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Book D O M   Rediscovering Brazilian Ingredients

Download or read book D O M Rediscovering Brazilian Ingredients written by Alex Atala and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " "Whenever I see that Dos Equis commercial – ‘the most interesting man in the world’ – I always think, no, that’s not true. The most interesting man in the world is Alex Atala." – David Chang "A cuisine unlike anything I’ve ever had in my life." – Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Mark At D.O.M. in São Paulo, widely regarded as one of the world’s best restaurants, you won’t find the traditional staples of fine dining on the menu. For the past 15 years, acclaimed chef Alex Atala – a native of Brazil and the only chef named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2013 – has refused to import any ingredients traditionally found in the European kitchens where he once trained. Instead, Atala scours the lush bounty of the Amazon for indigenous produce and proteins, crafting a cuisine that is steeped in classical techniques yet distinctly and uniquely Brazilian. D.O.M.: Rediscovering Brazilian Ingredients is Atala’s first major cookbook. Here, he offers an in‐depth look at the products and creative process that make up his innovative cuisine. The book features 65 recipes such as Fresh Heart of Palm with Scallops and Coral Sauce; Lightly Toasted Black Rice with Green Vegetables and Brazil Nut Milk; Lamb Hind Shanks with Yam Puree and Pitanga; and Priprioca, Lime, and Banana Ravioli. 150 stunning color photographs bring each dish to life and reveal the lush, vibrant landscapes of Atala’s Brazil. The result is an immersive experience that transports readers into the streets of São Paulo and the rain forests of Amazon. Also featuring an introduction by chef Alain Ducasse, D.O.M.: Rediscovering Brazilian Ingredients explores the mind of one of the world’s best chefs as he captures flavors that can be found nowhere else in the world. "

Book Brazillionaires

Download or read book Brazillionaires written by Alex Cuadros and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bloomberg News invited the young American journalist Alex Cuadros to report on Brazil's emerging class of billionaires at the height of the historic Brazilian boom, he was poised to cover two of the biggest business stories of our time: how the giants of the developing world were taking their place at the center of global capitalism, and how wealth inequality was changing societies everywhere. The billionaires of Brazil and their massive fortunes resided at the very top of their country's economic pyramid, and whether they quietly accumulated exceptional power or extravagantly displayed their decadence, they formed a potent microcosm of the world's richest .001 percent. They held sway over the economy, government, media, and stewardship of the environment; they determined the spiritual fates and populated the imaginations of their countrymen. In 2012, Eike Batista ranked as the eighth-richest person in the world, was famous for his marriage to a beauty queen, and was a fixture in the Brazilian press. But by 2015, Batista was bankrupt, his son Thor had been indicted for manslaughter, and Brazil--its president facing impeachment, its provinces combating an epidemic, and its business and political class torn apart by scandal--had become a cautionary tale of a country run aground by its elites. Over four years, Cuadros reported on media moguls and televangelists, energy barons and shadowy figures from the years of military dictatorship, soy barons who lived on the outskirts of the Amazon, and new-economy billionaires spinning money from speculation. His zealous reporting takes us from penthouses to courtrooms, from favelas to art fairs, from scenes of unimaginable wealth to desperate, massive street protests. Within a business narrative that deftly dramatizes the volatility of the global economy, Cuadros offers us literary journalism with a grand sweep.--Adapted from dust jacket.

Book Lula and His Politics of Cunning

Download or read book Lula and His Politics of Cunning written by John D. French and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known around the world simply as Lula, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva was born in 1945 to illiterate parents who migrated to industrializing Sao Paulo. He learned to read at ten years of age, left school at fourteen, became a skilled metalworker, rose to union leadership, helped end a military dictatorship—and in 2003 became the thirty-fifth president of Brazil. During his administration, Lula led his country through reforms that lifted tens of millions out of poverty. Here, John D. French, one of the foremost historians of Brazil, provides the first critical biography of the leader whom even his political opponents see as strikingly charismatic, humorous, and endearing. Interweaving an intimate and colorful story of Lula's life—his love for home, soccer, factory floor, and union hall—with an analysis of large-scale forces, French argues that Lula was uniquely equipped to influence the authoritarian structures of power in this developing nation. His cunning capacity to speak with, not at, people and to create shared political meaning was fundamental to his political triumphs. After Lula left office, his opponents convicted and incarcerated him on charges of money laundering and corruption—but his immense army of voters celebrated his recent release from jail, insisting that he is the victim of a right-wing political ambush. The story of Lula is not over.

