en-US Sun, 14 Jan 2024 23:19:36 -0800 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 40603783 not the new twenty. In this enlightening book, Dr. Meg Jay reveals how many twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation that has trivialized what are actually the most defining years of adulthood. Drawing from more than ten years of work with hundreds of twentysomething clients and students, Dr. Jay weaves the science of the twentysomething years with compelling, behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. She shares what psychologists, sociologists, neurologists, reproductive specialists, human resources executives, and economists know about the unique power of our twenties and how they change our lives. The result is a provocative and sometimes poignant read that shows us why our twenties do matter. Our twenties are a time when the things we do--and the things we don't do--will have an enormous effect across years and even generations to come.]]> 273 Meg Jay Tuan 0 to-read 4.09 2012
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The United States is losing the counterintelligence war. Foreign intelligence services, particularly those of China, Russia, and Cuba, are recruiting spies in our midst and stealing our secrets and cutting-edge technologies. In To Catch a The Art of Counterintelligence , James M. Olson, former chief of CIA counterintelligence, offers a wake-up call for the American public and also a guide for how our country can do a better job of protecting its national security and trade secrets. Olson takes the reader into the arcane world of counterintelligence as he lived it during his thirty-year career in the CIA. After an overview of what the Chinese, Russian, and Cuban spy services are doing to the United States, Olson explains the nitty-gritty of the principles and methods of counterintelligence. Readers will learn about specific aspects of counterintelligence such as running double-agent operations and surveillance. The book also analyzes twelve real-world case studies to illustrate why people spy against their country, the tradecraft of counterintelligence, and where counterintelligence breaks down or succeeds. A "lessons learned" section follows each case study.]]> 248 James M. Olson 1626166803 Tuan 0 to-read 3.89
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Affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, the moral limits of markets―Sandel relates the big questions of political philosophy to the most vexing issues of the day, and shows how a surer grasp of philosophy can help us make sense of politics, morality, and our own convictions as well.

Justice is lively, thought-provoking, and wise―an essential new addition to the small shelf of books that speak convincingly to the hard questions of our civic life.]]> 308 Michael J. Sandel 0374180652 Tuan 0 to-read 4.30 2007
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]]> 331344 115 Thich Nhat Hanh 0938077007 Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.32 1987
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Now, Dr. LePera is ready to share her much-requested protocol with the world. In How to Do the Work, she offers both a manifesto for SelfHealing as well as an essential guide to creating a more vibrant, authentic, and joyful life. Drawing on the latest research from a diversity of scientific fields and healing modalities, Dr. LePera helps us recognize how adverse experiences and trauma in childhood live with us, resulting in whole body dysfunction—activating harmful stress responses that keep us stuck engaging in patterns of codependency, emotional immaturity, and trauma bonds. Unless addressed, these self-sabotaging behaviors can quickly become cyclical, leaving people feeling unhappy, unfulfilled, and unwell.��]]> 320 Nicole LePera 0063012103 Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.11 2021
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]]> 28257707 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062457738

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited��"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.]]> 212 Mark Manson Tuan 5 read-2022 3.87 2016
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]]> 43808723 From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a counterintuitive guide to the problems of hope.

We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it’s ever been—we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*cked—the planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have access to technology, education and communication our ancestors couldn’t even dream of, so many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness.

What’s going on? If anyone can put a name to our current malaise and help fix it, it’s Mark Manson. In 2016, Manson published The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, a book that brilliantly gave shape to the ever-present, low-level hum of anxiety that permeates modern living. He showed us that technology had made it too easy to care about the wrong things, that our culture had convinced us that the world owed us something when it didn’t—and worst of all, that our modern and maddening urge to always find happiness only served to make us unhappier. Instead, the “subtle art�� of that title turned out to be a bold challenge: to choose your struggle; to narrow and focus and find the pain you want to sustain. The result was a book that became an international phenomenon, selling millions of copies worldwide while becoming the #1 bestseller in 13 different countries.

Now, in Everthing Is F*cked, Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom of philosophers such as Plato, Nietzsche, and Tom Waits, he dissects religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with money, entertainment and the internet, and how too much of a good thing can psychologically eat us alive. He openly defies our definitions of faith, happiness, freedom—and even of hope itself.

With his usual mix of erudition and where-the-f*ck-did-that-come-from humor, Manson takes us by the collar and challenges us to be more honest with ourselves and connected with the world in ways we probably haven’t considered before. It’s another counterintuitive romp through the pain in our hearts and the stress of our soul. One of the great modern writers has produced another book that will set the agenda for years to come.]]> 288 Mark Manson 0062955934 Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 3.67 2019
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]]> 18619035 364 Sơn Nam Tuan 0 to-read-next, to-read 3.97 2009
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]]> 279308 An affirming, revealing examination of the painful effects of shame—with new, powerful strategies that promise to transform a woman’s ability to love, parent, work, and build relationships.

Shame manifests itself in many ways. Addiction, perfectionism, fear and blame are just a few of the outward signs that Dr. Brené Brown discovered in her 6-year study of shame’s effects on women. While shame is generally thought of as an emotion sequestered in the shadows of our psyches, I Thought It Was Just Me demonstrates the ways in which it is actually present in the most mundane and visible aspects of our lives—from our mental and physical health and body image to our relationships with our partners, our kids, our friends, our money, and our work.

After talking to hundreds of women and therapists, Dr. Brown is able to illuminate the myriad shaming influences that dominate our culture and explain why we are all vulnerable to shame. We live in a culture that tells us we must reject our bodies, reject our authentic stories, and ultimately reject our true selves in order to fit in and be accepted.

Outlining an empowering new approach that dispels judgment and awakens us to the genuine acceptance of ourselves and others, I Thought It Was Just Me begins a crucial new dialogue of hope. Through potent personal narratives and examples from real women, Brown identifies and explains four key elements that allow women to transform their shame into courage, compassion and connection. Shame is a dark and sad place in which to live a life, keeping us from connecting fully to our loved ones and being the women we were meant to be. But learning how to understand shame’s influence and move through it toward full acceptance of ourselves and others takes away much of shame’s power to harm.

It’s not just you, you’re not alone, and if you fight the daily battle of feeling like you are—somehow—just not "enough," you owe it to yourself to read this book and discover your infinite possibilities as a human being.]]> 336 Brené Brown 1592402631 Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.18 2007
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]]> 9513034 184 Thich Nhat Hanh 1935209647 Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.29 2010
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Trích đoạn:

- S�� phận nào cũng là do mình t�� chọn, và chẳng có gì hơn được th��.

- Có những xa cách vô lý ch�� có th�� đ�� lỗi cho chính mình, dù ngoại cảnh có th�� nào đi nữa. Khi đã thật lòng như th��, thì gặp duyên hội ng�� lại thành một diễm phúc l�� lùng.

- Người quân t�� không gặp cái thời của mình thì đức trời tài biển cũng b�� đi mà thôi. Nhưng mà ai tạo ra thời? Có phải cũng là người hay chăng?

- Người Tr�� đáng được kính trọng, vì chúng là tình yêu, là nguồn sáng tạo, là tương lai, là sức mạnh, là những gì đẹp đ�� hồn nhiên nhất. Còn người Già, chao ôi, chẳng phải tuổi già ch�� thèm được quấn quýt yêu chiều đó hay sao?

- Thật ra, đời ch�� là những mẩu chuyện tản mạn tưởng chừng ngẫu nhiên. Đọc chúng với thái đ�� nào thì đời thành ra th�� mà thôi.

- Năm tháng s�� c�� qua đi, con người c�� thay nhau sống �� trước mặt. Phải chăng muôn vàn lao kh�� cũng ch�� vì con người đã nhận lầm bản thân mình, ch�� muốn tìm mình, giải thoát mì mà quên rằng mình ch�� là một phần của th�� giới đã sẵn có giải thoát và t�� do t�� ngàn triệu năm rồi.

- Mọi tranh luận v�� ngh�� thuật, suy cho cùng, ch�� là do khác nhau v�� cái mà tiếng ta gọi là “th�� hiếu��. Mà t�� diễn đạt không thôi thì không phải là ngh�� thuật.

- Những ý tưởng v�� cái đẹp, hãy nh�� lấy điều này, là những ch�� đ�� của đạo lý, không phải của nhận thức trí tu��. Tìm hiểu những ý tưởng v�� cái đẹp, chúng ta s�� thấy được những ch�� đ�� lý tưởng của ngh�� thuật hội họa.

- Xã hội nh�� yếu thừa hưởng những vấn đ�� và noi theo các giá tr�� của xã hội lớn mạnh là chuyện bình thường. Còn thừa hưởng và noi theo như th�� nào và như th�� có phải là s�� phận hay không thì lại là chuyện khác. Nhất là trong ngh�� thuật.

- V�� gì thì cũng là t�� ho��. Tâm trạng người v�� th�� nào thì nhìn ra loại dung mạo th�� nấy. Mình vẫn tin rằng có yêu đời, yêu người, có con mắt và tấm lòng hướng thiện thì s�� nhìn thấy dung mạo đẹp đ�� t�� t�� �� tất c�� mọi người. Người xưa coi trọng việc v�� tranh chân dung là vì vậy.

- Chao ôi, phải chi mỗi người chúng ta đều có th�� t�� do và trung thực trong lời nói, dù là �� công đường hay trong gia đình, rồi lại có mong mỏi nuôi dưỡng tâm trí, tình cảm, ý chí và ý thức v�� giá tr�� của bản thân, tức là nuôi dưỡng linh hồn mình, thì chắc chắn là chúng ta s�� thấy cái gia tài tiếng nói được thừa hưởng t�� ông bà cha m�� s�� tr�� thành mộc mạc, chân xác và đẹp đ�� biết nhường nào.

- Tôi đã không n�� lấy sen làm motif, làm cái c��, đ�� v�� những riêng tư phần lớn là những khao khát hoang tưởng hoặc thắc mắc của mình. Tôi v�� sen ch�� đ�� ghi lại tình yêu sen đã có t�� thủa bé nh�� những bức tranh của m��, của cha. Và đ�� t�� nh�� rằng cuộc đời luôn đẹp đ�� an lạc nếu mình nhìn ra chúng.

