I could say so many things about this epic graphic novel series, all of them good.
The revision of the classic Fairy Tales anFables by Bill Willingham
I could say so many things about this epic graphic novel series, all of them good.
The revision of the classic Fairy Tales and characters that Bill Willingham makes is so imaginative and fresh I can’t wait my daughters are of age for them to read it. It is violent, sexy, twisted and very human.
I find this series very creative and appealing, I truly recommend it to everyone who loves fantasy, fairy tales, graphic novel and a story well told.
You have 15 volumes in the deluxe edition for your sweet and deep amusement.
This is a must ready for every yoga student. So much knowledge, wisdom, sweetness, and devotion are drawn from this book. In these pages I have found oThis is a must ready for every yoga student. So much knowledge, wisdom, sweetness, and devotion are drawn from this book. In these pages I have found one of the clearest and most reasonable explanations of each of the Eight Limbs of Yoga (Pantanjali's), I especially enjoyed the way he explains Ahimsa, answering to so many questions I have asked teachers along the line, none provided a better response. This is just a beautiful read, it has brought tears to my eyes on two occasions. After this book, I am truly devoted to Krishnamacharya.
This book is not easy to read: You have to put your western pragmatic mind aside and allow your dormant spirituality to awaken, once you give yourselfThis book is not easy to read: You have to put your western pragmatic mind aside and allow your dormant spirituality to awaken, once you give yourself permission to believe, the information found within its lines is soothing and empowering.
This is a spiritual book, religious if you will, something you need to know beforehand. It is like reading the Old Testament if you are not willing to accept it will speak of God and His word, then don't read it.
In this book, you can find embedded rivers of Hindu Philosophy, it is a refreshing way of going through your accumulated knowledge (if you have done some reading on the subject), so you could also read it under the perspective of a "compared religion" essay.
To me, the first 100 pages were kind of uphill until I gave in, and the journey it has taken me through has been a fructiferous and pleasant one. I have learned, I have rooted, I have grown, I have gained certainty. ...more
The story depicted is a horrifying view of a patriarchalistic future, it is easy to see where some of the hints come from, the ones that are not, are The story depicted is a horrifying view of a patriarchalistic future, it is easy to see where some of the hints come from, the ones that are not, are clarified in the final chapter: Historical Notes, which presents an easy resource to come out of the story. The open end is somewhat disappointing, even a bit lazy writing?
The tone and the pace are very monotonous, which induces you to the estate of mind of the characters. You are drowned by it, suffocated. This is my first Margaret Atwood book and I wonder if this is her style all together or just the voice held in this book.
I am appalled by the thought that women can be thought to comply easily with what is depicted in this story, only the mere display of this is very sexist. Women are not sheep nor sheepish and I am sure that if anything like this was to be imposed over us we would fight to the death to prevent it.
I am lucky that the author presented the sequel in 2019, I can only imagine what it must have been like to read The Handmaiden's Tale in 1985 and be left out with that open ending...
I have read this book during the Covid-19 quarantine and it has been a hard book to swallow. I almost put it down on the first fifty pages, but little by little it has been growing in me until I wanted to know more. I am going to rest now and will read The Testaments (the sequel) after a book or two...
Anyhow, this is a brave speculative fiction dystopia, especially if you take into account it was written back in the mid-eighties......more
Eddie Stern, the world-renowned Pattabi Jois student and one of NYC's finest traditional Ashtanga teachers, presents this soon to be classic yoga studEddie Stern, the world-renowned Pattabi Jois student and one of NYC's finest traditional Ashtanga teachers, presents this soon to be classic yoga study. It goes thought the classic 8 limbs of yoga, giving special attention to the first 2: Yama and Niyama, great advice on Asana, and great focus on Pranayama. It can get too scientific on the brain functions and the neural connections between this and that. Magnificent closure with three exercises on breathing, meditation, and relaxation. This is a very useful book if you are in the world of yoga and spirituality, I truly recommend it....more
This is somehow a journalistic novel, it is a report of events happened in the lives of three separate women, told under the fundamental point of viewThis is somehow a journalistic novel, it is a report of events happened in the lives of three separate women, told under the fundamental point of view of sex life and how it determines their stories. It is not a book of fiction, even though there were sometimes when I would have liked it better if it was.
