Lucas Polavieja từ Oto, IA , USA

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05/15/2024

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2018-12-08 14:30

Bác Hồ Với Nhân Sĩ, Tri Thức Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trần Đương

The author, while remaining somewhat "objective" and focused on statistics of land and wealth distribution, ultimately states his opinion towards the end of the book: that the European colonizers of Algeria were a reactionary bunch whose resistance to any reform of the apartheid-like system was the primary cause of the nationalist revolution and their consequent expulsion from Algeria. Good thesis. This book was my first introduction to Algerian history, and I did learn a great deal, especially about the initial conquering (1830) of Algeria by France, and subsequent colonization of the country. The book then goes through the economic changes and changes in the rural landscape - particularly the transition from peasant agriculture to increasingly large, export-oriented farms. The focus is a bit heavy on government policy, and a bit lacking in daily conditions of life. He also describes development of a more assimilationist civil rights movement among the Algerian elite, and when this movement is completely rejected, the development of nationalist groups demanding liberation from France. He then quickly discusses the various attacks and armed groups that comprised the Algerian revolution, and the several years in which various treaties were being negotiated as the fighting occurred. I was most surprised to learn about the governements that followed the revolution, Soviet style communism recently overthrown by Islamist movements. The book totally lacks any explanation of the differences between various Muslim groups in Algeria, and the splits and conflicts, and ultimate huge changes within them. Originally published in 1964, the book has the feel of an older history book, with exacting careful research, but without some of the helpful, and more recent developments in historical writing that have come about with subaltern and postcolonial studies.

2018-12-08 15:30

Làm Chủ Thành Công Của Bạn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ben Newman

Hints of David Sedaris. Funny, sometimes over the top writing with some disturbing parts. What an interesting/horrifying childhood. Overall I enjoyed the read, and recommend.

2018-12-08 16:30

Phát Triển Khả Năng Ngôn Ngữ (4 – 6 Tuổi) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

It's not often that a science fiction novel transcends the genre. Sci-fi authors tend to be singularly focused on their techy premises, more often than not. Human interaction within the genre is often stilted and corny, like the under-developed social skills of a geeky computer science prof. This book is a wonderful exception to the rule. Besides the get-rich-quick plot and the heady scenerio of a black hole and time-stands-still event horizon, the book is funny, sad and thought provoking. It's about timeless love, guilt and loss. I love this book every time I read it.

