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A groundbreaking text of educational philosophy and social reform, now in Penguin Modern Classics This seminal text argues that the perceived passivity of the poor is the direct result of...

*One of Kirkus' Best Young Adult Books of 2021* Four troubled friends, one murdered girl... and a dark fate that may leave them all doomed. The Descendants meets Pretty Little...

#1 New York Times Bestselling cartoonist Johnnie Christmas and Prism Award Nominee Dante Luiz bring you a haunted tale of love, ghosts, and coffee beans.Esme, a barista, feels invisible, like...

A 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FINALISTAn epic tale of love and liberation, set in seventeenth-century colonial BrazilFrom plantation to plantation, Almeyda, a young slave girl, hears whispers, rumours of Palmares, a...

Translated by Daniel HahnMachado de Assis is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating story writers who ever lived. What appear at first to be stately social satires reveal unanticipated...

This English translation of the Brazilian bestseller presents first-hand social and cultural critique of the rising wave of far-right populism. When the Brazilian public intellectual Marcia Tiburi published The Psycho-Cultural...

Translated by Julia SanchesThe bestselling literary sensation from Brazil, The Sun on My Head is a work of great talent and heartbreaking sensitivity-a daring evocation of life in the favelas...

The history and science of dreamsA ground-breaking history of the human mind told through our experience of dreams — from the earliest accounts to current scientific findings — and the...

Strange, intimate, haunted, and hungry―Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil is an intoxicating and surreal fiction debut by award-winning author Ananda Lima. At a Halloween party in 1999, a...

A masterwork from the world's greatest Jiu Jitsu fighter and international bestselling author of BREATHE. A mythic figure in fighting and a legendary member of the “first family of martial...

A showcase of 16 pioneering Brazilian cartoonists, expertly curated by renowned cartoonist Rafael Grampá (Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham) and respected Brazilian comics editor Janaina de Luna. American audiences have grown...

A page-turning Brazilian debut thriller about a missing model living a double life as a sex worker, and the sister whose frantic search uncovers more secrets and suspects A punchy...

Originally published in 1899, Dom Casmurro is widely considered to be Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis's masterpiece and a progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. This exuberant new translation captures all the...

A satirical tale of a young man flush with newfound wealth who promptly gets swindled, Quincas Borba is an inspired critique of nineteenth-century Brazil. Hailed in his lifetime as one...

In response to the damage caused by centuries of colonial ravaging and the current ecological, political and social crises, the leading Indigenous thinker and activist Ailton Krenak warns against the...

100 Animals to Energize Your Life and Awaken Your Soul In this luxe compendium readers will discover rituals, meditations, and visualisations to connect with 100 remarkable animals, including: bear for...

An unflinching, heartbreaking collection of poetry about life in the U.S. as a Brazilian immigrant, Aline Mello’s debut poetry collection, More Salt Than Diamond, is a true testament to the...

Translated by Daniel Hahn*Longlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize*A smart and stylish account of the bigotry lurking in our hearts and institutions alike.Federico and Lourenço are brothers. Their father...

By the acclaimed writer of Palmares and Corregidora.When the Portuguese attack Palmares, Brazil's last fugitive slave enclave, Almeyda and her husband are separated as they flee from the destruction. Amid...

Translated by Alison EntrekinInspired by a real event, this is the story of a woman and a city that were violated.It is 2014. There is euphoria in Brazil, especially in...

Translated by Adam MorrisBenjamim, a young man on the cusp of fatherhood, discovers a disturbing family secret: before his father was born, his paternal grandfather had a child with Benjamim's...

Daniel Cunha has a lot on his mind. He got dumped by his pregnant girlfriend, his grandfather just dropped dead and on the anniversary of the raid that doomed his...

Translated by Katrina Dodson A brilliant new translation of the Brazilian modernist epic that aims to capture the country's complex identity. Here at last is an exciting new translation of...

Gayl Jones's long career began with her blistering 1975 debut, Corregidora, which was edited by Toni Morrison, and she is increasingly recognised as one of the great literary writers of...

A fantasy-adventure graphic novel that explores Afro-Brazilian legends and mythology In ancient times, when heaven and Earth were united as two halves of a gourd, deities and heroes walked among...

Translated by Johnny Lorenz 'I heard our grandmother asking what we were doing.'"Say something!" she demanded, threatening to tear out our tongues. Little did she know that one of us...