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Arquivo de Agosto, 2009

Glass Castle, The

Posted in G, com etiqueta on Agosto 23, 2009 | Deixar um Comentário »

By Jeannette Walls
eannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his [...]

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Kite Runner, The

Posted in K, com etiqueta , , on Agosto 16, 2009 | 2 Comentários »

by Khaled Hosseini
Amir is the son of a wealthy Kabul merchant, a member of the ruling caste of Pashtuns. Hassan, his servant and constant companion, is a Hazara, a despised impoverished caste. Their uncommon bond is torn by Amir’s choice to abandon his friend amidst the increasing ethnic, religious, and political tensions of the dying [...]

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Sophie’s World

Posted in S, com etiqueta on Agosto 9, 2009 | 3 Comentários »

by By Jostein Gaarder
One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mail: Who are you? and Where does the world come from?
Before she knows it, she is enrolled in a correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre and beyond, with a mysterious philosopher. But Sophie is receiving a seperate batch of [...]

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