Book The End of the End of History

Download or read book The End of the End of History written by Alex Hochuli and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's been a long time since a text was so useful in helping me think through our present moment and my role within it. The End of The End of History is a clear, powerful and panoramic analysis of our world at the dawn of the 2020s.' Vincent Bevins, author, The Jakarta Method The “End of History” is over. The idea that Western liberal democracy was the “final form of human government” has been exposed as bluster: the old order is crumbling before our eyes. Angry anti-politics have arisen to threaten political establishments across the world. Elites have fallen into hysteria, blaming voters, “populism”, Putin, Facebook... anyone but themselves. They are suffering from Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome. Emerging from four years of interviews and debates on the popular global politics podcast Aufhebunga Bunga, The End of the End of History examines how the political consequences of the 2008 financial crisis have come home to roost. If Trump and Brexit shattered the liberal-democratic consensus in 2016, then the global pandemic of 2020 put a final end to the “End of History”. Politics is back, but it's stranger than ever.

Book Where We Go From Here

Download or read book Where We Go From Here written by Lucas Rocha and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing debut novel about three gay friends in Brazil whose lives become intertwined in the face of HIV, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Bill Konigsberg. Ian has just been diagnosed with HIV. Victor, to his great relief, has tested negative. Henrique has been living with HIV for the past three years. When Victor finds himself getting tested for HIV for the first time, he can't help but question his entire relationship with Henrique, the guy he has -- had -- been dating. See, Henrique didn't disclose his positive HIV status to Victor until after they had sex, and even though Henrique insisted on using every possible precaution, Victor is livid. That's when Victor meets Ian, a guy who's also getting tested for HIV. But Ian's test comes back positive, and his world is about to change forever. Though Victor is loath to think about Henrique, he offers to put the two of them in touch, hoping that perhaps Henrique can help Ian navigate his new life. In the process, the lives of Ian, Victor, and Henrique will become intertwined in a story of friendship, love, and self-acceptance. Set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this utterly engrossing debut by Brazilian author Lucas Rocha calls back to Alex Sanchez's Rainbow Boys series, bringing attention to how far we've come with HIV, while shining a harsh light on just how far we have yet to go.

Book Pretty Modern

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexander Edmonds
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2010-12-13
  • ISBN : 0822348012
  • Pages : 317 pages

Download or read book Pretty Modern written by Alexander Edmonds and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-13 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ethnographic account of Brazils emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery takes readers from Ipanema socialite circles to telenovela studios to the packed waiting rooms of public hospitals offering free cosmetic surgery.

Book Can You Solve My Problems

Download or read book Can You Solve My Problems written by Alex Bellos and published by Guardian Faber Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high-class puzzle book from the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland; organised from easy-peasy to ninja level - with stories of puzzle mysteries, histories and scandals along the way this book will make your hippocampus happy.

Book Full Circle

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chuck Malkus
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2018-04-24
  • ISBN : 1510724680
  • Pages : 239 pages

