Leonardo's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:07:34 -0700 60 Leonardo's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg O Ninho 200551567
O livro de estreia de Bethânia Pires Amaro é composto por quinze contos, quinze pequenas obras-primas, que se aprofundam nas complexidades das relações familiares, explorando os recantos mais frágeis e perturbadores que podem habitar um lar. A autora nos convida a acompanhar personagens femininas que enfrentam mazelas diversas e, através de suas histórias, somos lembrados de que a casa, esse estranho ninho, não é tão sacra assim, nem tão segura.

A miséria socioeconômica e a fragilidade das conexões íntimas são exploradas com maestria pela autora, que, para Sérgio Rodrigues � jornalista e escritor que assina a orelha de O ninho �, estreia como “uma das melhores contistas da literatura brasileira�. Esses lares dessacralizados passam por vícios, suicídios, maternidades disfuncionais, abusos e violências devastadoramente reais. E, no entanto, a sensibilidade narrativa de Bethânia Pires Amaro nos ampara com as belezas imperfeitas que decorrem da tragédia cotidiana, e com a compaixão que corteja o desespero de vivermos, sempre, uns com os outros.]]> 192 Bethânia Pires Amaro 6555877901 Leonardo 0 4.37 O Ninho
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]]> The Monster of Elendhaven 43263515
These monsters of Elendhaven will have their revenge on everyone who wronged the city, even if they have to burn the world to do it.]]> 160 Jennifer Giesbrecht 125022568X Leonardo 0 3.54 2019 The Monster of Elendhaven
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]]> <![CDATA[Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity]]> 203994827 A major new assessment of one of the most controversial topics in history


Few matters produce more public interest and public anxiety than sex and religion. Much of the political contention and division in societies across the world centres on sexual topics, and one-third of the global population is Christian in background or outlook. The issue goes to the heart of present-day religion.

The Bible observes that God made humanity ‘for a little while lower than the angels�. If humans are that close to angels, where lies the difference? Is it human sexuality and what we do with it? In a single lifetime, Christianity or historically Christian societies have witnessed one of the most extraordinary about-turns in attitudes to sex and gender in human history. There have followed revolutions in the place of women in society, a new place for same-sex love amid the spectrum of human emotions, and a public exploration of gender and trans identity. For many the new situation has brought exciting liberation � for others, fury and fear.

This book seeks to calm fears and encourage understanding through telling a three-thousand-year-long tale of Christians encountering sex, gender and the family, with noises off from their sacred texts. The message of Lower Than The Angels is simple, necessary and to pay attention to the sheer glorious complexity and contradictions in the history of Christianity. The reader can decide from the story told here whether there is a single Christian theology of sex, or many contending voices in a symphony that is not at all complete. Oxford’s Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church introduces an epic of ordinary and extraordinary Christians trying to make sense of themselves and of humanity’s deepest desires, fears and hopes.
]]> 664 Diarmaid MacCulloch 0241400953 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.22 2024 Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
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]]> <![CDATA[What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)]]> 127306440
Retired soldier Alex Easton returns in a horrifying new adventure.

After their terrifying ordeal at the Usher manor, Alex Easton feels as if they just survived another war. All they crave is rest, routine, and sunshine, but instead, as a favor to Angus and Miss Potter, they find themself heading to their family hunting lodge, deep in the cold, damp forests of their home country, Gallacia.

In theory, one can find relaxation in even the coldest and dampest of Gallacian autumns, but when Easton arrives, they find the caretaker dead, the lodge in disarray, and the grounds troubled by a strange, uncanny silence. The villagers whisper that a breath-stealing monster from folklore has taken up residence in Easton’s home. Easton knows better than to put too much stock in local superstitions, but they can tell that something is not quite right in their home. . . or in their dreams.]]> 151 T. Kingfisher 1250830850 Leonardo 0 gr-awards-2024 3.78 2024 What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
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]]> Want 207006355 What do you want, when no one is watching?
What do you want, when the lights are off?
What do you want, when you are anonymous?

When we talk about sex, we talk about womanhood and motherhood, infidelity and exploitation, consent and respect, fairness and egalitarianism, love and hate, pleasure and pain. And yet for many reasons � some complicated, some not � so many of us don't talk about it. Our deepest, most intimate fears and fantasies remain locked away inside of us, until someone comes along with the key. Here's the key. In this generation-defining book, Gillian Anderson collects and introduces the anonymous letters of hundreds of women from around the world (along with her own anonymous letter). Want reveals how women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous.]]> 372 Gillian Anderson 1419777297 Leonardo 0 3.43 2024 Want
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]]> <![CDATA[The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)]]> 45047384
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.

When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.

But the children aren’t the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn.

An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.]]> 394 T.J. Klune Leonardo 0 to-read, gr-awards-2024 4.37 2020 The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
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]]> Verity 59344312
Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died.

Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.]]> 336 Colleen Hoover 153872474X Leonardo 0 to-read, gr-awards-2024 4.29 2018 Verity
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]]> The Deep 42201962 Yetu holds the memories for her people.

Her people, the wajinru � water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slavers � live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one. Save the historian.

Yetu remembers for all the wajinru, and the memories � painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her. And so she flees to the surface, escaping the memories and the expectations and the responsibilities � and discovers a world the wajinru left behind long ago.

Yetu will learn more than she ever expected to about her own past � and about the future of her people. If they are all to survive, they’ll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identities � and own who they really are.

Inspired by the hit song by clipping. (comprised of Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes), The Deep will resonate long after the last page is turned.]]> 166 Rivers Solomon 1534439862 Leonardo 0 3.78 2019 The Deep
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]]> <![CDATA[Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)]]> 199347538 Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugely anticipated sequel to TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea, one of the best-loved and best-selling fantasy novels of the past decade. Featuring gorgeous orange sprayed edges!

A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.

Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one.

He’s the master of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there.

Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the children ever feel the neglect and pain that he once felt as an orphan on that very same island so long ago. He is not alone: joining him is the love of his life, Linus Baker, a former caseworker in the Department In Charge of Magical Youth. And there’s the island’s sprite, Zoe Chapelwhite, and her girlfriend, Mayor Helen Webb. Together, they will do anything to protect the children.

But when Arthur is summoned to make a public statement about his dark past, he finds himself at the helm of a fight for the future that his family, and all magical people, deserve.

And when a new magical child hopes to join them on their island home—one who finds power in calling himself monster, a name that Arthur worked so hard to protect his children from—Arthur knows they’re at a breaking point: their family will either grow stronger than ever or fall apart.

Welcome back to Marsyas Island. This is Arthur’s story.

Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told, about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it.]]> 416 T.J. Klune 125088120X Leonardo 0 gr-awards-2024, to-read 4.17 2024 Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)
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]]> The God of the Woods 199698485 When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.]]> 490 Liz Moore Leonardo 0 gr-awards-2024, to-read 4.15 2024 The God of the Woods
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]]> The Wedding People 198902277 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781250899576.

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.

It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan—which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can’t stop confiding in each other.

In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined—and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.]]> 384 Alison Espach Leonardo 0 to-read, gr-awards-2024 4.11 2024 The Wedding People
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]]> Margo's Got Money Troubles 199534613
“[An] enormously entertaining and lovable book.� —Nick Hornby, New York Times Book Review

A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman’s attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world—from the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of The Knockout Queen.

As the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo Millet's always known she’d have to make it on her own. So she enrolls at her local junior college, even though she can’t imagine how she’ll ever make a living. She’s still figuring things out and never planned to have an affair with her English professor—and while the affair is brief, it isn’t brief enough to keep her from getting pregnant. Despite everyone’s advice, she decides to keep the baby, mostly out of naiveté and a yearning for something bigger.

Now, at twenty, Margo is alone with an infant, unemployed, and on the verge of eviction. She needs a cash infusion—fast. When her estranged father, Jinx, shows up on her doorstep and asks to move in with her, she agrees in exchange for help with childcare. Then Margo begins to form a plan: she’ll start an OnlyFans as an experiment, and soon finds herself adapting some of Jinx’s advice from the world of wrestling. Like how to craft a compelling character and make your audience fall in love with you. Before she knows it, she’s turned it into a runaway success. Could this be the answer to all of Margo’s problems, or does internet fame come with too high a price?

Blisteringly funny and filled with sharp insight, Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a tender tale starring an endearing young heroine who’s struggling to wrest money and power from a world that has little interest in giving it to her. It’s a playful and honest examination of the art of storytelling and controlling your own narrative, and an empowering portrait of coming into your own, both online and off.

“A wholly original novel. . . . Thorpe is both poetic and profound in the way she brings her remarkable story to an end.� —The Associated Press]]> 304 Rufi Thorpe 0063356589 Leonardo 0 to-read, gr-awards-2024 3.86 2024 Margo's Got Money Troubles
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]]> Desenhos ocultos 62593429 Profundamente assustador e original, Desenhos ocultos é uma experiência repleta de reviravoltas sobre redenção e os limites turvos entre vida e morte.

Aos 21 anos, Mallory Quinn precisa trabalhar. Recém-saída da reabilitação, a jovem consegue um emprego na casa de Ted e Caroline Maxwell, que, aos olhos da vizinhança, levam uma vida perfeita. Sua principal função é tomar conta de Teddy, o filho de cinco anos dos dois.

Mallory imediatamente se apaixona pelo trabalho: mora em um lugar só seu, sai para dar suas corridas noturnas e alcança a tão desejada estabilidade. Além disso, constrói laços sinceros com Teddy, um menino doce e tímido que nunca abandona seu caderno e seu lápis. Em seus desenhos, aparecem os elementos de sempre: árvores, coelhos, balões... Mas um dia, algo diferente surge no papel: um homem em uma floresta, arrastando o corpo inerte de uma mulher.

A partir daí as ilustrações de Teddy vão se tornando cada vez mais sinistras, e seus bonequinhos de palito logo se transformam em desenhos altamente realistas impossíveis de serem feitos por uma criança de cinco anos.

Assustada, Mallory começa a se questionar se os desenhos não seriam vislumbres de um assassinato sem solução ocorrido décadas atrás nas redondezas, talvez relacionados a uma força sobrenatural. Agora, ela precisa correr contra o tempo para decifrar as imagens e salvar Teddy antes que seja tarde demais.

