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O Silmarillion (Em Portugues do Brasil)   (Portuguese Brazilian)   Paperback   – January 1, 2011 O Silmarillion, agora reeditado pela Editora WMF Martins Fontes, relata acontecimentos de uma epoca muito anterior ao final da Terceira Era, quando ocorreram os grandes eventos narrados em O Senhor dos Aneis. Sao lendas derivadas de um passado remoto, ligadas as Silmarils, tres gemas perfeitas criadas por Feanor, o mais talentoso dos elfos. Tolkien trabalhou nesses textos ao longo de toda a sua vida, tornando-os veiculo e registro de suas reflexoes mais profundas.

Hey, are you looking for this book? Les Aventures de Tom Bombadil   (French)   Mass Market Paperback   – September 21, 2001 Au milieu des années cinquante, un professeur d'Oxford à l'imagination inépuisable créait une épopée fabuleuse qui allait devenir l'objet d'un culte jaloux pour toute une génération de lycéens anglais avant de conquérir le monde entier. aujourd'hui, les lecteurs du "Seigneur des anneaux", se comptent par millions, mais ces adeptes des "Hobbits" et de leur pays des merveilles continuent à se comporter comme une secte fantastique, J.R.R. Tolkien publia "Bilbo le Hobbit", sésame de l'œuvre, en 1937 et, plus tard, des récits comme "Les aventures de Tom Bombadil", le joyeux drille, qui prolongent l'enchantement sur le rythme des comptes enfantines. L'œuvre complète de J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) figure au catalogue de Pocket.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Pearl; [and] Sir Orfeo Mass Market Paperback   – December 12, 1979 SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, and SIR ORFEO are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age--the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the language, romance, and power of these great stories comes to life for modern readers, in this masterful and compelling new translation.

Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope   Kindle Edition The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of  The Lost and  The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Born Survivors  celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life. Eastern Europe, 1944: Three women believe they are pregnant, but are torn from their husbands before they can be certain. Rachel is sent to Auschwitz, unaware that her husband has been shot. Priska and her husband travel there together, but are immediately separated. Also at Auschwitz, Anka hopes in vain to be reunited with her husband. With the rest of their families gassed, these young wives are determined to hold on to all they have left—their lives, and those of their unborn babies. Having concealed their condition from infamous Nazi doct

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers   Kindle Edition Repackaged in a new tie-in edition to coincide with the Netflix film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, a moving story of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her triumphant spirit as she survived the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pot’s brutal regime. Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. She was a precocious child who loved the open city markets, fried crickets, chicken fights, and sassing her parents. While her beautiful mother worried that Loung was a troublemaker—that she stomped around like a thirsty cow—her beloved father knew Loung was a clever girl. When Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge army stormed into Phnom Penh in April 1975, Ung’s family fled their home and moved from village to village to hide their identity, their education, their former life of privilege. Eventually,

Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition   Kindle Edition Fifty years after its original publication,  Catch-22  remains a cornerstone of American lit-erature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—novels of all time. In recent years it has been named to “best novels” lists by  Time, Newsweek,  the Modern Library, and the London  Observer . Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy—it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he’s assigned, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be re

The Sunday Wife: A Novel   Hardcover   – September 4, 2002 Married for 20 years to the Reverend Benjamin Lynch, a handsome, ambitious minister of the prestigious Methodist church, Dean Lynch has never quite adjusted her temperament to the demands of the role of a Sunday wife. When her husband is assigned to a larger and more demanding community in the Florida panhandle, Dean becomes fast friends with Augusta Holderfield, a woman whose good looks and extravagant habits immediately entrance her. As their friendship evolves, Augusta challenges Dean to break free from her traditional role as the preacher's wife. Just as Dean is questioning everything she has always valued, a tragedy occurs, providing the catalyst for change in ways she never could have imagined.

The Martian: A Novel   Hardcover   – February 11, 2014 Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s  The Great American Read Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.  Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.  Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.  But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resour

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving: A Novel Paperback   – May 7, 2013 In The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (releasing June 24, 2016 as a Netflix Original Film titled The Fundamentals of Caring, starring Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez), Jonathan Evison, author of the new novel This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! and the New York Times bestseller West of Here, has crafted a novel of the heart, a story of unlikely heroes in a grand American landscape. For Ben Benjamin, all has been lost--his wife, his family, his home, his livelihood. Hoping to find a new direction, he enrolls in a night class called The Fundamentals of Caregiving, where he will learn to take care of people with disabilities. He is instructed about professionalism, about how to keep an emotional distance between client and provider, and about the art of inserting catheters while avoiding liability. But when Ben is assigned his first client--a tyrannical nineteen-year-old boy named Trevor, who is in the adva

