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Edição especial da famosa distopia de Aldous Huxley sobre uma sociedade totalitária do futuro, regida pela tecnologia e pelo materialismo e sob a máscara da democracia e da felicidade. "Admirável Mundo Novo" é uma parábola fantástica sobre a... Ler mais

Numa radiosa manhã de Maio, em 1953, Aldous Huxley tomou pela primeira vez quatro décimos de grama de mescalina, dissolvidos em meio copo de água, sentou-se e aguardou os seus efeitos. Pouco depois, tudo o que o cercava se transformou. Eis a génese... Ler mais

O derradeiro romance de Aldous Huxley, e contraponto utópico de "Admirável Mundo Novo", apresenta-nos Pala, uma ilha onde uma sociedade ideal, regida por crenças assentes no budismo e no hinduísmo, floresce há cento e vinte anos, atraindo... Ler mais

‘One of the most important books to have been published since the war’ Daily Telegraph
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and... Ler mais

WITH A FOREWORD J.G. BALLARD In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers in a vase to the... Ler mais

Conjunto de ensaios sobre diversos temas abordados em "Admirável Mundo Novo", a presente obra foi publicada em 1958. Na sua génese está a inquietante noção de que a sociedade ficcional descrita no livro mais famoso de Aldous Huxley se tornava a... Ler mais

Among the most profound and influential explorations of mind-expanding psychadelic drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books—The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell—in which Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, reveals the... Ler mais

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with eastern... Ler mais

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his best friend Brian and by his entanglement with the cynical and manipulative Mary Amberley. Realising that his... Ler mais

In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control. Nearly thirty years later in Brave New World Revisited, Huxley checked the... Ler mais

Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone in feeling discontent, harbouring an ill... Ler mais

Could drugs offer a new way of seeing the world? In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, from the flowers... Ler mais

Publicado em 1932, Admirável Mundo Novo tornar-se-ia um dos mais extraordinários sucessos literários europeus das décadas seguintes. O livro descreve uma sociedade futura em que as pessoas seriam condicionadas em termos genéticos e psicológicos, a... Ler mais

'The best science fiction book ever, definitely the most prescient... Looking at our present trajectory we are on the way to Brave New World' Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and Homo Deus ‘A masterpiece of speculation... As vibrant, fresh, and... Ler mais

Assim que a Senhora Corvo sai para fazer as compras do dia, os seus ovinhos são logo devorados por uma cobra gulosa! Que artimanha irão o Senhor Corvo e o seu amigo Mocho Velho inventar para salvar os preciosos ovos? Trata-se da única história para... Ler mais

Défi, réquisitoire, utopie, ce livre mondialement célèbre, chef-d'œuvre de la littérature d'anticipation, a fait d'Aldous Huxley l'un des témoins les plus lucides de notre temps. Aujourd'hui, devait écrire l'auteur près de vingt ans après la... Ler mais

The dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy who devours... Ler mais

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is one of the great works of science fiction. It is the year After Ford 632 in the New World. People are born and live by scientific methods. There is worldwide happiness and order. Then John comes from the Savage... Ler mais

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and... Ler mais