2018-12-08 17:30

Cổ Phiếu Thường, Lợi Nhuận Phi Thường (Tái Bản 2017) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Twilight ReRead 2012 Challenge I haven’t read these books in years, so I’m rereading and reassessing my feelings about the series. I’ll try to review only this book and the previous book and not touch upon the next books in the series. I’ve been putting off rereading the rest of the series, but as the end of the year started to approach quickly, I knew I needed to get going. Rereading New Moon was every bit as nerve wracking as I imagined it would be. After reading Twilight and finding that I liked it as much as I did before, I was even less optimistic about this one. I just knew somehow that this book would be the one that I felt differently about and I feel that way about the rest of the series, too. I was mostly right in my prediction that I’d feel differently about New Moon. I rated it 3 stars, which ended up being the same rating I’d given it years ago. But the way I felt about the characters completely changed. I think I rated it 3 stars before because Bella was so depressed and it took Edward forever to come back and 3 stars was a much worse rating to me back then. This time, I rated it 3 stars because Bella and Edward drove me nuts and the redeeming quality was Jacob’s character. Don’t worry, I didn’t switch allegiances. I simply liked Jacob. When I first read this book, I was devastated when Edward left and I was waiting anxiously for him to come back. I didn’t want Bella to move on because this was supposed to be a saga and I thought she was supposed to be with Edward. I’d never read any kind of romance that changes love interests and I expected nothing less than Edward’s swift return. This time, I knew what to expect and I was able to focus on other things since I knew what would happen. The first thing I noticed when rereading New Moon was how much I disliked Edward and Bella’s relationship at the very beginning. All of the love and connection I felt between them in Twilight was gone and none of their exchanges seemed good, even before said incident on Bella’s birthday. I can only guess that perhaps the author was already in “Edward’s leaving” mode and was unable to reflect love in their exchanges. Still, it made me uncomfortable and made it easier for me when he eventually did leave. I found it hard to connect book 1 with this book as far as their relationship went. Bella was really timid in the beginning of New Moon and gave all control to Edward and the entire dynamic was terrible for me. Because I knew Edward would be back, I was able to focus on Bella’s relationship with Jacob a little bit more. I cannot get over how much I liked Jacob in this book. I’m not talking about him as a possible love interest for Bella. I imagine I’ll have more insight into that in the next book. As a character, I just liked him. He was full of personality and love and charisma. I loved the way he interacted with Bella and how he treated her and noticed things about her and was willing to get into all sorts of trouble with her. This time around, I would have been fine if Bella moved on with him. It would have made a great point and would have worked for me. I wasn’t necessarily rooting for him, since I knew how it would turn out and Bella’s feelings as the narrator were perfectly clear, but had the story been about getting over your first love, it would have worked for me. I wish I was more of a fan of Romeo and Juliet. As it is, I absolutely cannot stand the story as a love story. I think it’s one of the worst possible love stories to idolize. I like the story, don’t get me wrong, but not when used as any sort of example for love or devotion or anything like that. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to get on board with the next chunk of the story. It’s entirely too immature and melodramatic for my taste and I cannot stand that both Bella and Edward relate to the characters or there’s any sort of theme or parallel. It drives me nuts. It always has. I read through the whole clock tower scene just waiting for it to be over and the characters can go back to being a little less melodramatic. The whole issue makes me lose respect for Bella and Edward. I’m just never going to get on board with any of it. I’m just glad that the parallel ends here in this book and isn’t really revisited. I liked the exchanges between Edward and Bella from after the tower incident to the end of the book and I’m back to liking him again. I enjoyed seeing him explain his reasons for leaving and watching the two of them communicate as they always should have. I was also happy to see Bella finally realize that Edward does indeed love her and she can stop putting herself down and thinking less of herself. I only wish that after this scene, she would have slapped Edward one good time and told him he was a complete idiotic jerk for not communicating his feelings to her, leaving her because he thought it would be helpful, and basically making any decisions without at least talking to her about the way he was feeling. Had this happened, I would probably rate this book a 4 or 5. Especially because Bella stood up to her dad afterwards. It just would have been nice to see her lay into Edward a little bit. I know I wanted to. I’m glad I reread this book and I’m definitely glad I still liked Bella and Edward. I didn’t get all “Team Jacob” despite preferring his character to any of the others in the book. Part of me thinks that perhaps my dislike of Edward in various parts of the book is due to the fact that I am on his side and think he’s an idiot for leaving. I don’t know. I still have reservations about the rest of the series and I still think Twilight was much better. Part of me wishes it would have just been Twilight with no saga because so much of what I felt about the characters was completely lost in this book. Book 2 Challenge Questions: 1. Were you heartbroken when Edward left Bella early on in this book? Not really, no. I was disappointed in Edward and Bella’s relationship at the beginning of the book (before any issues occurred) and I was just sort of over his melodramatic behavior and the way Bella let him control the situation. 2. In your opinion is Bella strong or pathetic in her behavior when Edward leaves her? A mixture of both. Her ability to sort of push the pain to the side and not let it tear her apart showed some strength. But her unwillingness to deal with the heartbreak and/or move on was weak. She deliberately avoided dealing with anything. 3. Jacob plays a huge role in this book, do you love him or were you just secretly wishing for Edward to come back into the picture? I loved Jacob as a character. It could have gone either way for me. As the reader, I would have been just as content to see her move on with Jacob. I wasn’t wishing for Edward to come back quite like I did when I first read the book. 4. What was your favorite moment in this book? It’s a tie between three moments. The moment when her and Jacob are in the kitchen before the phone rings and she is deciding if she will move on with him or continue to keep him at arm’s length. This was where it could have gone either way. I would have been totally happy if the phone hadn’t rung and she chose to kiss Jacob. The moment when she chooses to leave with Alice and Jacob begs her to stay. I’m not really sure why this is one of my favorites because it is so heart wrenching. I really feel Jacob’s pain this moment makes me wish she wouldn’t leave, either. Which is weird, because I obviously wanted her to go help Edward. The moment when she realizes that Edward loves her back when they are back at home and he’s explaining himself. Not only am I relieved that everyone is back on the same page and I’m understanding why Edward even left in the first place, but I’m relieved to see Bella regain her self worth. She’s constantly underestimating her worth as a person and this moment sort of turns it all around in the book. 5. For those who have read the book before and this is a re-read for you, did you feel differently about the book this time around? Yes, definitely. I’m much more bothered by Edward in this book than I’ve ever been before. I’m seeing him through new critical eyes and he’s not quite so perfect to me anymore. His actions made me roll my eyes repeatedly, which is really saying something since he’s not in this book a whole lot! I’ve also discovered how much I genuinely like Jacob. While I didn’t completely join the whole “Team Jacob” craze in this book, I did like him a lot and I would have been happy to see the story go in a different direction. This is new and I would have found it totally unacceptable in the past.

