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Based on a True StoryVisit product page →The Portuguese Immigrant: Atlantic Heritage Story is a narrative non-fiction book about the author’s family history—particularly the lives of their paternal ancestors from Sao Miguel Island in Portugal. The story begins with their great-grandparents before shifting focus to their paternal grandparents and their unconditional love for each other. Their relationship overcame many obstacles of the time and they were physically separated for nearly three years after leaving the homeland. They became immigrants in Canada—a place where the author found themselves born and raised, being something that they are grateful for yet fascinated to reflect on the history of how it happened.Weaving a wonderful tale of the struggles and triumphs as well as the rich Portuguese culture of their ancestry, the book follows their grandfather, Vovô, who was the impetus for life in the New World. Embarking on the journey of lifetime, they carried out a mission guided by true love to carve out a fighting chance for the future of his family.The author speaks on various characteristics embodied and behavioural traits that have shaped their sense of self today while forging a deep connection with their ancestors. Understanding more about themselves than anticipated along the way to show that it really is all in the family. The history that behooves us has been set out for those with the privilege to continue down the path—a sentiment that the author draws out with great detail. Their descriptions of events set the scene that take the reader back in time. -
Sold outVisit product page →A conceituada «História de Portugal» de A.H. de Oliveira Marques, numa versão abreviada, há décadas ausente das livrarias.
Edição simultânea em português, inglês e francês.
A história de Portugal é longa e complexa, e por isso o próprio de Oliveira Marques começou por fixá-la em três volumes que se tornaram um clássico da historiografia nacional. Mas foi também ele, um dos mais eminentes historiadores portugueses, a preparar a partir daí esta versão brevíssima, com todas as linhas essenciais concentradas em apenas 250 páginas, num pequeno formato raro, há muito esgotado. Uma versão que conserva todo o rigor e alcance histórico das edições mais alargadas, privilegiando uma relação mais directa, clara e certeira com o leitor, útil tanto para estudiosos como para curiosos. -
An indispensable, fully up-to-date phrasebook for travellers to both Portugal and Brazil, in a pocket-size format and beautiful cover design This newly revised and updated Portuguese Phrase Book contains a wealth of useful words and phrases for travellers in both Portugal and Brazil, with a particular emphasis on Brazilian Portuguese. The book includes basic grammar, a pronunciation guide, additional vocabulary and phrases to suit every place, event and situation. Clearly presented and easy to use, it is the perfect pocket-sized travelling companion. - Essential phrases for travel, eating out, shopping, sightseeing - Numbers, times and dates - Pronunciation given - Grammar basics and vocabulary list - Designed for use in both Brazil and Portugal - Particular emphasis on Brazilian PortugueseVisit product page → -
Sold outVisit product page →Follow the extraordinary journey of an immigrant father and his beloved daughter as they settle in a new land. Together they navigate the milestones of life with sweet reminders of their rich Portuguese culture and heritage.Hardcover
Published January 1, 2023
This edition
FormatHardcoverPublishedJanuary 1, 2023 by Amelie Blue BooksISBN9781777734824LanguageEnglish -
NÉVEDA NAS AMÉRICAS / NÉVEDA IN THE AMERICAS(português & english)Visit product page →A nova aventura da menina Néveda apresenta-nos a um novo meio de transporte e uma viajem pelas Américas. Do Canadá, passando por alguns lugares nos Estados Unidos, México, Brasil e terminando no Uruguai, a Néveda aprende sobre lugares, arte e muita cultura em geral.
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Sold outVisit product page →Part of a new travel series, Portugal: The Monocle Handbook is a practical guide that will introduce you to the best the country has to offer as we present our favourite spots across the country. We’ve travelled from north to south (via the islands) to find innovative retailers and traditional ateliers, the chefs turning out the tastiest dishes and the sleekest hotels – not to mention undiscovered beaches and world-leading cultural venues. We even reveal the best neighbourhoods to invest in should you wish to put down roots in this sunny nation, plus the plucky entrepreneurs who’ve already made the move. It’s time to pack your bags for Portugal.
Features: 208 pages, hardcover
Published by: Monocle
Printed in: Italy
Dimensions: 24.1cm x 18.6cm x 2.2cm
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Visit product page →Brush up on your Portuguese language skills in 3 months!
Whether you’re visiting Portugal or simply want to improve your Portuguese vocabulary and grammar, this practical language learning course is packed with learning tips and an audio app that makes learning fun!
Inside this Portuguese language book, you’ll find:
• “Imitated pronunciation” sections that make unfamiliar Portuguese sounds less daunting to English learners
• Word lists, key phrases and model sentences that build vocabulary
• Three self-assessment sections that allow the learner to engage with their own learning, and exercises follow each grammar lesson, reinforcing what has just been taught
• Includes two mini bilingual dictionaries, meaning you can check words in both English and PortuguesePaperback
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Visit product page →A masterwork about backcountry life by one of Brazil's most celebrated novelists.
