Brazilian Biographies

The books, in order

1. 1

   Biographies and Memoirs · 18 min

   Child of the Dark

   Carolina Maria de Jesus

   Urban segregation works like a storage room that hides from public view the workers who keep the city itself running.

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2. 2

   Biographies and Memoirs · 19 min

   I'm Still Here

   Marcelo Rubens Paiva

   An unexplained absence turns everyday life into an investigation: beyond missing someone, the family has to work to find out what happened.

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3. 3

   Biographies and Memoirs · 20 min

   Mauá: Entrepreneur of the Empire

   Jorge Caldeira

   Learning a different way to work can reveal problems that familiarity had hidden.

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4. 4

   Biographies and Memoirs · 19 min

   The Emperor's Beard

   Lilia Moritz Schwarcz

   The way places are assigned can reveal power relations before anyone even explains the rules.

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5. 5

   Biographies and Memoirs · 18 min

   Dom Pedro II: To Be or Not to Be

   José Murilo de Carvalho

   Pedro II spent his entire life torn between the office he inherited and his desire to simply be a scholar with free time for research.

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6. 6

   Biographies and Memoirs · 15 min

   Dream High, Think Big

   Theunis Marinho

   Moving between cities, schools, and friend groups throughout childhood builds the exact muscles that the job market calls adaptability early on.

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7. 7

   Biographies and Memoirs · 14 min

   Michael Jordan: The Life

   Roland Lazenby

   Early rejection and painful defeats became the psychological fuel that shaped the greatest career in basketball history.

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