Xenya Shilina từ Banna, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

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11/24/2024

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Xenya Shilina Sách lại (10)

2018-05-06 12:30

Câu Lạc Bộ Các Tiên Nữ Sành Điệu - Tin Nhắn Ẩn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Rainbow

This will take a while. I spent nearly 7 months reading Black Lamb and Grey Falcon once I finally started it. It's worth it. Rebecca West may go on for pages about things that might not interest you all that much, describing church architecture, but this book is also full of interesting stories and observations and gems of writing. West can be one of the best prose stylists I've ever read, perhaps the greatest female writer I can think of (I do spend more time reading books by men). A sampling of the best quotes will be collected here as room allows. What makes the book absolutely fascinating is when it was written - in the late 1930s. Rebecca West is a woman of strong opinions, while she finds qualities to love in the Serbians above all and in the other peoples of Yugoslavia, she haranges against the Habsburgs' empire (with the exception of kind words for Empress Sissy) and the Ottomans, as well as the Germans that she meets in the Balkans, Hitler and Mussolini. Most passionately in the "Old Serbia" chapter 800 pages in, she visits Blackbird Field in Kosovo where the Turks defeated the Serbs in 1389 and decries the decision of the Serbian leader, according to a saga, to choose a kingdom of heaven rather than a kingdom on Earth, and accept the defeat and destruction of his people - she sees here a preference to be the sacrificial lamb rather than the one who kills the lamb, repeated over the centuries, in Franz Ferdinand's "eager" victimhood as he visits Sarajevo in 1914, in Britain and France's refusal to stand up to Hitler until it is too late, if at all, in her fellow progressives of Western Europe. This is her essential thesis, and it is pounded home in the conclusion which moves beyond her journeys to Yugoslavia in 1938 at the latest to describe the last 2 years of earth-shaking history including the conquests of Yugoslavia and France. The book contains multitudes and much wisdom, despite its biases (one of the reasons I did not take this book to Turkey with me, other than its weight, is West's anti-Islam bent). This is enough review, I heartily recommend the book if you think you have the interest and time, it will reward you. But most of you will never read the whole thing, even if you read this, so here's a sampling of the best of it: (to follow)

2018-05-06 13:30

Sách Tô Màu Harry Potter (Sách tô màu dành cho người lớn) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả

I absolutely loved Kate & Joe! Joe standing up for Kate and being there for her when she was heartbroken about Brad not even noticing her was just wow!!! I was so glad to see Kate come to the realization that Brad wasn't worth the time or energy she spent on him, and I loved the "Kate-have-a-good-time" and "Joe-have-a-good-time" funds, especially when Joe added to Kate's fund and Kate added to Joe's. And I loved Aunt Sue trying to be matchmaker for Kate and Joe, and being there to be a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on, and someone to give great advice about relationships. Aunt Sue was very, very cool! It was just a really, really great read!

2018-05-06 14:30

Sổ Tay Từ Vựng Tiếng Hàn Thông Dụng (B) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: The Changmi

A decent account of an aspect of the fundamentalist Muslim uprisings which happened in central Africa in the late 1800's. The author was part of a rescue expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, who was a Belgian in Egyptian/Ottoman employ. The events take place following the fall of Khartoum and the death of Gordon. Interesting narrative on the difficulties encountered by Europeans.

2018-05-06 15:30

Ehon Nhật Bản - Ngày Hội Thể Thao Của 10 Chú Ếch Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hisako Madokoro

This book is subtitled "a guide to compassionate living," that basically says it all. It is a guide to the Buddhist teachings of opening the heart and mind through tonglen meditation and lojong slogans. All her writings are clear and productive reads.

2018-05-06 16:30

Phong Thủy Cải Vận Dành Cho Mệnh Thiếu Kim, Thủy Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lý Cư Minh

Jo, Beth, Amy, and Meg are some of my oldest, dearest literary woman/girl friends. I smile when I think of them.

2018-05-06 17:30

Chuyện Con Mèo Và Con Chuột Bạn Thân Của Nó Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

I love Jodi Picoult. This book was such a good book. However the end totally took me by surpise. I cried it was so sad.

2018-05-06 18:30

Nghiệt Hội Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Samantha Shannon

Mama Hen tucks each of her five little chicks into bed with fluffed up pillows and kisses. But when she leaves the room, the chicks run wild! They jump, play, dance. Even though they try to hide what they are doing from their mama, she figures it out. Again, she tries to tuck them into bed, but again they run wild when she leaves. Finally, she catches them in a wild pillow fight and that is when her response surprises the chicks. She offers to play with them! Now all of them go wild with dancing. The chicks get tired and beg to return to bed, so now is mama’s turn to continue the wild evening in her own way. Bardhan has written the book in a rollicking rhyme that is ideal for reading aloud. At times the rhythm of the verse can be clunky and the rhymes may be a stretch, but the attitude of the book more than makes up for these small issues. Her ultimately flexible parenting model in the book reminds all of us that sometimes rules are meant to be bent and broken. Jenkins’ illustrations are large and vibrant. They will work well with groups of children who will also enjoy their frenetic energy. The illustrations, done in pencil and painted digitally, have a great modern and cartoon feel that will appeal to young readers. This book will wake up bedtime stories or it can be used to enliven spring story times. Appropriate for ages 3-5.

2018-05-06 19:30

Từ Điển Anh - Anh - Việt (Phiên Bản Đặc Biệt - Dưới Ánh Mặt Trời) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Several years ago I read up to the Grand Inquisitor chapter and stopped....I fear what lurks in those depths

2018-05-06 20:30

Oliver Twist (Pandabooks) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

One of my most favorite books of all time!

2018-05-06 21:30

Đừng Để Trầm Cảm Tấn Công Bạn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: David D. Burns

Fitzgerald's true masterpiece. The haunting story of a brilliant psychologist's descent into alcoholic dissulution, after marrying his beautiful, but emotionally unstable patient. A story that mirrors Fitzgerald's own tragic marriage to Zelda.

Người đọc Xenya Shilina từ Banna, Ilocos Norte, Philippines

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.