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    {
        "title": "Python para Desenvolvedores (2nd Edition)",
        "author": "Luiz Eduardo Borges",
        "authorUrl": "http://ark4n.wordpress.com/python/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "[PORTUGUESE] Este livro aborda assuntos que incluem: criação de interfaces com usuário, computação gráfica, aplicações para internet, sistemas distribuídos, entre outros.",
        "url": "http://ark4n.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/python_para_desenvolvedores_2ed.pdf",
        "cover": "img/cover_pypd_2ed_th.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition",
        "author": "B. Miller & D. Ranum",
        "authorUrl": "http://reputablejournal.com",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "This interactive book teaches you Python the interactive way, right in the browser.",
        "url": "http://interactivepython.org/courselib/static/thinkcspy/index.html",
        "cover": "img/runestone.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures Using Python",
        "author": "B. Miller & D. Ranum",
        "authorUrl": "http://reputablejournal.com/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "This book is a CS2 data structures textbook, with a review of Python concepts in chapter 1",
        "url": "http://interactivepython.org/courselib/static/pythonds/index.html",
        "cover": "img/PythonDScover.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Learn Python The Hard Way",
        "author": "Zed A. Shaw",
        "authorUrl": "http://learnpythonthehardway.org/",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "Have you always wanted to learn how to code but never thought you could? Do you want to challenge your brain in a new way? ",
        "url": "http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book",
        "cover": "img/cover_learnpython.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Dive into Python (2004)",
        "author": "Mark Pilgrim",
        "authorUrl": "http://getpython3.com/diveintopython3/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "Dive Into Python is a free Python book (from 2004) for experienced programmers. It covers many basics of the language",
        "url": "http://www.diveintopython.net/toc/index.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_divepython.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Dive into Python 3",
        "author": "Mark Pilgrim",
        "authorUrl": "http://getpython3.com/diveintopython3/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "Dive Into Python 3 covers what's new in Python 3 and how its differs from Python 2.",
        "url": "http://getpython3.com/diveintopython3/whats-new.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_divepython3.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Think Python",
        "author": "Allen B. Downey",
        "authorUrl": "http://www.greenteapress.com/",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "A very exhaustive book covering most of the language features, from datatypes to OOP and debugging.",
        "url": "http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/thinkCSpy.pdf",
        "cover": "img/cover_thinkpython.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Kivy programming Guide",
        "author": "Kivy",
        "authorUrl": "http://kivy.org/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "Discover Kivy the multitouch Python framework for desktop and mobile, and learn how to create a simple game.",
        "url": "http://kivy.org/docs/pdf/Kivy-latest.pdf",
        "cover": "img/cover_kivy.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Django Tutorial",
        "author": "Community",
        "authorUrl": "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "With this hands-on tutorial, discover Django the popular high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.",
        "url": "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/",
        "cover": "img/cover_django.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Pyramid for Humans",
        "author": "Community",
        "authorUrl": "http://pyramid.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "With this tutorial, discover Pyramid a Python web application development framework. Its primary goal is to make it easier for a Python developer to create web applications.",
        "url": "http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid_tutorials/en/latest/humans/index.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_pyramid.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Flask microframework",
        "author": "Armin Ronacher",
        "authorUrl": "http://lucumr.pocoo.org/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "Learn the Flask web microframework by example. Flask aims to keep the core simple but extensible and gives you freedom to choose the libraries of your choice.",
        "url": "http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/tutorial/",
        "cover": "img/cover_flask.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Making games with Python and Pygame",
        "author": "Al Sweigart",
        "authorUrl": "http://inventwithpython.com",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "Making Games with Python & Pygame” covers the Pygame library with the source code for 11 games.",
        "url": "http://inventwithpython.com/pygame/chapters/",
        "cover": "img/cover_makinggame.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "High Performance Python tutorial",
        "author": "Ian Ozsvald",
        "authorUrl": "http://ianozsvald.com/2011/07/25/high-performance-python-tutorial-v0-2-from-europython-2011",
        "level": "Advanced",
        "info": "In this 55 pages tutorial, Ian Ozsvald shows you a number of techniques to get a 10-500 performance increase in your Python apps, from profiling, to PyPy, numPy, Multiprocessing...",
        "url": "http://ianozsvald.com/HighPerformancePythonfromTrainingatEuroPython2011_v0.2.pdf",
        "cover": "img/cover_highperf.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "A byte of Python",
        "author": "Swaroop C H",
