Ngày Xưa Có Một Con Bò... (Tái Bản 2017) tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Jonni Rösa jonnirosa — I was so eager to read more Sarah Waters, I bought this one in hardcover.....I was disappointed in this book after the magnificent Tipping the Velvet. The ending felt like a sucker punch and the characters didn't compel me as did those in Tipping the Velvet. It has elements that interest me: seances, historical backdrop, intrigue, romance and lesbians..... but the whole just didn't work for me. The ending wiped out any affection I might have had remaining for the book as a whole.

Mon More _on_ore — Freese offers an interesting narrative of coal that weaves through preindustrial England to present. I get the feeling reading that she researched everything from the perspective of coal and then unsurprisingly found that the world's history has been driven by coal (from the industrial revolution to the 2000 US election). That said she makes strong points about the importance of fuel and offers a very interesting minihistory. Her writing style is easily readable and straightforward, but tries too hard to be a crossover book and is at times overly simplified and cute. She was formerly an environmental lawyer and it shows, the whole book has a strong leaning toward air quality concern, which I found worthwhile but she certainly isn't objective about her concerns and values. All in all very informative and fun to read. It will fill you with annoying facts to drop on your friends, such as that Daylight Savings Time was instituted in World War II as a reaction to the gas and coal shortage in order to better use daylight in lighting the home. The second-to-last chapter is a short look at China and coal. The modernday stuff is pretty pat but the history is awesome and makes me want to go to Kaifeng.