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LennyeTran wrote:They said Assef doesn't have blond hair and blue eyes in the movie. I wonder why.... :?
I saw he had dark hair in the trailer but I thought he did have blue eyes :shock: And why is that anyway?
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I'm gonna assume that they couldn't find any blond-hair-blued-eyes boy who could act good enough to portrait him. I'm not even gonna bother with the racial issue right now. I hope this is not the main concern. His mother is German in the book, and she has no sympathy for Hitler. Assef is just a psychopath. I wonder if they would show him more or let people who haven't read the book yet know his personality. He's a main key in the relationship and fate of Haasan and Amir.
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bambang wrote:Are his books onlineable to read?
Try ebookee.com. You might find an illegal one there.
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LennyeTran wrote:
bambang wrote:Are his books onlineable to read?
Try ebookee.com. You might find an illegal one there.
Thanks, my friend. I'll try.
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Hello friends!
Today was lucky day for me and for these of you who havent read that books yet and wants to do it but havent opportunity to buy it or to download!
Today I got that books from my friend and can resent it to anyone who really want to read it! Just drop me a line with your e-mail address :wink:

OR try to download it here
http://rapidshare.com/files/67802603/Th ... Runner.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/67800467/A_ ... d_Suns.rar

If it doesnt work I will resent it :wink:

Best regards!
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I bought The Kite Runner in London! :D (I had read a Spanish translation a workmate lent me).
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How much? One question about the Spanish version, do they keep the characters' names in English or they translated them into Spanish?
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LennyeTran wrote:How much? One question about the Spanish version, do they keep the characters' names in English or they translated them into Spanish?
How much? 5 pounds, I think. There was a 2 pound discount.

Of course the names weren't translated, thank dog.
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Hardcover? If yes, it's pretty cheap. If it's paperback, it's about the same price in the States. Is the tax expensive?
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LennyeTran wrote:Hardcover? If yes, it's pretty cheap. If it's paperback, it's about the same price in the States. Is the tax expensive?
Paperback, I guess (I wasn't familiar with that word :oops: , thanks pretty!), since it's not hardcover :lol:
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Hehehehe for hardcover, you pay for the cover since it's fancier and thicker than paperback. The hardcover book is normally bigger than a paperback book, and the paper quality is way better than that of a paperback. I bought one paperback book back then and let my cousin borrow it for her flight to France and Italy (the Angels and Demons one :cry: I wanted her to trace the steps they had in the book. Unfortunately, she finished it on the way home. She regretted not to listen to me, as most people would be at some point in their lives LOLOLOLOL). And she gave me back a wrinkly, junky book after a month. I never wanted to buy paperback books again. :roll:
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LennyeTran wrote:Hehehehe for hardcover, you pay for the cover since it's fancier and thicker than paperback. The hardcover book is normally bigger than a paperback book, and the paper quality is way better than that of a paperback. I bought one paperback book back then and let my cousin borrow it for her flight to France and Italy (the Angels and Demons one :cry: I wanted her to trace the steps they had in the book. Unfortunately, she finished it on the way home. She regretted not to listen to me, as most people would be at some point in their lives LOLOLOLOL). And she gave me back a wrinkly, junky book after a month. I never wanted to buy paperback books again. :roll:
Of course it depends on how you treat the book... I've got many paperback books that are still in good conditions :D
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:shock: You don't bend it? Or write in it?
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LennyeTran wrote::shock: You don't bend it? Or write in it?
I try not to bend them too much! :lol:

And yes I like to have a pencil near me when I'm reading a book for the very first time but not many of them have interesting fragments or phrases to underline...

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Hi!
There is site mininova.org with different movies and among them there is a movie a the kite runner
I have already downloaded and watched it!

Who havent seen yet pls do it worthseeing
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The guy is talented I love his work I'm reading A Thousand splendid Suns and It's been great. His detailed description and the style of narration and not to mention the great language he uses in general all add up for a great reading experience.
a Must read for bookworms!
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**Elena** wrote:Hi!
There is site mininova.org with different movies and among them there is a movie a the kite runner
I have already downloaded and watched it!