        "authorUrl": "http://www.swaroopch.org/",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "This book aims to help you learn the wonderful Python language and show how to get things done quickly and painlessly - in effect 'The Perfect Anti-venom to your programming problems'.",
        "url": "http://files.swaroopch.com/python/byteofpython_120.pdf",
        "cover": "img/cover_swaroop.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Python 101 - Introduction to Python",
        "author": "Dave Kuhlman",
        "authorUrl": "http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "This document is a syllabus for a first course in Python programming. This course contains an introduction to the Python language, instruction in the important and commonly used features of the language, and practical excercises in the use of those features.",
        "url": "http://cutter.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/python_101/python_101.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_python101.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "The Standard Python Library",
        "author": "Fredrik Lundh",
        "authorUrl": "http://effbot.org/zone/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "This book provides a brief description of each module of the +200 Python standard library and usage examples",
        "url": "http://effbot.org/zone/librarybook-index.htm",
        "cover": "img/cover_pythonstandardlibrairy.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Snake Wrangling for Kids",
        "author": "Jason R. Briggs",
        "authorUrl": "http://www.briggs.net.nz/snake-wrangling-for-kids.html",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "[DOWNLOAD REQUIRED] For children 8 years and older, who would like to learn computer programming. It covers the very basics of programming, and uses the Python programming language to teach the concepts.",
        "url": "http://www.briggs.net.nz/snake-wrangling-for-kids.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_snakewrangling.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Programming Computer Vision with Python",
        "author": "Jan Erik Solem",
        "authorUrl": "http://programmingcomputervision.com/",
        "level": "Advanced",
        "info": "[PDF DRAFT] This book gives an entry point to hands-on computer vision (images, videos...) with enough understanding of the underlying theory and algorithms.",
        "url": "http://programmingcomputervision.com/downloads/Draft_20120318.pdf",
        "cover": "img/cover_computervision.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Natural Language Processing with Python",
        "author": "S. Bird, E. Klein & E. Loper",
        "authorUrl": "https://sites.google.com/site/naturallanguagetoolkit/book",
        "level": "Advanced",
        "info": "Practical introduction to programming for language processing, written by the creators of NLTK.",
        "url": "https://sites.google.com/site/naturallanguagetoolkit/book",
        "cover": "img/cover_nltk.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Think Complexity",
        "author": "Allen B. Downey",
        "authorUrl": "http://www.greenteapress.com/",
        "level": "Advanced",
        "info": "This book is about complexity science, data structures and algorithms, intermediate programming in Python, and the philosophy of science.",
        "url": "http://greenteapress.com/complexity/html/index.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_complexity.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Think Stats",
        "author": "Allen B. Downey",
        "authorUrl": "http://www.greenteapress.com/",
        "level": "Advanced",
        "info": "Think Stats is an introduction to Probability and Statistics for Python programmers.",
        "url": "http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_stats.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Python Module of the week",
        "author": "Doug Hellman",
        "authorUrl": "http://www.doughellmann.com/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "The Python Module of the Week series, or PyMOTW, is a tour of the Python standard library through short and concrete examples. It covers more than 50 modules.",
        "url": "http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/contents.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_pymotw.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "An introduction to Python",
        "author": "John C. Lusth",
        "authorUrl": "http://beastie.cs.ua.edu/cs150/book/index.html",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "A complete scholar overview of all Python 3 functionnalities from the Alabama University.",
        "url": "http://beastie.cs.ua.edu/cs150/book/index.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_alabamaintro.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Building skills in Programming",
        "author": "Steven F. Lot ",
        "authorUrl": "http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "How do you learn to program? Through a series of simple exercises that teach programming fundamentals with an easy-to-use, easy-to-learn programming language.",
        "url": "http://www.itmaybeahack.com/homepage/books/nonprog/html/index.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_buildingskillnonpro.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Building skills in Python",
        "author": "Steven F. Lot ",
        "authorUrl": "http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "This 450+ page book has 42 chapters that will help you build Python programming skills through a series of exercises. This book includes six projects from straight-forward to sophisticated that will help solidify your Python skills.",
        "url": "http://www.itmaybeahack.com/book/python-2.6/html/index.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_buildingskillspython.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Building skills in OOP",
        "author": "Steven F. Lot ",
