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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ariel Price wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone--no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong. She starts with hotel security, then the police, then the American embassy, at each confronting questions she can't fully answer: What exactly is John doing in Lisbon? Why would he drag her along on his business trip? Who would want to harm him? And why does Ariel know so little about her new--much younger--husband? The clock...
2) Portugal
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, wildlife, history, government, economy, religion, and culture of Portugal.
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Lisbon in 1904, a young man names Tomas discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that-if he can find it- would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences...
Author
Language
English
Description
In the vein of The Other Woman, Sandie Jones's explosive new novel The Guilt Trip will have readers gripped to the very last page. Six friends. Rachel and Noah have been friends since they met at university. While they once thought that they might be something more, now, twenty years later, they are each happily married to other people, Jack and Paige respectively. Jack's brother Will is getting married, to the dazzling, impulsive Ali, and the group...
5) Portugal
Series
Publisher
Apa Digital (CH) AG
Pub. Date
1992-
Language
English
Description
With its dramatic coastline, sun-kissed beaches and sublime weather, Portugal is every bit as alluring as its Spanish neighbor--and gaining more and more in popularity.
6) Pardalita
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are divorced and she's just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father's new marriage. She has two best friends, Luaisa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know each...
8) Fatima
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A trial of faith unfolds at the apex of World War I, when secrets are revealed to three courageous Portuguese children through a series of apparitions, while their doubting family and aggressive government officials try to silence them.
9) The pursuit
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Lori Wick's bestselling English Garden series (more than 720,000 copies sold) is filled with engaging characters and stories. Now with fresh, new covers, each of the four books in the series will hold a favorite spot on the nightstand or bookshelf of any reader who loves a great romance.
The Pursuit, book four in the series, is set in the spring of 1812, in Collingbourne, England. Edward Steele has enjoyed a great adventure in Africa with his brother,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Isabel Perez is a sixteen-year-old who dreams of writing poetry, love, and being with the young nobleman Diego Altamirano; but in Trujillo, Spain in 1481 such a love is forbidden by the boy's family because Isabel's families are conversos, new Christians, but in the privacy of their home they still practice Judaism--a secret that could destroy them all when the Inquisition reaches Trujillo and they are forced to flee to the uncertain safety of Portugal,...
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to Henry the Navigator, a Portuguese prince who lived during the Middle Ages, discussing conditions in medieval Portugal, Henry's royal heritage, his sponsorship of expeditions along the west coast of Africa, and the results of those voyages.
14) Half a life
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a narrative that moves with dreamlike swiftness from India to England to Africa, Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul has produced his finest novel to date, a bleakly resonant study of the fraudulent bargains that make up an identity. The son of a Brahmin ascetic and his lower-caste wife, Willie Chandran grows up sensing the hollowness at the core of his father's self-denial and vowing to live more authentically. That search takes him to the immigrant...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence.
Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. It’s a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those...
16) Azores
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Bradt's Azores is the only comprehensive guidebook to the nine-island archipelago, a nature-lovers' wilderness perched at the western extremity of Europe in the mid-Atlantic, and one of the best places in the world for whale watching. Thanks to the experience of expert botanist and author David Sayers, and the ongoing involvement of author Murray Stewart, the book retains a depth of knowledge about flora and fauna and continues to provide the strong...
Pub. Date
s202
Language
English
Description
Summary:This isn't your ordinary travel guide. You won't find the Castelo de Sao Jorge or Mosteiro dos Jeronimos in these pages, because that's not where Lisboetas hang out. Instead, you'll meet the locals at vintage kiosks, dance classes, and secret viewpoints. Compiled by two proud locals, this stylish travel guide is packed with Lisbon's best experiences and secret spots, handily categorized to suit your mood and needs. Whether you're a restless...
19) Mouse overboard!
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"My family and I, Geronimo Stilton, were invited to Lisbon, Portugal, to retrace the journey of the great explorer Vasco da Gama. He was the first European to reach India by sea--and was apparently an ancestor of the Stiltons. But once we got on the boat, I learned that someone was trying to sabotage the voyage. Could I figure out who?"--Page 4 of cover.
20) España pagana
Author
Language
Español
Description
La España que Richard Wright visitó en 1954 no era el escenario romántico de la canción y la historia, sino un lugar de trágica belleza y peligrosas contradicciones. Como hombre negro en los años cincuenta, castiga a Occidente por su colonialismo e imperialismo, mientras que como
intelectual abraza el humanismo secular de la civilización occidental. Sus sentimientos encontrados sobre Occidente se adaptan perfectamente a su análisis de España,...
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