Kelcy Thompson từ New Castle, NH, USA

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11/05/2024

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2018-10-14 00:30

Kinh Dịch - Đạo Của Người Quân Tử Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Hiến Lê

i read this book in 3rd grade it was funny back then because thats what kind of books that i was interested in

2018-10-14 01:30

Kim Bình Mai (Bộ 3 cuốn) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lan Lăng Tiếu Tiếu Sinh

Te va enredando en la historia. Un final sorprendente

2018-10-14 02:30

Lonely Planet Pocket Bangkok Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Austin Bush

Intense.

2018-10-14 03:30

1990 Bài Tập Trắc Nghiệm Toán Lớp 11 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

The Savage Gentleman by Philip Wylie Published by Bison Books, March 2011. Originally published 1932. If known at all these days, Philip Wylie (1902-1971) is perhaps best known for his disaster novel written with Edwin Balmer, When Worlds Collide (1933), or even the George Pal produced film version (1953). However, outside the SF world he wrote hundreds of short novels, screenplays, reviews, serials, and social comment, much of which has now become rather obscure. Well done then to Bison Books, who have re-released a lesser-known work by this author. First published in 1932, it is at first glance less SF and more an extension of social comment. More akin to Stranger in a Strange Land than Armageddon, it has been claimed, like his earlier novel Gladiator (1930), that it is a precursor, if not an influence on the development of the pulp hero. Whereas The Savage Gentleman is seen as perhaps an influence on The Man of Bronze, Doc Savage, Gladiator is also seen as one of the main inspirations for Superman. According to Gary Westfahl, ‘it remains the case that Wylie succeeded in, and then abandoned, three separate writing careers. He worked as a Hollywood screenwriter; he wrote a number of well-regarded science fiction novels, and he wrote some books for a mainstream audience. But he never established himself as a leading figure in any of these fields, explaining why he is not well remembered—he was a talented visitor to several worlds, an inhabitant of none of them.’ The story starts fairly straightforwardly. At the end of the 19th century Stephen Stone, millionaire, is betrayed by his wife and as a result takes their son, Henry, to a remote and isolated island where he is brought up by Stone and two male companions, a Scotsman named McCobb and a Negro servant named Jack, without the influence of women. The first half of the book reads like a boys-own adventure idyll, with the men hunting, fishing and educating Henry. Thirty years or so pass. Henry’s father dies on the island. Then Stone Island is discovered by a small Scandinavian freighter and the remaining men are brought back to New York of the 1930’s: a place very different from the New York they left when Henry was an infant. We now have telephones, electricity, aeroplanes, airships. Henry also finds himself the owner of a huge news conglomerate set up by his father and run in their absence by the magnate Voorhees. His island education has created a handsome and well built young man (a point frequently emphasised in the book) who is a great conversationalist and excellent company, well versed in etiquette, and extraordinarily nice, though one who cannot remember ever seeing a woman. Indeed his father has taught him never to trust a female and that love itself is a myth. With such a setup, much of the remainder of this tale is how Henry adjusts to the contemporary world and the complexities of the modern woman, an issue exacerbated when he meets Marian Whitney, the granddaughter of corporate lawyer and family friend Elihu Whitney. In summary, we have here a social commentary and a book which questions the roles of gender in society in what seems to be a common theme of Wylie’s. In his introduction to this edition of Savage Gentleman, Richard A. Lupoff states that Wylie is ‘railing against womankind’, and the idea of ‘momism’. It must be said that there is a highlighting of the value of ‘men doing manly things’ here. The first thing the men do, once having deliberately beached their yacht, is clear land, and build a house, and create a farm with hunting and fishing in a manner that would make a survivalist proud. Alternatively, thinking about the target audience of the 1930’s, this may be what the reader wants. Following such an idea, there is also great store placed on the consequential male bonding here too. It is a very male-orientated environment, albeit with a Negro male slave. (This is a point that Lupoff makes, that although Black slavery is an issue that sits uncomfortably with the readership of today, Jack is a character more subtle and respected than at first suggested.) This can be seen further reflected in the pulp fiction of the time, with the lead hero and his (typically male) buddies supporting each other through difficulties, whether it be fighting crime or even relationships with women. The gentleman, for all his social graces and suave gentility, is nevertheless still a savage when needs be, as is shown in the ending of the novel. This is an old-fashioned view, and one which would be controversial even today. Whilst the world has moved on, this book is rather stuck in its historical context. However, rather than being the male sexist rant that the above summary may suggest, the female character, in the guise of Marian Whitney, actually suggests that Henry will only live happily ever after in a fuller, better informed life with a witty, honest, and vivacious woman. However, for all of the book’s male posturing, it can be quite engaging. It highlights the concerns of the US of the 1930’s – gangsters, media conglomeration, loose morals, prohibition – and makes us question whether such a life is better than the isolated island lifestyle that Henry Stone, McCobb and Jack at one point wish to return to. A book that is meant to provoke a response, though this felt like an early prototype of Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land (a point further emphasised when we find that one of the business moguls here is called Harriman!) If you can read the book in its original context, allowing for the stereotyping and racism of its day, it is and at times even funny. If nothing else, it shows us how far the genre has moved since the 1930’s. Moreover by the end Wylie seems to suggest not a separation of the sexes but that each gender has its defined role/place and in fact each needs each other to enable people to reach their full potential.

