth. From melting glaciers to wacky weather patterns, heating up our planet wreaks havoc on its resources and inhabitants.

Explore history without the confines of time or distance. Dr. Isabel Soto is an archaeologist and world explorer with the skills to go wherever and whenever she needs to research history, solve a mystery, or rescue colleagues in trouble. Listeners join Izzy on her journeys and gain knowledge about historical places, eras, and cultures on the way.

In the year 2030, the war on drugs has evolved into a brutal battle. Once-ordinary cartels have transformed into formidable forces, equipped with their own armies boasting tanks, jets, and submarines. And as the line between good and evil blurs, both sides are set to deploy cutting-edge weaponry in a deadly dance for control. Enter Team Reaper. With a high-stakes battleground, where survival is measured in firepower and strategy, one highly-skilled unitcomprised of John Kane, Cara Billings, and Raymond Knocker Jensenfind themselves at the heart of the chaos.

Discover the power of the book through 50 of the most influential texts ever written - from around the world and throughout time. Books that truly did have a significant impact on world history. The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It is a vessel for...

When a fox keeps eating a farmer’s animals, he and his wife come up with a plan to get rid of him. But the clever fox has other ideas....

When Major Thomas J. Stone accepted his assignment as Second in Command of Cyclops, the newly commissioned Space Force orbiting Space Station, he could not have envisioned, even in his wildest dreams, that Cyclops would become the main obstacle in a high-stakes life-or-death international struggle. Now, with a growing conspiracy across international borders and some very bad actors trying to sabotage their mission, Stone could only count on his crew, ingenuity, and the most lethal high-tech weaponry ever designed to save the world and preserve freedom for all.

Um reencontro consigo mesmo e com aqueles que nos cercam, diante da delicada arte de seguir vivendo. Em Afagos e afins, Jairo Pereira apresenta uma poesia que nasce do corpo e retorna para ele como cuidado. Seus versos pulsam no ritmo do peito, entre feridas abertas e gestos de acolhimento, afirmando o afeto como força vital, ética e política.

In Toronto, 2050, a city of 200+ cultures makes an impossible choice—and elects its first humanoid mayor. HMayor—416 is not built to blend in. She is built to hold the line: a silver-chrome civic leader whose chest bears rotating cultural pins—small covenants declaring that no community’s story will be flattened into a trend.

"Seasoned narrator Kreinik showcases her prowess as a dialect coach as she embodies McConaghy’s vast cast...With deft agility, Kreinik guides McConaghy’s spectacular Moby Dick-esque journey towards an all-too imminent dystopia in which humanity faces a future alone." -- Booklist, starred...

Young Ephraim Goldman is the author of a perennial best seller. A celebrated academic lion, he hobnobs with the movers and shakers of his era, such as Einstein, Berenson, and Bertrand Russell. Ephraim's son Bernard is a young writer desperate to make his own reputation in the literary world. After a shrewd publisher hires Bernie to write his father’s biography, he stumbles across a startling photograph. As the mystery of his father slowly unfolds, Bernard has to come to terms with both the present and the future.

A dark, scorched surface. A black mist that destroys on contact. A serum that keeps you young. The reality as explained in the Global Divide. A sci-fi series that will have you in suspense while you immerse yourself into a world unrecognized by our current standards. A world deep in the future where the apocalypse has taken place and society has destroyed itself leaving a small group of survivors in its wake. In this new aftermath, survivors must adhere to their new subjectors. The elites that are now in control demand loyalty without compensation.

No futuro distópico apresentado em Não Verás País Nenhum, falta água, o calor é insuportável e as florestas desaparecem aos poucos. O clássico de Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, escrito em 1981, fala diretamente com a nossa realidade hoje e, consequentemente, sua narrativa se torna cada vez mais essencial e urgente. A nova edição conta com apresentação de Heloise M.

Benjamin Bridges is an ordinary guy who lives in France with his wife Joanne. He goes walking every day with his dog Rocco alongside the River Creuse. What happens one day throws his life into turmoil and leads him and his wife into an unimaginable adventure