Download or read book Full Circle written by Chuck Malkus and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glamour, excitement, and money were thrust upon Miami in the late 1970s. Seemingly overnight, it transformed from a sleepy Southern town famous only for its retirees, to an exciting mix of wealth, style, and violence. It was the Cocaine Era, when mountains of cash, bricks of coke, and men with assault rifles changed everything. And it changed the people living there, as well. Kevin Pedersen and Alex DeCubas, a couple of local boys who met at a Little League game, became best friends and star high school wrestling teammates. They were even featured in Sports Illustrated. Alex, who was so big and powerful that he wasn't allowed to play football with the other kids, was on his way to bigger things, possibly the Olympics, when a series of tragedies derailed his dreams. Instead, he used his natural strength and ferocity to start robbing drug dealers and selling what he took. Before long, he caught the eyes of the Colombians and became the biggest home-grown cocaine dealer in the United States. Kevin, half Alex's size, became a wrestling champion through self-discipline, hard work, and drive. After graduating from West Point, he saw his family life deteriorate because of drugs. After divorcing his coke-addicted wife, he came close to suicide until his mind changed. He realized America's enemy wasn't Iran or Russia or any other country, it was drugs. He went to work for the DEA, and on his first day, Kevin found out that his old friend, Alex, was their primary target. And, years later, after the pair faced conflict, personal turmoil, and (for Alex) a long prison sentence, the pair reunited and teamed up to do what they perhaps always should have--coaching high school wrestling together. Full Circle is the remarkable true story of two best friends, their relationship torn apart by the "War on Drugs" as each was put into opposite sides of the conflict.

Book Alex Aussmen Zero Zero One  Book One

Download or read book Alex Aussmen Zero Zero One Book One written by Nelson Christian Amador and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-05-28 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Aussmen is a young boy from Edmonds, Washington and because of him having high functioning in the 1970's He gets thrown out of school and runs away from his parents and he gets found by Emily Romney who starts training him to be a secret agent. But in doing so, Alex goes on many dangerous missions and he encounters a lot of evil around him such as the Soviet Union, The Sandinistas of Nicaragua, Dr. Jewell, Victoria Sennott, and also Victoria Borodina who would become Alex Aussmen's arch nemesis and the evil woman that would be responsible for all of Alex's early his missions as a secret agent. The 1970's were a great decade for Alex as a teenager but also they were a very dark time as well as Alex discovers evil bad guys destroying the world either in the US at home or overseas as well

Book 001 The Hidden Shadows   The Rings Around The Moon

Download or read book 001 The Hidden Shadows The Rings Around The Moon written by Nelson Amador and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Alex comes back from Europe, a girl in Redmond, Washington finds out about a killing that happened at her work. As Alex is in Washington, Morella, sets up a meeting between him and the girl name Amber Wade who is a student at the University of Washington. Amber forums a really special bond Alex and she invites him to go on a trip to Brazil in South America. But as they do this, the killer name Kramer Quinine fallows them and he wants to kill Amber because she was the witness to the killing. As Amber gets kidnapped, Alex discovers that Quinine is a half-German businessman who is funding the Sandinistas up in Nicaragua and is working for a Sandinista Secretary of Defense name Diego Chavez and has an evil Sandinista agent name Jessica Santos. Alex comes across many allies and discovers Chavez's plan to create a Revolution in Nicaragua and destroy Nicaragua and use Amber as a hostage. Alex must save Amber from killing by the Sandinistas and has to escape from the choas in Nicaragua in this 2 story novel

Book Futebol

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alex Bellos
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury USA
  • Release : 2003-05-01
  • ISBN : 9781582342870
  • Pages : 416 pages

Download or read book Futebol written by Alex Bellos and published by Bloomsbury USA. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the lens of Brazil's trademark sport, reporter Alex Bellos brings us a fascinating portrait of Brazilian identity. When Brazil won the World Cup in 2002, the secret was out: the Brazilian soccer team is one of the modern wonders of the world. In this fascinating portrait of Brazilian identity, Alex Bellos brings to life not just a sport, but an entire country. With an unerring eye for a good story and a marvelous ear for the voices of the people he meets, Alex Bellos uncovers what Ronaldo called the "true truth" about Brazilian soccer.

