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Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, José Marzán Jr., Goran Parlov – Y: The Last Man, Vol.4: Safeword (Y: The Last Man #4)
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
The fourth collection of the acclaimed Vertigo series, Y: THE LAST MAN: SAFEWORD reprints issues #18-23 of writer Brian K. Vaughan’s and artist Pia Guerra’s dynamic series. As the Last Man on Earth and his companions continue to head West, the story takes a detour into the psychological.
In the care of a fellow Culper Ring member, Yorick Brown is forced to confront his tremendous feelings of survivor guilt that lead him to constantly put his life in danger. Once on the road again, the group runs up against a literal roadblock in Arizona, where the female remains of the Sons of Arizona militia have cut the interstate to keep out any vestiges of the U.S. government.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Vertigo
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www.
Vērtējums/Rating: 3.25/5
Michael Crichton – Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park #1)(audiobook)
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
A billionaire has created a technique to clone dinosaurs. From the DNA that his crack team of scientists extract, he is able to grow the dinosaurs in his laboratories and lock them away on an island behind electric fences, creating a sort of theme park. He asks a group of scientists from several different fields to come and view the park, but something goes terribly wrong when a worker on the island turns traitor and shuts down the power.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Chivers Audio Books
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no torenta. Izvēlējos no Top 100 Sci-Fi Books grāmatu listes.
Vērtējums/Rating: 4.75/5
George Packer – The Unwinding: Thirty Years of American Decline
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
Just over a decade into the new millennium, America is beset by a sense of crisis. The seismic shifts that occurred in the space of a generation have created a country of winners and losers, leaving the social contract in pieces. In The Unwinding, George Packer narrates the story of America over the past three decades, bringing to the task his empathy with people facing difficult challenges, his sharp eye for detail and a gift for weaving together engaging narratives.
The Unwinding moves deftly back and forth through the lives of half a dozen characters, including Dean Price, the son of tobacco farmers who becomes an evangelist for a new economy in the rural South; Tammy Thomas, a factory worker in the industrial Midwest trying to survive the collapse of her city; Jeff Connaughton, a Washington careerist; and Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire. The narrative alternates these intimately told stories with biographical sketches of the era’s leading public figures, from Oprah Winfrey to Steve Jobs, capturing the year-by-year flow of events.
The Unwinding portrays a superpower coming apart at the seams, its elites and institutions no longer working, leaving ordinary people to improvise their own schemes for salvation.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Faber & Faber
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Samainīju ar citu Latvijas Grāmatu izstādes 2016 maiņas punktā.
Vērtējums/Rating: 2.25/5
Pirmdienas teikums #103
Pirmdienas teikums ir mana versija par Bonespark~ “Sunday Sentence”, kurā tiek izcelts teikums no tā, kas iepriekš izlasīts.
And so it went on, the wrecking ball swinging back and forth, the dumb pockmarked thing suspended from a greasy cable that was worked by a small Chinese man in the dented cab of a Chinese crane.
Paul Theroux – Kowloon Tong
Izlasīju, lasu, lasīšu #32 (20.06 – 26.06)
Izlasīju, lasu, lasīšu jeb Read, Reading, To Read katru svētdienu būs tāds kā iknedēļas kopsavilkums, kā arī, ko lasu un klausos dotajā brīdī, un, kas plānojas tālāk. Ideja rakstam no aizņemta EMSVIEW.
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Izlasīju:
The Brave and the Bold » The Brave and the Bold #47 released by DC Comics on May 1, 1963.
Bokss un sporta aktivitāšu liktenis 30.gadsimtā. Boksā jauns censonis pēc pirmās neveiksmes ārpus sava reģiona ar stipri vien pieredzējušāku kolēģi ir gatavs mest visu pie malas, bet negaidīti atceļā uz mājām pamana citplanētieša kuģi, kur emociju iespaidā visticamāk noslēdz pārsteidzīgu vienošanos. Tikmēr 30.gadsimtā reālas sporta aktivitātes ir aizliegtas ar likumu, jo pirms gadsimta tikusi izgudrots virtuāls veids, kā katrs var sportot uz dīvāna mājas ar to pašu efektu uz ķermeni, bet bez riska iegūt traumas. Pievienojam klāt citplanētiešu iebrukumu, un skatāmies, kas un kā norit tālāk. : )
Kathy Reichs – Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan #3)
George Packer – The Unwidind: Thirty Years of American Decline.
Atsauksme rīt
Noklausījos:
Ursula K. Le Guin – The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle)
Michael Crichton – Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park #1)
Arī šim darbam atsauksme gaidāma rīt.
Lasu:
Marissa Meyer – Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles #3.5)
Futuristica: Volume 1
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, José Marzán Jr – Y: The Last Man, Vol.4: Safeword (Y: The Last Man #4)
Klausos:
Greg Iles – The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1)
Lasīšu:
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, José Marzán Jr – Y: Ring of Truth, Vol.5: Safeword (Y: The Last Man #5)
Jean Nicole Rivers – Black Water Tales: The Secret Keepers (Black Water Tales #1)
Bernard Werber – Mēs–Dievi (Cycle des Dieux #1)
Klausīšos:
Greg Iles – Turning Angel (Penn Cage #2)
Ko labu nedēļas laikā esi izlasījis Tu?
Spridzīgie grāmatu vāki #81
Šajā iknedēļas rakstā iekļūst trīs grāmatu vāku bildes, kuras man šķitušas interesantas un foršas jeb spridzīgas, vai vienkārši neparastas. Ideja radās aplūkojot LE BELLE blogu.
Joe R. Lansdale – Flaming Zeppelin: The Adventures of Ned the Seal (Ned the Seal #1-2)
Jonathan Green – Human Nature (Pax Britannia #3)
Lavie Tidhar – The Great Game (The Bookman Histories #3)
Kathy Reichs – Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan #3)
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs — where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves.
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www.
Vērtējums/Rating: 4/5
Ursula K. Le Guin – The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #6) (Audiobook)
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can choose -and change – their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.
Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Warner Home Audio
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no torenta. Izvēlējos no Top 100 Sci-Fi Books grāmatu listes.
Vērtējums/Rating: 2.75/5
Pirmdienas teikums #102
Pirmdienas teikums ir mana versija par Bonespark~ “Sunday Sentence”, kurā tiek izcelts teikums no tā, kas iepriekš izlasīts.
He could feel the man lean forward, press his body against the base of his neck, and pull his arms snug against his body as he climbed up and out the other side.
Cathy Kennedy – The Meeting of the Mustangs
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