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This freewheeling black comedy features a bizarre cast of characters, including a Japanese man with a ball floating six inches in front of his head, an American CEO with three arms, and a Brazilian peasant who discovers the art of healing by tickling one’s earlobe with a feather. By the end of this hilarious tale, they each have risen to the heights of wealth and fame, before arriving at disasters—both personal and ecological— that destroy the rain forest and all birds of Brazil.

Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories brings together 15 stories that span Hisaye Yamamoto's 40-year career. It was her first book to be published in the United States. Yamamoto's themes include the cultural conflicts between the first generation, the Issei and their children, the Nisei; coping with prejudice; and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans.

Written before all of Antarctica was fully mapped and explored, At the Mountains of Madness tells of a terrifying journey into the unknown. Epic in scope, cinematic in its sweep, and breathtaking in its revelations about humanity, this—described by some as the first true science-fiction novel—may be Lovecraft’s greatest literary achievement!

Fouqués reizendes Naturkind Undine, das erst durch die Liebe zu einem Menschen eine Seele erhalten kann, wurde sofort zu einer Figur der Weltliteratur, die in zahlreichen literarischen Variationen, in Ballett und Oper, vor allem aber durch Fouqués eigene märchenhafte Erzählung nach wie vor lebendig ist.

Die drei Nüsse ist eine Erzählung von Clemens Brentano, die vom 9. bis 15. August 1817 in der Zeitung "Der Gesellschafter oder Blätter für Geist und Herz" erschien. Angaben zur Entstehung des Textes und zu den Erscheinungsdaten finden sich im Band 19 der Frankfurter Brentano-Ausgabe.

The goals of the budo - the martial arts and ways of Japan - lie in refining the body and spirit. These goals are not always the obvious ones - and are learned only through the guidance and direction of great teachers. The techniques, methods, and rituals of the sensei can serve as guides to a well-lived life - and provide invaluable lessons for today's martial artists.

妖しい美しさで王エロドの心を奪ってはなさない王女サロメ．月光のもとでの宴の席上，7つのヴェイルの踊りとひきかえに，預言者ヨカナーンの生首を所望する．幻想の怪奇と文章の豊麗さで知られる世紀末文学の傑作．R．シュトラウスのオペラ「サロメ」の原典にもなった．

María, de Jorge Isaacs, é uma das obras mais emblemáticas do romantismo latino-americano. Publicado em 1867, o romance tornou-se um marco da literatura do século XIX por sua prosa lírica, seu profundo senso de melancolia e pela maneira como entrelaça amor, memória e natureza. Ambientado no exuberante Vale do Cauca, na Colômbia, o audiolivro encanta gerações de ouvintes com sua delicadeza emocional e riqueza descritiva.

Kermit the Frog is back with a revised and updated edition of his bestselling memoir - the perfect gift for the new grad in your life! In Before You Leap, the world's most famous frog shares his own story in a funny, heartfelt manner about his life and yours. After telling the tale of his humble swamp beginnings, remarkable career in show business, and about all the amazing people and pigs he's met along the way, Kermit shares his advice on many of life's milestones, including:

Melissa Lucashenko is one of Australia's most admired and awarded novelists. She is renowned for writing about ordinary Australians and the extraordinary lives they lead. This timely collection of essays and journalism - published together for the first time - spans two turbulent decades. With her trademark wit and wisdom, Lucashenko reflects on being caught in a siege, on the marginalised lives of prisoners and the urban poor, on Blak identity, Australian literature and on meeting her writing idol.

Als in einem westafrikanischen Dorf plötzlich alle Fische verschwinden, macht sich die junge Zeyna auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit – und stößt auf ein Geheimnis, das in die Kolonialzeit zurückreicht. Nach einem schweren Sturm wird in einem westafrikanischen Dorf ein kleines weißes Mädchen angeschwemmt. Während viele Dorfbewohner*innen es aufnehmen wollen, wehrt sich die alte Madame Oumou entschieden – zu tief sitzen die Wunden der Kolonialzeit und die Erinnerung an die »Weißen Soldaten«. Doch das Dorf widersetzt sich und Zeyna darf bleiben.

Neste clássico moderno da literatura australiana, publicado pela primeira vez em 1982 e até agora inédito no Brasil, Gerald Murnane apresenta uma meditação sobre território, memória, amor e cultura, a partir da busca existencial de um jovem cineasta nas planícies do interior da Austrália.

Corrispondenze, interviste, reportages, critiche ed elzeviri apparsi sul "Corriere della Sera" a firma di Buzzati durante l'intero arco della sua lunga carriera. Un eccezionale connubio tra giornalismo e letteratura.

O demônio e a srta. Prym é o último livro da trilogia que Paulo Coelho chamou de “E no sétimo dia...”—antes dele vieram Na margem do rio Piedra eu sentei e chorei e Veronika decide morrer. Essas três histórias acompanham uma semana na vida de pessoas comuns que de repente se veem diante de um enorme desafio. É justamente isso que os habitantes do pequeno vilarejo de Viscos vão enfrentar. Certo dia, um estrangeiro chega à cidade em busca de uma resposta que já o atormentava fazia um tempo: os seres humanos são, na essência, bons ou ruins?

Kiyose vede Kakeru per caso, all'uscita dal bagno pubblico. Kakeru, studente squattrinato con un passato tormentato da promessa del running, entra così a far parte della comunità dello Chikuseiso, una casa condivisa, in realtà poco più che una catapecchia: è il decimo inquilino, e anche l'ultimo elemento che manca a Kiyose, dal momento che la Hakone Ekiden prevede squadre di dieci partecipanti, e con Kiyose vivono otto curiosi personaggi che non hanno mai corso un metro in vita loro.

Ana Canción, de quince años, nunca soñó con mudarse a Estados Unidos, como lo hicieron las niñas con las que creció en el campo dominicano. Pero cuando Juan Ruiz propone y promete llevarla a la ciudad de Nueva York, ella tiene que decir que sí. No importa que tenga el doble de su edad, que no haya amor entre ellos. Su matrimonio es una oportunidad para que toda su familia unida pueda eventualmente emigrar.

Adapted For The Film Slumdog Millionaire. Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have accused him of cheating his way to victory. Twelve extraordinary events in street-kid Ram's life - how he was adopted as a foundling orphan by a priest; came to have three names; fooled a professional hit man; even fell in love - give him the crucial answers.

南宋の宰相・秦桧は闇の中で戦いが終わってからのことを考えていた。そんな中、梁山泊の宣凱が岳飛を訪ね対話をする。岳飛は答えた。「中華を中華の民の国にしたい」と。一方、梁山泊の南の開墾地は本格的に始動。

奇策・霞作戦で挑んできた辛晃だったが、岳飛は高山兵を遣って景ろうを奪取した。劣勢の辛晃軍は、梁岳道を突くが、秦容と岳飛に阻まれ敗走。南宋の太子暗殺計画を知った燕青は李師師の元に向かうが、自身は深手を負い、彼女は既に毒に冒されていた。

狙うは、岳飛の首。しばらくの間、人夫となって潜伏していた南宋の程雲は、ついに岳飛に奇襲をかけた。岳飛は重傷を負い辛くも一命を取り留めたが、その際、程雲も負傷。そして岳飛と呼応し東進する秦容軍は快進撃を続けていた。