Book Brazil s Dance with the Devil

Download or read book Brazil s Dance with the Devil written by Dave Zirin and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Boston Globe’s Best Sports Books of the Year: “Incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny” (Jeremy Schaap, New York Times–bestselling author of Cinderella Man). The people of Brazil celebrated when it was announced that they were hosting the World Cup—the world’s most-viewed athletic tournament—in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. But as the events were approaching, ordinary Brazilians were holding the country’s biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled Maracanã Stadium to the halls of power in Washington, DC, Zirin examines Brazilians’ objections to the corruption of the games they love; the toll such events take on impoverished citizens; and how taking to the streets opened up an international conversation on the culture, economics, and politics of sports. “Millions will enjoy the World Cup and Olympics, but Zirin justly reminds readers of the real human costs beyond the spectacle.” —Kirkus Reviews

Book The Capital of Hope

Download or read book The Capital of Hope written by Alex Shoumatoff and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Maltese Missionary Experience

Download or read book The Maltese Missionary Experience written by Fr John Caruana and published by Julio Cesar Tocacelli Colella. This book was released on with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Alex s Adventures in Numberland

Download or read book Alex s Adventures in Numberland written by Alex Bellos and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of maths Sunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 'Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times 'A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist 'Will leave you hooked on numbers' Daily Telegraph In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, and demonstrates the remarkable ways it's linked to our everyday lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p piece, and the strategy of how best to gamble it in a casino. He shines a light on the mathematical patterns in nature, and on the peculiar predictability of random behaviour. He eats a potato crisp whose revolutionary shape was unpalatable to the ancient Greeks, and he shows the deep connections between maths, religion and philosophy. From the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany to numerologists in the US desert, from a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan to venerable Hindu sages in India, these dispatches from 'Numberland' are an unlikely but exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs. The world of maths is a much friendlier and more colourful place than you might have imagined. This anniversary edition is fully revised and updated.

Book Alex Aussmen Zero Zero One  Book Two

Download or read book Alex Aussmen Zero Zero One Book Two written by Nelson Christian Amador and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-04-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Aussmen enters the next phase of his life as a secret agent in the 1980's and leaving Tahoma High School, Edmonds, and Morella behind. And he now goes to the University of Washington as a student, but sadly however he discovers that here are more bad guys out in the world and not only that, the communist and Sandinistas have sadly infiltrated into public education and started brain-washing people with socialist and communist propaganda. Alex also discovers Victoria Borodina is still alive is now even more dangerous and more evil and she now transformed into an evil social Justice warrior and she has sadly aged very awfully and has zits on her face and has died her hair with different colors and has gray and white highlights as well. And she looks like the evil queen from Snow White and the evil witch from Snow White as well but with plans of destroying western civilization. And Alex Aussmen now as a young adult must stop and kill Victoria Borodina and stop her once and for all.

Book BrainGymJr  Read and solve comprehension based short stories II  Age 6 7 years

Download or read book BrainGymJr Read and solve comprehension based short stories II Age 6 7 years written by BrainGymJr and published by BrainGymJr. This book was released on 2023-10-25 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BrainGymJr is a child development platform that teaches children ‘how’ to think, not ‘what’ to think. We orient children to think independently, creatively and adopt a solution-oriented approach. This is done through reinforcement of age-appropriate content in the form of puzzles, challenges and conversational learning in the form of interactive audio stories. Daily, customized, byte-sized content in digital, audio and paper formats are available to children across the globe the access at extremely affordable prices. BrainGymJr focuses on strengthening aptitude through application and use of Mathematics, English and Real-world Skills across puzzles & stories. In this book, Children between age 6-7 years enjoy learning with fun conversational stories that introduce an interesting new concept from the real-world environment while enabling language skills. There are comprehension- based questions at the end of every story to encourage children to think and solve! The short stories included in this book are: 1) Coffee or Thick Shake (Liam learns the role of a barista and how to make a thick shake) 2) Henry helps Dad (Henry spends the day with his dad and learns how to take care of his home) 3) Ken goes for a Drive (Ken learns about the traffic rules that apply to vehicles and pedestrians) 4) The Holidays (Alex sits with this mother to plan their vacation during winter break) 5) The Vehicles with Sirens (Henry learns about the different types of emergency vehicles)