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Written by Antonio Lobo Antunes, Translated to English by Margaret Jull Costa

A profound and genre-defying work of literature about love, death, and illness from one of Portugal’s most celebrated writers
 
“One of the essential writers of our tormented times.”—Alberto Manguel, Times Literary Supplement
 
“Little prepares one for this extraordinary book, in which each chapter, covering a single day, and lasting a single sentence, offers a teeming stream of consciousness. . . . Even pain is alive, and alive is the word for this book, alive and enduring.”— Michael Autrey, Booklist
 
Incapacitated after the removal of a malignant tumor, the narrator, António, spends his days in a Lisbon hospital enduring the humiliations of severe illness. As he drifts in and out of consciousness, he revisits fragments of his life and the people who passed through it. He recalls the village where he lived as a child near the Mondego River amid the eucalyptus and pines, his parents and grandparents and their tight-knit community of potato farmers and tungsten miners, and the woman he loved—an unexpected polyphony of voices and places sounding in sharp counterpoint to debilitating pain.
 
By the Rivers of Babylon conjures the past and the present all at once, revealing the power of memory to embolden us in the face of extraordinary suffering. This is António Lobo Antunes’s homage to the beauty of a cherished life in its confrontation with imminent death.

Abour Author

António Lobo Antunes (1942–2026), born in Lisbon and trained as a psychiatrist, is the prizewinning author of more than thirty books, including Fado Alexandrino, The Inquisitors’ Manual, The Splendor of Portugal, and What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire? Margaret Jull Costa has been a literary translator for over thirty years.

Language: English

Length: 248 pgs

Written by Antonio Lobo Antunes, Translated to English by Jeff Love

A novel about the horrors of war and its aftermath from one of Europe's most brilliant authors

In this direct and vigorous tale, award-winning author Ant nio Lobo Antunes returns to the subject of the Portuguese colonial war in Angola with a dramatic account of atrocity and vengeance. Drawing on his own bitter experience as a soldier stationed for twenty-seven months in Angola, Lobo Antunes tells the story of a young African boy who is brought to Portugal by one of the soldiers who destroyed the child's village, and of the boy's subsequent brutal murder of this adoptive father figure at a ritual pig killing.

Deftly framing the events through an assembly of interwoven narratives and perspectives, this is one of Lobo Antunes's most captivating and experimentally written books. It is also a timely consideration of the lingering wounds that remain from the conflict between European expansionism and its colonized victims who were forced to accept the norms of a supposedly superior culture.

About author 

António Lobo Antunes, born in 1942 in Benfica, is considered to be Portugal's greatest living writer. The author of more than twenty novels, including What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire?, he has won many awards and makes his home in Lisbon.

Jeff Love is a research Professor of German and Russian at Clemson University, has published three monographs, edited two collections of articles and translated three books, two philosophical treatises, one German, the other Russian, and a novel by renowned Portuguese author António Lobo Antunes. Professor Love’s primary research fields are German and Russian philosophy and theory of the novel. He has given talks at universities throughout Europe as well as in China and contributed to the Philosophical Salon at the LA Review of Books. He has been awarded, among others, the John E. Sawyer Fellowship at the National Humanities Center (2014-2015), the University Research Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award (2018) at Clemson University and the Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities (1997-1998) while at Yale University.

Written by Jose Saramago, translated by 

A wry, fictional account of the life of Christ by the Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, “Illuminated by ferocious wit, gentle passion, and poetry” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). For José Saramago, the life of Jesus Christ and the story of his Passion were things of this earth: a child crying, a gust of wind, the caress of a woman half asleep, the bleat of a goat or the bark of a dog, a prayer uttered in the grayish morning light. The Holy Family reflects the real complexities of any family, but this is realism filled with vision, dream, and omen. Saramago’s deft psychological portrait of a savior who is at once the Son of God and a young man of this earth is an expert interweaving of poetry and irony, spirituality and irreverence. The result is nothing less than a brilliant skeptic’s wry inquest into the meaning of God and of human existence.

