Are you familiar with the feeling of when we are very stressed and, out of the blue, life comes and gifts us with something good? Well, living this good experience is a great relief, isn't it? Well... Except for Mr. Igor, whom, after so much rush to resolve the issue of his great-grandmother's land, ends up meeting a very nice old couple, but in the end, they leave the lawyer smelling a rat.
Who in their youth has not given up a great love? If you could somehow go back in time, what would you do to preserve this love? In the short story “Wounded Birds”; Linda's story is told - a girl full of life, like so many others in the world, but because of some family problems she went through, she ended up walking a path that doomed her young heart once and for all. Here is the maxim of the tale: “If loving decisions are not based on the cries of our innermost being, sometimes, everything that is built from then on, even with great difficulty, will disband in heaps of ashes, in clusters of nostalgic mists, in soot. nostalgic labyrinths with no return”.
For years surviving the recurring marital chaos caused by the chemical dependency of Mike, her brother-in-law, Akira struggles to rescue Juliana, his wife, already totally immersed in the freezing waters of an existential precipice.
Renan hides a secret that his girlfriend can't even imagine. After he disappears without leaving his whereabouts, finally, after three months of intense searching in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Valentina discovers that he has moved to São Paulo. Will her love withstand the harsh test of abandonment? What made Renan disappear without even warning her? Discover all the answers by reading “FURY”; a tale filled with marital tensions, breathtaking mysteries, ending in surprisingly sentimental revelations.
Police officer Rubão has always been a hardworking public servant who, like so many other honest police officers who work in the military corporation, fights to conquer his little place in the sun. But it so happened that after so much time experiencing that routine of having to face such heavy and sometimes unsolved things, her personality before calm and peaceful, one day ends up being completely transformed.
Due to the difficulties experienced in Brazil, the Himura family is faced with an irrefutable proposal; to work as well-paid workers in Japan, since due to the rapid growth of its industries, the country began to need even external labor. So, despite being reticent at first, the Himuras soon packed their bags and ventured to the other side of the continent. But Japan is not Brazil. This is right! And from there, already installed, with the fat salary coming in at the correct date, the story of the metamorphoses takes place that, at first, is characterized only by imperceptible changes on the family axis, but over the years, it completely transforms them. If before, the differences were summarized in questions such as; monthly bills to pay, the education of children, and other such simplicities, now the focus of the discussions has changed, bordering on the breaking up of the family. Was it really worth it?
Fear, anguish, and dread are some of the main ingredients to make any reader fall in love with horror, leaving their complexion pale and their hair standing on end. No wonder! Who doesn't like a plot that's, like, loaded with suspense and mystery, and keeps you hooked until the very last page?! That's exactly what the short story “Nightmare” is about. A cold-blooded, cowardly killer prowls through the outskirts of the city, hunting for new victims to exercise his cruelty on. Meanwhile, it's late at night, and Marcos, at the request of his wife Joana, drives her to his father-in-law's so she can give him a cell phone as a gift. When they arrive, the neighborhood dogs are barking incessantly, and, even though they repeatedly ring the doorbell and then knock at the gate, there's no sign of the old man. Was he...?
Get ready to meet Veronica, a girl with a heart bigger than the world, fresh out of her native country. Despite missing her deceased mother buried in Colombia, she feels happy, as she struggles with Sofia, her younger sister, for better living conditions, working hard in Japan. However, love will play a hell of a trick on her.
School holidays: what's better than enjoying these days in the middle of the woods, bathing in rivers and waterfalls, breathing “pure air”, so nonexistent in urban centers. Well, Mauricio, a typical city boy, overloaded with school tasks and technological things, can't wait to pack his backpack and leave for Santa Helena de Goiás, the address of Uncle Bebeto's farm. There, like so many other times he visited his cousin, he will experience new adventures, discoveries of puberty, only this time something unusual will change their lives forever.
After days and days of tension in the office, finally the young realtor Renato was able to take a deserved vacation after all the work in the past months. His destination? A trip with his family from Florianópolis to a farm in Sanclerlândia, Goiás, where his in-laws live. Renato just didn't count that his moments of leisure and rest, from out of the blue would turn into a terrifying nightmare.
Truth be told, the great subjective treasures of a life can only be well guarded if kept within a good and "faithful heart". That's because, most of the time, we're not so sure whether sharing them with others will increase or decrease their value to us. In this case, it may happen that these treasures are kept in our hearts for a long time - dusty for entire lifetimes even. Well, until we can't stand it any longer and, with just a little bit of courage, we start sharing them to see if, at least in this way, we can be granted the support we need to turn them into reality.
Kyle and Wednesday form a very exotic couple. She is goth, he is all preppy. Only they work out so well in dating that these differences - sometimes so abrupt - make no difference in the relationship. Until the day they celebrate Wednesday's 15th birthday. Based on the 'Wednesday' series.
