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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...

O recém-ordenado padre Amaro vai trabalhar na cidade portuguesa de Leirira. Lá, colocando em prática o que aprendera no seminário, depara-se com as contradições e as impossibilidades do catolicismo tal...

«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...

Considerada um marco na literatura portuguesa, "A correspondência de Fradique Mendes" é uma obra de humor clássico e refinado, da qual emerge Fradique, um personagem de caráter enigmático, aristocrata,...

Luísa e Jorge formam o típico casal da burguesia lisboeta. Jorge, funcionário público, viaja a trabalho para o interior de Portugal. A monotonia da vida de casada torna-se insuportável para Luísa e ela...

«Desde o dia em que assentei que me convinha gastar quase todo o meu tempo a escrever sobre a vida e a obra de Aquilino Ribeiro que me atraía a ideia e alimentava o projecto de dedicar uma obrinha inteira...

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...

Nesta obra, Eça de Queirós coloca em questão a religiosidade de um país profundamente católico, como lhe parecia Portugal. O bacharel Teodorico Raposo, para cair nas graças de sua rica tia Maria do Patrocínio,...

Alves learns to live with his wife's adultery and reconciles with her. Eça de Queiroz, began his career as a self-declared realist, but as his writing evolved, his novels and stories became a potent blend...

Null Infinity: Book 1: A Novel Harry was one of the best physics students at one of the best schools in the country.But even he could learn something from Lauren.And together they would take on the adventure...

Literary Lovers and Liquor: Dylan Graves is on his journey as he navigates the highs and lows of life, attending the medical assistant program, discovering the true meaning of what it takes to be a man,...

Being widowed and kidnapped wasn't part of her life plan…After losing her husband, Giselle has focused all her time and energy on building her career in the fashion industry.  Now her life and her budding...

n the continuously war-ravaged world of Terath, the balance of power has begun to shift as people begin whisper of the return of the old gods—powerful deities long thought to have abandoned the world...

During World War II, Stella makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her family's Tuscan villa, while the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden inside. A beautiful and important...

Lady Isla Thompson has always lived in the shadow of family secrets and unspoken promises. Bound by a duty to protect her heart after a devastating heartbreak, she has kept her emotions carefully guarded—until...

Rae-Rae is doing her best to get through the hardest year of her life. With nowhere else to go she left her hometown and moved up the mountain to live with her estranged father.Once there Rae-Rae learns...

When Old Tom's will reveals a missing deed and hidden gold, Dafydd Jones must untangle greed, secrets, and betrayal before Dolgwyn's unity is lost forever.Old Tom's passing should have been a quiet end...

Decades after the diaspora, the vast canal lands of Karnth still support struggling farms.When a sinkhole chews up Dallas Saldon's soil-tuner, and almost takes him too, he knows he needs to rethink his...

During 1969, during the crux of the Vietnam war, Jack Tagger is on the run. As the war in Southeast Asis, rages on, he has made the moral decision to resist the draft. In his effort to avoid the authorities...

From heavenly heights, a goddess falls to earth, into time's fertile soil. The divine feminine, venerated and vilified, revered and rejected, wanders among mortals, seeking her truth and her place. Within...

So you're stuck rooming with the hot tattooed deputy that arrested you - for the WHOLE summer.Jennifer Bayani thought she was gonna leave the city behind for the summer and help the local police department...

Jasmine's quest to save her brother, Zack, leads her deep into a world of secrets, betrayal, and dark magic. Bound by a mysterious curse, Zack get absorbed by an strange picture. With the help of Nacky,...

"Disinformation is one of the leading causes of death. If that isn't true now, I say it will be." For hospital physician Dr. Mark Lin, nothing is more gut-wrenching than saving a life only to see it taken...

 In the silence of the desert, time does not sleep — it waits.Beneath the sands of Saqqara, one of Egypt's oldest and most enigmatic burial grounds, lies more than just ancient stone and crumbled monuments....

In the snow-covered town of Veritas, lies don't just disappear; they freeze. From innocent lies to world-shaking hoaxes, every false truth crystallizes into delicate ice sculptures that remain in the...

Captain Hillary Jones and his crew have set up something close to a travel agency, to welcome visitors from the city on their island for a vacation. It's a good life. Through a mishap, just before a journey...

Seeking a better life, Indian IT consultant Sandy Nair achieves his dream of migrating to Australia, eventually settling into a good job in Melbourne after initial struggles and dangerous encounters in...

Do I choose duty or love?  As the spare heir to the Astipian throne, I've always placed duty before desire.But when Captain Murahka Rangi reenters my life, everything I thought I'd buried comes rushing...

In Whispers of the Forbidden Jungle 2: The Fires of the Spiral, the saga continues as Kachin confronts the awakening Spiral—a primordial force threatening to consume the jungle and its secrets. Haunted...

When he arrived, the rules were simple: follow the customs, respect the order, and never question the sound that echoes at night.But pain thrives in isolation, and something about the way they smile feels......

Cheyenne Sweetwater is a savvy lawyer. She is determined to better the life of her people, particularly the women. She is loyal to the Howlani Indian tribe and proud of her ancestry. Her father is Chief,...

This is a collection of 12 short stories. Each story is a snapshot of time from lives in different dimensions and different times. 

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Curse of the Beast is a thrilling and suspenseful reimagining of the classic Sherlock Holmes mystery. In this gripping tale, Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into the eerie...

In a world where the boundary between the living and the dead is thinning, Elara Veyne, a reluctant medium, discovers she is the last descendant of the Veil Weavers—an ancient bloodline tasked with maintaining...

I am Alexandra and I have to face the Ork Queen, a monstrous lady with six breasts and six arms with metal attached to her in various places to augment her power. She is a shaman of great power, but when...

A brilliant mind. A perfect life. A chilling secret.Curry, a Mensa member and former Jeopardy! champion, seemed to have it all—until his dark side emerged. After marrying Linda, he took control of her...

When Duty turns into Desire vows may be Broken…On Karpsian Prime, women have no rights—and Aleena has nothing. When her mother falls deathly ill, Aleena is forced into a brutal bargain: marry the terrifying...

Dark Side ProtocolA sci-fi thriller by DelmontaWhen the Moon shifts—subtly, impossibly—twelve Black vacationers witness it together. What begins as a strange skyward glitch becomes a terrifying unraveling...

She offered him a solution. He never expected to want more.Sophie Beckett's life is rooted in Mule Creek—but with her ranch struggling, she's eyeing a job out of state. When her longtime friend Ben Callahan...