- Ta không nh�� sách giỏi, biện luận hay, ta ch�� cảm thấy hình như ngươi không muốn t�� ý thức v�� cái bất lực của mình trong chuyện hòa đồng và ghi dấu ấn vào th�� giới này. Ngươi thiếu một sức mạnh bản tâm, một ánh sáng dẫn nẻo không bao gi�� tắt dù cho ngươi có trải thăng trầm lạc nẻo đến đâu, rồi ngươi vẫn t�� tin vào mình và t�� tìm v�� cái gốc đã mọc ra cuộc đời mình. Ngươi rơi t�� vòng t�� lực của hết hòn nam châm này đến hòn nam châm kia, mà không biết. Trước kia ngươi nói với ta: “Ch�� có người nào biết yêu một công việc c�� th��, biết can đảm đ�� theo đuổi nó tới hết mình, mới có th�� là một người chính trực.��

Nhưng nay ngươi lại thấy đó là một trò ngốc. Ngươi đã uống phải cặn bã của một nền văn minh b�� tắc Tây Âu qua những cuốn sách dịch. Ngươi đã th�� hít th�� cái khí loạn của đô thành Sài Gòn vừa rồi, và con người mà Hesse gọi là “con sói đồng hoang�� đã trỗi dậy �� trong ngươi, và trong giây lát, ngươi h�� hởi chấp nhận đó là bản tâm của mình. Nhưng thôi, điều đó chẳng hại gì, hãy sống, hãy trung thực, con người tuổi tr�� chúng ta chẳng bao gi�� hiểu hết được cuộc đời đâu.

- Ch�� có những khi ta được nhìn một bức tranh đẹp, một hiển hiện của s�� hòa đồng giản d�� và tĩnh khiết giữa con người và tạo vật, ta mới có th�� lại sực nh�� ra, cảm thấy được tràn ngập thân ta một th�� ân điển bí mật không lời nào t�� xiết, và t�� nhiên ta càng thấy thương ngươi hơn, thấy mình thầm cầu nguyện cho ngươi được yên bình và gần gụi với cái tâm đích thực của ngươi.

- Ôi! Năm tháng s�� c�� qua đi, con người c�� thay nhau sống �� trước mặt. Phải chăng muôn vàn lao kh�� cũng ch�� vì con người đã nhận lầm bản thân mình, ch�� muốn tìm mình, giải thoát mì mà quên rằng mình ch�� là một phần của th�� giới đã sẵn có giải thoát và t�� do t�� ngàn triệu năm rồi.

V�� tác gi��:

Trịnh L�� (tên thật là Trịnh Hữu Tuấn, sinh năm 1948 tại Hà Nội) thừa hưởng tình yêu với hội họa t�� c�� họa sĩ Trịnh Hữu Ngọc và Nguyễn Th�� Khang, năm 1993 ông được t�� Ithaca Journal trao giải "Ngh�� sĩ của năm" với cuộc triển lãm tranh đầu tiên tại Ithaca �� New York khi đang theo học �� Cornell. Sau đó, Trịnh L�� có thêm các cuộc triển lãm cá nhân vào năm 1994 tại Ithaca, NewYork, M��; năm 2015 tại Hà Nội, Việt Nam và năm 2017 tại Shorewood, WI, M��. Trịnh L�� luôn nhắc đến cha mình như một người thầy lớn, người ảnh hưởng đến con, cháu trong gia đình t�� cách sống, s�� lựa chọn ngh�� nghiệp và c�� tư duy ngh�� thuật. Lớn lên trong môi trường ấy, hầu như các anh ch�� em của Trịnh L�� đều phát triển thiên hướng ngh�� thuật.

Trong những năm tháng xa x��, với việc sáng lập Vietnam Opportunities - t�� tin đầu tiên của một cá nhân Việt Nam tại M��, Trịnh L�� được nhìn nhận như người khai phá, m�� đường đưa Việt Nam đến M�� t�� góc đ�� báo chí. T�� báo ra mỗi tháng 2 s��, mỗi s�� 16 trang, t�� 1995 đến cuối 1996 thì dừng lại khi quan h�� Việt - M�� tiến triển.

�� vai trò dịch gi��, Trịnh L�� từng được giải thưởng liền trong hai năm 2004 - 2005 của Hội Nhà văn Việt Nam và Hội Nhà văn Hà Nội. Các cuốn sách ông đã dịch: Cuộc đời của Pi, Hội ho�� Trung Hoa, Utopia, Rừng Na Uy, Trần trụi với văn chương, Con nhân mã �� trong vườn, Biển, Người trong bóng tối, Truyện ngắn Úc, Đại gia Gatsby, Nhập môn nghiên cứu dịch thuật, Bàn v�� Nhiếp ảnh, Ngh�� thuật & Tâm thức sáng tạo, Natural Colour, Calling March.

Ngoài ra, ông còn viết sách c�� bằng tiếng Việt và tiếng Anh: Đi v�� - Nhật ký hội ho�� 2014, Form Communities & For Communities, Impact & Sustainability, Equity in Health.]]> 272 Trịnh L�� 6043189097 Tuan 0 4.07
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Lee, fields these issues and many other questions as he covers the terrain of the past and contemplates the expanse of the future for tis iland nation that he and his foundin generation uilt on the hopes of a people. Based on 32 hours of interviews at the Istana, along with 64 pages of photographs and a dvd insert, the book features Lee in full flow, combative, thought-provoking controversial.]]> 458 Zuraidah Ibrahim 9814266728 Tuan 5 read-2022 4.41 2011
author: Zuraidah Ibrahim
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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It was a fascinating read. The book keeps the format of introduction then Q and A. Readers can learn about the topic matter in the introduction, then go in details in the Q and A. Q and A has the form of a debate, as many interesting (and sometimes controversials) are brought up - and Lee takes his time and effort to debate every one of them. Overall a good read.
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Trong s�� rất nhiều sách s��, Lịch s�� nội chiến �� Việt Nam t�� 1771 đến 1802 chiếm một địa v�� thật riêng. Ngay t�� khi xuất bản lần đầu năm 1973, tác phẩm đã được học giới nhìn nhận như một công trình chung quyết v�� lịch s�� phân ly và nhất thống đất nước. Nhà chuyên môn tìm thấy �� sách một tinh thần học thuật không vì n��, người đọc ph�� thông tìm thấy trong sách những câu chuyện xảy ra nhiều th�� k�� trước mà ảnh hưởng còn mãi đến ngày nay.]]> 448 T�� Chí Đại Trường Tuan 0 to-read 4.21 2012
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Tiểu thuyết Nhà gi�� kim của Paulo Coelho như một câu chuyện c�� tích giản d��, nhân ái, giàu chất thơ, thấm đẫm những minh triết huyền bí của phương Đông. Trong lần xuất bản đầu tiên tại Brazil vào năm 1988, sách ch�� bán được 900 bản. Nhưng, với s�� phận đặc biệt của cuốn sách dành cho toàn nhân loại, vượt ra ngoài biên giới quốc gia, Nhà gi�� kim đã làm rung động hàng triệu tâm hồn, tr�� thành một trong những cuốn sách bán chạy nhất mọi thời đại, và có th�� làm thay đổi cuộc đời người đọc.

“Nhưng nhà luyện kim đan không quan tâm mấy đến những điều ấy. Ông đã từng thấy nhiều người đến rồi đi, trong khi ốc đảo và sa mạc vẫn là ốc đảo và sa mạc. Ông đã thấy vua chúa và k�� ăn xin đi qua biển cát này, cái biển cát thường xuyên thay hình đổi dạng vì gió thổi nhưng vẫn mãi mãi là biển cát mà ông đã biết t�� thu�� nh��. Tuy vậy, t�� đáy lòng mình, ông không th�� không cảm thấy vui trước hạnh phúc của mỗi người l�� khách, sau bao ngày ch�� có cát vàng với trời xanh nay được thấy chà là xanh tươi hiện ra trước mắt. ‘Có th�� Thượng đ�� tạo ra sa mạc ch�� đ�� cho con người biết quý trọng cây chà là,�� ông nghĩ.��
- Trích Nhà gi�� kim]]> 228 Paulo Coelho Tuan 0 to-read 4.13 1988
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]]> 56977420
That is why I decided to write a book to teach the fundamentals of distributed systems so that you don’t have to spend countless hours scratching your head to understand how everything fits together. This is the guide I wished existed when I first started out, and it's based on my experience building large distributed systems that scale to millions of requests per second and billions of devices.

If you develop the back-end of web or mobile applications (or would like to!), this book is for you. When building distributed systems, you need to be familiar with the network stack, data consistency models, scalability and reliability patterns, and much more. Although you can build applications without knowing any of that, you will end up spending hours debugging and re-designing their architecture, learning lessons that you could have acquired in a much faster and less painful way.]]> 234 Roberto Vitillo Tuan 0 currently-reading 4.36
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]]> 4406
Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aaron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness enveloped by a mysterious darkness.

First published in 1952, East of Eden is the work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis.]]> 601 John Steinbeck 0142000655 Tuan 0 to-read 4.41 1952
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]]> 10644930
In 2011, Jake Epping, an English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, sets out on an insane �� and insanely possible �� mission to prevent the Kennedy assassination.

Leaving behind a world of computers and mobile phones, he goes back to a time of big American cars and diners, of Lindy Hopping, the sound of Elvis, and the taste of root beer.

In this haunting world, Jake falls in love with Sadie, a beautiful high school librarian. And, as the ominous date of 11/22/63 approaches, he encounters a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald...]]> 849 Stephen King 1451627289 Tuan 0 to-read 4.33 2011
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]]> 6900
Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you?

Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.]]> 210 Mitch Albom Tuan 0 to-read 4.19 1997
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]]> 44767458
When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.]]> 658 Frank Herbert 059309932X Tuan 0 to-read 4.33 1965
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]]> 4934
This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal inventiveness of Dostoevsky’s prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky’s last and greatest novel.]]> 796 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0374528373 Tuan 0 to-read 4.36 1880
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]]> 3228917 Learn what sets high achievers apart �� from Bill Gates to the Beatles �� in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).

In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"—the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?

His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.]]> 309 Malcolm Gladwell 0316017922 Tuan 0 to-read 4.19 2008
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]]> 5129 Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls. “A genius [who] who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine�� (The New Yorker), Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist, a spiritual seeker, and one of history’s keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World, his masterpiece, has enthralled and terrified millions of readers, and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as thought-provoking, satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s, Brave New Worldd likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment, technology, medicine and pharmaceuticals, the arts of persuasion, and the hidden influence of elites.

"Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English." —Chicago Tribune]]> 268 Aldous Huxley 0060929871 Tuan 0 to-read 3.99 1932
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]]> 56302573 208 Ray Bradbury Tuan 0 to-read 3.77 1953
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]]> 23716317
Và khi sống lưu vong �� Dubai, Thaksin đã k�� lại những vinh quang và s�� phản bội ông gặp phải cho nhà báo người M�� Tom Plate nghe, cũng như bộc bạch những tâm tư của mình v�� vấn đ�� xóa đói giảm nghèo, v�� văn hóa chính tr�� bạo lực, v�� tương lại nền dân ch�� châu Á - và c�� việc vì sao ông lại thích thua khi chơi gôn. Trong quyển sách này, tác gi�� Plate đã khéo léo “m�� xẻ�� hình ảnh của một ông trùm viễn thông - người đã điều hành quốc gia như một v�� tổng giám đốc mãi cho đến khi b�� những chiếc xe tăng đảo chính ngáng đường.]]> Tom Plate Tuan 0 to-read 4.17 2011
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]]> 5109310 0 Trude Ausfelder 3770730615 Tuan 0 to-read 0.0
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]]> 6547981 ��
For everything from car maintenance to grilling instructions to wardrobe tips and more, this handy reference features everything a man should know (but probably doesn’t).
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·How to Cast a Fishing Rod
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·How to Make the Perfect Martini
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·How to Negotiate a Raise
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·Five Pick-Up Lines in Five Different Languages
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·How to Bet on Horses
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·How to Give a Great Massage]]> 144 Brett Cohen 1594744149 Tuan 0 to-read 3.48 2009
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]]> 1032 ��
“I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”—Donald J. Trump
��
Here is Trump in action—how he runs his business and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and changes the face of the New York City skyline. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated eleven guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest deals; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker’s art. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it. Trump: The Art of the Deal is an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur and an unprecedented education in the practice of deal-making. It’s the most streetwise business book there is—and the ultimate read for anyone interested in achieving money and success, and knowing the man behind the spotlight.
��]]> 384 Donald J. Trump 0345479173 Tuan 0 to-read 3.65 1987
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]]> 2122
This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite...of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy...and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was then, Rand’s provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas in all of fiction—that man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress...

“A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly...This is the only novel of ideas written by an American woman that I can recall.”—The New York Times]]> 704 Ayn Rand Tuan 0 to-read 3.87 1943
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]]> 1202
These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.

Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.

What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and -- if the right questions are asked -- is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.

Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.
(front flap)]]> 268 Steven D. Levitt 0061234001 Tuan 0 to-read 4.01 2005
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]]> 44638483 Startup Vietnam: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Socialist Republic features ten chapters across three sections to help investors, business travelers, diaspora members, students, and other readers experience an on-the-ground and in-depth view of Vietnam’s startup industry in the Indo-Pacific regional and global contexts. Author and international entrepreneur Andrew P. Rowan distills his extensive experience empowering, supporting, and working with Vietnamese entrepreneurs across the nation to capture the successes of and challenges facing Vietnam’s youth, local startups, and foreign entrepreneurs as Vietnam transitions to a new role in Southeast Asia. An essential primer on modern-day Vietnam and its place on the international business stage.]]> 312 Andrew P. Rowan 1643072609 Tuan 0 to-read 4.00
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]]> 11084145 630 Walter Isaacson 1451648537 Tuan 0 to-read 4.15 2011
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]]> 25541028 392 Ashlee Vance 0062301233 Tuan 0 to-read 4.12 2015
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]]> 16248652 Grand strategist and founder of modern Singapore offers key insights and controversial opinions on globalization, geopolitics, economic growth, and democracy.When Lee Kuan Yew speaks, presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, and CEOs listen. Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly responsible for transforming Singapore into a Western-style economic success, he offers a unique perspective on the geopolitics of East and West. American presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have welcomed him to the White House; British prime ministers from Margaret Thatcher to Tony Blair have recognized his wisdom; and business leaders from Rupert Murdoch to Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, have praised his accomplishments. This book gathers key insights from interviews, speeches, and Lee's voluminous published writings and presents them in an engaging question and answer format.

Lee offers his assessment of China's future, asserting, among other things, that "China will want to share this century as co-equals with the U.S." He affirms the United States' position as the world's sole superpower but expresses dismay at the vagaries of its political system. He offers strategic advice for dealing with China and goes on to discuss India's future, Islamic terrorism, economic growth, geopolitics and globalization, and democracy. Lee does not pull his punches, offering his unvarnished opinions on multiculturalism, the welfare state, education, and the free market. This little book belongs on the reading list of every world leader--including the one who takes the oath of office on January 20, 2013.]]> 224 Graham Allison 0262019124 Tuan 0 to-read 4.25 2013
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]]> 30659 Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. While the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a timeless collection that has been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and readers throughout the centuries.]]> 254 Marcus Aurelius 0140449337 Tuan 0 to-read 4.29 180
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]]> 375802
But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.]]> 324 Orson Scott Card 0812550706 Tuan 0 to-read 4.31 1985
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]]> 10718998
Sách in xong nộp lưu chiếu khoảng tháng 2/2000 chưa bán ra th�� trường đã b�� nhà nước ra lệnh tịch thu. Nội dung cuốn sách đã được chuyển ra ngoài bằng mạng lưới điện toán cho nhà văn Tưởng Năng Tiến và đang được ph�� biến rộng rãi tại hải ngoại.

T�� năm 1986 khi tổng bí thư Nguyễn Văn Linh cởi trói văn ngh��, nhiều sách do các nhà văn trong nước viết được gởi ra hải ngoại như các tác phẩm của nhà văn Nguyễn Huy Thiệp, Dương Thu Hương... chưa có một cuốn nào gây dư luận sôi nổi như cuốn "Chuyện K�� Năm 2000".

Bùi Ngọc Tấn viết chuyện ký v�� nhà văn Nguyễn Văn Tuấn (chính là tác gi��) b�� tù 5 năm t�� 1968 cho đến năm 1973. Tập 1 ghi lại chuyện tù t�� các trại giam trại 76 �� Hải Phòng, 75 �� Hà Nội đến các trại tù Q.N, VQ. Tập 2 ghi lại những khó khăn nhà văn Nguyễn Văn Tuấn gặp phải sau khi ra tù. Những khó khăn kéo dài triền miên t�� năm 1973 cho đến năm 1990.

Ông bắt đầu viết khi khối Liên Xô vừa sụp đ��. Ông nghĩ đã đến lúc có th�� ghi lại những lỗi lầm của th�� k�� và chiêm nghiệm của bản thân lại cho mai sau.]]> 858 Bùi Ngọc Tấn Tuan 0 to-read 4.38 2000
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]]> 25451264
Now this epic trilogy concludes with Death's End. Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.

Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the early 21st century, awakens from hibernation in this new age. She brings with her knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the beginning of the Trisolar Crisis, and her very presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?]]> 604 Liu Cixin 0765377101 Tuan 0 to-read 4.40 2010
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]]> 38746485
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to do the same.]]> 426 Michelle Obama 1524763136 Tuan 0 to-read 4.42 2018
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]]> 13507787 247 Sandi Metz 0321721330 Tuan 0 to-read 4.53 2012
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]]> 29513878 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER �� Thought leader, visionary, philanthropist, mystic, and yogi Sadhguru presents Western readers with a time-tested path to achieving absolute the classical science of yoga.“A loving invitation to live our best lives and a profound reassurance of why and how we can.”—Sir Ken Robinson, author of��The Element, Finding Your Element,��and��Out of Our Learning to Be CreativeNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SPIRITUALITY & HEALTHThe practice of hatha yoga, as we commonly know it, is but one of eight branches of the body of knowledge that is yoga. In fact, yoga is a sophisticated system of self-empowerment that is capable of harnessing and activating inner energies in such a way that your body and mind function at their optimal capacity. It is a means to create inner situations exactly the way you want them, turning you into the architect of your own joy. A yogi lives life in this expansive state, and in this transformative book Sadhguru tells the story of his own awakening, from a boy with an unusual affinity for the natural world to a young daredevil who crossed the Indian continent on his motorcycle. He relates the moment of his enlightenment on a mountaintop in southern India, where time stood still and he emerged radically changed. Today, as the founder of Isha, an organization devoted to humanitarian causes, he lights the path for millions. The term guru, he notes, means “dispeller of darkness, someone who opens the door for you. . . . As a guru, I have no doctrine to teach, no philosophy to impart, no belief to propagate. And that is because the only solution for all the ills that plague humanity is self-transformation. Self-transformation means that nothing of the old remains. It is a dimensional shift in the way you perceive and experience life.�� The wisdom distilled in this accessible, profound, and engaging book offers readers time-tested tools that are fresh, alive, and radiantly new. Inner Engineering presents a revolutionary way of thinking about our agency and our humanity and the opportunity to achieve nothing less than a life of joy.]]> 278 Sadhguru 0812997808 Tuan 0 to-read 4.16 2016
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]]> 30753738
The horrors of the Holocaust didn’t break Edith. In fact, they helped her learn to live again with a life-affirming strength and a truly remarkable resilience. The Choice is her unforgettable story.]]> 289 Edith Eger 1501130781 Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.59 2017
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]]> 20696006 In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering.

Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified.]]> 282 Atul Gawande 0805095152 Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.47 2014
author: Atul Gawande
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.47
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At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a naïve medical student "possessed," as he wrote, "by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life" into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.

What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir.

Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. "I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything," he wrote. "Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: 'I can't go on. I'll go on.'" When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.]]> 208 Paul Kalanithi 0812988418 Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.41 2016
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]]> 45957951 34 CityPrint 1098546822 Tuan 0 to-read 5.00
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]]> 53054943 The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- backed by the United States.

In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful.

In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, it's been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington's final triumph in the Cold War.]]> 320 Vincent Bevins 1541742400 Tuan 0 to-read 4.62 2020
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]]> 53528607 "How do I live a happy, meaningful, and flourishing life?
How can I be both a noble and effective person?"

Answering these bedrock questions was the single-minded passion of Epictetus, the venerable philosopher who was born a slave about A.D. 55 in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. One of the wittiest and wisest teachers who ever lived, Epictetus observed that everyday life, no matter what out personal circumstances are, is fraught with difficulty. Sill, the life of virtue is within the reach of everyone. Epictetus dedicated his life to outlining the simple way to happiness, fulfillment and tranquility, no matter what one's circumstances happen to be.

the ninety-three razor-sharp instructions that make up The Art of Living encapsulate the essence of time-tested philosophy whose reward is unwavering, clear-sighted contentment. By putting into practice Epictetus's practical guidance, readers will immediately feel a lighter heart and the dawning of incredible inner strength.

