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The passion according to G.H
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Clarice Lispector |
The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector's mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid's room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, … |
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Through the arc of the rain forest
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Karen Tei Yamashita |
xv, 185 pages ; 23 cm |
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The sound of butterflies
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Rachael King |
Sophie Edgar barely recognizes her husband, Thomas, an amateur naturalist, when he returns from the Amazon, where he had hoped to find his long-dreamed-of mythical butterfly, Papilio sophia. The opti… |
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The seamstress
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Frances de Pontes Peebles |
As seamstresses, the young sisters Emilia and Luzia dos Santos know how to cut, how to mend, and how to conceal. These are useful skills in the lawless backcountry of Brazil, where ruthless land baro… |
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Born to dance samba
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Cohen, Miriam. |
At Carnival time in Brazil, a girl who has spent her life wishing to be chosen Queen must cope with the jealousy incurred by a new girl who is her only competition. |
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Novels
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Jack Higgins |
Three vintage Higgins novels that explore the nature of revolution and the element of terror in all such movements, and the cost to the individual in terms of personal integrity against larger financ… |
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A vine in the blood
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Leighton Gage |
"It is the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the globe's premier sporting event. The host country is Brazil. All eyes are on the country's principal striker, Tico "The Artist" Santos, the greatest player in… |
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The summer prince
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Alaya Dawn Johnson,Lincoln Hoppe Rebecca Mozo |
In a Brazil of the distant future, June Costa falls in love with Enki, a fellow artist and rebel against the strict limits of the legendary pyramid city of Palmares Três' matriarchal government, know… |
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His own man
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Edgard Telles Ribeiro |
Set against the backdrop of ruthless embassy machinations, glittering parties, covert spy activities, and revealing intimate encounters, HIS OWN MAN offers an extraordinary and seductive protagonist,… |
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Snow hunters
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Paul Yoon |
It is 1954 and the story traces the extraordinary journey of Yohan, who defects from his country at the end of the Korean War, leaving his friends and family behind to seek a new life on the coast of… |
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Wilde Country
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Tyler Hatch |
When Logan found he'd outlived his welcome in Mexico, he rode back north of the Rio, to reconcile himself with his father. But his father had died and there was no welcome from big brother Tate, whos… |
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Run for it
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Marcelo D'Salete |
"Run for It--a starkly stunning graphic novel by internationally acclaimed illustrator Marcelo d'Salete--is one of the first literary and artistic efforts to confront Brazil's hidden history of slave… |
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The dream merchant
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Fred Waitzkin |
A charismatic salesman's participation in a series of financial scams escalates to the point that he becomes the head of a violent gold mining operation in the Brazilian jungle before forging a relat… |
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Nowhere people
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Paulo Scott |
"Written from the gut, it is a raw and passionate classic in the making, about our need for a home"--Back cover. |
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The darkest heart
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Dan Smith |
"Leaving behind his life of violence in Brazil's darkest shadows, Zico is determined to become a better man. But it seems his old life isn't quite done with him yet when he's tasked with making one l… |
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The Demure Miss Manning
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Amanda McCabe |
"The perfect diplomat's daughter, Mary Manning spent her young life following her father around the world, behaving in the most agreeable way. So stealing a kiss from military hero Sebastian Barrett … |
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Ancient tillage
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Raduan Nassar |
179 pages ; 18 cm |
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To Greet the Sun
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Claus Von Bohlen |
ONE LIFE. TWO HEROIC ACTS, HALF A CENTURY APART. Otto Eisinger, an elderly German émigré living alone in Brazil, attempts to thwart a pair of armed robbers and is savagely beaten. While he is convale… |
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Sunspot (Deathlands)
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James Axler |
BELLY OF THE BEASTIn the wake of a nuclear Armageddon, the hellscape of Deathlands conspires to torment strong and weak alike, festering most deeply in those who still possess the deepest core of hum… |
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Amazonia
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James Rollins |
As taken from the author website (www.jamesrollins.com):
The Rand scientific expedition entered the lush wilderness of the Amazon and never returned. Years later, one of its members has stumbled o… |
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