About Author

JOSE SARAMAGO is one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today. He is the author of numerous novels, including All the Names, Blindness, and The Cave. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Giovanni Pontiero (10 February 1932 - 10 February 1996) was a British scholar and translator of Portuguese fiction, most notably the works of José Saramago. His translation of the Saramago work The Gospel According to Jesus Christ was awarded the Teixeira-Gomes Prize for Portuguese translation.

Written by Paulo Coelho, Translated to English by Margaret Jull Costa

A thrilling tale of resilience and radical self-realization--From the international bestselling author comes an emotional journey on profound healing by challenging assumptions and overcoming life’s darkest moments with clarity and conviction.

This captivating and life-affirming tale follows twenty-four-year-old Veronika, who on the surface has it all: youth, beauty, and a loving family. Yet, she feels something crucial is missing. Taking a drastic step, she consumes a handful of sleeping pills, expecting to slip away from life. Instead, she awakens in a mental hospital, with the revelation that she has mere days to live.

Drawing from Paulo Coelho's own life experiences, this profound and thought-provoking book delves deeply into the essence of madness, exploring its many layers and celebrating those who dare to challenge societal norms. By questioning what the world deems "normal," this story provokes readers to reflect on their own perspectives and embrace the unconventional--wherever it may bring you.

In Coelho's signature style, this novel is a bold and emotional exploration of a young woman's internal struggle between despair and the possibility of liberation. Through her journey, it reveals the power of self-discovery and the courage it takes to break free from the expectations placed upon us. Offering readers a luminous glimpse into the beauty, hope, and potential of each new day, Veronika's story is one of transformation and resilience--and an awakening to life’s infinite possibilities and a reassurance that it is never too late to find the courage to live authentically and fully.

“A highly original, moving, and ultimately life-affirming book.” – Sunday Mirror (London)

About Author

Paulo Coelho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, is one of the bestselling and most influential authors in the world.The Alchemist,The Pilgrimage,The Valkyries,Brida,Veronika Decides to Die,Eleven Minutes,The Zahir,The Witch of Portobello,The Winner Stands Alone,Aleph,Manuscript Found in Accra, andAdultery, among others, have sold 150 million copies worldwide.

Written by Paulo Coelho, Translated to English

New York Times Bestseller

“In Brida, my third novel, which I wrote just after The Alchemist, I tell the story of a young woman who dives into sorcery and her experiences with different magical traditions. I explore many themes that are dear to me, such as the Great Mother, pagan religions, and the perceptions of love.”

-- Paulo Coelho

This is the spellbinding tale of Brida, a beautiful young Irish woman, and her quest for knowledge. On her journey, she meets a wise man who teaches her about overcoming her fears, and a woman who teaches her ancient rituals. They see in her a gift, but must let Brida make her own voyage of discovery.

About Author

Paulo Coelho is the author of "The Alchemist", he was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being the author of 30 books that have sold over 320 million copies in 170 countries, he has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Paulo Coelho has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2007 and this has allowed him to continue to promote intercultural dialogue and to focus on the needs of children. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the recipient of over 115 awards and honours, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Grinzane Cavour Book Award and the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, to name a few.

Written by Jose Saramago, Translated to English by Giovanni Pontiero

From Nobel Prize–winner José Saramago, “a capacious, funny, threatening novel” of wandering souls and political upheaval in 1930s Portugal (New York Times Book Review).

The year is 1936, and the dictator António de Oliveira written by Jose Saramago, Translated to English by 

Salazar is establishing himself in Portugal, edging his country toward civil war. At the same time, Dr. Ricardo Reis has returned home to Lisbon after a long sojourn in Brazil. What’s brought him back is word that the great poet, Fernando Pessoa, has died. With no intention of resuming his practice, Reis now dabbles in his own poetry, wastes his days strolling the boulevards and back streets, engages in affairs with two different women—and is followed through each excursion by Pessoa’s ghost.

As a fascist revolution roils, and as Reis’s path intersects with three relative strangers—two living, one dead—Reis may finally discover the reality of his own chimerical existence.

