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2019-08-13 05:40

Sonuç 9. Sınıf 1.Dereceden Denklemler - Eşitsizlikler ve Mutlak Değer TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Sonuç Yayınları

First, the praise: I'm glad I read this book because I think what Skousen is trying to do is very important; by providing a coherent and engaging narrative about the history of economic thought, students of economics are better able to situate the particular theories they learn about. I personally felt like the book filled in some of the gaps in my knowledge (about second-tier economists, discredited-but-once-popular theories, etc.), so I am happy about that. It was also very accessible and had a good mix of biography and theory given that it was billed as a book about "the lives and ideas of the great thinkers." That being said, there were several times I was so disgusted that I almost gave up on it. First of all, the history Skousen tells is incredibly biased. He says in the introduction that he's not trying to write an impartial book -- which is fair, except that his hero-worship of Smith, Menger, and Friedman combined with his sometimes scathing treatment of Keynes, Marshall, and Samuelson very often gets to be too much to bear. In the introduction, he says that many similar books use a horizontal continuum to visually represent the relative positions of the different economists (from totally free market <--> socialist). This reminds him too much of a pendulum, which seems to imply, he says, that some kind of compromise near the middle is the ideal and eventual resting place. So he replaces it with a VERTICAL totem pole-like visual with Karl Marx at the bottom and Adam Smith at the top. Really, Skousen, a horizontal line was too loaded with value judgment so you replaced it with a horizontal hierarchy instead?! This turned out to be telling. The chapter on Keynes, for example, is called "The Keynes Mutiny: Capitalism Faces its Greatest Challenge." One gets the sense that even his treatment of the economists' personal lives is affected by whether or not he agrees with their theories. All in all, he suggests that there is a degree of consensus about the superiority of Austrian and Free Market economics (and the dangerousness of government intervention) that I feel fairly confident does not exist, which is why his partiality is such a problem. My second main complaint is related to the first, and it has to do with the way he creates an historical arc for the material. I think providing some type of narrative is important, both for the readability and the memorability of a book, but the way Skousen suggests that economics has been "completed" over the last century makes it sound dangerously inflexible. To me, one of the main lessons to come out of the story he tells is that economic theory is never permanent: he makes fun of the confidence conveyed by Mill and Ricardo about their theory of value (which has since been discredited), but he is fully guilty of the exact same overconfidence and hubris in suggesting that the monetarists found the "last piece of the puzzle" and that free market theory is the ultimate and permanent rendition of economic theory. I think, in short, that he could benefit from reading some Kuhn or even Lakatos -- he seems to believe that the "revolutions" which he discusses in every chapter have ended with Friedman. Finally, a more narrow complaint: the book says that it is updated with new information on the financial crisis of 2008. In reality, there is about 3/4 of a page on the subject. More importantly, though, the final few chapters are characterized by an optimism about the future of capitalism that exemplifies the naive pre-crisis attitude within economics that has since been condemned and even partially blamed for the crisis itself. He sings the praises of deregulation and says that socialism is on the retreat. This tone strikes me as totally inappropriate given the events of the last few years (or, if it is defensible, he should at least *defend* it by explaining away the crisis), and suggests that although he added that page on the crisis, he didn't revise anything else.

2019-08-13 06:40

Eğlen Öğren Eğlenceli Şekiller TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Dstil Tasarım İletişim Yayınları

I've read this three times now and loved it every time. It's a wonderful fantasy novel based on Victorian novels, particularly those of Anthony Trollope (and of his, especially Framley Parsonage). Walton takes the stereotypes of Victorian fiction (the strong male, the weak woman, the importance of property) and imagines a society in which the stereotypes are true. The twist? It's a society of dragons, where marriages are arranged, money is everything, and maiden dragons really are tarnished by the touch of a male dragon. Fascinating and convincing (and I speak as someone who's read a lot of Victorian novels and a lot of Trollope).

