Christine Olmstead itibaren Ločevci, Serbia

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12/22/2024

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2018-12-21 13:41

Dedem Korkudun Kitabı TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kabalcı Yayınevi

Loribelle Hunter puts a new spin on supernatural species in the Paranormal Romance, "Kiss of Darkness." Winter was a human woman who lost her husband to a demon attack about 60 years ago. In her rage and vengeance, she joined a group of demon hunters who drew their strength from merging with demon souls. She has fought the good fight ever since. But now the demon inside her is growing stronger and soon she won't be able to control it --until she becomes bonded to a mate. Lucky for Winter, she meets Marcus in her time of need. He's a nightwalker... a vamp who feeds on energy instead of blood. And he is her destined mate. He lends her his strength and the support of his people as a demon uprising begins killing off members of her organization. The romance between them is pretty solid and develops at a good pace. I was happy with the love scenes, though I could do with a little less of Marcus pushing for dominance. I really enjoyed the secondary characters, Gia and Dupree. Each had their own love story brewing and I found myself interested in seeing where their stories would lead. While the book had resolution, there were big threads left unresolved... screaming for a sequel. If this book continues in a series, I would definitely read to find out what happens next. If not, shame on the author for leaving us hanging. 4 stars.

2018-12-21 14:41

Matematik ve Oyun - Ali Nesin TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Nesin Yayınları

Loved these as a kid. Always wanted to have sled dogs (still kinda do)

2018-12-21 15:41

Koray Varol 8. Sınıf LGS Matematik Kazanım Takip Denemeleri TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Koray Varol Akademi Yayınları

one of my favorite books of all time. this book is what got me hooked on henri nouwen! read it please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2018-12-21 16:41

YÖKDİL Sağlık Bilimleri Sınav Teknikleri ve Örnek Sınavlar TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: YdsPublishing Yayınları

I read this when I was younger and enjoyed it much more than this last read. The series of weird events seems choppy now compared to reading Vonnegut, Robbins, et al, and makes it hard to stay in the story. When I was younger I think I appreciated the oddness of everything in the book more because it was definitively different and harder to read than other stories. Still, I think it's a great book to read when you're younger. Just might be best to stay there. (see: Alf, transformers)