2018-10-14 04:30

Từ Điển Nhật - Việt Thông Dụng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: The Sakura

This book is cool. It throws out some really interesting concepts about success. Not my usual read at all but I finished it in less than two days. Check it out.

2018-10-14 05:30

Động Vật Trong Thành Phố - Tái bản 08/08/2008 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Vĩnh Nguyên

A well written historical fiction. A story the is told around a family's life during the time of Brown vs. The Board of Education.

2018-10-14 06:30

Theo Dòng Lịch Sử Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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Quick review about this second book in the Kingkiller Chronicles, which I've been waiting for since 2008! Fantastic continuation of Kvothe's story of his life, as told to the Chronicler at the bar in Kvothe's inn. We pick up the story at school, where Kvothe continues his studies, continues to be stressed out about money, and adds to his local reputation as a musical, magical, and engineering prodigy. Without giving too much away, the results of some mischievous choices make it prudent for him to leave the University for a little while, and he heads off to a distant city to advise a distant leader. The rest of the book is divided into about three main adventures, including bandit-hunting, fairyland, and martial arts training. And while this simplified list sounds like three different literary genres, I must add that Rothfuss's created world is fully realized, with its own history and mythology and cultures and (slightly tweaked) laws of physics. We also get more information on how Kvothe the Bloodless earns his world-wide reputation, and how much of it is his own rumor-mongering! I can't wait for the third and concluding book, which will undoubtedly take Rothfuss a few more years, butvconsidering the complexity of the story, I'll forgive him. I also wait with bated breath to discover how Kvothe ended up living in undercover as a innkeeper, denying his celebrity. It is a world that I can't wait to live in once again.

2018-10-14 07:30

Shin - Cậu Bé Bút Chì (Tập 11 - Tái Bản 2014) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

favorite book of all time, so far.

2018-10-14 08:30

Bách Khoa Lịch Sử Thế Giới Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Just awful.

2018-10-14 09:30

Bốn Chàng Trai Cùng Nhau Đi Du Lịch Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Yuriko Mamiya

Got it as a Christmas gift from sister Lise. What a fun read, the story of a young boy in the twenties and his obsessed uncle Tungsten seeking the perfect filament for lampbulbs...and many other things. American ingenuity and Jewish fun throughout!!!

2020-05-03 02:37

Tình yêu Là Một Nỗi Buồn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vũ Lập Nhật

Leí esto porque estoy fascinado por la falta de literatura adolescente con protagonistas veganos / vegetarianos, y debo decir que me decepcionó un poco. La historia estuvo bien, nada innovador, pero me molestó más que el veganismo fuera tratado como una "fase" que es sinónimo de la necesidad de controlar la vida y una rigidez emocionalmente insalubre. No odiaba el libro, pero como alguien que ha sido vegetariano desde el séptimo grado, sentí que era solo otra mala interpretación de la rebelión adolescente.

Người đọc Kelcy Thompson từ New Castle, NH, USA

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.