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Critico perspicaz y severo de su tiempo, realista ironico y mordaz, Eça de Queiros es, ademas, un estilista refinadisimo, y uno de los mejores novelistas europeos del siglo XIX. En La Reliquia disecciona,...

La reliquia (1887) es el relato del viaje realizado a Egipto y Tierra Santa por Teodorico Raposo, quien marcha en peregrinaje a la búsqueda de una reliquia como favor hacia su riquísima y beata tía Patrocínio...

O mais polémico romance do maior romancista português: religião e moral postas à prova Amaro Vieira, recém-chegado a Leiria, conhece Amélia Caminha, filha da dona da pensão onde fica hospedado. Apaixonam-se....

São duas louras. Uma é «fresca, loura como uma vinheta inglesa»; da outra, recordam-se aqueles «cabelos fabulosamente louros como o sol de Londres em Dezembro». Às Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura,...

Um monumento à língua portuguesa, um clássico absoluto. A sua leitura, mais do que um prazer, é uma obrigação.  Esta é a história de Gonçalo Mendes Ramires, um dos gran­des heróis queirosianos. Último...

No fim da vida, numa carta a uma parenta aristocrata que conhecera Paris nos tempos áureos, terminava Eça: «Deus nos dê paciência para aturar a civilização.» A par da descrença, que se ia insinuando naquele...

«A casa que os Maias vieram habitar em Lisboa, no Outono de 1875, era conhecida na vizinhança da Rua de S. Francisco de Paula, e em todo o bairro das Janelas Verdes, pela casa do Ramalhete, ou simplesmente...

A satire on modernity and city life compared to the joys of the countryside.

First published in 1900, the year of Eça de Queiroz's death, the book portrays Gonçalo Mendes Ramires, the latest member of an aristocratic family that predates even the kings of Portugal. In the isolation...

Extraído do livro "Prosas bárbaras", o conto "O lume" faz as vezes de uma História da humanidade narrada sob a perspectiva do fogo. Em tom de lamento, o fogo conta ao leitor como seu emprego mudou ao...

Este romance consiste nas memórias fictícias de um certo Teodorico Raposo, o protagonista da história. Órfão de pai e mãe, ele foi criado por Dona Patrocínio, uma tia beatíssima e solteirona. Desde pequeno,...

No cenário de um mundo profundamente transformado pelo desenvolvimento tecnológico, "O primo Basílio" (1878) — romance realista que revela a intimidade, os acontecimentos, os tipos e comportamentos humanos...

Adão e Eva no Paraíso, seguido de O Senhor Diabo e outros contos inclui todos os contos que Eça deixou completos e publicou em vida. Jorge Luis Borges dizia que o conto «serve para expressar um tipo especial...

Sedução e adultério, palavras-chave no universo queirosiano e, sobretudo, deste seu romance publicado em 1878: O Primo Basílio. O leitor caminha pelo pitoresco das ruas de Lisboa de finais do século xix,...

Esta é a história de Gonçalo Mendes Ramires, um dos gran­des heróis queirosianos. Último descendente de uma antiga família aristocrática, cujas origens remontam aos tempos dos reis suevos, carrega em...

São duas louras. Uma é «fresca, loura como uma vinheta inglesa»; da outra, recordam-se aqueles «cabelos fabulosamente louros como o sol de Londres em Dezembro». Às Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura,...

Award-winning author E.M. Shue joins the tenacious Kings of Anarchy world from a small town in Rhode Island. This first book brings you the president, Judge. He doesn't need a jury to find you guilty.A...

In the shadowed corners of literary Annapolis, a killer is transforming murder into art.When the body of a young bartender is discovered in the prestigious Hamilton Grand Hotel—artfully arranged in a...

An angel guards the parish, but who will guard them from the angel?In papal society, where the Church rules all, Bishop Sergio holds immense power; from shaping laws to settling disputes, from granting...

With Karma fighting for her life against the serum Phoenix Corps injected her with, Ridge will do anything to keep her and their found family safe—even if it means leaving Fairway forever.But Karma made...

SNOW WHITE meets Persephone . . . Seven shades. One runaway goddess. A fate even the Fates couldn't foresee.Fleeing her overbearing mother, Snow White tumbles through a hidden chasm and lands at the gates...

We all have a story about a boss from Hell.This is mine.***Hi! I'm Britney Roy, recent grad, and I have a…situation. The parental units have given me an ultimatum – find a good job or return home to Sleepytown,...

