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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Cathleen Davitt Bell
I loved this book. It was fun, filled with crazy cousins who cause so much trouble for their cousin, Luke Davis by advertising for a bride for him. Three women all desperate to escape their lives show up to marry him. They have to stay at Rachel's boarding house. Luke isn't planning on marring anyone. His gave his heart away to Rachel along time ago and she broke it. The mayor insists Luke must marry one of the brides and since Luke isn't interested, the mayor doesn't give him the option to refuse. To make it fun the town holds a contest for the brides to prove who would make the best wife for Luke. Things get very interesting and I wish I could tell you more, but that would ruin the story for you.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Leonard Felder
This amazing story is narrated by two different voices-- that of Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee, and that of a young British wife, mother, and magazine editor. It is full of surprise, dark humor, angst, and an unlikely friendship. Comic relief is played by young Charles, who lives in a Batman costume and sees the world as full of "baddies" and "goodies." My favorite character, though, was Little Bee whose past has been filled with unbelieveable horror and whose perspective on the Western world as represented by London is interesting indeed. A book that will make you think about "home' in new ways!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Alpha Books biên soạn
I can't remember if I ever finished this one, but I remember it was excellent.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi:
boring at first but liked it at the end
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Michael McCarthy
So far, so good. I am on page 32.
Strangely, this book is not published in Russian, which is a shame as I thought it would be an excellent birthday gift for a Russian friend of mine. It took me quite a while to read through this book but it expanded and enhanced my understanding of Russian cultural development enormously. I especially enjoyed Figges' research into the myth of the Russian peasant as this theme has saturated so many 18th century novels to such a degree that without understanding its genesis and power over the Russian imagination of themselves, it is almost impossible to understand the thrust of the novel. Ditto for the discussion of Russian orthodox view of the world and the schism between the old believers and the progressives. If you are interested in Russian history and cultural developments you will probably love this book as much as me.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Tòng Văn Sinh
Had to read this one in high school. Not really sure if I actually read the whole thing. Mob mentality VS Self-sacrifice.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lê Hữu Nam
The master of horror (or is that Wes Craven)has written three really great kids fantasies, of which the Thief of Always is one.
Almost a week later, I'm still pondering the ending of Beatrice and Virgil, the most recent novel by Life of Pi author Yann Martel. For Pi alums, that won't entirely surprise you. To me, a book that grabs you on the first page, keeps you moving steadily and with increasing intensity, shocks and surprises and offers you intriguing glimpses into an array of human endeavors, and then leaves you rather gratified yet stunned and moved at the end: All that rolled into one spells one fine book. Here, Martel returns to his explorations of inter-textuality and of our human drive to recreate our messy lives in somewhat tidier or at least more fathomable stories. And again we begin in one fictional reality and then journey with his central character, in this case a writer named Henry who echoes Martel himself, into an allegorical world of uncertainty, challenge, wry humor, and even violence, and finally return to a reality parallel to our own to reflect on the horrors that leach into our workaday lives no matter how carefully we strive to deflect them. And it will come as no surprise that in his attempt to bring renewed immediacy to literature of the Holocaust, Martel reaches back to the Absurdists to frame some of his allegorical commentary. The world within a world here is not a high-seas adventure as in Life of Pi, but rather a Beckettian play starring a donkey and a howler monkey within the frame of a writer's attempt to recreate his life in a foreign city when his writing career stalls. The questions Martel explores with us include a Life of Pi-esque focus on the cruelty of humans toward not only their own species but toward all other animals as well. Yet what makes all the difference here is protagonist Henry's central question: How might one write about the Holocaust in a manner that offers the philosophical & historical depth of an essay and the freshness of narrative fiction? Beatrice and Virgil acts as a vehicle to explore this question, and although certainly we see some comparable concerns and devices to those in Life of Pi, neither the intention nor the result is in any way similar. When it was first released, some critics railed at the very thought of a non-Jew writing a book attempting - in any way - to address the Holocaust. If you are willing to move beyond that concern to embrace a novel that respects its content but takes a unique tack in attempting to make us re-see an ever-present and understandably oft-treated topic, then you would do well to set aside a few hours for Beatrice and Virgil. In my estimation, better to stretch toward greatness on a challenging subject than to set one's writerly sights low and create a neatly constructed but depthless work In truth, saying any more than this would spoil your potential experience of Beatrice and Virgil, and I want you to read it. To transform your life and change the world with every book you read - whether you loved it or not, learn more about Action Reading by visiting me at http://whatsheread.blogspot.com.
Isaacson does a superb job of communicating the complexities of this remarkable character who is the epitome of the American Dream. "But the most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself" (2). Isaacson's well-written biography offers an abundance of information on this fascinating man. I found myself arguing not only with Isaacson's point of view, but also with choices Franklin made. And, for me, a book that gets you thinking and arguing is always worthwhile. He's no Jefferson, but this is a great book all the same.
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.