The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman
By: Davi Kopenawa
4.59
Format: 648 pages, Hardcover
The Falling Sky is a remarkable first-person account of the life story and cosmo-ecological thought…
Want to Read $ 20.44"Acho que vocês deveriam sonhar a terra, pois ela tem coração e respira."-Davi Kopenawa, The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman
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1. A Cabeça do Santo
By: Socorro Acioli
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Desenvolvido na oficina de Gabriel García Márquez, o romance de Socorro Acioli conta a história de … read more
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- brazil
"A consciência da solidão doía mais que qualquer outra dor."-Socorro Acioli, A Cabeça do Santo
"[...] porque às vezes nem Deus livra o homem de enlouquecer. O demônio é artista."-Socorro Acioli, A Cabeça do Santo
"Era tudo tão lindo que nem coube nos seus pequenos sonhos. Ela precisou aprender a sonhar mais."-Socorro Acioli, A Cabeça do Santo
2. Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
By: Audre Lorde
4.65
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
"There are many kinds of power, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise." Thus begins this power… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
"The aim of each thing which we do is to make our lives and the lives of our children richer and more possible."-Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
"For once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel in accordance with that joy which we know ourselves to be ca…"-Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
"And that deep and irreplaceable knowledge of my capacity for joy comes to demand from all of my life that it be lived within the knowledge that such satisfaction is possible, and does not have to be …"-Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
"We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. But, once recognized, those which do not enhance our future lose their power and can be altered. The fear of our desires ke…"-Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
3. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
By: None
4.26
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Across North America, Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of fed… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
4. Tristes Tropiques
By: Claude Lévi-Strauss , John Weightman , Doreen Weightman
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tristes Tropiquesbegins with the line 'I hate travelling and explorers', yet during his life Claude… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
- anthropology
5. Capitães da Areia
By: Jorge Amado
4.36
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Capitães da Areia é o livro de Jorge Amado mais vendido no mundo inteiro. Publicado em 1937, teve … read more
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- brazil
"Porque a revolução é uma pátria e uma família."-Jorge Amado, Capitães da Areia
"Господь улыбается, как негритенок. («Генералы песчаных карьеров»)"-Jorge Amado, Capitães da Areia
"Mas já tinham sido desiguais na terra, a balança pendia sempre para um lado."-Jorge Amado, Capitães da Areia
"Que culpa eles têm? Roubam para comer porque todos estes ricos que têm para botar fora, para dar para as igrejas, não se lembram que existem crianças com fome."-Jorge Amado, Capitães da Areia
6. How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
By: Eduardo Kohn
4.71
Format: 595 pages, Paperback
Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very founda… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- anthropology
7. Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
By: Carolina Maria de Jesus , None
4.47
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
O diário da catadora de papel Carolina Maria de Jesus deu origem à este livro, que relata o cotidia… read more
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- history
- brazil
- biography
- memoir
"Why is it that the saints of June are honored with fire?"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
"A noite está tépida. O céu está salpicado de estrelas. Eu que sou exótica gostaria de recortar um pedaço do céu para fazer um vestido"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
"Eskiden unlu maddeler pahalı idi. Şimdi de pirinç ve fasulye onları gölgede bıraktı.Yeni zenginler gibi asillerin tarafına geçtiler. Demek siz de, fasulye ve pirinç, bizi terkettiniz?"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
"Skeçler yazıp sirk müdürüne götürdüm. Bana, "Ne yazık ki zencisiniz." diye cevap verdiler. Kıvırcık saçlarımla, esmer tenimi ne kadar sevdiğimi unutuyorlar halbuki. Hatta zencilerin saçlarını beyazla…"-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada
8. The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Edna Hatlestad Hong , Howard Vincent Hong
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A companion piece to The Concept of Anxiety, this work continues Soren Kierkegaard's radical and co… read more
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9. Songs of Innocence and of Experience
By: William Blake
4.09
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an collection of poems by William Blake. Note: For a com… read more
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"Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face;"-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
"Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door."-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
"And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires."-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
"Can I see anothers woe, And not be in sorrow too. Can I see anothers grief, And not seek for kind relief. - On Anothers Sorrow "-William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
10. A Cup of Rage
By: Raduan Nassar , Stefan Tobler
2.69
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
'Yes, bastard, you're the one I love' A pair of lovers - a young female journalist and an older man… read more
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11. Philosophical Investigations
By: Ludwig Wittgenstein , G.E.M. Anscombe
3.68
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Philosophische Untersuchungen is, with the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one of two major works b… read more
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12. The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
By: Amitav Ghosh
4.05
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well… read more
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- climate change
- nonfiction
- history
"[T]he great, irreplaceable potentiality of fiction is that it makes possible the imagining of possibilities."-Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
"[C]apitalist trade and industry cannot thrive without access to military and political power. State interventions have always been critical to its advancement."-Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
"Where it concerns human beings, it is almost always true that the more anxiously we look for purity the more likely we are to come upon admixture and interbreeding."-Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
"As an instrument of empowerment oil has been spectacularly effective in removing the levers of power from the reach of the populace. "No matter how many people take to the streets in massive marches,…"-Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
13. Olhos d'Água
By: Conceição Evaristo
4.44
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Em Olhos d’água Conceição Evaristo ajusta o foco de seu interesse na população afro-brasileira abor… read more
