Losses and Gains: Reflections on a Life with a Foreword by Paolo Coelho
By: Lya Luft
3.49
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
In her bestselling book Losses and Gains, Lya Luft draws on her own experiences of loss and gain in…
Want to Read $ 8.99"A vida não tece apenas uma teia de perdas, mas nos proporciona uma sucessão de ganhos."-Lya Luft, Losses and Gains: Reflections on a Life with a Foreword by Paolo Coelho
"A vida não tece apenas uma teia de perdas, mas nos proporciona uma sucessão de ganhos."-Lya Luft, Losses and Gains: Reflections on a Life with a Foreword by Paolo Coelho
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1. To the Lighthouse
By: Virginia Woolf
3.80
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more
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"I have had my vision."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
"Well, we must wait for the future to show."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
2. Aprendendo a Viver
By: Clarice Lispector
4.12
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
Clarice Lispector tem o poder de encantar sucessivas geracoes de leitores. Sua obra conquista mais … read more
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- nonfiction
3. O Filho de Mil Homens
By: Valter Hugo Mãe
3.82
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
You can find an alternative cover for this ISBN . Esta e a historia de Crisostomo que, chegando ao… read more
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- romance
4. 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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"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
5. Dora, Doralina
By: Rachel de Queiroz , Dorothy Scott Loos
3.94
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
"What kills you today is forgotten tomorrow. I don't know if this is true or false because all that… read more
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6. Les oubliés du dimanche
By: Valérie Perrin
4.07
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
Justine, vingt et un ans, aime les personnes agees comme d'autres les contes. Helene, presque cinq … read more
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- romance
7. The Interpretation of Dreams
By: Sigmund Freud
3.86
Format: 136 pages,
The Interpretation of Dreams 1st appeared in German in 11/1899 as Die Traumdeutung (publisher postd… read more
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- psychology
8. Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
By: Carolina Maria de Jesus , None
4.47
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
O diário da catadora de papel Carolina Maria de Jesus deu origem à este livro, que relata o cotidia… read more
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"Why is it that the saints of June are honored with fire?"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
"A noite está tépida. O céu está salpicado de estrelas. Eu que sou exótica gostaria de recortar um pedaço do céu para fazer um vestido"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
"Eskiden unlu maddeler pahalı idi. Şimdi de pirinç ve fasulye onları gölgede bıraktı.Yeni zenginler gibi asillerin tarafına geçtiler. Demek siz de, fasulye ve pirinç, bizi terkettiniz?"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
"Skeçler yazıp sirk müdürüne götürdüm. Bana, "Ne yazık ki zencisiniz." diye cevap verdiler. Kıvırcık saçlarımla, esmer tenimi ne kadar sevdiğimi unutuyorlar halbuki. Hatta zencilerin saçlarını beyazla…"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
9. A Obscena Senhora D
By: Hilda Hilst , Alcir Pécora
4.33
Format: 700 pages, Paperback
O livro.Escrito na particularissima prosa de Hilda Hilst, onde todos generos narrativos se fundem e… read more
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10. Fathers and Sons
By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more
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"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"Death's an old story, but new for each person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
11. The Cave
By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
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12. The Hour of the Star
By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero
4.09
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narr… read more
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"Sou um monstro ou isso é ser uma pessoa?"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Don't forget that for now it's strawberry season"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Όσο για το γράψιμο, περισσότερο αξίζει ένα ζωντανό σκυλί."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
13. The Passion According to G.H.
By: Clarice Lispector , None
4.13
Format: 173 pages, Paperback
G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in … read more
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"I don't want beauty, I want identity."-Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.
"I' is merely one of the world's instantaneous spasms."-Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.
"The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence."-Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.
"In the world there exists no aesthetic plane, not even the aesthetic plane of goodness."-Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.
