Toán Nâng Cao Tự Luận Và Trắc Nghiệm Đại Số 8 tải xuống LIT miễn phí

Sandra Campos _andra_ampos — Very interesting and enjoyable read. It took me a few tries to get past the first few chapters but once I did, I was hooked. I loved the characters and the descriptions, and the plot was uplifting despite the many tragedies.

Ilja Nemo iljanemo — This was another of my favorites as a teen, and it seemed a fitting follow up to the last book I listened to, Many Waters. Poly O'Keefe is the niece of Sandy and Dennys of that book, and, though there are a few books that come between these, plot wise, these two are closely tied together because they both deal with time travel. The time travel of this book seems to be a more spiritual form of time travel than that of Many Waters. Whereas Sandy and Dennys travelled through time due to science and messing with their dad's experimental computer, Poly's time travels are less explained by time than by some sort of spiritual connection. Not only do Poly, Bishop Colubra, and Zachary travel back through the time game, into a different "circle of time," but both Karralys and Anaral, druids from 3,000 years earlier, are about to travel forward into the present circle of time. There is no reason given for why the circles of time opened at all, let alone a scientific one, or a reason why it was for those specific reasons. In the end, the only guess that Karralys can make is that God opened the gate so they could eventually help Zachary (be less of a self-centered jerk and also heal his heart). One of the main issues in this book is sacrifice. The tribes in the past come from a culture where sacrifice, both animal and human, was seen as necessary for survival. The earth required it to give them good crops, for rain to be sent, for their people to prosper. Tav, who came with Karralys from England, believed that way, and so did the People Across the Lake. There is a distinct different, however, in blood that taken by force versus blood given, with Jesus as an example. Karralys and the People of the Wind believed the opposite of Tav and the other tribe. They believed that the Mother, the earth, was good, and only wanted their love, which is a much more modern view of religion. In the end, Tav's heart was changed not only because he came to care for Poly as a person, but because he truly realized that the Mother didn't require blood. Zachary's relationship to sacrifice was different in that he would never admit to himself until the end that he would sacrifice Poly's life for his own. Zachary was the ultimate symbol of selfishness. Even though he didn't actually know Poly that well, he insisted on visiting her frequently, charming her and taking advantage of her kindness and good nature, even going so far as to kiss her at times. Even though it was explained to him very clearly that Poly was at risk of being sacrificed if she went back in time again, Zachary chose to believe that the threat of death wasn't real and literally dragged her back to the past with him. When he could have stayed with the People of the Wind and seen if they could heal their heart, Zachary willingly abandoned them to go across the lake because he heard their healer was more powerful. When the chief of that tribe demanded he bring Poly to them before seeing the healer, Zachary arranged for her forceful abduction from the People of the Wind's camp. Even though he kept denying it, Zachary must have know all along what the chief intended for Poly: that her blood be sacrificed to bring rain to their side of the lake, and to provide their healer with more power. It wasn't until her death was eminent that Zachary repeated and realized what he had done. Of course, once all was said and done, they still did everything they could to heal his heart. And then Zachary has the temerity to ask Poly if he could see her again?!? I don't know if you can tell, but Zachary is one of my most despised characters ever. I wish Poly had just left him at that camp to rot, but she wouldn't have been able to live with herself if she had abandoned him, and going back for him allowed for her to negotiate peace between the two tribes. The healers in the past were interesting in their power is not something that can be explained. They are not doctors, with scientific knowledge of how things work, but rather some sort of magical power workers, who can feel the energy in people and manipulate it to bring about healing. Poly experiences this herself, as she seems to have the healing touch herself (and had there been more books, I bet Poly would have gone on to medical school). Her thoughts on good power versus bad power were interesting as well -- can good, positive power work together with bad, malignant power? Or are them incompatible? Would the power give to the healer through the spilling of Poly's blood have been able to increase the strength of his natural, loving power? Luckily, they didn't have to find out. Once of my favorite parts of this book was always the sweet relationship between Poly and Tav. This is another relationship that would never work like Yalith and Dennys/Sandy, both between of the time distance between them and the cultural differences as well. It's another example of love that is true, but not Poly or Tav's only love, one possible love. As much as Poly and Tav were drawn to one another, and truly began to care for each other, and could have possibly built a wonderful, loving life together, had the circumstances been different, I fully believe that they each could go on to love again, and find someone else to spend their lives with, someone who is equally compatible and lovable. That doesn't mean that Poly and Tav will forget each other; it's more like they'll remember each other in their hearts, as one does with someone who has died. Just as Poly thinks of Max out there, enjoying herself in whatever state she is in, be it Heaven or not, she will also think of Tav in that way, I hope. Overall, this is definitely a book I still love, and one that makes you think. Some of my favorite moments were the clash of cultures, like when Poly was showing off all her pocket items to the tribesmen, and I will never forget the visual of the blood red moon on the lake, and the canoe rising up in front of it, with Karralys and Og in the front, and the Bishop holding Louise the Larger in the back.