Janis Kapsis

This is the only book with which I'm in love & hate relationship.

This book is an aviation encyclopaedia, endless source of aviation and non aviation stories, it's a travel book, a family history book, a personal diary and much much more.

I've never read a book that had contained so much information on so few pages. Even though the book is only around 370 pages long, the author was able to compress so many stories and descriptions on so few pages that ZIP compression looks like a joke. Moreover, the writing style is very pleasant to read and the whole narrative is very authentic and adventurous.

The author has insane ability not only to make a recollections of scenes she witnessed, but to put it on paper in very vivid and detailed way so that reader can experience it the same way. You will know every type of aircraft she met while doing cross-country flight through USA, including the color and sound of the engine. I must admit the number of aircraft types listed in the book is above knowledge of most aviation fans. You will read stories of random ordinary and yet special people she met on the way. You will read about historic events (first human powered flight) like you were standing right there when it happened. In some ways, this level of detail is very exhaustive as the reader is almost forced to imagine these scenes with these many aircrafts (with frequent use of google to find out what this and that type look like). It certainly took me long time to churn trough the book (almost 4 months!). I had to literally take breaks for a few days to ingest the influx of information my way.

I would recommend this book to people who would like to experience a re-live the atmosphere of flying cross-country to small airports around the States some 30-40 years ago.

After finishing the book, very strong impression remained from last 100 pages. The book keeps reader interested from early beginning to the very end. It goes chronologically, and in the beginning the chapters about Babbage alternates with chapters about Ada until they meet. Since then, the book describes their intervening life stories. The author describes Ada's mother in pretty negative light, which sometimes pushes reader to think twice about her character. In the middle, it's not quite sure if her characteristics are really as bad as the author tries to paint them. Book provides a lot of interesting material for discussion, so I imagine I would thoroughly enjoy discussing this book with someone who read it or who knows about the material from other sources. Personally, I highly recommend this book to everyone who is interested in topic of Charles Babbage, his Difference and Analytical engines, and lastly, but most importantly, in Ada's Byron Lovelace life.

Diary turned book of the daughter of the famous Lindbergh aviators couple.

First and foremost, the book gives the feeling that it provided relief to the author, to be able to put her thoughts on the paper and make sense out of them. It truly does that and it provides the reader with razor sharp insight into the most intimate parts of life when one is caring for her mother.

It does not shy away from mentioning both good and bad things about the present, past or future situations. If anything, I'll remember how honest this book/diary felt. Many criticize this book (or the author, rather) for putting a lot of negative and family-related stuff for everyone to see. But it's this openness that makes this book so much more valuable.

The writing style is not as natural as her mother's, but it certainly is very pleasant to read. The talent definitely runs in the family.

This book also helped me understand what it feels like not only to care for people with broken mind, but also how to live with them and make their end-of-life bearable for them and everyone around them. For this, the author deserves much respect.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone interested either in the Lindbergh family or in understanding their own thoughts when caring for a person that is partly in the heaven with their mind and partly still on the Earth.

Unprecedented insight into the development and management of one of the biggest aerospace endeavours in human history. The author shines light on all aspects of the Iridium program but business one. The book gives a glimpse of the role of luck and astuteness in so many different situations where Iridium could've been easily killed before it began.

Even though many of the stories resemble action movies, there are still occasions when reader is left with the feeling that author didn't or couldn't tell more about this or that situation (mainly in striking deals with Russians and Chinese).

Nevertheless, this is essential reading for anyone involved in aerospace as it also provides many important lessons in control and management of projects of all sizes.

Nice and quick reading with impressive illustration. Very nicely edited plot, alas, little too short.

The first 100 pages were hard to get through as the author is describing rather unimportant events accompanying the move of Czechoslovak pilots from Britain to USSR. Then the book gains momentum and becomes quite exciting. One of the less interesting books about czechoslovak WWII, however, I had the luck to read it in the right time, few days before visiting the place where most of the book took place. Average reading I would say.

By far the most insightful book about psychotherapy I've read.

The book itself is pretty short, yet very dense with information, sometimes even difficult to read. But how much more rewarding it is, when terrifyingly strong ideas pop up from the field of letters like whales above a calm ocean.

Many of the ideas in the book are also found in book Man's search for meaning (in the second part of the book) from the same author.

It is striking how negatively (and rightfully so) the author looks at psychoanalysis and psychotherapy of the time. Frankly speaking, not much has changed since the book was written in 1977, except for psychopharmaceutics. The author explains that understanding the problem does not necessarily helps solving it. Similarly, a smoker understands that cigarettes might be killing him, but it still does not make quitting easier for him. Moreover, it shines a light on the relationship of a therapist and the patient and what many doctors get wrong.

Highly recommended reading for everyone. Literally everyone will benefit from this book, students, teachers, doctors, patients or plain curious people. Short but very deep reading.

The book provides insight into the life of one of the most renowned Slovaks in the world. It chaperons the reader through the life adventure of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, starting with childhood, describing his studies, ending with the professional life and death. It also provides some insight into what has happened after his passing away, politically wise.

The good about the book is that for the amount of information, it is nicely written, very readable, not overly long. Very pleasant reading and nice introduction to the topic of this very important figure in Slovak history.

The bad about the book is that sources for the “facts” in the book are missing. Some of the scenes are reconstructed in the book, word by word. This surely is not what has happened. The reader has no way of knowing when it's the author's fantasy and when it's the true story that unfolds in front of him.

