Nisachol S từ West Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent , UK

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12/22/2024

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2019-09-01 02:30

Giáo Trình Luyện Nghe Hán Ngữ - Tập 2 (Trung Cấp - Kèm 1 CD) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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I have read a great deal of material about the 1939-1940 Soviet-Finnish War in Russian on the Internet, but not a single-volume popular English-language history book about this war. This is such a book. It talks in detail about how the prewar negotiations broke down; why the Soviets did not understand that their conditions were unacceptable to the Finns; the action on each front during the first period of the war, which the Finns, amazingly, won, despite having a much smaller army and few arms compared to the Soviets; how the Soviets learned from their mistakes, and won the war during the second period. One chapter discusses Otto Kuusinen's puppet government of "People's Finland", which promised an eight-hour day to the Finnish workers, something they had already enjoyed for twenty five years, and the breakup of landed estates to the Finnish peasants, even though there were only a few hundred landholdings over 300 acres in all of Finland; I think this is an example of a person being blinded by his ideology. Another talks about the outside world's reaction to the war, including Britain's and France's plans for intervening in it. If they had, and the Red Army ended up fighting the British and French armies, this would effectively mean the Soviet Union entering World War II on the side of the Axis; the consequences of this for the world would be too terrible to contemplate; fortunately, the Soviet-Finnish war ended before this could take place. The author learned Finnish, spent a year in Finland, and read a great deal of primary source materials while there; he does not use any Soviet sources except Khrushchev's memoirs. Trotter is very sympathetic to the Finns; his tone sometimes reminded me of Tom Clancy's books about the US Army. In the last chapter he says that "modern Finnish historians" estimate the Soviet casualties as 230 to 270 thousand dead and another 200 to 300 thousand wounded; General Krivosheev's book about Russia's military losses in twentieth-century wars gives much smaller numbers: 71 thousand killed in action, 16 thousand dead of wounds, 39 thousand missing in action, 189 thousand wounded. The last chapter also discusses Finland's participation in World War II. Finland's part in the Siege of Leningrad is not mentioned, and neither is the fact of the Finns almost reaching the Murmansk railroad, through which lend-lease went from the Western Allies to the Soviet Union. The Finnish occupation of East Karelia is mentioned, and the fact that its population did not welcome the Finns as liberators is blamed upon the "massive resettlement programs carried out by Stalin in the 1930s" and not upon them being foreign occupiers who set up concentration camps.

2019-09-01 04:30

Hố Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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Welcome To Low Town Here, the criminal is king. The streets are filled with the screeching of fish hags, the cries of swindled merchants, the inviting murmurs of working girls. Here, people can disappear, and the lacklustre efforts of the guard ensure they are never found. Warden is an ex-soldier who has seen the worst men have to offer; now a narcotics dealer with a rich, bloody past and a way of inviting danger. You’d struggle to someone with a soul as dark and troubled as his. Bu then a missing child, murdered and horribly mutilated, is discovered in an alley. And then another. With a mind as sharp as a blade and an old but powerful friend in the city, he’s the only man with a hope of finding the killer. If the killer doesn’t find him first. Those of you who have been following The Eloquent Page for a while may remember that The Straight Razor Cure was on my list of books I was looking forward to reading in 2011. This week, I finally managed to get my hands on a copy and was able to see if it was a worthy inclusion on that list or not. Over the last couple of years, there has been a growing trend in what I guess you would call low fantasy. These are novels that aren’t overly interested in the antics of kings, or the fate of nations, quite the opposite in fact as they focus primarily on ordinary people. Joe Abercrombie’s work springs to mind. The Straight Razor Cure is written in a similar vein. Low Town has suffered through many terrible situations. From wars, where large portions of the population were killed, to plagues where bodies ended up rotting in the streets. Though times have been tough, the townsfolk just about managed to get by. Suddenly, a killer is stalking their children and many fear the return of the bad times. When it comes to the denizens of Low Town, nobody is ever quite what they seem. The main protagonist, Warden is a perfect example of this. Down on his luck and no longer a member of military, his character flies in the face of your conventional fantasy hero. Warden is an ugly man, has violent tendencies and is a drug addict to boot. Not exactly the qualities you would you would expect in a leading man. Why then, did I find myself warming to him? Warden could have so easily been a one dimensional bully-boy, but when you read his interactions with those he cares about, you get glimpses of the man he once was prior to his fall from grace. This is a man that has seen (and probably done) horrible things in the past. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but at his core he retains a level of humanity that few of the other characters in the novel display. The majority of magic and mystical elements that are used in the book are very low key, and this works well within the confines of the story. With a couple of notable exceptions, that are necessary for the plot to move forward, there is nothing that is too in your face. I like this toned down approach, as it gave the entire novel a much more realistic feel. I enjoyed the way Polansky’s writing shifted my suspicions from one character/potential killer, to the next. There were plenty of sufficiently blind alleys and red herrings that kept me on my toes. Overall, Daniel Polansky’s debut novel has been one of my favourite novels of this genre, so far this year. The blend of detective noir and fantasy seems like a good fit. This is a first class murder mystery with an eclectic cast of immoral characters, most of whom inhabit the sleazier side of humanity. They aren’t a pleasant bunch but this does make it all the more interesting to read. The wintry streets of Low Town were great fun to visit and I hope I get the opportunity to read more of Warden’s exploits in the future. If you enjoy your fantasy dark and gritty then this could well be the novel for you. The Straight Razor Cure is available now.

Người đọc Nisachol S từ West Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent , UK

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.