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Perhaps the height of Portuguese romanticism, Amor de Perdição is a Portuguese Romeo and Juliet. Simão Botelho and Teresa are hopelessly in love, but their families are rivals in Viseu. When Teresa's father, Tadeu, discovers their love, he shuts her in a convent. But, while trying to see his beloved, Simão kills Baltasar, and eventually condemned to death. The sentence is commuted to 10 years of service in India, but before the sentence is executed, both Teresa and Simão die of broken hearts.
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Dramatic and powerfull !.......2000-06-07
A romantic novel inspired by Shakespear's "Romeo and Juliet" , "Amor de Perdição" ( Love of condemnation) is considered a literary masterpiece. Simão and Teresa whose love is unaccepted by each other's family are forcefully separated. The tragic destiny of these two passionate and desperate caracters is both powerfull and moving. An important novel filled with rich and compelling dialogues and illustrative of the prejudices and lifestyle of the late 19th century portuguese society.
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Amor de Perdicao (Coleccao Portuguesa, 1)
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APAGA A LUZ E ABRAÇA-ME
Isabel Wolff
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ASIN: 9722337017 |
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Laura Quick tem 34 anos e todos os ingredientes para alcançar o sucesso, por isso, quando é indicada como a escolha ideal para apresentar um novo concurso televisivo, é apenas uma questão de tempo até se ver elevada ao estatuto de celebridade. Mas Laura tem também segredos, segredos que dizem respeito ao intrigante desaparecimento do marido três anos antes, e a imprensa não vai perder a oportunidade não só de dissecar um passado que estava determinada a esquecer, como também de caluniar um presente fértil em equívocos. Face a estas circunstâncias, Laura vai ser obrigada a confrontar-se a si própria com as dolorosas questões que até então sempre evitara e a trilhar um percurso de autodescoberta comovente e arrebatador. Apaga a Luz e Abraça-me encontra-se publicado nos EUA, Reino Unido e França.
Nº de Páginas: 320
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Sally Goodchild é uma jornalista americana que goza de independência irrestrita e vive uma vida que lhe proporciona aventura, variedade e excitação. Um dia no Cairo conhece um correspondente de guerra de um jornal britânico e envolve-se com ele. Em pouco tempo estarão casados, à espera de um filho e com residência fixa em Londres. Mas Sally não se adapta tão bem como julgaria à sua nova existência. Após um parto prematuro e complicado, o filho é-lhe retirado pelo Tribunal e o marido desaparece. Enquanto luta para recuperar a criança e se confronta com a vida secreta do homem com quem casou, o autor revela-nos a sua faceta de grande mestre do thriller judicial. Um livro destacado pela crítica pela sua originalidade e acolhido pelo público como um romance de leitura imparável.
Nº de Páginas: 400
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Marianne Fredriksson, uma escritora que conquistou já o apreço incondicional do público português, escolheu uma das figuras bíblicas mais relevantes e controversas, Maria Madalena, para nos oferecer através dos olhos libertos de preconceitos da mulher que foi seguidora e amiga íntima de Jesus uma nova perspectiva desta personagem, dos primórdios do cristianismo, do próprio Cristo e da relação que o uniu à jovem Maria de Magdala. Acompanhando o curso das suas memórias, visitamos a infância de Madalena, a sua adolescência entre as prostitutas de um bordel, o seu encontro com Jesus, a paixão que os tomou e toda a caminhada que fizeram, juntos, ao longo dos anos de pregação, até ao momento em que as palavras revolucionárias do Messias não puderam mais ser toleradas pelo poder vigente, e o conduziram ao doloroso processo de condenação e crucificação. Enquanto recorda os factos, Madalena traz também à memória as palavras de Jesus e o que elas, segundo a sua interpretação, queriam significar uma interpretação que nem sempre vai ao encontro da vontade de Simão Pedro e de Paulo, que desejam firmar os princípios basilares da Igreja de Cristo. Com coragem e sensibilidade, Fredriksson tece um quadro belíssimo, onde se combinam texturas diversas a profundidade das personagens, o colorido do pano de fundo histórico e religioso, as reflexões espirituais e metafísicas, e uma escrita apelativa que conspiram no sentido de realizar uma obra de grande riqueza e significado no domínio da literatura actual.
