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Co-written by Eric Walters and Godfrey Nkongolo, Light a Candle weaves non-fiction with fiction to tell the story of a…
boy coming of age in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro and his father, the chief of their tribe. The boy climbs the mountain against his father’s wishes to fulfill a request of the country’s first leader, Julius Nyerere, to light a candle on the top of the mountain and unify the mainland of Tanganyika and the islands of Zanzibar as one country, the United Republic of Tanzania.
Family saga of nineteenth-century Brazil centers on the wealthy Moura Alves family, dominated by patriarch Chico das Lavras, a simplistic…
but troubled ex-cowhand. His attractive, free-spirited daughter, Maria Olegaria, and his son, Ze Inacio, who is forced into seminary life, finally rebel against the tyranny and pious hypocrisy of their father. Portuguese language
Ten stories of subtle irony by the nineteenth-century Brazilian author depict lonely people searching for happiness in a world they…
cannot control. In the first story, the strong friendship between two young men eventually causes suffering and unhappiness for them. Portuguese language
In Bahai, Brazil, a poor poet is commissioned to track down the facts in the life of the late Pedro…
Archango, writer, anthropologist, and woman-chaser, said to be in league with the Devil himself. Explicit descriptions of sex. Portuguese language. 1981
Historical novel by the noted Brazilian author depicts the growth of cities, the dynamic social changes, and the destruction of…
a primitive way of life as Brazil's frontier is opened up to the cultivation of cacao at the beginning of the twentieth century. Portuguese language. 1942
The epic poem of Portugal, first published in 1572, narrates the exploits of the Portuguese focusing principally upon the discovery…
of India by Vasco da Gama with the help of the goddess Venus. Portuguese language
Dona Flor's first husband is a charming and carefree rogue who leads an exciting and precarious existence gambling, carousing, and…
lovemaking. Her second husband is the opposite; he is methodical in all ways, including his sex life. Portuguese language
A collection of short stories about life in Rio de Janeiro by the noted Brazilian author, including his famous 'Oscarina'…
as well as 'Tres Caminhos,' 'Stela Me Abriu a Porta,' and 'Avulsos.' Portuguese language
Discusses the geography and history of the Azores, the characteristics and religion of the Azorean people, the causes and consequences…
of emigration from the islands, and the problems of Azorean immigrants adjusting to the United States. Portuguese language
Historical account of the author's family from its roots in eighteenth-century Africa to slavery in Virginia. Continues with the family's…
resettlement in Tennessee following the Civil War. Bestseller 1974. Portuguese language
Habeeb looks at the attack on Indian state by the Gaznis and the establishment of the families. The reader can…
find the hate factor for those responsible for rift between Hindu and Muslim unity. The important factor of Habeebs thought process is deep sympathy to the people at the grass root level.
Uma noite com Carter é o suficiente para por qualquer lobisomem na linha. Mas Karen Needham é diferente. A relação…
deles deveria ter ficado só por uma noite mas, decidido a vê-la transformar-se, Carter avisa a família de Karen que ela precisa de alargar a sua estadia no rancho Sky High. A linhagem dela não é o problema. Ele só quer dar mais uma dentada na loba curvilínea. E a lua cheia é a ocasião perfeita para fazê-lo. Quando a situação se torna perigosa, Karen tem a certeza que está tudo acabado entre eles. Afinal, já se sabe que a sua loba é imprevisível... Será que Carter vai puni-la pela sua insubordinação, ou será que algo de supreendente irá acontecer entre eles?