"Sagaz, assustador e com uma trama magistral", segundo Ransom Riggs (O lar da srta. Peregrine para crianças peculiares), Desenhos ocultos contém uma série de ilustrações que permeia o livro inteiro e é fundamental para compor sua narrativa. O resultado é um clima sombrio a cada página, com reviravoltas e desenhos de tirar o fôlego.]]> 414 Jason Rekulak 655560350X Leonardo 4 DZçã--𱹱𾱱Dz 4.17 2022 Desenhos ocultos
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]]> Não Nasci Para Agradar 60643166 Uma história divertida e inspiradora sobre uma jovem que decide lutar contra o machismo e descobre que pode estar se apaixonando por seu rival

Eliza Quan não precisa que você goste dela. Ela se dedica mais que qualquer pessoa e não tem medo de expressar suas opiniões, e por isso é a candidata perfeita à editora-chefe do jornal da escola. Pelo menos até o ex-atleta Len DiMartile decidir, por um capricho, disputar o cargo. De repente, as vastas qualificações de Eliza são deixadas de lado, porque todos acreditam que Len � alto, lindo e um garoto � se parece mais com um líder, mesmo sem qualquer experiência.

Quando Eliza extravasa suas frustrações em um manifesto publicado sem seu aval, ela se torna um símbolo feminista, dividindo a escola em alunos que acreditam que ela é a porta-voz da luta pela igualdade de gênero e outros que a veem apenas como uma militante dramática.

Em meio a essa tensão, o diretor pede a Eliza e Len para trabalharem juntos no jornal, mas, conforme a dupla se conhece melhor, a jovem é confrontada por um terrível sentimento: será que ela está se apaixonando por seu rival, ou pior, pelo garoto que é a própria personificação do patriarcado? E como Eliza vai conciliar o que sente com a pressão de ser o ícone de um movimento, quando tudo que queria era uma eleição justa?]]> 400 Michelle Quach 6555604883 Leonardo 0 3.68 2021 Não Nasci Para Agradar
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]]> Kim Jiyoung, nascida em 1982 60435154 Com narrativa sutil e ao mesmo tempo arrebatadora, Kim Jiyoung, nascida em 1982 retrata a realidade de uma jovem coreana e os profundos impactos da desigualdade de gênero na vida das mulheres

Em um pequeno apartamento nos arredores da frenética Seul vive Kim Jiyoung. Uma millennial comum, Jiyoung largou seu emprego em uma agência de marketing para cuidar da filha recém-nascida em tempo integral � como se espera de tantas mulheres coreanas. Mas, em pouco tempo, ela começa a apresentar sintomas estranhos, que preocupam o marido e os sogros: Jiyoung personifica vozes de outras mulheres conhecidas � vivas e mortas. A estranheza de seu comportamento cresce na mesma proporção que a frustração do marido, que acaba aconselhando a esposa a se consultar com um psiquiatra.

Toda a sua trajetória é, então, contada ao médico. Nascida em 1982 e com o nome mais comum entre as meninas coreanas, Kim Jiyoung rapidamente se dá conta de como é desfavorecida frente ao irmão mimado. Seu comportamento sempre é vigiado e cobrado pelos homens ao seu redor: desde os professores do ensino fundamental, que impõem uniformes rígidos às meninas, até os colegas de trabalho, que instalam uma câmera escondida no banheiro feminino para postar fotos íntimas das mulheres em sites pornográficos. Aos olhos do pai, é culpa de Jiyoung que os homens a assediem; aos olhos do marido, é dever dela abandonar a carreira para cuidar da casa e da filha.

A vida dolorosamente comum de Kim Jiyoung vai contra os avanços da Coreia do Sul, uma vez que o 貹í abandona as políticas de controle de natalidade e “planejamento familiar� � que privilegiava o nascimento de meninos � e aprova uma nova legislação contra a discriminação de gênero. Diante de tudo isso, será que seu psiquiatra pode curá-la ou sequer descobrir o que realmente a aflige? Best-seller internacional, Kim Jiyoung, nascida em 1982 é uma obra poderosa e contemporânea que não só atinge o âmago da individualidade feminina, como também questiona o papel da mulher em âmbito universal.]]> 134 Cho Nam-Joo 6555604891 Leonardo 0 4.16 2016 Kim Jiyoung, nascida em 1982
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]]> Open Throat 62039259 A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel.

A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign. Lonely and fascinated by humanity’s foibles, the lion spends their days protecting the welfare of a nearby homeless encampment, observing obnoxious hikers complain about their trauma, and, in quiet moments, grappling with the complexities of their gender identity, memories of a vicious father, and the indignities of sentience. “I have so much language in my brain,� our lion says, “and nowhere to put it.�

When a man-made fire engulfs the encampment, the lion is forced from the hills down into the city the hikers call “ellay.� As the lion confronts a carousel of temptations and threats, they take us on a tour that spans the cruel inequalities of Los Angeles and the toll of climate grief, while scrambling to avoid earthquakes, floods, and the noise of their own conflicted psyche. But even when salvation finally seems within reach, they are forced to face down the ultimate question: Do they want to eat a person, or become one?

In elegiac prose woven with humor, imagination, sensuality, and tragedy, Henry Hoke’s Open Throat is a marvel of storytelling, a universal journey through a wondrous and menacing world told by a lovable mountain lion. Both feral and vulnerable, profound and playful, Open Throat is a star-making novel that brings mythmaking to real life.]]> 160 Henry Hoke 037460987X Leonardo 0 2024 4.02 2023 Open Throat
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Leonardo 1 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
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]]> <![CDATA[The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)]]> 7235533 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of The Stormlight Archive begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.

Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.

It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them.

One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable.

Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity.

Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war.

The result of over ten years of planning, writing, and world-building, The Way of Kings is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making.

Speak again the ancient oaths:

Life before death.
Strength before weakness.
Journey before Destination.

and return to men the Shards they once bore.

The Knights Radiant must stand again.]]> 1007 Brandon Sanderson 0765326353 Leonardo 5 4.66 2010 The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[해리 포터와 마법사의 � 1 (Harry Potter #1, part 1 of 2)]]> 49812
자신� 마법사라� 사실� 모른 � 온갖 멸시와 학대와 모욕� 당하� 계단 � 벽장에서 불우� 삶을 살지�,열한 번째 생일날에 해리� 호그와트라� 영국� 최고� 마법 학교� 입학하면� 해리� 모험담이 시작된다.]]> 232 J.K. Rowling 8983920688 Leonardo 5 4.32 1997 해리 포터와 마법사의 돌 1 (Harry Potter #1, part 1 of 2)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Leonardo
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare]]> 36 Lavishly illustrated with 1,000 photos, paintings, maps, sculptures and sketches, most appearing here for the first time, Weapons and Warfare is an indispensable chronicle of The Lord of the Rings' many creatures, warriors, armies and battlegrounds. From the graceful and proficient Elves to the horrendous war machines of the Dark Lord, each culture's approach to warfare is explained - how they fought, why they were fighting, what armor they wore and what weapons they used against their enemies. Now you can get as close to a marauding Orc as you could ever wish, without suffering the consequences!

Treating the filmmakers' notes, designs and props as a true archive, Weapons and Warfare describes in detail every major conflict depicted in the film trilogy - from The Last Alliance of Elves and Men to the climactic Battle of the Pelennor Fields - each accompanied by a battle diagram from the films' chief designers.

Armed with a wealth of fascinating facts and unique imagery, and with an exclusive foreword by Christopher Lee and an introduction by the Academy Award winner Richard Taylor, Weapons and Warfare promises to be the most striking companion to The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy published to date.

]]> 218 Chris Smith 0618391002 Leonardo 5 4.58 2003 The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 61215351 One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.]]> 432 J.R.R. Tolkien Leonardo 5 4.52 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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]]> A Game of Thrones #1 18337259 32 Daniel Abraham 0345536150 Leonardo 5 4.62 2011 A Game of Thrones #1
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]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 13496
Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.]]> 835 George R.R. Martin 0553588486 Leonardo 5 4.44 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 42844155 An alternative cover for this ASIN can be found here

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!]]> 333 J.K. Rowling Leonardo 5 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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]]> How to Sell a Haunted House 59414094 Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.

When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world.

Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market.

But some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…]]> 419 Grady Hendrix 0593201264 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.65 2023 How to Sell a Haunted House
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]]> Where the Crawdads Sing 36809135
But Kya is not what they say. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life's lessons from the land, learning the real ways of the world from the dishonest signals of fireflies. But while she has the skills to live in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world—until the unthinkable happens.

In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a profound coming of age story and haunting mystery. Thought-provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owens’s debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the child within us, while also subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

The story asks how isolation influences the behavior of a young woman, who like all of us, has the genetic propensity to belong to a group. The clues to the mystery are brushed into the lush habitat and natural histories of its wild creatures.]]> 384 Delia Owens 0735219117 Leonardo 0 4.35 2018 Where the Crawdads Sing
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]]> <![CDATA[My Year of Rest and Relaxation]]> 36552920
My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a powerful answer to that question. Through the story of a year spent under the influence of a truly mad combination of drugs designed to heal our heroine from her alienation from this world, Moshfegh shows us how reasonable, even necessary, alienation can be. Both tender and blackly funny, merciless and compassionate, it is a showcase for the gifts of one of our major writers working at the height of her powers.]]> 289 Ottessa Moshfegh 0525522115 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.57 2018 My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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]]> The Sense of an Ending 10746542 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here

By an acclaimed writer at the height of his powers, The Sense of an Ending extends a streak of extraordinary books that began with the best-selling Arthur & George and continued with Nothing to Be Frightened Of and, most recently, Pulse.

This intense novel follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he has never much thought about - until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance, one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. Tony Webster thought he'd left all this behind as he built a life for himself, and by now his marriage and family and career have fallen into an amicable divorce and retirement. But he is then presented with a mysterious legacy that obliges him to reconsider a variety of things he thought he'd understood all along, and to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single sitting, with stunning psychological and emotional depth and sophistication, The Sense of an Ending is a brilliant new chapter in Julian Barnes's oeuvre.]]> 150 Julian Barnes 0224094157 Leonardo 4 3.73 2011 The Sense of an Ending
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]]> I'm Afraid of Men. 39391177 A trans artist explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a girl—and how we might re-imagine gender for the twenty-first century.

