Bruno's bookshelf: read en-US Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:41:56 -0700 60 Bruno's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Drogas: A História do Proibicionismo]]> 43520647 323 Henrique Carneiro 8569536445 Bruno 0 to-read 3.87 Drogas: A História do Proibicionismo
author: Henrique Carneiro
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.87
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<![CDATA[Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting]]> 40389794 490 Robert McKee Bruno 0 to-read 4.39 1997 Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
author: Robert McKee
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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O orangotango marxista 45160800
Tomou conhecimento dos grandes filósofos. Considerava-se um darwinista, que depois se transformou num marxista. Movido por um acesso de ciúmes, é transferido para um zoológico na região, onde convive com outros símios e, aos poucos, descobre a possibilidade de dois novos prazeres: a liberdade e o amor. Descobrirá, também, que o caminho para isso é a revolução.]]>
115 Marcelo Rubens Paiva 8554511204 Bruno 0 to-read 0.0 2018 O orangotango marxista
author: Marcelo Rubens Paiva
name: Bruno
average rating: 0.0
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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UNIX: A History and a Memoir 53011383 183 Brian W. Kernighan 1695978552 Bruno 0 to-read 4.38 2019 UNIX: A History and a Memoir
author: Brian W. Kernighan
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Quadrinhos: Profissão e Trabalho Criativo]]> 203546160 154 Gledson Ribeiro de Oliveira 8579990939 Bruno 0 to-read 4.00 Quadrinhos: Profissão e Trabalho Criativo
author: Gledson Ribeiro de Oliveira
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.00
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Source Code: My Beginnings 213034913 The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age.

The business triumphs of Bill Gates are widely known: the twenty-year-old who dropped out of Harvard to start a software company that became an industry giant and changed the way the world works and lives; the billionaire many times over who turned his attention to philanthropic pursuits to address climate change, global health, and U.S. education.

Source Code is not about Microsoft or the Gates Foundation or the future of technology. It’s the human, personal story of how Bill Gates became who he is today: his childhood, his early passions and pursuits. It’s the story of his principled grandmother and ambitious parents, his first deep friendships and the sudden death of his best friend; of his struggles to fit in and his discovery of a world of coding and computers in the dawn of a new era; of embarking in his early teens on a path that took him from midnight escapades at a nearby computer center to his college dorm room, where he sparked a revolution that would change the world.

Bill Gates tells this, his own story, for the first time: wise, warm, revealing, it’s a fascinating portrait of an American life.]]>
336 Bill Gates 059380158X Bruno 0 to-read 4.07 2025 Source Code: My Beginnings
author: Bill Gates
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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Todas las bicicletas que tuve 61239313 In this nonlinear graphic memoir, Powerpaola uses bicycles she’s owned as a vehicle to explore the world, her relationships, her memories � and herself.

“A bicycle is a machine that you power yourself. You decide where you want to go,� writes cartoonist Powerpaola, as the guiding principle of this graphic memoir. All My Bicycles is a story that never really begins, existing all at once in Paola’s memory. The book illustrates Powerpaola’s relationships through her many in fragments, it takes her back to her great loves and losses, friendships, and disappointments.

In remembering a bicycle, a manhole, an alligator, or a necklace, Powerpaola reflects upon these items in her consciousness without finding a concrete solution. Paola’s memories arrive abruptly and leave just as fast, creating a pathway through herself she can only find in moving forward. All My Bicycles is a glimpse into how exploring these fleeting tangible moments―of physical objects, of traveling and seeing a new city, of even the end of a relationship―is an exploration of self.]]>
120 Powerpaola 8419261033 Bruno 5 comic-book, graphic-novels 3.83 2022 Todas las bicicletas que tuve
author: Powerpaola
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/04
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<![CDATA[Boy Dodói: histórias reais e ilustradas sobre masculinidade tóxica]]> 199835686
A coletânea BOY DODÓI parte de histórias reais enviadas por centenas de pessoas e convida à reflexão sobre comportamentos machistas, sobretudo em relações afetivas. Afinal, o que é um Boy Dodói? É o homem cis criado de forma doente pelo patriarcado, que reproduz atitudes ligadas à irresponsabilidade afetiva, falta de honestidade, manipulação, egocentrismo, ausência de noções básicas sobre como estar em uma relação sem ser um grande machista, entre outros comportamentos que causam sofrimento a quem se relaciona com ele. A coletânea não inclui episódios que envolvem transtornos psiquiátricos, pois a ideia não é alimentar psicofobia, e sim tirar o conforto de caras otários com ironia, leveza e arte.]]>
96 Bebel Abreu 6500775899 Bruno 4 comic-book, graphic-novels 4.43 2023 Boy Dodói: histórias reais e ilustradas sobre masculinidade tóxica
author: Bebel Abreu
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/04
shelves: comic-book, graphic-novels
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Escuta, Formosa Márcia 58822969
Porém, quando a jovem se vê envolvida até o pescoço com o crime organizado, Márcia estará disposta a chegar às últimas consequências para livrá-la dessa enrascada. Quer Jaqueline queira, quer não.]]>
128 Marcello Quintanilha 6586691435 Bruno 5 4.50 2021 Escuta, Formosa Márcia
author: Marcello Quintanilha
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/15
date added: 2024/12/16
shelves: brazil, comic-book, graphic-novels
review:
Quintanilha conhece muito bem o Brasil e entrega personagens tão incríveis quanto realistas e apaixonáveis. Márcia é um retrato da mulher periférica brasileira (ou melhor ainda, carioca), torturada pela circunstância mas sempre demonstrando otimismo e bom humor. Pra mim é um trabalho fantástico e necessário para conhecer melhor o Brasil.
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Batman/Dylan Dog 210367323
The twisted paths of the Dark Knight and the Nightmare Investigator have been brought together through their lethal nemeses: The Joker, Gotham City’s Clown Prince of Crime, and Professor Xabaras, a mad genius with a taste for bringing the dead back to life!

When Catwoman turns up missing, the unlikely duo will need to enlist John Constantine for assistance and forge an uneasy alliance, putting aside their differences in order to successfully confront and defeat an evil that comes from the past.

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216 Roberto Recchioni 1779529481 Bruno 3 comic-book 3.49 2019 Batman/Dylan Dog
author: Roberto Recchioni
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/12
date added: 2024/10/12
shelves: comic-book
review:
Overall a good story. The art is really good though.
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Purgatorio 29496838
Benjamin Tartouche a perdu sa maison, son travail, ses papiers, a été interdit bancaire? Devenu clochard, il a été, comble de malchance, écrasé par son assureur? Mais c'est après sa mort que ses véritables ennuis ont commencé. Après un bref passage dans l'antichambre de l'au-delà, il est renvoyé sur Terre où il est devenu une "conscience" avec pour mission de ramener un vivant dans le droit chemin? Et c'est ici que son affaire se complique, car c'est a lui de trouver ce vivant parmi les quelque six milliards d'habitants que compte notre bonne vieille planète? Difficile de constater que l'on est définitivement mort et qu'il est trop tard pour rattraper ce que l'on n' a pas ou mal fait dans sa vie passée? Mais Benjamin, dans sa quête, va être amené à côtoyer quelques vieilles connaissances? Un dénouement inattendu où Christophe Chabouté laisse éclater tout son talent.]]>
202 Christophe Chabouté 8467489103 Bruno 5 graphic-novels 4.00 2009 Purgatorio
author: Christophe Chabouté
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2024/09/15
date added: 2024/10/10
shelves: graphic-novels
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<![CDATA[Joker: DC Compact Comics Edition]]> 203166770 136 Brian Azzarello 1779527314 Bruno 3 comic-book, graphic-novels 3.53 Joker: DC Compact Comics Edition
author: Brian Azzarello
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.53
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/03
date added: 2024/10/10
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O Dia do Curinga 222188 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

