‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changed’ Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.

Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. When the novel was first serialized in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, public prosecutors attacked the novel for obscenity. The resulting trial in January 1857 made the story notorious. After Flaubert's acquittal on 7 February 1857, Madame Bovary became a bestseller in April 1857 when it was published in two volumes. A seminal work of literary realism, the novel is now considered Flaubert's masterpiece, and one of the most influential literary works in history.

This is a collection of essays on philosophical problems of science and technology.

A acção central da obra é a viagem de Vasco da Gama para a Índia. Dela se serve o poeta para nos oferecer a visão épica de toda a História de Portugal até à sua época, ora sendo ele o narrador, ora transferindo essa tarefa para figuras da viagem. Para outras figuras - as míticas - transfere os discursos que projectam a acção no futuro em forma profética. O Poema interpreta os anseios dos humanistas numa linha de continuidade das epopeias clássicas, cantando o triunfo do Homem contra as forças da Natureza, e do Homem que "deu novos mundos ao Mundo", iniciando assim um novo período da História.

Por que o Brasil é um país atrasado?, livro de estreia do ativista político, empresário e descendente da família real Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança, revela a construção de um Estado autocrático e interventor, fato que atingiu seu ápice com a Constituição de 1988. No decorrer da obra, o autor aborda os motivos – a partir de uma revisão de princípios universais que estiveram sufocados pelas narrativas que servem aos governos e à burocracia de Estado – pelos quais a nação se encontra mais uma vez em uma situação de decadência política, institucional e econômica. Acessível a todo e qualquer leitor, mesmo aqueles sem conhecimento prévio de teorias políticas e econômicas, Por que o Brasil é um país atrasado? presta um serviço à sociedade brasileira ao combater a desinformação e mitos. Informa aos diversos segmentos da sociedade quais são as bandeiras legítimas na construção e defesa de um Estado de Direito moderno e de sucesso. No Brasil pós segundo impeachment da Nova República, trata-se de uma obra essencial para entender nosso país e as estruturas que causam nossa instabilidade.

For much of his life, Clayton Thomas-Muller's very existence has been scrutinized and vilified. As a child, he endured the intergenerational trauma that resulted from his family attending residential school. Growing up Cree in downtown Winnipeg, Canada, Clayton faced systemic racism and violence in school and on the streets, which led him to use his fists to defend himself and earn his livelihood. He escaped the hold that drugs and alcohol had on his life by reconnecting with his Cree heritage. For twenty years, he has been a campaigner with organizations including the Indigenous Environmental Network and 350.org, on the front lines of stopping the assault of industry on Indigenous peoples' lands. Using a nonlinear, oral storytelling style, Life in the City of Dirty Water offers the reflections of a man in midlife, telling his inner child, "I'm here now and I'm going to keep you safe."