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2019-02-04 23:30

Cách Xử Thế Xưa Và Nay (Tập 1) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

“The Jungle Book” is a collection of stories (or fables) and songs/poems by Rudyard Kipling, and was originally published in 1894. The book consists of 7 short stories, separated by seven poems. The first three stories involve Mowgli, but the other four stories are not part of that series, nor do they all take place in the same jungle or any jungle at all. What these stories do have in common is the anthropomorphizing of animals as characters in these stories. As with all fables, these stories impart a moral message to the reader. “Mowgli’s Brothers” is the first story in the book and was originally published in January of 1894 in “St. Nicholas Magazine”. The story is about Mowgli being adopted by the wolf family which then raises him. With Shere Khan hunting in their area of the jungle, the Father Wolf (Akela) and the mother (Raksha) find and take in a human baby. At the wolf council, Baloo speaks for the cub, and Bagheera buys his life with a fresh kill. As time passes, Shere Khan turns most of the wolves against Mowgli, and they plot to overthrow Akela as the leader. Mowgli is then sent away from the wolves, vowing to return with Shere Khan’s hide. This story is followed by the “Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack”. “Kaa’s Hunting” is a short study from March-April of 1894. It takes place sometime during the period covered in “Mowgli’s Brothers”, though it isn’t mentioned in that story. It is a story about Mowgli’s abduction by monkees, a.k.a the Bandar-log. Baloo and Bagheera, rescue Mowgli with the aid of Kaa. This story is followed by the “Road Song of the Bandar-Log”. “Tiger! Tiger!” was a short story published in February of 1894 in magazines before being published in this collection. This covers the confrontation between Mowgli and Shere Khan. Mowgli has been kicked out of the jungle and has been adopted by a couple who believe he is Nathoo, the child that they lost. Mowgli tries to fit in, but he alienates himself from the others because he doesn’t accept their misconceptions about the jungle. Shere Khan returns and is plotting to kill Mowgli, but he is warned by one of his wolf friends (Grey Brother) whom he goes to visit regularly. Mowgli comes up with a plan to kill Shere Khan, but when successful he gets into an argument with Buldeo, the hunger. Buldeo tries to take Shere Khan’s skin, but Mowgli refuses to give it to him, so Buldeo turns the entire village against him and Mowgli finds himself an outcast of both the jungle and the village. This story is followed by “Mowgli’s Song”. “The White Seal” is a short story published in August of 1893. The story is about Kotick, a rare white-furred seal who spends his life searching for a home where seals will not be hunted by humans. He is isolated from the other seals by his goal, but he finally discovers a place that the Sea Cows know which is free from man. This story is followed by “Lukannon”. “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” is a story from November of 1893. In this story an English family save a young mongoose (Rikki Tikki) who becomes their pet. Rikki Tikki first saves the families young boy Teddy from a dust brown snakeling. Rikki Tikki takes to patrolling the house while the family sleeps, and it is during this that he is warned by Chuchundra that there are two cobras (Nag and Nagaina) that are planning to kill the family. Rikki Tikki first takes on Nag, waking the father who kills Nag. Nagaina then swears vengeance, but Rikki Tikki gets help from Darzee (a tailor bird) and locates Nagainaj’s nest and then uses the eggs to distract Nagaina to save Teddy again. This story is followed by “Darzee’s Chant”. “Toomai of the Elephants” is a short story from the December of 1893. In this story little Toomai is told that he cannot be an elephant handler unless he sees the dance of the elephants. When the great elephant Kala Nag hears the call of the elephant from far off in the jungle, he goes to find the elephants, taking little Toomai with him. This story is followed y “Shiv and the Grasshopper”. “Her Majesty’s Servants” was originally published in March of 1894. This story is about the various animals used to support Her Majesty’s armed forces in India. The animals discuss their roles in the army, each taking pride in the function they perform. This is followed by “Parade-Song of the Camp Animals” which closes out the book. This is a good collection of short stories, though there is a definite variability in the quality, and of course they don’t all take place in the jungle. Rudyard Kipling wrote poems, short stories, and novels. Having lived in India, England, and the United States, and also spent a fair amount of time in South Africa. He drew on the rich cultural history that he enjoyed to create some wonderful tales. He remains one of the best known writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. “The Jungle Book” is one of his best known works, though most know it through films which do not accurately represent the stories within. It blends his short fiction with some of his poems, but I find it a bit too uneven to give it five-stars.

2019-02-05 00:30

Quảng Cáo & Tâm Trí Người Tiêu Dùng Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Max Sutherland

This book is a life-changing experience. I'll read it again. The title is somewhat deceptive. This is not a book about happiness, this is a book about how the mind works: how much better and faster we heal than we ever anticipate; how we "cook" our memories to suit our preferences; how our psychological immune system defends our sanity; how "presentism" colors our view of the past and our expectation of the future; how we use context, frequency and recency to "disambiguate" our experiences and then also allow them to distort the facts; how carefully elaborated myths (some of them necessary for sanity or even survival) almost always take precedence in our choices over reason, facts and experience. And the language is so special, it is a real pleasure. Humorous anecdotes and witticisms drip from every page and the style and vocabulary are *alive* (if this guy ever writes a novel, it'll be an instant classic). The suspense is rekindled with subtitles that make you want to read on all the time, such as: Journey to Elsewhen The Joy of Next Dancing about Architecture New Yeller In the Blind Spot of the Mind's Eye The Meat Loaf of Oz An Embarrassment of Tomorrows The Hound of Silence The Way We Weren't Reporting Live from Tomorrow &c Here is a quote from the foreword (and the note it refers to): "[I:]f your future self is not satisfied when it arrives at the last page [of this book:], it will at least understand why you mistakenly thought it would be. *note 1*" Note 1 reads: "…If you don't care about sources …and are annoyed by books that make you flip back and forth all the time, then be assured that the only important note in the book is this one."

Người đọc Jordi Mateo từ Sasa, Fiji

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.