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Vidas Secas é um romance escrito por Graciliano Ramos, publicado em 1938, que retrata a dura realidade dos retirantes nordestinos durante a seca. A narrativa acompanha uma família miserável composta por Fabiano, sua esposa Sinhá Vitória, dois filhos sem nome e a cadela Baleia, enquanto vagam pelo sertão em busca de sobrevivência.

The dead do not sleep in Denmark. Thrice the vision of the suddenly departed king has haunted the night watchmen. Upon seeing his own son, prince Hamlet, the ghost calls him away to divulge most nefarious secret. This most noble king was murdered by his own brother, Hamlet's uncle, who now wears his crown and beds his bride. To the prince he charges with the unholy quest to avenge his death and kill his murderer. Young Hamlet, shocked and amazed, swears to do the bloody deed. Thus begins one of the greatest works by the greatest English author - William Shakespeare.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Paterson Joseph, known for his roles in the forthcoming BBC adaption of Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses, Peep Show, and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Richard Pevear. Young...

Uno dei più bei romanzi d'avventura e di mare che anticipa molti dei temi ecologici con cui dobbiamo fare i conti ai giorni nostri...

After Lew Alton unwittingly roused the fire demon Sharra, the Sword of Aldones was the only weapon that could lay her to rest again. But only one man could wield the sword, and getting it was an even bigger problem.

Barnavaux et quelques femmes réunit des récits où l’aventure et l’exil se confrontent au destin de celles qu’il croise. Dans Marie-faite-en-fer, l’une de ces figures sans nom, au métier que la morale réprouve, est emmenée en Afrique par un recruteur qui lui fait croire qu’il ne s’agit que de franchir un petit bras de mer depuis Marseille, vers un pays presque semblable à la France.

Elf Monate war es her, dass ein Eingeborener vom Stamme der Nuhuris in der Gegend um Zanaho einen riesigen Diamanten fand. Die englisch-französische Firma Priscott & Company in Lokoja entsandte daraufhin einen Schürftrupp unter Leitung des erfahrenen George McCoy nach Zanaho. Einmal im Monat schickte Priscott eine Trägerkolonne mit Medikamenten, Lohngeldern, Lebensmitteln, Werkzeugen, Perlen und Stoffen von Lokoja aus nach Zanaho, wo inzwischen außer neun Weißen auch hundert Eingeborene arbeiten.

Erzählt wird die unheimliche Geschichte der jungen Véronique d'Hergemont, die auf der Suche nach der eigenen Vergangenheit im Jahre 1917 einem schrecklichen Geheimnis auf die Spur kommt. Auf einer Insel in der Bretagne erfüllen sich grausige Prophezeiungen: Véronique muss mit ansehen, wie ihr totgeglaubter vierzehnjähriger Sohn seinen Großvater ermordet, drei alte Frauen gekreuzigt und flüchtende Inselbewohner erschossen werden. Der Gentleman-Einbrecher Arsène Lupin spielt ebenfalls eine Rolle im Roman.

In a remote part of 19th-century Afghanistan, two British adventurers pursue their ambition to rule an empire. Using betrayal, threats, and guns, they win the respect of a primitive tribe and become worshipped as gods until one day they draw blood, and the game is up. "The Man Who Would Be King" is an action-packed tale about the pitfalls of colonialism and the temptations and evils of power.

A classic tale of adventure and romance, Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood tells the story of Peter Blood, doctor and military veteran, who is mistaken for a rebel, arrested, tried, and transported to Barbados, where he is sold into slavery. Escaping his captivity during a raid on the colony, Blood and his fellow convicts capture a Spanish ship and sail off to become the most successful pirates in the Caribbean.

During the year 1866, ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest to be a giant narwhal. The United States government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time, receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition which he accepts. Canadian whaler and master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful servant Conseil are also brought aboard.

Augie is a poor but exuberant boy growing up in Chicago during the Depression. While his friends all settle into chosen professions, Augie demands a special destiny. He tests out a wild succession of occupations, proudly rejecting each as too limiting - until he tangles with the glamorous perfectionist Thea.

Otto Lidenbrock ist ein ebenso angesehener wie eigenbrötlerischer Professor. In Hamburg lehrt er am Johanneum Mineralogie und Geologie. Als er ein in Runen verfasstes Manuskript aus dem 12. Jahrhundert erwirbt, entdeckt er eine verschlüsselte Botschaft des isländischen Alchemisten Arne Saknussemm. Lidenbrock weiht seinen Neffen Axel ein, mit dessen Hilfe es ihm gelingt, die Botschaft zu entschlüsseln: Sie enthält die Beschreibung des Weges zum Mittelpunkt der Erde. Ohne zu zögern beschließt der Professor, die Reise ebenfalls anzutreten. Axel soll ihn begleiten.

Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over. On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr. Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands. To find out what the good doctor is hiding, 007 must enlist the aid of local fisherman Quarrel and alluring beachcomber Honeychile Rider.

Accompanied by Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good and their native servant Umbopa, the big-game hunter Allan Quatermain sets off to reveal the fate of Curtis...

Typhoon is the story of a steamship and her crew beset by a tempest and of the captain whose dogged courage is tested to the limit. Captain MacWhirr was an ordinary man. However, when his steamer Nan-Shan blunders into a hurricane, he and his crew must pull together to survive. The steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative readiness of his young first mate becomes a partnership vital to human survival as they are challenged from without by the elements, and from within by human doubts and fears.

Narrated by accomplished actor, Mark Gatiss! JAMES BOND GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SMERSH IN A BID TO SECURE A KEY PIECE OF SOVIET INTELLIGENCE SMERSH, the Russian intelligence unit whose acronym stands for “Death to Spies,” is hell-bent on destroying Special Agent James Bond. His death would...

Oyelo.com lo invita a seguir disfrutando de las aventuras de Don Quijote en esta segunda parte de la gran obra de Miguel de Cervantes. Es una obra clásica de la literatura hispana y en la que el autor ha logrado capturar con su magnífica prosa el espíritu humano, con todos los sueños y las aspiraciones que todos tenemos de cambiar el mundo y hacerlo un lugar mejor para todos. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Dix ans après ses premières aventures, Don Quichotte reprend la route, toujours convaincu d'être un chevalier errant chargé de défendre l'honneur et la justice. Accompagné de son fidèle écuyer Sancho Panza, il traverse une Espagne désormais peuplée de lecteurs… qui connaissent déjà ses exploits. Manipulé par des nobles moqueurs, défié par de faux chevaliers, et confronté à un monde qui se rit de ses marquants, "le chevalier de la Triste Figure" poursuit sa quête avec une noblesse d'âme touchante, au bord du tragique.

When mariner Robinson Crusoe sails from London to the African coast to Brazil, his unpredictable voyage takes a catastrophic course. The lone survivor of a shipwreck, he washes ashore on an Atlantic island. Resourceful and determined to contend with providence and nature, he finds his sovereignty empowering. Through the years he builds a civilization as a solitary man. Then he discovers a stranger’s footprint in the sand.