Điểm Tựa Của Niềm Tin (Tái Bản 2015) tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Robert örn _obert_rn — predictable. figured out what the story was about, and the plot twist, by the 2nd chapter. at least it's slightly better written than da vinci code.

Abdalsamiah Marroush _arroush — Really interesting story about 3 people crash landing in the middle of Papua during WW2. I don't run across many stories that are set in the place where we lived in Indonesia and this is a really interesting one that attempts to reflect the geography, culture, and time of Papua in WW2. Very good story, well written.

Darren Warner _arren_arner — A wholly different way of looking at Jefferson, through the lens of Monticello, and his obsessive building and rebuilding of the house. Jefferson's public life is scrupulously avoided, mentioned only when it bears directly on his (always desperate) cash situation or his changing taste. His 8 years in the White House is mentioned only because it almost bankrupted him; and his long stay in France is mentioned only because it refined his architectural esthetics. True, all that's been covered endlessly elsewhere, but it disconcerted me in the reading. By leaving the core of his existence out of the book, you end up with a Jefferson who seems to have nothing on his mind when he's at Monticello except ripping the place up once again, and the effort makes him seem almost insane by the end of the book, when the house is unfinished and falling apart despite his 40 years of almost non-stop building and remodeling, and he is so far in debt that his daughter has to sell Monticello not long after he's dead. You begin to wonder: Americans elected this nut to two terms as President?! To help counter this effect, I kept my iPad close by as I read, and filled in the gaps here and there by reading about Jefferson's fuller life. At the same time, the book was meaty with period detail, and I appreciated McLaughlin's discussion of slave life and status at Monticello, particularly the question of whether Jefferson fathered several children with a black mistress. McLaughlin says yes, but he settles the question not by reviewing the genetics but by teasing from the estate's records the many ways in which Jefferson treated his black family with much greater interest and concern for their welfare than his other slaves. This sticks with me as one of the great strengths of the book, and gave a much more human face to this brilliant, restless, contradictory man.

Meylin Miranda missmagiaveneno — Read this book on an airplane. Had no tissues. Big mistake. Very heart-warming. Love the way animals get under our skin

Mahmoud Emam mahmoudram9279 — I liked it for the near-future elements and the always-solid use of language, but I thought Motherless Brooklyn was better. The pace of the mystery here felt uneven, and I wasn't very interested in the plot, more in the characters.

Daniel Dratewka dratewka — Decently balanced memoir about partition, gives a good understanding of the political context of partition.