Who havent seen yet pls do it worthseeing
Thanks a lot Elena!!! I will check it right now!
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BenM wrote:The guy is talented I love his work I'm reading A Thousand splendid Suns and It's been great. His detailed description and the style of narration and not to mention the great language he uses in general all add up for a great reading experience.
a Must read for bookworms!
Indeed, a must read! I loved it... And I've decided I am going to read all of Hosseini's books :P
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**Elena** wrote:Hi!
There is site mininova.org with different movies and among them there is a movie a the kite runner
I have already downloaded and watched it!

Who havent seen yet pls do it worthseeing
Elena I'm checking and all the files are screeners...
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Dixie wrote:
**Elena** wrote:Hi!
There is site mininova.org with different movies and among them there is a movie a the kite runner
I have already downloaded and watched it!

Who havent seen yet pls do it worthseeing
Elena I'm checking and all the files are screeners...
Really? But I downloaded from there without any troubles
Lemme explain :wink:
Write the kite runner in search
then you will recieve few links
choose this one: The Kite Runner DVDSCR XViD-CAMERA in Other 27/15 695.52 MB 357 300 after you click you will get sign

Download this torrent! or use the Azureus magnet link
The.Kite.Runner.DVDSCR.XViD-CAMERA.3942480.TPB.torrent
but dont touch it before you have to download torrent there is info abt it under this phrase:
To start this P2P download, you have to install a BitTorrent client like µTorrent or Wyzo follow this recomendation and save µTorrent on your PC after it you can back and to download it:
Download this torrent! or use the Azureus magnet link
The.Kite.Runner.DVDSCR.XViD-CAMERA.3942480.TPB.torrent
After you save it on your PC open torrent and you will see there in left corner file go there and find phrase add torrent click and you have to take link with movie which you have already download and then click start and movie will be downloading
Oh! I hope it will help you, in any cases lemme know abt results and i will explain you again maybe via skype if you have it :wink:
Good luck darling!
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Thanks, Elena. I use Utorrent constantly so using it is no problem to me.

I am downloading the file you said. Hope it's good, but I'm not quite sure because when it asked if I wanted to download it via utorrent, there wasn't a single file but a lot of winrar files. I'm downloading it anyway, see what it is. I will have it tomorrow morning hopefully.
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downloading till the end its OK
I also got a lot of files some of them was not impossible use others worked

We had new year holiday here since 1st jan till 9th jan so i had opportunity to download movies I recommend you to watch Human Trafficking its in english or if you want in spanish then trafico humano
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I began to download the kite runner at 5.30 pm and i got it after midnight
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I'm not convinced, many files are fake and most of them have the word CAMERA , doesn't it mean it's like a "screener", that is to say, filmed at a theater? :roll:
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Dixie wrote:I'm not convinced, many files are fake and most of them have the word CAMERA , doesn't it mean it's like a "screener", that is to say, filmed at a theater? :roll:
Oh! Dixie, really dunno!I downloaded link what i gave you and I was satisfied with movie which I got and it was goodness
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**Elena** wrote: Oh! Dixie, really dunno!I downloaded link what i gave you and I was satisfied with movie which I got and it was goodness
I had it downloading all night... and it didn't download.
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If I'm not mistaken Khaled Hosseini is going to be interviewed on the 27th of May in World book Club on BBC radio


I repeat, if I'm not mistaken, I'm still working on my listening skills.
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Tora wrote:If I'm not mistaken Khaled Hosseini is going to be interviewed on the 27th of May in World book Club on BBC radio


I repeat, if I'm not mistaken, I'm still working on my listening skills.
You're right! ;)
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LennyeTran wrote:I'm downloading his audiobook A Thousand Splendid Suns. I'll probably finish the clip by the end of this weekend.
How to get it?
We're all friends, right?
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LennyeTran wrote:I'm downloading his audiobook A Thousand Splendid Suns. I'll probably finish the clip by the end of this weekend.
How to get it?
http://rapidshare.com/files/67800467/A_ ... d_Suns.rar
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Hello,
You want to know about direct and indirect narration. You can easily clear your concept.
1) The art of presenting the words of a speaker is called Narration.
2) When two persons talk to each other about them, call Direct Narration.
3) When two persons talk to each other about the third person, call Indirect Narration.

If you want to learn more about basics of narration in details visit here: https://www.englishsikho.com/blog/basic ... sh-grammar

It will be beneficial for you

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