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Carlos Cámara <p>finished reading</p>
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Mapping (Critical Introductions to Geography) by Jeremy Crampton
Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS is an introduction to the critical issues surrounding mapping and Geographic Information …
Carlos Cámara rated Vallvi: 4 stars
Carlos Cámara <p>wants to read</p>
David Harvey by Greigh Charnock, Noel Castree, Brett Christophers
David Harvey is among the most influential Marxist thinkers of the last half century. This book offers a lucid and …
Carlos Cámara quoted David Harvey by Greigh Charnock
Lanchester (2016) asked [Danny] Dorling to resolve something that had been puzzling him, asking 'why, when I was at school, geography was about the shapes of rivers, but now all the best-known geographers seem to be Marxists'? Dorling's answer was illuminating as Lanchester's question. He (no Marxist) conceeded that 'when you look at a map and see that the people on the side of some line are rich and healthy and long-lived and the people on the other side are poor and sick and die young, you start to wonder why, and that turns you towards deep-casual explanations, which then lead in the direction of Marxism'
— David Harvey by Greigh Charnock, Noel Castree, Brett Christophers
Carlos Cámara quoted Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
Governing by numbers is the last resort of a country that no longer knows what it wants, a country with no vision of utopia
Carlos Cámara reviewed Geographies of Digital Exclusion by Mark Graham
Irregular, but worth reading
3 stars
The book starts really strong. The first chapters are catchy and relevant and they are very well written, too. Additionally, it is methodologically sound and some of their findings are interesting. Regretfully, at some points it becomes quite repetitive (in terms of methods and results) and, the methodology is sometimes unconsistent, unclear (i.e. I'd like to fully understand how the searches were made) and even questionable.
Actually, what I found to be more controversial is the decision of comparing Google Maps and Wikipedia. Mainly because they are very different in purpose and contents, but also because I believe that OpenStreetMap would have been a fairer comparison or bridge between the two. It is true that there are some mentions and comparisons to it, but the book claims to focus only oncomparing Google Maps and Wikipedia alone, and therefore, OpenStreetMap is something accessory and not as extensively or consistently as the …
The book starts really strong. The first chapters are catchy and relevant and they are very well written, too. Additionally, it is methodologically sound and some of their findings are interesting. Regretfully, at some points it becomes quite repetitive (in terms of methods and results) and, the methodology is sometimes unconsistent, unclear (i.e. I'd like to fully understand how the searches were made) and even questionable.
Actually, what I found to be more controversial is the decision of comparing Google Maps and Wikipedia. Mainly because they are very different in purpose and contents, but also because I believe that OpenStreetMap would have been a fairer comparison or bridge between the two. It is true that there are some mentions and comparisons to it, but the book claims to focus only oncomparing Google Maps and Wikipedia alone, and therefore, OpenStreetMap is something accessory and not as extensively or consistently as the previous ones.
In any case, just because it raises so many questions and comments that I'd love to discuss with their authors should I had the chance, I believe it is worth reading and I would recomment it despite it didn't match my initial expectations (which admittedly were very high).
Carlos Cámara <p>finished reading</p>
Carlos Cámara reviewed Invierte con poco by Natalia de Santiago
Interesante
3 stars
Se trata de un libro muy diferente a su anterior obra, "Invierte en ti". Si bien conserva de él el estilo de escritura (pedagógico y divertido) que es capaz de contar cosas complejas de forma sencilla, es un libro menos generalista, más aplicado. También es más especialista. Al ser menos genérico, se abordan menos temas con mayor profundidad, lo cual es muy positivo. Sin embargo, tengo la sensación de que algunos capítulos (por ejemplo tipos de fondos de inversión) no están equilibroados y hay un gran salto de lo genérico a lo muy específico. También he echado de menos que se desarrollase más el último capítulo, con consejos o criterios para invertir, lo cual lo haría más aplicado todavía (que entiendo que es su vocación -aunque entiendo lo difícil de hacerlo dado que hay tantas casuísticas como lectores). Es un libro que tendré que volver a leer para poder aprovecharlo …
Se trata de un libro muy diferente a su anterior obra, "Invierte en ti". Si bien conserva de él el estilo de escritura (pedagógico y divertido) que es capaz de contar cosas complejas de forma sencilla, es un libro menos generalista, más aplicado. También es más especialista. Al ser menos genérico, se abordan menos temas con mayor profundidad, lo cual es muy positivo. Sin embargo, tengo la sensación de que algunos capítulos (por ejemplo tipos de fondos de inversión) no están equilibroados y hay un gran salto de lo genérico a lo muy específico. También he echado de menos que se desarrollase más el último capítulo, con consejos o criterios para invertir, lo cual lo haría más aplicado todavía (que entiendo que es su vocación -aunque entiendo lo difícil de hacerlo dado que hay tantas casuísticas como lectores). Es un libro que tendré que volver a leer para poder aprovecharlo del todo.
Carlos Cámara reviewed Pandora al Congo by Albert Sánchez Piñol
Sorprenent
5 stars
(EN below) Es tracta d'un llibre que va evolucionant contínuament on res no és el que sembla. El que al començament em semblava que només es tractava una història ben explicada però que s'assemblava massa a la seva anterior novel·la (La Pell Freda) i exigia fer massa actes de fe en virtut de l'entreteniment, va mutant en un seguit d'històries dins històries, amb un final sorprenent i intel·ligent on tot el que no tenia sentit pren una nova i inesperada dimensió.
This is a constantly evolving book where nothing is what it seems. What at first seemed to me to be just a well-told story but too similar to his previous novel (La Pell Freda) and requiring too many acts of faith for the sake of entertainment, turns into a series of stories within stories, with a surprising and clever ending where everything that didn't make sense takes on a …
(EN below) Es tracta d'un llibre que va evolucionant contínuament on res no és el que sembla. El que al començament em semblava que només es tractava una història ben explicada però que s'assemblava massa a la seva anterior novel·la (La Pell Freda) i exigia fer massa actes de fe en virtut de l'entreteniment, va mutant en un seguit d'històries dins històries, amb un final sorprenent i intel·ligent on tot el que no tenia sentit pren una nova i inesperada dimensió.
This is a constantly evolving book where nothing is what it seems. What at first seemed to me to be just a well-told story but too similar to his previous novel (La Pell Freda) and requiring too many acts of faith for the sake of entertainment, turns into a series of stories within stories, with a surprising and clever ending where everything that didn't make sense takes on a new and unexpected dimension.