Vivek Shraya has reason to be afraid. Throughout her life she's endured acts of cruelty and aggression for being too feminine as a boy and not feminine enough as a girl. To survive childhood she had to learn to convincingly perform masculinity. As an adult she makes daily compromises to steel herself against everything from verbal attacks to heartbreak.

With raw honesty, Shraya delivers an important record of the cumulative damage caused by misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia, releasing trauma from a body that has always refused to assimilate. I'm Afraid of Men. is a journey from camouflage to a riot of color and a blueprint for how we might cherish all that makes us different and conquer all that makes us afraid.]]> 87 Vivek Shraya 0735235937 Leonardo 5 4.21 2018 I'm Afraid of Men.
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]]> The Only One Left 62703226 At seventeen, Lenora Hope
Hung her sister with a rope

Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred.

Stabbed her father with a knife
Took her mother’s happy life

It’s now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer�I want to tell you everything.

“It wasn’t me,� Lenora said
But she’s the only one not dead

As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.]]> 383 Riley Sager 0593183223 Leonardo 4 4.12 2023 The Only One Left
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]]> A Vegetariana 42442340 176 Han Kang 8588808285 Leonardo 3 want-to-read-alot 3.76 2007 A Vegetariana
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]]> However Many Must Die 195912684 "An impressive writer" � Mark Lawrence, Gemmell Award Winner and international bestselling author
"I freaking bloody loved the Blood Scouts" � Julia Sarene, The Fantasy Hive
"A unique, compelling story with plenty of action and vivid characters." � Patrick Samphire, author of Shadow of a Dead God
"One of the best books of the year." � Travis Riddle, author of Flesh Eater and the Jekua series

Wild Wish was trained to do one kill.

Saved from a lonely backwater existence by a global war, Wish couldn't believe her luck when she got into the Blood Scouts. Now she gets to share tents with an all-female platoon of night-stalking, giant-slaying, boat-sinking, battle-swaying legends in the making.

The problem is, they keep dying.

And they've been given their worst assignment yet.

The enemy Dread Corps are combining magics deep within the nightmare lands of Low Slane, to unleash a weapon that could sway the entire war. It's up to the Blood Scouts to stop them � with a journey that gets more dangerous with every step.

Far behind enemy lines, death hangs in the air. Monsters lurk around every corner.

Are Wish's skills � and positive attitude � enough to keep her Blood Scouts alive?

Or will the cost of survival finally break her?

Get ready for the first epic entry in a new series, and a new world, of dark military fantasy from Phil Williams. Start reading today!

What reviewers are saying...
"This book has it all, and it is delivered in slick, lightweight prose that does not miss a beat, yet somehow flows like a blockbuster." - DB Rook, author/FanFiAddict
"a great read that I really recommend checking out" - Dominish Books
"Loved However Many Must Die. Excellent story. Go read it now!"
"One of the best books of the year." - Travis M. Riddle, author
"an impressive story filled with creativity and heart" - Lynn's Books
"an excellent book, a story that is a direct punch to your feelings" - Jam Reads
"compelled me to stay awake well past my bedtime" - Space & Sorcery
"an action packed, heart-breaking, and gritty read. Highly recommended!" - Damien Larkin, author
"I was thoroughly impressed by the originality of the world...intricately fascinating" - Fantasy Book Nerd
"an amazing read!" - Sam Stokes, reader review
"an absolute blast" - Pete Barnable, reader review
"A great novel, with characters I found myself caring about, probably more than was good for me." - Sue Tingey, reader review]]> 534 Phil Williams 1913468232 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.45 However Many Must Die
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]]> <![CDATA[When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, #1)]]> 195790597 When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if redemption and atonement can be found in embracing what we most fear.

We bear the sword, and we bear the pain of the sword.

On Kupala Night, Dymitr arrives in Chicago’s monstrous, magical underworld with a perilous mission: pick the mythical fern flower and offer it to a cursed creature in exchange for help finding the legendary witch Baba Jaga.

Ala is a fear-eating zmora afflicted with a bloodline curse that’s slowly killing her. She's just desperate enough to say yes to Dymitr, even if she doesn’t know his motives.

Over the course of one night, Ala and Dymitr risk life and limb in search of Baba Jaga, and begin to build a tentative friendship. . . but when Ala finds out what Dymitr is hiding, it could destroy them both.]]> 166 Veronica Roth 1250855489 Leonardo 0 2024 3.71 2024 When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, #1)
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]]> Graveyard Shift 203578770 Author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night shift workers who meet in the local cemetery to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave.

Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel receptionist, the steward of the derelict church that looms over them, and the editor-in-chief of the college paper, always in search of a story.

One dark October evening in the defunct churchyard, they find a hole that wasn’t there before. A fresh, open grave where no grave should be. But who dug it, and for whom?

Before they go their separate ways, the gravedigger returns. As they trail him through the night, they realize he may be the key to a string of strange happenings around town that have made headlines for the last few weeks—and that they may be closer to the mystery than they thought.

Atmospheric and eerie, with the ensemble cast her fans love and a delightfully familiar academic backdrop, Graveyard Shift is a modern Gothic tale in If We Were Villains author M. L. Rio’s inimitable style.]]> 144 M.L. Rio 1250356792 Leonardo 0 2024 3.18 2024 Graveyard Shift
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]]> <![CDATA[Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil]]> 195790835 Stories I Wrote for the Devil lures readers into surreal pockets of the United States and Brazil, where they’ll find bite-size Americans in vending machines and the ghosts of living people. Ananda Lima speaks to modern Brazilian-American immigrant experiences―of ambition, fear, longing, and belonging―and reveals the porousness of storytelling and of the places we call home.]]> 181 Ananda Lima 1250292972 Leonardo 0 2024 3.41 2024 Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
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]]> Any Man 35068781
In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture.

A violent serial rapist is on the loose, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars, online, at home� the place doesn’t matter, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the aftermath of their assault in the form of doubt from the police, feelings of shame alienation from their friends and family and the haunting of a horrible woman who becomes the phantom on which society projects its greatest fears, fascinations and even misogyny. All the while the police are without leads and the media hound the victims, publicly dissecting the details of their attack.

What is extraordinary is how as years pass these men learn to heal, by banding together and finding a space to raise their voices. Told in alternating viewpoints signature to each voice and experience of the victim, these pages crackle with emotion, ranging from horror to breathtaking empathy.]]> 288 Amber Tamblyn 0062688936 Leonardo 4 3.85 2018 Any Man
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]]> The Lost Apothecary 53288434 A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them - setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.

Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.
Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register.

One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose - selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives. But when her new patron turns out to be a precocious twelve-year-old named Eliza Fanning, an unexpected friendship sets in motion a string of events that jeopardizes Nella’s world and threatens to expose the many women whose names are written in her register.

In present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, reeling from the discovery of her husband’s infidelity. When she finds an old apothecary vial near the river Thames, she can’t resist investigating, only to realize she’s found a link to the unsolved “apothecary murders� that haunted London over two centuries ago. As she deepens her search, Caroline’s life collides with Nella’s and Eliza’s in a stunning twist of fate - and not everyone will survive.]]> 301 Sarah Penner 0778311015 Leonardo 0 gr-awards-2021 3.72 2021 The Lost Apothecary
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]]> <![CDATA[The Little #MeToo Book for Men]]> 46013733 These rules of manhood become so central to what we believe as to render the distinction between ourselves and our culture of manhood invisible to us.
When millions of men live our lives subject to the rules of a culture we are not fully conscious of, it can be damaging for our families, our communities, our collective quality of life, and even our longevity. The Little #MeToo Book for Men seeks to encourage a conversation about how boys and men arrive at what we believe.
If this conversation can reveal even the slightest glimmer of daylight between our dominant culture of masculinity and our own daily choices as men, my hope is we will find, in that space, a more vibrant and authentic connection to our agency, our power and our humanity."

Mark Greene’s articles on fatherhood, men and emotional expression have received over half a million social media shares and twenty million page views. Greene writes and speaks on men’s issues for the Good Men Project, the Shriver Report, the New York Times, Salon, the BBC and the Huffington Post.]]> 79 Mark Greene 0983466963 Leonardo 0 dropped 4.00 The Little #MeToo Book for Men
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]]> Leopardo negro, lobo rojo 51195666 El Rastreador es conocido por sus habilidades como cazador: «Tiene un buen olfato», se dice de él. Contratado para encontrar a un misterioso niño que ha desaparecido, el Rastreador rompe su propia regla de no trabajar con nadie y se encuentra de pronto como parte de un grupo que debe colaborar y apoyarse para llevar su objetivo a buen puerto. Se trata de un grupo heterogéneo, formado por personajes inusuales, cada uno con sus propios secretos, incluido un hombre capaz de cambiar de forma a su antojo conocido como el Leopardo.
Mientras el Rastreador sigue el olor del chico, el grupo se enfrenta a criaturas que intentan que no lleguen a su objetivo. Y mientras luchan para sobrevivir, el Rastreador empieza a preguntarse quién es realmente ese niño, por qué ha estado perdido durante tanto tiempo y por qué todos intentan evitar que sea encontrado. Y algo más importante: ¿quién está contando la verdad en esta historia y quién está mintiendo?
Hundiendo su propia imaginación en la mitología y en la historia africana, Marlon James ha escrito una novela que no se parece a nada: una saga de aventuras capaz de cortar el aliento, tan ambiciosa como imposible de dejar de leer. Huyendo de las etiquetas y repleta de personajes inolvidables, Leopardo negro, lobo rojo es un ejercicio de literatura tan sorprendente como profundo que explora nuestra necesidad de entender cómo funcionan la verdad y el poder.

]]> 684 Marlon James Leonardo 0 wtr-2022, dropped 3.48 2019 Leopardo negro, lobo rojo
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]]> <![CDATA[A Vida Invisível de Addie Larue]]> 58122547
Assim começa a vida extraordinária de Addie LaRue, uma aventura deslumbrante que se desenrola através de séculos e continentes, através da história e da arte, enquanto uma jovem aprende até onde irá para deixar sua marca no mundo.]]> 572 Victoria E. Schwab Leonardo 0 wtr-2022, dropped 4.24 2020 A Vida Invisível de Addie Larue
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]]> <![CDATA[Amor Em Cores - Historias inspiradas em mitologias ao redor do mundo (Em Portugues do Brasil)]]> 60873496
A young businesswoman attempts a great leap in her company, and an even greater one in her love life.

