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  The Vietri Project - A Novel

  Anônimo

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  A Lithub, Good Reads, Bustle, and The Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2021 
  ""The Vietri Project is a riveting, shifting quest, an evocative trip to Rome, and a beautiful portrayal of the ways you need to return to the past in order to move forward. A great delight from start to finish.”--Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers and Lovers 
  A search for a mysterious customer in Rome leads a young bookseller to confront the complicated history of her family, and that of Italy itself, in this achingly intimate debut with echoes of Lily King and Elif Batuman. 
   
  Working at a bookstore in Berkeley in the years after college, Gabriele becomes intrigued by the orders of signor Vietri, a customer from Rome whose numerous purchases grow increasingly mystical and esoteric. Restless and uncertain of her future, Gabriele quits her job and, landing in Rome, decides to look up Vietri. Unable to locate him, she begins a quest to unearth the well-concealed facts of his life. 
  Following a trail of obituaries and military records, a memoir of life in a village forgotten by modernity, and the court records of a communist murder trial, Gabriele meets an eclectic assortment of the city’s inhabitants, from the widow of an Italian prisoner of war to members of a generation set adrift by the financial crisis. Each encounter draws her unexpectedly closer to her own painful past and complicated family history—an Italian mother diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized during her childhood, and an extended family in Rome still recovering from the losses and betrayals in their past. Through these voices and histories, Gabriele will discover what it means to be a person in the world; a member of a family and a citizen of a country—and how reconciling these stories may be the key to understanding her own.

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  Ordinary Soil

  Alex Woodard

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  IPPY Gold Medalist, 2024
  
  “Ordinary Soil brings to haunting life the desperate realities of the American heartland but also offers a glimpse into a better future... a call to action for all of us.” —WOODY HARRELSON
  
  Haunted by a shadow from the past, a young farmer attempts suicide beneath a rotting burial elm, unearthing a dark ancestral history. But deep beneath the diseased generational roots lies a powerful secret—one that could save both the man and the land.

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  Mathilda

  Mary Shelley

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  'I am in a strange state of mind. I am alone—quite alone—in the world—the blight of misfortune has passed over me and withered me; I know that I am about to die and I feel happy—joyous—' 
   
   
   
  The eponymous heroine of Mathilda narrates a tale of incestuous love from her deathbed. Her father's suicide by drowning, and her relationship with a gifted young poet, both contribute to her emotional withdrawal and lonely demise. 
   
   
   
  This edition of Shelley's second novel, transcribed and introduced by Deanna Koretsky, explores the work both as a complex portrayal of taboo desires and as an intergenerational story of reckoning with the horrors of racism and patriarchy. Mathilda is often read as biographical, but this edition also highlights the issues of justice, gender, and rights. Illuminating Shelley's evolving views on activism and social reform, sexual fluidity, and the racial implications of her feminist politics, Koretsky uncovers Shelley's deep skepticism about the capacity of English society to adapt to changing demographics and bring about a more just world.

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  Hell Bent

  Devon Monk

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  USA Today bestselling author Devon Monk's fast, gritty, magic-fueled urban fantasy adventure. Enemies-to-brothers, Life magic vs. Death magic, end of the world, no holds barred action. 
   
   
   
  Shamus "Shame" Flynn is a Death magic user with a smart mouth and a bad attitude. His job riding a desk while keeping an eye on the city's humdrum magic users isn't making his mood any better. 
   
   
   
  Sure, the most dangerous magic was locked away for good three years ago, but that doesn't mean people have stopped trying to access the old, deadly powers. 
   
   
   
  Shame isn't trying to access the deadly powers, because he already found a loophole. He can break magic and make it just as powerful as it used to be—as long as he gets the cooperation of goody-good Life magic user, Terric Conely. 
   
   
   
  Terric Conley has devoted his life to enforcing magical laws, and he's not about to change now. Besides, breaking magic will only lead to disaster, and he refuses to be a part of Shame's death wish. 
   
   
   
  But when dark government forces and an assassin bent on revenge align to kill the people Shame and Terric care about, there is only one choice left. Break magic, pay the price, and hunt the killers all the way to hell and back again.

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  Manic

  Elizabeth Knox

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  Tor 
  Everyone makes mistakes in life, and mine was letting "the one" go. We wanted different things and neither one of us would sacrifice at the time. Our demise wasn't for a lack of love. We loved each other so much. Unfortunately, life was pulling us in two different directions. 
  Then, fifteen years pass by and I'm putting in my coffee order like any other morning, and I see her. She's aged like fine wine and looks more beautiful than ever. Still the bada** bit** she was back then. I knew life was giving me a second chance to make things right, to be with the woman I never stopped thinking about . . . and I wasn't going to miss out on this opportunity. 
  There's only one problem—she didn't come alone. Meghan came with a teenage girl. One with dark features and her mother's light eyes . . . who damn well looked like the perfect combination between us. 
  I didn't want to think this girl could be mine, but the mere sight of her proved it. Why didn't Meghan tell me we had a daughter? I knew there must have been a damn good reason, but soon enough I found out why she stayed away. 
  I was going to make them pay for what they did to her, and no one would ever touch my woman ever again. 
  Contains mature themes.

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  Five Weeks in a Balloon

  Jules Verne

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  "To cross the African continent from east to west in a single bound—that is my plan." — Dr. Samuel Fergusson
  
  Dr. Samuel Fergusson, a bold explorer and scientist, proposes a feat deemed impossible by the Royal Geographical Society: a journey across the unexplored heart of Africa by air. Accompanied by his friend Richard "Dick" Kennedy and his faithful servant Joe, Fergusson boards the Victoria, a revolutionary hydrogen balloon equipped with a unique heating mechanism that allows for unprecedented control of altitude. From the island of Zanzibar to the banks of the Senegal River, the trio faces searing deserts, hostile tribes, and the raw power of nature in a desperate race to bridge the gap between the discoveries of Burton, Speke, and Livingstone.
  
  The Innovation of the Victoria: Unlike standard balloons of the era that relied on discarding ballast to rise, Fergusson's Victoria utilized a sophisticated furnace to expand and contract the hydrogen gas. This "hard science" approach—a hallmark of Verne's style—convinced many readers of the time that such a journey was actually possible, blending mechanical theory with high-stakes drama.
  
  The Quest for the Nile: The novel captures the "Nile Fever" that gripped the Victorian world. As the characters drift over the great lakes of Central Africa, Verne provides a vivid, encyclopedic look at the continent's geography and wildlife, acting as both a narrator of fiction and a commentator on the real-world explorations of his contemporaries.
  
  Survival at the Mercy of the Winds: The journey is a constant battle for survival. The crew must contend with a lack of water, a terrifying attack by a swarm of vultures, and the structural failure of the balloon itself. It is a story about the triumph of human intellect and camaraderie over the unpredictable forces of the natural world.
  
  Witness the birth of a legend. Purchase "Five Weeks in a Balloon" today and take flight into history.

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