Epictetus's teachings rank with those contained in the greatest wisdom texts of human civilization. The Art of Living is the Western answer to Buddhism's Dhammapada or Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. This esteemed philosopher's invaluable insights are here presented by Sharon Lebell for the first time in a splendidly down-to-earth and lively rendition.

The Art of Living is a fount of action-wisdom for gracefully meeting the challenges of daily life, as well as life's inevitable major losses, disappointments, and griefs. This is incisive moral teachings stripped of piousness and metaphysical mumbo jumbo. What remains is the West's first and best primer for living the best possible life. Across centuries and cultures, world leaders and ordinary folk alive have relied of Epictetus's teachings as their guide to personal peace and more direction amid life's supreme trials. The Art of Living is more than mere lessons in coping with the ups and downs of life, but a coherent, elegant system that, if sincerely practiced, instills enduring serenity and moves us gently but steadily toward our highest selves. As both touchstone and guide, The Art of Living is as helpful on the eve of the twenty-first century as it was in the first.

Epictetus (A.D. 55-A.D. 135) taught in Rome until the year 94, when Emperor Domitian banished philosophers from the city. In exile he established his school of philosophy where his distinguished students included Marcus Aurelius, author of the Meditations.]]> 28 Epictetus 238037225X Tuan 0 to-read 3.86 125
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]]> 58813404
Có người nh�� tiếng rao trên đường ph��, nh�� tiếng ồn ào trong khu xóm lao động, nh�� cảnh nhộn nhịp Sài Gòn dịp Tết những ngày còn thơ, những cuộc tình lang thang dưới vòm me xanh lá trên con đường Duy Tân đầy bóng mát�� Có người nh�� những món ăn vặt, t�� bánh tráng khoai mì tròn như bàn tay con nít đến cuốn bò bía bằng ngón tay cái người lớn��

Tựa cuốn sách là một câu hỏi hay là một truy vấn ký ức của người Sài Gòn tha hương?]]> Ngô K�� Tựu Tuan 0 to-read 3.00
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]]> 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X Tuan 0 to-read 4.34 2003
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]]> 128029
With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.]]> 372 Khaled Hosseini 1594489505 Tuan 0 to-read 4.44 2007
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]]> 56798049 ��
Ted Osius, former ambassador during the Obama administration, offers a vivid account, starting in the 1990s, of the various forms of diplomacy that made this reconciliation possible. He considers the leaders who put aside past traumas to work on creating a brighter future, including senators John McCain and John Kerry, two Vietnam veterans and ideological opponents who set aside their differences for a greater cause, and Pete Peterson—the former POW who became the first U.S. ambassador to a new Vietnam. Osius also draws upon his own experiences working first-hand with various Vietnamese leaders and traveling the country on bicycle to spotlight the ordinary Vietnamese people who have helped bring about their nation’s extraordinary renaissance.��
��
With a foreword by former Secretary of State John Kerry,�� Nothing Is Impossible ��tells an inspiring story of how international diplomacy can create a better world.]]> 356 Ted Osius 1978825161 Tuan 5 read-2021
Throughout the book, Osius emphasizes on a point that I think is very important: diplomacy is about building a trusting, long-term relationship. And in order to build this trust, we first need to face the past in a truthful manner, and work together to fix any remaining issues from the past. Also, showing the respect for the culture and the language go a long way.

Overall, this is a great book to understand more about Vietnam & their leaders of the past and today, as well as the progress and challenges in the reconciliation process with the US.]]> 4.57
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The book is not a policy book, but rather a book of many mini stories about the US-Vietnam relations. I love this book and I think it is worth reading for these three reasons. First, Osius makes an attempt to explain the conflicts leading to the Vietnam War. This is a complex task and it can be controversial to many people if not done properly, but I think he does an excellent job at it. He leverages his strong understanding of Vietnamese history and people, as well as an objective viewpoint of a historian, to explain the cause of the war in a moderate way. Second, Osius is not afraid to tackle the toughest subject of the relations - human rights - in a direct manner. He provides facts and examples to explain the situation, the progress that has been made, and the challenges that remain. Third, the book shows that Vietnamese leaders also work hard towards building this relationship, including making concessions in other areas that are important to them. One man that stands out is Nguyen Tan Dung, an ex PM of Vietnam from 2006-2016, who cares deeply about having a closer relation with the US and takes pride in the relationships with US leaders under his era.

Throughout the book, Osius emphasizes on a point that I think is very important: diplomacy is about building a trusting, long-term relationship. And in order to build this trust, we first need to face the past in a truthful manner, and work together to fix any remaining issues from the past. Also, showing the respect for the culture and the language go a long way.

Overall, this is a great book to understand more about Vietnam & their leaders of the past and today, as well as the progress and challenges in the reconciliation process with the US.
]]> 40961427 Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life—the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language—and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.]]> 298 George Orwell Tuan 0 to-read 4.24 1949
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]]> 28107749
Công cuộc hình thành một lược đ�� thích hợp cho tương lai dân tộc vừa nhen nhúm thì biến c�� ngày 1 tháng 11 năm 1963 đã làm sụp đ��, hậu qu�� là những tàn phá sâu rộng v�� c�� mặt nhận thức lẫn nhân tâm, khiến đất nước tiếp tục chìm đắm trong chiến tranh, nghèo đói và b�� các th�� lực ngoại lai khống ch��.

Một phần những đ�� tài này đã đƣợc thảo luận trong hàng ngũ cán b�� lãnh đạo mới thời Đ�� Nhất Cộng Hòa, nhưng chưa được đào sâu và áp dụng, nhất là công cuộc xây dựng tầng lớp lãnh đạo có đ�� kh�� năng gánh vác trọng trách trong giai đoạn mới cần nhiều thời gian chuẩn b��, nên lƣợc đ�� xây dựng cho tương lai dân tộc b�� gián đoạn t�� đó.

Trung thành với khát vọng chung, và cùng ôm ấp lý tƣởng xây dựng một tương lai lâu dài cho đất nước, một s�� chiến hữu trung kiên đã cho in tập tài liệu này năm 1964, những tình hình chính tr�� bất ổn, và chính quyền quân s�� lúc ấy đang chịu những áp lực t�� nhiều phía, vì vậy tập tài liệu quí hiếm này b�� coi là di sản của “ch�� đ�� cũ�� nên b�� chôn vùi đến quên lãng."
Trích Lời trần tình trong sách]]> 229 Ngô Đình Nhu Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.55 1964
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]]> 12079650 Mấy lời ngõ cùng độc gi��

Tôi viết quyển Kiến Văn Lục này là muốn đem những chuyện của tôi đã làm và biết trong 6 năm (1943-1949) vừa qua, mà thuật lại cho đúng s�� thực. Song vì trong những chuyện ấy có lắm việc truân chuyên và lắm nỗi đoạn trường, cho nên tôi đ�� nhan là Một Cơn Gió Bụi đ�� cho hợp cảnh.

T�� năm Quý Mùi (1883) tôi sinh ra đời cho đến ngày nay, đã trải biết bao những nỗi đau buồn kh�� s��, làm cho tôi đã chán nản hết c�� mọi điều, ch�� mong được yên tĩnh mà ngắm cảnh đời cho qua ngày qua tháng, ch�� không muốn dính dáng đến cuộc hành động gì c��. Th�� mà t�� đầu nó bắt buộc tôi làm những việc tôi không muốn làm.

Hình như ngoài cuộc nhân sinh vật chất của người ta, có cái th�� lực u uẩn, huyền bí, an bài hết c�� mọi việc theo đúng cái nghiệp của từng người, giống một tấn tuồng sắp đem ra diễn, đã có người xếp đặt đâu đấy c�� rồi, ai đóng vai trò nào là phải đóng cho hết trò, ch�� không t�� chối được.

Nhà triết học có th�� nói đó là cái nhân qu�� t�� nhiên của các s�� vật, ch�� không có gì l��. Nói đúng lắm, song tìm cho ra cái nhân và biết được cái qu��, không phải là việc d��.

Tôi tin �� trong vũ tr�� có cái linh quang bao hàm hết thảy vạn vật. Mà vạn vật s�� dĩ có là vì có cái linh quang ấy. Cái linh quang ấy, ta gọi là Phật, là Trời, là Đạo, là Chúa; ch�� có cái tên khác nhau mà thôi, nhưng cái thực là một. �� trong người ta, thì cái linh quang ấy gọi là tâm, là ch�� s�� hành động của ta. Ai ai cũng có cái tâm ấy song vì tình dục và s�� thiên tư mà thành ra sai biệt khác nhau.

Nếu cái tâm ta mà chân thành ngay chính, thì t�� khắc là Phật, Trời �� đó. Vậy nên bất c�� việc gì tôi cũng lấy cái tâm làm ch��. Nay tôi đưa những chuyện của tôi đã làm và đã biết theo đúng cái tâm của tôi mà nói ra, không kiêng dè, che đậy, không thêu dệt, thêm bớt, cốt đ�� người ta biết s�� thực.

Dù những s�� thực ấy có động chạm đến ai, thì cũng xin th�� tất cái tấm lòng thành thực của tôi mà đừng chấp trách. Ấy là tôi tin �� cái tâm công minh của mọi người vậy.

- L�� Thần - Trần Trọng Kim -]]> 222 Trần Trọng Kim Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.04 1949
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]]> 29635249
Paul Doumer (1857-1932) là một nhân vật đ�� lại dấu ấn khá rõ nét trong lịch s�� cận đại Việt Nam dưới thời thực dân Pháp đô h��. Tuy ch�� làm Toàn quyền Đông Dương 5 năm nhưng ông đã thực hiện nhiều cải cách với ch�� trương biến ch�� đ�� Bảo h�� Pháp �� Đông Dương thành ch�� đ�� “thực trị��, xây dựng chính quyền trung ương tập quyền cao đ�� nhằm xóa b�� ch�� quyền và nền độc lập của các quốc gia Đông Dương. Ông cũng là viên quan thực dân cai tr�� đã thực thi chính sách sưu thu�� hà khắc đ�� xây dựng h�� tầng cơ s�� cho x�� Đông Dương �� đặc biệt cây cầu Long Biên nổi tiếng �� Hà Nội gắn liền với tên tuổi của ông �� nhằm phục v�� cho việc khai thác tài nguyên thiên nhiên thuộc địa, và biến các nước thuộc địa thành một th�� trường, tiền đồn cho Pháp �� vùng Viễn Đông.

