Reunião de contos de John Cheever - considerado um dos maiores contistas americanos do século XX e aquele que obteve o maior sucesso comercial com o gênero em todos os tempos -...

Os adjetivos são oportunos para expressar a grandiosidade de uma substantiva vida no mundo das ideias, não obstante, quando se trata da qualificação da matriarca do pensamento...

A construção do estado da arte em qualquer campo científico passa por diferentes trajetórias institucionais teórico-metodológicas e de poder, as quais demonstram a...

What’s missing in your stepfamily?If you’re in a stepfamily, you may feel as if something is missing. You can’t put it into words yet, but you know it’s a problem. Maybe...

Here are twelve magnificent stories in which John Cheever celebrates -- with unequaled grace and tenderness -- the deepest feelings we have. As Cheever writes in his preface,...

"The Dancing Girls, and Other Stories" contains four short-stories by two-times Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber, written between 1910 and 1919. The title story paints a pictures...

Good news for those who found themselves missing the original heroine of Oz in the second book because in `Ozma of Oz‘ (1907), Dorothy is back! Traveling to Australia with her...

"There is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time," said the Wizard."As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it?" asked Dorothy." During an...

"True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid..." Dorothy is in a bit of a pickle. Her house has been swept away in a vicious tornado with just herself and her dog inside,...

"The Homely Heroine" is a short story by American author Edna Ferber. It features a writer whose heroines are generally extremely beautiful. But one day, whilst she is out...