A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether she should uphold her family’s politics or be true to her heart.

In her debut collection, internationally acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola retells the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology with incredible new detail and vivacity. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from long-erased places.

With an eye towards decolonizing tropes inherent in our favorite tales of love, Babalola has created captivating stories that traverse across perspectives, continents, and genres.]]> Bolu Babalola 6559701395 Leonardo 0 dropped 3.90 2020 Amor Em Cores - Historias inspiradas em mitologias ao redor do mundo (Em Portugues do Brasil)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)]]> 40275288
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction � but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.]]> 845 Samantha Shannon 1408883457 Leonardo 0 dropped 4.18 2019 The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Mindset: The New Psychology of Success]]> 40745 A newer edition of this book can be found here.

After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset � those who believe that abilities are fixed � are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset � those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love � to transform their lives and your own.]]> 276 Carol S. Dweck Leonardo 0 dropped 4.09 2006 Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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]]> <![CDATA[Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention� and How to Think Deeply Again]]> 57933306 Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening--and how to get our attention back.

In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions--even abandoning his phone for three months--but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention--and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.

We think our inability to focus is a personal failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces that have left us uniquely vulnerable to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit. Hari found that there are twelve deep causes of this crisis, from the decline of mind-wandering to rising pollution, all of which have robbed some of our attention. In Stolen Focus, he introduces readers to Silicon Valley dissidents who learned to hack human attention, and veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD. He explores a favela in Rio de Janeiro where everyone lost their attention in a particularly surreal way, and an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore workers' productivity.

Crucially, Hari learned how we can reclaim our focus--as individuals, and as a society--if we are determined to fight for it. Stolen Focus will transform the debate about attention and finally show us how to get it back.]]> 357 Johann Hari 0593138511 Leonardo 0 dropped 4.22 2022 Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
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]]> <![CDATA[Minimalismo Digital: Para uma Vida Profunda em um Mundo Superficial]]> 52208698
Neste livro oportuno e esclarecedor, o autor do best-seller Trabalho Focado apresenta uma filosofia para o uso de tecnologia que já melhorou inúmeras vidas.

Minimalistas digitais estão ao nosso redor. São pessoas tranquilas e felizes, que estendem longas conversas sem olhares furtivos para seus smartphones. Eles se perdem em um bom livro, em um projeto de carpintaria ou em uma corrida matinal sem pressa. Divertem-se com amigos e familiares sem o desejo obsessivo de documentar a experiência. Eles se informam sobre as notícias do dia, mas não se sentem oprimidos por elas. Não experimentam um "medo de perder alguma coisa", porque já sabem quais atividades concedem significado a suas vidas e lhes satisfazem.

Agora, Newport nomeia esse movimento silencioso e traz um argumento persuasivo para sua urgência em nosso mundo saturado de tecnologia. Dicas advindas do senso comum, como desativar as notificações, ou rituais esporádicos, como tirar férias do universo digital, não são suficientes para nos ajudar a retomar o controle de nossas vidas no que tange às tecnologias; e as tentativas de se afastar completamente são complicadas por cobranças de familiares, amigos e do trabalho. Diferentemente, precisamos de um método ponderado para decidir quais ferramentas usar, com quais objetivos e sob quais condições.

Com base em uma variedade diversificada de exemplos da vida real, de agricultores amish a pais aflitos e programadores do Vale do Silício, Newport identifica as práticas comuns de minimalistas digitais e as ideias que as respaldam. Ele mostra como os minimalistas digitais têm repensado sua relação com as mídias sociais, redescobrindo os prazeres do mundo offline e se reconectando a sua essência através de períodos regulares de solidão. Por fim, ele compartilha estratégias para integrar essas práticas em sua vida, iniciando com um processo de "faxina digital" de 30 dias que já ajudou milhares de pessoas a se sentirem menos sobrecarregadas e com maior controle de suas vidas.

A tecnologia não é inerentemente boa nem ruim. O segredo é usá-la para viabilizar seus objetivos e valores, em vez de deixá-la usar você. Este livro o ensina a fazer isso.]]> 220 Cal Newport Leonardo 0 dropped 4.06 2019 Minimalismo Digital: Para uma Vida Profunda em um Mundo Superficial
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]]> <![CDATA[Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking]]> 58154664
You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to how you should invest, and not one of those decisions would be possible without emotion. It has long been said that thinking and feeling are separate and opposing forces in our behavior. But as Leonard Mlodinow, the best-selling author of Subliminal, tells us, extraordinary advances in psychology and neuroscience have proven that emotions are as critical to our well-being as thinking.

How can you connect better with others? How can you make sense of your frustration, fear, and anxiety? What can you do to live a happier life? The answers lie in understanding your emotions. Journeying from the labs of pioneering scientists to real-world scenarios that have flirted with disaster, Mlodinow shows us how our emotions can help, why they sometimes hurt, and what we can learn in both instances.

Using deep insights into our evolution and biology, Mlodinow gives us the tools to understand our emotions better and to maximize their benefits. Told with his characteristic clarity and fascinating stories, Emotional explores the new science of feelings and offers us an essential guide to making the most of one of nature’s greatest gifts.]]> 272 Leonard Mlodinow 1524747599 Leonardo 0 dropped 3.80 2022 Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking
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]]> A Casa na Rua Mango 53822877
Em fragmentos do cotidiano, a autora de A casa na Rua Mango nos apresenta um panorama do universo de Esperanza e costura uma linha que vai da infância envergonhada da menina à tomada de consciência e início do amadurecimento. Um romance ao mesmo tempo leve e intenso, no qual as vozes latinas reverberam com a força da prosa singular de Sandra Cisneros.]]> 144 Sandra Cisneros 6555530006 Leonardo 0 dropped 3.68 1984 A Casa na Rua Mango
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Be Authentic: Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Fulfillment]]> 58724992
In an age of self-exposure, what does it mean to be authentic?

“Authenticity� has become attenuated to the point of meaninglessness; everyone says to be yourself, but what that means is anyone’s guess. For existential philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, authenticity is not the revelation of a true self, but an exhilarating quest towards fulfillment. Her view, central to existentialism, is that we exist first and then spend the rest of our lives creating―not discovering―who we are. To be authentic is to live in pursuit of self-creation and self-renewal, with many different paths towards diverse goals.

How to Be Authentic is a lively introduction to Simone de Beauvoir's philosophy of existentialism, as well as an exploration of the successes and failures that Beauvoir and other women have experienced in striving towards authenticity. Skye C. Cleary takes us through some of life’s major relationships and friendship; romantic love; marriage; children; and death, and examines how each offers an opportunity for us to stretch toward authenticity. While many people don’t get to choose their path in life―whether because of systemic oppression or the actions of other individuals―Cleary makes a compelling case that Beauvoir’s ideas can help us become more conscious of living purposefully, thoughtfully, and with vitality, and she shows us how to do so in responsible ways that invigorate every person’s right to become poets of their own lives.]]> 352 Skye Cleary 1250271355 Leonardo 0 dropped 3.90 2022 How to Be Authentic: Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Fulfillment
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]]> Yellowface 62047984
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 319 R.F. Kuang 000853277X Leonardo 5 3.69 2023 Yellowface
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]]> O Quarto de Giovanni 40672488 Se em o sol também se levanta Ernest Hemingway retrata um grupo de americanos em uma Paris boêmia e fervilhante, o quarto de Giovanni explora, na mesma cidade, as agruras de personagens que enfrentam o vazio existencial ao perceber a fragilidade dos laços e as frustrações de seus desejos.]]> 232 James Baldwin 8535931325 Leonardo 4 4.27 1956 O Quarto de Giovanni
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]]> Satan Loves You 11261906 302 Grady Hendrix 0983448701 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.85 2011 Satan Loves You
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]]> <![CDATA[Sacred Sexuality: The Erotic Spirit in the World's Great Religions]]> 21380670
� Examines sacred sexuality in the world’s religious and mystery traditions

� Explores contemporary “sexual stress syndrome� resulting from the absence of the sacred in sexual practice

� Reveals how to find the sacred in the ordinary

This book examines the history of sexuality as a sacramental act. In spite of our culture’s recent sexual liberalizations, sexual intimacy often remains unfulfilling. Georg Feuerstein instructs that the fulfillment we long for in our sex lives can only be attained once we have explored the spiritual depths of our erotic natures.

Feuerstein delves into a wide variety of spiritual traditions--including Christianity, Judaism, goddess worship, Taoism, and Hinduism--in search of sacred truths regarding sexuality. He reveals that all of these great teachings share the hidden message that spirituality is, in essence, erotic and that sexuality is inherently spiritual. From the erotic cult of the Great Mother and the archaic ritual of hieros gamos (sacred marriage) to the institution of sacred prostitution and the erotic spirituality practiced in the mystery traditions, Feuerstein offers a wealth of historical practices and perspectives that serve as the bases for a positive sexual spirituality suited to our contemporary needs.]]> 256 Georg Feuerstein 1594775745 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.67 1992 Sacred Sexuality: The Erotic Spirit in the World's Great Religions
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]]> A Vegetariana 32335057 129 Han Kang 9722061240 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.64 2007 A Vegetariana
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]]> <![CDATA[Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)]]> 36597702 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A 2018 Most Anticipated Young Adult book from debut author Adrienne Young, Sky in the Deep is part Wonder Woman, part Vikings—and all heart.OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE.Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago.Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating.�THIS IS A GRIPPING STORY, RICHLY TOLD.� —Renée Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of Flame in the Mist"FIERCE, VIVID, AND VIOLENTLY BEAUTIFUL.� —Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval�A STUNNING DEBUT� —Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen�BLEAK BEAUTIFUL AND DEADLY� —Traci Chee, New York Times bestselling author of The Reader�WHOLLY UNIQUE AND INSTANTLY ADDICTIVE� —Kerri Maniscalco, New York Times bestselling author of Hunting Prince Dracula �HEARTRENDING, HEART-MENDING� —Kayla Olson, bestselling author of Sandcastle Empire]]> 350 Adrienne Young 1250168473 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.13 2018 Sky in the Deep (Sky and Sea, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Meditações de Marco Aurélio (traduzido) (Coleção Filosofia à Maneira Clássica) (Portuguese Edition)]]> 25318177 201 Marcus Aurelius 8581130305 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.17 180 Meditações de Marco Aurélio (traduzido) (Coleção Filosofia à Maneira Clássica) (Portuguese Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Terra das mulheres (Portuguese Edition)]]> 40224696 Publicado pela primeira vez em 1915, Terra das mulheres mostra como seria uma sociedade utópica composta unicamente por mulheres. Antes de o leitor encontrar a suposta maravilha dessa utopia, terá de acompanhar três exploradores � Van, o narrador, o doce Jeff, e Terry, o machão � e suas considerações e devaneios sobre o 貹í. Os três têm a certeza de que também existem homens lá, ainda que isolados e convocados apenas para fins de reprodução. Um 貹í só de mulheres, segundo os três, seria óپ, selvagem, subdesenvolvido, Աá. Uma vez lá, Van, Jeff e Terry se dividem entre a curiosidade de exploradores com fins científicos e o impulso dominador de um homem, oscilando entre tentar entender mais sobre aquela utópica e desconhecida sociedade e o sonho de um 󲹰é repleto de mulheres que talvez estejam dispostas a پڲê-Dz e servi-los.

