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12/22/2024

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2018-12-14 08:31

Bộ Chuyện Nhà Jean (Trọn Bộ 3 Cuốn) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod

Great book on how the internet really is changing how business works in a fundamental way.

2018-12-14 09:31

Ông Trùm Cuối Cùng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mario Puzo

Well if you are rich, wealthy, and affluent you can relate. I've never had any servant, made or what have you clean up puke, pee, or poo in my house. It's amusing to say the least.

2018-12-14 10:31

Hãy Sống Với Mục Tiêu Đời Mình - 40 Lời Thì Thầm Dành Cho Phụ Nữ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thanh Thủy

Very good book, situations really get out of hand, because for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

2018-12-14 11:31

Đông Dương Ngày Ấy (1898-1908) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Claude Bourrin

I like Barbara Ehrenreich's straight-forward approach to subjects, and found many interesting and thought-provoking analyses in this book. Her premise is that we are obsessed with looking on the positive side of things to the detriment of taking action to improve what needs improving. The chapter on how the idea of keeping a positive attitude improves cancer patients' chances of recovery -- in essence blaming them for failing to be cheerful enough if they succumb -- was written from her personal experience and is particularly convincing.

2018-12-14 12:31

Vẽ Cơ Bản Từ A-Z - Công Viên Khủng Long Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Fiona Watt

This story started off well, a man snatched from our world into a medieval counterpart where magic works, knights are just a little thick, and not only do dragons exist, but he wants to be entertained. It was certainly different from my usual choices and quite funny in parts. However, I feel, as I got into the second half that the pov started to waver. It wasn't the switches that came with a scene change, but the dips from one to another -within- a scene during the last third of the book do start to grate. In some sections I had to re-read to figure out what just happened. But the dragon was a hoot and spoke a little like yoda. The story may be from Paul's pov, but it's worth reading for the dragon scenes alone.

2018-12-14 13:31

Combo Thất Gia (Bộ 2 Cuốn) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Priest

You have to appreciate a book that starts off with a nice, pleasant murder.

2018-12-14 14:31

Cuộc Phiêu Lưu Đến Hi Lạp Cổ Đại Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Linda Bailey

This book begins with much promise but ultimately ends in disappointment. Prince begins by stressing the importance of historically-based analysis. He suggests that one understand Kurosawa's films as "address[ing] the Japan shattered by World War II and [as helping] reshape society." (8) This is a most interesting, preliminary claim that initially promises certain fascinating paths of reading. Also, Prince begins by criticizing 'auteurism' and naive assumptions of 'authorship'. He notes that the formation of 'film studies' as an academic field imposed a "major code" that reduced all Kurosawa films to "the ideal of humanism". Now this is also promising - finally, a comprehensive work on Kurosawa, other than that of Donald Richie, that gets beyond 'auteurism'. Unfortunately, Prince's book does not live up to these introductory assertions. First, Prince continually makes use of terms like "Zen Buddhism", "heroic ideal", "warrior ideal", instead of terms like "humanist universalism" as if they were more accurate interpretive concepts for understanding Kurosawa's films (see pp. 10, 11, 28, 30, 115). However, he never 'historicizes' these very concepts but treats them as somewhat static and a-historical. I don't think that one would find it completely convincing or that interesting if some critic put to use concepts like "Christian providence" or "protestant individualism" for the purposes of deciphering the work of Orsen Welles without demonstrating first the historic intricacies of such empty concepts and second their specific, contextual relevance to a given Welles' film-text. Thus, it must be asked: why make use of analogous empty signifiers of Japanese history and culture so carelessly in relation to Kurosawa's films? Ultimately, Prince's interpretive framework remains less than convincing , for his initial imperative to read "against the grain of history" is violated repeatedly throughout the book. Also, it is disappointing that right after Prince criticizes the usual appeal to authorship or auteurism he categorically states, "Kurosawa's films form a series of inquiries on the place and the possibilities of the autonomous self within a culture whose social relations stress group ties and obligations." (27) From this Prince establishes his own master code for interpreting the totality of Kurosawa's work based upon the supposed `intentions' of Kurosawa-as-author. It is a code that reads Kurosawa's films as being primarily about the negotiation of the ego in the modern world. Prince continues, throughout the work, to make sense of the rich diversity of films in terms of this restricted framework. He writes, "Kurosawa's world is an arena where his characters must be tested , where they must be victorious in their goals or must be broken and defeated." (116) Later, he reduces the entire complexity of Kurosawa films into a `meta-narrative' that is "...the passage from willed optimism of the early films to the ethic of resignation and despair that pervades the late works..." (154) The meaning that Prince detects in these films is not wrong per say but way too limited and reductive. There is a vast complexity of meaning and significance in Kurosawa's diverse catalogue of films, and some of it is in direct contradiction to Prince's `auteurist' thesis. I cannot say that I was satisfied with Prince's analysis for these reasons. However, if one is sympathetic to auteur forms of criticism, then this book may be for you. Just remember what Foucault says in `What is an Author?': "the author serves to neutralize the contradictions that are found in a series of texts." Personally, I think the "contradictions" that one might locate in a series of texts serve as the sites of most interest in any interpretive investigation; thus, they should not be effaced by way of some reductive narrative of authorship.

2018-12-14 15:31

Sống Cho Tuổi Đôi Mươi Duy Nhất Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Calwyn and her friends have traveled to the deserts of Merithuros, a harsh, dry, and desolate land, in search of the Palace of Cobwebs. While searching for evidence of chantment there, they learn that children have been kidnapped and are being forced to use their magical gifts against their wills. Meanwhile, Darrow, who is having difficulty coming to terms with his past after their encounter with Samis, the evil sorcerer who hopes to control their land of Tremaris, forms his own alliance with a group of rebels. Now, Calwyn begins to wonder if she can even trust him anymore. I was very eager to read this book, the second in the Chanter of Tremaris trilogy, because I absolutely loved the story and characters of the first book. I am happy to say I was not disappointed. I recommend this book to all readers who enjoyed the first book, and teen readers who enjoy fantasy should definitely give this trilogy a try. I can't wait to read the final book, The Tenth Power.

2018-12-14 16:31

12 Chòm Sao Và Đời Người Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đan Thiên

"Had" to read it in college and was amazed to find that I loved it!

2018-12-14 17:31

Quả Đắng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

I'm trudging through the original Bond novels and this one was not one of the best. James doesn't show up until the last third of the book and then only to save the day. It's not a spy novel at all. Honestly, it kind of sucked.

2020-08-07 00:23

Dòng Sông Huyền Bí (Tập 15) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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Người đọc Kelly Latiolais từ Šeškai, Lithuania

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.