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O reencontro do Homo Sapiens com o seu antepassado remoto, o Neandertal, ou pelo contrário, o confronto de duas espécies inimigas numa guerra primordial? O enigma percorre o romance num frémito intenso e contagiante. Para Matt e Susan, dois paleontologistas, a questão desencadeia uma investigação, repleta de momentos de espionagem, que culmina com o mais ansiado de todos os encontros - na Ásia Central, um grupo de Neandertais sobrevive. Despertam, do seu sono letárgico, receios ancestrais perante o que nos é a um tempo próximo e desconhecido. E o enigma desvenda-se. Uma cumplicidade hábil, entre conhecimento científico preciso e actual e inegável talento descritivo, conspira para conferir a este romance, que inaugura o género literário "mistério científico", um realismo autêntico, capaz de fazer o leitor penetrar nas câmaras mais ocultas da existência humana
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Viagens na Minha Terra (Mundo das Letras)
Manufacturer: Porto Editora
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ASIN: 9720042168 |
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Rose Lloyd vive no melhor dos mundos. Tem um casamento idílico, dois filhos já adultos, uma carreira bem sucedida enquanto crítica literária no jornal de que o próprio marido, Nathan, é editor-adjunto e uma bonita casa numa das mais prestigiadas zonas de Londres. E como se tudo isto não bastasse, conta ainda com a amizade de Minty, sua assistente, uma jovem bonita e sensual. Demasiado bonita e sensual, talvez, para passar despercebida aos olhos de Nathan... De um momento para o outro, Rose vê o seu mundo desmoronar-se ao perder tudo aquilo que durante mais de vinte anos deu significado à sua vida. Mas, quando pensamos que vamos assistir a mais uma dramática história de abandono e rejeição, somos surpreendidos por um desenlace absolutamente inesperado e original. Longe de baixar os braços face à situação devastadora em que se encontra, Rose renasce para uma nova vida e, claro, para um novo amor. Profundo e inspirador, este romance traz-nos uma lufada de ar fresco ao revelar-nos com perspicácia, humor e sensibilidade, toda uma outra forma de reagir ao desabar dos alicerces afectivos, profissionais e familiares que nos sustentam e ao explorar, inovando, as paisagens do amor, da perda e da regeneração.
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Amor de Perdição
Manufacturer: Martin Claret
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ASIN: 8572323406 |
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- A bit wierd...
- Assassins, and siblings, and zombies OH MY!
- Excellent!
- If you have another book on your list, read it first
- Brother & Sister Assassins versus the Grim Reaper
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Fifth Quarter (Daw Book Collectors)
Tanya Huff
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ASIN: 0886776511 |
Customer Reviews:
A bit wierd..........2007-01-11
This is a pretty good book. However, there are some incestuous bits that are a bit disturbing as well as a great deal of focus on death and rotting. Beyond that the book is well written, the characters believable and interesting and a story you can get into.
Assassins, and siblings, and zombies OH MY!.......2005-04-21
Huff continues in the world she started in "Sing the Four Quarters" but with a new set of characters. We meet two Imperial assasins, brother and sister, Bannon and Vree, who are quickly shown to be the most impressive and skillful assassins on the block. The beginning is a bit disconcerting as we traveled through Huff's last book with bards and kigh in a completely different kingdom (Shkoder instead of the Empire), and so it takes a bit of readjustment to get settled into this part of the world and the way it works. But the adjustment is small and only noticeable for the first few chapters.
Vree and Bannon have been trained together since they were 7 and 6 respectively, and have no family save the Imperial Army. They have been brutally trained throughout their lives to act as two blades with one mind. But when they go on a mission to take out Governor Aralt all that changes between one heartbeat and the next as Bannon blinks and finds himself in the dead body of his target, looking up at his own smiling face. Apparently it is possible for your kigh to jump bodies, and that's exactly what Gov. Aralt did to trap Bannon within the Governor's dying body. Vree is able to reach Bannon/Aralt's dying body and take her brother's kigh into herself before the body dies. Now these siblings are closer than they've ever been, and that may just tear them apart. Instead of being two blades and one mind they are now one blade and two minds. An unsteady truce is struck between the man who took over control of Bannon's body (his name is actually Gyhard) and Vree/Bannon to capture a new body for Gyhard to jump to so that Bannon can have his returned. Unfortunately the one Gyhard has his sights set on is the Imperial Prince, the one person above all else those in the Army are sworn to protect. Because Bannon and Vree share so many memories it becomes quite confusing which memory belongs to whom. Vree and Bannon have to deal with the uncomfortable mixture of their kigh and the resulting loss of identity without going mad while formulating a plan to not kill the Prince and still get Bannon's body back. Packing all this in a few hundred pages makes for a very suspenseful and fast-paced read.
