Chloe Kalna itibaren Novogafarovo, Orenburgskaya oblast', Russia

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04/30/2024

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2019-09-27 07:41

Mutlu Bir Yuva İçin TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Tahlil Yayınları

A collection of essays from the last 30 years that inspire me during my morning commute to stand up to Power and Wealth and fight for Liberty. Then I show up at work and answer phones and make copies. Awesome. Now that I finished it, I can say that I love Howard Zinn more than I did before reading this book (which was a lot). I particularly like this quote from his essay "The Problem is Civil Disobedience": It's a strange thing, we think that the law brings order. Law doesn't. How do we know that law does not bring order? Look around us. We live under the rule of law. Notice how much order we have? People say we have to worry about civil disobedience because it will lead to anarchy. Take a look at the present world in which the rule of law obtains. This is the closest to what is called anarchy in the popular mind--confusion, chaos, international banditry. The only order that is really worth anything does not come through the enforcement of law, it comes through the establishment of a society which is just and in which harmonious relationships are established and in which you need a minimum of regulation to create decent sets of arrangements among people. But the order based on law and the force of law is the order of the totalitarian state, and it inevitably leads either to total injustice or to rebellion--eventually, in other words, to very great disorder. I also learned a lot about the First Amendment, which I knew embarrassingly little about before. It's funny that we all take "free speech" idea so literally, because the way the First Amendment has been interpreted has to do with the government's inability to prevent you from saying things, and little to do with protecting you once you've said things. Because the way it is, once you've said things, all bets are off. Good to know. Anyway, I'd definitely recommend this if you're looking for a little pick-me-up. Most of the essays are transcripts from speeches Zinn gave so they are extremely readable and go pretty quickly.

2019-09-27 10:41

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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Omega

Real rating: 4.5 stars OH. MY. GOSH. LOVE? HELL YEAH! Angelfire was incredible. I did have quite high expectations for it since it was a brand-spanking new YA book and it was paranormal and stuff. I just love paranormal YA. Not to mention this book was HYPED and I have a guilty pleasure for hyped books. Truth be told, the writing itself wasn't the most applaudable part of the book. I mean, some parts were kinda lazy overviews of Ellie's day and stuff. LAZY. I think she should have put in more detail, at least make Ellie LIVE the parts instead of throwing us with a couple of paragraphs of a party. I mean, if you're gonna do that, why put it in in the first place? :S I absolutely do forgive the infodumps and long stories. They were helpful. But bloody unrealistic. But at least she got the point across: I give her props for that. Totesmadotes. It was quite easy to understand which was a good thing. Characters? Ellie just wasn't shelled out ENOUGH, you know. She was a good character, you know, a stable one. I think fleshing her out a bit more would have been better but I mean, golly, there's a second book coming out so we'll have to wait and see, won't we? I just adored her ass-kicking skeelz she was all like BAM BAM I IZ THE PRELIATOR AND I BE COMING FOR YO ASS. It was pretty mcuh really refreshing to actually have her fight. Honestly? Ellie in this book fights more than Clary Fray (for as much as I can rmemeber. Haven't read TMI since last year). Will was pretty 'meh', though. I guess there ARE stoic types out there and his faith towards Ellie is just mind-boggling, but I think he improves as the story goes on. There's a reeeeasonable pace between how they develop for one another and I think it's fine. But Ellie was a bit more realistic than Will, hands-down. The fighting scenes were SUPERB. Amazing detail. Oh my gosh. I could imagine every move she made and hell, it was like a freaking action movie. Best fight scenes I've ever read in a book. You compare it to some other YA paranormal romances with fight scenes and you just wanna claw your eyeballs out. Coz that's how lame it is. It's like comparing a rifle with a pansy. Lame-oh! What I relly, honestly, truly madly deeply loved about this book was the EMOTION. Personally, I didn't find it sappy or what not or unrealistic. I mean, when I read the scenes between Ellie and Will, they touched my heart (CHEESY). But I could feel it, the compassion. She just, I don't know, Moulton has a way with the emotion in the book that makes you feel whats going on and I just really, really loved it. The other think I loved about it was SUSPENSE. Gosh, the fight scenes were pretty long and I don't blame them, it was keeping you at the edge of your seat just to see what's going on. I just kept beggin myself and screaming (WHY DON'T YOU JUST FRIGGIN DIE FOR F***'S SAKE?!) for Ellie to slay those sons of bitches. They were good scenes. They were gooood. This book, well, I'd say it lived up to the hype/standards. Maybe the writing could have improved a bit but I thought that the message, the emotions and the descriptions it contains totally pays off for it. Can't wait for the next book :) AM EAGER TO READ IT!

Okuyucu Chloe Kalna itibaren Novogafarovo, Orenburgskaya oblast', Russia

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