"Você já pensou que num baralho existem muitas cartas de copas e de ouros, outras tantas de espadas e de paus, mas que existe apenas um curinga?", pergunta à sua mãe certa vez a jovem protagonista de O mundo de Sofia.
Esse é o ponto de partida deste outro livro de Jostein Gaarder, a história de um garoto chamado Hans-Thomas e seu pai, que cruzam a Europa, da Noruega à Grécia, à procura da mulher que os deixou oito anos antes. No meio da viagem, um livro misterioso desencadeia uma narrativa paralela, em que mitos gregos, maldições de família, náufragos e cartas de baralho que ganham vida transformam a viagem de Hans-Thomas numa autêntica iniciação à busca do conhecimento - ou à filosofia.]]>
384 Jostein Gaarder 857164540X Bruno 0 fiction, philosophy 4.36 1990 O Dia do Curinga
author: Jostein Gaarder
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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shelves: fiction, philosophy
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Admirável Mundo Novo 31291948 259 Aldous Huxley 8525056448 Bruno 0 to-read 4.07 1932 Admirável Mundo Novo
author: Aldous Huxley
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1932
rating: 0
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All-Star Superman 201306687 296 Grant Morrison 177952725X Bruno 2 comic-book 3.97 2006 All-Star Superman
author: Grant Morrison
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2006
rating: 2
read at: 2024/09/21
date added: 2024/09/21
shelves: comic-book
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Opala 76 34340405 106 Eduardo Ferigato Bruno 4 comic-book, graphic-novels 4.06 2016 Opala 76
author: Eduardo Ferigato
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/26
date added: 2024/07/26
shelves: comic-book, graphic-novels
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<![CDATA[Dylan Dog: Após um Longo Silêncio]]> 52478015
Uma história de amor e de fantasmas irá arrastar o herói para uma espiral de auto-reflexão, ao mesmo tempo que o seu mais novo amor, bem terreno, o leva de volta ao abismo do alcoolismo.

O seu mais recente cliente é um homem assombrado (ou não) pelo fantasma e pela memória da esposa que o deixou prematuramente. Um pesado fardo que deixará marcas nestes dois homens.]]>
104 Tiziano Sclavi 9895457499 Bruno 4 comic-book, graphic-novels 3.83 2016 Dylan Dog: Após um Longo Silêncio
author: Tiziano Sclavi
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/15
date added: 2024/07/15
shelves: comic-book, graphic-novels
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Dylan Dog: O Imenso Adeus 52477888 O Imenso Adeus fala do regresso de uma paixão antiga, através de uma viagem onírica que se desenvolve entre o presente e o passado, entre a felicidade e o amor.
Uma recordação melancólica do longo adeus à adolescência, aquele período da vida de cada um de nós, rico em ilusões, projectos e esperanças. Dylan reencontra uma das mais importantes mulheres da sua vida, que o conduz a uma estranha odisseia cheia de recordações e de esoterismo.]]>
104 Tiziano Sclavi 9895457480 Bruno 4 comic-book, graphic-novels 4.24 1992 Dylan Dog: O Imenso Adeus
author: Tiziano Sclavi
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/12
date added: 2024/07/12
shelves: comic-book, graphic-novels
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Hinário Nacional 29416397
São histórias de pequenas tristezas e grandes dramas, todos vividos silenciosamente. A história de alguém que se resigna com o fato de ter sido vítima de abuso sexual, e de outro que oculta um dilacerante sentimento de culpa por ter abusado sexualmente. A tristeza de um homem com a velhice e o desbotamento das histórias de amor. O desejo de esquecer o sofrimento, de esquecer o que se fez, de ser o que não é.]]>
136 Marcello Quintanilha 8563137573 Bruno 5 comic-book, graphic-novels 3.80 2016 Hinário Nacional
author: Marcello Quintanilha
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2024/07/08
date added: 2024/07/09
shelves: comic-book, graphic-novels
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Dylan Dog - Picada Mortal 207052736
Ao procurar um livro no estúdio, o detective do pesadelo encontra uma noz muito particular, e decide tentar reencontrar a sua amiga, depois de tantos anos de ausência, acabando por investigar a morte das mulheres e mergulhar nas memórias distantes de um passado comovente.

Inspirado no romance de Tiffany McDaniel On the Savage Side, Picada Mortal é a história de uma família disfuncional onde o bem e o mal se encontram entrelaçados de maneira indistinguível, uma combinação complexa que se irá repercutir ao longo dos anos, da infância até à idade adulta.

À semelhança de O Imenso Adeus (já publicado pela Seita), a narrativa situa-se no passado e no íntimo de Dylan Dog, e desenvolve-se num contexto social dramático onde o protagonista é um vislumbre de humanidade num meio do desespero e cinismo.

Uma história sensível e apaixonante pelas suas implicações sociais e pessoais.]]>
104 Alberto Ostini 989351326X Bruno 4 comic-book, graphic-novels 3.94 2022 Dylan Dog - Picada Mortal
author: Alberto Ostini
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/08
date added: 2024/07/09
shelves: comic-book, graphic-novels
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Zaï zaï zaï zaï 26052468
Un auteur de bande dessinée, alors qu'il fait ses courses, réalise qu'il n'a pas sa carte de fidélité sur lui. La caissière appelle le vigile, mais quand celui-ci arrive, l'auteur le menace et parvient à s'enfuir.
La police est alertée, s'engage alors une traque sans merci, le fugitif traversant la région, en stop, battant la campagne, partagé entre remord et questions existentielles.
Assez vite les médias s'emparent de l'affaire et le pays est en émoi. L'histoire du fugitif est sur toutes les lèvres et divise la société, entre psychose et volonté d'engagement, entre compassion et idées fascisantes. Car finalement on connaît mal l'auteur de BD, il pourrait très bien constituer une menace pour l'ensemble de la société.

Voici le nouveau récit choral de l'imparable Fabcaro, entre road-movie et fait-divers, l'auteur fait surgir autour de son personnage en fuite, toutes les figures marquantes - et concernées - de la société (famille, médias, police, voisinage...) et l'on reste sans voix face à ce déferlement de réactions improbables ou, au contraire, bien trop prévisibles.

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72 Fabcaro 2352121167 Bruno 5 graphic-novels, comic-book 4.37 2015 Zaï zaï zaï zaï
author: Fabcaro
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2024/06/02
date added: 2024/06/02
shelves: graphic-novels, comic-book
review:
Reads like Monty Python. I had no idea what that was about before reading, and my French is not so good, but I had a terrific time reading this!
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Little Tulip 29771333 Author Jerome Charyn was acclaimed by The New York Review of Books as "a fearless writer. Brave and brazen." This edition of Little Tulip, which was originally published in French, features Charyn's new English translation. Award-winning illustrator François Boucq also collaborated with Charyn on the acclaimed graphic novels The Magician's Wife and Billy Budd, KGB. Suggested for mature readers.]]> 96 Jerome Charyn 0486808726 Bruno 4 graphic-novels, comic-book 3.83 2014 Little Tulip
author: Jerome Charyn
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2024/05/30
date added: 2024/05/31
shelves: graphic-novels, comic-book
review:
I feel like this has the same problems as the other Charyn/Boucq works: the setup is incredible, the story is well written, but suddenly, at the end, there's a bad surprise coming. But the art is just amazing from cover to cover.
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<![CDATA[Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom]]> 34445188 Run For It � a stunning graphic novel by internationally acclaimed illustrator Marcelo d’Salete � is one of the first literary and artistic efforts to face up to Brazil’s hidden history of slavery. Originally published in Brazil � where it was nominated for three of the country’s most prestigious comics awards � Run For It has received rave reviews worldwide, including, in the U.S., The Huffington Post. These intense tales offer a tragic and gripping portrait of one of history’s darkest corners. It’s hard to look away.]]> 180 Marcelo d'Salete 1683960491 Bruno 5 comic-book, graphic-novels 3.57 2014 Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom
author: Marcelo d'Salete
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2024/05/01
date added: 2024/05/01
shelves: comic-book, graphic-novels
review:
Unfortunately we tend to forget all the evil that was done because of colonialism. So many people were dragged out of their countries to be kept as slaves and they suffered so much we can't barely understand. And that's still present in our culture, invisibly. We need to keep those memories alive. The book is brilliantly written and drawn and does that job very well.
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Billy Budd KGB 510551 128 Jerome Charyn 0874161118 Bruno 3 graphic-novels, comic-book 3.79 1990 Billy Budd KGB
author: Jerome Charyn
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1990
rating: 3
read at: 2024/05/01
date added: 2024/05/01
shelves: graphic-novels, comic-book
review:
The plot is not bad, the beginning is captivating (even though there's a huge load of propaganda in it), but then it gets a bit lost. I don't particularly dislike the "mystical" bits, but they sometimes just don't make any sense. I was expecting a more bombastic ending, but it was just meh. The art, however, is incredible. Overall a nice read.
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The Black Island (Tintin #7) 191960 62 é 1405206187 Bruno 4 graphic-novels, comic-book 4.06 1943 The Black Island (Tintin #7)
author: é
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1943
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/24
date added: 2024/04/24
shelves: graphic-novels, comic-book
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La Mouche 1626434 Mouche fut l'un des premiers grands succès de Lewis Trondheim. Dans la droite lignée de l'OuLiPo de Queneau et Perec, ce petit livre jaune multiplie les contraintes formelles à l'intérieur desquelles Lewis, jusqu'alors surtout réputé pour ses dialogues, prouve ses talents de conteur "universel", visuel.