It does remind you of In cold blood for the "newspapery" style, the topic is refreshing, meaning that it is about time that we hear from sex through the eyes and the ink of women.
I very much enjoyed the creative literary metaphors the author used, but I have to say that midway of the novel I started to feel bored of the stories it was telling and did not see very much the point of where they were taking us.
For me, the story that hooked me the best was the prologue and felt everything a little downhill from there....more
Se agradece este lavado de cara del Bakalao, por fin se reconoce dentro de nuestras fronteras este movimiento cultural acontecido en España a la vanguSe agradece este lavado de cara del Bakalao, por fin se reconoce dentro de nuestras fronteras este movimiento cultural acontecido en España a la vanguardia del mundo entero, tan mítico que, hoy en día, figura como patrón que se copia y repite como fórmula de éxito en las sesiones de los Djs de electrónica de baile de hoy en día, no hay nada más que escuchar una sesión del acaudalado y afamado David Guetta. Se echa de menos el reconocimiento de la escena madrileña, no hay que olvidar que "la Ruta" era eso, una ruta, un viaje en coche desde Madrid hasta Valencia. No menciona lugares míticos como el Áttica o el Kea, el Overdrive, Aire, Epsilón, New World, el Van Vas, el Speka (que todavía da guerra) en los primeros tiempos o el Radical ya en los 2000. Me falta la mención de nombres fundamentales para la historia de la electrónica en España como pueden ser Óscar Mulero o Cristian Varela... Me sobra el catalanismo disfrazado y el intento de obviar mencionar que Valencia y Cataluña forman parte de España; "el Estado", tal y como el autor se cansa de mencionar, es un país, el mismo, que comparte una historia y una cultura común, tal y como este fenómeno recoge y certifica. Me ha sorprendido que en la página 150 se mencione la perpetración de una violación en grupo como un mero episodio de sexo decadente. Sorprendido e indignado, para qué enganarnos... Esta es una lectura rápida, a pesar de las erratas y faltas de congugación, en un par de sentadas te la haces. ...more
Esta es una lectura necesaria para el que quiera comprender el problema que ETA ha supuesto, y supone, dentro de la sociedad vasca y por ende, españolEsta es una lectura necesaria para el que quiera comprender el problema que ETA ha supuesto, y supone, dentro de la sociedad vasca y por ende, española. Es un libro que se lee en unas cuantas sentadas, a pesar de sus más de seiscientas páginas. Capítulos cortísimos que te obligan a pasar uno detrás de otro, como si fueran pipas. La historia humana que relata es de tal profundidad que a veces, cuesta retornar a la intensidad de la lectura. ...more
This is one of those deep and difficult to read books when you are new to Yoga. It is a manual of constant consulting for me. As time goes by, I graspThis is one of those deep and difficult to read books when you are new to Yoga. It is a manual of constant consulting for me. As time goes by, I grasp more and more of the knowledge that is transmitted....more
What an impressive story that of Tara Westover! It is unusual that someone so young has enough to fill in a memoir, in this case, the young (ex?) MormoWhat an impressive story that of Tara Westover! It is unusual that someone so young has enough to fill in a memoir, in this case, the young (ex?) Mormon, talks about her childhood being raised by a couple of extremists Mormons, mistrusting of the government and the establishment in every way possible. Believe me, it will make you wince more than once. How can people be allowed to raise their children without medical supervision or school attendance in a developed country like the USA?? It follows a fast pace, it is well told, not overdramatic, not over victimizing, even though it felt to me that she was over diminishing her self at times. I really recommend it, especially to put you back on your feet, I mean, if someone with her background can make it to a Ph.D. in Cambridge, no one has an excuse not to....more
It is a very simple book to read which I found refreshing, since many of the Yoga books I have encountered are very deep and savvy. Sharath walks us tIt is a very simple book to read which I found refreshing, since many of the Yoga books I have encountered are very deep and savvy. Sharath walks us through the eight limbs of yoga with the simplicity of a child, and this makes this read a basic first step to the ones who, coming from Asana, begin to feel they want to know more about the real meaning of Yoga. I truly recommend it! ...more
