How the Mind Changed is a book for all those curious minds out there that want to know more about the brain, its evolution throughout the Human history and all its characteristics. The book starts with the presentation of the Human brain “sections”, followed by an analysis of the emotions…
The Universe, Paulo Crawford
The Universe, by Paulo Crawford, is a book that presents the origins of the universe, its characteristics, and the demystification, throughout the years, that each “new” scientist and physicist made about stone-written facts that changed the way the scientific community and society see Universe. The book starts with the origin…
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson
I don’t consider The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck a book, but rather a comprehensive guide to have a better life or, at least, to see some things in life differently from what we see at the moment. The book contains the life experiences of the author and…
Max Verstappen, James Gray
Max Verstappen, by James Gray, is a biography of the two-time F1 world champion. The prologue starts with the famous Abu Dhabi 2021 race that resulted in Max’s first championship and kicks off a book that goes from Max’s birth to his glory times. The interesting part of this biography…
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, Bill Gates
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic was the second book I read from Bill Gates. The first was How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, which quickly turned out to be one of my favorite books, reason why I was so curious to read this one. In terms of writing style,…
a máquina de fazer espanhóis, valter hugo mãe
Previous Note: Exceptionally, this review is written in Portuguese. a máquina de fazer espanhóis, de valter hugo mãe, é uma verdadeira ode à terceira idade. Escrito de forma sublime, com a astúcia e humor que só valter hugo mãe consegue imprimir nas suas obras, ao longo de mais de 300…
The Shortest History of Germany, James Hawes
The Shortest History of Germany should be renamed to The Shortest History of one of the Biggest and Best Countries in the World. Actually, I think the name is not this one just by the fact it would be too long. This book is divided in four parts, from the…
Livro, José Luís Peixoto
Previous Note: Exceptionally, this review is written in Portuguese. À partida para a leitura deste livro, só tinha duas coisas como certas. A primeira, de que Livro era uma recomendação da minha livreira, Virgínia, da Livraria Lello, onde comprei o livro, a quem muito agradeço a recomendação. Disse-me que era…
2034: A Novel of the Next World War, Admiral James Stavridis & Elliot Ackerman
2034 was another cinematic book I read, but this one made me rethink about the way a possible next world war might start. Hopefully, we’ll not have the so called World War III. This book focus on a futuristic description of what might be the start, development and end of…
The Age of A.I., Henry A. Kissinger & Eric Schmidt & Daniel Huttenlocher
The Age of A.I., my second reading in 2022, is a book that addresses the A.I. solutions to current and future problems, the advantages of those implementations and uses, but, at the same time, the concerns regarding the misuse of the technology. This book was written with the purpose to…