Carlos Laki itibaren Pontcirq, France

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11/24/2024

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2019-01-31 03:40

Nasipse Adayız - Ercan Kesal TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İletişim Yayınevi

Conspiracy theory-laden book about Jesus, his education, teachings, and whether or not he really died on the cross. Like (presumably) all conspiracy theory (I haven't read a lot), this was flat out absurd at times and thought-provoking at others. Took me way too long to finish the second half of it because I had become bored with the author's prose at that point. Was too excited to finish it that I didn't pay quite enough attention to the last two chapters. I probably would have had much wilder opinions on it if I knew a lick of theology and/or much about the Bible or Jesus to begin with.

2019-01-31 04:40

Tanrıların Masalları - Michael Köhlmeier TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Yurt Kitap Yayın

I loved this book, was hooked from the first chapter, everyone should read it 5 stars

2019-01-31 05:40

Pegem 2018 ÖABT İlköğretim Matematik Soru Bankası Çözümlü TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık

this book has alot of mouse lines but it is kind of funny this book also teaches a lesson that a mouse is smart not dumb.P.S. S. stands for smart.

2019-01-31 06:40

Bağırıp Çağırmadan Çocuk Eğitimi TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ekrem Acar

For those that love ancient history, this book is a great example of bringing 'look alike' history into a story. The invading force are similar to the Romans and the nations of the north have similarities to European countries. But, don't be fooled. This is a fantastical piece of fiction that creates no boundaries between what is, what was and what can be imagined. I love the strength and courage of the lead character as well as the nation she inspires to accomplish the impossible. Vampires, snow leopards, witches, etc. give a new twist to the idea of alliances. The only problem with this book is that I had to wait so long between the sequels!

2019-01-31 07:40

Kip Kardeşler - Jules Verne TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Arkadaş Yayınları

like it...

2019-01-31 08:40

Tell Me Why - Elephants Have Trunks TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Bahçeşehir Yayınları

Mrs. Samuel was my English teacher when I was twelve and I only put her name down because I'm tired of thinking of specific people to whom I want to recommend EACH BOOK. I recommend this to all of you, folks, all of you. Gavin is right (and I'm not just saying that because he said I was right about Waterland): this is a lovely novel, narrated by a bunch of old men and some other people. No, seriously, the old men are lovely. It's like you're sitting with each of them at a pub and hearing his life story, and then at the end, after you close the book, you realise how heartbreaking it all was. It's so different from Waterland I often can't believe the same man wrote them both, but it's Good.

2019-01-31 09:40

Söğütlükte Rüzgar - Kenneth Grahame TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları

love all things potter

2019-01-31 10:40

Nefes - Mutluluğa Giden Yol - Nevşah Fidan Karamehmet TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Kitap

