Contos Góticos Russos
By: Nikolai Gogol
3.94
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A literatura gótica, igualmente conhecida como a de suspense e terror, teve início na Inglaterra, e…
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1. Wise Blood
By: Flannery O'Connor
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
(This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780374530631) The American short story master Flan… read more
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"Jesus died to redeem you,"-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"In yourself right now is all the place you've got."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"If you want to get anywhere in religion, you got to keep it sweet."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
2. La perra
By: Pilar Quintana
3.85
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Una conmovedora novela de Pilar Quintana. Damaris, una mujer del Pacífico entrada en la madurez … read more
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"Así que eso era matar. Damaris pensó que no era difícil ni tomaba demasiado tiempo."-Pilar Quintana, La perra
"Quiso huir, perderse, no decirle nada a nadie y que la selva se la tragara. Empezó a correr, se tropezó, cayó, se levantó y volvió a correr."-Pilar Quintana, La perra
"Damaris pensó que seguro querrían mucho a la chachorra, pues ellos tampoco tenían hijos, y se preguntó si sería eso lo que los mantenía unidos."-Pilar Quintana, La perra
"Él quería comprarse un nuevo trasmallo y un equipo de sonido grande con cuatro parlantes, pero Damaris llevaba un tiempo pensando cómo decirle que ella no había dejado de desear un hijo"-Pilar Quintana, La perra
3. The Canterville Ghost
By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore
3.88
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more
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"Love is stronger than death is"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
4. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
5. The Masque of the Red Death
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.06
Format: 9 pages, Paperback
The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more
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"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
6. Death with Interruptions
By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago
4.00
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago's brilliant new novel poses the question what happens when the gri… read more
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"Al día siguiente no murió nadie."-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions
"Eu sunt moartea,restul nu e nimic."-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions
"La muerte está enfadada. Es el momento de sacarle la lengua."-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions
"Sin muerte no hay resurrección, y sin resurrección no hay iglesia"-Margaret Jull Costa, Death with Interruptions
7. Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
By: Octavia E. Butler
3.92
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex or design. He fears … read more
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8. Poor Folk
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.78
Format: 167 pages, Paperback
Poor Folk (Russian: Бедные люди, Bednye lyudi), sometimes translated as Poor People,[note] is the f… read more
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- russian literature
"ويقال إنّ الفتى بوكروفسكي يشبه أمه كما تشبه قطرة من الماء قطرة من الماء."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"أضرع إليك مرة أخرى: لا تنفق في سبيلي كل هذا الذي تنفقه. أنا أعرف أنك تحبني كثيرًا، ولكنك لست غنيًا."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"أوهام إنه ليتفق للمرء أن يخطئ تقدير ما يشعر به هو نفسه، وأن يسترسل في ترهات سخيفة. والذنب في ذلك كله انما هو ذنب هذا الطيش في قلبنا المندفع"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"لماذا تعيش النفوس الطيبة النبيلة في الشقاء والهجران، بينما لا يحتاج غيرها حتى إلى البحث عن السعادة لأن السعادة هي التي تلقي بنفسها بين ذراعيه؟"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
9. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more
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"Every medicine is vain."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"A curse burns bright on crime."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"There is no avoidance in delay."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"In war, the first casualty is truth."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
10. A Senhora da Magia (As Brumas de Avalon, #1)
By: Marion Zimmer Bradley , Maria Dulce Teles de Menezes
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Fascinio e o termo exacto para caracterizar esta obra apaixonante baseada num tema que ha seculos v… read more
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11. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
12. The Crow
By: James O'Barr
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
Eric has returned from the dead, driven only by hate and the need to wreak revenge on those who kil… read more
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13. Liber Null and Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
By: Peter J. Carroll
1.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Two complete volumes in one. Liber Null contains a selection of extremely powerful rituals and exer… read more
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14. The Red and the Black
By: Stendhal , None
3.86
Format: 577 pages, Paperback
Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble provincial origins. Soon re… read more
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"A good book is an event in my life."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"Toute vraie passion ne songe qu'a elle."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"It seems that my destiny is to die dreaming."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"A novel is a mirror walking along a main road."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
15. Fragments of Horror
By: Junji Ito
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
A new collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga. An old wooden mansion… read more
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16. Água Viva
By: Clarice Lispector , Benjamin Moser , Stefan Tobler
4.29
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Lispector at her most philosophically radical. A meditation on the nature of life and time, Água Vi… read more