En résulte une bande dessinée atypique, drôle et attachante, dont le héros est une petite boule noire ornée d'une paire d'ailes et d'une autre de souliers, et qui va de surprise en surprise en découvrant le microcosme d'une cuisine. Décidément, Lewis semble avoir un don pour transformer l'insignifiant en fantastique. --David Rault

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112 Lewis Trondheim 2020231913 Bruno 4 graphic-novels 3.73 1995 La Mouche
author: Lewis Trondheim
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1995
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/21
date added: 2024/04/21
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
This is incredible. An amazing example of a story that only this media could portray.
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O primo de Aziz 44414918 25 Seane Melo Bruno 4 4.42 O primo de Aziz
author: Seane Melo
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.42
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/17
date added: 2024/04/17
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<![CDATA[Why I Believed: Reflections of a Former Missionary]]> 11081433 362 Kenneth W. Daniels Bruno 0 4.18 2008 Why I Believed: Reflections of a Former Missionary
author: Kenneth W. Daniels
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking)]]> 23403323
Big Data is used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us things we don't need. In ‘Dataclysm�, Christian Rudder, founder of one of the world’s biggest dating websites OkCupid, puts this flood of information to an entirely different understanding human nature.

Drawing on terabytes of data from Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, OkCupid, and many other sites, Rudder examines the terrain of human experience to answer a range of Does it matter where you went to school? How racist are we? How do political views alter relationships? Philosophers, psychologists, gene hunters and neuroscientists have tried to explain our flaws and foibles. Rudder shows that in today's era of social media, a powerful new approach is possible, one that reveals how we actually behave when we think no one's looking.

Outrageous and illuminating, ‘Dataclysm�, is a portrait of our essential selves � dark, absurd, occasionally noble � and a first look at a revolution in the making.]]>
319 Christian Rudder 0007494424 Bruno 0 to-read 3.98 2014 Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking)
author: Christian Rudder
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[A elite do atraso: Da escravidão a Bolsonaro (Portuguese Edition)]]> 53523438 Quem é a elite do atraso?

Como pensa e age essa parcela da população que controla grande parte da riqueza do Brasil?

Onde está a verdadeira e monumental corrupção, tanto ilegal quanto "legalizada", que esfola tanto a classe média quanto as classes populares?

A elite do atraso se tornou um clássico contemporâneo da sociologia brasileira, um livro fundamental de Jessé Souza, o sociólogo que ousou colocar na berlinda as obras que eram consideradas essenciais para se entender o Brasil.

Por meio de uma linguagem fluente, irônica e ousada, Jessé apresenta uma nova visão sobre as causas da desigualdade que marca nosso país e reescreve a história da nossa sociedade. Mas não a do patrimonialismo, nossa suposta herança de corrupção trazida pelos portugueses, tese utilizada tanto à esquerda quanto à direita para explicar o Brasil. Muito menos a do brasileiro cordial, ambíguo e sentimental.

No âmago da interpretação de Jessé não está a corrupção política. Para ele, a questão a partir da qual se deve explicar a história passada e atual do Brasil � e de suas classes, portanto � não é outra senão a escravidão.

Sob uma perspectiva inédita, ele revela fatos cruciais sobre a vida nacional, demonstrando como funcionam as estruturas ocultas que movem as engrenagens do poder e de que maneira a elite do dinheiro exerce sua força invisível e manipula a sociedade � com o respaldo das narrativas da mídia, do judiciário e de seu combate seletivo à corrupção.

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288 Jessé Souza 855608043X Bruno 0 to-read 4.15 2017 A elite do atraso: Da escravidão a Bolsonaro (Portuguese Edition)
author: Jessé Souza
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Ninguém é Inocente em São Paulo (Portuguese Edition)]]> 55949070 90 é Bruno 0 to-read 3.88 Ninguém é Inocente em São Paulo (Portuguese Edition)
author: é
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.88
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The Magician's Wife 29199529 92 Jerome Charyn Bruno 4 graphic-novels 3.80 1986 The Magician's Wife
author: Jerome Charyn
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1986
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/24
date added: 2024/03/25
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
A real page turner, read in a sitting and was sad when it was over. The art is absolutely stunning and the story is very captivating with good and unexpected twists. Good Sunday afternoon read.
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<![CDATA[The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love]]> 17601
In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are—whatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. But toxic masculinity punishes those fundamental emotions, and it’s so deeply ingrained in our society that it’s hard for men to not comply—but hooks wants to help change that.

With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. She believes men can find the way to spiritual unity by getting back in touch with the emotionally open part of themselves—and lay claim to the rich and rewarding inner lives that have historically been the exclusive province of women. A brave and astonishing work, The Will to Change is designed to help men reclaim the best part of themselves.]]>
208 bell hooks 0743456084 Bruno 0 to-read, social-studies 4.38 2003 The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
author: bell hooks
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Tudo O Que Você Precisou Desaprender Para Virar Um Idiota]]> 52960137
Não, essa não é a sinopse do próximo filme do James Bond. É uma doutrina tida como filosofia por personalidades importantes da política e da cultura brasileiras. Antes marginalizada, essa ideologia começou a pautar posicionamentos e ações do governo, além de dominar as conversas em jantares de família.

Neste livro, você desvendará as 24 principais teorias conspiratórias que estão tomando conta do debate público e de discussões privadas para ajudá-lo a entender a profundidade do buraco civilizatório em que o Brasil se enfiou.

Com a mesma clareza e didática dos seus mais de 300 vídeos, que conquistaram mais de 580 mil seguidores no YouTube, o Meteoro Brasil explica a ficção e a realidade por trás de kit gay, marxismo cultural, gramscismo, Lei Rouanet, mudança climática, Paulo Freire, globalismo, vacinas e muito mais!]]>
354 Meteoro Brasil 8542217942 Bruno 0 4.26 2019 Tudo O Que Você Precisou Desaprender Para Virar Um Idiota
author: Meteoro Brasil
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Making Games for the Atari 2600 (8bitworkshop Books)]]> 33389760 258 Steven Hugg Bruno 0 4.57 2016 Making Games for the Atari 2600 (8bitworkshop Books)
author: Steven Hugg
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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Humans 53845938 Brandon Stanton’s new book, Humans—his most moving and compelling book to date—shows us the world.

Brandon Stanton created Humans of New York in 2010. What began as a photographic census of life in New York City, soon evolved into a storytelling phenomenon. A global audience of millions began following HONY daily. Over the next several years, Stanton broadened his lens to include people from across the world.

Traveling to more than forty countries, he conducted interviews across continents, borders, and language barriers. Humans is the definitive catalogue of these travels. The faces and locations will vary from page to page, but the stories will feel deeply familiar. Told with candor and intimacy, Humans will resonate with readers across the globe—providing a portrait of our shared experience."]]>
448 Brandon Stanton 1250114306 Bruno 0 to-read 4.57 2020 Humans
author: Brandon Stanton
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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The Gods Themselves 41821
Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun.  They know the truth--but who will listen?  They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy--but who will believe?  These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to the Earth's survival.]]>
288 Isaac Asimov 1857989341 Bruno 0 science-fiction 4.10 1972 The Gods Themselves
author: Isaac Asimov
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1972
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Brave New World: A Graphic Novel]]> 58444853 Available in graphic novel form for the first time, Aldous Huxley's classic novel of authoritarianism Brave New World, adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham, the artist behind the graphic novel edition of To Kill A Mockingbird.

