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(i got his because bookdepository mixed up my order, and i'm so glad they did)
i'll only respond with pictures of this from now on
i also want to share a quote from my mother (translated): "before there were angry birds, not there is the angry fish" 100/10 did not know we were capable of these cultural callbacks. there's also the time i showed her the confused fish and she replied with "that's how i feel right now"
i'll only respond with pictures of this from now on
i also want to share a quote from my mother (translated): "before there were angry birds, not there is the angry fish" 100/10 did not know we were capable of these cultural callbacks. there's also the time i showed her the confused fish and she replied with "that's how i feel right now"
O que é a raça?: Um debate entre a Antropologia e a Biologia
João FIlipe Marques, Luís Souta, Miguel Vale de Almeida, António Amorim, Paulo Gama Mota, Eugénia Cunha
Perspectivaa biologicas e antropológicas sobre o uso da palavra raça e o que esta significa (nos diferentes contextos académicos, politicos/legais e no quotidiano).
Este livro tem mais de 20 anos portanto não é já o mais actualizado de todo, maa muitos concektos ouvem se mais recentemente - talvez fruto da dificuldade de passar a informação da academia para o público geral.
Apesar de que hoje em dia seria uma conversa totalmente diferente, continua a ser uma conversa interessante, e com algumas noções que vale a pena adquirir.
Este livro tem mais de 20 anos portanto não é já o mais actualizado de todo, maa muitos concektos ouvem se mais recentemente - talvez fruto da dificuldade de passar a informação da academia para o público geral.
Apesar de que hoje em dia seria uma conversa totalmente diferente, continua a ser uma conversa interessante, e com algumas noções que vale a pena adquirir.
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the publisher, NetGalley and the author.
This story is bonkers! In good ways and also some quite strange ones.
The premise for this is incredible and the plot is very original: our main character, Sydney, who is struggling with the home and school life, alienated from her PTSD-suffering father, encounters (the best piece of) magical realism and turns into a dog in the literal "be-careful-what-you-wish-for". From there, the story follows her journey to find her human form again and grow along the way. While the basic formula is a classic middle-grade concept, Sydney's path to arrive there certainly is not. My biggest praise for this story is 100% originality!
With themes of PTSD, bullying, a strained family life, animal treatment, and then love and kindness (and dogs!) this story hits hard and gets dark often.
Sydney is a compelling character and a believable narrator and heroine. The other characters were well-fleshed out and understandably flawed.
My main criticism for this would be the writing style that, even for a middle-grade, seems over-simplistic.
Also... that romance storyline between the dog and the cat (yeah you read that) was just... beyond words weird.
#netgalley #sydneyporterdoggirl
This story is bonkers! In good ways and also some quite strange ones.
The premise for this is incredible and the plot is very original: our main character, Sydney, who is struggling with the home and school life, alienated from her PTSD-suffering father, encounters (the best piece of) magical realism and turns into a dog in the literal "be-careful-what-you-wish-for". From there, the story follows her journey to find her human form again and grow along the way. While the basic formula is a classic middle-grade concept, Sydney's path to arrive there certainly is not. My biggest praise for this story is 100% originality!
With themes of PTSD, bullying, a strained family life, animal treatment, and then love and kindness (and dogs!) this story hits hard and gets dark often.
Sydney is a compelling character and a believable narrator and heroine. The other characters were well-fleshed out and understandably flawed.
My main criticism for this would be the writing style that, even for a middle-grade, seems over-simplistic.
Also... that romance storyline between the dog and the cat (yeah you read that) was just... beyond words weird.
#netgalley #sydneyporterdoggirl
3.5
“Portanto, eu tenho a preocupação de ligar a ciência à vida. [...] Pelo menos, que seja vista como uma dimensão humana, uma dimensão que não pode estar escondida, pois faz parte da imensa criatividade de que o Homo sapiens é capaz."