        "authorUrl": "http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "How do you move from OO programming to OO design? This 301-page book has 49 chapters that will help you build OO design skills through the creation of a moderately complex family of application programs.",
        "url": "http://www.itmaybeahack.com/book/oodesign-python-2.1/html/index.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_buildingskillsoop.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Python Scientific lecture notes",
        "author": "by the community",
        "authorUrl": "http://scipy-lectures.github.com/AUTHORS.html",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "Teaching material on the scientific Python ecosystem, a quick introduction to central tools and techniques. The different chapters each correspond to a 1 to 2 hours course with increasing level of expertise, from beginner to expert.",
        "url": "http://scipy-lectures.github.com/",
        "cover": "img/cover_scientific.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Programmez avec Python 2",
        "author": "Gérard Swinnen",
        "authorUrl": "http://inforef.be/swi/python.htm",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "[FRENCH] Apprenez à programmer avec Python 2. Découvrez la programmation et le language Python grâce à cet ouvrage de référence.",
        "url": "http://inforef.be/swi/download/apprendre_python.pdf",
        "cover": "img/cover_apprendrepython2.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Programmez avec Python 3",
        "author": "Gérard Swinnen",
        "authorUrl": "http://inforef.be/swi/python.htm",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "[FRENCH] Apprenez à programmer avec Python 3. Mise à jour du précédent ouvrage avec les spécificité de Python 3.",
        "url": "http://inforef.be/swi/download/apprendre_python3_5.pdf",
        "cover": "img/cover_apprendrepython3.jpg"
    },
    {
        "title": "Python for you and me",
        "author": "Kushal Das",
        "authorUrl": "http://kushaldas.in",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "A book for the total new comers into Python world. Was started as book for students before they read Python tutorial.",
        "url": "http://kushal.fedorapeople.org/book/",
        "cover": "img/pym.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Python course",
        "author": "Patrick Fuchs / Pierre Poulain,",
        "authorUrl": "http://www.dsimb.inserm.fr/~fuchs/python/python.html",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "[FRENCH] Beginner and progressive course about Python theory and concepts",
        "url": "http://www.dsimb.inserm.fr/~fuchs/python/python-node1.html",
        "cover": "img/cover_python101.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Python",
        "author": "Bruno R. Preiss",
        "authorUrl": "http://www.brpreiss.com",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "This book is about the fundamentals of data structures and algorithms. It uses object oriented design patterns and teaches topics like stacks, queues, lists, hashing and graphs. There are also versions for other programming languages.",
        "url": "http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus7/",
        "cover": "img/cover_datastructandalg.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "A bit of Python & other things.",
        "author": "Jesse Noller",
        "authorUrl": "http://jessenoller.com/",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "A usefull page with good links to read about Python",
        "url": "http://jessenoller.com/good-to-great-python-reads/",
        "cover": "img/cover_jessenoller.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Python Course",
        "author": "Google",
        "authorUrl": "http://developers.google.com",
        "level": "Beginner",
        "info": "This is a free class for people with a little bit of programming experience who want to learn Python.",
        "url": "https://developers.google.com/edu/python/",
        "cover": "img/cover_googledevelopers.png"
    },
    {
        "title": "Porting to Python 3: An in-depth guide",
        "author": "Lennart Regebro",
        "authorUrl": "http://regebro.wordpress.com/",
        "level": "Intermediate",
        "info": "This book guides you through the process of porting your Python 2 code to Python 3, from choosing a porting strategy to solving your distribution issues. Using plenty of code examples is takes you cross the hurdles and shows you the new Python features.",
        "url": "http://python3porting.com/",
        "cover": "img/cover_porting_python3.png"
    },
    {
      "title":"Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python 3",
      "author":"Josh Cogliati/Wikibooks/Others",
      "authorUrl":"http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python_3",
      "level":"Beginner",
      "info":"The Non-Programmers' Tutorial For Python 3 is a tutorial designed to be an introduction to the Python programming language. This guide is for someone with no programming experience.",
      "url":"http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python_3",
      "cover":"img/Python3-powered.png"
    },
    {
      "title":"The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python!",
      "author":"Kenneth Reitz",
      "authorUrl":"http://kennethreitz.com/",
      "level":"Beginner",
      "info":"This opinionated guide exists to provide both novice and expert Python developers a best-practice handbook to the installation, configuration, and usage of Python on a daily basis.",
      "url":"http://python-guide.org/",
      "cover":"img/PythonGuide.png"
    },
    {
      "title":"Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Methods for Hackers: Using Python and PyMC",
      "author":"Cam Davidson-Pilon and community",
      "authorUrl":"http://www.camdp.com",
      "level":"Intermediate",
      "info":"aka 'Bayesian Methods for Hackers': An introduction to Bayesian methods + probabilistic programming in data analysis with a computation/understanding-first, mathematics-second point of view. All in pure Python ;)",
      "url":"https://github.com/CamDavidsonPilon/Probabilistic-Programming-and-Bayesian-Methods-for-Hackers",
      "cover":"img/BMH.png"
    }
]}