When I started reading it, I was liking it a lot, a real page-turner, keeping me up at night, but around three-quarters of the book, I started noticinWhen I started reading it, I was liking it a lot, a real page-turner, keeping me up at night, but around three-quarters of the book, I started noticing certain manipulation on the data, that pulled me off the reading. I am not sure if it is intentional or not, for example: -He avoids mentioning the Spanish Empire when enumerating the most important Empires in the History of the world, and the next chapter he spends on ratling about the Spaniards in the conquest of the Americas, a little contradicting... - He is evasive in speaking of the Jewish religion and belief system, but in continuation he is mentioning Christian, Muslim, Buddhist even long lost religions like the Manicheans, he even includes Feminism, Liberalism, Communism or Capitalism, in the long list of religions, but very little reference to one of eldest religions in the world?! With a community of around 20 million people with full or partial Jewish ancestry?! I find it remarkable. Being a Jewish author I hoped he had explained a little more about his community, I was very eager to learn about it. - He is also denying the expansion and colonization of the Jewish people over Palestine territories by not mentioning it, he even says that from 1945 there has been little expansion from one people over the other and that we enjoy a remarkable time of peace. Well, I say they should ask someone who used to live in the occupied territories by the Jewish Colonies, yes the ones who fail to accept the UN 181 resolution. Just a note on this....more
Quick read. This book feels like a commission to the author by his editor more than a spontaneous book. Gives you some tips on how to organize your wayQuick read. This book feels like a commission to the author by his editor more than a spontaneous book. Gives you some tips on how to organize your way to write, if you really want to know more about how to write I would advise to read and follow The Story by Robert McKee. Salter names some of the point outlined by McKee, only the later deepnes and really explains. At least Saltar doesn't patronize or pretends much with this book....more
Es una lectura rápida, pero me da un poco de pena que no está del todo bien escrito lo que desaprovecha las grandiosas anécdotas que relata. Cae en múEs una lectura rápida, pero me da un poco de pena que no está del todo bien escrito lo que desaprovecha las grandiosas anécdotas que relata. Cae en múltiples redundancias e incongruencias, aunque puedo admitir que me ha regalado una (y una sola) sonora carcajada, aunque esperaba muchas más. Sirve de documento costumbrista de una época añorada y reivindicada por muchos, hablando de música, como punto positivo puedo decir que regala una playlist un tanto escueta del musicón de la época y que resulta un poco panfletaria del autor como productor musical. Desde el punto de vista del contenido (que no de la narrativa) el último tercio de la novela es plástico, veraz, maravilloso por su precisión y realismo. Estoy entre las 2 y las 3 estrellas, no termino de decidirme......more
Este libro se me ha hecho muy largo. Tremendamente aburrido a trozos. No comprendo el revuelo que Castaneda ha producido en el mundo, a mí este libro Este libro se me ha hecho muy largo. Tremendamente aburrido a trozos. No comprendo el revuelo que Castaneda ha producido en el mundo, a mí este libro no me parece revelador en ningún sentido. Tal vez lea alguno de los primeros a ver si me ilumina en este sentido. ...more
Delicious coming of age story. It is the first time I read it and I recommend it for an easy, nice and fast lecture. It will be a great book to read oDelicious coming of age story. It is the first time I read it and I recommend it for an easy, nice and fast lecture. It will be a great book to read out loud to my little ones when they become a little older (7-8)....more
The Professor walks us under the importance of a life project as guidance to succeed as a human being, success intended as mental health/happiness/balThe Professor walks us under the importance of a life project as guidance to succeed as a human being, success intended as mental health/happiness/balance/fulfillness. As you can understand by the title, twelve simple "rules" that will just make your life an easier path to walk along.
