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Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted story writers. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a witty and fantastical satire about aging, is one of his most memorable stories.  In 1860 Benjamin Button is born an old man and mysteriously begins aging backward. At the beginning of his life he is withered and worn, but as he continues to grow younger he embraces life -- he goes to war, runs a business, falls in love, has children, goes to college and prep school, and, as his mind begins to devolve, he attends kindergarten and eventually returns to the care of his nurse.  This strange and haunting story embodies the sharp social insight that has made Fitzgerald one of the great voices in the history of American literature.

Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. In this imaginative fable of ageing and the other stories collected here - including "The Cut-Glass Bowl" in which an ill-meant gift haunts a family's misfortunes, "The Four Fists" where a man's life shaped by a series of punches to his face, and the revelry, mobs and anguish of "May Day" - F. Scott Fitzgerald displays his unmatched gift as a writer of short stories.Also included:Head and Shoulders"O Russet Witch!"Crazy Sunday

Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, inhabited by genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist.

Foi Homero, poeta grego, quem contou no seu livro Odisseia as façanhas de Ulisses, rei de Ítaca, adorado por todos os que o conheciam. Muitas e estranhas foram as viagens que fez à volta do mundo de então e de si próprio. A sua fama correu de boca em boca e todos o consideravam como o mais manhoso dos mortais e o mais valente marinheiro. Grande parte da sua vida passou Ulisses navegando de aventura em aventura, por entre Ciclopes e Sereias encantatórias ou tentando libertar-se da misteriosa Feiticeira Circe para regressar à sua fiel Penélope. Diz-se que nesses tempos de antigamente, não houve homem que mais sofresse e mais feliz fosse, do que o espantoso Ulisses.[sinopse da contracapa]

O Sermão de Santo António aos Peixes foi proferido na cidade de São Luís do Maranhão em 1654, na sequência de uma disputa com os colonos portugueses no Brasil.  O Sermão de Santo António aos Peixes constitui um documento da surpreendente imaginação, habilidade oratória e poder satírico do Padre António Vieira, que toma vários peixes (o roncador, o pegador, o voador e o polvo) como símbolos dos vícios daqueles colonos.  Com uma construção literária e argumentativa notável, o sermão pretende louvar algumas virtudes humanas e, principalmente, censurar com severidade os vícios dos colonos. Este sermão (alegórico) foi pregado três dias antes de Padre António Vieira embarcar ocultamente (a furto) para Portugal.  Todo o sermão é uma alegoria, porque os peixes são uma metáfora dos homens.

Quando me sinto desiludida com um autor bastante conhecido, não tenho problemas em ler outras opiniões super positivas sabendo que sou a exceção. Mas, vá lá, estamos a falar de Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen! Um orgulho para a literatura portuguesa! Que nunca me conseguiu arrebatar ou fazer com que sentisse a mínima curiosidade para ler outras das suas obras. Talvez "A Fada Oriana" seja aquele que mais prende a minha atenção, mas não o suficiente. Sou a única pessoa à face da Terra que não consegue adorar esta tão conhecida autora infantojuvenil. Pura e simplesmente, não me cativa o suficiente e já é assim desde o primeiro ciclo de escolaridade.

ura e o genio de seu bisavo Paulo Botelho Correia, o mais valente fidalgo que dera Traz-os-Montes. Manoel, cada vez mais aterrado das arremettidas de Simao, sae de Coimbra antes de ferias, e vai a Vizeu queixar-se, e pedir que lhe de seu pae outro destino. D. Rita quer que seu filho seja cadete de cavallaria. De Vizeu parte para Braganca Manoel Botelho, e justifica-se nobre dos quatro costados para ser cadete. No entanto Simao recolhe a Vizeu com os seus exames feitos e approvados. O pae maravilha-se do talento do filho, e desculpa-o da extravagancia por amor do talento. Pede-lhe explicacoes do seu mau viver com Manoel, e elle responde que seu irmao o quer forcar a viver monasticamente. Os quinze annos de Simao tem apparencias de vinte. E forte de compleicao; bello homem com as feicoes de sua mae, e a corpolencia d'ella; mas de todo avesso em genio. Na plebe de Vizeu e que elle escolhe amigos e companheiros. Se D. Rita lhe censura a indigna eleicao que faz, Simao zomba das genealogias, e mormente do

