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Nos Dias do Cometa H. G. Wells · 1906 · ★ 3.3 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Desafiador H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under. He also falls in love with a middle-class girl named Nettie. But when he discovers that Nettie has… Temas em comum: London, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, Fantasy fiction

Coniston Winston Churchill · 1906 · ★ 3.6 · 566p · ≈ 18h · Desafiador This book is about a love-story of long ago, of a time some little while after General Jackson had got into the White House and had shown the world what a real democracy was. The Era of the first six presidents had closed, and a new Era had begun. I am speaking of political Eras. Certain gentlemen, with a pious belief in democracy, but with a firmer determination to get on top, arose,—and got on… Temas em comum: Politics and government, British and irish fiction

O Rio Culpado Wilkie Collins · 1886 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Desafiador B..melodrama is perennial and the craving for it is perennial and must be satisfied' T. S. Eliot ('Wilkie Collins and Dickens') Collins's ability to construct a gripping situation and to create an atmosphere of mystery and menace is fully evident in the three novellas reprinted here. All proceed through a series of dramatic scenes to a climax that in one case at least is literally explosive. The… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

O Americano Tranquilo Graham Greene · 1940 · ★ 4.2 · 202p · ≈ 6h · Desafiador One of Graham Greene's best works. The story is set at the time of the French war against the Viet Cong and tells the story of liberal British journalist Thomas Fowler, his mistress Phuong, and their relationship with American idealist Pyle. The latter is an earnest young man indocrinated with geo-political theory and whose attempts to shape the world to American ideals ends in his own personal… Temas em comum: Political Fiction, Politics and government, British and irish fiction

Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury · 1953 · ★ 4.0 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderado Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title as "'the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns": the autoignition temperature of paper. The lead character, Guy Montag,… Temas em comum: Political Fiction, Science Fiction

A Casa dos Wolfings William Morris · 1889 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Desafiador The House of the Wolfings tells the tale of a band of German Goths living in a wood they call the Mark. Their lives are idyllic until the long shadow of the Roman Empire threatens the peace in their land. Thiodolf, the leader of the Wolfings and a descendant of the ancient gods, must rally the surrounding tribes to defend their home and way of life. Like much of Morris’s work, The House of the… Temas em comum: Classic Literature, Fantasy fiction

Rodney Stone Arthur Conan Doyle · 1896 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Desafiador From the book:On this, the first of January of the year 1851, the nineteenth century has reached its midway term, and many of us who shared its youth have already warn-ings which tell us that it has outworn us. We put our grizzled heads together, we older ones, and we talk of the great days that we have known; but we find that when it is with our children that we talk it is a hard matter to make… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Pelham Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1828 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Desafiador This is the tale of Henry Pelham. He falls in love with his best friend’s sister, and then learns that his friend is accused of murder. He must find the real killer in order to marry his love. The book really illustrates the manners, habits and lifestyles of the rich and famous in the first half of the 19th century. This is a very entertaining read!Please Note: This book is easy to read in true… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

O Viajante Desinteressado Charles Dickens · 1776 · ★ 3.5 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Exigente A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches. Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

O Calcanhar de Ferro Jack London · 1907 · ★ 3.8 · 373p · ≈ 12h · Desafiador Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian," it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views are most explicitly on display. A forerunner of soft science fiction novels and stories of the 1960s and 1970s, the book stresses future changes in society and politics while paying much less… Temas em comum: Political Fiction, Classic Literature, Science Fiction

Sangue de um Cão James Ellroy · 2009 · ★ 4.3 · 656p · ≈ 21h · Moderado Summer, 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are dead. The assassination conspiracies have begun to unravel. A dirty-tricks squad is getting ready to deploy at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Black militants are warring in southside L.A. The Feds are concocting draconian countermeasures. And fate has placed three men at the vortex of history. A stand-alone sequel to The Cold Six… Temas em comum: Political Fiction, Politics and government

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