He met her in the woods, a girl made of silence and fog. She came and went like a haunting, leaving traces of something he couldn't name. He wrote her into his notebooks, into his skin, into every thought...

 Isolated on a beach at the southern tip of Hong Kong island, a building of unknown origin stands, slightly buried to an unknowable depth. Its girth is massive; twenty feet cubed— same in length, width,...

This is your invitation to the Bastards' Ball. All of London knows the sixth Duke of Somerset for his sprawling wealth, stern demeanor, and the antics of his five (mostly) illegitimate children, known...

Years ago, Nomadic Delirium Press released J Alan Erwine's Manic Musings of a Maniacal Mind, which featured all of Erwine's short stories up to that point. Now, six of those stories are available in A...

Every child in Pleasant Hills knew the story. The boogeywoman of Grey Willow Forest was a cautionary tale meant to keep children out of the woods. But when have legends ever stopped rebellious teens?Looney...

Meet April Davis. She's a yoga-loving, meditation-preaching influencer building The Calm Mom brand, one deep breath at a time. She's also a freshly divorced single mother of three whose life is a total...

Debby Feo's latest collection is a two for one!In Not Too Crazy About Flying, our main character has trouble keeping their feet on the ground until they meet George (at least he calls himself George)...

Beginning at a bustling Hampshire school spring fayre and spiralling into a wider web of secrets, this gripping, atmospheric, and delightfully twist-filled cosy crime thriller is perfect for fans of Ann...

Letty Remis has no idea the man she runs into on a busy New York sidewalk is Thane Canmore, billionaire tech mogul. The attraction is immediate and staggering, though, and she knows Thane feels it, too....

Steady Spark is a charged friends-to-lovers romance about forced proximity, rediscovering yourself, and a love that shows up when it matters most.Because even the strongest woman deserves someone who...

A Star-Crossed Romantasy of Power, Prophecy, and Love as a WeaponMagic is rising.The stars are bleeding.And love has become a weapon powerful enough to start a war.The Constellation Court is fracturing.Across...

In Victorian England, Emma Horspool has learned that faith and family often demand quiet courage—and difficult choices.Raised in a baker's bustling household in Poplar, Emma grows up shaped by loss, responsibility,...

What if Canada's survival depended on a weaponized raccoon, a half‑robot ex‑coworker, and the last functioning Tim Hortons on Earth?In this chaotic and heartfelt sequel, the BIOS Apocalypse may have quieted...

Alone and galaxies away from Earth, the future is theirs to forge or fracture.The Bifrost was never meant to be. Rejected from the official mission to Janus, an Earth-like world, untouched by human hands,...

Markie and Daniel were like oil and water. Loving or fighting, but never blending.Daniel Anderson was Markie's forever—until he betrayed their love and left her behind when she needed him the most. Now...

Once He was a brilliant young officer in Napoleon's grand armee. Charming, reckless, and shining with promise.Just before the battle of Quatre Bras, he is claimed by a creature older than empires, and...

Marell, the spiritual leader of the Aontacht tribes, is forced to return her fae to the ways of war, following the arrival of the lost tribes from the continent of Alvos. Aided by the appearance of an...

What Lingers After MidnightZariah Monroe thought she had mastered control.Malik Carter thought he had mastered patience.They were both wrong.From the moment their eyes meet, the air between them turns...

What you can't see can hurt you. But it can also help you . . . Sakura:Have you ever made a terrible mistake . . . and then run away? That was me arriving in Helenia. All I was supposed to do was take...

Seven days.No names.No photos.Just connection.Storm wasn't looking for forever. She was only curious. A new dating app. A short experiment. A way to pass the time without expectations.What she didn't...

On the night the moon forgot how to look down, the sky began to tremble. When the stars falter and lunar light loses its focus, Lyriel—an Astral Keeper attuned to the hidden songs of the heavens—senses...

Before hell rose, heaven judged its own.When angels known as the Watchers corrupt humanity, giants walk the earth and blood fills the valleys. Jovias and six others refuse to rule mankind or accept worship....

A NEW PACK RISES…Deffin, Mikila, Tripp, and Valt are cadets on the verge of accomplishing their greatest desire—becoming MechWarriors in the touman of Clan Wolf. Nearly inseparable throughout their sibko...

After the terrible encounters with the war heroes, the Intuitionist is on the verge of breaking all promises she gave to her friends and her family. Worse: both the war heroes might become aware of her...