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- brazil
"O amor é um poço misterioso onde se acumulam águas-lágrimas?"-Conceição Evaristo, Olhos d'Água
"Maria queria tanto dizer ao filho que o pai havia mandado um abraço, um beijo, um carinho."-Conceição Evaristo, Olhos d'Água
"E entendeu também qual seria a sua vida. É, ia ficar. Ia entrar-entrando sem saber quando e por que parar."-Conceição Evaristo, Olhos d'Água
"Lembrou-se então de que era uma mulher e não uma máquina desenfreada, louca, programada para corrercorrer."-Conceição Evaristo, Olhos d'Água
14. Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
By: Silvia Federici
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Literary Nonfiction. CALIBAN AND THE WITCH is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism… read more
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15. Manifesto Cyborg
By: Donna J. Haraway
3.26
Format: 32 pages,
Dopo aver tematizzato l'esistenza del cyborg, "creatura della realta sociale econtemporaneamente de… read more
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16. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
By: Machado de Assis
4.25
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A publicação de 'Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas' não só inaugura o Realismo no Brasil, como inicia… read more
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- brazil
"Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Em verdade vos digo que toda a sabedoria humana não vale um par de botas curtas."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"Diz que o homem tem “uma grande vantagem sobre o resto do universo: sabe que morre, ao passo que o universo ignora-o absolutamente"-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
"هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح میکند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح میشود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش."-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
17. The Laugh of the Medusa
By: Hélène Cixous
4.09
Format: None pages,
Cixous is issuing her female readers an ultimatum of sorts: either they can read it and choose to s… read more
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18. The Birth of Tragedy
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside
3.99
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
19. O Amanhã Não Está à Venda
By: Ailton Krenak
4.29
Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition
As reflexões de um de nossos maiores pensadores indígenas sobre a pandemia que parou o mundo. Há v… read more
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- brazil
- indigenous
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- anthropology
20. A Natureza da Mordida
By: Carla Madeira
4.40
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
A Natureza da Mordida, segundo livro de Carla Madeira, autora de “Tudo é rio”, é um livro sobre a a… read more
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- brazil
21. The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.60
Format: 5 pages, ebook
In The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, visionary author Ursula K. Le Guin retells the story of human… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- history
22. Ideias Para Adiar o Fim do Mundo
By: Ailton Krenak
4.25
Format: 71 pages, Kindle Edition
Uma parábola sobre os tempos atuais, por um de nossos maiores pensadores indígenas. Ailton Krena… read more
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- brazil
- indigenous
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- climate change
- anthropology
"Eu não percebo onde tem alguma coisa que não seja natureza. Tudo é natureza. O cosmos é natureza. Tudo em que eu consigo pensar é natureza."-Ailton Krenak, Ideias Para Adiar o Fim do Mundo
"Os únicos núcleos que ainda consideram que precisam ficar agarrados nessa terra são aqueles que ficaram meio esquecidos pelas bordas do planeta, nas margens dos rios, nas beiras dos oceanos, na Áfric…"-Ailton Krenak, Ideias Para Adiar o Fim do Mundo
23. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
4.25
Format: 441 pages, Paperback
How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourse… read more
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- nonfiction
"In other words, I want an erotic that demands space be made for honest bodies that like to also fuck."-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
"revolution cannot be created by conforming to existing roles in relationships already defined by the systems we want to overthrow."-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
"Women and femmes who love money are free to be demanding. The world has tried to fool them into thinking that getting paid for care or sex “cheapens"-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
"Money buys protection. It buys time off and privacy. And it buys nice, pretty shit. Money also buys food, housing, and health care. Getting paid enough to meet our needs—and more—feels good. I’m not …"-Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
24. Salvar o fogo
By: Itamar Vieira Junior
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A história contada em Salvar o fogo tem várias camadas e muitos significados. Sua força reside na f… read more
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25. You Dreamed of Empires
By: Álvaro Enrigue
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagine… read more
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26. The Possession
By: Annie Ernaux
3.75
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE “The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can … read more
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"The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city, the whole world, with a person you have never met."-Annie Ernaux, The Possession
"Writing has been a way to save that which is no longer my reality – a sensation seizing me from head to foot, in the streets – but has become ''the possession,'’ a period of time, circumscribed and c…"-Annie Ernaux, The Possession
27. Um Defeito de Cor
By: Ana Maria Gonçalves
4.75
Format: 952 pages, Paperback
Fascinante história de uma africana idosa, cega e à beira da morte, que viaja da África para o Bras… read more
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- brazil
28. O pacto da branquitude
By: Maria Aparecida Silva Bento
4.50
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Diante de dezenas de recusas em processos seletivos, Cida Bento identificou um padrão: por mais qua… read more
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- brazil
- nonfiction
29. The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman
By: Davi Kopenawa
4.59
Format: 648 pages, Hardcover
The Falling Sky is a remarkable first-person account of the life story and cosmo-ecological thought… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- brazil
- indigenous
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- climate change
- anthropology
"Acho que vocês deveriam sonhar a terra, pois ela tem coração e respira."-Davi Kopenawa, The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman
30. Sodomita
By: Alexandre Vidal Porto
4.07
Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition
O novo romance de Vidal Porto nos conduz ao século XVII, quando a homossexualidade era um crime cuj… read more
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31. La cárcel del feminismo: Hacia un pensamiento islámico decolonial
By: Sirin Adlbi Sibai
4.22
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Inspirándose principalmente en el pensamiento decolonial latinoamericano, en los llamados feminismo… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
