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English
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Two years ago Jack Morgan, the head of the renowned worldwide investigation firm Private, was in charge of security for the World Cup. During the championship match, the action nearly spilled from the field into the stands. Fortunately, Jack and his Private team averted disaster on soccer's biggest stage. Now he has returned to Rio to secure the Olympics. But before the torch is lit, the threats come fast and furious when Jack discovers that someone...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In the heady days before a New Year’s Eve party on the bustling sands of Brazil’s Copacabana Beach, a family reckons with a matriarch’s long-awaited return, causing old secrets to come to light in this infectiously vibrant debut that explores the heartbreak and hope of what it means to be from two homes, two peoples, and two worlds. Daniel Cunha has a lot on his mind. He got dumped by his pregnant girlfriend, his grandfather just dropped...
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Adolescent love between Bentinho, an only child of a rich widow, and Capitu, the daughter of a lowly government offical, is made impossible by a vow made before Bentinho's birth.
"A masterpiece of realism, Machado de Assis's Dom Casmurro probes the mind of a distrustful husband with delusions of grandeur. Originally published in 1899, Dom Casmurro is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century...
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