Lezlie Wendt từ Laoran Wali, Pakistan

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12/22/2024

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2018-06-14 00:30

Danh Nhân Văn Hóa - Andersen & Mark Twain Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

there were many fascinating tidbits to love here, but the overall narrative thread wasn't as compelling as the title might lead you to believe. but still a solid read.

2018-06-14 01:30

The Sorrow Of War Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bao Ninh

Okay, it's been a while since I actually read this book... and it's not that memorable. I honestly can't remember anything really super awesome about it, nor can I remember anything that really sucked. The book, it was all right. You know what? Now that I think of it... it kind of reminds me of National Treasure. Y'know the Nicholas Cage movie where they hunt for the treasure. But the ending isn't nearly as satisfying as National Treasure. The ending just sort of petered off and it was kind of depressing too, 'cause our main characters either dissappear or end up leading a really sort of pathetic life. I'm not giving anything away... I'm just saying. So yeah, while it's a good read... it's just a passing book in the many books you will read in your life. And this one more than likely will not stick out.

2018-06-14 02:30

Mùa Này, Sao Cứ Dài Nhung Nhớ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ngô Thúy Nga

This book I felt was way too short and the characters way too shallow. Darwin pretty much self destructs and sabotages his whole life because his best friend isn't really to be in a relationship with him? I found this very hard to believe and I found Darwin a pretty unsympathetic character. I understand that this is a series but each book should actually wrap up it's own story before moving on and this book just stopped. I think the world created was interesting and just needed to be developed more.

2018-06-14 03:30

Ngũ Quái Sài Gòn - Tập 1: Cuộc Chơi Không Hẹn Trước Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bùi Chí Vinh

Very cute chicklit book. The main character is sympathetic and the book is an easy read. It did give me some anxiety when Becky would buy stuff, but probably cause there's a little bit of me in that character. I will definitely read the others in the series.

2018-06-14 04:30

50 Tips Du Lịch Dành Cho Bạn Gái Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: An Nhiên

3 star science thriller (top 50% of the genre). The not-as-impressive stepsister of THE HOT ZONE, this nonfiction microbiology thriller tells the frightening true story of smallpox instead of ebola virus. For my full review, see ScienceThrillers.com

2018-06-14 05:30

Bứt Phá Điểm Thi THPT Quốc Gia Môn Vật Lí (Cuốn 1) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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I only gave it 3 stars because I felt the story was rushed, especially for the price. I love the Alpha Male Dom coming together with a Strong Woman to challenge him. I'm partial to that theme! The sex was hot, and explicit, which is something I look for in my erotica. It had so much more potential for more character development. I liked both main characters so much. I wanted to LOVE Hunter. Kata was someone I could totally relate to! When starting the book I couldn't want to see how they would evolve together. Their meeting was so unique, and I enjoyed that I couldn't easily predict their story. I understand book this is part of a series, but this seems to be part of a trend that I'm starting to notice, to put out a smaller story that would actually be just a few chapters in a larger book. That is the only explanation I could come up, with regard as to why I felt the story was so rushed. I would prefer to pay more for a complete story than the pieces for a moderate price. Please know that I am not cheap when it comes to my reading - we all know erotica can be an expensive addiction. lol. That being said, I didn't feel this book was cheap in the eReader market, when I paid $9.99 for it! I will look to read more Shayla Black, but with the hope that I don't feel that I'm being short changed when I'm investing my time and money.

2018-06-14 06:30

Túy Hoa Đình Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nam Đình

The main reason I like the Jack Reacher books is that his character is so appealing. Not so much in this book. It seems that Child was simplytrying to compile as much mindless brutality into this book as possible. There was nothing appealing about it. None of the characters "turned a corner" at the end of the story. There was one redeeming act, but it led the reader nowhere. Not satisfying this time.

2018-06-14 07:30

Giai Thoại Dân Gian Việt Nam - Tập 2 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Kiều Văn

I don't understand why I was forced to read this book in school. Modern Political Theory was the class. What pedophilia and modern political theory have in common is beyond me. It may be a classic, but I truly hated this book. Life is too short to waste it on fictitious trash. I really felt it was like reading Jerry Springer.

2018-06-14 08:30

Đong Tấm Lòng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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We read this in Kmart this morning. I liked how it showed several different types of dancing. There were smaller sized pages that flipped to show the characters dancing, but they weren't that necessary. Overall, a nice Sesame Street book, but we didn't think of buying it since we have several other books like it.

2018-06-14 09:30

Trò Chuyện Tự Nhiên Bằng Tiếng Anh Qua 180 Tình Huống (Kèm CD) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

