The Human Advantage: A New Understanding of How Our Brain Became Remarkable
By: Suzana Herculano-Houzel
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Why our human brains are awesome, and how we left our cousins, the great apes, a tale of neurons a…
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1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
By: Atul Gawande
4.49
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine … read more
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- medicine
- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
2. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #… read more
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- nonfiction
- evolution
- psychology
- science
"Consistency is the playground of dull minds"-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
"Money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised."-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
"There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination."-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
"Obesity is a double victory for consumerism. Instead of eating little, which will lead to economic contraction, people eat too much and then buy diet products - contributing to economic growth twice …"-Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
3. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
By: Atul Gawande , None
3.98
Format: 574 pages,
In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medic… read more
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- medicine
- nonfiction
- science
4. Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
By: Leonard Mlodinow
3.69
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Leonard Mlodinow, the best-selling author of The Drunkard's Walkand coauthor of The Grand Design(wi… read more
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- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
5. The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
By: Daniel J. Levitin
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
6. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.26
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its fir… read more
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7. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
8. 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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"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
9. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more
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10. Different Seasons
By: Stephen King
4.21
Format: 391 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A "hypnotic" (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas from Stephen King bound t… read more
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11. 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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"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
12. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more
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13. Twilight of the Idols
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Tracy B. Strong , Richard Polt
3.45
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Twilight of the Idols. Nietzsche's own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a … read more
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14. Brief Answers to the Big Questions
By: Stephen Hawking
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"I use the word “God"-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"This “Hawking temperature"-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
15. O Avesso da Pele
By: Jeferson Tenório
4.55
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Um romance sobre identidade e as complexas relações raciais, sobre violência e negritude, O avesso … read more
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"É inventando que consigo ser honesto."-Jeferson Tenório, O Avesso da Pele
"Compreender as ações dos pais leva anos, às vezes a vida inteira."-Jeferson Tenório, O Avesso da Pele
"A vida simplesmente acontecia e você simplesmente passava por ela."-Jeferson Tenório, O Avesso da Pele
"Lembre-se que é ao lado de outra pessoa que aprendemos a nos conhecer."-Jeferson Tenório, O Avesso da Pele
16. Torto Arado
By: Itamar Vieira Junior
4.49
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Vencedor dos prémios LeYa (2018) e Jabuti, finalista do Oceanos (2020). Um livro comovente que traz… read more
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"Olha, dona"-Itamar Vieira Junior, Torto Arado
"Durante algum tempo, pensei que pudesse haver uma ruptura entre nossas famílias, mas o perdão aflorava da bênção que poderia ser o retorno de alguém de qual somos parte."-Itamar Vieira Junior, Torto Arado
"Você incutiu naquelas vidas um respeito grande por suas próprias histórias. Mas agora nem você conseguia mais se iluminar com a esperança de que a mudança fosse possível, muito menos acreditava que a…"-Itamar Vieira Junior, Torto Arado
17. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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- biology
- evolution
- psychology
- neuroscience
- brain
- nonfiction
- science
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
18. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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- science
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
19. Pequeno Manual Antirracista
By: Djamila Ribeiro
4.55
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Onze lições breves para entender as origens do racismo e como combatê-lo. Neste pequeno manual, … read more
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- nonfiction
"Hoje a chamada “guerra às drogas"-Djamila Ribeiro, Pequeno Manual Antirracista
"O silêncio é cúmplice da violência"-Djamila Ribeiro, Pequeno Manual Antirracista
"Ao afirmar que “nós carregamos a marca"-Djamila Ribeiro, Pequeno Manual Antirracista
"Precisamos ir além do que já conhecemos"-Djamila Ribeiro, Pequeno Manual Antirracista
20. The Human Advantage: A New Understanding of How Our Brain Became Remarkable
By: Suzana Herculano-Houzel
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Why our human brains are awesome, and how we left our cousins, the great apes, a tale of neurons a… read more
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- medicine
- evolution
- psychology
- neuroscience
- brain
- nonfiction
- science
21. Boy Dodói: histórias reais e ilustradas sobre masculinidade tóxica
By: Bebel Abreu
4.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Boy Dodói é uma coletânea criada e editada por Bebel Abreu, Carol Ito e Helô D'Angelo, com HQs de B… read more
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