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Com um quê de realismo fantástico, o conto narra a história das filhas do capitão Jerônimo Ferreira: Aninha, filha de sua falecida esposa, e Vitória, que encontrou sozinha numa canoa enquanto ele caçava na mata. Os destinos das duas meninas se entrelaça de forma surpreendente.

O autor do livro mais vendido em Portugal no ano de 2019 está de regresso com mais uma história de amor e superação pessoal que promete dar-te ensinamentos essenciais para venceres as fases negativas da tua vida.

Em A Convenção das Aves, novo capítulo da série criada por Ransom Riggs, a jornada de Jacob pelo perigoso e surpreendente mundo peculiar dos Estados Unidos se transforma numa corrida contra o tempo. Ao lado dos amigos, ele se envolve em uma misteriosa missão: precisa salvar a jovem Noor Pradesh e levá-la até uma mulher poderosa e enigmática conhecida apenas como V.

After her girlfriend breaks up with her for being too emotionally stifled, Jo Miller is trying to become more expressive. But then her boss calls her into his office for a private meeting and sexually assaults her. His parting words are, “you won't want to talk about this Jo. You think you do now, but trust me, you won’t.” Jo had been ready to go straight to the police, but every time she tries to talk about what happened, live insects crawl up her throat and into her mouth. 

Joan Lennon é uma menina de 10 anos com um dom surpreendente: ela é capaz de lembrar, com exatidão de detalhes, tudo que aconteceu com ela. Sabe quantas vezes a mãe disse “sempre dá certo” nos últimos seis meses, lembra dos dias e dos motivos para ter chorado, mas compreende também que nem todos têm essa capacidade. A maioria das pessoas, ela sabe, esquece as coisas, mas Joan não quer ser esquecida pelos outros.

Jacob voltou para sua casa nos Estados Unidos após vencer os etéreos no Recanto do Demônio, mas ainda não sabe como conciliar a vida normal e tudo o que viveu. Agora que Emma, a srta. Peregrine e seus outros amigos vivem com ele no presente, em sua casa na Flórida, vamos acompanhá-los no processo de reconstrução do mundo peculiar.

Quando chegou ao Upper East Side com o marido e o filho pequeno, Wednesday Martin foi jogada em uma tribo superfechada de mães megarricas e glamorosas com ambições altíssimas e determinação ferrenha. Em um mundo onde cumprimentos não são retribuídos, juntar as crianças para brincar é um esporte sangrento e até caminhar pela calçada é um exercício de dominação e submissão, ela sofreu um verdadeiro choque cultural.

Foi na Creekwood High School que Simon e Blue se conheceram e se apaixonaram, e também onde Leah e Abby descobriram que o que sentiam uma pela outra era mais do que amizade. Ao que tudo indicava, a jornada de Simon e seus amigos tinha chegado ao fim, mas, para a surpresa e alegria dos fãs, o grupo está de volta em uma novela inédita.

Riya Desai and Dhillon Vora grew up together. Sharing secrets, hiding in their tree house, they were playmates, best friends and later—as teenagers—almost something more. Until the devastating house fire that ripped them apart, claiming the life of Dhillon’s father and Riya’s big brother, Samir. Riya and Dhillon have barely spoken since that terrible night, but they both made big decisions based on that fire. The Second First Chance is a big, messy love story about family, heartbreak, strength and courage that shows us that sometimes what we want is what we least expect.

O livro dentro dos livros, Contos peculiares é a coletânea de contos e fábulas citada ao longo da série O lar da srta. Peregrine para crianças peculiares—o livro com as histórias que os jovens peculiares escutam sua protetora contar e recontar.

Ao longo de oito décadas, este livro se tornou a referência quando o assunto é o desenvolvimento das relações humanas, das habilidades sociais e da comunicação eficiente. Partindo do princípio de que é preciso se interessar genuinamente por aqueles com quem interagimos, ele mudou a vida de milhões de pessoas, fazendo-as se sentirem mais seguras, abertas e confiantes em seus encontros sociais e profissionais.

War is destroying the galaxy. Esmae has vanished without a trace. A terrifying, ravenous beast is devouring the stars one by one. Titania is offered a gift that may well be a curse. Alexi, the exiled prince, is asked to pay a heavy price for his mistakes. And far, far away, on a dark, mysterious planet, a sleeping god stirs awake. As the end of the world draws ever closer, Esmae and Alexi must decide how far they’ll go to win - and who they’ll sacrifice along the way. 

Emily: I fell in love with him when I was 14. Under the stars, he told me he loved me, and under the stars, we promised to love each other, always. But under the stars, he broke my heart. He left me without a second glance. I was just an afterthought. Now he's back, but this time, I'm not falling for his Southern charm. Maybe. Ethan: On my 21st birthday, I found out that everything I thought I knew was a lie, that the man I had grown up thinking was my father wasn't. The pain I felt blinded me. I left them all behind, including her, my best friend and the woman I was going to marry.

I'm the one who broke up the golden couple - the woman people still whisper about, point at, and give dirty looks to. Did I sleep with the prom king? No. Did I sleep with the town's golden boy on vacation from college? Yes. Did I believe that he was going to marry me? Wholeheartedly. Did he? Not even close. He got engaged right in front of me, and then his father threw $200 at me and told me to take the trash out.

When you find out that your fiancé is arrested for swindling more than 10 million dollars from his clients, you do what any sane woman would do. You escape reality and go undercover, trading in your city-girl Louboutins for country-pumpkin cowboy boots. It wasn't a forever change - it was temporary. I only had to stay here until things back home got straightened out, or so I thought.

I fell in love with him when I was seven. I scraped my knee, and he helped carry me inside. Our love story was the talk of the town until a woman told everyone she was pregnant with his baby. The only rational solution was to high-tail it out of town and never come back. My best friend needed a place to hide, and you can’t get much more covert than my family farm, so I came back. For her. It was supposed to be temporary, and I wasn’t supposed to see him, but that’s what happens when you live in a small town where everyone knows each other. 

In this second book of the Dark Souls series, fate curses the brothers, and they must navigate ancient deceits and potent forewarnings to save the ones they love. Can the two enemies become each other’s saviors? Or will the Circles fall and love fade?

Brooke’s Blooms has taken Cunningham Falls by surprise. The beautiful, innovative flower shop is trendy, with not only gorgeous flower arrangements but also fun gifts for any occasion. This store is Brooke Henderson’s deepest joy, and it means everything to her, which shows in how completely she and her little shop have been embraced by the small community of Cunningham Falls. So, when her landlord dies, and Brody Chabot saunters through her door, announcing that the building has been sold and will soon be demolished, Brooke knows that she’s in for the fight of her life.

To the outside world, Taylor Hudson has it all: beauty, money, and social status. But Taylor's privileged life is far lonelier than it appears. Levi is the inside man on a job to steal $15 million from one of the town's wealthiest families, putting him on a crash course with Taylor. Neither of them believes in love, but lust...that's undeniable. Now they're locked in a wicked game of seduction, and it's unclear who is playing whom.

Sex. That's all Noah Foster wants when Alexa Jackson shows up at his apartment. After returning from a semester in Paris, Alexa is back in her hometown of Boston and looking for anything but the drama that surrounds Noah. He's intense, gifted, famous, and a bastard through and through. Alexa doesn't take life too seriously. Noah doesn't do calm and easygoing. Their unexpected meeting sets them both on a course toward an unlikely connection.