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The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1)

Suzanne Collins · 2009

This Special Edition of <i>The Hunger Games</i> includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of <i>The Hunger Games</i>; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the years, and gives great insight into the creation of this era-defining work.<p></p>In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

Um Sopro de Vida (Em Portugues do Brasil)

Clarice Lispector · 1999

Quando a escritora Clarice Lispector terminou "Um Sopro de Vida" (Pulsacoes), as vesperas de sua morte, por cancer, em 1977, sabia que este seria o seu livro definitivo. O livro era de fato o sopro de vida de Clarice, que precisava escrever para se sentir viva. Na historia, ela fala de um homem aflito que criou uma personagem, Angela Pralini, seu alter-ego. Mas ora ele nao se reconhecia em Angela, porque ela era o seu avesso, ora odiava visceralmente o que via refletido naquela estranha personagem-espelho. O autor elabora Angela Pralini, mas ela toma vida propria, surpreendendo e revoltando seu criador com suas diferencas. Um processo de criacao, uma relacao em que Clarice Lispector revela os conflitos de um autor com seus proprios impulsos e o quanto e doloroso aceita-los e deixa-los fluir. Ainda que estes impulsos se realizem atraves de uma personagem, Angela Pralini, criada para libertar o autor de seus fantasmas, cumpre o destino de ser o sopro de vida de um escritor. A questao da vida e da morte atormenta este autor criado por Clarice em seus ultimos momentos de vida: "Se me perguntarem se existe vida alem da morte... respondo num hesitante esquema: existe, mas nao e dado saber de que forma essa alma vivera... Vida, vida recoberta em um veu de melancolia. Morte: farol que me guia em rumo certo. Sinto-me magnifico e solitario entre a vida e a morte", diz o autor, ao qual responde a personagem Angela Pralini: "Na hora de minha morte - que e que eu faco? Me ensinem como e que se morre. Eu nao sei".

Agua viva

Clarice Lispector · 2020

Um Teto Todo Seu

Virginia Woolf · 2014

Feminismo para não feministas: Como o machismo machuca todo mundo

Milly Lacombre & Paola Lins de Oliveira

Normal People: A Novel

Sally Rooney · 2019

NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • “A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan).   “[A] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting.”—The Washington Post ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: People, Slate, The New York Public Library, Harvard Crimson Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins. A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Normal People is the story of mutual fascination, friendship, and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can’t.   WINNER: The British Book Award, The Costa Book Award, The An Post Irish Novel of the Year, Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Vogue, Esquire, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire, Vox, The Paris Review, Good Housekeeping, Town & Country

Little Woman

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott’s Most Famous Novel, “little Women,” Is The Story Of Four Sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, And Amy March. Loosely Based Upon The Author’s Own Experiences With Her Three Sisters, The Novel Is A Classic Coming Of Age Story Which Follows The Development Of The Young Women Into Adulthood. Set Against The Backdrop Of The American Civil War, The Story Begins To Unfold During Christmastime. With Their Father Away At War, The Family Must Endure Great Poverty Induced Hardship, Often Times Going Hungry. Central To The Theme Of The Novel Is The Issue Of Overcoming One's Character Flaws. For Meg It Is Vanity; Jo, Temper; Beth, Shyness; And Amy, Selfishness. Through The Various Activities Of The Four Sisters Told Throughout The Novel Lessons Are Learned Of The Consequences Of These Particular Flaws.

Dead Poets Society

N. H. Kleinbaum · 2006

Don’t Be In Love

Liana Cincotti • 2024

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath · 2005

<p><i>The Bell Jar</i> chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made <i>The Bell Jar</i> a haunting American classic.</p> <p>This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.</p>

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath · 2000

As Crônicas de Narnia

C.S Lewis • 2009

Just Kids

Patti Smith · 2010

<p> It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. </p> <p> Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous—the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years. </p> <p> <i>Just Kids</i> begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame. </p>

Everything I Know About Love

Dolly Alderton · 2019

Rita Lee: Uma Autobiografia

Rita Lee · 2017

A Hora da Estrela

Clarice Lispector · 1995

Binding 13

Chloe Walsh · 2023