Book type: non-fiction (1080)
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Fabulosas : histórias de um Brasil LGBTQIAP+ by Patrick Cassimiro PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Fabulosas conta as histórias de mais de trinta pessoas LGBTQIAP+ que deixaram e deixam uma marca no Brasil, por meio de sua arte, sua vida e sua luta. Os leitores vão conhecer personagens fascinantes e descobrir peculiaridades como o percurso enfrentado até o primeiro beijo gay na TV brasileira e o significado dos principais termos do pajubá.
Você certamente já ouviu falar de Laerte. E de Caio Fernando Abreu, de Marielle Franco, de Linn da Quebrada. Mas e Felipa de Souza? E Luiz Delgado? Muito antes de os movimentos LGBTQIAP+ se articularem e consegu... continue
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Facing Mount Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta EN
KenyaDescription:
Facing Mount Kenya, first published in 1938, is a monograph on the life and customs of the Gikuyu people of central Kenya prior to their contact with Europeans. It is unique in anthropological literature for it gives an account of the social institutions and religious rites of an African people, permeated by the emotions that give to customs and observances their meaning. It is characterised by both insight and a tinge of romanticism. The author, proud of his African blood and ways of thought, takes the reader through a thorough and clear picture of Gikuyu life and customs, painting an almost ... continue
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Facundo : Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
An educator and writer, Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. His Facundo is a study of the Argentine character, a prescription for the modernization of Latin America, and a protest against the tyranny of the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835-1852). The book brings nineteenth-century Latin American history to life even as it raises questions still being debated today--questions regarding the "civilized" city versus the "barbaric" countryside, the treatment of indigenous and African populations, and the classically liberal plan of modernization.
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Faith Among Shadows by Malcolm Leal EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Lying face down on the muddy jungle floor, with the taste of his own blood in his mouth, all Malcolm Leal could do was call upon the God of his great-grandmother. Florencia Martinez Hernandez raised Malcolm as her own son in a small fishing village on the northern coast of Cuba. Teaching Malcolm wisdom gleaned from the worn pages of her century-old Bible, Florencia spoke of a temple "promised to all people" and that there were men on earth who "walked with God." Most importantly, she taught him to rely on "her" God for everything. While on assignment for the Cuban Special Forces in the dense r... continue
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Fallar otra vez by Alan Pauls ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Un ensayo a favor de la escritura imperfecta — y una lúcida reflexión sobre la desobediencia narrativa como origen de la literatura.
Prólogo de Julián Herbert.
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Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg EN
ItalyDescription:
Natalia Ginzburg wrote her masterful, Strega Prize winning novel Family Lexicon while living in London in the 1960s. Homesick for her big, noisy Italian family, she summoned them in this novel, which is a celebration of the routines and rituals, in-jokes and insults and, above all, the repeated sayings that make up every family.
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Family of Shadows : A Century of Murder, Memory, and the Armenian American Dream by Garin K. Hovannisian EN
ArmeniaDescription:
As a world war rages through Europe in 1915, Ottoman authorities commence the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians—the first genocide of modern history. A teenage boy named Kaspar Hovannisian is among the surviving generation of Armenians who escape the ruins of their ancestral homeland and build communities around the world. Kaspar follows the American dream to the San Joaquin Valley of California, where he cultivates a small farm and begins investing in real estate. But memories of Armenia burn strong—a legacy of love, anguish, and faith in a national rebirth. Kaspar's son Richard l... continue
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Father to My Siblings by Olivier Sempiga EN
RwandaDescription:
Nadina works as a journalist on a private television in her country. She writes a series of e-mails to her father, who passed on to the other world during a war that tore apart her beloved nation. She relates her story of resilience, perseverance, and courage after a breakthrough is achieved in communication and people from this world are able to communicate with other people in the other world of the living dead. She expresses her struggles in taking care of her siblings. Technically, Nadina becomes the father of her siblings as she cares for each and every aspect of their needs. The father, ... continue
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Fermat's Last Theorem : The Story of a Riddle that Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years by Simon Singh EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
This is the story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century, but which every child can understand. It includes the fascinating story of Andrew Wiles who finally cracked the code.