陈 志新 từ Karaliūnai , Lithuania

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11/22/2024

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2018-04-23 00:31

Sài Gòn - Chuyện Đời Của Phố 4 (Bìa mềm) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phạm Công Luận

I was a Goodreads First Reads winner of this book and I was fortunate to have this book land in my possession. First, I appreciate that the author is writing about something he knows first hand about. (I get upset when people write or talk about something they have never experienced.) I felt Marlantes' experience was explained appropriately and held my attention without being over the top in bloody details. Second, I want to thank all veterans who have served our country in the past and pre-thank all of those who are currently serving. Third, I think this book should be a required read for every American. Whether war is justified or not, moral or not, I think you can divide Americans into two groups. Those who serve in some type of military capacity, and those who do not. Those who know what it truely is like and those that do not (and, often have no interest in those that do.) I applaud Karl Marlantes in his efforts to bring awareness to everyone about what can and should be done better. I think it was Oprah or Dr. Phil who always says "when you know better, you do better".... Sending better prepared "warriors" to war and transitioning the returning warriors into society sounds logical and pretty simple. So I guess it comes down to making his ideas a priority and a reality. As much as I don't want to believe it, war is here to stay. I have friends and relatives who are "mentally" broken from their time served and it is heart breaking to know that the correct help was not available when it should have been. Karl Marlantes has left me with many ideas and thoughts. I know that I will be having many future conversations regarding the material he covered. A four star rating for sure!

2018-04-23 08:31

Nữ Hoàng & Kẻ Cướp Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhân Hải Trung

With The Big Short, Michael Lewis has told one of the more detailed accounts of how the home mortgage-based financial crisis was spawned and then predicted by a select few. As with all of Lewis' books, the focus is on a few quixotic characters who are at the center of a moment in recent history. In Liar's Poker, it was Lewis himself and the executives at Salomon Brothers during the 1980s. The Big Short is Lewis' first book back to Wall Street where he made of name for himself as bonds salesman turned journalist and author after leaving Salomon Brothers. He is surprised to see that much has changed in the 20 years he has been away, but not how he expected it. The same profanity-laden bankers and analysts are power players, but the bonus are bigger, much bigger and the financial "instruments" have gotten much more complex. There are 3 main characters, or small groups of characters: Steve Eisman and his FrontPoint Partners associates, the trio at Cornwall Capital, and Michael Burry, the former neurologist turned day trader turned hedge fund manager. Burry's story alone would be unique without being set against the financial meltdown as he diagnoses himself with Asperger's syndrome while researching his own child's symptoms. Eisman is by far the most blunt and profane, and therefore entertaining, of the lot. While Cornwall Capital and Burry are Wall Street outsiders, Eisman's FrontPoint is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, giving him access to many of the decision-makers of the big investment banks. We get to listen in on the meetings and conferences he attended and see him take full advantage of the opportunity to rudely proclaim, to their faces, that he thinks subprime mortgage bond sellers, the ratings agencies and mortgage services are peddling crap. Like the rest of these colorful investors, he puts his money where his mouth is and bets against (shorts) the subprime mortgage market by buying credit default swaps (insurance) on pools of loans (CDOs). Like all Michael Lewis books, The Big Short traces each main, and even minor, character's personal and professional history as far as it serves the narrative. The motivations and rationale of each actor makes you identify with them. Even as the market begins to crash, we see how conflicted they are about profiting from the demise of an entire system. In fairness, they tried to warn government agencies and the market (by so boldly betting against it). The prose is very good, as has come to be expected from Lewis, but he doesn't gets to stretch his legs as often as he has in previous books. There is so much minutiae required to inform on such a complex subject and to accurately lay out each step in the crisis. Even so, the characters are completely engrossing and the time flies by. I can't wait for the next book, whether it be about sports, finances or something completely different.

Người đọc 陈 志新 từ Karaliūnai , Lithuania

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.