Sweet Laurel: Recipes for Whole Food, Grain-Free Desserts   Hardcover   – April 3, 2018 From LA's trendy bakery comes the new definitive grain-free baking book that makes eating paleo, gluten-free, and dairy-free diets a lot sweeter for home bakers. From the beginning,  Sweet Laurel  has been about making sweet things simple. The recipes here are indulgent yet healthful. They use just a few quality ingredients to create delicious desserts that benefit your body; all of these treats are paleo, and many are vegan and raw. From Matcha Sandwich Cookies to Salted Lemon Meringue Pie to Classic German Chocolate Cake, these treats are at once uncomplicated, beautiful, and satisfying, made only with wholesome ingredients such as almonds, coconut, cacao, and dates. Here, too, are basic staple recipes to keep with you, like grain-free vanilla extract and vegan caramel, and fancy finishes, like paleo sprinkles and dairy-free ice cream.       Whether you’re looking for simpler recipe

Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes  (Spanish Edition)   (Spanish)   Paperback   – April 18, 2017 Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes reinventa los cuentos de hadas. Elizabeth I, Coco Chanel, Marie Curie, Frida Kahlo, Serena Williams y otras mujeres extraordinarias narran la aventura de su vida, inspirando a niñas ―y no tan niñas― a soñar en grande y alcanzar sus sueños; además, cuenta con las magníficas ilustraciones de sesenta mujeres artistas de todos los rincones del planeta.  Un libro que debe estar en la mesa de noche de todas las niñas o mujeres jóvenes que conozcas. ―Geri Stengel, Forbes  Estos cuentos para antes de dormir no son protagonizados por princesas, sino por mujeres que cambiaron el mundo. ―Taylor Pittman, The Huffington Post Cuentos de buenas noches para niñas rebeldes es una colección de historias protagonizadas por «princesas» reales de los más diversos entornos y épocas.

Suzuki Violin School, Vol 3: Violin Part   Paperback   – November 1, 1994 Teach violin with the popular Suzuki Violin School. Revised edition features:  New engravings in a 9" x 12" format  New editing of pieces, including bowings and fingerings  16 additional pages  Additional exercises, some from Dr. Suzuki, plus additional insight and suggestions for teachers  Glossary of terms in English, French, German and Spanish  Musical notation guide  Fingerboard position.  Titles: Study Points * Tonalization * Vibrato Exercises * Gavotte (P. Martini) * Minuet (J. S. Bach) * Gavotte in G Minor (J. S. Bach) * Humoresque (A. Dvorák) * Gavotte (J. Becker) * Gavotte in D Major (J. S. Bach) * Bourrée (J. S. Bach).  This title is available in SmartMusic.

Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South Hardcover   – October 4, 2016 THE  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER WINNER OF AN ASTONISHING FOUR IACP AWARDS, INCLUDING COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR AND THE JULIA CHILD FIRST BOOK AWARD Vivian Howard, star of PBS's A CHEF'S LIFE, celebrates the flavors of North Carolina's coastal plain in more than 200 recipes and stories. This new classic of American country cooking proves that the food of Deep Run, North Carolina--Vivian's home--is as rich as any culinary tradition in the world. Organized by ingredient with dishes suited to every skill level--from beginners to confident cooks--DEEP RUN ROOTS features time-honored simple preparations alongside extraordinary meals from her acclaimed restaurant Chef and the Farmer. Home cooks will find photographs for every single recipe. As much a storybook as it is a cookbook, DEEP RUN ROOTS   imparts the true tale of Southern food: rooted in family and traditi

Fearless Social Confidence: Strategies to Conquer Insecurity, Eliminate Anxiety, and Handle Any Situation - How to Live and Speak Freely!   Kindle Edition Do you  freeze up and avoid people  because it feels like they are  judging and rejecting you ? Is being  self-conscious  preventing you from  living your life ? The power of social confidence:  it lets you see a world of possibility and potential versus a world of stressful anxiety and constant fear of failure.  Fearless Social Confidence  gives you more than victory over shyness – it gives you  social invincibility  and forever eliminates the feeling that you’re just not good enough.  Feel comfortable anywhere and with anyone. Fearless Social Confidence  is a unique book that takes a deeper look into social confidence: what causes it, what drains it, and most importantly –  what you can do about it in any situation . It recognizes how confidence is built, and takes you step by step through the how-tos. You'll wal