Claude Goldberg từ Porur, Kerala, India

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11/06/2024

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2018-09-14 22:31

Cách Tân Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: William W. Wilmot

Loved this book! I have no idea when I read it, just made up a date - but it was such an engaging read!

2018-09-14 23:31

Tối Chân Tâm - Tập 2: Tương Phùng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đông Ly Cúc Ẩn

hated, hated, and hated- author was totally unlikable- not that an author has to be likable but you can like unlikable authors- but nothing about this book/author is likable. She claims she was addicted yet never experienced withdrawal or the pains of addiction- then you weren't addicted-not in the physical sense-not in any sense- it is called a casual user- yes heroin addicts can be casual users. The book was slow and boring, the author comes off as pretentious and you just can't warm up to her book or her story. I usually like,or at least find a likable quality, in most books-yeah, no- not this one.

2018-09-15 00:31

Kinh Khủng Gì - Đâu Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

My favorite of the Potter books, I've read it 14 times. Not an exaggeration. 14. Which is the sum of the times I have read the other 5. Roughly.

2018-09-15 01:31

Lời Hồi Đáp 1997 (Tặng bộ 5 postcard) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lee Woo-Jung

Polly, Eileen, and Mike are time traveling historians. The are sent back to 1940s England in order to observe World War II. However, they can not make it back. Has something happened from their time or in the past to prevent the return trip? Will they be able to survive the Germans? And how will they survive without money? Never before has it taken me 18 days to read a book that I would mark as liked. While I will say that I liked this book, the fact that it took me this long to read really lets me know that it was not that involving of a story. I found most of the characters to be very self-involved people that I really hope the world is not full of. Maybe the characters have to be detached, but they seem to not care about the other people they run into, even their own colleagues. I am sure I will read the second of this book, but not right away.

2018-09-15 02:31

Không Đến Một Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Abomination. But with a wonderfully convoluted plot, hilarious historical implausibility (the heroine gains a place at the English royal court because she’s the widow of the Whoremaster of Algiers) and filled to the brim with purple prose (in the midst of sex, a man raves about how wonderful her "sweet honey oven" feels…) It perhaps may be worth reading if you spot it used somewhere and enjoy reading things so awful they’re funny.

2018-09-15 03:31

Trẻ Em Trong Ngọn Lửa Chiến Tranh Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Chihiro Iwasaki

2018-09-15 04:31

Chuyện Rừng Xanh 2 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Rudyard Kipling

This is a fun, long reimagining of history, giving Shakespeare a questionably central role. In Turtledove’s book, the Spanish Armada conquered the English (and the Dutch) to take over England, interrupting Elizabeth I’s reign (and locking her in the Tower of London). So, the English are under Spanish, Catholic and Crusader rule. Yuck, right? It’s especially difficult for Shakespeare as his plays still need to entertain and sell, but now he has to also worry about not raising the ire of the Inquisitors. This is where Turtledove’s history gets a little grand with the Bard. Turtledove – who is a legendary historical fiction writer – imagines Shakespeare being forced to write two plays that could change the course of this imagined history. One is for Spanish King Philip, who is dying; the Spanish conquerors know WS is a great writer, so they assign him to glorify their dying monarch. The other is a retelling of Boudicca, a mythology about a 1st century queen who defied Roman rule (Shakespeare’s mysterious English patron hopes this one play will raise up the inhabitants to force out their oppressors). This is where Ruled Britannia stretches the bounds of plausibility. What I‘ve always understood was that Shakespeare was only a playwright – toward the end of his life, he was even highly regarded – but he didn’t change the social or political landscape. The idea that a stage work could rally an immediate rebellion (whether successful or not) is a funny and entirely impractical one. Remember, theatre was considered a cruder, immoral, base profession – even Shakespeare noted English official hostility - except for Elizabeth I, who liked theatre - and his contemporaries often commented that actors were on par with prostitutes and thieves. Given the conceit that a play can lead an instant uprising against the powerful, though – and let’s be honest; this is speculative fiction, so it can take some license – Ruled Britannia is a frolicsome and crafty novel with lots of lively (if characterized) players. There is a lothario Spanish captain, a budding playwright, who must spy on his literary hero Shakespeare between his many dalliances. Shakespeare will, of course, give this lovable cad a spot on stage. There is Hungerford, a gritty company dresser who helps Shakespeare plot the political alliances of writing and rehearsing two incendiary plays with opposite aims. Rival playwright Christopher Marlowe makes a splashy, wonderful showing. In fact, the book is chock full of enjoyable, labyrinthine tangents provided by the many colorful actors, soldiers, politicians, clergy and common people. What adds to the tension is Shakespeare’s work ethic, and his commitment to creating two great – if politically opposite – plays. Their strengths and weaknesses will help decide whether the Spanish or English will have control over the island by the end of the novel. Turtledove knows he doesn’t have a gift with Shakespearean iambic pentameter, and yet he does a commendable job recreating the two plays. For those of us who know WS well, we’ll hear bits of Hamlet and his other King plays. Boudicca is mostly based on WS’s contemporary writer John Fletcher’s unfinished version; it also shows Fletcher wasn't always as subtle as Shakespeare. Probably the most wincing aspect of these neat stage sections is that Turtledove doesn’t understand the meter of iambic pentameter, making for some sloppy, hard-to-read prosy. The rest of the long novel – did I mention the tangents? – is written in a modernized version of Shakespearean common language. Being the historian he is, Turtledove shoehorns a little too much fact and artifact into these sections, grandstanding a bit. It definitely shows the author did his homework, and the reader gets a clear feel of the world, even the re-imagined bits. It also bogs down an already epic story at times. Still, if you’re looking for a long, winding reinvention of Shakespearean and Elizabethan history, Ruled Britannia is certainly an enjoyable dive.