Okay, I could have done without quite so much of Bannon's thoughts in this book, though they often served to lighten both mine and Vree's mood. I simply found his thoughts not as interesting and wished that he'd shut up and let other characters have more dialogue in the story. ^_^ It's very interesting to watch Huff take her characters to the brink of insanity and back, and to see how each of their personalities deal with their mutual loss of identity.
Excellent!.......2002-08-22
Fifth Quarter has quite a few interesting characters involved in intricate relationships. There's excellent action, horror, romance, and a bit of humor mixed in throughout the story. This book explores taboos but doesn't step delicately; rather, it plainly thrusts the situation in your face. I enjoyed the emotional stress on all the different characters as their self-images changed. Tanya Huff does a lot of character development in her books.
If you have another book on your list, read it first.......2001-02-17
Maybe you will like this book. I didn't. Huff attempted to do something new with gender by pushing a male into a female's body (actually, a brother and sister are sharing her body). Personally, I think it fell rather flat. The hint (well, MORE than a hint) of incestuous desires was mostly gratuitous. I wasn't impressed.
In addition, I didn't care for the objects of their quest: (1) to acquire the body of a prince and push HIS spirit out of his body and (2) to locate a "could-have-been" bard who is raising the dead, like zombies. The whole "walk of the living dead" portions of the novel were too dark for me, but I generally prefer my fantasy to be more idyllic, epic, or lighthearted.
Hey, this book might be for you if the gothic or vampires appeal. If not, I'd pass on this one. Read "Sing the Four Quarters" (book 1) and "The Quartered Sea" (book 4) instead and skip the two middle novels. Both are self-contained enough that books 2 and 3 won't be missed.
Brother & Sister Assassins versus the Grim Reaper.......2000-10-21
A 'noir' fantasy. "Fifth Quarter" reminded me of one of those old German woodcuts of the Grim Reaper stalking through a medieval village, bishops, commoners, and knights falling dead in his path. The grim reaper in this tale is a pathetic old man with a Song that can seal the souls of the dead back inside their decaying bodies.
Tanya Huff sets "Fifth Quarter" in the same world as "Sing the Four Quarters". There are Bards who can Sing to the 'kigh', the elemental spirits of earth, air, fire, and water. The Empire and its armies are major elements in the plot. However, "Fifth Quarter" is not a continuation of the earlier book. It is the story of brother and sister assassins, who end up inhabiting the same body (the sister's) when they attempt to kill a man who has discovered the secret of eternal life. How the brother gets his body back is one of the book's dominant plot lines, along with the hunt for the grim reaper, who has abducted the Emperor's son.
I didn't enjoy "Fifth Quarter" as much as Huff's earlier book. It dwells too much on incest and decaying bodies. However, it is a strong, well-plotted novel with likeable, interesting characters (the only exception is the narcissistic brother-assassin). Huff does her usual good job with the minor characters, too. I grew especially fond of the city guard who is one of the first to encounter the walking dead. She survives the encounter, only to be demoted because no one believes her. Next, she barely escapes death at the hand of the sister-assassin. Finally, she stumbles across the assassin who has sworn to kill the brother-sister team because they deserted the Army..
I've already bought the sequel, "No Quarter" to see what happens to Vree and her new live-in companion. Huff is always worth reading, especially for her carefully developed characters.
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George Allen was a top-ranked NFL coach throughout the sixties and seventies, coaching in turn the Chicago Bears, the Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins. Raised in a home dominated by her three football-obsessed older brothers and her father's relentless schedule, Jennifer Allen came of age in a cauldron of testosterone and win-at-all-costs mentality.
Buffeted by the coach's tumultuous firings and hirings, the Allen family was periodically propelled to new teams in new cities. And while her French-Tunisian mother attempted to teach Jennifer proper feminine etiquette, the author dreamed of being the first female quarterback in the NFL. But as she grew up, she yearned mostly to be someone her father would notice. In a macho world where only foot-ball mattered, what could she strive for? Who could she become?
Allen has written a poignant memoir of the father she tried so hard to know, about a family life that was willfully sacrificed to his endless fanatical pursuit of the Super Bowl. What emerges is a fascinating and singular behind-the-scenes look at professional football, and a memorable, bittersweet portrait of a father and his daughter, written in a fresh and perceptive voice.
