Social Sciences and Humanities

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12 Rules For Life - An Antidote To Chaos

by Jordan B. Peterson

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 Jordan Peterson's book "12 Rules for Life" offers practical principles for navigating chaos and uncertainty, drawing on psychology and ancient wisdom to guide readers towards a life of responsibility and meaning. Peterson emphasizes the importance of individual contribution to the world's destiny.

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The Sun Does Shine - How I Found Life And Freedom On Death Row

by Anthony Ray Hinton

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 **WINNER OF THE 2019 MOORE PRIZE ****THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**â€˜A riveting account of the multiple outrages of the criminal justice system of Alabama.
Educação Sociedade & Culturas 62 - Educação e ativismo climático: Práticas e imaginações democráticas juvenis para um mundo comum

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 Sabemos que a emergência climática é um dos principais problemas que ahumanidade deverá enfrentar neste século. Assim, a emergência climática e as crises adjacentes se intensificam, na medida em que a exploração excessiva do ambiente em nome de um sistema neoliberal se acentua e potencializa o que Trevisol (2003) denominou de crise socioambiental, a qual perpassa por diferentes dimensões de ordem econômica, social, política, epistemológica e ecológica, ocasionando a extinção em massa de diferentes espécies e agravando ainda mais a desigualdade social em todo o mundo. Nos últimos anos, o movimento social português pelo clima tem vindo a afirmar-se progressivamente no espaço político e mediático. A cobertura mediática é um objetivo intencional procurado pelos movimentos sociais, especialmente devido à sua influência nas representações que permeiam o pensamento coletivo. Devido ao poder que os media têm na criação e consolidação de representações sociais, e face ao conhecimento limitado sobre a cobertura mediática do ativismo climático em contexto nacional, este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar as representações e a contextualização dos ativistas pelo clima na imprensa.
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Smarter Cities Portugal - Innovation incubatours and public entrepreneurs in times of decentralization - 9 Case studies

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 «Portugal is currently preparing a National Strategy on Smart Cities - an initiative of the Portuguese Government. This aims to scale up current initiatives and projects and to highlight the importance of multilevel cooperation, interoperability, and the sharing of good practices. The lessons to be learned from this book are a sound contribution to the ongoing preparatory work. The examples selected for this volume resulted in nine thought-provoking case studies that display significant complementarity and various organizational models, which may prove inspirational and may even be partially replicated in other cities, in Portugal and further afield. The book provides a clear indication of how innovation agencies may act as drivers for change and underscores the important leadership role of local authorities. The concept of smarter city, rather than smart city, is an apt illustration of the idea of a continuous and enlarged conceptual and practical ambition, towards a redesigned future and a journey towards a more sustainable, inclusive and wiser city, and of a project that draws from science, technology, art and culture in order to transform our lives for the better.» Mário Campolargo Secretary of State for Digitalization and Administrative Modernization of Portugal, from the Preface
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Image in Science and Art

by Olga Pombo

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 «This volume collects almost all the papers presented in the colloquium Image in Science and Art that took place in Lisbon, between 17th and 19th of February, 2011, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. This colloquium was put forward by a research project funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology - Image in Science and Art - which I had the pleasure to coordinate from 2007 to 2011 at the Center for Philosophy of Science of the University of Lisbon.» Olga Pombo
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How To Change Your Mind - The New Science Of Psychedelics

by Michael Pollan

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IBO - Uma Ilha Entre Natureza e Cultura | An Island Between Nature and Culture

by Bibiana Nassongole, Fernando Morgado e Philippe de Grissac

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 Evocar o passado da ilha do IBO, conhecer a biodiversidade que ali floresce, avaliar as causas que a danificam, apelar à união equilibrada entre as atividades humanas e a proteção do meio ambiente onde são exercidas, mostrar que proteger a natureza é apostar no futuro da ilha e não uma restrição… Estas são as razões que levaram à redação deste livro. Oxalá a mensagem possa ser ouvida além das margens da ilha! Este é o desejo expresso pelos autores e todos aqueles que iniciaram ou apoiaram este projeto. To evoke IBO’s past, to know the biodiversity that flourishes there, to evaluate the causes that affect it, to call for a balanced union between human activities and the protection of the environment in which they are carried out, and finally to show that protecting nature is a key for the future and not a constraint… These are the reasons that have guided the writing of this book. May the message be heard even beyond the shores of Ibo! This is the wish of the authors and all those who initiated or supported this project.
I Congresso Ibero-Americano de Intervenção Social - Cidadania e Direitos Humanos