Baseado numa entrevista de José Jorge Letria a Carlos Fiolhais, autor dos meus manuais escolares há uns anos, este livro dá a conhecer a história e pessoa de Carlos Fiolhais. Recontando esses acontecimentos criam um retrato da ciência em Portugal, com ênfase na sua divulgação, passando pela política, e referindo personalidades nacionais e internacionais de relevo.
Descontraído e informativo, é um execelente livro para qualquer membro do público que queira saber a vida de Fiolhais e compreender um pouco mais sobre o papel da ciência e a importância fundamental da sua divulgação.
“Portanto, eu tenho a preocupação de ligar a ciência à vida. [...] Pelo menos, que seja vista como uma dimensão humana, uma dimensão que não pode estar escondida, pois faz parte da imensa criatividade de que o Homo sapiens é capaz."
Baseado numa entrevista de José Jorge Letria a Carlos Fiolhais, autor dos meus manuais escolares há uns anos, este livro dá a conhecer a história e pessoa de Carlos Fiolhais. Recontando esses acontecimentos criam um retrato da ciência em Portugal, com ênfase na sua divulgação, passando pela política, e referindo personalidades nacionais e internacionais de relevo.
Descontraído e informativo, é um execelente livro para qualquer membro do público que queira saber a vida de Fiolhais e compreender um pouco mais sobre o papel da ciência e a importância fundamental da sua divulgação.
you find yourself in a metropolitan city, but this one if filled with all types of magical creatures and undead people. think Ankh-Morpork but more New York, more gothic, more zombie-ish.
you follow a cast of characters, starting at an assassination, that meet and unmeet at several points in the story, until they all come together for the climax of the story.
the writing and tone of it were very similar to what you find on discworld, as i've mentioned Ankh-Morpork before.
i personally did not care for most of the characters - i thought most of them were purposefully dislikable, but everyone loves Petulla, our main character, so maybe i'm just in the minority here. i just don't care for her "i love books and am apathetic about society" schtick. this is such a character based story that this hurt my enjoyment of it. the most compelling characters were the ghouls, and their civilization - their aesthetic is a lot more airy and greek-like, even if they live underground. dark vs light academia perhaps? i digress. Petula and Agatha should be a couple, that's all i have to say; although an argument can be made for Petula being in the aroace spectrum.
i liked the satire regarding the political process, even if i got a bit lost at times. i did NOT get the economy part... how are they in a Terrible Economic Crisis For Years and there is also a bubble going on? from the text you can infer the bubble is going on but has not burst: if you have a bubble everything should be fine. only when it bursts it all goes to shit... also, i'm unsure which economical system each faction was trying to bring to the table, so i never got who was decent at economics. there was also some satire regarding the issue of equality and diversity on several fronts, which the city isn't great at, but it's one of the arcs.
Thank you to the author and Booktasters for providing me for a copy of this book for review.
you follow a cast of characters, starting at an assassination, that meet and unmeet at several points in the story, until they all come together for the climax of the story.
the writing and tone of it were very similar to what you find on discworld, as i've mentioned Ankh-Morpork before.
i personally did not care for most of the characters - i thought most of them were purposefully dislikable, but everyone loves Petulla, our main character, so maybe i'm just in the minority here. i just don't care for her "i love books and am apathetic about society" schtick. this is such a character based story that this hurt my enjoyment of it. the most compelling characters were the ghouls, and their civilization - their aesthetic is a lot more airy and greek-like, even if they live underground. dark vs light academia perhaps? i digress. Petula and Agatha should be a couple, that's all i have to say; although an argument can be made for Petula being in the aroace spectrum.
i liked the satire regarding the political process, even if i got a bit lost at times. i did NOT get the economy part... how are they in a Terrible Economic Crisis For Years and there is also a bubble going on? from the text you can infer the bubble is going on but has not burst: if you have a bubble everything should be fine. only when it bursts it all goes to shit... also, i'm unsure which economical system each faction was trying to bring to the table, so i never got who was decent at economics. there was also some satire regarding the issue of equality and diversity on several fronts, which the city isn't great at, but it's one of the arcs.
Thank you to the author and Booktasters for providing me for a copy of this book for review.
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