Hyejin Kim từ Boparai, Punjab , India

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05/14/2024

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2019-03-30 13:31

Bí Mật Của Hạnh Phúc Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lương Cần Liêm

If I were to be shallow, I'd say The Bartimaeus Trilogy is somewhat like Harry Potter meets Faust. If I were honest, I'd say that it's not like that at all. Imagine a London where magicians not only form the top crust of society, but are educated specifically to work for the government. From lowly paper-pusher to the Prime Minister himself - all of them are versed in magic; which may not be a good thing for the un-magical general populace. And then there's Nathaniel. His birth parents gave him up to government care for financial compensation, sending the boy off to a magician official and his wife to be raised and groomed for yet another position in the government. He's a clever boy and, worse yet, a determined one. Even as a young boy, Nathaniel jumps ahead of his magical studies, more than his caretaker realizes, to do the one thing that magicians can do well: Summon a demon. Which brings us to Bartimaeus, a demon of numerous names and forms. Keep in mind that chapters focused on Nathaniel (or other central characters) are told in the third person limited, while Bartimaeus keeps the first person voice all to himself. He is the hero of the story, the one you laugh along with and cheer for - he's the one you hope comes out on top. I think it has something to do with the fact that he adds foot notes to his own running narrative - sometimes long footnotes that lead to amusing stories about the follies of enslaved demons and their foolish masters, sometimes he's just adding a clever punchline to a situation. He never fails to make me laugh. So you've got a boy who is in over his head, but is too arrogant to see that. Plus, you've got a demon (he's offended if you call him that - he prefers to be called a djinn) wanting freedom from a lifetime carrying out orders from self-serving magicians. Add in powerful magical artifacts, bureaucratic backstabbing, good and evil deeds, annoying imps, a rebellion, daring acts, insanity and several precisely drawn pentacles... and you've got a fraction of The Bartimaeus Trilogy. The rest of it is pure fun.

2019-03-30 17:31

Học Sinh Chân Kinh - Tập 17: Gieo Gì Gặt Nấy Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: B.R.O

For those who have studied GK, you will still find something new if it's been a few years. Weatherford himself went to the Mongol homeland and worked with local anthropologists/ethnologists to re-translate a record of GK's life that had been partially translated before. The Introduction to this book is VERY long (over 30 pages), but details how the book came to be, and also summarizes nicely some of the Mongols' contributions to today's society, or rather the spreading of regional "good ideas" to the world stage (paper money, doctors, sailing techniques, representative government, credit cards [yeah, really], and intercontinental trade). Once through the intro, you have as detailed a story of the Khans as you can get, using all the records that Weatherford could find. The story is enticing, exciting, and THE ultimate rags-to-riches story. GK mixed ruthless violence with honesty, fairness, and egalitarianism. A common tactic was to approach the city, demand they rule under the Khan, and then, when ultimately refused, they would take over the city (using novel techniques, something else they brought about - the end of the walled city), kill most or all of the ruling family, often brutally and publicly, and then guarantee religious and economic freedom to everyone else, instantly bringing them under the Mongol banner. The writing is fine, but not what warranted the 4 stars. It is the story itself that is so engaging. Fans of history and GK will enjoy this book. Fans of sociology, social order, revolt, and reform will also like it. I think every popular and minority revolution ever could learn at least one thing from GK.

Người đọc Hyejin Kim từ Boparai, Punjab , India

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.