Originally published in 1932, Brave New World is one of the most revered and profound works of twentieth century literature. Touching on themes of control, humanity, technology, and influence, Aldous Huxley's enduring classic is a reflection and a warning of the age in which it was written, yet remains frighteningly relevant today.

With its surreal imagery and otherworldly backdrop, Brave New World adapts beautifully to the graphic novel form. Fred Fordham's singular artistic flair and attention to detail and color captures this thought-provoking novel as never before, and introduces it to a new generation, and countless modern readers, in a fresh and compelling way.]]>
240 Fred Fordham 0063055252 Bruno 4 3.63 2022 Brave New World: A Graphic Novel
author: Fred Fordham
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/02/21
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<![CDATA[To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel]]> 38359009 ‘Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.�

A portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird remains as important today as it was upon its initial publication in 1960, during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement.

Now, reborn as a graphic novel. Scout, Jem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch and the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, are all captured in illustrations by artist Fred Fordham.]]>
279 Fred Fordham 0062798189 Bruno 0 to-read 4.42 2018 To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel
author: Fred Fordham
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Instant: The Story of Polaroid]]> 14577509 192 Christopher Bonanos 1616890851 Bruno 0 to-read 3.85 2012 Instant: The Story of Polaroid
author: Christopher Bonanos
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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Der Wald 98123054 0 Thomas Ott 3551760209 Bruno 4 graphic-novels 4.09 2020 Der Wald
author: Thomas Ott
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/16
date added: 2023/10/15
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The Liminal Zone (Junji Ito) 59365995
After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a “weeping woman”—a professional mourner—sobbing inconsolably at a funeral. Mako changes afterward—she can’t stop crying! In another tale, having decided to die together, a couple enters Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest. What is the shocking otherworldly torrent that they discover there?

One of horror’s greatest talents, Junji Ito beckons readers to join him in an experience of ultimate terror with four transcendently terrifying tales.]]>
210 Junji Ito 1974726444 Bruno 3 graphic-novels 3.96 2022 The Liminal Zone (Junji Ito)
author: Junji Ito
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2023/02/01
date added: 2023/02/08
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Pura Picaretagem 25941508 125 Daniel Bezerra 8580448271 Bruno 0 science 3.42 2013 Pura Picaretagem
author: Daniel Bezerra
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science (Dover Books on Mathematics)]]> 19065131 384 George Gamow 0486135179 Bruno 0 to-read 4.35 1947 One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science (Dover Books on Mathematics)
author: George Gamow
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1947
rating: 0
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Agincourt 3276012 Henry V. It has always been held to be the triumph of the longbow against the armoured knight, and of the common man against the feudal aristocrat, but those are history's myths. Bernard Cornwell, who has long wanted to write this story, depicts the reality behind the myths.

Nicholas Hook is an English archer. He seems born to trouble and, when his lord orders him to London as part of a force sent to quell an expected Lollard uprising, Nick's headstrong behaviour leads to him being proscribed an outlaw. He finds refuge across the Channel, part of an English mercenary force protecting the town of Soissons against the French. What happened at the Siege of Soissons shocked all Europe, and propels Nick back to England where he is enrolled in the archer companyof the doughty Sir John Cornwaille, a leader of Henry V's army. The army was superb, but sickness and the unexpected French defiance at Harfleur, reduce it to near-shambolic condition. Henry stubbornly refuses to accept defeat and, in appalling weather, leads his shrunken force to what appears to be inevitable disaster.

Azincourt culminates in the battle. Seen from several points of view on the English side, but also from the French ranks, the scene is vivid, convincing and compelling. Bernard Cornwell has a great understanding of men at war and battlefields and this is his masterpiece. This is what it must have been like to fight at Agincourt.]]>
453 Bernard Cornwell 0007271212 Bruno 0 to-read 4.16 2008 Agincourt
author: Bernard Cornwell
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Call Me Nathan: A Graphic Novel]]> 56969592 A true coming-of-age story that explores transgender identity

“All I want is a proper body . . . � Born as biologically female, Nathan spends his formative years facing questions without answers, social ostracism from his peers, and incomprehension from his family—because from as early as he can remember, he knows he has been born in the wrong body. But, as his family comes to recognize, a physical identity is harder to change than a piece of clothing or a haircut. So from the moment he is at last supplied with a professional term for his self-diagnosis—“gender dysphoria”—he is able to leave behind his complicated psychological history, the challenges of his self-harming, and his struggles with sexual identity, and begin the difficult process of claiming his true self. Based on a true story, at first hand, Call Me Nathan issues a moving call for understanding, a powerful denunciation of prejudice, and a celebration of everything it means to love.]]>
144 Catherine Castro 1914224019 Bruno 5 graphic-novels 3.73 2018 Call Me Nathan: A Graphic Novel
author: Catherine Castro
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Reverse Design: Chrono Trigger]]> 39967799 90 Patrick Holleman 113832373X Bruno 0 to-read 4.06 Reverse Design: Chrono Trigger
author: Patrick Holleman
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.06
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Ballad for Sophie 56705963 A young journalist prompts a reclusive piano superstar to open up, resulting in this stunning graphic sonata exploring a lifetime of rivalry, regret, and redemption.

1933. In the small French village of Cressy-la-Valoise, a local piano contest brings together two brilliant young players: Julien Dubois, the privileged heir of a wealthy family, and François Samson, the janitor's son. One wins, one loses, and both are changed forever.

1997. In a huge mansion stained with cigarette smoke and memories, a bitter old man is shaken by the unexpected visit of an interviewer. Somewhere between reality and fantasy, Julien composes, like in a musical score, a complex and moving story about the cost of success, rivalry, redemption, and flying pianos.

When all is said and done, did anyone ever truly win? And is there any music left to play?]]>
320 Filipe Melo 1603094989 Bruno 5 graphic-novels 4.53 2020 Ballad for Sophie
author: Filipe Melo
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Paper. Pen. Pandemic.: Viral Cartoons from around the Globe.]]> 58062211 Paper. Pen. Pandemic. Viral cartoons around the globe. The coronavirus crisis and its consequences for economy, politics and society. A critical statement on current events in more than 400 cartoons

The economy put in a critical review on the coronavirus pandemic in more than 400 cartoon

The coronavirus outbreak has paralyzed the an unprecedented stress test for the health system, enormous challenges for politics and society, resulting in unforeseeable effects on the economy. Can we manage this global challenge?

The world leaders and decision-makers in business and politics face difficult tasks every day, because solutions are required quickly. But are the governments' measures to contain the pandemic justified and appropriate? Cartoonists from all over the world have asked themselves these questions. Their drawings and paintings in this illustrated book comment on current events, straight to the point and with a good dose of humor.

- How are world governments managing the coronavirus crisis? A critical examination in more than 400 cartoons

- Joe Dator, Jason Raish, Gerhard Haderer or Bruce International artists and illustrators take a stand on the COVID-19 situation

- »The New Normal«: Did you bring your hand sanitizer and facemask? Our life in times of COVID-19

- A global view on how the pandemic is affecting the economy from Italy, the US to Brazil, South Africa or China

Will the coronavirus crisis trump other urgent issues?

The lockdown created funny hoarding of toilet paper and DIY haircuts as well as video conferencing in sweatpants. Unfortunately, social isolation, fear of the future and economic losses due to short-time working are also part of our new everyday life. The crisis shows which professions are relevant for the economic system. Social imbalances and inequalities are becoming abundantly clear.

