Peter Sergay từ Bożepole Małe, Poland

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12/22/2024

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Peter Sergay Sách lại (10)

2019-01-16 12:31

Ủ Một Miền Thơm Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

The Lost Art of Oral History Reverend Father Innocent Emechete, a Catholic priest born in Nigeria, West Africa, is a master educator. He is informed by degrees on philosophy, English literature, Theology, education, journalism, and guidance and counseling: he has taught English in high schools and colleges and has served as a chaplain in US state and federal Correctional systems. He is widely published on many subjects, but this particular book finds a special importance in the mind of a man so devoted as a humanitarian. ANIMAL STORIES DADDY TOLD US is a terrific collection of short stories (very well illustrated with paintings and drawings by artist Theo. Nwaodu) of tales from Africa that have as their characters the many animal members of that society - some cleverly called by their African names, other by the common names all of us know well. The stories are entertaining tales that address certain aspects for the young reader to learn - the results of greed, of attempting to outsmart friends and the consequences of same, deception, risk taking, abusing those who gift us - the list goes on. Each concept is filled with sidebars of adventure, a taste of comedy, and a swirl of imagination that makes each moral drive home. At the end of each of the stores Emechete lists several questions for the reader to assure the point of the story has been understood and absorbed. These stories are not unlike those written for children around the world, stories with a lesson such as 'Three Little Pigs', 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', ' Little Red Riding Hood': the technique of teaching children humanity and moral behavior fills these stories also. But the big difference in Emechete's stories is explained in his fine Introduction. In Africa, where the ability to read and write has always been a much wanted but too often lost ability, these stories have been passed through generations by the oral tradition: stories are memorized, then shared at evening family gatherings preparing the children to remember the stories to pass on purely by word of mouth to their own descendants. There is charm in these tales and there is a shared concern that young people learn from adults who can, by means of these tales, encourage the path toward good citizens instead of being lost to a life of 'misguided occupations'. There are many reasons to add this collection of animal stories to your family library. It is rich in charm, in entertainment, and in tender education. A remarkable achievement! Grady Harp

2019-01-16 13:31

Tư Duy Như Einstein (Tái Bản 2016) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Scott Thorpe

I expected it to be AMAZING based on the reviews....Perhaps, I had my expectations too high. Parts of the book were very witty (which I throughly enjoyed!), but others (especially things that I couldn't relate to) were somewhat annoying.

2019-01-16 14:31

Siêu Lầy, Siêu Nai Và Điện Giật Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Huyền Lê

Sporadically brilliant, always at least very good. A great read.

2019-01-16 15:31

Vườn Cổ Tích - Phù Thủy Xứ OZ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Wonderfully and entertainingly written

2019-01-16 16:31

Tóm Tắt - Bài Tập - Trắc Nghiệm Kinh Tế Vĩ Mô Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều tác giả

This book is terrifying.

2019-01-16 17:31

Hướng dẫn ôn luyện thi môn Toán - Đại số Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhóm giảng viên Toán - ĐHSP Hà Nội

