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  • Broken

    Illness and Disability in Antônio Francisco Lisboa, Camilo Castelo Branco, Clarice Lispector, Victor Willing, Paula Rego and Ana Palma

    'Broken: Illness and Disability in Antônio Francisco Lisboa, Camilo Castelo Branco, Clarice Lispector, Victor Willing, Paula Rego and Ana Palma' traces the lives and works of six major artists and writers from Portugal, Brazil, and Britain through the lens of 'being broken'—in body, mind, or both. Spanning from the eighteenth century to the present, the volume explores how sociopolitical and ... Read more

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  • Inácio

    by Israel Lisboa ...
    When Fidere finds out that was a murder in Poloni street, he drives straight there to try to solve the mystery. Nevertheless, some victims start to disappear and he can just count on his new friend Inácio to discover who is possibly guilty. Some suspects can be, Renato Lemes, the victim's brother, Regina, neighbor, among others. ... Read more

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  • Freedom Or Equality

    Centuries ago, the world of Hidros was invaded by aliens who enslaved its inhabitants. The slavery lasted until the enemies of these aliens appeared and freed the inhabitants of the planet, expelling the invaders. Now, on a planet that rejects the use of electricity, a survivor of the experiments of these invaders, Atsu Col, intends to establish complete and definitive peace, imposing a single way ... Read more

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  • PHP Web Development with Laminas

    Build a fully secured and functional e-commerce application with PHP using the Laminas framework

    Learn how to develop modern object-oriented applications with PHP using test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) aided by mature reusable components Key Features • Create clean code based on components' reusability to create large-scale enterprise applications • Make effective use of design patterns in an object-oriented software • Understand the division of a PHP web ... Read more

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  • Essays on Paula Rego

    Smile When You Think About Hell

    In these powerful and stylishly written essays, Maria Manuel Lisboa dissects the work of Paula Rego, the Portuguese-born artist considered one of the greatest artists of modern times. Focusing primarily on Rego’s work since the 1980s, Lisboa explores the complex relationships between violence and nurturing, power and impotence, politics and the family that run through Rego’s art.Taking a ... Read more

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  • Rio Noir

    Series series Akashic Noir
    Explore the darker side of the sunny Brazilian city in this gritty mystery anthology featuring fourteen tales by writers from the region.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respect city. With Rio Noir, the Akashic Noir ... Read more

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  • Crow Blue

    A Novel

    Translated by Alison Entrekin ...
    I was thirteen. Being thirteen is like being in the middle of nowhere. Which was accentuated by the fact that I was in the middle of nowhere. In a house that wasn't mine. In a city that wasn't mine, in a country that wasn't mine, with a one-man family that, in spite of the intersections and intentions (all very good), wasn't mine.When her mother dies, thirteen-year-old Vanja is left with no family ... Read more

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  • Deep Learning In Biology And Medicine

    Biology, medicine and biochemistry have become data-centric fields for which Deep Learning methods are delivering groundbreaking results. Addressing high impact challenges, Deep Learning in Biology and Medicine provides an accessible and organic collection of Deep Learning essays on bioinformatics and medicine. It caters for a wide readership, ranging from machine learning practitioners and data ... Read more

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  • The End of The World

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    Our fear of the world ending, like our fear of the dark, is ancient, deep-seated and perennial. It crosses boundaries of space and time, recurs in all human communities and finds expression in every aspect of cultural production – from pre-historic cave paintings to high-tech computer games.This book examines historical and imaginary scenarios of Apocalypse, the depiction of its likely triggers, ... Read more

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  • Cannabidiol in Neurology and Psychiatry

    Series Book 177 - International Review of Neurobiology
    Cannabidiol in Neurology and Psychiatry, Volume 177 in the International Review in Neurobiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topic such as Historical perspective on the therapeutic potential of cannabidiol, Cannabidiol: pharmacodynamics pharmacokinetic, Cannabidiol and Alzheimer's disease, Cannabidiol on anxiety disorders, ... Read more

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  • Paula Rego's Map of Memory

    National and Sexual Politics

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2003. The artist Paula Rego was born in Portugal but has lived in Britain since 1951. In this well-illustrated book, Maria Manuel Lisboa explores the background behind Rego's decision to leave the land of her birth and, in doing so, provides fascinating insights into Rego's persistent portrayal of uneasy and predatory relations between men and women. Looking back ... Read more

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  • The Brazilian Way of Doing Public Administration

    Brazil with an 's'

    Brazil is a pioneer in the development of participation policies, with the most advanced banking systems in the world and a health system that serves the majority of a population scattered over more than 8.5 million square kilometres. However, Brazil also displays one of the highest rates of social and economic inequality worldwide, unable to fight illiteracy, school dropout, lack of basic ... Read more

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