At the same time, issues that demanded urgent action before the outbreak of the virus seem to be forgotten, like the refugee crisis, global warming and the world economic crisis. This cartoon book critically comments on the current situation and makes us rethink our priorities!]]>
519 Benevento Publishing 3710951321 Bruno 3 comic-book 3.00 Paper. Pen. Pandemic.: Viral Cartoons from around the Globe.
author: Benevento Publishing
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.00
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rating: 3
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date added: 2022/08/14
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Capão Pecado 11158829 Portugese 150 é 8573027207 Bruno 5 literature 3.86 2000 Capão Pecado
author: é
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography, #2)]]> 20502
Anchored by a detailed discussion of Adams' Zone System and his seminal concept of visualization, The Negative covers artificial and natural light, film and exposure, and darkoom equipment and techniques. Numerous examples of Adams' work clarify the principles discussed. Beautifully illustrated with photographs by Adams as well as instructive line drawings, this classic manual can dramatically improve your photography.]]>
265 Ansel Adams 0821221868 Bruno 0 to-read 4.41 1948 The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography, #2)
author: Ansel Adams
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1948
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Camera (Ansel Adams Photography, #1)]]> 20501 195 Ansel Adams 0821221841 Bruno 0 to-read 4.17 1980 The Camera (Ansel Adams Photography, #1)
author: Ansel Adams
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1980
rating: 0
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Exit Wounds 535578
Exit Wounds is the North American graphic-novel debut from one of Israel’s best-known cartoonists. Modan has received several awards in Israel and abroad, including the Best Illustrated Children’s Book Award from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem four times and Young Artist of the Year by the Israel Ministry of Culture. She is a chosen artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.]]>
168 Rutu Modan 1897299060 Bruno 5 graphic-novels 3.60 2006 Exit Wounds
author: Rutu Modan
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2022/04/25
date added: 2022/04/27
shelves: graphic-novels
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I think it's great. Simple plot, likeable characters, powerful moments.
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<![CDATA[La obsolescencia programada de nuestros sentimientos]]> 53077653 144 Zidrou 8441541655 Bruno 5 graphic-novels 3.70 2018 La obsolescencia programada de nuestros sentimientos
author: Zidrou
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2022/04/23
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The Martian 18007564
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error� are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills � and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit � he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

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384 Andy Weir 0804139024 Bruno 0 to-read 4.41 2011 The Martian
author: Andy Weir
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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Programming Boot Sector Games 52166013 278 Oscar Toledo Gutierrez 0359816312 Bruno 5 4.71 Programming Boot Sector Games
author: Oscar Toledo Gutierrez
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.71
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rating: 5
read at: 2020/01/01
date added: 2022/02/22
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Polina 11196108 Au fil de son enseignement, qu’elle suit des années durant, Polina devenue jeune fille développe avec son mentor une relation complexe, entre antagonisme et soumission � et finit par le quitter pour explorer de nouvelles expériences artistiques, en toute indépendance. Plus tard, devenue vedette internationale dans sa discipline, la jeune femme prendra toute la mesure de sa dette à l’égard de ce maître aussi difficile que lumineux.]]> 214 Bastien Vivès 2203026138 Bruno 5 graphic-novels
Really worth reading it. I just found out there's a movie adaptation, which I'm now excited to see too.]]>
3.90 2011 Polina
author: Bastien Vivès
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2022/02/22
date added: 2022/02/22
shelves: graphic-novels
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For the first half of the book, I was a bit confused and it didn't catch me, but I'm so glad I insisted. The art is weird at first, but truly amazing when you start to understand. The main character, Polina, and her teacher Bojinski have such an interesting visual representation. They're always recognizable even with just a few lines of Vivès' drawing. But I think that what stands here is the ambiguous relationship between those characters.

Really worth reading it. I just found out there's a movie adaptation, which I'm now excited to see too.
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Yellow cab 56616049 Christophe Chabouté Bruno 4 3.61 2021 Yellow cab
author: Christophe Chabouté
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/02/02
date added: 2022/02/02
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The art is absolutely incredible, every shot is a photograph! I'm impressed how Chabouté manages to be so precise. It's not 5 stars because I think there's something off with the protagonist, I fail to fully grasp his motivations and the way he describes the story he's planning sounds a bit silly.
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Cosmic Detective 59604140 168 Jeff Lemire Bruno 3 comic-book, graphic-novels 3.43 2023 Cosmic Detective
author: Jeff Lemire
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Play On: Now, Then, And Fleetwood Mac]]> 18081400 "After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll -- and how the band that has meant everything to me came to define me. I'm looking forward to sharing it with you."

Mick Fleetwood has been a member of the ever-evolving Fleetwood Mac, one of the world's most successful and adored bands, for over four decades. Here he tells the full and candid story of his life as one of music's greatest drummers and bandleaders, the cofounder of the deeply loved supergroup that bears his name and that of his bandmate and lifelong friend John McVie.

In this intimate portrait of a life lived in music, Fleetwood vividly recalls his upbringing tapping along to every song playing on the radio, his experiences as a musician in '60s London, and the earliest permutation of the band featuring Peter Green.

Play On sheds new light on Fleetwood Mac's raucous history, describing the highs and lows of being in the band that Fleetwood was determined to keep together. Here he reflects on the creation of landmark albums such as Rumours and Tusk, the great loves of his life, and the many incredible and outrageous moments of recording, touring, and living with Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood describes these moments with honesty and immediacy, taking us to the very heart of this multilayered journey that has always been anchored in music.

Through it all, from intense love to plaintive heartaches, from collaborations to confrontations, it's been the drive to play on that has prevailed. Now, then, and always, it's Fleetwood Mac.]]>
344 Mick Fleetwood 0316403423 Bruno 0 memoir, music 3.75 2014 Play On: Now, Then, And Fleetwood Mac
author: Mick Fleetwood
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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Berlin 37941619 "If there was ever any doubt of a graphic novel’s ability to achieve a high level of storytelling, this book blows it away."�Newsday

"Astonishing in its scope, breadth and execution."�The Independent

Twenty years in the making, this sweeping masterpiece charts Berlin through the rise of Nazism

During the past two decades, Jason Lutes has quietly created one of the masterworks of the graphic novel golden age. Berlin is one of the high-water marks of the medium: rich in its well-researched historical detail, compassionate in its character studies, and as timely as ever in its depiction of a society slowly awakening to the stranglehold of fascism.

Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens—Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters� lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart.

The city itself is the central protagonist in this historical fiction. Lavish salons, crumbling sidewalks, dusty attics, and train stations: all these places come alive in Lutes� masterful hand. Weimar Berlin was the world’s metropolis, where intellectualism, creativity, and sensuous liberal values thrived, and Lutes maps its tragic, inevitable decline. Devastatingly relevant and beautifully told, Berlin is one of the great epics of the comics medium.]]>
580 Jason Lutes 1770463267 Bruno 0 to-read 4.45 2018 Berlin
author: Jason Lutes
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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The Rust Programming Language 25008661
Known by the Rust community as "The Book," The Rust Programming Language includes concept chapters, where you’ll learn about a particular aspect of Rust, and project chapters, where you’ll apply what you’ve learned so far to build small programs.

The Book opens with a quick hands-on project to introduce the basics then explores key concepts in depth, such as ownership, the type system, error handling, and fearless concurrency. Next come detailed explanations of Rust-oriented perspectives on topics like pattern matching, iterators, and smart pointers, with concrete examples and exercises--taking you from theory to practice.

The Rust Programming Language will show you how to:

Grasp important concepts unique to Rust like ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes
Use Cargo, Rust’s built-in package manager, to build and maintain your code, including downloading and building dependencies
Effectively use Rust’s zero-cost abstractions and employ your own

You’ll learn to develop reliable code that’s speed and memory efficient, while avoiding the infamous and arcane programming pitfalls common at the systems level. When you need to dive down into lower-level control, this guide will show you how without taking on the customary risk of crashes or security holes and without requiring you to learn the fine points of a fickle toolchain.

You’ll also learn how to create command line programs, build single- and multithreaded web servers, and much more.

The Rust Programming Language fully embraces Rust’s potential to empower its users. This friendly and approachable guide will help you build not only your knowledge of Rust but also your ability to program with confidence in a wider variety of domains.]]>
347 Steve Klabnik Bruno 0 to-read 4.50 The Rust Programming Language
author: Steve Klabnik
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.50
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<![CDATA["All You Zombies...": Five Classic Stories]]> 18953725
Robert A. Heinlein's brilliance and diverse talents are on display in this collection of five short stories that range from mind-twisters ("All You Zombies�"), paranoia and surprise ("They�"), hilarious engineering conundrums ("—And They Built a Crooked House"), fantasies ("Our Fair City), and the beautiful, heart-breaking "The Man Who Travelled in Elephants".]]>
89 Robert A. Heinlein Bruno 0 to-read 4.10 2014 "All You Zombies...": Five Classic Stories
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 28757261 Alternative cover edition of ISBN 9781781100219

Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms: a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake surrounding a large letter H.