2018-12-21 17:41

Şimşir Bağlama Burgusu TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

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Since the movie came out, I've found myself having to explain why Watchmen is important and interesting. Despite being the most revered comic book of all time, it never really entered the mainstream until the film. Now, people are rushing to read it in droves, but approaching Watchmen without an understanding of its history and influences means missing most of what makes it truly special. The entire work is an exploration of the history and purpose of the superhero genre: how readers connect to it, and what it means philosophically. Moore stretches from fond satire to outright subversion to minute allusion, encasing the once-simple genre in layers of meaning. Even as he refines and compresses the genre, he also constantly pushes its boundaries. Watchmen is unapologetic, unflinching, and most miraculous of all, freed from the shame which binds so many comics. Moore never stoops to making an entirely sympathetic character. There is no real hero, and none of the characters represents Moore's own opinions. Superhero comics are almost always built around wholly sympathetic, admirable characters. They represent what people wish they were, and they do the things normal people wish they could do. It is immediately gratifying escapism, which many people attach themselves to, especially the meek who lead tedious, unfulfilled lives. Many people also do the same thing with celebrities, idolizing them and patterning their own lives on the choices those famous people make. But in this modern age of reality TV and gossip media, we know that celebrities are not ideal people. Indeed, their wealth and prominence often drives them mad. While everyone else views the world from the bottom up, they view it from the top down, and this skewed perspective wreaks havoc with their morality and sense of self. Moore's superheroes represent something even beyond this celebrity. Not only are they on the top of the heap, but they are physically different from other human beings. Their superiority is not just in their heads and pocketbooks, but in their genetics. They are not meant to be sympathetic, they are meant to be human. They are as flawed and conflicted as any of us, and while we may sometimes agree with them, as often, we find them distant and unstable. Many people have fingered Rorschach as the 'hero' of this tale, but that is as flawed as pinning Satan as the hero of 'Paradise Lost'. Following the classic fantasy of power, Rorschach inflicts his morality on the world around him. But, since he is not an ideal, but a flawed human, we recognize that his one-man fascist revolution is unjustified. We all feel that we see the world clearly, and everyone around us is somehow confused and mistaken. Often, we cannot understand how others can possibly think they way they do. Sometimes, we try to communicate, but there is often an impassable barrier between two minds: no matter how much we talk or how pure our intentions, one will never be able to convince the other. We all feel the temptation to act out--if only those disagreeable people were gone, the world would be a better place. While this justification may be enough for most comic writers, Moore realizes that the other guy thinks everything would be better if we were gone. Rorschach lashes out because his ideas are too 'out there' and he is too socially insecure to convince anyone that he is right. He is unwilling to question himself, and so becomes a force of his own violent affirmation. Most who sympathize with him are like him: short-sighted and desperate, unable to communicate with or understand their fellow man. Many are unwilling even to try. Rorschach becomes a satire of the super hero code, which says that as long as you call someone evil, you are justified in beating him to death. This same code is also commonly adopted as foreign policy by leaders in war, which Moore constantly reminds us of with references to real world politics. The rest of the characters take on other aspects of violent morality, with varying levels of self-righteousness. Like the British government of the 1980's, which inspired Moore, or the American government of the beginning of this century, we can see that equating physical power with moral power is both flawed and dangerous. Subjugating others 'for their own good' is only a justification for leaders who feel entitled to take what they can by force. The only character with the power to really change the world doesn't do so. His point of view is so drastically different from the common man that he sees that resolving such petty squabbles by force won't actually solve anything. It won't put people on the same page, and will only create more conflict and inequality. Dr. Manhattan sees man only as a tiny, nearly insignificant part of the vast complexity of the cosmos. Though he retains some of his humanity, his perspective is so remote that he sees little justification for interference, any more than you or I would crush the ants of one colony to promote the other. The ending presents another example of one man trying to enforce his moral solutions upon the entire world. Not only does this subvert the role of the super hero throughout comic book history, but reflects upon the political themes touched on throughout the book. Man is already under the subjugation of men--they may not be superhuman, but still hold the lives of countless billions in their hands. It is no coincidence that Moore shows us president Nixon, a compulsive liar and paranoid delusional who ran the most powerful country in the world as he saw fit. Moore's strength as a writer--even more than creating flawed, human characters--is telling many different stories, which are really the same story told in different ways, all layered over each other. Each story then comments on the others, presenting many views. His plots are deceptively complex, but since they all share themes, they flow one into the next with an effortlessness that marks Moore as a truly sophisticated writer. Many readers probably read right across the top of this story, flowing smoothly from one moment to the next, and never even recognizing the bustling philosophical exploration that moves the whole thing along. The story-within-a-story 'The Black Freighter' winds itself through the whole of Watchmen, and for Moore, serves several purposes. Firstly, it is another subversion of comic book tropes: Moore is tapping into the history of the genre, when books about pirates, cowboys, spacemen, monsters, and teen love filled the racks next to the superhuman heroes before that variety was obliterated by the Comics Code (yet another authoritarian act of destruction by people who thought they were morally superior). But in the world of Watchmen, there are real superheroes, and they are difficult, flawed, politically motivated, and petty. So, superhero comics are unpopular in the Watchmen world, because there, superheroes are fraught with political and moral complexity. These are not the requisite parts of an escapist romp. We don't have comic books about our politicians, after all. We may have political satire, but that's hardly escapist fun. So, instead they read about pirates. Beyond referencing the history of comics, 'The Black Freighter' works intertextually with Watchmen. The themes and events of one follow the other, and the transitions between them create a continuous exploration of ideas. Moore never breaks off his story, because even superficially unrelated scenes flow from one to the other, in a continuous, multilayered, self-referential narrative. I continually stand in awe of Moore's ability to connect such disparate threads. Many comic authors since have tried to do the same, but from Morrison to Ellis to Ennis, they have shown that striking that right balance is one of the hardest things an author can do. Most of Moore's followers end up with an unpalatable mish-mash instead of a carefully prepared and seasoned dish. Unlike most comic authors, Moore scripted the entire layout for the artist: every panel, background object, and action. Using this absolute control, Moore stretched the comic book medium for all it was worth, filling every panel with references, allusions, and details which pointed to the fullness and complexity of his world. Moore even creates meaning with structure, so that the size, shape, and configuration of panels tell much of the story for him. One of the volumes is even mirrored, so that the first page is almost identical to the last, the second page to the second last, and so on. That most readers don't even notice this is even more remarkable. That means that Moore used an extremely stylized technique so well that it didn't interfere with the story at all. But therein lies the difficulty: if a reader isn't looking for it, they will probably have no idea what makes this books so original and so remarkable. This especially true if they don't know the tropes Moore is subverting, or the allusive history he calls upon to contextualize his ideas. While many readers enjoy the book purely on its artistic merit, the strength of the writing, and the well-paced plot, others disregard the work when they are unable to recognize what makes it revolutionary. One might as well try to read Paradise Lost with no knowledge of the Bible, or watch Looney Toons without a familiarity with 1940's pop culture. It is not a perfect work, but there is no such thing. Moore's lead heroine is unremarkable, which Moore himself has lamented. He did not feel entirely comfortable writing women at that point in his career, and the character was forced on him by the higher ups. Luckily, she's not bad enough to ruin the work, and only stands out because she lacks the depth of his other characters. His politics sometimes run to the anarchic, but often this is just a satire of violence and hubris. Moore gives no easy answers in his grand reimagining. His interlocking stories present many thoughts, and many points of view. In the end, it is up to the reader to decide for himself who was right or wrong--as if anyone truly could be. Moore never insults the intelligence of his readers, and so creates a work with more depth than anyone is likely to plumb even after numerous readings. Likewise, he does not want you to 'hold on for the ride', but expects that you will engage and question and try to come to terms with his work, yourself. No one is necessarily the hero or villain, and many people find themselves cowed and unsure of such an ambiguous world, just as we do with the real world. Watchmen is not instructional, nor is it simply a romp. This book, like all great books, is a journey that you and the author share. The work is meant to connect us to the real world, and not to let us escape from it. This is Moore's greatest subversion of the superhero genre, and does even more than Milton to "justify the ways of God to man", for many men delude themselves to godhood, yet even these gods cannot escape their fundamental humanity. My Suggested Readings in Comics

