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Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed? Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types of women who were accused of witchcraft and persecuted.

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. And it's that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope - the haunted house, erotica, the bildungsroman....

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing experience with a charismatic but volatile woman, this is a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Each chapter views the relationship through a different lens, as Machado holds events up to the light and examines them from distinct angles.

As lendas de Baldúria continuam com a maior ameaça já enfrentada pelo sexteto de anti-heróis que fechou os Portões do Inferno. Em seu caminho, a fúria dos dragões de Zândia.

Este livro traz ao conhecimento do leitor o espetacular trabalho da Pombagira chefe da organização Maria Padilha.

Verdadeiro furacão, Anitta arrasta milhões de admiradores por onde passa.

Todas as mulheres já se depararam com um namorado idiota. Este livro nos mostra as feridas provocadas por estes encontros, ensinando a fugir de relacionamentos que trazem traumas.

Em 1945, Paulina Hoffmann é uma jovem crescendo em meio aos horrores da Berlim nazista. Depois de fugir com sua mãe, tenta reconstruir a vida na Espanha pós-guerra, atravessando conflitos e relacionamentos conturbados através do refúgio no amor de seus filhos e única neta, Alicia.