2019-08-13 07:40

Kötü Günler Başlarken - Lemony Snicket TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Egmont Yayıncılık

I liked this a lot. Read it in about a day. I liked that the hero and heroine "meet" immediately, and the book actually started out with a bang. The action/suspense sucked me in from the beginning, although I would have liked it better if the hero and heroine got together just a little bit sooner. I do really like that the book didn't just end as soon as they were able to be together. It's obvious that this is the start of a series as there were a few other characters that were interesting and I would like to see more of. I am looking forward to the next book. I'm hoping that the author fleshes out the villain a bit more in the next book, as he was one of the few characters I thought was a little one-dimensional, but she is probably wanting to keep us in suspense over him for awhile :) FYI - Jamie Rush is a pseudonym for Tina Wainscott who writes regular contemporary romantic suspense (as opposed to the paranormal ones)

2019-08-13 08:40

Epsilon Yayınları Saftirik Gregin Günlüğü Ama Bu Haksızlık Jeff Kinney TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Epsilon Yayınları

Rzadko trafiam na książkę, która wywołuje u mnie uczucie irytacji i z każdym kolejnym zdaniem wzmaga ochotę na odłożenie jej na czas nieokreślony, z dużą dozą prawdopodobieństwa niewrócenia do niej w ogóle. Takie jest właśnie "Viriconium". Sądzę, że jest to wysublimowana lektura dla większego niż ja "smakosza", stawiającego formę wyżej niż treść. Ja jestem bardziej zwolennikiem złotego środka, i niestety tylko w jednej z nowel w tym zbiorze, to jest w "Pastelowym mieście", udało się autorowi trafić w mój gust. Brnięcie przez resztę tego "intelektualnego labiryntu" było, niestety, drogą przez mękę, na końcu której czekała mnie sroga, w starciu z "Viriconium", przegrana. Może rozpatrywana w kategoriach Sztuki, przez duże "S" książka ta zasługuje na gwiazdek nie tylko pięć, ale i dziesięć, ale ja rozumem tego okiełznać nie potrafiłem, więc oceniłem tak, jak widać.

2019-08-13 09:40

Tıva Halk Masalları TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kömen Yayınları

Good book so far. Biblically based parenting advice from one of the foremost authorities on the subject. Definitely a solid book.

2019-08-13 10:40

Güneş Enerjisi Ve Uygulamaları - H. Hüseyin Öztürk TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Birsen Yayınevi

I started The Game of Kings twice and put it down despite repeated recommendations from trusted sources. The third time, I made it past the first 200 pages of Dunnett's dense, tangled language sprouting with obscure, opaque references, and found myself caught up in what has become my favorite series of books. The Game of Kings is possibly the weakest of the six books following a 16th century nobleman named Francis of Lymond, and the book requires substantial patience on the part of the reader until the style sinks in, but it is absolutely worthwhile.

2019-08-13 11:40

Mimarlık Üzerine: Vitruvius - Vitruvius TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Alfa Yayınları

I adored this book, which could have been written just for me. First, I am a big fan of alternate histories and sf that takes just a slight tangent from reality. Second, I am the granddaughter of Czech Jews who fled to Palestine, and the daughter of an Israeli - their son, who at 16 fought for independence in 1948. This could be my alternate history! Third, I am a great lover of books which are structured like architecture, with every beam an indispensable support, and each element depending on and growing logically from the others. I like intricate and plots, which progress inexorably. I like the guns hung on the wall in the first act to fire by the end; Chabon hangs all sorts of guns here and every one of them takes a shot. Finally, I love the looping and soaring descriptive language, the clever and fresh metaphor that is always in the service of the story. I never felt as though Chabon was just showing off, which for me dooms a book.

2019-08-13 12:40

Müzikli Türkiye Yolculuğu: Denizden Korkan Su (Bir Akdeniz Macerası) TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Egmont Yayıncılık

And this one could be called "Kirsten Makes More Bad Choices and Her Entire Family Suffers for Them". In addition to containing very God-in-the-Machine plot devises, I find it odd that this is the first and only time readers see Kirsten have a conversation with her older brother, Lars. Strange.

2019-08-13 13:40

Bayezid-i Bestami Hazretleri TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Demir Kitabevi

Austen is fantastic.

2019-08-13 14:40

ÜçDörtBeş Yayınları AYT Matematik Soru Bankası TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: ÜçDörtBeş Yayınları

Never did understand what all the fuss was about!

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