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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mã Tranh
Here's a book of cartoons that were submitted to The New Yorker by its regular contributors and then rejected for one reason or another (usually for not being of high enough brow). Many of the cartoons here are quite good, and in fact, better than much of what the magazine regularly runs. The book loses stars because there aren't enough cartoons (3-4 per contributor). Each cartoonist was given a 2-page questionnaire on which to say and draw funny things about themselves. We get to read their responses. This gets old fast. It reeks of self-importance and gives the impression that these cartoonists are part of an insular little Boys Club (of which several girls are members). While there are clever responses deposited throughout, more cartoons would have been better, considering it's a book of cartoons.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bùi Văn Tuyên
Loved this book, if you like finance you will love it. It goes into such detail about what happened, it was enthralling!
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This book was just fascinating. It was both funny and sad. I think Victor Villaseñor did a well job at describing almost every detail of his parent’s life. What I found fascinating was how he was able to put both his parents’ perspective in one book. He talks about how his mother loathes drinking and gambling and his dad becoming a bootlegger trying to hide it from Lupe (Victor's mother). They were two different people who just fall deeply in love with each other. When I finally finished the book I felt sad because it was over.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Pamela Druckerman
Originally Reviewed on The Book Smugglers: http://thebooksmugglers.com/2011/08/t... At twelve years old, Mack is a pretty ordinary kid leading a pretty ordinary life. He does an average job at school, he has a few friends, a pair of decent (if constantly distracted) parents, and manages to avoid sticking out in almost every way. Except there is something decidedly un-ordinary about Mack, even though he doesn’t quite know it. You see, Mack has a list of phobias – from sharks (galeophobia) to a fear of phobias (phobophobia). But while Mack has an irrational, consuming fear of dentists and the ocean, he doesn’t fear things that most rational people should…like bullies. So, when Mack gets into a tussle at school with not only the geek bullies, but ALL of the Richard Gere Middle School bullies (there are different bullies for each type of clique, of course). Things look pretty grim when the Biggest (really) Baddest Bully, a fifteen year old named Stefan, gets his (somewhat slow but very deadly) sights set on Mack – but when Stefan is gravely injured and Mack saves his life (twice!), Stefan takes Mack under his wing. As it turns out, Mack is one of the Magnificent 12, who posses the “enlightened puissance” and, thanks to the warnings and help from an ancient (if weird) dude named Grimluk, Mack has a mission to find the remaining magnificent 11 and save the world from the clutches of the evil Pale Queen – with the help of Stefan, of course. The Magnificent 12: The Call kicks off a new middle grade series by Michael Grant, introducing young readers to a sympathetic and accessible protagonist and a world that is both familiar and wondrously strange, with an evil queen, insect-like monsters, an inadvertently hilarious golem, and, of course, magic and danger. While the ordinary-kid-becomes-the-world’s-only-hope trope is infinitely familiar and omnipresent in the YA and MG categories, The Call distinguishes itself from the fray because of its sense of humor. The jokes range from charmingly silly (ex: “Grimluk was twelve years old. Like most twelve year-olds he had a job, a child, two wives and a cow. No. No, wait, that’s not true. He had one wife and two cows.”) to slapstickish fun, and, while they may not be to the taste of older readers, certainly should appeal to tweens and middle grade level readers. The novel itself alternates two main storylines – one in the present, with Mack as he embarks on his adventure to find his fellow allies of the Magnifica, and one in the past, with a twelve year old Grimluk and his stand against the Pale Queen many, many hundreds of years earlier. While Grimulk’s story is fraught with peril and hilarity (being a twelve year old with a job, wife, new baby, and already a lack of teeth due to his advanced age), I felt like the frequent jumping back in time to Grimulk’s past was a bit frustrating, as I cared infinitely more for young Mack and Stefan. My only other main criticism with this novel, and the series at large is that though the action abounds and this is a quick, entertaining read, The Call lacks the heart and deeper meaning that characterize the best novels – including those for young readers (Catherynne M. Valente’s incomparable The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship of Her Own Making immediately springs to mind, as does the more lighthearted but very smart Aliens on Vacation by Clete Smith). That said, The Call is a fast-paced, fun read and will most certainly appeal to its target audience.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thi Nại Am
i don't know how i feel about this book i haven't cracked it open yet but i should read this i really don't agree with the whole take of "feminism" in the west
I hate to say it, but this was more like 2 1/2 stars. I felt like reading this was a chore, unfortunately. Haven is just the absolute worst judge of character and it gets very frustrating.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ngọc Khánh
If cries of "no war for oil" and "Impeach Bush" feel a bit shallow, albiet well intentioned, this book will provide you the proper historical background for just how far President Bush stepped over the line with our most recent forray in the Middle East. This is an academic text though, so it's slow going.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Christophe Boltanski & Jihan El - Tahri
What can I say? Is there any novel by Jane Austen that is not wonderful? Persuasion, her last book, is certainly that. The main characters, Anne Elliot and naval officer Frederick Wentworth were betrothed and happily in love in days gone by. But family friend Lady Russell advised Anne to break the engagement because Wentworth has no money. Come forward a few years, and Wentworth now wealthy, captains his own ship. The Elliot's are on the brink of financial ruin. Both Anne and Frederick still love each other, but hurt feelings and social etiquette prevent them from revealing the truth. In typical Austen fashion, the story and the romance unfolds through sharp commentary, witty remarks and subtle actions on the part of her protagonists. Not only is it impossible to put down, only a cold heart would not swoon at the letter Frederick passes to Anne near the end of the novel. Loved it!
I thought I just needed something fun, and a little 'mindless...'. This certainly fit the bill, and had been recommended by a few friends. It was enjoyable for a while- in a sort of Desperate Housewives-" I can't believe I'm actually reading this novel" - sort of way.... And then I just couldn't take it anymore. I think I made it halfway through, maybe?? The 'mindlessness' became more crazy-making and braindamaging than anything. But to each her own, eh?
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều tác giả
Surprised by how much I enjoyed Across the Universe and absolutely will be picking up A Million Suns!
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.