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George Allen was a top-ranked NFL coach throughout the sixties and seventies, coaching in turn the Chicago Bears, the Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins. Raised in a home dominated by her three football-obsessed older brothers and her father's relentless schedule, Jennifer Allen came of age in a cauldron of testosterone and win-at-all-costs mentality. Buffeted by the coach's tumultuous firings and hirings, the Allen family was periodically propelled to new teams in new cities. And while her French-Tunisian mother attempted to teach Jennifer proper feminine etiquette, the author dreamed of being the first female quarterback in the NFL. But as she grew up, she yearned mostly to be someone her father would notice. In a macho world where only foot-ball mattered, what could she strive for? Who could she become? Allen has written a poignant memoir of the father she tried so hard to know, about a family life that was willfully sacrificed to his endless fanatical pursuit of the Super Bowl. What emerges is a fascinating and singular behind-the-scenes look at professional football, and a memorable, bittersweet portrait of a father and his daughter, written in a fresh and perceptive voice.
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SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED READING IN VIRGINIA.......2006-05-26
I was particularly enlightened by her descriptions of her brother's, former Senator George Allen, violent, hostile, even sociopathic personality. These sections completely and utterly presaged George Allen's violence, hostility and ultimate meltdown on the campaign trail.
The Personal Football Book.......2004-02-24
As an avid football fan, George Allen is one of the greatest NFL Coaches of all time. Throughout the book, Jennifer Allen describes they storybook life of an NFL coach from a footbal and personal perspective. George's rough-and-tough attitude made two winningless teams, the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins, into champions. However, his personality as a coach effected his role as a father, which created tension between him and his children. As the his only daughter, Jennifer tries to win her father's affection as she struggles of being a product of an NFL coach and well-known celebrity.
Not what I was expecting........2004-01-08
As a lifelong football fan I was hoping that "Fifth Quarter" would include more about football than Allen puts into her memoir. However, the book is well-written and engaging. If you're looking for a book about George Allen, this isn't really the book to read. However, if you're looking for an interesting book detailing the childhood of a coach's daughter, "Fifth Quarter" might be the book for you.
What a depressing Whine-fest.......2001-11-05
This entire story could have been written on the cover of a matchbook and saved me the time I wasted reading it. Endless complaining about her parents and siblings, If the peoples identities had been with held until the end, one might have expected to find out this was the childhood of a serial killer or some one else you might have expected to have a miserable childhood. Why would anyone even bother to write a book about people she seemed to care for as little as her family is beyond me except to possibly capitalize on her Dad's famous name and make a few bucks. A depressing read.
This is a chick book, not a sports book.......2001-02-20
I was misled by a review in SI that said this was a great book. If you're an Oprah fan, then it's a great book. If you want to learn about the life of an NFL coach, the Washington Redskins or football in general, you're better off buying a subsciption to Sports Illustrated or reading the sports page.
About 80 percent of this book is about the struggle of the writer to get her father's attention and approval. Another 10 percent has to do with her mother, her brothers and the writer's life away from her house. Maybe 10 percent has to do with football. It is a maddening experience to put up with the "I was a girl, girls weren't important to my dad, someone please pay attention to me" anecdotes and thoughts in the hope of getting to, say, the Washington Redskins' 1972 season where the team finally made it to the Super Bowl, and then when you get there have Jennifer Allen say in almost these exact words, "I don't remember much about that the season the Redskins went to the Super Bowl." I almost hurled the book across the room.
It is unfortunate that George Allen essentially ignored his family in his obsessive quest to do what he believed he was born to do: coach. No kid should have to grow up with that kind of home life, and it's obvious that her father's inattention has left its mark on Ms. Allen. But darn it, this is an Oprah book of the month selection, not a sports book. Someone should be clear on that!
A few words about George Allen ... I am about Jennifer Allen's age. I am a lifelong Redskins fan and grew up in D.C. When Mr. Allen took the team to the Super Bowl, it was a highlight of my young life. I remember him licking his fingers, tugging his hat and mentioning milk as his drink of choice. I had no idea that he ignored his family. I'm sorry he did that, but I am also grateful that the man came to my hometown and coached my favorite team and finally made it a winner. I wish the book had a little more about what made George Allen such a successful coach and a lot less about the struggle of a little girl to get close to her daddy.
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Fifth-Quarter Faith: Lessons to Learn When the Game is Over focuses on what Coach Eric Littleton characterizes as the "teachable moments" in sports. In an age of a win-at-all-cost mentality where coaches and parents alike are growing increasingly outrageous in their behavior, Fifth-Quarter Faith redefines our goals and objectives in sports using real-life stories from Coach Eric Littleton's fifteen years of coaching basketball at the high school and college levels. Using biblical stories to draw comparisons to real-life scenarios, parents and coaches alike are challenged to "raise the bar" in their attitude and conduct as it relates to their children's involvement in sports and other extracurricular activities. Fifth-Quarter Faith is a great tool for church discussion groups and Bible studies, weekend seminars, youth sports league orientations, or just for personal reading.
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