14. Near to the Wild Heart
By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero
4.04
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Near to the Wild Heart is Clarice Lispector's first novel, written from March to November 1942 and … read more
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"What does it feel like to have a girl?"-Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart
"She felt the phrase “demand her rights"-Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart
"Words are pebbles rolling in the river"-Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart
"She expected nothing. She was in herself, the end itself."-Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart
15. The Solitaire Mystery: A Novel About Family and Destiny
By: Jostein Gaarder , None
2.00
Format: None pages,
Hans Thomas and his father set out on a car trip through Europe, from Norway to Greece--the birthpl… read more
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16. Selected Poems
By: Emily Dickinson
3.85
Format: None pages,
Emily Dickinson was born into a prominent New England family. Sociable as a child, she grew increas… read more
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17. La felicidad conyugal
By: Leo Tolstoy , Selma Ancira
4.20
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
En esta bellisima historia, Tolstoi nos habla del amor y del matrimonio a traves de la historia de … read more
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18. 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
19. O Alienista
By: Machado de Assis
4.10
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Clássico da literatura brasileira, este texto de Machado de Assis continua sendo, cento e trinta an… read more
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"Portando que se devia admitir como normal e exemplar o desequilíbrio das faculdades."-Machado de Assis, O Alienista
"Bacamarte evidenced neither vanity nor modesty; he listened in silence, as impassive as a stone god."-Machado de Assis, O Alienista
"Los locos de amor eran tres o cuatro, pero sólo les resultaban asombrosos por la curiosa índole de su delirio."-Machado de Assis, O Alienista
"Till now, madness has been thought a small island in an ocean of sanity. I am beginning to suspect that it is not an island at all but a continent."-Machado de Assis, O Alienista
20. Tudo é Rio
By: Carla Madeira
4.26
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Por este livro passa um rio. Em sua correnteza, a obsessão de três personagens que não sabem desist… read more
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"Deus não é um lugar de certeza, é só um pouco de esperança."-Carla Madeira, Tudo é Rio
"Um dia feliz tem mais poder que a tristeza de uma vida inteira"-Carla Madeira, Tudo é Rio
"Quem vê de fora faz arranjos melhores, mas é dentro, bem no lugar que a gente não vê, que o não dar conta ocupa tudo."-Carla Madeira, Tudo é Rio
"Não sabia se livrar daquele sentir, e do sentir para o consentir é só um tombinho de nada, basta um descuido para quem está andando tropeçar."-Carla Madeira, Tudo é Rio
21. An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
By: Clarice Lispector
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
What to make of a writer who follows the metaphysical heights of her great Passion According to GH … read more
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"Ah "persona", como não te usar e ser!"-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
"Oh God! Having just one life was so little."-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
"Meu mistério é simples: eu não sei como estar viva."-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
"E digo: eu está apaixonada pelo teu eu. Então nós é."-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
22. Blindness
By: José Saramago
4.17
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
From Nobel Prize–winning author José Saramago, a magnificent, mesmerizing parable of loss A city… read more
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"الناس يتعودون إي شيء ."-José Saramago, Blindness
"هناك أوقات لايفيد معها الكلام ."-José Saramago, Blindness
"* البطون الفارغة تستيقظ باكراً ."-José Saramago, Blindness
"* الأحقاد القديمة لاتزول بسهولة ."-José Saramago, Blindness
23. Pequeno Manual Antirracista
By: Djamila Ribeiro
4.55
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Onze lições breves para entender as origens do racismo e como combatê-lo. Neste pequeno manual, … read more
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"Hoje a chamada “guerra às drogas"-Djamila Ribeiro, Pequeno Manual Antirracista
"O silêncio é cúmplice da violência"-Djamila Ribeiro, Pequeno Manual Antirracista
"Ao afirmar que “nós carregamos a marca"-Djamila Ribeiro, Pequeno Manual Antirracista
"Precisamos ir além do que já conhecemos"-Djamila Ribeiro, Pequeno Manual Antirracista
24. Deus na escuridão
By: Valter Hugo Mãe
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