]]> 215 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 8501100250 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.72 1915 Terra das mulheres (Portuguese Edition)
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]]> The Monster of Elendhaven 43386724 The Monster of Elendhaven, a dark fantasy about murder, a monster, and the magician who loves both.

The city of Elendhaven sulks on the edge of the ocean. Wracked by plague, abandoned by the South, stripped of industry and left to die. But not everything dies so easily. A thing without a name stalks the city, a thing shaped like a man, with a dark heart and long pale fingers yearning to wrap around throats. A monster who cannot die. His frail master sends him out on errands, twisting him with magic, crafting a plan too cruel to name, while the monster’s heart grows fonder and colder and more cunning.

These monsters of Elendhaven will have their revenge on everyone who wronged the city, even if they have to burn the world to do it.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 154 Jennifer Giesbrecht 1250225353 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.61 2019 The Monster of Elendhaven
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]]> <![CDATA[Tantric Sex for Men: Making Love a Meditation]]> 35504537 178 Diana Richardson 1594779775 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.00 2010 Tantric Sex for Men: Making Love a Meditation
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]]> <![CDATA[Specimen Days and Collect (Neversink)]]> 24406944 Whitman’s uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time.

One of the most creative and individual poets America has produced, Walt Whitman was also a prolific diarist, note-taker, and essayist whose intimate observations and reflections have profoundly deepened understanding of nineteenth-century American life. Specimen Days and Collect, first published in 1882, is a choice collection of Whitman’s uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time, principally the era of the Civil War and its aftermath.

On page after page, a vast panorama of American life unfolds, and with it rare glimpse of Whitman as poet, empathetic observer, and romantic wanderer. From his years as a wartime nurse in Washington, D.C., come touching glimpses of the dead and dying in military hospitals, memories of Abraham Lincoln, and vivid impressions of the nation’s capital in a time of great crisis.

Whitman’s travel yields memorable recollections of Boston, the Hudson Valley, a walk through Central Park, Niagara Falls, the City of Denver, and more. Along with the famed essay “Democratic Vistas,� there are scenes from the poet’s childhood, touching tributes to songbirds, wildflowers, friendship and freedom; impressions of the music of Beethoven, reflections on a last visit to Emerson, the deaths of Lincoln and Longfellow and the painful process of aging.

Deeply felt and vividly expressed, Specimen Days and Collect is a richly rewarding experience, a rare excursion into the mind and heard of one of America’s greatest poets—and the America his poetry so richly commemorated.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 650 Walt Whitman 1612193870 Leonardo 0 to-read 5.00 1882 Specimen Days and Collect (Neversink)
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]]> <![CDATA[O museu da inocência (Portuguese Edition)]]> 53522372 616 Orhan Pamuk 8543802644 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.00 2008 O museu da inocência (Portuguese Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Os Garotos Corvos (A Saga dos Corvos, #1)]]> 19496514
Seu nome é Gansey, e ela logo descobre que ele é um estudante rico da Academia Aglionby, a escola particular da cidade. Mas Blue se impôs uma regra: ficar longe dos garotos da Aglionby. Conhecidos como garotos corvos, eles só podem significar encrenca.

Gansey tem tudo - dinheiro, boa aparência, amigos leais -, mas deseja muito mais. Ele está em uma missão com outros três garotos corvos: Adam, o aluno pobre que se ressente de toda a riqueza ao seu redor; Ronan, a alma pertubada que varia da raiva ao desespero; e Noah, o observador taciturno, que percebe muitas coisas, mas fala pouco.]]> 378 Maggie Stiefvater 8576863057 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.11 2012 Os Garotos Corvos (A Saga dos Corvos, #1)
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]]> Melmoth 38470372 For centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history’s darkest waters—and now, in Sarah Perry’s breathtaking follow-up to The Essex Serpent, it is heading in our direction.

It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts—or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she persuades to join her to a damnation of timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy.

But, unaware, as she wanders the cobblestone streets Helen is being watched. And then Karel disappears. . . .

]]> 352 Sarah Perry 0062856413 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.48 2018 Melmoth
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]]> <![CDATA[A mulher entre nós (Portuguese Edition)]]> 53938046 Um livro de suspense que explora as complexidades do casamento e as verdades perigosas que ignoramos em nome do amor.

Aos 37 anos, a recém-divorciada Vanessa está no fundo do poço. Deprimida, morando no apartamento de sua tia, ela não tem filhos, dinheiro ou amigos verdadeiros. Ao descobrir que Richard, seu rico e carismático ex-marido, está prestes a se casar de novo, algo dentro de Vanessa se quebra. A partir de agora, sua vida irá revolver em torno de uma única obsessã impedir esse matrimônio. Custe o que custar.
Na superfície, Nellie se parece com qualquer outra jovem bela e sonhadora que veio para Manhattan começar sua tão sonhada vida adulta. Mas a personalidade tranquila que ostenta é apenas uma fachada. Em sua mente, perdura um segredo que a fez fugir de sua cidade natal e que a impede de caminhar em paz quando está sozinha.
Ao conhecer Richard � bem-sucedido, protetor, o homem dos sonhos � ela finalmente começa a sentir-se segura. Ele promete protegê-la de todos os males, para o resto de sua vida. Mas, de repente, ela começa a receber ligações misteriosas. Fotografias em seu quarto são movidas de lugar. O lenço que ela planejava usar em seu casamento desaparece. Alguém está perseguindo-a, alguém quer o seu mal. Mas quem?]]> 456 Greer Hendricks 855451078X Leonardo 0 to-read 3.38 2018 A mulher entre nós (Portuguese Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth and the Politics of the Body]]> 19069959 Riane Eisler shows us how history has consistently promoted the link between sex and violence—and how we can sever this link and move to a politics of partnership rather than domination in all our relations.

]]> 838 Riane Eisler 0062030752 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.36 1995 Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth and the Politics of the Body
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]]> Notes to Self 40971303 'The person who loves the addict exhausts and renews their love on a daily basis.'

In this vivid and powerful collection of essays, Emilie Pine writes about all the things she shouldn’t say. Addressing addiction, fertility, feminism, sexual violence and depression, Notes to Self is raw, funny and honest.

Unsentimental and brave, this startling debut breaks new ground in the field of personal essays.

]]> 166 Emilie Pine 1999700880 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.29 2018 Notes to Self
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]]> <![CDATA[A sutil arte de ligar o f*da-se: Uma estratégia inusitada para uma vida melhor]]> 36516509 Chega de tentar buscar um sucesso que só existe na sua cabeça. Chega de se torturar para pensar positivo enquanto sua vida vai ladeira abaixo. Chega de se sentir inferior por não ver o lado bom de estar no fundo do poço.

Coaching, autoajuda, desenvolvimento pessoal, mentalização positiva � sem querer desprezar o valor de nada disso, a grande verdade é que às vezes nos sentimos quase sufocados diante da pressão infinita por parecermos otimistas o tempo todo. É um pecado social se deixar abater quando as coisas não vão bem. Ninguém pode fracassar simplesmente, sem aprender nada com isso. Não dá mais. É insuportável. E é aí que entra a revolucionária e sutil arte de ligar o foda-se.

Mark Manson usa toda a sua sagacidade de escritor e seu olhar crítico para propor um novo caminho rumo a uma vida melhor, mais coerente com a realidade e consciente dos nossos limites. E ele faz isso da melhor maneira. Como um verdadeiro amigo, Mark se senta ao seu lado e diz, olhando nos seus olhos: você não é tão especial. Ele conta umas piadas aqui, dá uns exemplos inusitados ali, joga umas verdades na sua cara e pronto, você já se sente muito mais alerta e capaz de enfrentar esse mundo cão.

Para os céticos e os descrentes, mas também para os amantes do gênero, enfim uma abordagem franca e inteligente que vai ajudar você a descobrir o que é realmente importante na sua vida, e f*da-se o resto. Livre-se agora da felicidade maquiada e superficial e abrace esta arte verdadeiramente transformadora.

]]> 190 Mark Manson 855100249X Leonardo 0 to-read 3.71 2016 A sutil arte de ligar o f*da-se: Uma estratégia inusitada para uma vida melhor
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]]> <![CDATA[Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)]]> 31311280 For the Portuguese paperback, see ISBN13: 9788582353820.

A oeste de Ravka, onde Grishas são escravizados e envolvidos em jogos de contrabandistas e mercadores fica Ketterdam, capital de Kerch, um lugar agitado onde tudo pode ser conseguido pelo preço certo. Nas ruas e nos becos que fervilham de traições, mercadorias ilegais e assuntos escusos entre gangues, ninguém é melhor negociador que Kaz Brekker, a trapaça em pessoa e o dono do Clube do Corvo.

Por isso, Kaz é contratado para liderar um assalto improvável e evitar que uma terrível droga caia em mãos erradas, o que poderia instaurar um caos devastador. Apenas dois desfechos são possíveis para esse roubo: uma morte dolorosa ou uma fortuna muito maior que todos os seus sonhos de riqueza.

Apostando a própria vida, o dono do Clube do Corvo monta a sua equipe de elite para a missão: a espiã conhecida como Espectro; um fugitivo perito em explosivos e com um misterioso passado de privilégios; um atirador viciado em jogos de azar; uma grisha sangradora que está muito longe de casa; e um prisioneiro que quer se vingar do amor de sua vida.

