Slavko Markovic từ East Bendigo VIC , Australia

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12/22/2024

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2019-12-06 18:30

Chiến Thuật Ôn Thi THPT Quốc Gia Môn Ngữ Văn - Chuyên Đề Nghị Luận Xã Hội Tập 2 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

despite the fact that this book does not contain a bunch of "death by shark" stories that cover made me believe it would (this edition is from 1979 and i can't help but think it was trying to trick people with jawsmania), it is nonetheless a killer collection. my favourite story is the first, by jack finney (to those that know me, that should come as no surprise). i would call "of missing persons" a perfect gem of a tale -- the title is perhaps the most prosaic thing about this story that keeps doubling-back, that gives hope and despair, and a wistful plea that is the hallmark of a good jack finney tale. it's followed by "island of fear" by william sambrot, another story that i tried to resist because it played in such familiar territory but it was so such a finely crafted little story, that in the end, i succumbed to it, i said, "ah, it's her" and welcomed the familiar arrival -- another character i won't name who is special to me -- but that is one clue to her identity: most stories about her end with her coming. "getting rid of george" is a fun little romp, reminiscent of arsenic and old lace, or dare i say it? weekend at bernie's -- but better of course than weekend at bernie's! much better. :) "treasure trove" by F. Tennyson Jesse was published in 1928, and while i won't say it's dated, it feels like it was written in a time when people would have felt the weight of the story's outcome keenly. all four of these are well-crafted examples of short form: immediately building the backdrop and drawing the reader in with characters also quickly delineated, and they play out their inexorable tension to the moment of climax each time with a creeping, increasing anxiety. you can see why they're in a hitchcock collection: they are splendid stories of suspense. i like the next two stories less: not that i don't think "the body of the crime" or "a nice touch" aren't as well written. it really just comes down to subject matter for these two, i think. in the first, i felt frustrated by the ending. i wasn't sure what was happening for most of the story, and when it culminated there was definitely a vague sense of being cheated, though i can't say that others would feel the same way. i'm thinking if you liked the life of pi, you would like the ending provided here. as for "a nice touch" i couldn't help but think it read a lot like "pretty mouth and green my eyes" by salinger, except with murder, and so it takes the honours as the least favourite of the stories in the book. the last story is a novella by hilda lawrence called "composition for four hands". a web search let me know that hitchcock filmed it as "the long silence" for his hour-long television show in 1963 i really do need to invest in a couple of seasons of this on dvd.) without giving too much away, the story revolves around an invalid, a paralyzed woman, surrounded by her family and neighbours. it shunts back and forth from her silent monologue, to the action of the people around her, sometimes moving into the nurse's head, and then a neighbour's. at one point in the story, i'm not even sure who is speaking, though it is ostensibly the nurse, describing bedrooms in the hallway. more plodding that the other stories, it is nevertheless nerve-wracking, and has flashes of a shirley jackson's version of claustrophobia, and i'm curious enough about her to try to seek out the four mystery novels she wrote. or at least one. :) a very readable collection in a slim volume. perfect for an evening home alone such as hitchcock describes in his introduction: "When you begin reading, may I suggest you choose a time when you are alone in the house. If there are people there, get rid of them. The book is full of suggestions of how this can be accomplished. Now turn out all the lights you possibly can, look over the stories, and take one before retiring. If you want to sample another, help yourself, but be careful. An overdose could be fatal. After all, this is a highly toxic book."

2019-12-06 19:30

55 Cách Để Kích Hoạt Tư Duy Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều tác giả

A survey conducted by the wedding website The Knot in 2008 found that the average wedding cost about $28,000. With something like 2.3 million weddings in America each year, this amounts to an absurd amount of cash changing hands - $160 billion annually as of 2006 (when Mead was writing). Each year, more articles on the attendant craziness and "bridezilla" culture appear - brides who spend $5,000 on a Vera Wang wedding gown, who ask their bridesmaids to get botox, plastic surgery, or worse. And each year, the rate of divorce seems to go up. How did we get here? What prompts this sort of behavior and why is it culturally acceptable? In fact, in a world where women make as much as men and are as likely to keep working afterwards, where we enjoy the ability to live with our significant others before marriage, why get married at all? These are the questions that Rebecca Mead sets out to answer in One Perfect Day. And what she finds is very interesting to anyone who has been to a wedding or had thoughts of getting married herself. The story Mead puts together is one of a fairly secular public with no particular institutions to turn to for guidance in putting together a wedding - with the exception of the bridal industry. Where traditional practices have been rejected for disallowing the sort of personalization that those about to be married demand for their ceremonies, the "traditionalesque" has sprung up to replace it, replete with bits of ceremony stripped from other religions, or even from TV shows or films that sound good. Huge industries have sprung up to allow the bride to find exactly the right meringue, which is then sewn for her by four hundred Chinese laborers making $0.50 per hour, or to remind her that her invitations match her shoes. If family and culture dictate tradition, Mead says, traditionalesque is dictated by industry and driven by profit. Even the idea of a diamond engagement ring is a relatively new one, developed by the DeBeers company in 1938. So does this hollowing of tradition lead inevitably to the hollowing of a culturally significant turning point in a person's life? Not necessarily. Mead attends numerous weddings over the course of the book, some of which seem especially poignant (for example, a wedding by an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas) and some of which seem perfunctory or disappointing (including a tiny wedding in a church in Hebron, WI). In a world with no set bodies to prescribe what is meaningful, meaning is where you make it. The one complaint I have about this book is that gay weddings and the question of "Why marry?" are addressed only in the epilogue. She does have some poignant things to say about the former (for example, addressing the way that every gay marriage seems like a triumph), but though she raises the latter, even asking a handful of brides, she never offers a good explanation. Perhaps, like the rest of a wedding, the reason must be created by the couple to suit themselves.