Called “a magnificent tour-de-force, perhaps one of the best novels published in Europe since World War II” (Bloomsbury Review) and “altogether remarkable” (Wall Street Journal), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis is a PEN Award winner.

About Author

Author Anísio Franco

Lisbon is a city bathed by a clear, magical light. Everyone knows this side of the city but few are aware of the mysterious shadows cast by that same light.
The stories within these pages lift the veil over episodes sometimes unimaginable, others brutally realistic, others yet of comical irony, whilst others may cause goosebumps. Mummies kept in crypts, buried cities, nuns who lived like princesses, museums forgotten by time, statues that refuse to stand still, an enigmatic castle, serpents that protect the future king: these are just some of the episodes among the many mysterious tales one might recount about Lisbon. An unique and unknown Lisbon to be discovered in the pages of this book.

À luz da Lua, um pequenino ovo descansava numa folha. Num domingo de manhã o sol quente chegou e PLOC!..., de dentro do ovo saiu uma lagartinha magra e esfomeada.

A edição desta obra em português representa um marco no panorama editorial, uma vez que apresenta aos mais novos um dos clássicos contemporâneos, com o design inovador e as brilhantes ilustrações que têm o cunho inconfundível de Eric Carle.

English Overview 

The time-honored classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar is now available in two bilingual formats, bringing together two languages for the ultimate reading and learning experience. With easily readable side-by-side English and Spanish text, it's perfect for children learning to speak either language.

About author 

Eric Carle (25 de junho de 1929, Siracusa, Nova Iorque, 1929 - 23 de maio, 2021, Northampton, Massachusetts) foi autor de mais de 70 livros, Eric Carle começou a ilustrar em 1967, depois de trabalhar numa agência publicitária. Estudou na prestigiada escola de arte "Akademie der Bildenden Künste", na Alemanha, país onde residiu na sua infância. Regressou aos EUA em 1952, onde trabalhou como designer gráfico no "The New York Times". O primeiro livro de sua completa autoria foi "1,2,3, to the Zoo" (1968), ao qual se seguiu "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". Foi galardoado com os prémios da Feira Internacional do Livro Infantil de Bolonha, da Associação de Livreiros Infantis e da Associação Americana de Bibliotecas. Eric Carle afirmou: "Creio que a passagem de casa para a escola é o segundo maior trauma da infância; o primeiro, certamente, é nascer. Em ambos os casos trocamos um ambiente caloroso e protetor por outro desconhecido. Acredito que as crianças são criativas por natureza e capazes de aprender. Nos meus livros tento minimizar esse temor, substituí-lo por uma mensagem positiva. Quero mostrar-lhes que aprender é realmente fascinante e divertido."

Written by Isabel Minhos Martins, ilkustrated by Madalena Matoso

Dizem os especialistas que a descoberta do mundo começa logo na barriga da mãe. Lá dentro, aconchegados, já ouvimos música, reconhecemos vozes, acompanhamos ao segundo as emoções maternas. Mas é como se todas as descobertas aguardassem por uma confirmação… uma confirmação que chega no dia em que nascemos. Aí sim, começa a grande aventura. Do respirar, do provar, do sentir… Pelas páginas deste livro desfilam algumas das descobertas que nos fizeram (e fazem) espantar. Descobertas tão simples como a cor que pinta o fundo do mar, o som de uma folha ao pousar no chão, ou o cheiro das férias quando chega o verão. Um livro que dá as boas-vindas a todos os bebés.

English Overview 

All children love to hear the story of how they arrived in the world. When I Was Born revisits the adventure of discovering the world for the first time. Breathing, seeing, hearing, tasting, and touch are encountered afresh in this beautifully illustrated, poetic tale, reintroducing readers to the richness and delight of life. Children and adults alike will love award-winning illustrator Madalena Matoso's colorful and touching images, accompanied by a text that is ideal for reading aloud.

Written by Mia Couto, illustrated by Susa Monteiro. Language: Portuguese. Children’s Book.

