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Fazendo uso genial do recurso da metalinguagem, Machado de Assis resume o enredo no próprio conto: "Aqui devo eu fazer notar aos leitores desta história, como ela vai seguindo suave e honestamente, e como os meus personagens se parecem com todos os personagens de romance: um velho maníaco; uma velha impertinente, e amante platônica do passado; uma moça bonita apaixonada por um primo, que eu tive o cuidado de fazer pobre (...).

"História comum" é um conto singular: que dizer de um enredo que tem por protagonista... um alfinete?! Ele cai no chapéu de um transeunte e narra sua história. Já o conto "Orai por ele" anuncia, em seu subtítulo, o que é de fato: "fragmento de narrativa". Os personagens Pedro e Paulo, volta do enterro do comendador, criticam seus hábitos. Ironia e humor característicos de Machado de Assis marcam aí sua presença.

"O melhor de tudo é não julgar ninguém para não vir a ser julgado." O leitor há de perceber a contemporaneidade do conto "Suje-se gordo", de Machado de Assis, que tem por enredo o julgamento de um ladrão cujo montante de dinheiro roubado era pequeno, peculiaridade esta que causa indignação a Lopes, um dos jurados.

No conto "Três consequências", assim o narrador genial de Machado de Assis introduz a protagonista, a viúva Mariana: "Não me peçam grandes notícias do finado Vaz; ou, se insistem por elas, ponham os olhos na viúva." O enredo, que prende o leitor, dá conta da mudança da personagem do campo para a cidade e suas consequências. Já em "Três tesouros perdidos", a temática segue outra direção: o adultério – das poucas narrativas machadianas em que este se consuma.

Everything I thought I knew about myself was nothing more than a fabrication. I had it all—the perfect life, the loving family, the best friend, the rock n roll boyfriend—until I didn't. The fairytales I grew up with were lies. Like my ex-best friend once said, fairytales are not real, and there is no prince on a white horse coming to save you. She was right. I was naive to think I deserved a happily ever after—until him.

On the brink of divorce, he'd play dirty for a second chance. Levi James is a complicated man. A teddy bear to his girls. A bossy lover in the bedroom. An elite bodyguard to the stars. When another man tries to get between him and his estranged wife, complicated doesn't even begin to cut it...

I lost my wife in 2020 to a brain tumor just a few weeks after we had celebrated our 48th wedding anniversary. “Celebrated” is a word that springs back when pressed down. More subdued than earlier ones, to be sure, that last anniversary was nonetheless a felt celebration of a lifetime together.

Decades after Thomas Circling Eagle's suicide, his wallet is discovered buried in an abandoned barn. That puzzling fact intrigues his now-grown son Richard, especially because its contents contradict the suicide assumption and include a reference to mysterious human remains uncovered in the wilderness near Medford, WI. Disturbed by these revelations, Richard starts on a quest for the truth.

Toby Baxter can't wait to be a teenager. On the cusp of turning 13, the superhero-obsessed boy's jaw drops when a baffling stranger appears and begs him for help. But when he's led through a portal on a whirlwind trip to a magical land, he's terrified to be plunged mid-battle between elves and a legion of stinky trolls.

Following the global wave of innovation on artificial intelligence, machine learning tools, and every possible variation of GPT driven chatbots, Ishmael has been propelled to Chief Technical Officer of Paragon Logic, the most ambitious technical organization of the 21st century.

A broken author tries to get back on his feet by staying at the super-cheap Fairfax Gardens. But the menacing Vagrant outside warns him repeatedly that the place is DAMNED. It all swings from bliss to horror and back, daily and inexplicably, due to the sweet and bubbly Sistine and her marauding demon of a mother. All, as the diabolical Vagrant outside seemingly grows more and more bent on killing them all.

The Carolina Comets are currently on a record-breaking run, and I intend to keep it that way. This means the last thing I need is distractions, but my mother didn't get that memo. She's getting married, and after the fiasco I caused at her last wedding, I'm required to bring a date. That would be easy, except for one little thing: I don't date. So why is the only person I want to take a single mom who can't stand me? We're a horrible match, and it makes no sense that I'd be into her. But the more time we spend together, the more it's starting to look like this might be one game I can't win.

Willow Foster has been a single mother for most of her young daughter’s life, ever since the girl’s father—a man Willow thought she’d be with forever—inexplicably disappeared. Now, just as mysteriously, he’s back, living in Cradle Mountain, Idaho. Blake has always been her weakness, and while she’s no longer willing to risk her heart, Willow relocates so her daughter can build a relationship with the father she barely knows.

What is the most scientifically effective way to overcome degenerative illnesses? What is the quickest way to overcome breathing problems or skin rashes? What is the most efficacious way to beat PTSD and re-energize your body? Listen to the most powerful secret of restorative healing discovered serendipitously by a 9/11 survivor.

This book is based on my grandchildren that are primarily from a blended household. It's focused on diversity and the acceptance of all genders, races and origins.

This is a New Adult contemporary romance about healing, fame, and the kind of love that doesn’t wait for permission—it crashes in and demands to be felt. Written in the Beat is perfect for fans of instant attraction, whirlwind passion, and heart-stealing moments that feel like fate.

Vanessa Mazur knows she's doing the right thing. She shouldn't feel bad for quitting. Being an assistant/housekeeper/fairy godmother to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was always supposed to be temporary. She has plans and none of them include washing extra-large underwear longer than necessary. But when Aiden Graves shows up at her door wanting her to come back, she's beyond shocked. For two years, the man known as The Wall of Winnipeg couldn't find it in him to tell her good morning or congratulate her on her birthday. Now? He's asking for the unthinkable.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey launches a super sexy sports romance series with a rom-com about a bad boy professional athlete who falls for his biggest fan... Wells Whitaker was once golf’s hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for his “promising” career...

The first three books in the beloved Marked Men series, from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover! This book set includes the following novels: RULE: Shaw Landon loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule is everything a straight--A pre-med student like Shaw...

Amelia Dalton, fresh from touring the Scottish islands, takes on the world and sets up exclusive holidays in remote places for a new cruise ship. As she scopes out her itineraries, she explores inaccessible islands and survives a hotel fire, a bomb in a palace, being stung by a scorpion and thrown into jail. Meanwhile, she's being wooed from afar by a mysterious stranger who turns up in the most unexpected places.