O destino do mundo está nas mãos de seis foras da lei � isso se eles sobreviverem uns aos outros.]]> 480 Leigh Bardugo 8582353812 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.38 2015 Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dama do Cachorrinho (Portuguese Edition)]]> 19503881

"Ninguém melhor do que Tchékhov compreendeu a tragédia contida nas pequenas coisas da vida." Máximo Gorki

A escrita de Tchékhov revelou-se para o mundo como uma força inovadora tanto no âmbito do conto como do teatro moderno. Mestre nesses dois gęneros, o escritor russo interessava-se por desvendar o estado psicológico dos personagens, seus sentimentos e afliçőes, fossem eles camponeses, burgueses, nobres abastados ou aristocratas decadentes. Para Tchékhov, um dos maiores contistas da literatura, uma história tinha que ser contada com originalidade e revestida de calor humano.

Estes doze contos săo coroados pela mais célebre de suas histórias curtas, "A dama do cachorrinho" (1899), na qual o autor lança um olhar singular sobre o adultério e o surgimento do amor. Pincelado com um humor melancólico, este precioso conjunto apresenta também "Anna no pescoço", "A corista" e "Iônytch", além de outros contos que estăo entre os mais lidos da literatura ocidental.]]> 198 Anton Chekhov 8525406899 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.46 1899 A Dama do Cachorrinho (Portuguese Edition)
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]]> The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook 17211444
Deb Perelman loves to cook. It’s as simple as that. She isn’t a chef or a restaurant owner—she’s never even waitressed. Cooking in her tiny Manhattan kitchen was, at least at first, for special occasions—and, too often, an unnecessarily daunting venture. Deb found herself overwhelmed by the number of recipes available to her. Have you ever searched for the perfect birthday cake on Google? You’ll get more than three million results. How do you choose? Where do you start? What if you pick a recipe that’s downright bad?

Deb is a firm believer that there are no bad cooks, just bad recipes. She has dedicated herself to finding the best of the best and adapting them for the everyday cook—the ones with little time to spare, little money to burn on unpronounceable ingredients, and little help in the kitchen. And now, with the same warmth, candor, and can-do spirit her blog is known for, Deb presents her first cookbook—more than 100 new recipes, plus a few favorites from her site, all gorgeously illustrated with hundreds of Deb’s beautiful color photographs.

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is all about approachable, uncompromised home cooking: stepped-up comfort foods, stewy dishes for windy winter afternoons, an apple cake that will answer all questions: “What should my new signature dessert be?� “What is always welcome at a potluck?� “What did Deb consume almost single-handedly a week after having a baby?� These are the recipes you bookmark and use so often they become your own; recipes you slip to a friend who wants to impress her new in-laws; and recipes with simple ingredients that yield amazing results in a minimum amount of time. Deb tells you how to host a brunch and still sleep in—plus what to make for it!—and the essential items you need for your own kitchen. From salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and pizzas; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Pancetta, White Bean and Swiss Chard Pot Pies; from Buttered Popcorn Cookies to Chocolate Hazelnut Layer Cake, Deb knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion.]]> 336 Deb Perelman 0307961060 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.99 2012 The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
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]]> <![CDATA[Além da muralha: Explorando o universo de As Crônicas de Gelo e Fogo, de George R. R. Martin]]> 29234076 “Surgiram vários livros sobre a série da HBO Game of Thrones e sobre As Crônicas de Gelo e Fogo... E o que mais me impressionou foi Além da Muralha, de James Lowder.� - Geroge R. R. Martin
Era inevitável que uma obra com a força das As crônicas de gelo e fogo acabasse ultrapassando as fronteiras dos Sete Reinos de Westeros. Em Além da Muralha, uma coletânea de ensaios avança sobre novos territórios, desvendando temas como as disputas pelo poder, o papel das mulheres na trama e a natureza dos seus deuses e seres fantásticos.
E para quem tem sede de ir mais longe, pode mergulhar na complexidade dos heróis e vilões, bem como nas questões morais que envolvem seus atos e decisões, além de descobrir os desafios que existem na adaptação da série para a linguagem das HQs.
Mais do que um livro de ensaios sobre o universo de George R. R. Martin, Além da Muralha é uma aventura fascinante, capaz de revelar detalhes que podem passar desapercebidos até mesmo pelos maiores fãs da série.


James Lowder é autor e editor. Além de ter participado de antologias de contos, seus romances de dark fantasy foram traduzidos para diversos 貹íes. Como editor, publicou uma variedade
de coleções e comandou séries de livros que vão desde histórias do Rei Arthur a zumbis. Também escreveu livros de não ficção sobre cinema e quadrinhos.]]> 190 James Lowder 8544101992 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.83 2012 Além da muralha: Explorando o universo de As Crônicas de Gelo e Fogo, de George R. R. Martin
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]]> <![CDATA[Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are]]> 34909073
Blending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noise with the instructive iconoclasm of Think Like a Freak, a fascinating, illuminating, and witty look at what the vast amounts of information now instantly available to us reveals about ourselves and our world—provided we ask the right questions.

By the end of an average day in the early twenty-first century, human beings searching the internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data. This staggering amount of information—unprecedented in history—can tell us a great deal about who we are—the fears, desires, and behaviors that drive us, and the conscious and unconscious decisions we make. From the profound to the mundane, we can gain astonishing knowledge about the human psyche that less than twenty years ago, seemed unfathomable.

Everybody Lies offers fascinating, surprising, and sometimes laugh-out-loud insights into everything from economics to ethics to sports to race to sex, gender and more, all drawn from the world of big data. What percentage of white voters didn’t vote for Barack Obama because he’s black? Does where you go to school effect how successful you are in life? Do parents secretly favor boy children over girls? Do violent films affect the crime rate? Can you beat the stock market? How regularly do we lie about our sex lives and who’s more self-conscious about sex, men or women?

Investigating these questions and a host of others, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz offers revelations that can help us understand ourselves and our lives better. Drawing on studies and experiments on how we really live and think, he demonstrates in fascinating and often funny ways the extent to which all the world is indeed a lab. With conclusions ranging from strange-but-true to thought-provoking to disturbing, he explores the power of this digital truth serum and its deeper potential—revealing biases deeply embedded within us, information we can use to change our culture, and the questions we’re afraid to ask that might be essential to our health—both emotional and physical. All of us are touched by big data everyday, and its influence is multiplying. Everybody Lies challenges us to think differently about how we see it and the world.]]> 357 Seth Stephens-Davidowitz 0062390872 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.12 2017 Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable]]> 13502615
Now, whether you are a curious healthcare professional or just a connoisseur of diet information, two New York Times best-selling authors provide you with the definitive resource for low carbohydrate living.
Doctors Volek and Phinney share over 50 years of clinical experience using low carbohydrate diets, and together they have published more than 200 research papers and chapters on the topic. Particularly in the last decade, much has been learned about the risks associated with insulin resistance (including but not limited to metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and type-2 diabetes), and how this condition is far better controlled by carbohydrate restriction than with drugs.

In this book, you will learn
Carbohydrate restriction is the proverbial 'silver bullet' for managing insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes.
Restricting carbohydrate improves blood glucose and lipids while reducing inflammation, all without drugs.
Dietary saturated fat is not a demon when you are low carb adapted.
Dietary sugars and refined starches are not needed to feed your brain or fuel exercise.
Long-term success involves much more than simply cutting out carbs.
Electrolyte and mineral management are key to avoiding side effects and ensuring success.
Trading up from sugars and starches to a cornucopia of nutrient-rich, satisfying, and healthy foods is empowering.
Studying hunter-gathers' diets provides clues to how best formulate a low carbohydrate diet.

This is a great book for health-minded individuals.
It is an excellent book for healthcare professionals.
Best of all, it is the perfect gift for health-minded individuals to share with their doctors, dietitians, and nutritionists.]]> 280 Jeff S. Volek 0983490732 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.16 2011 The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable
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]]> <![CDATA[Cicatrizes de aço (A Rainha Vermelha, #0.2)]]> 29367370 92 Victoria Aveyard 8543804868 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.39 2016 Cicatrizes de aço (A Rainha Vermelha, #0.2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words]]> 19414566 The Argument Culture is about a pervasive warlike atmosphere that makes us approach anything we need to accomplish as a fight between two opposing sides. The argument culture urges us to regard the world--and the people in it--in an adversarial frame of mind. It rests on the assumption that opposition is the best way to get anything done: The best way to explore an idea is to set up a debate; the best way to cover the news is to find spokespeople who express the most extreme, polarized views and present them as "both sides"; the best way to settle disputes is litigation that pits one party against the other; the best way to begin an essay is to oppose someone; and the best way to show you're really thinking is to criticize and attack.
Sometimes these approaches work well, but often they create more problems than they solve. Our public encounters have become more and more like having an argument with a spouse: You're not trying to understand what the other person is saying; you're just trying to win the argument. But just as spouses have to learn ways of settling differences without inflicting real damage on each other, so we, as a society, have to find constructive and creative ways of resolving disputes and differences. Public discussions require making an argument for a point of view, not having an argument--as in having a fight.
The war on drugs, the war on cancer, the battle of the sexes, politicians' turf battles--in the argument culture, war metaphors pervade our talk and shape our thinking. Tannen shows how deeply entrenched this cultural tendency is, the forms it takes, and how it affects us every day--sometimes in useful ways, but often causing, rather than avoiding, damage. In the argument culture, the quality of information we receive is compromised, and our spirits are corroded by living in an atmosphere of unrelenting contention.
Tannen explores the roots of the argument culture, the role played by gender, and how other cultures suggest alternative ways to negotiate disagreement and mediate conflicts--and make things better, in public and in private, wherever people are trying to resolve differences and get things done. The Argument Culture is a remarkable book that will change forever the way you perceive the world. You will listen to our public voices in a whole new way.]]> 384 Deborah Tannen 0307765539 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.62 1998 The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words
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]]> <![CDATA[Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)]]> 27841061
Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father’s former comrades. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined.

Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic—the Red Church. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she’ll be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. But a killer is loose within the Church’s halls, the bloody secrets of Mia’s past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves.

