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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lê Liên
I learned about the Armenian genocide in Turkey. It has some disturbing parts, and I hated the ending.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi:
the only book I've read where I can say the movie was just as excellent as reading the book.
Is it too much to ask that America be more like Canada, where people like Trudeau, Charles Taylor, Michael Ignatieff can create good public policy and also be serious thinkers? Do you see Bachmann writing a biography of Kant? Bought this on liquidation at Borders. They're selling even the fixtures, counters, and shelves. What an abject ending. "That summer he paid a visit to the most famous refugee from Nazi Europe, Sigmund Freud. Freud's wife was a relative of a family friend, Oscar Phillip. Through his intermediary, Isaiah arranged a call at Maresfield Gardens one Friday afternoon in October 1938. Freud himself answered the door-bell and ushered Berlin into the famous study with the Egyptian and Greek statuettes and figurines already displayed on every free space of the desks, cabinets, and bookcases. When Freud asked Berlin what he did, and Isaiah replied in German that he attempted to teach philosophy, Freud replied sardonically ,'Then you must think me a charlatan.'. This was close to the mark but Berlin protested, 'Dr. Freud, how can you think such a thing?'. Freud then pointed to a figurine on the mantelpiece. 'Can you guess where it is from?'. When Berlin said he had no idea, Freud replied,'It comes from Megara. I see you are not pretentious.'. Then he explained he had reached London thanks to the intercession of Princess Marie Bonaparte and asked whether Isaiah was familiar with other members of the Greek royal family. When Berlin said he wasn't, Freud replied, 'I see you are not a snob.'. This part of the interrogation completed, Freud began musing aloud about whether he might set up practice in Oxford. Berlin said there was bound to be a lot of demand for his services in a place like Oxford and in his mind's eye imagined a burnished brass plaque in an Oxford doorway reading 'Dr. Freud, 2pm-4pm', and a queue of neurotics stretching back a mile." **************************** Berlin had a liberal temperament and an expansive, independent cast of mind that's very appealing. He could criticize the "technocratic busy bodying" foibles of left progressivism, and find an "adamantine firmness of purpose" admirable in Churchill, but still put into circulation ideas from neglected controversial writers like Holbach or Sorel . What makes Berlin particularly attractive in Ignatieff's description is that he never believed in the consolations of philosophy and was deeply skeptical about reaching for ultimate questions, of grasping the meaning of life in ten easy steps. "If history had no libretto why should an ordinary life have one?"
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Kim Định
I loved this book--so many emotions!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phạm Văn Điển
I can only think that I would have understood and appreciated it better if I actually knew who Didion was outside of the scope of this book, and knew the context of her life in which to place all of these events. I felt absolutely lost when Didion would mention friends or locations that meant nothing to me, or when she referenced previous novels by her or her husband. I knew there must be a connection to be made, but I had no idea what it was or how to make it. read more...
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bùi Chí Vinh
My friend Mike, who reads the most random (but most interesting) books, told me about this one. The author, Alan Lightman, is both a poet and a physicist. In Einstein's Dreams, Lightman muses about what happens in Einstein's mind when he falls asleep: he dreams about worlds in which time is not linear. Sometimes, he imagines that time is a circle: after a certain period, everything starts over again. In another dream, he sees time not counting up, but counting down to some event. Each dream is described in poetic rather than scientific fashion (Lightman must be quiet the poet to refrain from using math entirely). Also, each dream is described in one to three pages, so this book can help kill time. Get it?
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Patricia Orlunwo Ikiriko
Theia is a sweet girl whose lived a sheltered life. Her mother died when she was born and her father has raised her in a very strict way. One night she sees a burning man fall from the sky, and land on her yard, and she looks into his eyes as he disappears and that's how it begins. The new kid in school Haden is handsome and also the boy in Theia's dreams literally. In her dreams he is charming and at school one moment he is hot the next he is cold. One moment he is being charming with her, the next he is walking away with a popular girl, making Theia feel like an idiot. Haden is a charming 170 years old - read the book to find out what he is- and he feels drawn to her, and that's why he must stay away. It was a very nice book. I found myself crying and laughing, Donny and Amelia are both very nice characters with good personalities. I found myself charmed by Donny and Gabe, and I can't wait to find out what will happen next. * I would have no doubt finished it by Saturday if my wisdom tooth hadn't decided it was time to be a pain.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Minh Giang
Suzanne Collins did a wonderful job on this book. She captures emotion (and even violence) in her writing perfectly, and no other author could have done it better. Her characters have nice personalities, but are definitely not Mary-sues. I strongly suggest this book :)
iris murdoch' first novel: very playful and amusing but harmless. there's no huge, surprising story here but her ability to bring characters to life and the language she uses already shows the marvellous talent (which, i admit it, i have not explored sufficiently just yet) that is to evolve in her later works.
If you're fascinated with the oddities of travelling circuses and the great depression, this book is fantastic.
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.