Carlos is the grandson of Afonso da Maia, the last surviving member of one of Lisbon’s wealthiest and most illustrious families. Carlos is good, handsome, clever, eager to contribute something to society, and yet he appears, as he himself puts it, 'to be one of those weak hearts, soft and flaccid, incapable of preserving any true emotion'. Then, one day, walking along Lisbon's grubby streets he sees a woman who seems to him like a goddess who has just stepped down from the clouds. When he finally meets the beautiful Maria Eduarda, the attraction proves to be as mutual as it is profound. In the plenitude of that love, Carlos seems, in his best friend Ega's words, 'a truly fortunate being', until Fate steps in - in the form of a grizzled, left-wing newspaper hack from Paris - and everything unravels.

A Trilogia das Barcas is a series of one-act dramatic plays with allegorical characters by Portuguese playwright and poet Gil Vicente. Specialists classify them as morality plays even though they resemble more closely farces. They give a glimpse of the Lisboan society in the early 16th century.

A shocking scientific discovery. A conspiracy of staggering brilliance. A thriller unlike any you've ever read....When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory—a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery—a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the President, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a deadly team of assassins. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.

Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee. Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a series of codes, which are the work of a brilliant scientist whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever written, Dante Alighieri's The Inferno.  Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again, combining classical Italian art, history, and literature with cutting-edge science in this sumptuously entertaining thriller.

When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage ... not by guns or bombs, but by a code so ingeniously complex that if released it would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Susan Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but also for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves.(back cover)

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. In a desperate race to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, and deserted cathedrals, and into the depths of the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.(back cover)

ISBN 9780307277671 moved to this edition.While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci—and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle—while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.

The Dan Brown Inferno Unofficial Guide will allow you to decode the masterful and clever codes, symbols and art history of Dan Brown's fourth international blockbuster, Inferno and follow in the footsteps of the great puzzle solver Robert Langdon. Dan Brown's new international blockbuster, Inferno, will be his fourth book fusing history, art, codes and symbols. This guide includes:A Complete Summary of Dante's Inferno on which Dan Brown has based his newest bestselling novelA Complete Guide to the Many Levels of Hell in Dante's Inferno A Complete List of Characters and People that appear in Dante's Inferno and their origins in Biblical and Classical mythologyTranslation of the important Latin phrases contained in Dante's Inferno

Mariana, filha única, tem dez anos quando Rosa nasce. Agora vai partilhar tudo com a irmã: o quarto, o tempo dos pais, o afecto da família - incluindo a Avó Elisa que desconfia do progresso, e a Tia Magda, que tem um dente de ouro, uma fala que mete medo e só gosta de estrelícias e antúrios. Mas pelo menos a recordação da Avó Lídia e a amizade de Rita ela não quer dividir com mais ninguém. Será que Rosa vai continuar a ser «uma intrusa»?

Um bom livro para perceber o sentimento e a escrita Saramaguiana. A maneira envolvente de como relata a história de Baltasar, o sete-sóis, e Blimunda, a sete-luas é simplesmente incrível. Vale a pena ler toda a obra literária deste autor/escritor.A great book to understand the feeling and the way how Saramago writes. Is amazing how José Saramago tell the story of two lovers - Baltasar, the seven-suns, and Blimunda, the seven-moons. It worth read the entire literary collection of this author/writter. 

The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Mary Stuart's (Saoirse Ronan's) attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie), Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.