Will she even survive to initiation, let alone have her revenge?]]> 448 Jay Kristoff 1466885033 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.31 2016 Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Disease To Please: Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome]]> 8454536
NOW IN PAPERBACK

Bestselling author and frequent "Oprah" guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers help for anyone who has ever felt the resentment of giving 100 percent to others and getting nothing in return. Featured on NBC's "Today," The Disease to Please explodes the dangerous myth that "people pleasing" is a benign problem. It is the first book to treat people pleasing as a serious psychological syndrome, and it breaks new ground in its approach to offer a cure. Dr. Braiker offers a 21-Day Action Plan for curing the Disease to Please. A daily psychological workout and skills-training program, it will help readers replace the compulsion to comply with a more conscious and reasoned choice to care. The Disease to Please ]]> 306 Harriet B. Braiker 0071706356 Leonardo 0 want-to-read-alot, to-read 3.82 2000 The Disease To Please: Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome
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]]> <![CDATA[Eleanor Oliphant Está Muito Bem]]> 38126158
Eleanor não sente o vazio de uma vida sem família e amigos porque nunca soube o que é ter a companhia e o amor de outras pessoas: desde muito nova habituou-se à rotina de passar de lar adotivo a lar adotivo até concluir a faculdade e arrumar um emprego.

Mas tudo muda quando Eleanor conhece Raymond, o novo funcionário de TI da empresa. Quando os dois, juntos, salvam a vida de Sammy, um senhor que desmaia no meio da rua, os três se tornam amigos que salvam uns aos outros da vida de isolamento que vinham levando até então. E, por fim, com seu grande coração, Raymond ajudará Eleanor a revisitar traumas reprimidos do passado e encontrar o caminho para curar suas dores.

Eleanor Oliphant está muito bem é a história de uma heroína fora do comum. Seu estilo seco e esquisito e sua sagacidade involuntária criam uma irresistível jornada na qual, no fim das contas, ela descobre que a melhor maneira de sobreviver é abrindo o coração.]]> 333 Gail Honeyman 8595170290 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.21 2017 Eleanor Oliphant Está Muito Bem
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]]> <![CDATA[Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want]]> 28150454 210 Michael Hyatt 1493403257 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.04 2016 Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want
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]]> <![CDATA[Golem e o Gênio (Golem e o Gênio, #1)]]> 30041896
Chava é uma golem, criatura feita de barro, trazida à vida por um estranho rabino envolvido com os estudos alquímicos da Cabala. Ahmad é um gênio, ser feito de fogo, nascido no deserto sírio, preso em uma antiga garrafa de cobre por um beduíno, séculos atrás.

Atraídos pelo destino à parte mais pobre de uma Manhattan construída por imigrantes, Ahmad e Chava se tornam improváveis amigos e companheiros de alma, desafiando suas naturezas opostas. Até a noite em que um terrível incidente os separa. Mas uma poderosa ameaça vai reuni-los novamente, colocando em risco suas existências e obrigando-os a fazer uma escolha definitiva.

O romance de estreia de Helene Wecker reúne mitologia popular, ficção histórica e fábula mágica, entrelaçando as culturas árabe e judaica com uma narrativa inventiva e inesquecível, escrita de maneira primorosa.]]> 511 Helene Wecker 8566636910 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.50 2013 Golem e o Gênio (Golem e o Gênio, #1)
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]]> Abandon Me 33859789
In her dazzling "Abandon Me," Febos captures the intense bonds of love and the need for connection -- with family, lovers, and oneself. First, her birth father, who left her with only an inheritance of addiction and Native American blood, its meaning a mystery. As Febos tentatively reconnects, she sees how both these lineages manifest in her own life, marked by compulsion and an instinct for self-erasure. Meanwhile, she remains closely tied to the sea captain who raised her, his parenting ardent but intermittent as his work took him away for months at a time. Woven throughout is the hypnotic story of an all-consuming, long-distance love affair with a woman, marked equally by worship and withdrawal. In visceral, erotic prose, Febos captures their mutual abandonment to passion and obsession -- and the terror and exhilaration of losing herself in another.

At once a fearlessly vulnerable memoir and an incisive investigation of art, love, and identity, "Abandon Me" draws on childhood stories, religion, psychology, mythology, popular culture, and the intimacies of one writer's life to reveal intellectual and emotional truths that feel startlingly universal.]]> 336 Melissa Febos 1632866595 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.21 2017 Abandon Me
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]]> The Guy's Guide to Feminism 18928040 Written by and for men, the ultimate guide to becoming a strong male ally in the 21st century In just one generation, age-old ideas about women have been swept aside . . . but what does that have to do with men? Authors Michael Kaufman and Michael Kimmel, two of the world's leading male advocates of gender equality, believe it has everything to do with them -- and that it's crucial to educate men about feminism in order for them to fully understand just how important and positive these changes have been for them. Kaufman and Kimmel address these issues in The Guy's Guide to Feminism. Hip and accessible, it contains nearly a hundred entries -- from "Autonomy" to "Zero Tolerance" -- written in varying tones (humorous, satirical, irreverent, thoughtful, and serious) and in many forms ("top ten" lists, comics, interviews, mini-stories, and more). Each topic celebrates the ongoing gains that are improving the lives of women and girls -- and what that really means for men. Informal and fun yet substantive and intelligent, The Guy's Guide to Feminism illustrates how understanding and supporting feminism can help men live richer, fuller, and happier lives.]]> 223 Michael Kaufman 1580054250 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.19 2011 The Guy's Guide to Feminism
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]]> <![CDATA[Sombra e Ossos (Trilogia Grisha, #1)]]> 26098357
A partir disso, é arrancada de seu mundo conhecido e levada da corte real para ser treinada como um dos Grishas, a elite mágica liderada pelo misterioso Darkling. Com o extraordinário poder de Alina em seu arsenal, ele acredita que poderá finalmente destruir a Dobra das Sombras.

Agora, ela terá de dominar e aprimorar seu dom especial e de algum modo adaptar-se
à sua nova vida sem Maly. Mas nesse extravagante mundo nada é o que parece. As sombrias ameaças ao reino crescem cada vez mais, assim como a atração de Alina pelo Darkling, e ela acabará descobrindo um segredo que poderá dividir seu coração - e seu mundo - em dois. E isso pode determinar sua ruína ou seu triunfo.]]> 344 Leigh Bardugo 8582350643 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.53 2012 Sombra e Ossos (Trilogia Grisha, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart]]> 19046908 A nationally known couples therapist reveals the single root cause of all relationship problems—and offers revolutionary advice on what to do about itWhile most of us have moments of loving freely and openly, it is often hard to sustain this where it matters most—in our intimate relationships. If love is so great and powerful, why are human relationships so challenging and difficult? If love is the source of happiness and joy, why is it so hard to open to it fully and let it govern our lives? In this book, JohnWelwoodaddresses these questions and shows us how to overcome the most fundamental obstacle that keeps us from experiencing love's full flowering in our lives.Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationshipsbegins by showing how all our relational problems arise out of a universal ‘wound of the heart� that affects not only our personal relationships but the quality of life in our world as a whole. This core wound shows up as a pervasivemood ofunlove—a deep sense that we are not intrinsically lovable just as we are. It shuts down our capacity to trust, so that even though we may hunger for love, we have difficulty opening to it and letting it circulate freely through us.This book takes the reader on a powerful journey of healing and transformation that involves learning to embrace these imperfections—within ourselves and within our relationships—as trail-markers along the path to great love. It sets forth a process for releasing deep-seated grievances we hold against others for not loving us better and against ourselves for not being better loved. And it shows how our longing to be loved can magnetize the great love that will free us from looking to others to find ourselves.Written with penetrating realism and a fresh, lyrical style that honors the subtlety and richness of our relationship to love itself, this revolutionary book offers profound and practical guidance for healing our lives as well as our embattled world.]]> 236 John Welwood 083482275X Leonardo 0 to-read 4.51 2005 Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart
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]]> <![CDATA[Comunicação não-violenta: Técnicas para aprimorar relacionamentos pessoais e profissionais]]> 26131898 338 Marshall B. Rosenberg 8571831416 Leonardo 0 to-read, want-to-read-alot 4.25 1999 Comunicação não-violenta: Técnicas para aprimorar relacionamentos pessoais e profissionais
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]]> Sadie 38456024 Serial-like podcast following the clues she's left behind.

Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.

But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.

When West McCray—a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America—overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late.

Courtney Summers has written the breakout book of her career. Sadie is propulsive and harrowing and will keep you riveted until the last page.]]> 314 Courtney Summers 1250105722 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.00 2018 Sadie
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]]> <![CDATA[The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships]]> 40490829 "Susan Piver consistently offers what so many of us A generous, caring, loving teacher, someone with an open heart and a clear mind, eager to help us find our own way forward." --Seth Godin, author of Linchpin. Broken hearts, resentment, affairs, divorce. Why is it so hard to make relationships work? New York Times bestselling author and mindfulness expert Susan Piver applies classic Buddhist wisdom to modern romance, including her own long-term relationship, to show that ancient philosophies have timeless—and unexpected—wisdom on how to love. The Four Noble Truths of Love will challenge the expectations you have about dating, sex, and romance, liberating you from the habits, traumas, and expectations that have been holding back your relationships. This mindful approach toward love will help you open your heart fearlessly, deepen communications with your partner, increase your compassion and resilience, and lead you toward a path of true happiness. You have nothing to lose and everything to expansive, real love for yourself and others. * * * * * * * Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including the award-winning "How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life", "The Wisdom of a Broken Heart", and "Start Here An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation". Her new book is "The Four Noble Truths of Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships" (June 2018). Piver has been a practicing Buddhist since 1995 and graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004. She is an internationally acclaimed meditation teacher, known for her ability to translate ancient practices into modern life. Her work has been featured on the Oprah show, TODAY, CNN, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MONEY, and others. In 2011, she launched the Open Heart Project, the largest virtual mindfulness community in the world. For more information, visit susanpiver.com. * * * * * * * “Susan Piver brings together decades of wisdom and experience from both her Buddhist practice and her relationships. This book is direct, insightful and honest to its core. Using the lens of the Buddha’s noble truths and the path of liberation, Susan presents a practical roadmap that can be accessed by anyone. I don’t think a book quite like this has been written before. She is definitely a wise guide on what it truly means to love altogether and how compassion and insight can be mined from the ups and downs of everyday life and every connection. Susan presents the biggest view possible on what love can be—it’s quite an invitation.� Josh Baran, author of The Tao of Daily Wisdom from Mystics, Sages, Poets, and Saints “The Four Noble Truths of Love is like the book baby of the Buddha and Oprah Winfrey. It pulls no punches in the best of ways. Chock-full of relationship a-ha moments, it made me reflect not just on my marriage and how to keep deepening into it, but also on every loving relationship in my life. This wisdom may be thousands of years old, but Piver’s ability to convey it with grace, humor, humility, and profound relevance to modern life is a true gift. Get it, read it, live it!� Jonathan Fields, founder of Good Life Project “Susan Piver consistently offers what so many of us A generous, caring, loving teacher, someone with an open heart and a clear mind, eager to help us find our own way forward.]]> 196 Susan Piver 1732277613 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.46 The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships
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]]> <![CDATA[Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love]]> 19540659 469 Dorothy Tennov 1589796551 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.11 1979 Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love
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]]> <![CDATA[Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder, #1)]]> 33508764 Enter a war-torn world where gunpowder and magic collide

The nation of Fatrasta is a haven for criminals, rebels, adventurers and sorcerers seeking relics of the past. As insurrection grows, only the iron will of the Lady Chancellor holds the capital city of Landfall together.

