Uma rapariga de outro tempo
Translated title: A Girl of Another Time
Author: Kingsley, Felicia
Genre: Romance / Historical
Year: 2025 | Pages: 456 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 89514
Rebecca Sheridan, a history student and secret lover of Regency romance novels, yearns for a simpler, more romantic time - one where courtship is an art, not a lost practice. Fed up with the superficiality of modern life, she dreams of living in 19th-century London.
Then, during a historical reenactment, she suddenly finds herself transported to 1816 London. Rebecca is thrilled to experience the world she's always admired: after making her debut, she's the most sought-after maiden at every ball, with only one worry - changing outfits between events.
But while searching for her own Mr. Darcy or Viscount Bridgerton, Rebecca catches the eye of the notorious Reedlan Knox, a privateer with a dark past, irresistible charm, and a reputation for scandal. As sparks fly between them, she begins to wonder: is the privateer more intriguing than the gentleman she's always dreamed of? And when faced with a choice, will Rebecca return to her modern life - or stay in the past, where true romance might just be within reach?
Anjos e Demonios
Translated title: Angels and Demons
Author: Brown, Dan
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2025 | Pages: 640 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 89980
Translated
The Vatican is at risk. The countdown has begun. The Illuminati has returned, and only one person can stop them.
When Robert Langdon, the prestigious Harvard symbologist, is called to a Swiss research center to analyze a mysterious symbol - burned into the work of a murdered scientist - he discovers something unimaginable. A powerful and ancient secret society, thought extinct, known as the Illuminati, has emerged from the shadows to carry out the final phase of its historic revenge against its greatest enemy: the Catholic Church
Uma Casa para Mr. Biswas
Translated title: A House for Mr. Biswas
Author: Naipaul, V. S.
Genre: Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 704 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 90007
A House for Mr. Biswas is one of V.S. Naipaul's earliest and most important works of fiction and the novel that contributed most to the general understanding of his work.
Born on the wrong side of the world and thrown into the world that welcomed him with little more than a bad omen, Mohum Biswas spent 46 years of his life fighting for independence. But his determination and effort only led to calamity. Cast from place to place after his father's drowning (for which he was inadvertently responsible), Biswas longs for a place he can call home
Rei da Preguica
Translated title: King of Sloth
Series: Book 4
Author: Huang, Ana
Genre: Romance
Year: 2024 | Pages: 464 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 89129
Sensuality is at its peak in the new book by the sensational author of the Twisted series.
Love isn't perfect; it's made up of imperfect people who create their own version of happily ever after.
'Because I didn't want Sloane. I needed her. Desperately. I needed her like the sea needs the moon, and I would give anything to have her feel for me even a fraction of what I felt for her.'
Xavier Castillo is a charming man with no desire to take control of the family business. Sloane Kensington is a determined businesswoman used to dealing with difficult clients. But none infuriate her - or provoke her - more than a certain heir...
An emotionally charged, sensual, and unforgettable novel about two people who grow up together and change their lives without losing their essence
O Segredo de Tomar
Translated title: The Secret of Tomar
Author: Pinto, Rui Miguel
Genre: Thriller / Mystery
Year: 2025 | Pages: 480 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 89975
For centuries, a mysterious Order has kept a secret that could threaten the faith of millions. Remaining in the shadows, its members are willing to do anything to prevent the truth from being revealed. Until one of Portugal's most renowned historians is hired for the risky mission of discovering what the Order of the Temple hid in Tomar. With the help of his most brilliant students, Jaime Morais embarks on an investigation that will lead him to surprising conclusions and put the lives of everyone involved at risk
A Cúpula
Translated title: The Dome
Author: King, Stephen
Genre: Horror
Year: 2025 | Pages: 536 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 89997
Translated
On a beautiful autumn day, a perfectly normal day, a small town is suddenly and inexplicably cut off from the rest of the world by an unseen force. When they crash into it, planes crash, cars explode, and people are injured. Families are separated and panic sets in. No one can understand what the barrier is, where it comes from, or when (if ever) it will disappear.
