Nhật Ký Lấy Chồng tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Anthi Koulama anthikoulama — I had a very hard time getting through this book, although I have deep interest in both football and sociological study. At times, the writing seemed sensational with heavy-handed similes and play-by-play descriptions. At other times, it was quite technical, citing statistics of oil production and population densities. The book really shone when highlighting the people involved: players, coaches, other townspeople; the reader could tell Bissinger cared quite a bit for his subjects and was pained when he had to display their less endearing characteristics. At first, the completely backwards priorities of the town of Odessa made me extremely angry, but over the course of the book, I began to see how football came to be the ultimate (and only) worthwhile pursuit. I guess 1988 was a different era, but the blatant racism of the townspeople was also quite distasteful to me. The afterword in my edition, written 10 years after the first publication, described some of the ways the book changed the people of Odessa, and that was good to hear. I have not seen either the movie or the television show based on this book, so cannot comment on how either compares. I do intend to watch the movie, and will put in an update to this review after doing so. Update: The movie is much more fast paced, and centered on the games themselves which seems obvious because of how that translates so much better in a visual medium. However, I was disappointed by how the movie glossed over and even omitted what I would consider pivotal parts of the book. For instance, the film did not even mention the grade-fixing scandal that plagued the Carter Cowboys, Permian's eventual rival in the state semi-finals (not the state championship that is depicted). I can understand changing details like that to make the action more exciting or the characters more dynamic, but some of the omissions were egregious. That said, the movie was much, much more entertaining and much, much less infuriating.

Anastasia Vanelli _anelli — Great book, actually. It talks about the meaning of tears in different cultures and civilizations, which I really love. It is a smart book. It also demystifies tears, which many see as a sign of weakness, and discusses emotions and gender, which is great because it just makes explicit what we know as societal norms. The discussion of the politicians and emotions was very interesting especially in light of the upcoming presidential election. The author contrasted the presidential candidates, the cold Hillary Clinton against the transformation of Bob Dole as mocking emotional presidential candidates to one that openly showed emotions during President Reagan's funeral. Also a discussion of Bill Clinton as being trained to allow tears to flow readily as soon as he was on camera. The author also discussion the physiology of tears and that part was a bit over my head and consequently boring, but overall, this book was a much more interesting read than History of the Smile.

Peter B bardyreg849c — I liked it. Since it was co-written by a husband and wife I was curious about who was writing what. In the afterword they address that.