Paulo Honório is a sometime field hand who has kicked and clawed and schemed his way to prosperity, becoming master of the decrepit estate São Bernardo, where once upon a time he toiled. He is ruthless in his exploitation of his fellow man, but when he makes a match with a fine young woman, he is surprised to discover that this latest acquisition, as he sees it, may be somewhat harder to handle. It is in Paulo Honório’s own rough-hewn voice that the great Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, often compared to William Faulkner, tells this gritty and dryly funny story of triumph and comeuppance, a tour de force of the writer’s art that is beautifully captured in Padma Viswanathan’s new translation.Paperback
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Visit product page →A vibrant tour of Portugal, featuring more than 200 photographs that bring to life one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
In this gorgeous book, writer and photographer Christine Chitnis invites you to celebrate the unique, timeless beauty of Portugal through the stunning designs and hues that define Portugal’s countryside, coast, small towns, and cosmopolitan cities.
This collection features over 200 stunning photographs that illustrate the ways that color and pattern are woven into the very fabric of the country’s culture, history, architecture, and traditions. Each section features insightful essays that explore the artistry of azulejos, the colorful ceramic tiles covering much of Portugal’s architecture; the intricately embroidered details of traditional lavradeira costumes; the rich flavors of Portuguese cuisine, and so much more.
Throughout these vibrant pages, you’ll discover the vivid stories behind each color and pattern, transporting you to the gorgeous fields of Alentejo, the sparkling waters of the Algarve, the busy streets of Lisbon, the lush valleys of the Douro, and beyond. -
Visit product page →Alegria! é um guia prático e ilustrado dos princípios do método KonMari, que ajudou já dezenas de milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo a organizar o espaço em que vivem — e a transformar as suas vidas! Com dicas práticas para arrumar tudo — de roupas a CD, de materiais de limpeza a brinquedos e objetos de coleção —, bem como indicações sobre os princípios básicos da arrumação e da organização («Uma casa com alegria é como o seu museu pessoal» ou «"Pode dar jeito" é um tabu»), este livro vai ajudá-lo a viver rodeado apenas daquilo que lhe traz realmente… alegria!
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Sold outVisit product page →Brooch Heart of Amália in Gold Plated Silver, part of the Amália x Portugal Jewels Collection.
Amália and The Flowers Collection was developed in collaboration with the Amália Rodrigues Foundation and pays tribute to the iconic fado singer. This collection, inspired by Amália's connection with flowers, captures her unique bond with nature and her emotional approach to life.
Gold plated silver 925‰ brooch with 6,5cm and 17,0gr.
Handmade in Portugal
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Visit product page →Santa Isla makes jewelry in partnership with Embera Chami artisans of Colombia. The Embera Chami believe they weave spiritual intentions as a way to connect back to nature.
Established in 2013 by Jess Sanchez, Santa Isla is a love letter to Colombia. We celebrate the Embera’s weaving practice and respect its cultural significance, to create playful and intentional pieces that bring joy. A tiny piece of Colombia’s magic for you to hold.
20% of each sale goes back to the Embera Chami artisans.
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Visit product page →Santa Isla makes jewelry in partnership with Embera Chami artisans of Colombia. The Embera Chami believe they weave spiritual intentions as a way to connect back to nature.
Established in 2013 by Jess Sanchez, Santa Isla is a love letter to Colombia. We celebrate the Embera’s weaving practice and respect its cultural significance, to create playful and intentional pieces that bring joy. A tiny piece of Colombia’s magic for you to hold.
20% of each sale goes back to the Embera Chami artisans.
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Visit product page →Santa Isla makes jewelry in partnership with Embera Chami artisans of Colombia. The Embera Chami believe they weave spiritual intentions as a way to connect back to nature.
Established in 2013 by Jess Sanchez, Santa Isla is a love letter to Colombia. We celebrate the Embera’s weaving practice and respect its cultural significance, to create playful and intentional pieces that bring joy. A tiny piece of Colombia’s magic for you to hold.
20% of each sale goes back to the Embera Chami artisans.
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Visit product page →Nearly a century after his wrenching death, the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) remains one of our most enigmatic writers. Believing he could do “more in dreams than Napoleon,” yet haunted by the specter of hereditary madness, Pessoa invented dozens of alter egos, or “heteronyms,” under whose names he wrote in Portuguese, English, and French. Unsurprisingly, this “most multifarious of writers” (Guardian) has long eluded a definitive biographer—but in renowned translator and Pessoa scholar Richard Zenith, he has met his match.
Relatively unknown in his lifetime, Pessoa was all but destined for literary oblivion when the arc of his afterlife bent, suddenly and improbably, toward greatness, with the discovery of some 25,000 unpublished papers left in a large, wooden trunk. Drawing on this vast archive of sources as well as on unpublished family letters, and skillfully setting the poet’s life against the nationalist currents of twentieth-century European history, Zenith at last reveals the true depths of Pessoa’s teeming imagination and literary genius.