A serial killer on the run for years is back on the streets. A beautiful redhead waits anxiously for her husband to arrive. These are more than perfect ingredients for the frenetic plot of “Fertile Period”, a horror tale loaded with so much tension, to the point of leaving the hairs on the body standing on end. On the fateful dawn of Adriane's birthday, a mechanical failure in Ricardo's car gives the nefarious predator the possibility of reaping yet another victim. Will Ricardo arrive in time to help her? Or will the maniac progress in his attempts? Read on and be surprised by an outcome that will blow your brains out.
Gustavo is a very famous writer, but, on the other hand, when it comes to work, he can't help but procrastinate. The worst thing is that, on the eve of delivering the first three chapters of his new novel — he's been charged for months by the agent — everything that happens around you soon becomes a beautiful reason to be distracted".
Javier has everything a guy could wish for (fame, power and success), however, as the years go by he begins to feel a shaky emptiness within his heart, as if nothing else mattered anymore. And so, during one of his many spiritual pilgrimages in the search of answers, he decides to climb a holy mountain in the Pirineus - as his master has instructed him to - so that he could consult, for the last time, with his personal demon.
One night, young Stella wakes up in an unknown place, and despairs because she doesn't know where she is. 'What a strange place is this?! -- she wonders. It turns out that the atmosphere is gloomy, full of whispers and indiscernible voices, with only the faint light of the candles, now and then, dancing their cowardly beams of lights in the almost palpable darkness around them. But soon she will discover that there, too, is the reign of a very powerful woman; and that, as Stella unconsciously desired so much in her heart, she will finally teach him one of the paths of full self-knowledge; while they decide to walk together through the arduous meanders of sublime surrender and complete domination.
Spying on the neighbors through the powerful telescope installed on the top of the apartment's balcony, the young writer Roger ate the last slice of the chocolate cake that his mother, Anastacia, had left right next to her typewriter, when suddenly, his eardrums shuddered as he heard the usual "Boom" from Zeca — the corner drug dealer — with his burst echoing through the surrounding buildings at the very beginning of each month.
Based on the movie "The Purge". The purge law was finally approved in Brazil. Mother and daughter race against time to save themselves. They just didn't expect so much bad stuff to happen in a single night.
A serial killer on the run for years is back on the streets. A beautiful redhead waits anxiously for her husband to arrive. These are more than perfect ingredients for the frenetic plot of “Fertile Period”, a horror tale loaded with so much tension, to the point of leaving the hairs on the body standing on end. On the fateful dawn of Adriane's birthday, a mechanical failure in Ricardo's car gives the nefarious predator the possibility of reaping yet another victim. Will Ricardo arrive in time to help her? Or will the maniac progress in his attempts? Read on and be surprised by an outcome that will blow your brains out.
Javier has everything a guy could wish for (fame, power and success), however, as the years go by he begins to feel a shaky emptiness within his heart, as if nothing else mattered anymore. And so, during one of his many spiritual pilgrimages in the search of answers, he decides to climb a holy mountain in the Pirineus - as his master has instructed him to - so that he could consult, for the last time, with his personal demon.
Spying on the neighbors through the powerful telescope installed on the top of the apartment's balcony, the young writer Roger ate the last slice of the chocolate cake that his mother, Anastacia, had left right next to her typewriter, when suddenly, his eardrums shuddered as he heard the usual "Boom" from Zeca — the corner drug dealer — with his burst echoing through the surrounding buildings at the very beginning of each month.
Due to the difficulties experienced in Brazil, the Himura family is faced with an irrefutable proposal; to work as well-paid workers in Japan, since due to the rapid growth of its industries, the country began to need even external labor. So, despite being reticent at first, the Himuras soon packed their bags and ventured to the other side of the continent. But Japan is not Brazil. This is right! And from there, already installed, with the fat salary coming in at the correct date, the story of the metamorphoses takes place that, at first, is characterized only by imperceptible changes on the family axis, but over the years, it completely transforms them. If before, the differences were summarized in questions such as; monthly bills to pay, the education of children, and other such simplicities, now the focus of the discussions has changed, bordering on the breaking up of the family. Was it really worth it?
Police officer Rubão has always been a hardworking public servant who, like so many other honest police officers who work in the military corporation, fights to conquer his little place in the sun. But it so happened that after so much time experiencing that routine of having to face such heavy and sometimes unsolved things, her personality before calm and peaceful, one day ends up being completely transformed.
Based on the movie "The Purge". The purge law was finally approved in Brazil. Mother and daughter race against time to save themselves. They just didn't expect so much bad stuff to happen in a single night.