Yet an ancient power as old as time is rising, and the fate of this young nation now rests in the hands of a spy, a disgraced war hero and a mercenary general with a past as turbulent as Landfall's present.]]> 591 Brian McClellan 0356509303 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.47 2017 Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder, #1)
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]]> Nós (Portuguese Edition) 25526299 Certa noite, Douglas Petersen, um bioquímico de 54 anos apaixonado pela profissão, por organização e limpeza, é acordado por Connie, sua esposa há 25 anos, e ela lhe diz que quer o divórcio.

O momento não poderia ser pior. Com o objetivo de estimular os talentos artísticos do filho, Albie, que acabou de entrar para a faculdade de fotografia, Connie planejou uma viagem de um mês pela Europa, uma chance de conhecerem em família as grandes obras de arte do continente. Ela imagina se não seria o caso de desistirem da viagem. Douglas, porém, está secretamente convencido de que as férias vão reacender o romance no casamento e, quem sabe, também fortalecer os laços entre ele e o filho.

Com uma narrativa que intercala a odisseia da família pela Europa � das ruas de Amsterdã aos famosos museus de Paris, dos cafés de Veneza às praias da Barcelona � com flashbacks que revelam como Douglas e Connie se conheceram, se apaixonaram, superaram as dificuldades e, enfim, iniciaram a queda rumo ao fim do casamento, Nós é, acima de tudo, uma irresistível reflexão sobre a meia-idade, a criação dos filhos e sobre como sanar os danos que o tempo provoca nos relacionamentos. Sensível e divertido, com a sagacidade e a inteligência dos outros livros do autor, o romance analisa a intrincada relação entre razão e emoção.

David Nicholls é autor de Um dia, best-seller internacional, que já vendeu mais de 400 mil exemplares no Brasil e foi adaptado para os cinemas com Anne Hathaway e Jim Strugess no elenco.

Nós foi indicado como finalista do Man Booker Prize de 2014 antes mesmo de ser publicado na Inglaterra e eleito um dos melhores livros do ano pela Amazon.

“Amei esse livro. Divertido, triste, delicado: para qualquer um que queira saber o que acontece depois do ‘felizes para sempre�.�Jojo Moyes, autora de Como eu era antes de você e Um mais um

“Gostou de Um dia? Então você vai achar este romance absolutamente fabuloso. Muito divertido e emocionante, quase sempre ao mesmo tempo.�Daily Mail

Outros livros do autor: Um dia, Resposta certa e O substituto

]]> 469 David Nicholls 8580577047 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.90 2014 Nós (Portuguese Edition)
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]]> Moonbath 35014039 215 Yanick Lahens 1941920578 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.33 2014 Moonbath
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]]> <![CDATA[The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity]]> 42390153 It’s the reason why spending time on Facebook makes us feel sad and lonely. Why expensive name-brand medicines provide better pain relief than the generic stuff, even if they share the same ingredients. And why a hospital room with a good view speeds up recovery from surgery.

The truth is, the way we think about ourselves and the world around us dramatically impacts our happiness, health, how fast or slow we age, and even how long we live. In fact, people with a positive mindset about aging live on average 7.5 years longer than those without.

That might sound alarming to those of us who struggle to see the bright side, but the good news is we can make surprisingly simple changes or small shifts to how we think, feel, and act that will really pay off.

In The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity, Dr. Catherine Sanderson breaks down the science of thought and shows how our mindset—or thought pattern—exerts a substantial influence on our psychological and physical health. Most important, this book demonstrates how, no matter what our natural tendency, with practice we can make minor tweaks in our mindset that will improve the quality—and longevity—of our life.

Combining cutting-edge research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, as well as vivid real-world examples of the power of mindset, The Positive Shift gives readers practical and easy strategies for changing maladaptive thought patterns and behaviors so they can live longer, happier lives.

These behaviors include:

- Appreciating nature, with actions as simple as eating lunch outside
- Giving to others, like volunteering
- Spending money on experiences, not possessions

Living your best life is truly mind over matter. Believe in yourself and rethink your way to a happier reality.]]> 320 Catherine A. Sanderson 1946885711 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.80 2019 The Positive Shift: Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity
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]]> <![CDATA[Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give]]> 33549194 New York Times essay “The Wedding Toast I’ll Never Give,� Ada Calhoun provides a funny (but not flip), smart (but not smug) take on the institution of marriage. Weaving intimate moments from her own married life with frank insight from experts, clergy, and friends, she upends expectations of total marital bliss to present a realistic—but ultimately optimistic—portrait of what marriage is really like. There will be fights, there will be existential angst, there may even be affairs; sometimes you’ll look at the person you love and feel nothing but rage. Despite it all, Calhoun contends, staying married is just don’t get divorced.


Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give offers bracing straight talk to the newly married and honors those who have weathered the storm. This exploration of modern marriage is at once wise and entertaining, a work of unexpected candor and literary grace.]]> 190 Ada Calhoun 0393254801 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.84 2017 Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give
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]]> <![CDATA[A Desconstrução de Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)]]> 20614907 amigos, uma tábua ouija e um presságio de morte. Mara Dyer não estava interessada em mensagens do Além. Mas, para não estragar a diversão da melhor amiga justo em seu aniversário, ela decide embarcar na brincadeira. Apenas para receber um recado de sangue. Parecia uma simples piada de mau gosto, até que todos os presentes, com exceção de Mara, morrem no desabamento de um velho sanatório abandonado. O que o grupo estaria fazendo em um prédio condenado? A resposta parece estar perdida na mentepertubada de Mara. Mas, depois de sobreviver à traumática experiência, é natural que a menina se proteja com uma é seletiva. Afinal, ela perdeu a melhor amiga, o namorado e a irmã do rapaz. Para ajudá-la a superar o trauma, sua família decide se mudar para uma nova cidade. Todos estão empenhados em esquecer, mas Mara só quer lembrar. Ainda mais com as alucinações � ou seriam 𳾴DzԾçõ? � Os corpos e o véu entre realidade, pesadelo e sanidade se esgarçando dia a dia. Ela precisa entender o que houve para ter uma chance de impedir a loucura de tomá-la.]]> 392 Michelle Hodkin 8501404268 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.84 2011 A Desconstrução de Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)
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]]> Her Body and Other Parties 34198594 A highly anticipated debut by one of the most ferociously gifted young writers working today (Michelle Huneven)

In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women s lives and the violence visited upon their bodies.

A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery within the seams of the store's prom dresses. One woman's surgery-induced weight loss results in an unwanted houseguest. And in the bravura novella Especially Heinous, Machado reimagines every episode of Law & Special Victims Unit, a show we naively assumed had shown it all, generating a phantasmagoric police procedural full of doppelgangers, ghosts, and girls with bells for eyes.

Earthy and otherworldly, antic and sexy, queer and caustic, comic and deadly serious, Her Body and Other Parties swings from horrific violence to the most exquisite sentiment. In their explosive originality, these stories enlarge the possibilities of contemporary fiction.]]> 248 Carmen Maria Machado 1555979807 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.73 2017 Her Body and Other Parties
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]]> Surrender 20650397 153 Sonya Hartnett 0763660051 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.76 2005 Surrender
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]]> <![CDATA[The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Magic Cleaning #1)]]> 22823462 This #1New York Times best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.

Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?

Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo’s clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).

With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house “spark joy� (and which don’t), this international bestseller featuring Tokyo’s newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home—and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 226 Marie Kondō 1607747316 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.00 2010 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Magic Cleaning #1)
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]]> A Hora da Estrela 19301209 88 Clarice Lispector 8581221904 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.31 1977 A Hora da Estrela
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]]> <![CDATA[A Rainha Vermelha (A Rainha Vermelha, #1)]]> 28094570 467 Victoria Aveyard 8543803543 Leonardo 0 to-read 3.93 2015 A Rainha Vermelha (A Rainha Vermelha, #1)
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]]> Women, Culture & Politics 19669533 260 Angela Y. Davis 030779850X Leonardo 0 to-read 4.44 1989 Women, Culture & Politics
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]]> <![CDATA[Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story]]> 34738267 What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knew

For hundreds of years it was common women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their minds feebler, their role subservient. No less a scientist than Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution, and for decades, scientists—primarily men—claimed to find evidence to support this.

From intelligence to emotion, cognition to behavior, science has continued to tell us that men and women are fundamentally different. Biologists claim that women are better suited to raising families or, more gently, uniquely empathetic. Men, on the other hand, continue to be described as excelling at tasks that require logic, spatial reasoning, and motor skills. But a huge wave of research is now revealing an alternative version of what we thought we knew. The new woman revealed by this scientific data is as strong, powerful, strategic, and smart as anyone else.

In Inferior, acclaimed science writer Angela Saini weaves together a fascinating—and sorely necessary—new science of women. She takes readers on a journey to uncover science's failure to understand women and to show how women's bodies and minds are finally being rediscovered. Saini tells this alternate story of science with personal stories, controversial research, and an investigation into the gender wars in biology, psychology, and anthropology.]]> 224 Angela Saini 0807071714 Leonardo 0 to-read 4.02 2017 Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
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