Sau khi tr�� v�� Pháp, trong cuộc bầu c�� Tổng thống năm 1931, ông được đa s�� phiếu bầu và tr�� thành Tổng thống Pháp. Th�� nhưng, chưa kịp làm gì trên cương v�� người đứng đầu nhà nước thì ngày 16 tháng Năm năm 1932, trong khi tham gia hội ch�� sách của các nhà văn cựu chiến binh, ông b�� một phần t�� quá khích người Nga ám sát bằng năm phát đạn, tr�� thành v�� Tổng thống xấu s�� trong lịch s�� cận đại nước Pháp.

Cuốn sách thuộc th�� loại hồi ký đúng như tên gọi và tác gi�� cũng khẳng định trong Lời m�� đầu: “Người ta yêu cầu tôi sắp xếp lại các ký ức của mình, đặc biệt dành cho giới tr��, cho những con người s�� là công dân, những người lính của ngày mai��. Nhưng đọc hết cuốn sách, bạn s�� thấy nội dung của nó rất hấp dẫn, vượt xa khỏi th�� loại hồi ký vì trước tiên, cuốn sách đã tạo cho tác gi�� một cơ hội lý tưởng đ�� đưa ra những nhận xét, đánh giá, thậm chí c�� lời khuyên mang đậm nhãn quan chiến lược v�� nhiều lĩnh vực của một chính tr�� gia, một nhà quản lý đầy kinh nghiệm và có nhận thức sâu sắc v�� thời cuộc.

Cuốn hồi ký này có nội dung khá phong phú, sinh động v�� đất nước, con người, văn hóa, phong tục tập quán của ba nước Đông Dương là Việt Nam, Lào, Campuchia thời đầu th�� k�� XX, được viết bằng ngôn ng�� văn học hấp dẫn. Hãy đọc Cuốn sách X�� Đông Dương theo mối quan tâm, hay tư cách riêng của từng người và với một cách nhìn lịch s��. Bạn s�� b�� lôi cuốn bởi cách viết của tác gi��. Đặc biệt, bạn s�� được khám phá và tìm thấy nhiều điều mới m�� mà bạn chưa từng đọc được trước đó v�� giai đoạn lịch s�� này của đất nước Việt Nam.]]> 635 Paul Doumer Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.23 1905
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]]> 40792913
But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn't be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.]]> 544 Richard K. Morgan Tuan 0 to-read 4.02 2002
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> 61666 semblent à présent impatients d'établir le contact : ils nous surveillent depuis longtemps, et le moment est peut-être venu pour eux de nous juger...]]> 580 Carl Sagan 2266079999 Tuan 0 to-read 4.14 1985
author: Carl Sagan
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> 6088007 Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.

The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus-hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace...

Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier-Ashpool business clan. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on an adventure that ups the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.]]> 288 William Gibson Tuan 0 to-read 3.94 1984
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]]> 40651883 Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous�� you'll recognize it immediately.]]> 559 Neal Stephenson Tuan 0 to-read 4.02 1992
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]]> 34684622 600 Walter Isaacson 1501139150 Tuan 0 to-read 4.19 2017
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]]> 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 Tuan 0 to-read 3.93 1925
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]]> 29579 The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.]]> 244 Isaac Asimov 0553803719 Tuan 0 to-read 4.18 1951
author: Isaac Asimov
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.18
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]]> 9969571 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

IN THE YEAR 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them.

But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.]]> 480 Ernest Cline 030788743X Tuan 0 to-read 4.21 2011
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]]> 662 This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators?

Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies, but against those who needed him most, and his hardest battle against the woman he loved? What is the world’s motor �� and the motive power of every man? You will know the answer to these questions when you discover the reason behind the baffling events that play havoc with the lives of the characters in this story.

Tremendous in its scope, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life �� from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy �� to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction �� to the philosopher who becomes a pirate �� to the composer who gives up his career on the night of his triumph �� to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad �� to the lowest track worker in her Terminal tunnels.

You must be prepared, when you read this novel, to check every premise at the root of your convictions.

This is a mystery story, not about the murder �� and rebirth �� of man’s spirit. It is a philosophical revolution, told in the form of an action thriller of violent events, a ruthlessly brilliant plot structure and an irresistible suspense. Do you say this is impossible? Well, that is the first of your premises to check.]]> 1168 Ayn Rand 0452011876 Tuan 0 to-read 3.67 1957
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]]> 53707249 The definitive graphic novel adaptation of��Dune, the groundbreaking science-fiction classic by Frank Herbert.

Dune, Frank Herbert’s epic science-fiction masterpiece set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar society, tells the story of Paul Atreides as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism, and politics,��Dune��is a powerful, fanstastical tale that takes an unprecedented look into our universe, and is transformed by the graphic novel format. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s adaptation retains the integrity of the original novel, and Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín’s magnificent illustrations, along with cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz, bring the book to life for a new generation of readers.]]> 180 Brian Herbert Tuan 0 to-read 4.09 2020
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]]> 23168817 512 Liu Cixin Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.39 2008
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]]> 55005094 281 Nhiều tác gi�� Tuan 5 read-2021
It is hard to imagine how Vietnam would have turned out without the work of PM VVK from 1975 until 1997 (his last year in power). This is when Vietnam went through Doi Moi, and PM VVK can be seen as the architect and executor of Doi Moi policies. His work in politics, power, Vietnam National University, Institutes of Development Studies, journalism, the arts, flood prevention in the Southern provinces, development of Central Vietnam, reconciliation, and many other social issues really turned Vietnam around. The modern, developing Vietnam that we see today was built on the foundations that he laid.

PM VVK is no doubt one of the most influential people in the history of Vietnam after 1975. This book is one of the rare, truthful books about the work and life of him. An excellent collection.]]> 4.00
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The best thing about this book is that the articles in the book are true emotions of people who used to work with PM Vo Van Kiet, respect him, and love him. These people include politicians, educators, bankers, artists, poets, students, his driver, and many other ones. The editors of the book did not enforce "filters" on these articles, so that we can hear the true stories about PM VVK.

It is hard to imagine how Vietnam would have turned out without the work of PM VVK from 1975 until 1997 (his last year in power). This is when Vietnam went through Doi Moi, and PM VVK can be seen as the architect and executor of Doi Moi policies. His work in politics, power, Vietnam National University, Institutes of Development Studies, journalism, the arts, flood prevention in the Southern provinces, development of Central Vietnam, reconciliation, and many other social issues really turned Vietnam around. The modern, developing Vietnam that we see today was built on the foundations that he laid.

PM VVK is no doubt one of the most influential people in the history of Vietnam after 1975. This book is one of the rare, truthful books about the work and life of him. An excellent collection.
]]> 1169674 325 Fred Kofman 1591795176 Tuan 0 to-read 3.94 2005
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]]> 20518872 472 Liu Cixin Tuan 5 read-2021
In addition, the book creates a very perfect image of Ye Wenjie. Her character represents the history of the cultural revolution in China and its impacts for many generations of people. But her character is probably meant to be generalized to how humans develop ideologies and religions, and how those impact societies and people living within the same time period (for better or for worse).

Besides, this book also gives me perspectives about what it means to live by comparing life on Earth with life on the Trisolaris. Yes we basically live to survive this life, but there are meanings within our life, which the people living on the Trisolaris do not have (they simply try to survive).

The author goes deep into technical aspects of the concepts he presents in the book. For most of the technical parts, you can understand the general ideas and skim through those paragraphs. The last few chapters got so technical with the Sophon's development, and that is a bit hard to digest. But overall, a very great and thought provoking book.]]> 4.08 2006
author: Liu Cixin
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.08
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rating: 5
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This book gives me some fresh perspectives regarding civilization and religion. The book zooms out and shows us that we just happen to be a random civilization that happens to survive with the conditions on planet Earth, amidst a large universe. The things we worry about everyday are really small and do not matter in the large scheme of things. "God" also does not really exist.

In addition, the book creates a very perfect image of Ye Wenjie. Her character represents the history of the cultural revolution in China and its impacts for many generations of people. But her character is probably meant to be generalized to how humans develop ideologies and religions, and how those impact societies and people living within the same time period (for better or for worse).

Besides, this book also gives me perspectives about what it means to live by comparing life on Earth with life on the Trisolaris. Yes we basically live to survive this life, but there are meanings within our life, which the people living on the Trisolaris do not have (they simply try to survive).

The author goes deep into technical aspects of the concepts he presents in the book. For most of the technical parts, you can understand the general ideas and skim through those paragraphs. The last few chapters got so technical with the Sophon's development, and that is a bit hard to digest. But overall, a very great and thought provoking book.
]]> 6072010
When Thomas A. Bass set out to write the story of An’s remarkable career for The New Yorker, fresh revelations arrived daily during their freewheeling conversations, which began in 1992. But a good spy is always at work, and it was not until An’s death in 2006 that Bass was able to lift the veil from his carefully guarded story to offer up this fascinating portrait of a hidden life.

A masterful history that reads like a John le Carré thriller, The Spy Who Loved Us offers a vivid portrait of journalists and spies at war.
��]]> 320 Thomas A. Bass 1586484095 Tuan 5 read-2021 4.10 2009
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This book includes a lot of unfiltered stories and truth about Pham Xuan An, one of the most interesting characters during the Vietnam War. The author did not force his thoughts on the audience with his own analysis. Rather, he lets the audience think for themselves through the many details he cleverly includes with the stories he is telling. Even though the book is about Pham Xuan An, it can make the audience think about much broader topics such as colonization & imperialism, patriotism, journalism, friendship, loyalty & betrayal. The author is also very concise and he does not include more details than needed. I think this is one of the best books about Pham Xuan An and it can act as a biography.
]]> 10883
He was, during his 84-year life, America's best scientist, inventor, diplomat, writer, and business strategist, and he was also one of its most practical—though not most profound—political thinkers. He proved by flying a kite that lightning was electricity, and he invented a rod to tame it. He sought practical ways to make stoves less smoky and commonwealths less corrupt. He organized neighborhood constabularies and international alliances, local lending libraries and national legislatures. He combined two types of lenses to create bifocals and two concepts of representation to foster the nation's federal compromise. He was the only man who shaped all the founding documents of America: the Albany Plan of Union, the Declaration of Independence, the treaty of alliance with France, the peace treaty with England, and the Constitution. And he helped invent America's unique style of homespun humor, democratic values, and philosophical pragmatism.

But the most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was, in his life and in his writings, consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity.