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with astonishing news—Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter eBooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging, and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.]]>
353 J.K. Rowling Bruno 0 to-read 4.62 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.62
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism]]> 51970461
Amelia Horgan poses three big questions: what is work? How does it harm us? And what can we do about it? Along the way, she explores the many facets of work under capitalism: its encroachment on our personal lives; the proliferation of temporary and zero-hours contracts; burnout; and how different jobs are gendered or racialized.

While abolishing work altogether is not the answer, Lost in Work shows that when workers are able to take control of their workplaces, they become less miserable, and even open doors allowing them to fight back against the elite.]]>
166 Amelia Horgan 0745340911 Bruno 0 to-read 3.91 2021 Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism
author: Amelia Horgan
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason]]> 56199020
"Climate change is a hoax--and so is coronavirus." "Vaccines are bad for you." These days, many of our fellow citizens reject scientific expertise and prefer ideology to facts. They are not merely uninformed--they are misinformed. They cite cherry-picked evidence, rely on fake experts, and believe conspiracy theories. How can we convince such people otherwise? How can we get them to change their minds and accept the facts when they don't believe in facts? In this book, Lee McIntyre shows that anyone can fight back against science deniers, and argues that it's important to do so. Science denial can kill.

Drawing on his own experience--including a visit to a Flat Earth convention--as well as academic research, McIntyre outlines the common themes of science denialism, present in misinformation campaigns ranging from tobacco companies' denial in the 1950s that smoking causes lung cancer to today's anti-vaxxers. He describes attempts to use his persuasive powers as a philosopher to convert Flat Earthers; surprising discussions with coal miners; and conversations with a scientist friend about genetically modified organisms in food. McIntyre offers tools and techniques for communicating the truth and values of science, emphasizing that the most important way to reach science deniers is to talk to them calmly and respectfully--to put ourselves out there, and meet them face to face.]]>
264 Lee McIntyre 0262046105 Bruno 0 to-read 3.85 2021 How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
author: Lee McIntyre
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking � for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers]]> 34507927 The Take Smart Notes principle is based on established psychological insight and draws from a tried and tested note-taking-technique. This is the first comprehensive guide and description of this system in English, and not only does it explain how it works, but also why. It suits students and academics in the social sciences and humanities, nonfiction writers and others who are in the business of reading, thinking and writing.
Instead of wasting your time searching for notes, quotes or references, you can focus on what really thinking, understanding and developing new ideas in writing. It does not matter if you prefer taking notes with pen and paper or on a computer, be it Windows, Mac or Linux. And you can start right away.]]>
178 Sönke Ahrens Bruno 0 to-read 4.10 2017 How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
author: Sönke Ahrens
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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Sob o Solo 52273179 Sob o Solo é uma lufada de ar fresco nos quadrinhos, ao apresentar um tema espinhoso em um estilo artístico ímpar, minimalista e cheio de sutilezas. Após um ataque sofrido por sua unidade em campo de batalha, uma dupla de soldados se vê obrigada a refugiar-se em um esconderijo debaixo da terra para sobreviver. Enclausurados e com um deles gravemente ferido, a única esperança dos dois é utilizar um velho rádio comunicador para chamar reforços e serem, enfim, resgatados. Mas o tempo passa de maneira implacável e, diante da remota possibilidade de salvação, assombrada pela expectativa constante de caírem nas garras do inimigo ou de morrerem esquecidos, paranoia, medo e frustrações se desenrolam conforme ambos vão se conhecendo mais intimamente, deixando vir à tona arrependimentos, derrotas e sonhos.

Em Sob o Solo, os autores Bianca Pinheiro e Greg Stella fazem o leitor acompanhar o processo de degeneração de dois homens e proporcionam um mergulho em suas almas, de onde só será possível sair muito tempo após o término do livro. São 104 páginas de uma arte única, que, ao abrir mão de diversas possibilidades narrativas dos quadrinhos, se torna completamente inovadora e intrínseca à sua história. Esta é uma das primeiras obras a integrar o selo Original Pipoca & Nanquim, cuja proposta é oferecer ao leitor o que há de melhor no quadrinho e na literatura nacional, sempre com a qualidade editorial e o acabamento gráfico à altura das obras e do desejo dos fãs. O quadrinho tem capa dura com acabamento texturizado e verniz localizado, miolo preto e branco em papel pólen bold, formato americano e prefácio do jornalista Ramon Vitral.]]>
104 Bianca Pinheiro 8593695418 Bruno 4 graphic-novels 3.74 2019 Sob o Solo
author: Bianca Pinheiro
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2021/12/05
date added: 2021/12/07
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As Cinco Linguagens do Amor 21911529 139 Gary Chapman 8573259280 Bruno 3 4.30 1990 As Cinco Linguagens do Amor
author: Gary Chapman
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1990
rating: 3
read at: 2021/12/06
date added: 2021/12/06
shelves: personal-development, psychology
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Alone 35506094 Park Bench, Moby-Dick).

On a tiny lighthouse island far from the rest of the world, a lonely hermit lives out his existence. Every week a supply boat leaves provisions, its occupants never meeting him, never asking the obvious questions: Who are you? Why do you hide? Why do you never leave? What is it like to be so alone?

Years spent on a deserted rock—a lifetime, really—with imagination his sole companion has made the lighthouse keeper something more than alone, something else entirely. For him, what lies beyond the horizon might be...nothing. And so, why not stay put? But one day, as a new boatman starts asking the questions all others have avoided, a chain of events unfolds that will irrevocably upend the hermit’s solitary life....

Filled with stunning and richly executed black-and-white illustrations, Alone is Chabouté’s masterpiece—an unforgettable tale where tenderness, despair, and humor intertwine to flawlessly portray how someone can be an everyman, and every man is someone.

Translated from the French by Ivanka Hahnenberger.]]>
384 Christophe Chabouté 150115401X Bruno 5 graphic-novels 4.47 2008 Alone
author: Christophe Chabouté
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2020/09/07
date added: 2020/09/07
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
Very contemplative as always. Chabouté is a master of making very simple stories become big and emotional.
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<![CDATA[Tormenta: O governo Bolsonaro: crises, intrigas e segredos (Portuguese Edition)]]> 50520712 Um retrato implacável do primeiro ano de Bolsonaro no poder.

De uma das eleições presidenciais mais polarizadas da história republicana, sai vitorioso Jair Messias Bolsonaro, ex-capitão do Exército que chegou a defender publicamente a tortura, autor de não mais que dois projetos de lei aprovados ao longo de 27 anos de mandato como deputado e merecedor de apenas três dos 512 votos de seus pares na última vez que tentou se eleger presidente da Casa, em 2017.A partir de um rigoroso trabalho de reportagem, Tormenta revela como opera o governo do 38o presidente da República, que forças se digladiam entre as paredes do Palácio do Planalto e de que forma as crenças e os temores � reais e imaginários � de Bolsonaro e de seus filhos influenciam os rumos do país. O livro traz detalhes surpreendentes sobre a crise interna de seu mandato, revelando segredos dos generais que o cercam no Palácio, intrigas que corroem o primeiro escalão do poder e bastidores que não chegaram aos jornais.Mais do que mostrar as peculiaridades e a dinâmica do governo de Jair Bolsonaro � e de nos situar no calendário dos atribulados primeiros 365 dias de sua gestão �, a narrativa de Thaís Oyama ajuda o leitor a compreender o ano que passou e a vislumbrar o que nos aguarda.]]>
235 Thaís Oyama 8554516400 Bruno 5 politics 3.60 Tormenta: O governo Bolsonaro: crises, intrigas e segredos (Portuguese Edition)
author: Thaís Oyama
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.60
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2020/09/07
date added: 2020/09/07
shelves: politics
review:
Embora o segundo ano de governo tenha já sido extremamente mais bizarro que o primeiro, é interessante ver como coisas que só se desenrolaram mais recentemente tiveram raízes na campanha ou no começo do primeiro ano.
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Grass 41940333 This true story of a Korean comfort woman documents how the atrocity of war devastates women’s lives

Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War—a disputed chapter in twentieth-century Asian history.

Beginning in Lee’s childhood, Grass shows the lead-up to the war from a child’s vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee’s strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee’s memories.

