Tự Nhiên Như Người Hà Nội (Tái Bản 2016) tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Emma Chinedu emmachinedu — One of the most amazing facts this book offers is that in all of humanity's known history, there has been less than half a century of peace (I can't recall the exact number). The author is an NYTimes war correspondent, and he approches the phenomenon of war from a philosophical perspective, which stems --and has been marinating-- from his experiences in Central America and the Balkans. There's been many writings (books, essays) that tackle the draw, the spell of war. Adrenaline, drug... but none seemed to have a strong enough basis. This book, however, comes close to defining --and proving-- the seduction of war. A fault line of this book, though, is that Hedges bases his musings on the Western literature of combat. If war is such an universal force --and it's proven--, it'd be worth to examine how the idiosyncracies of other civilizarions taint the experience of war, i.e. Sun Tzu's "The Art of War."

Pablo Vitoria pvitoria4281 — Hemingway is one of those canon-esque writers that I just never quite got. I could never connect with his characters or stories, and I couldn't quite get past the inherent sexism and misogyny in his works.

Robinswell Zhang robinswell — 2 ½ stars for the first half - too much of a victim feel. 4 stars for last half - it was very good. I’m glad I read it. STORY BRIEF: Four years earlier, a victim escaped from serial killer Church and called the police. Bosch took the call. He feared the killer might have another victim so there was no time to get backup. Bosch went to the room, told Church to freeze, but Church did not comply. He moved to get something under a pillow so Bosch shot and killed him. Bosch then discovered Church was going for his toupee, not a gun. Church’s widow is now suing the city claiming Bosch killed an innocent man. Maybe a third of the book covers the trial. Details of the serial killer and his victims are told to the reader through trial testimony. Chandler is the very smart and competent attorney for Church’s widow. Bosch’s attorney Belk is less experienced and not very good. Belk is on the city payroll and Bosch had no choice in selecting Belk. As the book begins, a blonde dead woman is found buried in concrete. It was done the same way Church’s victims were killed, but this woman was killed after Church’s death. So Bosch is now trying to catch the copycat killer. This hurts Bosch’s defense in the trial because Chandler is claiming there was only one killer who is still alive and that Bosch killed an innocent man. REVIEWER’S OPINION: The first half of the book goes back and forth between the trial (telling about the past – not showing) and Bosch’s current investigation of the copycat killer. When I was halfway through the book I felt it was interesting but I wasn’t enjoying it. I didn’t enjoy watching the judge and Chandler being so negative against Bosch and trying to influence the jury erroneously and unfairly against Bosch. I was mad at things Chandler said about Bosch. He was a hero in my mind (the way he killed Church), yet Chandler made him sound like a rogue bad guy cop. However I may be reacting too strongly here by faulting the author for making me angry at the bad guys. Stories need bad guys to pit against the good guys, but I didn’t like the helpless victim feel. Then my reaction changed. The last half was really good. I loved the things Bosch did when he finally caught the copycat killer. Some readers don’t want to be able to guess who the bad guy is. For you I think this will satisfy because I sure didn’t guess. But I don’t mind if I can guess or not. I care more about being surprised by thinking and actions which is what this author does well. THE SERIES: There are at least 18 books in the Harry Bosch series. These are “police procedural” mystery solving. They are better than most other mysteries I’ve read. Too many authors just slowly unravel clues until all is shown at the end. – almost with a formulaic feeling that I don’t like. I’m much more emotionally engaged and pulled into these stories. This author is making me “like mysteries” more than I have in the past. One reason is that Bosch is so smart and his actions surprise me. For a list of my reviews of other Michael Connelly books see my review of The Black Box http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... NARRATOR: The narrator Dick Hill was very good. I had problems with the voice he used for women in earlier books, but his female voices in this book were fine. DATA: Unabridged audiobook length: 13 hrs and 57 mins. Narrator: Dick Hill. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: three, told not shown. Setting: 1993 Los Angeles, California. Book Copyright: 1994. Genre: crime mystery. Ending: It’s a feel good ending. The good guys win.