Taylor Stimbert Stimbert itibaren Pulo, Kuala Pesisir, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh 23681, Endonezya
1931'de Paris tren istasyonunun duvarlarında saatler yaşayan ve onarıran yetim on iki yaşındaki Hugo, gizemli bir oyuncak satıcısıyla tanışır ve vaftiz kızı, gizli hayatı ve en büyük sırrı tehlikeye girer. Bu kitap çok büyük olmasına rağmen, neredeyse yarısı resimlerde. Bence çocuklar formatı beğenecek ama hikaye biraz üzücü.
O bir asker; bunun bir parçası olduğum için memnunum; ilham verici!
Tolkien bir dahi. Yarı beyni olan herkes bunu bilir. "Hobbit" okuduğum ilk Tolkien kitabıydı ve memnunum. Yüzüklerin Efendisi üçlemesini anlamak gerekli olmasa da, Tolkien'in yarattığı dünyayı anlamak için büyük bir temel sağladı. Gezegenin yüzündeki henüz çalışmalarını okumamış dört kişiden biriyseniz, bununla başlamanızı öneririm. Zevk almak!
Bitiremedi.
Excellent book! Thomas Jefferson is one of the most interesting characters in US history and Dershowitz did a wonderful job describing exactly what Jefferson DID believe, with all it's complexity.
A totally captivating and fascinating read that tells a powerful story about the damage overly zealous religious leaders can create. The story centers mostly around a young girl, Ninah, growing up in the rather fundamentalist Church which is headed by her grandfather, Herman. Ninah struggles with the stringent rules and laws of the Church and her biggest struggle is not "to sin" with her prayer partner James. The punishments for "sin" metted out by Herman are horrendous and cruel, but Ninah accepts them with resolve. It's interesting to see how Ninah's life experiences help her change and understand.
Enjoyable to say the least. From dust jacket: "HER LAST DEATH begins as the phone rings early one morning in the Montana house where Susanna Sonnenberg lives with her husband and two young sons. Her aunt is calling to tell Susanna her mother is in a coma after a car accident. She might not live. Any daughter would rush the thousands of miles to her mother's bedside. But Susanna cannot bring herself to go. Her courageous memoir explains why. Glamorous, charismatic and a compulsive liar, Susanna's mother seduced everyone who entered her orbit. With outrageous behavior and judgment tinged by drug use, she taught her child the art of sex and the benefits of lying. Susanna struggled to break out of this compelling world, determined as many daughters are, not to become her mother. Sonnenberg mines tender and startling memories as she writes of her fierce resolve to forge her independence, to become a woman capable of trust and to be a good mother to her own children. HER LAST DEATH is riveting, disarming and searingly beautiful."