Through it all, he trusted the hearts and minds of his fellow "leather-aprons" more than he did those of any inbred elite. He saw middle-class values as a source of social strength, not as something to be derided. His guiding principle was a "dislike of everything that tended to debase the spirit of the common people." Few of his fellow founders felt this comfort with democracy so fully, and none so intuitively.

In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father. He chronicles Franklin's tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris. He also shows how Franklin helped to create the American character and why he has a particular resonance in the twenty-first century.]]> 586 Walter Isaacson 074325807X Tuan 0 to-read 4.04 2003
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]]> 6659874 304 Marc Benioff 0470521163 Tuan 0 to-read 3.76 2009
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]]> 54898389 244 Eric Jorgenson Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.40 2020
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]]> 4865
Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie's first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.

As relevant as ever before, Dale Carnegie's principles endure, and will help you achieve your maximum potential in the complex and competitive modern age.

Learn the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.]]> 288 Dale Carnegie Tuan 0 to-read, to-read-next 4.22 1936
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]]> 54109255
What’s inside?
- An insider’s take on what interviewers really look for and why.
- A 4-step framework for solving any system design interview question.
- 15 real system design interview questions with detailed solutions.
- 188 diagrams to visually explain how different systems work.

Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Scale From Zero To Millions Of Users
Chapter 2: Back-of-the-envelope Estimation
Chapter 3: A Framework For System Design Interviews
Chapter 4: Design A Rate Limiter
Chapter 5: Design Consistent Hashing
Chapter 6: Design A Key-value Store
Chapter 7: Design A Unique Id Generator In Distributed Systems
Chapter 8: Design A Url Shortener
Chapter 9: Design A Web Crawler
Chapter 10: Design A Notification System
Chapter 11: Design A News Feed System
Chapter 12: Design A Chat System
Chapter 13: Design A Search Autocomplete System
Chapter 14: Design Youtube
Chapter 15: Design Google Drive
Chapter 16: The Learning Continues]]> 324 Alex Xu Tuan 5 read-2021 4.29 2020
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name: Tuan
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> 23463279

In this practical and comprehensive guide, author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate this diverse landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the same. With this book, software engineers and architects will learn how to apply those ideas in practice, and how to make full use of data in modern applications.


Peer under the hood of the systems you already use, and learn how to use and operate them more effectively
Make informed decisions by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of different tools
Navigate the trade-offs around consistency, scalability, fault tolerance, and complexity
Understand the distributed systems research upon which modern databases are built
Peek behind the scenes of major online services, and learn from their architectures]]> 562 Martin Kleppmann Tuan 0 to-read 4.72 2015
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]]> 54895722 New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned spiritual master Sadhguru.

What is karma? Most people understand karma as a balance sheet of good and bad deeds, virtues and sins. The mechanism that decrees that we cannot evade the consequences of our own actions. In reality, karma has nothing to do with reward and punishment. Karma simply means action: your action, your responsibility. It isn't some external system of crime and punishment, but an internal cycle generated by you. Accumulation of karma is determined only by your intention and the way you respond to what is happening to you. Over time, it's possible to become ensnared by your own unconscious patterns of behavior.

In Karma, Sadhguru seeks to put you back in the driver's seat, turning you from a terror-struck passenger to a confident driver navigating the course of your own destiny. By living consciously and fully inhabiting each moment, you can free yourself from the cycle. Karma is an exploration and a manual, restoring our understanding of karma to its original potential for freedom and empowerment instead of a source of entanglement. Through Sadhguru's teachings, you will learn how to live intelligently and joyfully in a challenging world.]]> 272 Sadhguru 0593232011 Tuan 0 to-read 4.22 2021
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]]> 50705179 Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?

From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking.

Packed with 'well-I-never-knew-that' information and with fascinating and unusual examples throughout, we see how it is too soon to judge shale gas, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). There's a wonderful mix of science, history and wit, all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics.

Should you trust unemployment figures? Is China's rise unstoppable? And what's worse for the environment: your car or mobile phone?

Unclouded by pessimism or optimism and unafraid of big questions, Smil explains why calls for the Anthropocene era may be premature but why the Paris Agreement does not go far enough. These issues are not straightforward and progress takes longer than you think, but with Smil as our authoritative and entertaining guide we get a healthy shot of realism.

Urgent and essential, Numbers Don't Lie is a powerful rallying cry for interrogating what you take to be true in these significant times. Smil is on a mission to make facts matter, because after all, numbers may not lie, but which truth do they convey?]]> 384 Vaclav Smil 0241454417 Tuan 0 to-read 3.79 2020
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]]> 17878534 Bây gi�� thì tên tuổi nhà báo, người anh hùng tình báo, thiếu tướng Phạm Xuân Ẩn đã nổi tiếng th�� giới bởi nghiệp v�� tinh thông, chiến công xuất sắc,tính cách trầm lặng, hài hước, nhân bản. Ông còn được biết đến sâu hơn, k�� hơn bằng các tác phẩm của các nhà báo, nhà văn, nhà s�� học trong và ngoài nước. T�� cuốn Phạm Xuân Ẩn - Tên người như cuộc đời của nhà văn Nguyễn Th�� Ngọc Hải đến tác phẩm Điệp viên hoàn hảo của giáo sư s�� học Larry Berman, có th�� nói, ông Ẩn được soi rọi t�� nhiều phía, nhiều góc đ��. Người đời hiểu ông rõ hơn, dù ông đã t�� giã th�� giới t�� năm 2006.
Phạm Xuân Ẩn - Cuộc đời hai mặt không th�� tin được. Qu�� đúng như lời Larry Berman đã nhận định...
Nhà văn bộc l��: "Tôi không th�� đ�� điều kiện viết v�� ông theo cách chuẩn xác của những điệp v��. Càng không muốn liệt kê theo các bản khai lý lịch đơn thuần, Tôi muốn tìm ra cái chất "người Việt thầm lặng" mà Morley đã hình dung, hoặc là chất honor trong cuộc đời ông mà Peter Ross Range đ�� ngh��. Nhưng sau hết, tôi muốn mọi người Việt Nam đón lấy những gì dịu dàng nhất, can đảm nhất, yêu thương con người nhất, t�� cuộc đời của một con người cao gầy, mỏng manh như cây sậy. Sức mạnh của con người được lấy t�� m�� năng lượng quý báu và thần diệu nào đã ban cho? Cuốn sách là một phần chân dung đ�� chúng ta t�� hiểu hình ảnh người Việt cao quý giống như chúng ta đang v�� ra bản đ�� của một tâm hồn"]]> 320 Nguyễn Th�� Ngọc Hải Tuan 0 to-read 3.65 2011
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average rating: 3.65
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]]> 93959
Supported by a vast array of previously untapped primary documents, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan is perhaps most illuminating in lifting the veil on the mythology surrounding the emperor's impact on the world stage. Focusing closely on Hirohito's interactions with his advisers and successive Japanese governments, Bix sheds new light on the causes of the China War in 1937 and the start of the Asia-Pacific War in 1941. And while conventional wisdom has had it that the nation's increasing foreign aggression was driven and maintained not by the emperor but by an elite group of Japanese militarists, the reality, as witnessed here, is quite different. Bix documents in detail the strong, decisive role Hirohito played in wartime operations, from the takeover of Manchuria in 1931 through the attack on Pearl Harbor and ultimately the fateful decision in 1945 to accede to an unconditional surrender. In fact, the emperor stubbornly prolonged the war effort and then used the horrifying bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, together with the Soviet entrance into the war, as his exit strategy from a no-win situation. From the moment of capitulation, we see how American and Japanese leaders moved to justify the retention of Hirohito as emperor by whitewashing his wartime role and reshaping the historical consciousness of the Japanese people. The key to this strategy was Hirohito's alliance with General MacArthur, who helped him maintain his stature and shed his militaristic image, while MacArthur used the emperor as a figurehead to assist him in converting Japan into a peaceful nation. Their partnership ensured that the emperor's image would loom large over the postwar years and later decades, as Japan began to make its way in the modern age and struggled -- as it still does -- to come to terms with its past.

Until the very end of a career that embodied the conflicting aims of Japan's development as a nation, Hirohito remained preoccupied with politics and with his place in history. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan provides the definitive account of his rich life and legacy. Meticulously researched and utterly engaging, this book is proof that the history of twentieth-century Japan cannot be understood apart from the life of its most remarkable and enduring leader.]]> 832 Herbert P. Bix 0060931302 Tuan 0 to-read 3.85 2000
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name: Tuan
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]]> 33199200 882 Nguyen Tien Hung 1495148629 Tuan 5 read-2020
- The rise and fall of President Diem were rather complicated. His time is the time of both US and French involvement in South Vietnam, and in the midst of different governments claiming control of Vietnam. His government was not a puppet government, and he was a patriot. However, there were conflicts between America and his advisor Ngo Dinh Nhu - the brain behind the Diem government. Brilliant spies such as Pham Xuan An and Pham Ngoc Thao took advantage of this conflict to overthrow the Diem government. We do see some familiarities between President Diem and South Korea's Park Chung Hee, but Park did a better job to balance between making America happy and running an independent South Korea. The Park government was also a lot more disciplined, united, and much less corrupt (if any at all). The governments following the Diem government were all puppet governments, and thus they could only last as long as America supported them. Also to put this in comparison, North Vietnam's government was not a puppet government of China or Russia. China attempted to replace most of North Vietnam's leaders after Mao took over China, but only a small portion was impacted.

- How politics of big countries, especially the US, impacts the fate of small countries such as Vietnam. The author has a deep understanding of US politics, both domestically and internationally (dealing with China and Russia). I think the author is a lot sharper and less biased when analyzing world politics in comparison to South Vietnam politics (perhaps because he's too emotionally attached to South Vietnam).

Overall, this is a great book with a lot of research done by the author. Those who wish to understand South Vietnam under the Diem government, as well as the current situation with Asia-Pacific relations, should consider picking up this book.]]> 4.87
author: Nguyen Tien Hung
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.87
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I would argue that this book is the best book out of the trio ("Khi Dong Minh Thao Chay", "Tam Tu Tong Thong Thieu", and this book). Two very well researched topics in this book are:

- The rise and fall of President Diem were rather complicated. His time is the time of both US and French involvement in South Vietnam, and in the midst of different governments claiming control of Vietnam. His government was not a puppet government, and he was a patriot. However, there were conflicts between America and his advisor Ngo Dinh Nhu - the brain behind the Diem government. Brilliant spies such as Pham Xuan An and Pham Ngoc Thao took advantage of this conflict to overthrow the Diem government. We do see some familiarities between President Diem and South Korea's Park Chung Hee, but Park did a better job to balance between making America happy and running an independent South Korea. The Park government was also a lot more disciplined, united, and much less corrupt (if any at all). The governments following the Diem government were all puppet governments, and thus they could only last as long as America supported them. Also to put this in comparison, North Vietnam's government was not a puppet government of China or Russia. China attempted to replace most of North Vietnam's leaders after Mao took over China, but only a small portion was impacted.

