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The Art of War (Sun Tzu)

The legendary Chinese general Sun Tzu in the treaty made a compendium of knowledge on military strategy: "The war is of vital importance to the State, is the domain of life or death forced [...] is properly administered. No seriously reflect on everything that concerns him is to show a culpable indifference as regards the retention or loss of what we hold most dear ... "

had long wanted to read this book but never get my hands on a copy. So this Christmas, when looking at random in a bookstore I found second-hand edition Argentina is really cheap.

The book (by extension) does not disappoint. From what I've researched some authors even doubt the real existence of this general, but the work seems to have been written in the sixth century ad C. Given the antiquity of the writings, based on an even older tradition seems impossible to the degree of maturity of thought reflected in them. The basic premise of the book is that armed conflict is very costly in human lives and economic resources as the best victory is one in which not even have to fight. If no choice but to conduct a campaign, the better the shorter and you should only enter combat if there is no alternative or if you are sure it is going to win.

Another oft-repeated phrase that strikes me is: "Victory is not achieved, the victory is made." Hits the lateness of the Eastern wisdom in contrast to contemporary Western culture much later Greco-Roman or other like medieval. The outcome of the battle slightly depends on chance or God or the gods, but the potential, preparation and courage of the troops attached to the ability of officers and to the general good.

To the modern reader it is impossible not to make parallels with other conflicts beyond what war is therefore not surprising that applications have emerged from "The Art of War" for the business world.

My rating: very good.

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Twilight. A dangerous love (Stephenie Meyer)

Bella is a girl of seventeen, divorced parents, the new romantic relationship with her mother, her father decides to move to the small town of Forks in the northwestern U.S.

face this new stage of life with resignation, because she hates Forks from when going on vacation: it always rains, remain in constant darkness and there is nothing to do. The institute promises to be unbearable, but Bella's what you least expected: love y. .. something else.

With the stir that was formed with the films that adapted the book and its sequel, I decided not see (yet) and start with the books before. So I played with Harry Potter and his saga. The experiment in this case went well because I finished reading my seven books, though the films did not pass the second.

In my first pages with "Twilight" remained pending as he slowly described the atmosphere of almost isolated village, the way you see the life of Bella, their adaptation to school, the first friends, first suitors, the mysterious boy he likes.

So far, the argument could be modeled on a topical television movie about the life of an American teenager who changes school. Later

history is complicated by a bizarre vampire story, a colleague of mine defines as "ecological vampirism."

The plot is summed up by my brother in a "girl meets boy, boy looks bad but is good. It's good, but very special. Appears another special but this bad boy really wants the girl ...".

This simple scheme has ever run, so the only thing new are the new ideas about some unconventional features of these new vampires.

The highlight is short and I was quite disappointing, both expected to imagine something more exciting.

The style is not a wonder, the language often sounds corny and too elaborate for a girl of seventeen.

In short, history is something, because otherwise we would not have been so successful, but in my opinion very fair literary quality goes. On the positive side, the revision of the vampire myth is original, this breaks the clichés of the genre, you can not deny.

My Rating: regular.