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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Günışığı Kitaplığı
Tenth century dynastic succession is just not my cup of tea, I guess, so I quickly got lost and disinterested, but a friend who has actually studied Islamic history says this is an excellent survey book, so I'll take her word for it.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Pinus Kitap
A pure masala book akin to a bollywood potboiler complete with a love story. It is no doubt humorous. The premise used of a engineering campus is done very nicely and most college goers in India can relate to. Certainly not for those who prefer the classics and all - Chetan Bhagat is not that kind of author. But for those who plan to start reading or are casual readers, I would recommend this highly. For others like me, I never dared to touch any other of his books.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Remzi Kitabevi
This is the second part to the story that began with Caius Crispus in Sailing to Sarantium. In the first novel a large theme had to do with the political shaping of religion, or perhaps how politics handles the truth of religion. The magical half-world plays a large role in the shaping of the characters. I am extremely glad that I read the first book before reading Lord of Emperors. Lord of Emperors, though it touches on the physical representation of Jad (God), has far less to do with ideas of religion and far more to do with political intrigue, and how that intrigue affects those it touches personally and the citizens whose lives are changed in its aftermath, as if all are pieces to be played in a game. "Sarantium was not a place in which one found refuge, even in pursuit of a vision." (pg. 104) The main players, themselves pieces in the game, maneuver allegiances and plots, keeping a watchful eye on each in expectation of a victorious end. Yet the story is masterfully told through the mosaicist, the cook, the charioteer, the dancer, and the physician. (Though, at times, we are privy to the Empress and the Queen.) A few quotes that I enjoyed, and that hint at larger thematic enterprises: "The great events of an age appear, to those living through them, as backdrops only to the vastly more compelling dramas of their own lives, and how could it be otherwise?" "It is true, undeniably, that the central moments of an age occur on the margins of the lives of most people." (269) "The soul must bend to endure." (352)"We must learn to bend or we break." (359) And several more in succession. And, then there is another story, barely introduced, of a merchant in the far south talking with a boy, Tarif, in a conversation that will be immortal and leaving a life because of a dream. " That day, in the early spring of the year, there were two [places that may be properly seen as lying at the heart of an age] on the earth, far apart. One was in the desert of Soriyya, where a man in a hood, which a cloak drawn over his mouth, preserved a silence among the drifting sands, having remained awake all the night before, fasting, and looking up at the stars."(270) A third book? I certainly hope so. I feel unfinished with Maximus, the Holy Patriarch's privy adviser. And, certainly, Pertennius of Eubulus needs to receive his just dues. Getting knocked out wasn't enough to make him see the error of his ways.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Alla Turca
Such a courageous woman with big hopes for Afghanistan and its people! In the midst of the abuse of power in her country, Malalai Joya risks her life by speaking out for her people. Just amazing how at the age of 25, she helped establish an orphanage and a medical clinic for the poor and disenfranchised. Then, Joya further went on to get involved in the politics in order to expose some of the conditions of MP. This book exposed the conditions of Afghanistan, especially the government festering with fundamentalists and extremists. The horrible situations and injustices facing the weak, women, and children. The misuse of their religion, Islam, to reinforce such abuse and terrorize ordinary people. The unspeakable things done by the developed countries and surrounding countries to maintain control of and exploit Afghanistan. Joya states that "no nation can donate liberation to another nation" (pg.5). I'm so glad that I read this book.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Fernando Pessoa
Darynda's writing and story-telling is definitely more cohesive in this second book. Charley's humor is growing on me and what once felt forced is now making me laugh out loud. Such a good book, a definite must read! I'm already wishing the third book was out and in my hands, can't wait!
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Funko
Great one-volume (actually it was the first of a two-volume series) on LBJ written by one of my college professors at UCLA.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Egmont Yayıncılık
See 'Narrative of AG Pym' & other travel stories: figure that out.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Epsilon Yayınları
Reading this in high school English ruined it for me - I think if I went back and read it now, I'd get a lot more from it and enjoy the story more.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Mercan Kitap
Wow! Amazing ending can't wait to see what happens in the next (last?) book!!!
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kavram Yayınları
dense...
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