Eddie Enoc từ Punta de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

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05/02/2024

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2018-05-23 17:31

Dinh Dưỡng Cây Trồng Và Phân Bón Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng

Secrets of what happened in the woods the night of a hurricane in 1979 come back to haunt four adults when they reunite after all these years for the death of one of their friends. Needless to say, this was a very sad, dark, depressing, mystery. The author told the story from the perspectives of many characters in the first narrative switching between past and present. Doing so actually gave a lot of insight into nature of each person and made for a rich, deeper story. You learn so much about their lives and how each of them viewed the same situations and people differently. It seemed like they knew the truth about each other and the real person they were when they didin't know the same themselves. The group of five kids that used to play together in the woods were three brothers (Sean, Tim, and Go-Go in chronological age) and two girls that were best friends (Gwen and Mickey). Gwen is the pretty girl with a father who is a doctor and a stay at home mother. The boys's father jumps from job to job because of his hot temper and their mother tries to keep up the house with no help. Sean is the cautious one, Tim is jealous of Sean, and Go-Go is weak and fragile. Mickey doesn't have as much money as the others and she doesn't have a stable family life. Her mother's boyfriend acts as her step-father so she has a lot of anger and resentment. A lot of this attitude is what leads the group to seek adventure in the woods which becomes the root of their secrets. The thing I like most about this book was learning how people really see and feel about each other. How one best friend sees and really feels about the other. How a wife sees and really feels about her husband. How parents really see and feel about their kids. It is scary how much people keep their real feelings hidden. To me, those were the most interesting secrets. Even though the book was leading up to the reveal of the big secrets, these secrets were interwoven all throughout the story. And in the end, you are supposed to believe that some secrets should stay that way because they will only hurt others and that revealing them only absolves you. The author said in the afterword that this was a very personal book for her and her most autobiographical. I wonder if this is her way of revealing her own secrets so they won't hurt others but will absolve her.

2018-05-23 19:31

Ehon - Thực Phẩm Tâm Hồn Cho Bé - Tàu Điện Tới Rồi! Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mamoru Suzuki

This was written shortly after the end of the war. The author went on to become a military historian and his experiences as a company commander parallel those of Winters in Band of Brothers. This is not for the faint-hearted and the names have not been changed to protect the innocent - or the dead. His men are revealed with all their flaws. As the author says in his preface: "to make a story of a war authentic you must see war--not a hasty taste of war but the dread, gnawing diet of war, the horrors and the fears that are at first blunt testimony that you are a novice and then later become so much a part of you that only another veteran, through some sixth sense, may know that those same horrors and fears are yet there." The introduction provides some context. "An infantry regiment with on-paper strength of a little more than 3,000 might lose over twice that many in less than a year of combat." The author of the introduction suggests that "such casualty rates played havoc with the concept of 'Band of Brothers' . . .An infantry company's makeup was constantly changing." Wounded being sent back to the front rarely were returned to their original outfits. Casualty rates among the infantry -- note that Winters was airborne -- were staggering. They suffered "more than 90% of the casualties in Europe." Marshall's "ninety-division gamble," an attempt to keep the army as small as possible -- something I had no clue about -- is so reminiscent of Rumsfeld's similar attempt with its consequent disaster in Iraq. Marshall's reasoning was to apply as much resource as possble to war production and air and naval power. Plus ca change....... This is the unvarnished memoir of combat. Sometimes retreats occur against orders. Often superior officers flee the battlefield, then write each other up for medals. Fear is omnipresent, atrocities happen, hot showers become more than luxeries. He dreaded sending out patrols at night to collect information they had already reported to headquarters just so the rear brass could type up more reports. He and his men have little respect for the higher ranks. "It seemed that since we were now in a 'quiet' position that every officer in the division with the rank of major or above wanted to inspect the company area. The condemned the men for not having shaved or for wearing knit wool caps without their helmets, evidently an unpardonable misdemeanor, or for untidy areas around the dugouts. The officers did not inspect my 1st Platoon area, [stationed farthest foward and subjected to random shelling:] however, usually passing it over with the excuse it was too far to walk, but we laughed inwardly, knowing it was the threat of enemy shelling that kept most of them away." MacDonald was thrown into combat as a captain replacement officer with little or no combat experience. He was assigned company I, a group that swore action followed them around. As soon as they were pulled from a an intense sector, it quieted down. When they were assigned to a previously quiet area, the Germans would attack with a bayonet charge or something smilar. Following several months in relatively static defensive positions, his company is quickly rounded up and sent to back up the 99th Inf. Division that had been counterattacked and mauled after they had attempted to take some dams to prevent their destruction. MacDonald's account of moving to the front in snow, setting up his men with not enough ammunition, the chaos and opacity of battle is simply amazing. ' "Which way's the enemy?" I asked [of the colonel:]" "I dunno. [he replied:] Nobody seems to know a goddamned thing. They say it's that way," and he motioned with one arm to the east.' The small military horizon of the company commander was striking. They maintained closest contact with companies on their flanks; some with Battalion, very little with Division, Corps is almost unimportant. Maps and map reading ability was crucial. The British had been given responsibility for mapping Europe; they were forced to use mostly WW I maps, but updated them with aerial reconnaissance whenever possible. The aerial map readers provided some astonishing information. They could recognize defensive positions by noticing darker grass. Dew would fall off barbed wire nourishing the grass underneath the wire more effectively hence making it more visible from the air. What's amazing to me is how well MacDonald did with his men, perhaps a tribute to the training he had received. The story is recounted in such a matter-of-fact way, that the day-to-day horrors somehow become that much more memorable for their ordinariness. Note: a really nice foldout map accompanies the History Book Club edition.

2018-05-23 20:31

Tiếng Gọi Của Hoang Dã (Sách Minh Long) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Jack London

"Virginia war das Hauptkampfgebiet während des amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges, deshalb ist es nicht verwunderlich, daß die Einwohner von Crozet sich dem Reenactment der Schlachten verpflichtet fühlen. Mit allem ausgerüstet zieht man in den Kampf, nur daß ein Opfer mit drei Schüssen im Rücken verletzt auf dem Felde bleibt, war so nicht geplant. Da dem Schlachtgetümmel ein ähnliches in einer öffentlichen Ausschußsitzung des Stadtrates vorangegangen war, das Opfer hatte sich hier mit seinem Kontrahenten regelrecht gefetzt, ist auch ein Verdacht vorhanden. Ein vermißter Pilot samt Flugzeug trägt nicht unbedingt zur Klärung bei, glücklicherweise haben aber Mrs. Murphy und ihre tierischen Freunde ihre Pfoten mit im Spiel. Sie vermögen durch kluges Handeln die Menschen auf den richtigen Weg zu bringen Der 7. Band der Mrs. Murphy-Reihe zeichnet sich durch vermehrte Dialoge der tierischen Partner aus, Mrs. Murphy läuft sozusagen zur Hochform auf. R.M. Brown spart auch nicht mit Kritik an den politischen Gegebenheiten, das Buch stammt aus dem Jahre 1999, auch wundern einen die vielen Bibelzitate, dieses ist doch politisch vollkommen inkorrekt. Wer zum Katzenkrimi neigt, kommt an diesem Roman schwerlich vorbei. PS: In der Buchbeschreibung bei LB wird Sir H. Vane-Tempest tot aufgefunden, dies ist falsch, er ist „nur“ schwerverletzt."

Người đọc Eddie Enoc từ Punta de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.