- How politics of big countries, especially the US, impacts the fate of small countries such as Vietnam. The author has a deep understanding of US politics, both domestically and internationally (dealing with China and Russia). I think the author is a lot sharper and less biased when analyzing world politics in comparison to South Vietnam politics (perhaps because he's too emotionally attached to South Vietnam).

Overall, this is a great book with a lot of research done by the author. Those who wish to understand South Vietnam under the Diem government, as well as the current situation with Asia-Pacific relations, should consider picking up this book.
]]> 58153543 799 Cao Bảo Vân Tuan 5 read-2020
Đặc biệt, sách giúp ta hiểu v�� một trong những lý do quan trọng dẫn tới sức mạnh của QĐND VN trong c�� hai cuộc chiến. Đó chính là s�� tham gia của những người trí thức kiệt suất như tướng Khánh, BS Tôn Thất Tùng, BS Đặng Văn Ng��, GS T�� Quang Bửu, hay tướng Lê Trọng Tấn - những con người chiến đấu ch�� vì một Việt Nam độc lập ch�� không phải vì một lý do chính tr�� nào c��. Và ngay c�� khi h�� hoặc gia đình h�� b�� chịu tủi nhục vì lí do lý lịch “tư sản��, h�� vẫn tiếp tục lăn x�� chiến đấu �� tuyến đầu.

Tướng Khánh cuối cuộc đời nằm lại �� nghĩa trang Yên K��, bên cạnh đồng đội và hai người con trai của ông, thay vì nghĩa trang Mai Dịch dành cho cán b�� cao cấp. Cuối đời, ông tr�� lại là người cha, người đồng đội, không đ�� lại hồi ký, không màng danh lợi, và ra đi như một cơn gió thoảng qua trong dòng chảy lịch s��. Nh�� cuốn sách này, có l�� nhiều người trong chúng ta mới biết v�� một v�� tướng rất quan trọng trong lịch s�� Việt Nam, v�� một con người đã từng sống và đại diện cho những giá tr�� tốt đẹp: s�� trung thực, lương thiện, giàu tình cảm, không ham danh lợi, và sẵn sàng chiến đấu cho lý tưởng của mình.]]> 5.00
author: Cao Bảo Vân
name: Tuan
average rating: 5.00
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date added: 2021/06/06
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Cuốn sách này không ch�� là 1 công trình nghiên cứu lịch s�� rất công phu của TS Vân, mà còn chứa rất nhiều thông điệp đáng cho chúng ta phải suy nghĩ. Đó là những thông điệp v�� những s�� lựa chọn của công dân tại những thời điểm quan trọng của lịch s��, v�� gia đình và đất nước, v�� s�� trung thực và luôn đứng thẳng, và v�� s�� không màng danh lợi vật chất. Đó là những đặc tính của tướng Cao Văn Khánh, một con người được tác gi�� khắc ho�� trong cuốn sách không ch�� là 1 v�� tướng, mà còn là một người chồng, người cha, người bạn, và người đồng đội. TS Vân viết một cách rất khoa học nhưng lại không khô khan, nói thẳng nói thật nhưng có s�� khéo léo, và tình cảm nhưng không u�� m��. Tác gi�� khéo léo lồng vào nhau những vai trò khác nhau của tướng Khánh, những mối quan h�� gia đình và đồng đội, tình cảm của mình dành cho cha, và bối cảnh lịch s�� tại thời điểm đó.

Đặc biệt, sách giúp ta hiểu v�� một trong những lý do quan trọng dẫn tới sức mạnh của QĐND VN trong c�� hai cuộc chiến. Đó chính là s�� tham gia của những người trí thức kiệt suất như tướng Khánh, BS Tôn Thất Tùng, BS Đặng Văn Ng��, GS T�� Quang Bửu, hay tướng Lê Trọng Tấn - những con người chiến đấu ch�� vì một Việt Nam độc lập ch�� không phải vì một lý do chính tr�� nào c��. Và ngay c�� khi h�� hoặc gia đình h�� b�� chịu tủi nhục vì lí do lý lịch “tư sản��, h�� vẫn tiếp tục lăn x�� chiến đấu �� tuyến đầu.

Tướng Khánh cuối cuộc đời nằm lại �� nghĩa trang Yên K��, bên cạnh đồng đội và hai người con trai của ông, thay vì nghĩa trang Mai Dịch dành cho cán b�� cao cấp. Cuối đời, ông tr�� lại là người cha, người đồng đội, không đ�� lại hồi ký, không màng danh lợi, và ra đi như một cơn gió thoảng qua trong dòng chảy lịch s��. Nh�� cuốn sách này, có l�� nhiều người trong chúng ta mới biết v�� một v�� tướng rất quan trọng trong lịch s�� Việt Nam, v�� một con người đã từng sống và đại diện cho những giá tr�� tốt đẹp: s�� trung thực, lương thiện, giàu tình cảm, không ham danh lợi, và sẵn sàng chiến đấu cho lý tưởng của mình.
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The book mentions fundamental facts to know about worry and magic formula for solving worry-some situations.

Psychologists & Doctors' view:

-Worry can make even the most stolid person ill.

-Worry may cause nervous breakdown.

-Worry can even cause tooth decay

-Worry is one of the factors for High Blood Pressure.

-Worry makes you tense and nervous and affect the nerves of your stomach.

The book suggests basic techniques in analysing worry, step by step, in order to cope up with them.

A very interesting feature of the book is 'How to eliminate 50% of your business worries'.

The book offers 7 ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness. Also, the golden rule for conquering worry, keeping your energy & spirits high.

The book consists of some True Stories which will help the readers in conquering worry to lead you to success in life.

The book is full of similar incidences and narrations which will make our readers to understand the situation in an easy way and lead a happy life. A must read book for everyone.]]> 358 Dale Carnegie 0671035975 Tuan 0 to-read 4.16 1944
author: Dale Carnegie
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1944
rating: 0
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]]> 13221379
In What Money Can’t Buy, Michael J. Sandel takes on one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: Is there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? If so, how can we prevent market values from reaching into spheres of life where they don’t belong? What are the moral limits of markets?

In recent decades, market values have crowded out nonmarket norms in almost every aspect of life—medicine, education, government, law, art, sports, even family life and personal relations. Without quite realizing it, Sandel argues, we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society. Is this where we want to be?In his New York Times bestseller Justice, Sandel showed himself to be a master at illuminating, with clarity and verve, the hard moral questions we confront in our everyday lives. Now, in What Money Can’t Buy, he provokes an essential discussion that we, in our market-driven age, need to have: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society—and how can we protect the moral and civic goods that markets don’t honor and that money can’t buy?]]> 256 Michael J. Sandel 0374203032 Tuan 0 to-read 3.91 2012
author: Michael J. Sandel
name: Tuan
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> 20691341 728 Hung T. Nguyêñ 1629880590 Tuan 5 read-2020
The author presents research from many different sources and perspectives in this book. Even though I feel that the analysis of his research only touches the surface, he still manages to make some thought provoking points:
- America brought troops into Vietnam in order to take them out. America did not want to defeat North Vietnam, they just wanted to hold power in Asia to counter China's power in this region.
- South Vietnam would have fallen much earlier had its president not been Pres. Thieu. Pres. Thieu is probably the most capable man to do this job in the power ranks of South Vietnam (Mr. Pham Xuan An of North Vietnam also admitted this), and this book reveals why.
- Contrary to some common beliefs that Pres. Thieu is just a puppet or a coward who ran away, this book proves that Pres. Thieu did try everything he could to hold up South Vietnam. He also worked hard to build South Vietnam's army and economy after learning that the US was going to leave in the early 1970s.
- He did have his limitations: he did not trust people and thus took all the work by himself. This led to his making mistakes in matters that he wasn't an expert at.
- There were uncontrollable policies changes from the US that Pres. Thieu couldn't do anything about.

However, it's important to note that South Korea also faced similar challenges as Pres. Thieu in the 1960s and 1970s, but Pres. Park Chung Hee was able to hold up South Korea. We learn from this book that some of South Vietnam's most crucial problems are weak leadership in the government and army, including a a weak intelligence agency. With these problems, the fall of Saigon, if it had not happened in 1975, would have happened at some point after. North Vietnam does not only have capable leaders at the top, but they have many strong leaders in their political and military ranks all the way down, plus a very strong intelligence network right in Saigon.

With all that, I still think this is one of the best historical books about Vietnam War from a South Vietnamese perspective.]]> 4.33 2014
author: Hung T. Nguyêñ
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/25
date added: 2021/05/25
shelves: read-2020
review:
Since Pres. Thieu didn't write a memoir, I think this book, in many ways, serves as a memoir of Pres. Thieu. Hate him or love him, it is important to look at him from an objective point of view, and this book makes a good attempt at presenting that view.

The author presents research from many different sources and perspectives in this book. Even though I feel that the analysis of his research only touches the surface, he still manages to make some thought provoking points:
- America brought troops into Vietnam in order to take them out. America did not want to defeat North Vietnam, they just wanted to hold power in Asia to counter China's power in this region.
- South Vietnam would have fallen much earlier had its president not been Pres. Thieu. Pres. Thieu is probably the most capable man to do this job in the power ranks of South Vietnam (Mr. Pham Xuan An of North Vietnam also admitted this), and this book reveals why.
- Contrary to some common beliefs that Pres. Thieu is just a puppet or a coward who ran away, this book proves that Pres. Thieu did try everything he could to hold up South Vietnam. He also worked hard to build South Vietnam's army and economy after learning that the US was going to leave in the early 1970s.
- He did have his limitations: he did not trust people and thus took all the work by himself. This led to his making mistakes in matters that he wasn't an expert at.
- There were uncontrollable policies changes from the US that Pres. Thieu couldn't do anything about.

However, it's important to note that South Korea also faced similar challenges as Pres. Thieu in the 1960s and 1970s, but Pres. Park Chung Hee was able to hold up South Korea. We learn from this book that some of South Vietnam's most crucial problems are weak leadership in the government and army, including a a weak intelligence agency. With these problems, the fall of Saigon, if it had not happened in 1975, would have happened at some point after. North Vietnam does not only have capable leaders at the top, but they have many strong leaders in their political and military ranks all the way down, plus a very strong intelligence network right in Saigon.

