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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Everest Yayınları
We read this edition for Harriet Naden's American Literature course at Maine Township High School South. Walden was a pleasant idyll, nothing flashy. Having spent every summer in the Michigan woods, his description of life in the countryside was familiarly comfortable. The really outstanding revelation for me was his account of how the city obtained and stored ice for the summer. I'd never thought of that before. Civil Disobedience was more challenging. The war in Southeast Asia was raging and I, like all the other boys, was facing the draft upon graduation. While I certainly agreed that Vietnam was as immoral as the Mexican War he protested, his claims for the supremacy of individual conscience were not convincing as I could imagine circumstances when the commonweal would trump individual inclinations and when personal desire or aversion could be confused with conscience.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yargı Yayınları
Sunday, July 8, 1755, Draper's Meadow, Virginia. The Shawnee Indians launch a surprise attack on the settlement, killing most, but taking some prisoners, including a very pregnant Mary Draper Ingles and her two young sons. The captives are taken on a long journey to Shawnee Town, where they are somewhat assimilated into the community, Mary is sold as a slave and her sons are *adopted* by one of the Indian chiefs. Mary rebels at being another man's slave and yearns to escape and return home to her husband, and she and Dutch woman Ghetel finally get their chance to leave - but there's a terrible cost involved - winter is coming on and it is a long long way back to Draper's Meadow. "On the eleventh day of their freedom they had to walk five miles upstream and then five miles downstream to get around another creek that had barred their progress up the bank of the O-y-o." One thousand miles, and only the clothes on their backs (already in rags) and what food they are able to gather along the way. Mary had memorized the landscape on the journey to Shawnee Town and she's sure she can find her way back by following the river - but there's still the matter of food which becomes scarcer and scarcer as winter begins, and it's a bit gruesome what some folks will do for food, "There were not even any worms now. There was no soil at the river’s edge, only rock. And up the slopes; the ground had hardened with cold; if there were earthworms in it, they had burrowed deep." Mary Ingels and her story is a true one and you can read more about her on the internet if you care to spoil yourself. I enjoyed this book, and found Mary's story fascinating, but take fair warning - this is not the book for everyone. Mary faces some very difficult decisions before setting out, decisions that might not sit well with some readers. The conditions on the return trip and what Mary and Ghetel are forced to endure and things they are forced to eat are not pretty, and the author doesn't pull any punches sugar-coating it. 4/5 stars. FTC, Kindle edition obtained via library loan.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Gece Kitaplığı
while i certainly don't fully grasp many of the concepts discussed, i feel that i came away from this book with a much more comprehensive knowledge of the basics. that is why stephen hawking is my second favorite Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Dadi
Incredible so far. Need to pick it back up after I finish the other two books I am reading.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Eğlenceli Bilgi
Great Historical book, well written and enlightening about the first year of the Revolution. Recommended to any one.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Remzi Kitabevi
This book taught me that Mariah Flynn is a weirdy.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kitap Dünyası
Despite a somewhat self-preoccupied and unenticing title, the book is excellent. Commager assesses American history in the last century through the set of questions raised by Alexis de Tocqueville, the famous French aristocrat who wrote about America in Democracy in America. Tocqueville primarily was concerned with democracy – especially the tensions raised between liberty, order and equality. He examines issues of slavery and justice, centralization and democracy, military vs. civil power and political equality and economic inequality in America.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Level Kitap
One of my all-time favorites! This is such a funny book, especially if you enjoy sarcasm.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Eksik Parça Yayınları
One of my all-time favorite books!! I love the story of the priest going to live among the Native Americans-his nonjudgemental spirit and unconditional embrace for their customs is a great inspiration to me. Love it!
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ötüken Neşriyat
great words and characters. hard and hot.
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