Ricardo Santiago itibaren Corralejo, Guadalajara, Spain

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11/02/2024

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2018-11-11 03:40

Kartezyen Doğruda Açılar Üçgende Açılar Açı Kenar Bağıntıları - Remzi Şahin Aksankur TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kartezyen Yayınları

Reread

2018-11-11 04:40

Cardbook of Turkey TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Uranus Yayınları

The best way to describe Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is a well research account of the reintroduction of British Magic to England in the 19th Century. Susan Clarke’s style feels a bit like Charles Dickens crossed with Jane Austin and Clark’s use of language and stylistic accents from that period made me laugh more than once. The writing style isn’t superfluous, it tries, and succeeds, to make the book feel like it is a mid 19th century account of recent events instead of a 21st century historical fiction/fantasy novel. In Clarke’s England magic has a proud history with magicians ruling and playing pivotal roles in daily life. At the opening of the story the study of magic is seen as a noble profession slightly below law but above medicine and many gentlemen scholars consider themselves theoretical magicians. Theoretical magicians study magic, it’s history and effects, but don’t actually perform it. The only people who claim to perform magic are the charlatans seen on street corners performing tricks for change and are much lower on the social scale. All this changes when a gentleman near Yorkshire claims to be the first practical magician in a few hundred years. The book is broken into three approximately equal sections, each with numerous footnotes. The first deals with Mr. Norrell, a practical magician with the lofty goal of returning magic to England. We follow his progression from a reclusive scholar to a well known, if not well liked, magicians living in London. The second section deals with Jonathan Strange another gentleman who discovers a talent for practical magic and convinces Mr. Norrell to take him as his student. His was my favorite section seeing him become interested in magic, going to fight in the Napoleonic war and finally come to very different conclusions about magic than Mr. Norrell. The final section deals with John Uskglass, the Raven King; he was considered the first, and greatest, magician in England and a source of conflict between Strange and Norrell. The last section I felt was the weakest as it spends much more time dealing with secondary characters I wasn’t as invested in, but are admittedly important to the story’s plot. What I liked best about the story, apart from the writing style, was how believable the characters were. While neither Strange nor Norrell was completely likable I thought Clarke did a wonderful job of making their motivations believable and helping the reader understand, if not agree, with their thought process. With the number of reviews the book has I won’t go over the plot in detail but I will say I found the first two sections captivating, fun and engaging and was kind of let down by the last third of the book. I really enjoyed how the first section detailed the reintroduction of British Magic and the second section showed its practical applications during war and peace but the book’s ending dealing with faerie and the fulfillment of prophecy didn’t grab my attention as well. Still, the book was really enjoyable and I’d recommend it to anyone who enjoys 19th century literature or magical realism. This is one of those books that shows how much the fantasy genre has grown up in the last 20 years and hopefully the sequel captures the same magic.

2018-11-11 05:40

Bırakma Ellerimi - Ayşegül Çiçekoğlu TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Müptela Yayınları

It's been a long time since I had butterflies in my stomach while reading a book. Thank you for that, Éttiene St. Clair!

2018-11-11 06:40

İki Cihan Güneşi Hazreti Muhammed (S.A.V.)’in Hayatı TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Cevher Yayınevi

Jen Lancaster has no problem bridging the gap between non-fiction and fiction. If there's one thing this book taught me was never, EVER, attempt home renovations by yourself (even if it is Jake Ryan's house!).

2018-11-11 07:40

Adım Adım Bebek Eğitim Seti 25.Ay TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Adım Adım Eğitim Setleri

What a fantastic read! I may want to read it again. :) Lots of history, naturally, but entertaining, thoughtful and inspiring.

2018-11-11 08:40

İçimdeki Ben TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İkinci Adam Yayınları

When I was 10, these books were my life.

2018-11-11 09:40

Leyla ile Mecnun - İskender Pala TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kapı Yayınları

اشتباهی از نویسنده ..

2018-11-11 10:40

Harcırah Kanunu TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Seçkin Yayıncılık

This book keeps you guessing as to who the bad guy is and you won't find out till the end of the book. Plus at the end of the book it says there is another book (:

2018-11-11 11:40

59 Saniye Azıcık Düşünün, Çok Şeyi Değiştirin - Richard Wiseman TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Pegasus Yayınları

Definitely read it quickly buuuut kinda' on the fence? hahaha I read it because it was originally selected to be a book-club-book, though our hostess for the month changed her mind. I did not know going into it that it's a start of yet another vampire SERIES, so I definitely found the whole LACK of ending disappointing. That said, I read it in an afternoon/evening so I definitely didn't NOT enjoy reading it. :)

2018-11-11 12:40

Proposıtion (Kanlı Teklif) TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

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100, minute-long essays on historical oddities. Many written in a Paul Harvey Now-You-Know-the-Rest-Of-the-Story style. All of us Ryghs enjoyed reading these stories. Some fascinating stories including: this history of Muzak, Sherlock Holmes modeled after one of Doyle's professors at medical school. Joshua Lionel Cowen invented the flashlight but signed over the rights to Conrad Hubert who created the Everready Company. Cowen went on to invent model trains. Dixie was composed by a staunch Union supporter, Daniel Decatur Emmett. First mechanical computer invented by Charles Babbage in 1822. Hsi Kai, the most successful pirate of all time, was a Chinese woman. She commanded 50K men and women and more than a thousand ships. The first president of the United States was not Washington, but John Hanson. In fact there were seven presidents elected under the Articles of Confederation. The Scopes Trial was actually all a PR ploy. Scopes was in on the deal and even part of the organizational meeting at Robinson's drugstore in Dayton, OH. Ian Flemming advised the US when it set up the OSS, forerunner to the CIA. He borrowed the name James Bond from a bird-watching book written by an ornithologist by the same name. In 1945 an OSS team parachuted into the jungles of Asia. They saved a man names Nguyen Ai Quoc who later asked for support and direction. Little did the US realize that this freedom fighter would later become know as Ho Chi Minh, leader of North Vietnam.

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