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Manuel R. Avila

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Manuel Ávila, nacido en Bogotá, Colombia, en 1979, creció entre la ciudad y la serenidad del campo. Ingeniero de sistemas de profesión y residente en Toronto, Canadá, dedicó más de diez años a la inmersión en las tradiciones ancestrales de Colombia. "Sácame de La Oscuridad" es su primera novela, una obra que entrelaza su profundo conocimiento de estas cosmovisiones con una exploración audaz de la psique humana y los laberintos de la búsqueda espiritual. ...more

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48 Rules of Power by Tiago Pereira
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Don't let the title mislead you. It's not a book with rules, but stories, and very good ones at that. However, if you expect a guidebook you're in for disappointment. I enjoyed the read throughout ...more
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The War on the West by Douglas Murray
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I mean, what can you expect? The book's title is already an exaggeration. No matter how anti-woke you are, you cannot make the case that there is a war on the west. Hatred? sure, envy? of course, defamation? always. The only kind of new phenomenon he ...more
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The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene
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Despite being mildly cancelled due to the Dawkins' bigot views on trans women, I still enjoy his work when he sticks to what he knows. This is his seminal book and one I read later in my life, but albeit long and some of the chapters being a bit bori ...more
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The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits
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I've read many sub-average reviews that show how uncomfortable people realizing they less agency in the outcome of their lives than they think they have. I see this book as a social exploration of the conclusions and observations by Malcom Gladwell i ...more
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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
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I read this one just because it was available on my Library and because I liked Britney back in the day, but I found myself surprisingly engaged throughout the entire book. Having read several autobiographies by celebrities, I can say this is one of ...more
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I read this one just because it was available on my Library and because I liked Britney back in the day, but I found myself surprisingly engaged throughout the entire book. Having read several autobiographies by celebrities, I can say this is one of ...more
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Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies by Blake Snyder
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As a movies fan, I had high higher expectations about this book, I hoped I would read more references to movies, explanations on why and how they work or fail, but although there's an element of that, it felt like too light and formulaic (which is th ...more
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