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 Esta edição incorpora as comunicações apresentadas no I Congresso Ibero-Americano de Intervenção Social - Cidadania e Direitos Humanos, subordinadas aos temas: Promoção do direito social à saúde, Pobreza e Exclusão Social, Práticas de Intervenção emancipatórias, Família, Infância e Juventude, Protecção Social e políticas de envelhecimento.
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Dear Friend, From My Life I Write To You In Your Life

by Yiyun Li

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 A luminous memoir about reading, writing and how to find meaning in a life. Written over two years while the author battled depression, Dear Friend is a painful and yet richly affirming examination of what makes life worth living. Interweaving personal memoir with a wide-ranging celebration of writers and books, this is a journey of recovery through literature. From William Trevor and Katherine Mansfield to Kierkegaard and Larkin, Yiyun Li traces the themes of time and transformation, presence and absence. Drawing on personal experiences from her difficult childhood in China, she constructs a beautiful, interior exploration of selfhood and what is required to choose life.
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Skin In The Game - Hidden Asymmetries In Daily Life

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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 From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility. Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why does imposing democracy on other countries never work? The answer: too many people running the world don't have skin in the game. In his inimitable, pugnacious style, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows that skin in the game applies to all aspects of our lives. It's about having something to lose and taking a risk. Citizens, lab experimenters, artisans, political activists and hedge fund traders all have skin in the game. Policy wonks, corporate executives, theoreticians, bankers and most journalists don't. As Taleb says, "The symmetry of skin in the game is a simple rule that's necessary for fairness and justice, and the ultimate BS-buster," and "Never trust anyone who doesn't have skin in the game. Without it, fools and crooks will benefit, and their mistakes will never come back to haunt them".
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Livewired - The Inside Story Of The Ever-Changing Brain

by David Eagleman

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 Drawing on cutting-edge research this book demonstrates the brain's ability to change, rewire and heal, from the internationally bestselling author
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Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? - A Comedian's Guide To Autism

by Pierre Novellie

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 Comedian Pierre Novellie was on stage when a heckler suggested he was autistic. Usually, this disruption would be water off a duck's back but two things made this heckler different: first, he was himself autistic. Second, he turned out to be absolutely right. This random encounter led to a diagnosis of autism at the age of 31 that unraveled his world, explained his struggles and answered questions that had bothered him for his entire life: why were the other kids obsessed with Britney Spears instead of The Goon Show? Why don't people ever say what they mean? Why is everyone chewing so loudly? At once a hilarious and insightful journey through autism and neurodivergence, an entertaining explainer for the uninitiated and observational comedy for the neurodiverse, this is the perfect read for anyone who has ever asked themselves: why can't I just enjoy things?
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Midnight In Chernobyl - The Untold Story Of The World'S Greatest Nuclear Disaster

by Adam Higginbotham

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 The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the 1986 disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, this book makes for a masterful non-fiction thriller. Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers not only its own citizens, but all of humanity. It is a story that has long remained in dispute, clouded from the beginning in secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation. Midnight In Chernobyl is an indelible portrait of history's worst nuclear disaster, of human resilience and ingenuity and the lessons learned when mankind seeks to bend the natural world to his will - lessons which, in the face of climate change and other threats - remain not just vital but necessary. Now, Higginbotham brings us closer to the truth behind this colossal tragedy.
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First You Write A Sentence. - The Elements Of Reading, Writing Â€¦ And Life.