2018-12-08 18:30

Hộ Chiếu Xanh: Hành Trang Của Những Công Dân Toàn Cầu - Hành Trình Ra Biển Lớn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều tác giả

This quick read will pull you completely into Luke's story. Luke lives with the very real danger of being found and killed, and this is his story of changing the world he lives in.

2018-12-08 19:30

My Little Pony - Jumbo Tô Màu Và Các Trò Chơi (Tập 3) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

I was able to get an early release of "When will My Life Not Suck?" It's almost worth the reading just for the title alone. I really enjoyed Ramon's take on pain and loss and how we recover from them. The book is well written, and it does not attempt to be over one's head, but instead has a very hit-me-where-I'm-living feel. Taken mostly from the teaching of Paul to the Phillippians, Ramon shows us that we all will have trouble in this world...but Jesus has overcome it. I think it is best summed up by one of his many humorous examples in the book. A black belt instructor basically tells his students that when they come to terms with the fact that they WILL BE cut...for sure...then they can get on with business of really fighting for their lives. I loved that, and I really like this book.

2018-12-08 20:30

Hướng Dẫn Học Tốt Tiếng Anh 9 (Ấn Bản 2017) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mai Lan Hương & Nguyễn Thanh Loan

I will note before I begin to divulge my opinion that I have not read the Mortal Instruments series to which this book is a prequel, so I'm unable to pass comment on similarities in storylines or characters, etc. that have been noted by other readers. I picked up Clockwork Angel after reading a great many of the extremely mixed reviews that were available here; I am often inspired to support the underdog by reading a novel that has had bad reviews, and a couple of the worse ones (and my, were they bad,) and the sheer volume of reviews - 47,285 precisely at the time of my writing this - made me want to see what the fuss was all about, so I popped it on my birthday list and waited for a kindly but unsuspecting relative to fuel my novel habit. Sure enough, it was one of my presents and a couple of days after my birthday I sat down and began reading. I'll level with you: I skipped the opening poem, the Thames River Song. I dislike poetry with a fiery passion and I was overcome with a severe case of tl;dr when it came to the poem. Although, from what I can gather from the acknowledgements it was written specifically for the novel and that has piqued my interest, so I may go back and read it when I read the book again. In the first couple of pages, the prologue, I was taken in hook, line and sinker. Regardless of the fact that I had no idea what 'ichor' meant (I have since looked it up and the description has somewhat put me off my dinner,) I loved the action that it started with. However, it became immediately obvious that Clare is fond of short sentences, and while the use of varied sentence lengths is intrinsic to good writing, she seems a little too attached to sentences with few words. In my opinion, as it jars somewhat and breaks the fluidity of the action, but thankfully she seemed to ease up on the short sentences as the novel progressed. Once I was into the story, I read it more or less cover to cover without putting it down, but on balance it is due to my reading style in equal parts with the average quality of the book. Don't get me wrong, it isn't bad, at all. The idea of the story has the potential to be truly great, but there's something about Clare's writing that lacks the skill and finesse needed to pull it off. The story occasionally borders on formulaic, and it does seem to drag at some points, but the substance is ultimately there and I enjoyed the book. I will take a second to comment on the main characters. Tessa Gray, our distinctly grey heroine, would be a rather likable character if she was better formed. She comes off as a little 2D, which is unfortunate because she could very easily be great with more thought put into her characterisation. That, and if she lay off moaning about how London is particularly rainy and grim. Sure, London would be positively grey with fumes and pollution in 1878, but let's face it, so would New York, where Tessa hails from, and any other major city in the world that was in the grips of the Industrial Revolution. I've read a lot of hate comments directed at Will. I think they're misplaced, however. Most of the reviews of his character write him off as a jerk, apparently thinking that Clare's gone too far with the 'brooding hero' base and just turned him into a bit of a Victorian version of a douchebag. I don't think that's true at all. Sure, Will is an abrasive young man and, in Tessa's eyes at least, his beauty seems to be his only redeeming feature, but I think if you look deeper than that then he is the most developed character out of all of them, which is somewhat of an achievement considering we don't really know many details about him at all. William Herondale is flawed, and he recognises that himself, but his acerbic wit and bravery, and his genuine brotherly love for Jem makes him a loveable character in my opinion. James Carstairs, known for most of the novel as 'Jem', is a genuinely nice character, if not developed particularly well. The only real comment I'm going to make on him is regarding his description, which was 'Asian with white blonde hair'. Unlike Will, whose description created an image instantly in my mind of him, Jem didn't really form in my head at all. In fact, all I could really come up with was a Chinese version of the blonde one of the Katayanagi twins from Scott Pilgrim vs The World, which really wasn't anything close, I don't think. The romance aspect of the story grated on me a little, in so far as it's a love triangle, a set up that I've come to despise through both over- and misuse. Admittedly, I had no idea there even was a triangle involved, but apparently there is. Look out for it, folks, because it slipped past me without so much of a wave to say: "here, look, nineteenth-century equivalent of sexual tension!" Of course, I'd still quite happily add Mr Herondale to my list of literary paramours, regardless of how two-dimensional his character might be. I'm going to bring this to a close, now, and let you draw your own conclusions, should you choose to read Clockwork Angel. Allow me to reiterate that I do not think this book is bad by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, it's really rather good, and its only downfall is that the writer lacks finesse. It appears that there will be a further two books in the series, Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Princess, both of which I will gladly read with the hope that Cassandra Clare hits her stride. I would easily recommend it to people who like the genre of fantasy romance.

2018-12-08 21:30

Nhà Thờ Đức Bà Paris - Bìa Cứng (Tái Bản 2015) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Victor Hugo

I loved the book and the made for tv movie I own both of them.

2018-12-08 22:30

Chuyện Ở Nông Trại Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: George Orwell

Absolutely brilliant. The caliber of Tolkien's writing is the goal we set for fantasy writer's to strive for.

2018-12-08 23:30

Bắt Màu Kí Ức Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhóm Tam Diệp Thảo

A quick and easy read with helpful information. I plan to refer to the suggestions in this book when our first baby arrives (and grows through childhood).

Người đọc Lucas Polavieja từ Oto, IA , 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.