Disturbing, on multiple levels Publisher’s Weekly called this book a “Delightful romp though the food processing industry,” but I found Twinkie, Deconstucted a rather chilling appraisal of the state of modern food. Ettlinger sets out on what seems a lighthearted quest to source all the ingredients in a Twinkie, on the face of it an interesting and possibly edifying task. Certainly, choosing a Twinkie as his subject is clue enough that this will be a purely wink-wink/nudge-nudge sort of examination. The problem, for me, was that what he unearthed was not as entertaining as it was disturbing. Twinkie, Deconstructed has come in for a great deal of criticism from various quarters for not engaging some of the deeper issues that Ettlinger raises, but then blithely abandons. I would agree. Some even accuse him of being an apologist for the food industry, a serious charge indeed. This, I can’t go along with. Instead, I’d say the chief problem is he stubbornly adhered to a flawed plan for a book. Clearly, he set out to deconstruct the Twinkie in a casual, gee-whiz-look-at-that narrative. And I have to say he unearthed a number of downright fascinating factoids. But then the quest began to be a trudge, as Ettlinger doggedly wrote chapter after chapter for each and every one of the Twinkie’s many ingredients, regardless of the fact that one ingredient begins to blur into another after the first dozen or so. There was a great deal of discussion of chemical processes, some of which left me scratching my head. Time and again Ettlinger is taken through vast processing plants to find how this ingredient or that is produced. But just as often he is denied access to processing plants and forced to speculate how one component or another is engineered. There are a disconcerting number of secrets behind something as prosaic as a Twinkie, it seems. Ettlinger ultimately unveils what he calls the "Twinkie Nexus" - a vast international supply-and-demand-driven mechanism controlled by multinational conglomerates too complex and too multi-tentacled to fully comprehend. Again, the main problem is this: what virtue is there of tracking down each ingredient but then not really coming to grips with the bigger issues? All trees, no forest. I can't say that Ettlinger never addresses any of the darker issues, such as the role processed foods may play in the nationwide epidemic of obesity and diabetes. He does mention this, but only very briefly, and then scampers on to the next gee-whiz moment, leaving the “heavy” arguments mostly to the last chapter, "Consider the Twinkie." There he implies we have no reasonable alternative to the industrialized processed food industry. More to the point, he seems to lay the blame – and responsibility – squarely at the feet of the consumer. The argument goes something like this: We want it, so they produce it. We buy it. We eat it. So we should suffer the consequences, because it's ultimately our fault it was produced in the first place. But who the heck came up with the idea for something like Gogurt, anyways? Somehow I doubt there was a popular clamor for this product, a corporate brainchild if ever there was one. Products are researched. Studies are done. Advertising campaigns are launched. Wants are created. And, despite the habitual use there of the passive voice, someone does those things. To paraphrase Pogo, we have met the enemy, and he isn't us. “Before getting on a high horse to decry the excessive pressure of capitalism that force food to be so overwhelmingly engineered," Ettlinger writes, "we need to remember this: no farmer would bring his or her crops to market without the promise of a reward.” Huh? Come again? I’m not sure I follow that argument. And why am I left with the feeling he regards a desire for a healthier diet as "getting on a high horse"? At the end of the book, he suddenly solemnly averes, "There are choices to be made – so it is up to us to keep on top of things in the food world.” Is it, really, up to us? It doesn't much seem like it from what I gleaned from this book. It seems instead as if much is being kept from us, at least if Ettlinger's notable lack of success in penetrating "industrial secrets" (a leit motif of the book) is any indication. If ever there were an argument for stronger government oversight of the food industry, this is it. What hope has the average consumer of navigating the hazardous food maze? Ettlinger certainly doesn’t provide any. I couldn’t help but think he wasted an opportunity – nay, evaded a responsibility – to urge a greater transparency in food production. I gave this book three stars not so much because I “liked” it as because I was disturbed by it. And that, despite all my criticisms, is a good thing. Perhaps it was even the author’s intent, though I sincerely doubt it. Twinkie, Deconstructed was obviously marketed as entertainment. While I hate to sound like an utter stick in the mud, just how sad (and disturbing) is that?

2019-01-16 18:31

Cho Xem Đùi Nào, Leila Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Rachid El-Daif

Another must for teachers or those working for social justice.

2019-01-16 19:31

Nhạc Phim Lãng Mạng Nổi Tiếng Soạn Cho Piano - Tập 1 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

I simply could *not* get into this book. Gave it 50 pages before giving up.

2019-01-16 20:31

Những Câu Chuyện Về Lòng Trắc Ẩn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bích Nga

Oh lordy this is a tough book. Love the concept but it's hard to read about such cruelty.

2019-01-16 21:31

Mỗi Ngày Một Mẩu Chuyện Hay - Những Chuyện Hay Tháng 2 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

The author, John Perkins, is either bluntly ignorant about macroeconomics or he is purposely controversial with the goal to get attention. This is supposedly a true biography, however I can't help question many of the author's claims. Through out the book it often sounds like a wishful fantasy rather than a true account of events. According to his own account everything in his life has fit PERFECTLY to back his anti-capitalist ideology. Yet, nothing, I mean nothing, is backed with any hard data. This book is just a set of questionable stories of Mr. Perkins' life. Furthermore, if most of what he claims is true, this man has been part of most, if not all, of the world's most important events since WWII. My opinion? Not likely. It’s a perfect book for FAR-left-wing conspiracy theory fans. I don't recommend it.

Người đọc Peter Sergay từ Bożepole Małe, Poland

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.