Much as Nobel laureate José Saramago brought a single heteronym to life in The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, Zenith traces the backstories of virtually all of Pessoa’s imagined personalities, demonstrating how they were projections, spin-offs, or metamorphoses of Pessoa himself. A solitary man who had only one, ultimately platonic love affair, Pessoa used his and his heteronyms’ writings to explore questions of sexuality, to obsessively search after spiritual truth, and to try to chart a way forward for a benighted and politically agitated Portugal.
Although he preferred the world of his mind, Pessoa was nonetheless a man of the places he inhabited, including not only Lisbon but also turn-of-the-century Durban, South Africa, where he spent nine years as a child. Zenith re-creates the drama of Pessoa’s adolescence—when the first heteronyms emerged—and his bumbling attempts to survive as a translator and publisher. Zenith introduces us, too, to Pessoa’s bohemian circle of friends, and to Ophelia Quieroz, with whom he exchanged numerous love letters. Pessoa reveals in equal force the poet’s unwavering commitment to defending homosexual writers whose books had been banned, as well as his courageous opposition to Salazar, the Portuguese dictator, toward the end of his life. In stunning, magisterial prose, Zenith contextualizes Pessoa’s posthumous literary achievements—especially his most renowned work, The Book of Disquiet.
A modern literary masterpiece, Pessoa simultaneously immortalizes the life of a literary maestro and confirms the enduring power of Pessoa’s work to speak prophetically to the disconnectedness of our modern world.
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Visit product page →Lawton brings interested home cooks along on a journey through the landscape of Azorean cooking with dozens of home-cooked recipes.
Whether you're looking to explore new dishes or reconnect with your roots, this cookbook offers a delightful blend of authentic recipes and heartwarming stories that will make your kitchen the heart of your home. Join Maria in celebrating the beauty of Portuguese cuisine and create lasting memories with every meal.
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Visit product page →de Helena Ales Pereira; Fotografia: Inês Subtil
Fotografias, entrevistas e os bastidores da série Portuguesa mais vista de sempre.
No dia 26 de maio de 2023, estreava, na Netflix, Rabo de Peixe. Dois dias depois, a série portuguesa era número 1 no top nacional da Netflix, onde se manteve ao longo de mais de dois meses, tornando-se assim a série mais vista de sempre em Portugal.
Além-fronteiras, chegou a mais de 190 países e, em mais 38, a história de quatro amigos que tentam escapar ao seu destino alcançou o top das séries mais vistas, acumulando mais de 45 milhões de horas de visualizações, segundo dados divulgados pela empresa em junho deste ano.Hardcover
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Iberina Design
Iberina Design - Saudade collection - necklace/earrings set - onyx, faceted Czech crystals
$200.00
vIberina Design
Iberina Design - Saudade collection - necklace/earrings set - onyx, faceted Czech crystals
$200.00
Visit product page →IBERINA DESIGN, I curate collections of one-of-a-kind pieces produced with the most elegant details. Timeless designs are crafted from the finest materials sourced from around the world. Each piece is unique, just like the person who wears it.
one of a kind
onyx beads + faceted Czech crystal with+ stainless steel
necklace: 34cm long
earrings: 3cm long
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Visit product page →IBERINA DESIGN, I curate collections of one-of-a-kind pieces produced with the most elegant details. Timeless designs are crafted from the finest materials sourced from around the world. Each piece is unique, just like the person who wears it.
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Visit product page →HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN
When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city.
As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she bewitched the era’s richest and most powerful men.
But as paranoia consumed a country at war, Mata Hari’s lifestyle brought her under suspicion. In 1917, she was arrested in her hotel room on the Champs Elysees, and accused of espionage.
Told in Mata Hari’s voice through her final letter, The Spy is the unforgettable story of a woman who dared to defy convention and who paid the ultimate price.hardcover
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Visit product page →Devin Meireles
a narrative photo expedition about finding kinship in a faraway land.
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Visit product page →From the #1 best-selling author of The Alchemist comes an inspiring story about a young man seeking wisdom from an elder, and the teachings imparted along the way.In The Archer we meet Tetsuya, a man once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow but who has since retired from public life, the challenger who comes searching for him, and the boy who observes their competition. Afterwards, the boy has many questions, and in answering them Tetsuya illustrates the way of the bow and the tenets of a meaningful life.
Paulo Coelho's story is a powerful reminder that action and the soul are inextricably connected, and that a life constricted by fear of rejection or failure is not a life worth living. Instead one must take risks, build up patience and courage, and embrace the many unexpected turns fate has to offer.
With the wisdom, generosity, and grace that have made him an internationally best-selling writer, Paulo Coelho provides the framework for a rewarding life: hard work, passion, thoughtfulness, the willingness to fail, and the urge to make a difference. -
Visit product page →Reflects the diversity of Portuguese cuisine. Seamlessly balancing selections from “grandmother’s“ home cooking with modern adaptations from Canada’s Portuguese community.