The cartoonist Gendry-Kim’s interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful nonfiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee’s wartime suffering changed her. Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace.]]>
480 Keum Suk Gendry-Kim 1770463623 Bruno 5 graphic-novels, memoir 4.46 2017 Grass
author: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2020/08/28
date added: 2020/08/28
shelves: graphic-novels, memoir
review:
Fantastic art and excellent storytelling about the situation of the "comfort women", sex slaves kept by Japan during the WW2.
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<![CDATA[The Incal (The Incal Saga, #1)]]> 10842223 307 Alejandro Jodorowsky 1594650152 Bruno 5 4.12 1981 The Incal (The Incal Saga, #1)
author: Alejandro Jodorowsky
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1981
rating: 5
read at: 2020/08/11
date added: 2020/08/11
shelves: graphic-novels, science-fiction
review:
Really fun adventure with astonishing art by Moebius!
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<![CDATA[My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel]]> 12959045 Derf Backderf, “Jeff� was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides.

In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche � a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and one readers will never forget.]]>
224 Derf Backderf 1419702173 Bruno 4 graphic-novels, memoir 3.91 2012 My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel
author: Derf Backderf
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2020/07/02
date added: 2020/07/02
shelves: graphic-novels, memoir
review:
Thrilling story of a yet-to-be serial killer Absolute gorgeous art and catching narrative. Totally worth it.
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<![CDATA[Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks]]> 65940 383 R. Reid Wilson 0060951605 Bruno 0 to-read 3.90 1986 Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks
author: R. Reid Wilson
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1986
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Foundations of Game Engine Development, Volume 2: Rendering]]> 52379291 412 Eric Lengyel 0985811757 Bruno 0 to-read 4.17 Foundations of Game Engine Development, Volume 2: Rendering
author: Eric Lengyel
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)]]> 40603587
But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good... and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

Librarian's Note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0010SIPT4]]>
400 Andrzej Sapkowski Bruno 5 fantasy 4.12 1993 The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1993
rating: 5
read at: 2020/02/24
date added: 2020/02/24
shelves: fantasy
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Saga, Compendium One 44313716
Collecting the first nine volumes of the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling series into one massive paperback, this compendium tells the entire story (so far!) of a girl named Hazel and her star-crossed parents. Features over 1,300 pages of gorgeously graphic full-color artwork, including a new cover from Eisner Award-winning SAGA co-creator FIONA STAPLES.

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1328 Brian K. Vaughan 153431346X Bruno 5 graphic-novels 4.70 2019 Saga, Compendium One
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.70
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2020/02/23
date added: 2020/02/23
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<![CDATA[Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64, ARM, Windows Kernel, Reversing Tools, and Obfuscation]]> 18227589 384 Bruce Dang 1118787315 Bruno 0 to-read 4.05 2014 Practical Reverse Engineering: x86, x64, ARM, Windows Kernel, Reversing Tools, and Obfuscation
author: Bruce Dang
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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The Order of Time 45427805
With his extraordinary charm and sense of wonder, bringing together science, art and philosophy, Carlo Rovelli unravels this mystery, inviting us to imagine a world where time is in us and we are not in time.]]>
182 Carlo Rovelli 0141984961 Bruno 0 to-read 4.06 2017 The Order of Time
author: Carlo Rovelli
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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Moonshadow 41758030 Known as America's first fully painted graphic novel, the poetic, philosophical, and groundbreaking Moonshadow gets a deluxe hardcover treatment, with a new introduction by writer J.M. DeMatteis and a new bonus section featuring concept art and early notes from the creative team.

A romantic, unreliable narrator leads us through his interplanetary coming-of-age story, as an older Moonshadow recounts his strange mixed-species birth in outer space, his escape from a deep-space zoo, and his struggles to survive in a war-torn universe.

With gorgeous watercolor artwork by Jon J Muth, this influential, timeless "fairy tale for adults" also includes the Farewell Moonshadow illustrated novella that gives fans a look at Moon's life after his tumultuous, space-faring teens and misadventures with the miscreant Ira. Digitally restored and including all original cover work, this volume also includes illustrations by Kent Williams and George Pratt and lettering by Kevin Nowlan. A sci-fi fantasy that Ray Bradbury called, "Beautiful, original, haunting," and DeMatteis himself calls "Dickens' David Copperfield meets Siddhartha in space."]]>
512 J.M. DeMatteis 150670946X Bruno 0 to-read 3.92 1989 Moonshadow
author: J.M. DeMatteis
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Hacking: The Art of Exploitation w/CD]]> 61619 264 Jon Erickson 1593270070 Bruno 0 to-read 4.15 2003 Hacking: The Art of Exploitation w/CD
author: Jon Erickson
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them]]> 38255329
“No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS� CHOICE � With a new preface � A Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history.

As the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don’t have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. In fact, fascism’s roots have been present in the United States long before Donald Trump.

Alarmed by the pervasive rise of fascist tactics both at home and around the globe, Stanley focuses here on the structures that unite them, laying out and analyzing the ten pillars of fascist politics—the language and beliefs that separate people into an “us� and a “them.� He knits together reflections on history, philosophy, sociology, and critical race theory with stories from contemporary Hungary, Poland, India, Myanmar, and the United States, among other nations. He makes clear the immense danger of underestimating the cumulative power of these tactics, which include

� exploiting a mythic version of a nation’s past
� propaganda that twists the language of democratic ideals against themselves
� anti-intellectualism directed against universities and experts
� law and order politics predicated on the assumption that members of minority groups are criminals
� fierce attacks on labor groups and welfare

These mechanisms all build on one another, creating and reinforcing divisions and shaping a society vulnerable to the appeals of authoritarian leadership.

By uncovering disturbing patterns that are as prevalent today as ever, Stanley reveals that the stuff of politics—charged by rhetoric and myth—can quickly become policy and reality. Only by recognizing fascists politics, he argues, may we resist its most harmful effects and return to democratic ideals.]]>
240 Jason F. Stanley 0525511830 Bruno 0 to-read 4.21 2018 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
author: Jason F. Stanley
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness]]> 33113683
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman’s exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told using expressive artwork that invokes both laughter and tears, this moving and highly entertaining single volume depicts not only the artist’s burgeoning sexuality, but many other personal aspects of her life that will resonate with readers.]]>
144 Kabi Nagata 1626926034 Bruno 4 memoir, graphic-novels 4.11 2016 My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
author: Kabi Nagata
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2020/01/27
date added: 2020/01/30
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<![CDATA[Digo te amo pra todos que me fodem bem]]> 45184425
Fugindo da puta e da santa, estereótipos que predominam na literatura erótica escrita por homens e mulheres, nesta sua primeira narrativa longa, Seane busca um lugar pra chamar de seu no erotismo, passeando pelo tema da sexualidade com mais dúvidas do que certezas. “Meu desafio era escrever uma mulher que fosse ao mesmo tempo desejante, mas não sempre disponível como normalmente lia nas narrativas eróticas. Para isso, tentei construir uma narrativa em que o sexo não fosse idealizado, mas ainda fosse bom. O mais importante era imprimir as sensações da personagem na experiência�, revela.

Ao recontar suas experiências com João, Mateus e Thiago - num formato que, aí sim, se assemelha a um clássico da literatura erótica: o diário - Vanessa dialoga com produções que se arriscam pelas relações amorosas contemporâneas e exploram em maior ou menor dose a transitoriedade e instabilidade das relações atuais.]]>
181 Seane Melo 8557030274 Bruno 3 3.31 2019 Digo te amo pra todos que me fodem bem
author: Seane Melo
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.31
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2019/11/07
date added: 2019/11/07
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Nimona 31819640 Até conhecer Nimona, Ballister fazia planos que jamais davam certo. Felizmente, a garota tem muitas sugestões para reverter esse quadro. Infelizmente, a maioria envolve explosões, sangue e mortes. Agora, Coração-Negro não só tem que enfrentar seu arqui-inimigo e ex-amigo, o célebre e heroico Sir Ambrosius Ouropelvis, mas também impedir que a fiel comparsa destrua todo o reino ao tentar ajudá-lo.
Uma história subversiva e irreverente que mistura magia, ciência, ação e muito humor sobre camadas e mais camadas de reflexão � entre uma batalha e outra, é claro.]]>
272 N.D. Stevenson 8580579023 Bruno 0 graphic-novels 4.44 2015 Nimona
author: N.D. Stevenson
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at: 2017/03/22
date added: 2019/10/25
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Be Prepared 30623067 Anya's Ghost.