With all that, I still think this is one of the best historical books about Vietnam War from a South Vietnamese perspective.
]]> 36242573
Con gái lớn của ông, bà Park Geun Hye là Tổng thống Hàn Quốc k�� t�� ngày 25/2/2013 đến nay và là n�� tổng thống đầu tiên trong lịch s�� Hàn Quốc.

Mười tám năm nhiệm k�� của Tổng thống Park Chung Hee đã mang lại một s�� chuyển hoá mạnh m�� cho Nam Hàn. T�� một Nam Hàn sa lầy trong đói nghèo, lạc hậu vào những năm 1961. Đến năm 1979, Nam Hàn đã có một nền kinh t�� công nghiệp mạnh m��.

Đây là cuốn sách đầu tiên v�� lên một bức tranh toàn cảnh chi tiết của nền kinh t�� chính tr�� đằng sau s�� chuyển hoá của Hàn Quốc trong k�� nguyên Park Chung Hee.

Bao gồm 5 phần, trong đó:

Phần 1 có tên “Sinh ra trong khủng hoảng�� (Born in Crisis) nói v�� cuộc đảo chính và chính quyền quân s�� của Park Chung Hee.

Phần 2 có tên “Chính trị�� (Politics) tập trung vào những ý tưởng của Park Chung Hee và nền tảng chính tr�� của ông.

Phần 3 của cuốn sách có tên "Kinh t�� và Xã hội" (Economy and Society) phân tích s�� phát triển v�� kinh t��, xã hội nông thôn, và các Chaeya (Trí thức chống đối - dissident intelligentsia).

Phần 4, "Quan h�� quốc t��" (International Relations) thảo luận v�� quan h�� M��-Hàn trong bối cảnh của cuộc Chiến tranh Việt Nam với “v�� tai tiếng Koreagate��, chương trình hạt nhân, và Bình thường hoá quan h�� Hàn-Nhật (Korea-Japan Normalization).

Cuối cùng, phần 5 có tên “So sánh toàn cảnh" (Comparative Perspective) tập trung vào việc so sánh Park Chung Hee và thành qu�� của ông với ba nhà lãnh đạo khác Kemal Ataturk �� Th�� Nhĩ K��, Lý Quang Diệu (Lee Kuan Yew) �� Singapore, và Đặng Tiểu Bình �� Trung Quốc. Bên cạnh đó, 4 chương kết luận trong phần cuối cùng của cuốn sách cũng tập trung phân tích Hàn Quốc trong một góc nhìn so sánh rộng với các khu vực xung quanh như Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Nhật Bản, Đài Loan trong cùng giai đoạn.

Cuốn sách đã làm sáng t�� cách Hàn Quốc tr�� thành một cường quốc kinh t�� mạnh m�� với một nền dân ch�� sôi động dưới ch�� đ�� độc tài kéo dài trong 18 năm của k�� nguyên Park Chung Hee.]]> 881 Byung-Kook Kim Tuan 5 read-2020 4.43 2011
author: Byung-Kook Kim
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/16
date added: 2021/05/16
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The research done for this book is very thorough, and the analysis is very insightful. The author stays neutral about Park Chung Hee by providing arguments from different perspectives. This book shows us a complex image of Park and his contribution to modern Korea, in terms of politics, society, and economics. The book also provides some excellent comparison between Park and Singapore's Lee, Philippines' Marcos, and China's Deng, from which we gain some understanding about what it takes to modernize and develop an Asian country in the 20th century, and why other countries didn't succeed in this same time period. One issue I find with this book is that due to its argumentative essay format of each chapter, there is a lot of repetition of facts, which adds to the length of the book. But overall, this is probably the best book about Park Chung Hee.
]]> 54505323
Written in a direct, down-to-earth style, Invent and Wander offers readers a master class in business values, strategy, and execution:
�� The importance of a Day 1 mindset
�� Why “it’s all about the long term��
�� What it really means to be customer obsessed
�� How to start new businesses and create significant organic growth in an already successful company
�� Why culture is an imperative
�� How a willingness to fail is closely connected to innovation
�� What the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us

Each insight offers new ways of thinking through today’s challenges—and more importantly, tomorrow’s—and the never-ending urgency of striving ahead, never resting on one’s laurels. Everyone from CEOs to entrepreneurs just setting up shop to the millions who use Amazon’s products and services in their homes or businesses will come to understand the principles that have driven the success of one of the most important innovators of our time.]]> 288 Jeff Bezos 1647820715 Tuan 0 to-read 3.76 2020
author: Jeff Bezos
name: Tuan
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 36448501 Bitcoin is the newest technology for money—find out how it fits in the future.
Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history of the technologies of money to seashells, limestones, cattle, salt, beads, metals, and government debt, explaining what gave these technologies their monetary role, what makes for sound money, and the benefits of a sound monetary regime to economic growth, innovation, culture, trade, individual freedom, and international peace.

The monetary and historical analysis sets the stage for understanding the mechanics of the operation of Bitcoin, the reasons for its initial success, and the role it could play in an information economy. Rather than serving as a currency and network for consumer purchases, the author argues Bitcoin is better suited as a store of value and network for settlement between large financial institutions. With an automated and perfectly predictable monetary policy, and the ability to perform final settlement of large sums across the world in a matter of minutes, Bitcoin's true importance may just lie in providing a decentralized, neutral, free-market alternative to national central banks.]]> 304 Saifedean Ammous 1119473861 Tuan 0 to-read 4.14 2018
author: Saifedean Ammous
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 25823979 Trần Quang Cơ Tuan 0 to-read 4.06 2001
author: Trần Quang Cơ
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> 41433284
Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that no one will take their money after their fight with Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they accidentally run into an eccentric character who tells them about a brand-new idea: cryptocurrency. Immersing themselves in what is then an obscure and sometimes sinister world, they begin to realize “crypto�� is, in their own words, "either the next big thing or total bulls--t." There’s nothing left to do but make a bet.

From the Silk Road to the halls of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bitcoin Billionaires will take us on a wild and surprising ride while illuminating a tantalizing economic future. On November 26, 2017, the Winklevoss brothers became the first bitcoin billionaires. Here’s the story of how they got there—as only Ben Mezrich could tell it.]]> 288 Ben Mezrich 1250217741 Tuan 0 to-read 3.92 2019
author: Ben Mezrich
name: Tuan
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 48691943 200 Matt Mochary 0578599295 Tuan 0 to-read 4.30
author: Matt Mochary
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.30
book published:
rating: 0
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]]> 55361205
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.

Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office.

Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune’s Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden.

A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective—the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change,�� and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.

This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.]]> 768 Barack Obama 1524763187 Tuan 0 to-read 4.32 2020
author: Barack Obama
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.32
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]]> 34519483 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do.�� —Dan Rather

At a moment of crisis over our national identity, venerated journalist Dan Rather has emerged as a voice of reason and integrity, reflecting on—and writing passionately about—what it means to be an American. Now, with this collection of original essays, he reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us, from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusion to service; the institutions that sustain us, such as public education; and the traits that helped form our young country, such as the audacity to take on daunting challenges in science and medicine, Rather brings to bear his decades of experience on the frontlines of the world’s biggest stories. As a living witness to historical change, he offers up an intimate view of history, tracing where we have been in order to help us chart a way forward and heal our bitter divisions.

With a fundamental sense of hope, What Unites Us is the book to inspire conversation and listening, and to remind us all how we are, finally, one.]]> 288 Dan Rather Tuan 0 to-read 4.28 2017
author: Dan Rather
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2017
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]]> 52309
Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.]]> 143 Benjamin Franklin 0743255062 Tuan 0 to-read 3.84 1791
author: Benjamin Franklin
name: Tuan
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1791
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]]> 98233 456 Jessica Livingston 1590597141 Tuan 0 to-read 4.02 2001
author: Jessica Livingston
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> 28818317 336 Sungju Lee 1419721321 Tuan 0 to-read 4.30 2016
author: Sungju Lee
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 30527918
Đây là một minh chứng sống v�� ý chí và năng lực không giới hạn của con người khi đã có lòng nhiệt huyết, say mê - một người đã xem những thất bại - cho dù là thất bại cay đắng nhất - không phải là thất bại - mà ch�� là th�� thách của cuộc sống tôi rèn bản lĩnh của chính mình. Tác gi�� và nhân vật trong cuốn t�� truyện này là một người Hàn Quốc nổi tiếng: Chung Ju Yung - người đã sáng lập và là c�� ch�� tịch của tập đoàn Huyndai.

Qua từng trang sách chúng ta s�� cùng khám phá cuộc đời thăng trầm rất thực và tính cách thú v�� của cậu thanh niên vùng nông thôn với ước mơ lớn t�� hai bàn tay trắng đã tr�� thành một trong những doanh nhân nổi tiếng nhất trong lịch s�� các tập đoàn công nghiệp hàng đầu Hàn Quốc và châu Á.]]> 256 Chung Ju Yung Tuan 0 to-read 4.31
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name: Tuan
average rating: 4.31
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]]> 17903521 220 Woo-Choong Kim Tuan 0 to-read 3.96 1989
author: Woo-Choong Kim
name: Tuan
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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]]> 2098486 542 Nguyen Tien Hung 0060156406 Tuan 0 to-read 4.00 1986
author: Nguyen Tien Hung
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1986
rating: 0
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]]> 32865811 705 Nguyen Tien Hung Tuan 0 to-read 4.45
author: Nguyen Tien Hung
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.45
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]]> 38242135
In AI Superpowers, Kai-Fu Lee argues powerfully that because of these unprecedented developments in AI, dramatic changes will be happening much sooner than many of us expected. Indeed, as the US-Sino AI competition begins to heat up, Lee urges the US and China to both accept and to embrace the great responsibilities that come with significant technological power.

Most experts already say that AI will have a devastating impact on blue-collar jobs. But Lee predicts that Chinese and American AI will have a strong impact on white-collar jobs as well. Is universal basic income the solution? In Lee’s opinion, probably not.�� But he provides��a clear description of which jobs will be affected and how soon, which jobs can be enhanced with AI, and most importantly, how we can provide solutions to some of the most profound changes in human history that are coming soon.]]> 255 Kai-Fu Lee 132854639X Tuan 0 to-read 4.08 2018
author: Kai-Fu Lee
name: Tuan
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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