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In this sequel to The Condor's Riddle (2024), Brazilian-American novelist Marcelo Antinori returns to the eccentric and charming world of Santa Clara by the Sea. The motley collection of local characters and expatriate refugees who give that Caribbean city its magic flavor must tackle a fresh mystery. Who was the man who lived in the abandoned apartment? By accident, Bebéi, the seemingly naïve but deceptively shrewd archivist in the French embassy, tumbles to his disappearance-which, rather embarrassingly, has gone undetected and unexplained for ten years. The only clues left behind are some notes hidden in twenty-six books on a shelf, and what began as a simple curiosity slowly mushrooms into a shadowy mystery that pulls in deadly games of the Cold War. Each note unveils a new clue, and when Bebéi starts asking questions, everyone gets involved; the city's fate is at stake, and only those notes can save it from the corrupt mayor and his friends.
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Corporation law dates from the 19th century when the growth of business enterprise required a division between the private & the company sphere, making the company a legal person with its own rights, responsibilities & liabilities. The company was no longer the legal equivalent of its owner but became a separate legal entity, providing a form of legal protection for the owners, employees & the customers. The introduction of company law meant a great step forward for those engaged in big business in Europe, the U.S. & elsewhere.
Based on extensive research into opposition and government documents, including the previously unavailable Manual Básico da Escola de Guerra, Maria Helena Moreira Alves provides a rich description of the long and tortuous attempt by the Brazilian military government to create a workable “national security state” in the face of determined and resilient opposition. She interviewed more than one hundred key figures in government, the military, business, professional associations, the Catholic church, grassroots organizations, and trade unions in order to analyze politically and historically the relationship between civil society and government structures in Brazil during the years 1964–1983. Her study charts the rise and subsequent decline of the military government’s power, concluding with a discussion of the abertura policy instituted under General João Batista Figueiredo.
It also examines the apparently 'unconventional' methods at times used by the governments of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru to achieve privatization."--Jacket.
Entre contrastes e mistérios, "A Sereia de Vidro" entrelaça destinos e desejos em um jogo enigmático de Tarô. Foi no vagão do metrô que ele a viu pela primeira vez: uma figura enigmática de cabelos avermelhados e vestes negras. Entretanto, não confunda esta visão com a da freira que, com suas cartas misteriosas, tece o destino como quem borda um véu. Nesta narrativa fascinante, as figuras da Dama de Ouros e da Dama de Espadas se alternam e confundem, espelhando as facetas de duas mulheres marcantes e uma cidade que pulsa entre o luxo e o perigo. Guiado pelas revelações do Tarô, nosso narrador mergulha em nove aventuras que desdobram um tabuleiro onde a esposa aristocrata dos Jar...
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