Maravilhas do Brasil


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As Crônicas do Brasil: Brazilian Sketches


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AS CRÔNICAS DO BRASIL, pouco conhecidas do público brasileiro é uma das primeiras a apresentar também o texto completo desenvolvido por Kipling, em edição bilíngue. Publicadas inicialmente em sete artigos publicados no Morning Post entre 29 de novembro e 20 de dezembro de 1927, posteriormente foram reunidas nas Edições de Sussex, destinadas a colecionadores, cuja maioria das cópias aparentemente foi destruída a Segunda Guerra Mundial. AS CRÔNICAS DO BRASIL contém as vividas, apuradas e intuitivas impressões de Rudyard Kipling sobre o Brasil e o povo brasileiro. Este livro é inevitavelmente um item de colecionador, mas também é muito mais que isso: uma agradável leitura e a chave para entendermos como o Brasil era visto e admirado pelos grandes escritores do século XX. Em seus últimos anos de vida, Kipling sofria de graves problemas no aparelho digestivo e que eventualmente vir-lhe-iam matar alguns anos depois. Entre os anos de 1925 e 1927, seu médico, recomendou-lhe uma longa viagem de navio, e aproveitando a ocasião, Kipling vem realizar nesta viagem um grande sonho que já era conhecido deste a publicação de Apenas Algumas Histórias. A viagem desenrolou-se em cinco semanas de trabalho árduo sob o clima tropical, da qual o presente volume trazido pela primeira vez ao público brasileiro pela EDITORA LANDMARK foi o seu resultado. O livro também oferece uma das especialidades da EDITORA LANDMARK: o texto traduzido ao lado do texto original, o que permite ao leitor uma comparação rápida e atualizada da obra, resgatando todas as minúcias dos textos, apresentando a crítica social de sua época aos costumes e ao padrão de vida ingleses, além de apresentar corretamente a ironia e o sarcasmo de seu estilo, presente mesmo nos textos de temática mais simples.




Learn Portuguese - Level 9: Advanced


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Paradise on Earth


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The Future of Tourism


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This book presents the foundations for the future of tourism in a structured and detailed format. The who-is-who of tourism intelligence has collaborated to present a definitive blueprint for tourism reflecting the role of science, market institutions, and governance in its innovation and sustainability. The book adopts a comprehensive approach, exploring recent research and the latest developments in practice to inform the reader about instruments and actions that can shape a successful future for tourism. Broad in scope, the book incorporates the perspectives of leading tourism academics, as well as the views of tourism entrepreneurs, destination managers, government officials, and civil leaders. The book is divided into three parts, the first of which addresses the scientific facets of innovation, analyzing the challenges and opportunities that technology provides for organic and disruptive developments in tourism, which will shape its future. In turn, the second part examines socio-cultural paradigms – with a view to dismantling traditional barriers to innovation. It also explores the role of heritage and the ethics of inclusiveness as drivers for sustainable tourism. The third part investigates new ways and means in governance and policy making for tourism. It introduces advances such as strategic positioning, symbiotic partnerships, and innovative management, and closes by presenting governance frameworks for an inclusive and sustainable future of tourism.




Poetry from Beyond the Grave


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Poetry from Beyond the Grave is the first English publication of a large selection of poems by the Brazilian medium and Spiritist leader Francisco Cândido “Chico” Xavier. These poems, originally collected in the volume Parnaso de Além-Túmulo, were dictated to Xavier by a variety of spirits of Brazilian poets from the afterlife, as journeying souls or as witnesses of the spiritual city Nosso Lar, “our house.” Poetry from Beyond the Grave is a veritable collection of haunted writing, in which poets present their posthumous work as if they were alive. The brilliant translation by Vitor Pequeno is supplemented by an extensive afterword by Jeremy Fernando, who traces what it means to speak through the other.




The TB12 Method


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The #1 New York Times bestseller by the 6-time Super Bowl champion The first book by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady--the 6-time Super Bowl champion who is still reaching unimaginable heights of excellence at 42 years old--a gorgeously illustrated and deeply practical "athlete's bible" that reveals Brady's revolutionary approach to sustained peak performance for athletes of all kinds and all ages. In modern sports, some athletes have managed to transcend their competition in a way that no one will ever forget: Jordan. Jeter. Ali. Williams. These elite legends have changed the game, achieved the unthinkable, and pushed their bodies to unbelievable limits. Joining their exclusive ranks is Tom Brady. "Brady is the healthiest great champion the NFL has ever had, both physically and mentally" (Sally Jenkins, The Washington Post). The longtime New England Patriots quarterback, who in 2017 achieved his fifth Super Bowl win and fourth Super Bowl MVP award, is widely regarded as an athlete whose training and determination pushed him from a mediocre draft position to the most-revered and respected professional football player of his generation. In The TB12 Method, Tom Brady explains how he developed his groundbreaking approach to long-term fitness, presenting a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to his personal practice. Brady offers the principles behind pliability, which is at the heart of a new paradigm shift and movement toward a more natural, healthier way of exercising, training, and living--and one that challenges some commonly held assumptions around health and wellness. Filled with lessons learned from Brady's own peak performance training, and step-by-step action steps to help readers develop and maintain their own peak performance, The TB12 Method also advocates for more effective approaches to strength training, hydration, nutrition, supplementation, cognitive fitness, recovery, and other lifestyle choices that dramatically decrease the risk of injury while amplifying and extending performance, as well as quality of life. After using his methods for over a decade, Brady believes that the TB12 approach has made him--and can make any athlete, male or female, in any sport and at any level--achieve their own peak performance. With instructions, drills, photos, in-depth case studies that Brady himself has used, as well as personal anecdotes and experiences from on and off the field, The TB12 Method is the only book an athlete will ever need, a playbook from Brady himself that will change the game.