«Um dia, o avô espreitou pela janela e contemplou as montanhas. Deu um passo atrás, com as mãos no peito, como se lhe faltasse o ar. Apontou para o topo dos montes, lá onde vivia uma imensa floresta. Agora, restava apenas areia e pedra. Tinham cortado as árvores todas.»
Um conto de grande atualidade, narrado com sensibilidade e poesia, que brota do silêncio e da espera pelo momento certo de nascer. Uma história que convida à reflexão sobre a preservação do meio ambiente e ao diálogo entre gerações, assinado por uma dupla de autores de reconhecida qualidade literária e artística, que aqui se reúne pela primeira vez num álbum ilustrado.

Idade Recomendada:

+4 Anos

Dimensões:

22,0 x 28,0 x 1,0cm

Autor:

Mia Couto

Sobre o Autor:

Mia Couto nasceu na Beira, Moçambique, em 1955. Foi jornalista e professor, e é, atualmente, biólogo e escritor. Está traduzido em diversas línguas. Entre outros prémios e distinções (de que se destaca a nomeação, por um júri criado para o efeito pela Feira Internacional do Livro do Zimbabwe, de "Terra Sonâmbula" como um dos doze melhores livros africanos do século XX), foi galardoado, pelo conjunto da sua já vasta obra, com o Prémio Vergílio Ferreira 1999 e com o Prémio União Latina de Literaturas Românicas 2007. Ainda em 2007 Mia foi distinguido com o Prémio Passo Fundo Zaffari & Bourbon de Literatura pelo seu romance "O Outro Pé da Sereia". "Jesusalém" foi considerado um dos 20 livros de ficção mais importantes da "rentrée" literária francesa por um júri da estação radiofónica "France Culture" e da revista "Télérama". Em 2011 venceu o Prémio Eduardo Lourenço, que se destina a premiar o forte contributo de Mia Couto para o desenvolvimento da língua portuguesa. Em 2013 foi galardoado com o Prémio Camões e com o prémio norte-americano "Neustadt". Em 2015 foi finalista do "The Man Booker Prize". O seu livro "Compêndio para Desenterrar Nuvens" ganhou o Grande Prémio do Conto Branquinho da Fonseca APE | Câmara Municipal de Cascais | Fundação D. Luís I, 2023. Já em 2024 obteve o Prémio Feira Internacional do Livro de Guadalajara (México).

O percurso corajoso e inspirador de um homem que salvou a vida de milhares de inocentes A história do cônsul Aristides de Sousa Mendes, e de como desafiou as ordens de Salazar para salvar as vidas de 30.000 refugiados durante a II Guerra Mundial, é hoje um legado de coragem e nobreza que constitui um orgulho para todos os portugueses. Mas quem era Aristides de Sousa Mendes? Por trás da figura heroica esconde-se um homem complexo, profundamente íntegro e religioso, devoto à família e ao país, e que foi forçado a fazer uma escolha terrível entre a sua consciência e o dever profissional, sabendo que as consequências para si seriam implacáveis.

Com recurso a um extenso arquivo fotográfico e documental, em grande parte inédito, o seu neto, António Moncada S. Mendes, desvenda o lado pessoal do cônsul e da sua família, lançando assim uma nova luz sobre a figura de um diplomata que se sacrificou para salvar a vida de muitos inocentes.

Sobre Autor

António Moncada S. Mendes é licenciado em Ciências Políticas e possui um mestrado em Estudos Russos (Teatro) obtido na Universidade de Montreal, Canadá. Com o seu primo Álvaro Alpoim de Sousa Mendes, dedicou-se à difusão da memória do seu avô no início dos anos 90 e em 2000 aceitou o convite deste primo para criarem a Fundação Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

«Quer eliminar a ansiedade da sua vida? Precisa de voltar a sentir que é você quem controla o seu presente, e não a falta de sorte? Está cansado de acordar todas as manhãs com sintomas difíceis de suportar? Quer saber a razão de toda essa ânsia e o que pode fazer para acabar de vez com tanto sofrimento e preocupação?»

