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Recesses of memory
A favela on the verge of extinction is the center of this telluric novel by one of the most original voices in Brazilian literature. A court of diverse characters, as numerous as a large orchestra, give life to that territory where stories and loyalties mature, rocked by writing that brings to us the image of a lush jungle. Evaristo portrays a community that is tattooed with the signs of marginalization and the fight for survival.
bibliophile’s bestiary
The title of this volume of essays is more than eloquent. It’s about books and those who can’t live without them: collectors, academics, rarity hunters, voyeurs and even compulsive hoarders. Tatto enriches these territories with looks at intellectual sedentary lifestyle, presentations at literary conferences, opinion journalism and black humor and political correctness. Irony goes hand in hand with erudition at the service of criticism.
Astronomy, what for?
With a didactic spirit, this book opens the doors to the most recent discoveries about the universe: the cosmic origin of the calendar, the elementary particles known as neutrinos, black holes, the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Without losing rigor, these new developments are presented with simplicity and naturalness. The images included (of the sun, stars, planets), as well as the graphics and illustrations, reinforce the informative purpose of the Mexican astronomer.
Neuropedia
What terms do specialists use to describe the structure and function of the brain? How does LSD consumption alter our perception of reality? What devastating effects does the Zika virus cause? Who are the visionaries who dedicated their lives to deciphering the language of neurons? These, and many other curiosities, find answers in this volume by the prominent neuroscientist and academic from the University of Washington.
No to totalitarianism!
Famous neurologist, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and ethologist, the Frenchman Cyrulnik suffered from Nazism when France was occupied by Hitler’s troops during World War II. The book questions the group fanaticism that makes one uncritically follow a doctrine that seeks to dominate human beings. The subtitle Inner freedom and comfortable submission It refers to the fact that it is easier for the gregarious spirit to follow orders. The author seeks the interest of thinking beings.
House of change
The title of the book is a concept expensive to Henry David Thoreau. Casado da Rocha takes a tour of transcendentalism that, after the American thinker, continues in our time with Martha Nussbaum and Otto Scharmer. He maintains that it is a political transcendentalism because the personal transformation that Americans originally advocated can only be carried out in a community way through education.
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