This book is recommended for everyone who wants to learn the story of Milan Rastislav Štefánik without going into the complex details and conspiracy theories that surround his life (freemasonry, death not an accident, etc.). The book is rather short and can be read out in 1-2 days. Absolutely worth the time as it also serves as a great inspiration.

Dennikovou formou napisana knizka, ktora posobi skoro ako listy pisane domov priatelom. Nenuteny a prirodzeny styl pisania - castokrat nedokonaly - iba podciarkuje autentickost pribehov.

“Dennikove prispevky” z rokov 2015-2016 su doplnane uryvkami zamysleni, ktore autorka prezivala koncom 90-tych rokov, ked sa rozhodovala kam ist na skolu, popr. ked sa stopom vydavala za svojimi prvymi dobrodruzstvami do cudziny, bez penazi a skusenosti.

Kniha je doplnena mnozstvom fotiek, z ktorych vacsina priamo suvisi s pribehmi, ktore su v knihe popisovane.

Cela kniha sa da precitat za jedno dlhsie parhodinove posedenie. Cita sa rychlo a jednoducho, bez nejakych komplikovanejsich pasazi. Urcite vhodny darcek pre ludi, ktori nemaju radi dlhe citanie, ale radi sa ponoria do vzrusujuceho zivota uctyhodnej ceskej lekarky a zachranarky.

Maxa Kašparů mám rád, ale táto knižka vo mne nezanechala žiaden silnejší dojem.

Jedná sa o prepis rozhovorov s Martinou Kociánovou, ktoré sú dostupné v originálnej podobe online.
Tieto prepisy sú rozšírené o pár strán úvah na rôznorodé témy, bez zjavnej náväznosti alebo súvisu, či už medzi sebou alebo s rozhovormi.

Jedná sa o útlu knižku, ktorá môže slúžiť ako referenčný prepis na pripomenutie rôznych zaujímavých citátov autora, ktorá však neprináša nič nové tomu, kto si dané rozhovory predtým vypočul.

Prekrasna cestopisna knizka o plavbe atlantikom. Autorka ma dar pisat pritazlivo a poeticky zaroven.
Kniha je napisana formou kratkych parstranovych kapitol, co umoznuje knizku kedykolvek vytiahnut na par minut a zase zalozit, po precitani par stranu uceleneho pribehu.

Autorka ponuka necenzurovany pohlad od svojej duse, co sa dnes takmer nevidi. Bol som velmi milo prekvapeny ako kvalitou tak aj celkovym dojmom z knihy.

Uzasna knizka, pomer textu a komixu, sposob vypravania, hlbka do akej autor zachadza - v rami ceskej a slovenskej literatury absolutny unikat.

Pekna knizka, primarne popis exemplarnych klinickych pripadov s komentarom autorov.

Kniha je rozdelena na dve casto - fyzioterapeuticku a psychologicku. Kazdu z nich pisal jeden z autorov.

Myslienky sa chvilami opakuju, ale nie je to na skodu.

Kniha sa cita lahko po obsahovej stranke, ale tazko po optickej stranke, pretoze pismo je velmi tenke. Pre osoby s problemovym zrakom alebo pri horsich svetelnych podmienkach je kniha necitatelna.

V porovnani s “When the body says no” (Kdyz telo rekne ne) od Gabora Mateho, su odpozorovane vzorce a suvislosti medzi ludskym zivotom a zdravim skor anekdotalne, aj ked opakovane podlozene, zatialco Mate podklada de facto tie iste (a dalsie) myslienky este aj odkazmi na studie.

Rozhodne vhodne citanie pre kazdeho, kto zacina pocitovat nejaky fyziologicky alebo psychicky nepokoj vo svojom zivote. Mozno to jeho problemy nevyriesi, ale velmi pravdepodobne ho to nasmeruje spravnym smerom.

Extraordinarily intimate book about the death of the author's husband. Her emotions are laid out in the book both in raw and poetic style which allows for both brutal honesty and appealing reading.

The book is pretty short but heavy to read. I would recommend it for anyone interested in understanding one of the most painful things that can happen in life - losing one's partner prematurely.

The book had so much potential. It started very intriguingly, offering a lot of interesting thoughts to be developed later on.

However, it turned out that author reduced most of these ideas into simple lists of things, places and experiments they did, with little to no explanation or background.

Some chapters were, still, quite interesting, while others barely worth of noticing.

If you are a nature person, the book will help to solidify some of your ideas about nature, however, if you are not one, I don't think it'll help convert anyone to take a walk in the forest.

Prijemne citanie o zivote autorky. Chvilami sa vyskytuju hlbsie filozoficke zamyslenia. Aj ked pravdive, nie vzdy dobre rozvinute. Autorka ponuka zaujimave reflexie na dnesnu dobu, ktore mozu niektorych citatelov motivovat k zmene bezneho zivota.

Uchvatna knizka zachytavajuca zivot a uspechy ceskeho moreplavca Eduarda Ingrisa, skladatela, fotografa, dirigenta, filmara - dokumentaristu a celkovo vsestrane nadaneho cloveka.

Knizka sa dobre cita, je doplnena velkym mnozstvom fotografii a anekdot z Ingrisovho zivota. Celkovo velmi inspirativna knizka.

Zaujimava knizka plna myslienok motivujucich na zmenu zivota k lepsiemu a pravdivejsiemu prezivaniu kazdeho dna.

Lahko sa cita, rozdelena do kratkych kapitol s komentarmi Jaroslava Duska.