[Reviewer's note: originally reviewed prior to Frey's revelation that parts of his "memoir" were in fact fictitious; Oprah's self-aggrandizing public whinging crappola-fest directed at Frey notwithstanding, Pieces remains a literary achevement of our generation.] Quietly tucked away in the self-help and recovery shelves of your local bookstore, a literary maelstrom is raging. On the surface, James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces (Doubleday; $22.95, hardcover) is a chronicle of the author’s rehabilitation from severe drug and alcohol addiction. As a non-fiction story of “recovery,” Pieces is easy for store owners to categorize, and thus they bury it between A Codependent’s Guide to the 12 Steps and The Understanding Shame Workbook. Unfortunately for readers, this is probably not the place they find themselves browsing very often. Only by word of mouth did Frey’s work happen to come my way. And I, in my ignorance, quickly relegated toward the bottom of the pile, mistakenly believing that here, yet again, was an author who wanted to share how I, too, could find my higher power, work my program, turn my life around and be saved from the life-destroying abyss of addiction. Boy, was I ever wrong. While it is true that A Million Little Pieces is Frey’s account of his rehabilitation at an unnamed, resort-style Midwestern clinic, it is at its core a treatise on the absurdity of the entire twelve-step culture, and a testament to the author’s conviction that there exists no power higher than unclouded perception, intelligence, and a person’s own willingness to seize control of his behavior and take responsibility for his actions. But beyond this brief synopsis lies a literary experience unlike any I have encountered before, to the point that I find myself understanding what Dante meant in his Paradiso, when, confronted with the face of God, he could only describe its divine grace by documenting instead his inability to describe it. The aforementioned store owners should consider themselves fortunate that, without reading Frey’s work, they find it so easy to categorize, because, after reading it, they would find themselves instead staring at the cover for hours on end as it lay on the desk, recognizing that Pieces not only defies categorization, it transcends it. What are the elements that define great literature? In Joyce’s Ulysses, it is the transmogrification of language into an art form that mirrors the human thought process. In Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, it is the distillation of prose to its purest essence. And in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it is the creation of a fully realized epic world entirely distinct from our own. In Frey’s A Million Little Pieces, it is all these. And more. Pieces opens with 23-year-old James waking up on an airplane in flight. His front teeth are missing, his face is beaten and torn, and his clothes are stained with urine, vomit and blood. He has no idea where he is or how he got there. As the story unfolds, we learn that this moment is the culmination of over ten years of self-destructive behavior involving heavy abuse of alcohol, crack cocaine, methamphetamines and virtually every other mind-altering addictive substance known to mankind. At this point, James is The Monster: “I have a murderous rage and I need to kill. Kill my heart, kill my mind, kill myself.” And it is with a monstrous intensity that Frey leads us through the story of his young life, growing up in an affluent, upper-middle-class family and turning to drugs and alcohol at an early age in an attempt to silence his unexplainable, uncontrollable rage. During his first weeks at the clinic, James’s battle with his inner demon manifests itself in his struggle to face himself in the mirror (while at the same time trying desperately to overcome his frequent, violent nausea), bringing the weight of this battle to bear directly on the reader’s shoulders. As intense and graphic as Frey’s chronicle may be, including a physically and emotionally detailed description of James’s visit to the dentist that makes the (fictional) scene from Marathon Man seem pleasant by comparison, Pieces is, perhaps more than anything, heartbreaking. Here is a memoir that is at once painful to read, yet impossible to turn away from. As James progresses through rehabilitation and therapy, we learn that, through a tragic misunderstanding at an early age, James has been denied the one thing that every human being must have to survive: “More than anything, all I’ve ever wanted is to be close to someone.” James, by his own admission, and as far as he can remember, has never felt love. From anyone. For anyone. James learns (indeed, already knows) that love is the key to redemption. The opportunity for romantic love arises with Lilly, another patient at the clinic, though contact between them is forbidden. The human James glimmers through momentarily, as Lilly calls James to tell him she misses him: “No one has ever missed me before. People tend to be happy when I’m gone.” True love, however, runs deeper. Among the characters of “A Million Little Pieces” are Leonard, a mob heavyweight, and Miles, a respected Southern judge. Like James, both have disgraced their families. And, like James, both seek redemption. The interaction among these three amounts to nothing less than a manifesto on the value of love and respect, as each assists the others on their paths toward redemption. Frey crafts the world and characters of A Million Little Pieces using an odd style of writing that, while momentarily disconcerting at the outset, becomes the perfect vehicle for James’s story. By using present tense, with no paragraph indentation and no quotation marks for dialogue, and noting the importance of various concepts through capitalization, these elegant, raw devices convey James’s thoughts precisely, and his experiences come through with searing clarity, uncluttered and unfiltered. Pieces is a direct stream of refreshing honesty from an intelligent consciousness. And as James’s thoughts are (frequently) reduced to rapid-fire one-word arguments with himself, Frey’s style becomes pure poetry: “Stay. Fight. Live. Take it. Cry. Cry. Cry.” A Million Little Pieces deserves a place with the great literature of modern times, as a must-read example of what authors of any genre can aspire to. If any reader remains unmoved by Frey’s powerful, heartbreaking work, it is then that he or she should seek something off the self-help shelf.

2019-01-31 11:40

Peter Pan TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Polat Kitapçılık

The book I felt dealt with real life situations well. Things worked out in the end but didn't take the path that you would expect them to. Life was hard for everyone in the book. Old emotions were dragged up and people acted like people: imperfect but with the best intentions.

2019-01-31 12:40

Yalancı Jakob TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ayrıntı Yayınları

I really, really liked this book. I didn't love it. It's really a stretch to say there was a connection between the two stories--the World's Fair and the serial killer. It's more like two separate books that take place at the same time in the same location. Other than the serial killer visiting the Fair, there is no connection. Still, the descriptions of the Fair sounded amazing and made me wish I had been able to go. And, building an entire city within a city was an amazing feat. But, disturbingly, I always looked forward to the chapters about the serial killer.

Okuyucu Carlos Laki itibaren Pontcirq, France

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