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Recommendations

Each month, BiblioGAM chooses texts that are related to the cultural center's monthly programming and highlights them. In this way, theoretical cross-references are made between what is presented in GAM and the texts in the collection. Thanks to the donations received and a specific budget for this purpose, new titles have been added to the library, which already exceeds 20 thousand volumes. Valuable material that BiblioGAM shares with its audience through these recommendations.

Mistral, animal

Animal closes the celebrations around the 80th anniversary of Gabriela Mistral's Nobel Prize, with a meeting of texts focused on the human/non-human animal relationship, written by 12 authors during spring and summer 2025.

Aphrodite does not paint at dawn

This is a science fiction novel set in a futuristic Chile, where an artificial intelligence questions the limits between humanity, freedom and desire. It stands out for its social criticism and reflective tone.

The echo of the landscape

A journey through the O'Higgins Region that explores memory, landscape and the transformation of the gaze. Through images that mix times and places, the work invites us to discover the deep connection between people and nature, reminding us that we are also part of the landscape.

Chronicles to listen to the sea

It is a book that leaves a striking testimony of the time, inspired by the experience of children in Chile, during the year 1973. It is also a beautiful journey through the intimate experience of an eight-year-old girl, who lived her childhood in northern Chile, in the days before and after the coup d'état. In each chapter, their personal experiences are intertwined with the historical events that marked an entire generation.

Salchi comic: short stories of a long dog

Samuel is a dachshund like any other. He is cheerful and playful with his friends and a fierce guardian when someone is in trouble. He likes fruit, running as if the horizon did not exist and sometimes, when he is alone, he dances to all kinds of rhythms incessantly. With his 13 kilos of love and his great imagination, he is capable of living great adventures with which he always surprises us.

Ethics for other-than-humans: thinking about the value of life beyond the human species

This book proposes to rethink ethics in times of environmental crisis, expanding moral consideration towards animals, plants and ecosystems. With a critical and interdisciplinary perspective, it invites us to reflect on coexistence and care for all forms of life.

Why do we listen to love songs?

Love songs appear as a permanent backdrop in people's lives. What role do they play in these experiences, sometimes happy, other times frustrated? In an arc that collects different stories, Lutereau narrates some memorable episodes to reflect on love and heartbreak, abandonment, loss and the chance meeting that sometimes comes in the form of a miracle.

Salvador Allende and Valparaíso: a provincial chronicle

The work explores the close relationship between Salvador Allende and Valparaíso, a fundamental city in his political formation and public career. With support from documentary sources, the book reconstructs his leadership in the region and the social and political context that marked the time.

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