Literatura Estrangeira

A misteriosa Sociedade Benedict e a jornada periculosa

Sophie Kinsella é escritora e ex-jornalista de economia, com especialização na área financeira. Da autora, a Editora Record publicou O segredo de Emma Corrigan, Samantha Sweet, executiva do lar, Lembra de mim?, Menina de vinte, Fiquei com o seu número e A lua de mel, além da série sobre a irresistível consumista Becky Bloom. Sophie Kinsella também é autora de À procura de Audrey, lançado pela Galera Record.

Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), também conhecido como Gabo, nasceu na aldeia de Aracataca nas imediações de Barranquilla, Colômbia. Começou seu trabalho de jornalista em 1949, atuando em diversas jornais e cidades, inclusive como correspondente internacional em Nova York para o jornal El Espectador. Posteriormente, sua obra jornalística foi compilada e publicada em 5 volumes. Mas foi na ficção em que alcançou reconhecimento internacional, sendo autor de alguns dos maiores romances do século XX e considerado mestre do realismo mágico latino-americano. Em 1982, recebeu o Prêmio Nobel de Literatura pelo conjunto de sua obra. Entre suas principais obras estão Cem anos de solidão, O amor nos tempos de cólera, Crônica de uma morte anunciada, Notícia de um sequestro e Memória de minhas putas tristes.

O fantasma de Canterville e outros contos

The body in the trunk was just the beginning. Turns out the stiff was a foot soldier for local tough guy Reggie Galen, now enjoying a comfortable "retirement" with his beauti­ful wife, Rebecca, in the nicest part of Paradise. Living next door are Knocko Moynihan and his wife, Robbie, who also happens to be Rebecca's twin. But what initially appears to be a low-level mob hit takes on new meaning when a high-ranking crime figure is found dead on Paradise Beach. Stressed by the case, his failed relationship with his ex-wife, and his ongoing battle with the bottle, Jesse needs something to keep him from spinning out of control. When private investigator Sunny Randall comes into town on a case, she asks for Jesse's help. As their professional and personal relationships become intertwined, both Jesse and Sunny realize that they have much in common with both their victims and their suspects-and with each other.

With more than forty novels to his credit and still going strong, the legendary Elmore Leonard has well earned the title, "America's greatest crime writer" (Newsweek). And U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Pronto, Riding the Rap, Fire in the Hole) is one of Leonard's most popular creations, thanks in part to the phenomenal success of the hit TV series "Justified." Leonard's Raylan shines a spotlight once again on the dedicated, if somewhat trigger-happy lawman, this time in his familiar but not particularly cozy milieu of Harlan County, Kentucky, where the drug dealing Crowe brothers are branching out into the human body parts business. Suspenseful, darkly wry and riveting, and crackling with Leonard's trademark electric dialogue, Raylan is prime Grand Master Leonard as you have always loved him and always will.

Walden ou a vida nos bosques

Um outro Brooklyn