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"I always give names to things"-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"I'm not a synonym—I'm a proper noun."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"Suddenly I was crying. It was already love."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"To write you I first cover myself with perfume."-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
17. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
By: Machado de Assis
4.25
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A publicação de 'Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas' não só inaugura o Realismo no Brasil, como inicia… read more
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"Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Em verdade vos digo que toda a sabedoria humana não vale um par de botas curtas."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Diz que o homem tem “uma grande vantagem sobre o resto do universo: sabe que morre, ao passo que o universo ignora-o absolutamente"-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح میکند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح میشود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
18. Olhai os Lírios do Campo
By: Erico Verissimo
4.01
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
Eugenio Pontes, moco de origem humilde, a custo se forma medico e, gracas a um casamento por intere… read more
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19. Pequena Coreografia do Adeus
By: Aline Bei
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Julia é filha de pais separados: sua mãe não suporta a ideia de ter sido abandonada pelo marido, en… read more
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"fui a criança mais velha do mundo e estava me tornando a jovem mais antiga da rua"-Aline Bei, Pequena Coreografia do Adeus
20. Fangs
By: Sarah Andersen
4.24
Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition
A love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah's Scri… read more
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"– In all my years, I really haven't slept with many people. I kinda have trust issues. – Why's that? – My „first"-Sarah Andersen, Fangs
21. Sweeten the Deal
By: Katie Shepard
3.41
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
She's lonely, rich, and ten years too young for him—but she’s also his "sugar daddy," and they coul… read more
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22. The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
By: Mariana Enríquez
3.81
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Following the "propulsive and mesmerizing" (New York Times Book Review) Things We Lost in the Fire … read more
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"A friend of ours was arrested because he painted a slogan that said, 'Tourists, you're the terrorists."-Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
"Ahora tampoco se puede fumar en los bares. Sí, ya sé que eso pasa en todo el mundo, pero un bar no es un lugar sano, santa Madre de Dios. Es para conspirar, para relajarse, para ponerse en pedo."-Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
"esa edad suena música en la cabeza, todo el tiempo, como si transmitiera una radio en la nuca, bajo el cráneo. Esa música un día empieza a bajar de volumen o sencillamente se detiene. Cuando eso pasa…"-Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
"Julieta finì di bere il caffè e abbassò la voce. «Non bisogna fare figli a Barcellona. Hai sentito quello che ci ha raccontato Manuel ieri sera? Qui non bisogna fare figli.» «Che cosa?» «Dammi retta.…"-Mariana Enríquez, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
23. Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
By: Harold Schechter
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One of the greats in the field of true-crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Kill… read more
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24. Optic Nerve
By: María Gainza
3.92
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life i… read more
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"el estilo es un medio para insistir sobre algo."-María Gainza, Optic Nerve
"Mal administrada, la historia del arte puede ser letal como la estricnina."-María Gainza, Optic Nerve
"Nos llamábamos igual, mi prima y yo. Recién ahora me doy cuenta de que nuestro nombre contiene al mar como un llamado, como una premonición."-María Gainza, Optic Nerve
"Y eso me lleva a T. S. Eliot: «Cuanto más perfecto es el artista, más completamente separado en él estará el hombre que sufre de la mente que crea»"-María Gainza, Optic Nerve
25. Seminário dos Ratos
By: Lygia Fagundes Telles
4.16
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Em Seminário dos ratos, o leitor é convidado para a mais fascinante das travessias: distinções rígi… read more
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- short stories
26. Horror na Colina de Darrington
By: Marcus Barcelos
3.28
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Em 2004, Benjamin Simons deixa o orfanato em que viveu desde a infância para ajudar alguns parentes… read more
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27. Meninas
By: Liudmila Ulítskaia
4.13
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Primeira obra de Liudmila Ulítskaia publicada no Brasil, Meninas reúne seis contos que formam um ci… read more
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- russian literature
28. Gótico Nordestino
By: Cristhiano Aguiar
3.55
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Em nove contos, Cristhiano Aguiar mergulha nos elementos góticos e folclóricos – buscando referênci… read more
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29. Crimes Vitorianos Macabros
By: Neil R.A. Bell
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Macabra e a Crime Scene se encontram para entregar o que existe de mais poderoso na literatura true… read more
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30. Contos Góticos Russos
By: Nikolai Gogol
3.94
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A literatura gótica, igualmente conhecida como a de suspense e terror, teve início na Inglaterra, e… read more
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- russian literature
- short stories
31. O Natal dos Fantasmas
By: Charles Dickens
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Em uma seleção especial com doze histórias de grandes mestres do suspense e fantasia, incluindo con… read more
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