«Se neste momento o seu único desejo é superar esse inexplicável problema que surgiu na sua vida, este livro vai ajudá-lo. Por experiência, digo-lhe que, se parar de temer e começar a tentar compreender, tudo se resolverá muito mais cedo do que imagina.»

O Fim da Ansiedade chegou às suas mãos com um propósito: ajudá-lo a reencaminhar a sua vida. Seguindo os passos simples aqui propostos, não só conseguirá superar para sempre a ansiedade, como se sentirá capaz de realizar muitos dos sonhos que talvez um dia tenha considerado impossíveis.

sobre Autor

Gio Zararri é coach e especializado em transtorno da ansiedade. O Fim da Ansiedadecomeçou por ser autopublicado e tornou-se um bestseller imediato em Espanha e na América Latina. É uma presença constante nos media hispânicos e autor de mais três livros, todos grandes sucessos de venda internacionais.

Author: James Nestor translated to Portuguese 

Pode fazer todo o exercício que quiser e seguir as últimas dietas e tendências de saúde: se não estiver a respirar bem, nada faz efeito. Nada é mais essencial para a saúde e o bem-estar do que a respiração. E parece simples: basta inspirar, expirar, e repetir cerca de 25 000 vezes por dia. Mas os seres humanos esqueceram-se de como se respira corretamente e isso traz graves consequências. A pesquisa mais recente nas áreas da Bioquímica, da Pneumologia e da Fisiologia demonstra que mesmo ligeiras alterações à forma como inspiramos e expiramos podem ajudar a melhorar o desempenho atlético e a postura, rejuvenescer o organismo e combater o ressonar, a alergia, a asma e as doenças autoimunes.Uma leitura fascinante que vai transformar tudo aquilo que pensa que sabe sobre o mais básico e fundamental dos nossos gestos. Respire fundo leia com atenção e transforme a sua vida!

Sobre o Autor:

James Nestor é um repórter premiado que já colaborou com a "Scientific American", "The Atlantic", "The San Francisco Chronicle" e "The New York Times", entre muitas outras publicações de destaque. O seu livro "Respira" foi "bestseller" do "The New York Times" e já vendeu mais de 3 milhões de exemplares em todo o mundo. James Nestor vive e respira em São Francisco

About Author

James Nestor is an author and journalist who has written for Outside Magazine, The Atlantic, National Public Radio, The New York Times, Scientific American, Dwell Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, and more.

Nestor’s book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, was released through Riverhead/Penguin Random House on May 26, 2020. Breath spent 18 weeks of the New York Times bestseller list in the first year of publication and was an instant bestseller in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Sunday London Times, and more. Breath was awarded the Best General Nonfiction Book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors and was a Finalist for the Royal Society Science Book of the Year. Breath has sold more than two million copies and has been translated into more than 35 languages.

Breath explores how the human species has lost the ability to breathe properly over the past several hundred thousand years and is now suffering from a laundry list of maladies — snoring, sleep apnea, asthma, autoimmune disease — because of it. Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of Sao Paulo.

Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head.

Língua:

Português

Capa:

Capa Mole

Seja Mestre na Arte de Viver é um manual poderoso e prático que o irá inspirar a investir numa melhor qualidade de vida, tanto a nível profissional como pessoal. Robin Sharma, autor de vários best-sellers publicados em mais de 40 idiomas, ajudou já milhões de pessoas (incluindo líderes de algumas das maiores empresas mundiais) a atingir o seu potencial máximo - e pode ajudá-lo a si, também! Através de 101 pequenas histórias, anedotas e parábolas.

O livro Frankenstein, de Mary Shelley, um clássico do horror e da ficção científica publicado originalmente em 1818. 

Uma história arrepiante sobre os limites da criação humana

Obcecado com a geração da vida, o cientista suíço Victor Frankenstein recolhe corpos em cemitérios e hospitais para reunir material que possa dar vida a um novo ser. Contudo, a criatura hedionda que daí resulta, rejeitada por Frankenstein e à qual é negada companhia humana, revolta-se contra a sua triste condição e lança-se numa jornada para destruir o seu criador.

