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I read this book so very long ago and didn't remember a dang thing so I re-read it and I appreciate it much more. I'd have to say that although things are no long the same as they were after the civil war; there is still discrimination towards other people and so this book is still very relevant today.
Entertaining and rambling autobiography of one of the most interesting team owners in baseball history. Veeck was a guy who had a million war stories to tell, and he tells them in full yarn-spinning style, with all the strengths (funny, insightful, spontaneous) and weaknesses (disorganized, sometimes overextended) thereof. Great for baseball history fans or people interested in the politicking behind a professional sports league.
I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed with Laura Carpenter's work. Although I think she's spot-on regarding the topic, the book is neither intellectually invigorating nor a practical page turner. I think that if you're not in touch with youth culture you can learn a lot. But, most of the research to me (at 25) seems redundant. She doesn't take the knowledge to the next level by incorporating any form of theoretical analysis, either. But, if you’re a parent looking to better understand the life of your teen, check this one out.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Khánh Linh
Blumenthal introduces readers to horse-rescue programs that are integrated into the prison system with this gorgeously illustrated title. It follows the story of Blake, a young man sent to prison for stealing money to help pay his floundering family's bills, and a retired racehorse, Black Diamond. Black Diamond was at the top of his form until an injury cut his career short. When he arrives at the prison farm, Black Diamond is upset and cagey, but responds well to Blake, who becomes his caretaker and best friend. The two of them recuperate and rehabilitate together - which means that Blake eventually must leave. A happy ending awaits, though! This is a book with a lesson that doesn't even need to be pointed out - children will 'get it' immediately. An author's note provides background on the retired racehorse program that works with correctional facilities. The pastel illustrations by Miles Hyman knocked me out - soft and vibrant, and period appropriate!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Gia Bảo
This was the first book by Beverly Jenkins I had the pleasure of reading 14 years ago. It still is such a delight to revisit Cara and Chase every now and again.
Meh. If you liked the Da Vinci Code it doesn't mean you will like this. Fine for beach reading if you want something Da Vinci-esque but theres got to be better beach reading that this. I did get through it though which says something I guess.
when i was 7 or 8, my dad told me that the sun would die one day and then i asked him what would happen to us? "oh, don't worry, we will be long dead by then!" uhhm, ok. No worries. Anyhow, he had this book laying around at the time and i would look at pictures. I later read it and recommend to anyone mildy interested in earth and universe.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Salina Yoon
Barfoot likes to play with how the obvious in people can be so wrong. And she does this very well, again, in Luck, where she adds the ambivalence of luck, especially that of perceived luck, both good and bad. The stage upon which Barfoot's characters explore luck is in the extended quasi-family dynamics of three disparate women living together who find their relatively impersonal work-based relationship instantly and confusingly personalized by the sudden death of Nora's middle-aged husband. I thoroughly enjoyed how Barfoot introduces Nora with an early morning scream at her discovery that the husband she had laid down with the night before has become in their sleep a corpse. She is a successful mixed media graphic artist and Barfoot's nuance and detail make her very interesting. But as day one of the post-mortem evolves Barfoot quietly and slowly expands the depths and complexity of the other two characters to the point that Nora eventually becomes the least interesting of the three characters. The story is told primarily through Nora, but the other two get to tell their tales too until they are all fully fleshed out. Sophie, the personal assistant who was traumatized by the failure of her good intentions to change or even ameliorate evil in the world and is in hiding inside Nora's household from that and her own do-gooder hypocrisy. There is Beth, the beautiful and pliable model who appears to the other two as an oddly vain and empty-minded ex-beauty queen with nothing of interest to offer them except to be the butt of their condescension and feigned tolerance for her compulsive need to push on them her complex health teas and other infusions. The exploration of luck begins with how each of them have felt lucky: Nora for having found Phil and Beth and Sophie; Sophie for having found Phil and Nora; and Beth for having been found by Nora. But it is an ambivalent sort of luck because it has trapped them all in a pattern of relative unchanging — I was going to write, "comfort" but that's not quite right. Undemanding familiarity, perhaps, because their interpersonal demands are not of family, not of work mates, not of school mates. Oddly, they relate to each other from the strict requirements of their own self-interests which have been unthreatened by the others' own sell pre-occupations. And with the ostensible bad luck of Phil dying young all that changes. The barriers of self-interest are breached in ways that are unexpected to all women and disorienting, The exploration is at times delightful and sad. Barfoot is unafraid to present characters who are seriously flawed and undoubtedly unlikable, but with such sympathy that I cared to see how each of them survived. The characters are complex enough that their interpersonal and psychological devolutions are not predictable. And the ending is a very pleasant surprise of character development. So, with all that, and even though I thoroughly enjoyed the book I am still hesitant to give this five stars because it didn't quite blow me away. So… ☆☆☆☆ out of ☆☆☆☆☆. For the curious I have extended the discussion on my blog with a couple of citations @ blogspot.com.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vô Thường
A gorgeous book of inspiration, even if you're not a big fan of art dolls.
I've always enjoyed the premise of the book, but I find it a bit over-hyped. I never really "felt" for any of the characters, let alone the narrator. Halderman's look on the development of society and the shift in the perception of sexuality is very interesting and refreshing!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: William Faulkner
Si estaba en segundo o tercer grado, probablemente le daría un 5. Definitivamente no está escrito para bibliotecarios de 24 años, pero el libro de Dav Pilkey es increíblemente inteligente e hilarante, y muchos lectores reacios y no reacios adorarán esto. libro (aunque tal vez ya lo hayan leído). Estoy seguro de que hay quienes objetarán el tema de los inodoros / humor del inodoro, etc. En este caso, no soy uno de ellos.
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.