2018-12-21 18:41

Çocuklar İçin Eğlendirici Mandala: Sayılar-Kolektif TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Nesil Çocuk Yayınları

It amazes me that such a short story can be so well known across time and cultures. Scrooge isn't just a character in this story, but has become a well-known adjective in the English language. Dickens graphic and impressive writing skills takes you on a journey of discovering what is really important in life. And I must say this book was a bit more humorous than I thought it was going to be. A definite must read and a great short story to read in preparation for the holiday season.

2018-12-21 19:41

Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi - Emre Caner TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kapı Yayınları

This is probably the most gruesome, macabre and twisted book I have ever read. That said, it's also somehow weirdly gleeful and sweet at the same time. Bullington crafts an utterly original fantasy set at the beginning of the Spanish Inquisition, so the gory and macabre events kind of fit the time period. But be warned, this is seriously not for the faint of heart. For example, there is more than one instance of someone raping a re-animated corpse. If you're up for that sort of thing, it's a hell of a ride.

2018-12-21 20:41

Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretimi Ve Öğretmen Kılavuzu TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Anı Yayıncılık

I loved this book possibly the most out of the three although they were all great! Razo is unquestionably a fun and interesting character.

2018-12-21 21:41

Avrupa Birliği Göç Politikaları TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Alter Yayıncılık

This little book was so mindbendingly beautiful I almost wept at times with the joy of reading it. I am a tough reviewer, and I don't give out five stars easily, but if there were six stars, I'd be tempted to give them to this book. Each chapter is a small vignette, a prose poem really, that is either an alternative to some vignette in the Odyssey (or occasionally the Iliad) or a sequel. There are many alternatives: he comes home and Penelope is married to someone else; she is old now; Ithaca is entirely deserted. Odysseus has become a wandering storyteller/minstrel, almost blind, going under the name "Homer" and spreading stories about himself that are deliberate falsehoods. Old Odysseus goes out to retrace his journey along with the few of his men left alive and a few younger men who idolize him. And so on. You get the idea. Each vignette is beautiful, original, and complete in itself. If you like the classics, or spec fic, or better yet, both, you will enjoy this book.

2018-12-21 22:41

Thomastık Do Teli(4) Çello TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

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Composed of fifty-five prose snippets, Mr. Shields in ‘Remote’ fashions a literary mosaic that amounts to a brainy yet heartfelt meditation on the nature and implications of our self-absorbed, fame-addled culture. The sections take a variety of forms, from memoir vignettes to critical mini-essays and beyond, but each is infused with intellectual electricity and an often dark sense of humor. Mr. Shields is at his best when he foists his distastefully human quirks and desires on readers, forcing us in turn to confront our own. This is heady but sincere stuff, and the odd blend of hyper-smarts with an almost infantile curiosity results in a compelling affinity between author and audience. Ultimately, we’re left with a treatise that is at once an indictment and lauding of postmodern America, a deconstruction and reaffirmation of the individual.

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