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      • Altair 4 Multimedia

        ALTAIR 4 Multimedia was established in 1986 byAlessandro Furlan, Pietro Galifi and Stefano Moretti, who conceived the studio as an actual workshop where various technological and artistic disciplines would interact in a coordinated and rewarding dialogue.The members of the Altair4 creative team come from diverse backgrounds and experience in computer animation, graphic arts, design and broadcast production.The ongoing dialogue between past and present characterizes all Altair4 productions and its innovative and multi-faceted approach to creating computer products where advanced technological tools and artistic and cultural processes are joined.

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      • Trusted Partner
        April 2021

        As sete por quatro

        Colectânea de contos alusivos ao 7 de Abril, Dia da Mulher Moçambicana

        by Sandra Tamele

        Esta colecção alusiva ao 7 de Abril, Dia da Mulher Moçambicana, traz sete contos em quatro línguas Moçambicanas, Português, Macua, Sena e Changana. Os contos são breves e propõem ao leitor uma viagem ao universo feminino, desde o conto infanto-juvenil ao conto erótico apresentando sete autoras debutantes no estilo. As estórias trazem vislumbres da resiliência, dos sonhos e da luxúria, explorando a criatividade no feminino as suas estórias em sete vozes: Serena de Nizete Cassamo Eu tenho um sonho de Deizy Joane Inkosazana Indira Mangaza de Larsan Mendes Delírios de um fim próximo de Kaya M A farsa de Denise Mangue O desconhecido na feira de verão de E. D. Barbosa O menino e a velhinha das flores de Samira Weng

      • Trusted Partner
        September 2020

        O Redentor do Mundo

        Colectânea de contos traduzidos pelos vencedores do Concurso de Tradução Literária 2019

        by Sandra Tamele

        Instantâneos da vida na Europa na voz dos vencedores do Prémio Literário Europeu. Neste segundo volume da Colectânea de Contos Traduzidos pelos vencedores do Concurso de Tradução Literária, apresentamos cinco contos publicados em 2018 no âmbito do 10º aniversário do Prémio Literário Europeu (EUPL), nomeadamente: ‘The Savior of the World’ do Britânico Adam Foulds, ‘Nebulosa de Ciudad’ da Espanhola Raquel Martinéz-Goméz, ‘Le Lotissement’ da Francesa Emmanuelle Pagano, ‘Eine Ankunft’ da Austríaca Christina Schutti e ‘Apnea’ do Italiano Lorenzo Amurri. Junto com outros três contos posteriormente publicados numa colectânea exclusiva para os vencedores do EUPL. As estórias de ‘Redentor do Mundo’ propõem ao leitor instantâneos sobre a vida na Europa na perspectiva de uma crítica de arte que entre questionamentos sobre a autoria de um quadro lança críticas políticas e sociais; na perspectiva de uma jovem que assiste às mudanças no seu bairro; na perspectiva de uma mulher que está sempre de chegada a cidades europeias; e na perspectiva de um jovem que se vê subitamente tetraplégico num acidente. Lançado em 2015, o concurso e a publicação receberam em 2020 a nomeação entre os três finalistas e uma menção honrosa do Prémio Internacional da Feira do Livro de Londres para Excelência em Iniciativas de Tradução Literária.

      • Fantasy
        June 2020

        Flor de Gume

        by Malcher, Monique

        With her intense poetic prose, the author strolls through the streets and waters of Pará, bringing up the pains of girls, mothers, grandparents. Three generations of strong women, in 37 short stories by Pará author Monique Malcher. "Monique does not seem concerned with developing a literary formula, but rather, much more than that, producing the narrative gesture in its continuous act, moistened because it has just come out of the womb." Paloma Franca Amorim, writer from Pará, in the preface to the book “Monique Malcher writes the growth of resistant women. He draws life lines that, we know, have often been almost interrupted; but he opens his hands and shows us a transformation: the courageous flower that defends itself, reacts, attacks. ” Jarid Arraes, writer and editor of Flor de Gume for the Ferina seal, in the presentation of the book

      • Sociology & anthropology
        August 2020

        De cor da pele

        by Camargo, Denise

        More than three hundred years of slavery have bequeathed to Brazil a society in which racism infiltrates daily life in the most perverse ways. From the coloring pencils used at school to the terms with which people define themselves, resulting from the range of tones that miscegenation - recognized or not - produces, the beauty of color and diversity is only now beginning to be noticed.