Vita & Virginia is a 2018 biographical romantic drama film directed by Chanya Button. The screenplay, written by Button and Eileen Atkins, is adapted from the 1992 play Vita & Virginia by Atkins. The film stars Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, and Isabella Rossellini. Set in the 1920s, Vita & Virginia tells the story of the love affair between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf.

It's the fascinating true story about the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.

A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

Victoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activist

This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.

A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.

This film tells the story of the massive police raid of Stonewall in June 1969.

2010 American documentary film by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.

The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

2012 film about the early AIDS crisis by David France

Gia is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with Mercedes Ruehl and Elizabeth Mitchell. It was directed by Michael Cristofer and written by Cristofer and Jay McInerney. The original music score was composed by Terence Blanchard.Gia Carangi is a Philadelphia native who moves to New York City to become a fashion model, and immediately catches the attention of powerful agent Wilhelmina Cooper. Gia's attitude and beauty help her rise quickly to the forefront of the modeling industry, but her persistent loneliness, especially after the death of Wilhelmina, drives her to use mood-altering drugs such as cocaine and heroin.

Feminists: What Were They Thinking? takes aim at our current culture revealing all too vividly the urgent need for continued change.

2018 documentary film by Johanna Demetrakas

A doll living in 'Barbieland' is expelled for not being perfect enough and sets off on an adventure in the real world. A Live-action feature film based on the popular line of Barbie toys.

It has been five years since Laura and Carmilla vanquished the apocalypse and Carmilla became a bona fide mortal human. They have settled in to a cozy apartment in downtown Toronto; Laura continues to hone her journalism skills while

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.

1997 science fiction film directed by Andrew Niccol

An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

It's about a 55-year-old Chinese woman trying to finish her taxes.

American singer, songwriter, actor, and author

Small town girl Laura Hollis has just finally moved out to go to Silas University. When her missing roommate is replaced without explanation, Laura vows to find out what is happening on campus while she deals with her new roomy... a 

Ginny Miller, an angsty fifteen-year-old, often feels more mature than her thirty-year-old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia Miller.

The story of the House Targaryen set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones (2011).

The personal exploits of a 16-year-old girl and her family and friends during the Troubles in the early 1990s.

The complicated life of a modern-day first generation Indian American teenage girl, inspired by Mindy Kaling's own childhood.

Marie Antoinette is a historical drama television series created and written by Deborah Davis, writer of The Favourite. It is produced by the BBC and Canal+ and based on the life of the last queen of France before the French Revolution, who was 14 years old when she became Dauphine of France upon her marriage to the heir apparent, Louis-Auguste.

Two young people meet. A fateful encounter - the proverbial love at first sight. He is Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, she is Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Princess of Bavaria and the sister of the woman Franz is to marry.

A League of Their Own is a British sports-based comedy panel game that was first broadcast on Sky One on 11 March 2010. It is hosted by Gavin & Stacey star James Corden and features Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp as team captains. John Bishop and Georgie Thompson were regular panellists for the first four series alongside two weekly guests. Jack Whitehall joined the cast as a regular panellist from the fifth to the twelfth series. Romesh Ranganathan joined the show as a regular panellist from the thirteenth series.On 25 August 2016, it was announced that Sky had ordered three further series of the show as well as a second series of the show's US Road Trip spin-off.

A trio of witches is trained to become powerful weapons for the American military.

After joining forces with a veteran bounty hunter, sixteen-year-old fraternal twin sisters Sterling and Blair dive into the world of bail skipping baddies while still navigating the high stakes of teenage life.

2020 American teen dramedy streaming television series

Documentary series, explores aspects that led to Demi Lovato's nearly fatal overdose in 2018, and her awakenings in the aftermath.

A group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club headed by a passionate Spanish teacher.

American musical comedy-drama television series

This spinoff of the critically acclaimed show Grey's Anatomy follows the lives of the men and women of firehouse station 19 in Seattle, Washington.

A new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital.

American medical drama television series from 2018

Following Wyatt Earp's great great-granddaughter as she battles demons and other creatures. With her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies, she's the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice.

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.

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