Souvik Sarkar Sarkar itibaren Thottamoola, Kerala 673592, Hindistan
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Bazı üst drama olmadan yapabilirdim ama iyi bir kitap ve eğlenceli bir okuma ...
Bu, nereden duyduğumu veya neden kontrol ettiğimi hatırlayamadığım başka bir kitap. İlk karakteri aldım (3, 2 kız ve bir erkek arasında değişiyordu) ve birçoğu için rahatsız oldum. Ah, diyalog. Yazar, sanırım, otantik, ama aynı zamanda bir Juno tür tuhaf olmasını istedi ... o çekmedi. Özellikle tamamen tutarsız olduğu için. Bir dakika karakterler normal insanlar gibi konuşuyor, bir sonraki karakter ise 'Ben kendi dilimi ifade eden bir gencim' işini yapıyorlar. E. Lockhart bunu aplomb ile çekebilir ('dag' gibi eğlenceli ifadeler bile kabul ettim), bu yazar, çok değil. Ben arsanın nasıl ortaya çıktığını görmek istediğimi söyleyeceğim, ama görünüşe göre bitirmek için çaba göstermeye yetecek kadar değil ...
Favorite parenting book so far. I found myself meditating on a chapter for weeks at a time. Piaget would approve. It is very congruent with Piagetian ideas of child development. Some favorite parts: “Do you have agendas for your children that are more important than the children themselves? Lost in the shuffle of uniforms, practices, games, recitals, and performances can be the creative and joyful soul of your child. Watch and listen carefully. Do they have time to daydream? From their dreams will emerge the practices and activities that will make self-discipline as natural as breathing.” “Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.”
You might accept George a little more after reading this book..Im half way thru and cant seem to put it down
I'm struggling w/ this one. It's so sad. It was suggested to me from a friend who read it in a week & she never reads
beautifully written, easy read that simplifies and soothes the mind
From impoverished 'orange girl' to stage darling, to King's Mistress... what a journey! 'Nell' Gwyn dodged the family business of whoring, and determined to earn her own way in the world found a career on the stage that enriched and elevated her, yet eventually became England's most famous mistress while never appearing a hypocrite, or losing her innocence and inner sweetness. Nell was brought so vividly to life that I laughed, I cried, I jumped for joy, I loved her with all of my light. Was Nell adopted by the author only to be dropped into a vague and distant historic setting? No, her world was as fresh and lively and fascinating as we could desire. As a herbalist I enjoyed the excerpts and references to old remedies including Culpepper's English Physician, and the author has also given us old timey recipes, play bills, gossip sheets, and King's Council notes to really vary our reading experience and give us various points of view. I did struggle with the font size, and some of the text placed on grey backgrounds, so would recommend an E Book format for those who have any problems with eyesight, I did find myself wishing I could make the text bigger or darker, but was so rapt with the story that it was worth persisting.
This is the book that I always recommend when someone asks that "Know a good book?" question. I've never encountered the reader who doubled as a hater.
Gripping. A true story but written like a novel - historical novel. This was the trial of the century back in the 20's and I can see why. The characters, especially the protagonist Ruth, are complicated, conniving, sad, pathetic and so on and so forth. I would highly recommend this book.
My daily life is filled with non-fiction: facts that are collected to give information quickly and easily to a reader. When I read for enjoyment, I usually gravitate toward fiction. I didn't realize this book was non-fiction when I bought it. I bought it because it came recommended from Katie, who has good book taste and hasn't steered me down the wrong path yet. When I read the back cover before beginning, I thought: what the hell did I get myself into? Surprisingly, I found myself immediately hooked. This book is a triumph because Erik Larson researched the hell out of this topic. I know from my daily experience: if you dig hard enough, interesting facts have a way of presenting themselves. It's a joy to witness someone transform the mundane into the engaging. Larson does this. He pings us back and forth between two men of great ambition - Burnham and Holmes - before, during and after the time of their greatest triumphs. Burnham is the architect of the World's Fair (or World's Columbian Exposition), which has invaded Chicago at the end of the 19th century. Holmes is a con artist with an insatiable thirst to lure innocent young ladies into his den of horrors. He is America's Jack the Ripper without the headlines. Like many, I was most intrigued by the Holmes chapters. I often found I was "treating" myself by reading the Holmes chapters; the Burnham chapters were a means to that end. A funny thing happened about halfway through, however. I couldn't get enough of the fair; it's descriptions, the maddening timetables, the enormous pressures to "out Eiffel Eiffel" and prove Chicago worthy of what New York coveted. This is a book for everyone that loves to read. It's for academics - although they may find fault with some of Larson's hypotheses; for serious readers, and for not so serious readers. Don't take my word for it. Take mine and everybody else's.