Um clássico do horror que explora os perigos da ciência, a ética da criação e as consequências do trauma. Frankenstein é um dos romances incontornáveis da literatura fantástica que influenciou gerações de autores, e aborda temas fulcrais que não deixam ninguém indiferente – especialmente numa época em que as questões da engenharia genética e do bioterrorismo estão cada vez mais presentes.

Author Giovani Martins and translated to English by Julia Sanches.

From one of Brazil’s most acclaimed new literary stars, a twenty-first-century epic set in Rio’s largest favela.

Life on the morro, the hill, is good. Five young people—the brothers Washington and Wesley and their friends Douglas, Murilo, and Biel—live close to Rocinha’s main avenue, Via Ápia, just a quick bus ride from the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.

But the rhythms of their lives stutter and scratch when Brazil’s militarized police storm Rocinha as part of “pacification” efforts ahead of the upcoming World Cup and an influx of international tourists. Via Ápia charts the expectant anxiousness before the police’s invasion, the chaos born from their occupation of the hill, and the aftermath of their silent withdrawal from the favela after one year.

Told in heated bursts and marked by the charged chronology of the protagonists’ lives, Geovani Martins’s prodigious debut novel knits together the dramas and dreams of the favela during a peak of turbulent unrest. Like the boom boom kat of Brazilian funk, the unbridled ambitions and resolute friendships of these characters blare throughout Via Ápia, delivering a resonant counternarrative to the notion that violent interventions are the state’s only remedy to the afflictions of crime and poverty. The favela retorts: life, life is the answer.

Author

Geovani Martins was born in 1991 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is the author of The Sun on My Head, named one of the Best Brazilian Books of the Century by Folha de São Paulo. He grew up with his mother in the Rio neighborhood of Vidigal. He supported his writing by working as a sandwich- board man and selling drinks on the beach, and was discovered during creative writing workshops at FLUP, the literary festival of the Rio favelas. Via Ápia is his first novel.

Julia Sanches translates works from Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan. Her translations include Slash and Burn by Claudia Hernández, for which she won a PEN/Heim Award, as well as works by Noemi Jaffe, Daniel Galera, and Geovani Martins. She is a founding member of the Cedilla & Co. translators’ collective, and she lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Author Conceição Lima Translated to English by shook.

WINNER OF THE 2021 WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS—ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS POEMS IN TRANSLATION CONTEST

No Gods Live Here, the first book-length collection by a woman from São Tomé to appear in English, is grounded in the lush islands' history of slavery, colonialism, and independence.

A career-spanning collection from giant of Santomean poetry Conceição Lima, No Gods Live Here catalogues and memorializes the cruelties and triumphs of the country's past alongside the poet's own childhood poems set against the tiny island nation's distinctive flora and geography. Through vivid imagery, Lima evokes São Tomé and Príncipe, from popular Santomean music to imagery of fishermen on the beach, while remaining ever aware of the subjective meeting of memory, time, and place.

Through poetry, Lima unites past and present to resurrect hope in human creation and the possibility of metamorphosis.

Author

Conceição Lima was born in 1961 in the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, where she resides today. She studied journalism in Portugal and attended graduate school in London, where she later worked as a producer at the BBC’s Portuguese Language Service. She has published four books of poetry: O Útero da Casa (The Womb of the House) in 2004, A Dolorosa Raiz do Micondó (The Painful Root of the Micondó) in 2006, O País de Akendenguê (The Country of Akendenguê) in 2011, and Quando Florirem Salambás no Tecto do Pico(When Velvet Tamarinds Flower on Pico de São Tomé) in 2015. Her work in Shook’s translation has appeared in the Literary Review, Jai-Alai, and World Literature Today.

Shook is a poet and translator whose work with Conceição Lima has been recognized with a 2017 Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and as a winner of the 2021 Words Without Borders—Academy of American Poets Poems in Translation Contest.