by Joe Moran

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 The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A poet writes in sentences, but so does the unsung author who came up with Items trapped in doors cause delays. A good sentence can be written (and read) by anyone if we simply give it the gift of our time, and it is as close as most of us will get to making something truly beautiful. Enter acclaimed author Professor Joe Moran. Using minimal technical terms, First You Write a Sentence is his unpedantic but authoritative explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace. Using sources ranging from the Bible and Shakespeare to George Orwell and Maggie Nelson, and scientific studies of what can best fire the reader's mind, he shows how we can all write in a way that is clear, compelling and alive. Whether dealing with finding the ideal word, building a sentence or constructing a paragraph, First You Write a Sentence informs by light example: much richer than a style guide, it can be read not just for instruction but for pleasure and delight. And along the way it shows how good writing can help us notice the world, make ourselves known to others and live more meaningful lives. It's an elegant gem in praise of the English sentence.
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The Diary Of A Young Girl - The Definitive Edition

by Anne Frank

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 Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is an inspiring and tragic account of an ordinary life lived in extraordinary circumstances that has enthralled readers for generations. This Penguin Classics edition is edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler, translated by Susan Massotty, and includes an introduction by Elie Wiesel, author of Night. 'June, 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.' In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding. For over two years, they, another family and a German dentist lived in a secret annexe, fearing discovery. All that time, Anne kept a diary. Since its publication in 1947, Anne Frank's diary has been read by tens of millions of people. This Definitive Edition restores substantial material omitted from the original edition, giving us a deeper insight into Anne Frank's world. Her curiosity about her emerging sexuality, the conflicts with her mother, her passion for Peter, a boy whose family hid with hers, and her acute portraits of her fellow prisoners reveal Anne as more human, more vulnerable and more vital than ever. «One of the greatest books of the twentieth century» Guardian «A modern classic» Julia Neuberger, The Times
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The Destinies Of Individuals And Nations

by Rudolf Steiner

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 Far more than a historical reflection, this volume is a profound meditation on the spiritual evolution of humanity, and a timeless guide for those seeking meaning amid external upheaval. It speaks to the soulâ€™s journey through suffering, and the redemptive power of spiritual consciousness.
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It Came From The Closet - Queer Reflections On Horror

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 An exciting anthology of new, queer readings of horror films from Jaws to Jenniferâ€™s Body.
Chaos - The Truth Behind The Manson Murders

by Dan Piepenbring, Tom O'Neill e Tom Oâ€™Neill

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 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders leads to shocking new conspiracy theories about the FBI's involvement in this fascinating re-evaluation of one of the most infamous cases in American history. Twenty years ago, reporting for a routine magazine piece about the infamous Manson murders, journalist Tom O'Neill didn't expect to find anything new. But the discovery of horrifying new evidence kick-started an obsession and his life's work. What had he unearthed and what did it mean: why was there surveillance by intelligence agents? Why did the police make these particular mistakes and why did Tom's greatest ally in this fight turn into his biggest foe? Chaos is an explosive read that will shock, grip and change our understanding of a case that has haunted the world for over fifty years.
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The Cut Out Girl - A Story Of War And Family, Lost And Found

by Bart Van Es

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 Little Lien wasn't taken from her Jewish parents in the Hague - she was given away in the hope that she might be saved. Hidden and raised by a foster family in the provinces during the Nazi occupation, she survived the war only to find that her real parents had not. Much later, she fell out with her foster family, and Bart van Es - the grandson of Lien's foster parents - knew he needed to find out why. His account of tracing Lien and telling her story is a searing exploration of two lives and two families. It is a story about love and misunderstanding and about the ways that our most painful experiences - so crucial in defining us - can also be redefined.
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The Barcelona Legacy - Guardiola, Mourinho And The Fight For Football'S Soul

by Jonathan Wilson

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 The incredible story of modern football told through the explosive rivalry between Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
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24 Hours In Ancient Rome - A Day In The Life Of The People Who Lived There

by Dr Philip Matyszak e Philip Matyszak

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 Get to know the real Rome during a compelling 24 hours in the lives of the people who lived there.

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Humans - A Brief History Of How We F*Cked It All Up

by Tom Phillips

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 HUMANS: An exhilarating journey through the most creative and catastrophic f*ck ups in human history, from our very first ancestor falling out of that tree, to the most spectacular fails of the present day.
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Paper Blossoms For All Seasons - A Book Of Beautiful Bouquets For The Table

by Ray Marshall

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 This collection of four seasonal paper bouquets makes a distinctive centerpiece throughout the year
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Birth Of A Theorem - A Mathematical Adventure

by Cédric Villani

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 How does a genius see the world? Where and how does inspiration strike? Blending science with history, biography with myth, the author conjures up an inimitable cast: the omnipresent Einstein, mad genius Kurt Godel, and Villani's personal hero, John Nash.
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