So, there comes a time in a girl's life when she has a choice: get it done, or get it done right. I decided to be a grown up and pick the more comprehensive Ulysses S. Grant biography instead of the easier and shorter volume in the American Presidency series I went to the library to retrieve. I rarely display such prudence, and likely will not again soon, but I am so glad I ate my Wheaties that morning. It was a long book, and this is a long review. So sorry :-) "Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President" is a paradox of a book. The author is clearly a big Grant fan, but he makes no pretense about Grant's many shortcomings. He also hypothesizes that there is little more to Grant than his two titular salutations, while also providing primary source documentation about Grant's intense and unfulfilled passions off the real and political battlefields. Are we talking about the same Grant? Don't get me wrong - this is a great book and I’m now a huge and unexpected member of the fan club. It follows Grant from early childhood in Ohio, born in 1822 as Hiram Ulysses, by the way, to a leather tanner father and an austere mother. Following an unspectacular adolescence, Hiram won a nomination to the US Military Academy at West Point, where his name was mistakenly recorded in the admission book as Ulysses Samuel by his Congressional sponsor who couldn't really remember the pertinent details. Ulysses liked the U.S. initials and didn't correct the error. At West Point, Grant wasn't a stellar student and was often disciplined for uniform infractions, dress perfection being what he considered a pointless exercise. What was quickly apparent however was that Grant was something of a horse whisperer. Upon graduation, he was considered the most talented cavalry man to ever leave the academy (and indeed was considered the best horseman in the Army for the entirety of his career), though because of an unfortunate incident in which he lost his temper with a horse, he was assigned to an infantry division as quartermaster upon graduation. The loss of a cavalry future was devastating to Grant and he considered quitting his commission. But before his pride could win though, the Mexican American War broke out and Grant raced to the front lines with the supplies he commanded. Even though in a support position, Grant managed to inch close enough to the front lines on many occasions to learn from General Scott and Taylor firsthand. Grant participated in several battles and received multiple honors for bravery, but more importantly fell in love with the art of war. The years betwixt and between are good for no one, and Grant was no exception. Without war, Grant struggled to find success in farming and various trades. He managed to marry a nice girl from a self-important family, but couldn't support her in a style that satisfied her obstinate, slave-owning father (from whom she would not be separated). In response, Grant remained in the Army, which provided the only steady income he could find. He was frequently separated from his wife and growing family (four children in ten years), but found some adventure living the frontier Army life. While his contemporaries were farming or speculating or answering the call of gold, Grant was such a failure at every business venture he tried that he rose steadily in the Army ranks for lack of anything more profitable to do. Such that when Civil War broke out in 1861, Grant was immediately assigned his own regiment of volunteers. We don't need to follow Grant's trail for the next four years, but if you want to, please read this book. I've read Buchanan, Lincoln, and Johnson prior to now, but no other President participated in the war in the manner Grant did. Because of his continually advancing rank, a biography of Grant is a thorough study of the war's major battles (with some notable exceptions, but we're not talking Forrest Gump here), and I'll never again go wine tasting in Virginia without looking a little more reverently at the storied fields. But I digress. Let's be honest - the Northern Army wasn't a force to be reckoned with for a very long time (like the whole of the war). Generals were weak, sloppy, scared, arrogant, and bad decision makers. Grant was brave. That's really all he was: so battle happy that he marched his troops in headfirst and made advances when other generals hesitated. He was really green in the beginning and made a lot of judgment errors, but eventually he caught the attention of President Lincoln who needed a general who would win or die trying. Which is what Grant did best. Fast forward through the bunting-laden parades and we find Grant stumping for the unpopular President Johnson, who essentially blackmailed Grant into remaining in a Reconstruction leadership position in Johnson's post-war Administration. Johnson, hiding behind Grant's lustre, pursued policies Grant found unconscionable, but because of Grant's position was seen to endorse them de facto. Grant supported Johnson’s impeachment, which amounted to nothing, but was finally able to leave the Administration when Grant was nominated by the Republicans for President in 1868. He easily won, despite never having held previous office and being the youngest man elected to date. The country Grant took command of was at an interesting crossroads. Having forged a national identity, solidified the borders, embraced Manifest Destiny, abolished slavery, and abandoned Reconstruction, America was ready to enter the era of capitalist individualism. Gone was the concern for the collective good. Grant governed a nation rife with scandal, drama, and self-promotion. For two terms, Grant battled violence against the Freedmen (and obliterated the original KKK), tried unsuccessfully to annex the Dominican Republic (which he planned to set aside for voluntary relocation of the Freedmen), put an end to violence-as-policy with respect to Native Americans, slumped through a truly devastating global depression in the early 1870s, and dealt with a few embarrassing scandals. Like all of Grant's great opportunities, he somehow manages to perform with a mediocrity and low affectation that underscores his unsuitability to his life-defining roles. But the fact remains that he did somehow succeed with spectacular greatness - whether as the victorious Civil War General, as a contemporarily lauded two-term President, or as the world traveler in retirement. In 1877, Grant ran as far away from Washington as he could. For 2 and a half years, Grant and his wife traveled throughout Europe, the Middle East, Egypt, China, and Japan. At every stop he was greeted with a celebrity he didn't expect or want. He eventually returned home to a potential nomination to a third Presidential term, which he lost to his great satisfaction. Instead he invested in and was swindled by a Ponzi scheme, and at the same time, learned he was dying of throat cancer. To save his family from financial ruin, he spent his last days literally feverishly writing his memoirs, which have since been considered "the best of their kind", whatever that means. Within days of completion, he was dead at 63. He lies in the nation's largest mausoleum in New York City and is honored with a statue at the base of the Capitol in Washington, DC, as the savior of the country at its hour of greatest peril. He’s also memorialized on the $50 bill. During his presidency Grant was quoted as saying, "I would not be willing to live my life over again, were it a matter of volition." Having read this very complete work, I can see Grant’s warped view that from infamy and shame, somehow came great responsibility and public idolatry. This book contradicts itself repeatedly, but perhaps because U.S. Grant does so himself – a most successful failure. Likewise, I don't usually like my Presidents so flawed, but Grant is a new favorite for sure.

Người đọc Lezlie Wendt từ Laoran Wali, Pakistan

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.