Now, a group of intrepid citizens, led by an Iraq War veteran, seizes the reins of power within the dome. But their main enemy is the dome itself. And time is running out
A Nuvem no Olhar
Translated title: The Cloud in the Eye
Author: Melo, Joao de
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2025 | Pages: 232 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 90002
A Nuvem no Olhar brings together ten very distinct stories, offering diverse social approaches that go beyond merely criticizing customs and traditions, but also reflect on the underlying ideologies and mentalities. They feature intra-family relationships, caricatures of politicians, scenes from the daily lives of teachers and intellectuals in general, and even the simple story of a couple's honeymoon trip to the nine Azorean islands, presented as a crucial revelation
Cacadores de Fantasmas
Translated title: Ghost Hunters - True Stories from the World's Most Famous Demonologists
Author: Warren, Ed
Genre: Horror / Short Stories
Year: 2024 | Pages: 208 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 89122
Translated
Ghosts are always active, they respect no boundaries and they show no mercy.
Ed and Lorraine Warren, the world's most famous demonologists, have spent decades exploring, documenting and conclusively certifying countless cases of paranormal phenomena. The Warrens' extraordinary experiences with the supernatural world have inspired successful books and films, such as the three The Conjurings or Annabelle.
From the military academy at West Point, New York, to rural Tennessee, Ghost Hunters is a first-person account of the Warren couple's confrontations with the unknown and the unnameable. In this book, you will find the story of teenage girls who are seduced by Satanism and spiritualism sessions, ending up victims of frightening spirits; of a town terrorized by unstoppable murderous forces, whose origin can be none other than Hell itself; of a family home haunted by a raging and relentless poltergeist...
In all, fourteen terrifying stories that will send shivers down your spine
Um Animal Selvagem
Translated title: A Wild Animal
Author: Dicker, Joel
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2024 | Pages: 528 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 89127
On July 2, 2022, a pair of criminals prepare to rob a large jewelry store in the city of Geneva. This ingenious plan is nothing like a common robbery.
Twenty days earlier, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Sophie Braun is ready to celebrate her fortieth birthday. She has a dream life: she lives with her family in a mansion surrounded by forest, in an idyllic and seemingly untouchable world. However, the foundations of this illusion are about to shake.
Sophie's husband is hiding inexplicable secrets. Her closest neighbor, a police officer with an impeccable reputation, becomes obsessed with Sophie and spies on her every move, even her most intimate ones. And a mysterious man offers her a gift that will put Sophie's life in danger. It will take many trips into the past, far from Geneva, to trace the origins of this diabolical plot, from which no one will escape unscathed. Not even the reader.
A breathtaking thriller, written by the author who, since The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, has become an unparalleled publishing phenomenon, capable of capturing and deceiving even the most skeptical or resourceful reader
Antes de Dizer Adeus
Translated title: Before Saying Goodbye
Author: Bryndza, Robert
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2023 | Pages: 304 | Origin: POR | BA Seq Num: 89123
Maggie is taking a break from a busy day at the hospital when a colleague bursts into the doctors' lounge: We need you. We have another M10 on the way. Male, mid-forties, gunshot wound to the head. A neighbour found him breathing, but his vital signs deteriorated rapidly in the ambulance.
People on the brink of death are admitted to A&E all the time. But this time Maggie is petrified when she sees who is on the stretcher. The man she is carrying... is her husband.
THREE CAN KEEP A SECRET... IF TWO ARE DEAD.
Despite the best efforts of the medical team, Will does not survive. Maggie thinks her husband was the victim of a robbery in his own home, until the police give her the distressing news: he pulled the trigger himself.
Maggie is consumed by grief and doubt. She cannot believe that Will took his own life... After the funeral, she decides to leave London and take refuge in the holiday home they built on a small island in Croatia.
A few days after arriving, she receives a disturbing letter in the mail, signed by Will himself. The letter reveals some clues about her husband's death, and as Maggie begins to put the pieces together, she discovers that his death seems to be linked to a story from her past... and to someone who will do anything to keep Maggie silent