«Deus é exactamente como as mães. Liberta Seus filhos e haverá de buscá-los eternamente. Passará to… read more
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25. A Morte É Um Dia Que Vale a Pena Viver
By: Ana Cláudia Quintana Arantes
4.22
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Um livro que propõe um novo olhar para a vida. A morte é talvez o maior medo de boa parte das pesso… read more
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26. Misunderstanding in Moscow
By: Simone de Beauvoir
3.71
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Nicole and André, a retired French couple, take a summer holiday to Russia. It is the 1960s and Rus… read more
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"I could have been someone else, but then it would be someone else questioning herself about her self."-Simone de Beauvoir, Misunderstanding in Moscow
"Já se passaram três anos? [...] A rapidez com que os anos se passaram era angustiante. Quantas vezes ainda teria três anos para viver?"-Simone de Beauvoir, Misunderstanding in Moscow
"Sim, ela vai esquecer a igreja branca e dourada como tinha esquecido tantas outras. Aquela curiosidade que havia mantido quase intacta lhe parecia com frequência como uma sobrevivência obstinada: mas…"-Simone de Beauvoir, Misunderstanding in Moscow
"Cada manhã, antes mesmo de abrir os olhos, ela reconhecia sua cama, seu quarto. Mas, às vezes, quando dormia de tarde, experimentava ao acordar aquela estupefação pueril: por que eu sou eu? Como se a…"-Simone de Beauvoir, Misunderstanding in Moscow
27. Awakening Your Ikigai: How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
By: Ken Mogi
3.59
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Introducing IKIGAI: find your passions and live with joy Ikigai is a Japanese phenomenon commonl… read more
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"The Japanese do not need grandiose motivational frameworks to keep going, but rely more on the little rituals in their daily routines."-Ken Mogi, Awakening Your Ikigai: How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
"Di sebuah dunia tempat nilai kita sebagai seorang manusia dan harga-diri kita utamanya ditentukan oleh kesuksesan kita, banyak orang mengalami tekanan yang tidak diperlukan. Anda mungkin merasa bahw…"-Ken Mogi, Awakening Your Ikigai: How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
"There is no absolute formula for happiness—each unique condition of life can serve as the foundation for happiness in its own unique way. You can be happy when married with children, or when married …"-Ken Mogi, Awakening Your Ikigai: How the Japanese Wake Up to Joy and Purpose Every Day
28. Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
By: Silvia Federici
4.14
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
The world is witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, incl… read more
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"In capitalism, sex can exist but only as a productive force at the service of procreation and the regeneration of the waged/male working and as a mean of social appeasement and compensation for the m…"-Silvia Federici, Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
"[V]iolence against women is a key element in this new global war, not only because of the horror it evokes or the messages it sends but because of what women represent in their capacity to keep their…"-Silvia Federici, Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
"[W]omen were those most likely to be victimized because they were the most 'disempowered' by these changes, especially older women, who often rebelled against their impoverishment and social exclusio…"-Silvia Federici, Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
29. A Teus Pés
By: Ana Cristina Cesar
3.75
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
A obra revela o olhar de uma escritora que se colocou na vanguarda de seu tempo e marcou definitiva… read more
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30. Coral e outros poemas
By: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
4.19
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
Com seleção e apresentação de Eucanaã Ferraz, esta antologia reúne poemas lapidares de uma das voze… read more
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"Apesar das ruínas e da morte, Onde sempre acabou cada ilusão, A força dos meus sonhos é tão forte, Que de tudo renasce a exaltação E nunca as minhas mãos ficam vazias."-Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Coral e outros poemas
31. Losses and Gains: Reflections on a Life with a Foreword by Paolo Coelho
By: Lya Luft
3.49
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
In her bestselling book Losses and Gains, Lya Luft draws on her own experiences of loss and gain in… read more
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"A vida não tece apenas uma teia de perdas, mas nos proporciona uma sucessão de ganhos."-Lya Luft, Losses and Gains: Reflections on a Life with a Foreword by Paolo Coelho