2019-12-06 20:30

108 Ca Khúc Truyền Thống Hội - Đoàn - Đội (Không CD) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Very sweet story. I enjoyed it a lot.

2019-12-06 21:30

Trái Tim Người Chết Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lê Kỳ Nam

It's hard to be objective when the reason you picked up this book in the first place was jealousy. You had just finished your M.F.A. Saved on your computer was a spreadsheet listing every single rejection letter you ever received -- and the list was long. You had pretty much given up on creative writing all together and had settled for a horrible job in community journalism. And Nell came along, and she was your age and pretty and her first story was published in the New Yorker, of all places. And she was featured in Vogue, which you read religiously every month. And you were curious, but at the same time you wanted to barf. (The only way you could justify buying the book was buying it used. Which you did. At a store in San Francisco one afternoon while looking for a sushi restaurant that ended up being closed.) You possess a number of books from used bookstores, so it takes you a long time to get to them. Finally, nearly four years later, you read "Lucky Girls." And you admit that it is decent. A little too emo, maybe, but decent. The stories strike you as constructed very carefully. There is nothing messy about them. And even though you get sucked in, you are sort of angry that there is nothing raw because it feels like you are looking through glass when you read these stories, instead of actually being there. It doesn't make you feel any better about Nell. In a way, the subject matter makes you even more jealous because she must have traveled to India and exotic places, places you have never been and want to go.

2019-12-06 22:30

Vợ Số 22 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Melanie Gideon

I wish this book had made me connect with Hannah more. Obviously she has had a rough life. The book itself is written in snippets, some things are repeated and others should just be left out. She doesn't seem like she has overcome her demons so it is hard to see this helping others, unless they just want to feel like someone else experienced it. Maybe she should have included some resources for others seeking help and explained how the things she experienced have affected her life. Coulld have been better.

2019-12-06 23:30

Bộ Kỹ Năng Ứng Xử - Chiếc Áo Của Gián Đất Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Wow! I really liked this book! Very interesting concept! Just all around good. Made me wonder which faction I would choose, if I had to choose. I think either Amity or Dauntless. But once I finished the book, I would choose something else... If you want to know why, you will have to read the book first, then we can talk! Excellent book! Is there a sequel??

2019-12-07 00:30

Truyện Trạng Lợn Và Truyện Xiển Bột - Tái bản 2012 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lữ Huy Nguyên

** spoiler alert ** While I Was Gone is about a woman, Joey, who is constantly running away from something. Whether it's her carefree past, idle marriage, or a disconnected mother, she's running away instead of facing the altercations. Fast forward 25 years, Eli, an old friend from when she was a carefree-communal-living-hippie. Unfortunately, this friend is seeking comfort that Joey must face head-on rather than run away. I found this book a little troubling because of the direction that it was going. However, there were a couple of passages that I did particularly enjoy. * At one point during her communal living period, Joey and her roommates played a 5-word game that I thought would be fun to play in a confident group setting. And... * "...admonition was simply this: we have no right to let go of so much that shaped us; we shouldn't be allowed to forget." I gave this book only 3 stars because I didn't enjoy it. Actually it was more of a border between 3 and 4 stars. (Remember "Unfaithful" w/Diane Lane - hard to watch, right?) Anyway, Sue Miller did a great job of explaning the turmoil Joey felt with decisions she later faced. But I found it almost unbelievable that a woman who has a loving husband, a seemingly innocuous life would risk it. Why? Unfortunately, Sue Miller didn't go into detail behind Joey's desire. There wasn't any reason, no explanation, no missing component to her marriage, nor her life. Oprah, are you out there? Why did you like this book?

2019-12-07 01:30

Plato Và Con Thú Mỏ Vịt Bước Vào Quán Bar... Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Daniel Klein

One of my small group guys from 3 years ago recommended this book to me. It took me 3 years to pick it up, but only 3 months to finish it! It's an easy, entertaining, and quick read. It really answered questions I had about Christianity, and various topics like community, worship, romance, and money. It gave me a healthy curiousity to the views of a non-believer. Like the book says, nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality. It's really interesting ways of looking at Christianity. Don Miller has an unique gift of writing.

2019-12-07 02:30

Ứng Dụng PSIM Mô Phỏng Và Giải Bài Tập Điện Tử Công Suất Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Not the sort of novel I would normally read, but this saga was a fictionalised account of a real family in Georgia who lived through the American civil war. This gave it interest which, together with the quality of the writing, made it a good read.

2019-12-07 03:30

Đi Tìm Bản Sắc Tiếng Việt (Tái Bản 2018) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trịnh Sâm

It was a awesome book!!

2020-07-30 03:34

Hạnh Phúc Mong Manh Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Bütün bu dizi, yaklaşık 14? kitaplar, BÜYÜK. Hızlı okurlar ve hiçbir kitap dizideki diğer kitaplardan daha iyi veya daha kötü değildir. Birçok arsa bükümü ve dönüşü ile birlikte iyi akarlar. Özel güçleri olmasını isteyen herhangi bir kız için mükemmeldir.

Người đọc Slavko Markovic từ East Bendigo VIC , Australia

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.