All Vera wants to do is fit in—but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera’s single mother can’t afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range—Russian summer camp.

Vera is sure she's found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined. And nothing could prepare her for all the "cool girl" drama, endless Russian history lessons, and outhouses straight out of nightmares!

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Cece Bell, and Victoria Jamieson, Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared is a funny and relatable middle-grade graphic novel about navigating your own culture, struggling to belong, and cherishing true friendship.]]>
256 Vera Brosgol 162672444X Bruno 4 graphic-novels, memoir 4.06 2018 Be Prepared
author: Vera Brosgol
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2019/10/16
date added: 2019/10/16
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<![CDATA[The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]>
311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Bruno 0 to-read 4.15 1985 The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Foundations of Game Engine Development, Volume 1: Mathematics]]> 32606224 188 Eric Lengyel 0985811749 Bruno 0 to-read 4.24 Foundations of Game Engine Development, Volume 1: Mathematics
author: Eric Lengyel
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.24
book published:
rating: 0
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Virgem Depois dos 30 44643700 244 Atsuhiko Nakamura 8593695221 Bruno 0 to-read 4.04 2016 Virgem Depois dos 30
author: Atsuhiko Nakamura
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences]]> 22492102 222 Tynan Sylvester 1306811902 Bruno 0 to-read 4.55 2013 Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences
author: Tynan Sylvester
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Malala: A menina mais corajosa do mundo]]> 24016665 Ela só queria estudar.
E por isso o Talibã tentou matá-la.

“Ao torná-la um alvo, os extremistas mostraram o que eles mais temem: uma menina com um livro. Malala comprova o poder da educação para construir a paz. Ela é um exemplo para todo o mundo.�
Ban Ki-moon, secretário-geral das Nações Unidas

“Se Malala fez o que fez e enfrentou o Talibã correndo risco de vida, não existe nenhuma desculpa para cada um de nós. Temos que levantar as mangas e lutar para que o mundo seja um lugar melhor.�
Jody Williams, vencedora do Prêmio Nobel da Paz

“Malala realiza uma trabalho inspirador e apaixonado em favor da educação.�
Mensagem oficial da Casa Branca

“Malala é poderosa! E é também uma menina amorosa, doce e criativa.�
Angelina Jolie, atriz e embaixadora do Alto Comissariado das Nações Unidas para os Refugiados

Malala tinha apenas 11 anos quando decidiu levantar a voz e lutar para que mulheres e meninas tivessem os mesmos direitos que os homens em seu país, o Paquistão. Com o apoio da família, Malala escolheu gritar um basta às diferenças. Lutou sem armas ou violência, com a coragem das palavras e da educação, com a força da verdade e da inocência. Aos 15 anos, em um dia como outro qualquer a caminho da escola, Malala descobriu que o Talibã queria matá-la.

De maneira grandiosa e emocionante, este livro revela a trajetória, os medos e os sonhos da mais jovem candidata ao Prêmio Nobel da Paz. A história de Malala comove e inspira pais, educadores e jovens, especialmente num país como o Brasil, em que a educação é a grande prioridade e o principal motor de transformações sociais.

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121 Viviana Mazza 8522029512 Bruno 0 memoir 3.56 2013 Malala: A menina mais corajosa do mundo
author: Viviana Mazza
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at: 2016/04/04
date added: 2019/06/18
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<![CDATA[Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams]]> 36303871
Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking, and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.

Now, in this book, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. Looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom as well as major human studies, Why We Sleep delves in to everything from what really happens during REM sleep to how caffeine and alcohol affect sleep and why our sleep patterns change across a lifetime, transforming our appreciation of the extraordinary phenomenon that safeguards our existence.]]>
360 Matthew Walker 0141983760 Bruno 0 to-read 4.40 2017 Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
author: Matthew Walker
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[A Arte de Produzir Efeito Sem Causa]]> 6322468 Enquanto se entrega a reminiscências e persegue objetivos pequenos e imediatos - a próxima refeição, o resgate de uma dívida com o antigo chefe, o dinheiro para o próximo cigarro -, Júnior começa a roer a corda que separa sanidade e loucura, e dá passos numa espiral aterradora que engole todos que o cercam.]]> 206 Lourenço Mutarelli 8535912622 Bruno 3 fiction, novel 3.99 2008 A Arte de Produzir Efeito Sem Causa
author: Lourenço Mutarelli
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 2019/05/05
date added: 2019/05/07
shelves: fiction, novel
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The Alcoholic 3261275
This touching, compassionate, ultimately humorous story explores the heart of a failing writer who's coming off a doomed romance and searching for hope. Unfortunately, the first place his search takes him is the bottom of a bottle as he careens from one off-kilter encounter to another in search of himself.]]>
136 Jonathan Ames 1401210562 Bruno 5 graphic-novels, memoir
Something very interesting is how the narrative is unfurled, there are no chapters and everything is linked up, just like a big stream of consciousness. Even though the story tells basically all the character's life, from early teen to forties, the story flows very well.

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3.77 2008 The Alcoholic
author: Jonathan Ames
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 2019/04/10
date added: 2019/04/10
shelves: graphic-novels, memoir
review:
I read that in one sitting because it really got me. I've really been touched by some parts.

Something very interesting is how the narrative is unfurled, there are no chapters and everything is linked up, just like a big stream of consciousness. Even though the story tells basically all the character's life, from early teen to forties, the story flows very well.

Oh, and the art is fantastic!
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The Sculptor 22040598 what  to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love of his life at the 11th hour isn't making it any easier! 

This is a story of desire taken to the edge of reason and beyond; of the frantic, clumsy dance steps of young love; and a gorgeous, street-level portrait of the world's greatest city. It's about the small, warm, human moments of everyday life…and the great surging forces that lie just under the surface. Scott McCloud wrote the book on how comics work; now he vaults into great fiction with a breathtaking, funny, and unforgettable new work.]]>
488 Scott McCloud 1596435739 Bruno 4 graphic-novels 3.99 2015 The Sculptor
author: Scott McCloud
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2019/03/20
date added: 2019/03/21
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
I agree that most characters in this book are very known tropes and most situations are clichés--at some points it was really annoying me--, however the art and narrative are so well constructed that even the "same concepts all over again" were very pleasing to read. And due to the size of the book, the time you take reading it makes you feel by the characters, which makes the ending very powerful.
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<![CDATA[Ray Tracing in One Weekend (Ray Tracing Minibooks Book 1)]]> 28794030 49 Peter Shirley Bruno 5 programming 4.52 Ray Tracing in One Weekend (Ray Tracing Minibooks Book 1)
author: Peter Shirley
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.52
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2019/03/11
date added: 2019/03/11
shelves: programming
review:
Very practical book to get into ray tracing.
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<![CDATA[Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)]]> 51964
The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-- and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.

Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.

John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine--and what he will become is far stranger.]]>
318 John Scalzi 0765348276 Bruno 0 to-read 4.22 2005 Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
author: John Scalzi
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/03/07
shelves: to-read
review:

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<![CDATA[Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software]]> 44882
Using everyday objects and familiar language systems such as Braille and Morse code, author Charles Petzold weaves an illuminating narrative for anyone who’s ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines.

It’s a cleverly illustrated and eminently comprehensible story—and along the way, you’ll discover you’ve gained a real context for understanding today’s world of PCs, digital media, and the Internet. No matter what your level of technical savvy, CODE will charm you—and perhaps even awaken the technophile within.]]>
396 Charles Petzold 0735611319 Bruno 0 to-read 4.40 1999 Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
author: Charles Petzold
name: Bruno
average rating: 4.40
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/03/07
shelves: to-read
review:

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<![CDATA[Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others]]> 14514115
In this highly entertaining book, Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman cover basic patterns and anti-patterns for working with other people, teams, and users while trying to develop software. It's valuable information from two respected software engineers whose popular video series, "Working with Poisonous People," has attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers.

You'll learn how to deal with imperfect people--those irrational and unpredictable beings--in the course of your work. And you'll discover why playing well with others is at least as important as having great technical skills. By internalizing the techniques in this book, you'll get more software written, be more influential, be happier in your career.]]>
191 Brian W. Fitzpatrick 1449302440 Bruno 0 to-read 3.96 2012 Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others
author: Brian W. Fitzpatrick
name: Bruno
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2019/03/07
shelves: to-read
review:

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