School holidays: what's better than enjoying these days in the middle of the woods, bathing in rivers and waterfalls, breathing “pure air”, so nonexistent in urban centers. Well, Mauricio, a typical city boy, overloaded with school tasks and technological things, can't wait to pack his backpack and leave for Santa Helena de Goiás, the address of Uncle Bebeto's farm. There, like so many other times he visited his cousin, he will experience new adventures, discoveries of puberty, only this time something unusual will change their lives forever.
For years surviving the recurring marital chaos caused by the chemical dependency of Mike, her brother-in-law, Akira struggles to rescue Juliana, his wife, already totally immersed in the freezing waters of an existential precipice.
After days and days of tension in the office, finally the young realtor Renato was able to take a deserved vacation after all the work in the past months. His destination? A trip with his family from Florianópolis to a farm in Sanclerlândia, Goiás, where his in-laws live. Renato just didn't count that his moments of leisure and rest, from out of the blue would turn into a terrifying nightmare.
Truth be told, the great subjective treasures of a life can only be well guarded if kept within a good and "faithful heart". That's because, most of the time, we're not so sure whether sharing them with others will increase or decrease their value to us. In this case, it may happen that these treasures are kept in our hearts for a long time - dusty for entire lifetimes even. Well, until we can't stand it any longer and, with just a little bit of courage, we start sharing them to see if, at least in this way, we can be granted the support we need to turn them into reality.
Renan hides a secret that his girlfriend can't even imagine. After he disappears without leaving his whereabouts, finally, after three months of intense searching in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Valentina discovers that he has moved to São Paulo. Will her love withstand the harsh test of abandonment? What made Renan disappear without even warning her? Discover all the answers by reading “FURY”; a tale filled with marital tensions, breathtaking mysteries, ending in surprisingly sentimental revelations.
Gustavo is a very famous writer, but, on the other hand, when it comes to work, he can't help but procrastinate. The worst thing is that, on the eve of delivering the first three chapters of his new novel — he's been charged for months by the agent — everything that happens around you soon becomes a beautiful reason to be distracted".
Get ready to meet Veronica, a girl with a heart bigger than the world, fresh out of her native country. Despite missing her deceased mother buried in Colombia, she feels happy, as she struggles with Sofia, her younger sister, for better living conditions, working hard in Japan. However, love will play a hell of a trick on her.
Are you familiar with the feeling of when we are very stressed and, out of the blue, life comes and gifts us with something good? Well, living this good experience is a great relief, isn't it? Well... Except for Mr. Igor, whom, after so much rush to resolve the issue of his great-grandmother's land, ends up meeting a very nice old couple, but in the end, they leave the lawyer smelling a rat.
After getting back from a long business trip, Antonio's mind is set on ending things. Telling his wife, once and for all, that he doesn't love her like he used to, and that from now on, they should part ways. But Antonio didn't expect that, between a few sips of a good cup of coffee, a lot can happen between heaven and earth; even old feelings resurfacing only to unsettle a confused heart.
Fear, anguish, and dread are some of the main ingredients to make any reader fall in love with horror, leaving their complexion pale and their hair standing on end. No wonder! Who doesn't like a plot that's, like, loaded with suspense and mystery, and keeps you hooked until the very last page?! That's exactly what the short story “Nightmare” is about. A cold-blooded, cowardly killer prowls through the outskirts of the city, hunting for new victims to exercise his cruelty on. Meanwhile, it's late at night, and Marcos, at the request of his wife Joana, drives her to his father-in-law's so she can give him a cell phone as a gift. When they arrive, the neighborhood dogs are barking incessantly, and, even though they repeatedly ring the doorbell and then knock at the gate, there's no sign of the old man. Was he...?
Kyle and Wednesday form a very exotic couple. She is goth, he is all preppy. Only they work out so well in dating that these differences - sometimes so abrupt - make no difference in the relationship. Until the day they celebrate Wednesday's 15th birthday. Based on the 'Wednesday' series.
Who in their youth has not given up a great love? If you could somehow go back in time, what would you do to preserve this love? In the short story “Wounded Birds”; Linda's story is told - a girl full of life, like so many others in the world, but because of some family problems she went through, she ended up walking a path that doomed her young heart once and for all. Here is the maxim of the tale: “If loving decisions are not based on the cries of our innermost being, sometimes, everything that is built from then on, even with great difficulty, will disband in heaps of ashes, in clusters of nostalgic mists, in soot. nostalgic labyrinths with no return”.
These 15 articles follow on from those in The Global Opportunity in that they examine how and why the Europeans expanded worldwide. Part one explores the means in terms of science, technology and material resources; part two examines the motives, primarily as a result of restricted resources in Europe; while part three concludes with the reasons that the expansion continued and grew - the momentum.
A welcome addition to the growing literature dedicated to 'Atlantic Studies.'. . . Recommended for the professional scholar, the university student, and the educated public."—History
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