You can agree or disagree with him in certain details, but what he mostly exposes are common sense statements, today hidden by many coats of wrong intended political correctness.
He is not far away from many (just not to say all) the main principles pronounced over and over by all the major religions of the world.
I truly recommend this modern thinker's classic, as food for the brain and the soul....more
Esta breve lectura ha resultado una grata sorpresa por la rabiosa actualidad de los argumentos que esgrima. Los libros clásicos pueden resultar compliEsta breve lectura ha resultado una grata sorpresa por la rabiosa actualidad de los argumentos que esgrima. Los libros clásicos pueden resultar complicados de leer por lo intrincado de su lenguaje y argumentos, en este caso, es más bien todo lo contrario, la lectura resulta fácil y amena. Aquí y allá surgen perlas de sabiduría que profundizan en el conocimiento del alma humana y que son aplicables a la vida de hoy en día. Tras esta lectura, me sorprendo a mí misma pensado en que, la verdad, es que la naturaleza del hombre no ha variado lo más mínimo en dos mil años, la consecución última de la felicidad a través del conocimiento de uno mismo y el cultivo de los valores internos frente a la opulencia y superficialidad de los valores materiales, son algunos de los preceptos expuestos por el filósofo hispánico por excelencia. Muy recomendable. ...more
I could say so many things about this epic graphic novel series, all of them good.
The revision of the classic Fairy Tales and characters that Bill WiI could say so many things about this epic graphic novel series, all of them good.
The revision of the classic Fairy Tales and characters that Bill Willingham makes is so imaginative and fresh I can’t wait my daughters are of age for them to read it.
I find this series very creative and appealing, I truly recommend it to everyone who loves fantasy, fairy tales classic, graphic novel and a story well told....more
I first read A Princess in Berlín back in University, for the History class, it depicts with absolute mastery the situation in Germany during the RepuI first read A Princess in Berlín back in University, for the History class, it depicts with absolute mastery the situation in Germany during the Republic of Weimar, after the First World War. The reparations asked from the German people after the Versaille Treaty puts the country in a state of maximum economic weakness leaving its people to hunger and frustration, the rise of the Nationalist extreme right party only a logic consequence well justified by the circumstances described by the book. I loved every word read just like the first time, the strength of the characters, the accuracy of the social description, the transparency of the narrative. It is one of my favorite novels, I only wish I could speak German to enjoy the book in fullness and not miss one single detail....more
Este clásico de la psicología moderna, a pesar de resultar un poco anticuado en ciertos asapectos relativos a la posición de la mujer frente a la mateEste clásico de la psicología moderna, a pesar de resultar un poco anticuado en ciertos asapectos relativos a la posición de la mujer frente a la maternidad, me ha parecido fascinante, muy educativo e ilustrador. El ensayo psicológico de Fromm que ahonda en cómo podemos aprender a amar mejor, es una lectura sesuda pero muy interesante y necesaria hoy en día, sociedad de consumo en la que, incluso el amor resulta un bien de intercambio. Amar es una capacidad que podemos y debemos aprender y practicar para intentar acercanos a esa plenitud personal tan buscada por el ser moderno....more
Este libro me ha suscitado grandes contradicciones internas. Toca temas muy delicados desde una perspectiva un tanto abrupta e, incluso, diría yo que Este libro me ha suscitado grandes contradicciones internas. Toca temas muy delicados desde una perspectiva un tanto abrupta e, incluso, diría yo que violenta. Está dirigido a madres y padres en época de puerpío y ciranza, un período especialmete delicado en la vida de las mujeres por lo que considero que Laura Gutman, profunda terapeuta de madres y padres en época de crianza, debería tener un poco más de cuidado a la hora de exponer ciertos puntos de vista como verdades supremas....more
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