2018-09-15 05:31

Vì Em Gặp Anh Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: LoLo

Bourdieu’s distinction offers a lot. By a lot, I mean 600 pages of analyses, graphs, and studies, in some of the densest prose imaginable. Bourdieu seems to be able to expand a simple sentence’s worth of information into entire paragraphs that flow like dense molasses. Distinction does have a lot to offer, though. I am reading it as a part of a look into hipster subcultures in the United States—obviously far removed from the 1980s French society that Bourdieu analyzed; most of the figures, tables, and statistical data are irrelevant to me. The analyses, however, are as sharp as a whip and provide insight into any modern Western society. Bourdieu delves deeply into the relationship between money and culture; why the upper class is more cultured, why certain demographics have different attitudes about culture—through art, music, fashion, literature, and everything else. Bouridieu essentially states that culture is foremost influenced by social class upbringing; a person’s attitude, consumption of, and production of culture is entirely dependent on their class upbringing. Bourdieu calls this relationship of class and taste “habitas” and describes it in detail through the lenses of different subcultures. Taste is essentially a device by which classes can be stratified; attitudes about taste (like the “snob” attitude of the rich and “smug” attitude of hipsters) are used to declare class and reinforce a social hierarchy. Essentially, rather than the coat-of-arms, the upper class now has taste to distinguish them from everyone else. Bourdieu also describes a two-tone system by which to classify people in society; he argues that a person’s worth in society is determined by their cultural capital (how cultured they are) and their economic capital (how rich they are). Distinction is the type of book that must be read slowly, carefully, and with frequent breaks in between. Its ideas are relevant and insightful, but wrapped in a dense academic casing that can seem daunting to break. I was able to get a lot out of reading only parts, and while I hated Bourdieu for his style, I greatly enjoyed seeing the relevance of his analyses.

2018-09-15 06:31

Rèn Luyện Tư Duy Sáng Tạo Làm Bài Văn Hay Lớp 8 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

These early Batman stories are interesting if you want to find out the origins of the Dark Knight, but the actual quality compared to todays standards is laughable, quite literally! Lots of corny one liners from the Dynamic Duo can't fail to bring on a crinching fit. All the same, I'm looking forward to catching up with more caped crusades. Given that I'm currently still in 1941 in the Batman world, it may be a while before the quality gets to a standard that we modern comic book readers are used to!

2018-09-15 07:31

Shanna - Tập 1 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

I found this hard to get into and I was as lost as Thomas when all these new words were chucked at him but after the first 100 pages I was hooked and didn't want it to end. Already got the next one on order.

Người đọc Claude Goldberg từ Porur, Kerala, India

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.