      • Self-help & personal development
        March 2020

        O legado das deusas (com baralho) Vol 2

        by Balieiro, Cristina

        In this second volume, the author Cristina Balieiro compiles 22 more goddesses from traditionally oral cultures, updating the myths for the reality of contemporary women from a Jungian perspective always critical to the reality imposed by patriarchy. Jungian psychologist and mythology scholar, Cristina Balieiro delves into the search for a current definition of what it means to be a woman and analyzes these ancestral constructions to propose new perspectives for the expression of the feminine. As in the first volume, the book features images of the goddesses drawn by the author herself in a deck of 22 cards.

      • March 2020

        Women, empowerment and legacy

        by Silvana Mello

        Woman, empowerment and legacy, offers the possibility to discuss woman in a brazilian and overall scenario, their challenges, particularities, difficulties and the reflection and analysis of the unequal society that we face everyday. Through the choose of a strong theme like this, the author Silvana Mello, searches to contribute and leaves a positive mark for the future female generations.

      • Society & culture: general
        March 2020

        Você já é feminista!

        by Vários autores

        You're already a feminist! Doubt? This second edition of the book organized by journalists Nana Queiroz and Helena Bertho, from Revista Azmina, has been updated and expanded. In addition to the test to know which current feminism you identify with most, the glossary with terms about gender diversity and affective-sexual orientation and other issues that were already present in the first edition, new essential themes were included, such as Christian feminism, fatophobia, disruption of the family cycle of domestic work, types of domestic violence, the relationship - troubled - of many women with their vaginas, and many others. Come to be included or deepen in the fight for women's rights you too!

      • Fantasy
        June 2020

        Desmemória

        by Coelho, Thalita

        Ana Cristina has been in a coma for five months and his wife Victoria does not know what to do. Doctors are unable to detect the problem, as all of Ana's vital functions are preserved. Vic doesn't know exactly what happened either, but she has a certainty: she is the cause of Ana's coma. Yes, because Vic is a demonitor. In a light and fun prose, Thalita Coelho debuts in the novel with this intriguing fiction, which explores the intricacies of memory and affection.

      • Haunted Tales

        by Edson Gabriel Garcia

        Stories that make your spine tingle! Jorginho’s girlfriend has disappeared for a week when he suddenly gets an invitation to meet her at the cemetery. A mannequin with eyes that appear to be alive strangely gains power over her creator. A young man is overwhelmed by the desire to own the most beautiful leather jacket he has ever seen – and will bitterly regret it . . . Edson Gabriel Garcia’s stories carry his readers away and leave them behind with goosebumps and a strange sensation.

      • Fiction
        2019

        Isaac D

        by Leandro Pileggi, Levi Tonin

        What if you woke up and were someone else? What if unnamable creatures showed up everywhere? What if only you noticed they were there? What if they came after you? Would you run? Would you hide? Or would you fight… Isaac D is a Light novel full of action and good humor, spiced by many Lovecraft and pop culture references. A fantasy built on humanity’s largest mysteries that brings together modern myths and pulp story classics.

      • Fiction
        2020

        Pulp Multiverse: sword and sorcery

        by Duda Falcão

        In this volume, the reader will find 10 short stories that explore the author’s fantasies and creative imaginations. Heroes and villains confront each other in dark sceneries. Swords sink into monsters in faraway places, ruins, temples and arenas. Magic emanates from young to more experienced wizards. Adventure is highlighted in each page of the book. Read it with some magic scrolls next to you, but don’t be mistaken: have a sharp sword with you as well, to attack the most terrible creature in its weakest point. Have fun!

      • Biography & True Stories
        July 2018

        TARSILA DO AMARAL, THE MODERNIST

        by Nádia Battella Gotlib

        In this engaging and reader-friendly biography, the professor and essayist Nádia Batista Gotlib recreates the libertarian trajectory of Tarsila do Amaral, focusing on her private life, her training in art, the modernist circuit and the Pau-brasil and Anthropophagic movements, detailing the painter’s active commitment to defending the diversity of both her art and her affective and personal life. A paradigm of rupture in visual arts and literature, Tarsila do Amaral influenced Brazilian art production and played a leading role in the social mobility of women. This book offers readers a full picture of her intense life and work, deciphering their complexity, originality and worldview.

      • Fiction
        2019

        A Jorney to the Abyss

        by Nikelen Witter

        This is the story of advancing deserts that covered cities. The story of a world on the verge of destruction. It is about the people who inhabited that world, their alienation and the violent war in which they lost themselves. This is the story of a young woman, who healed wounds, and her best friend, who ran a brothel, and how they faced all that was thrown at them. It is also the story of a tiger and a little girl. But, when you get to know all of them, you will have to answer the call to look into the future and plunge into the abyss.

      • The Arts
        October 2020

        descantes

        by José F. Colaço Guerreiro

        Considered by Unesco as World Heritage, the art of Cante is one of the most ancient and pure singing art form in Portugal. Along with this marvellous tradition, there are a few people that still keep the art of playing the Viola Campaniça, an acoustic guitar invented centuries ago in the region of Alentejo.The author, José Francisco Colaço, rescued this lost tradition from oblivion researching for more than twenty years, tracking the guardians of this old knowledge and bringing them back to the spotlight through audio records, radio programmes and, of course, writing.

      • Fiction
        2019

        The weird west of Kane Blackmoon

        by Duda Falcão

        A bounty hunter travels across the American West in search of adventure. In his travels, he discovers that the desert, the cities of the explorers and the indigenous tribes are full of mysteries, strange events and supernatural entities. On his journey, he makes new friends and acquires mystical knowledge to fight against evil creatures.

      • IMAGES OF WOMEN IN THE MODERN WEST

        by Isabelle Anchieta

        Images of Women in the Modern West is a trilogy authored by the sociologist Isabelle Anchieta. The author traces the process of humanization and individualization of women through images, from the end of the Middle Ages to the Modern. The result of eight years of field research in various countries, the work is divided into three volumes. The first establishes a dialogue between the images of the witches of the Middle Ages and those of the Indian Tupinambas cannibals; the second focuses on the different representations of Maria and Maria Magdalena; the last volume explores the transgressions of Hollywood stars. The works feature presentations by historian Lilia Schwarcz, sociologist Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda, and anthropologist Máximo Canevacci.

      • Fiction
        April 2018

        My old guerrilla

        by Álvaro Filho

        A narrative full of time, memories on the shoulders, rusty bodies smelling of sea air, a testimony of uncertain memories of stories. The novel 'My old guerrilla' tells the story of a exiled writer abroad who returns to hometown (Olinda), mother's request, to try to dissuade the father of the idea of ​​killing the president, who took power after a coup. Alvaro Filho teaches us that we must "silence to hear the wind," time to understand the affection of places and things, calmly swallowing discomfort, and wisdom to understand our ancestry. 'My old guerrilla' is like a reef solid melts into air, and the wind sweeping "flesh, bone, blood, paper and ink."

      • Fiction
        July 2020

        Men who talks with stars

        by João Torcato Justa

        In this novel by John Torcato Justa, a narrator witnesses the history of their ancestry through the protagonist, mother and best friend uncle, recreating a line of magical time crossing the border of Alto Alentejo and reaches the neighboring plain Extremadura, in Spain. Anthony, known in the small Alentejo village by Lobo, is an adventurous young bohemian, fearless and womanizer. The day that your heart is taken away by the unmistakable beauty of the Spanish Soledad, wife of one of the most powerful men in Spain, marks the beginning of a journey defined by Destiny, the Stars and the courage of men and women who make miracles. As background, a rural Alentejo marked by the customs of a Portugal, in the times of Salazar, and the neighboring Spanish province of Extremadura, in a terrible process of healing wounds of the Civil War. John, a participant narrator, invites us to the family memories that turned his family and region, revealing the amazing dramatic density of his characters and an unconventional plot affective links and metaphysical touch with reality.

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