Bram Stoker Bram Stoker (1847-1912) is best known as the author of Dracula. Abraham Stoker was born in Clontarf‚ Ireland in 1847. He was a sickly child‚ bedridden for much of his boyhood. As a student at Trinity College‚ however‚ he excelled in athletics as well as academics‚ and graduated with honors in mathematics in 1870. He worked for ten years in the Irish Civil Service‚ and during this time contributed drama criticism to the Dublin Mail. Despite an active personal and professional life‚
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Running Record Time : 9:40 - 9:45 am Date: 6/5/2014 Name : X Place: Kiwi Care /Sandpit X is playing in the sandpit. He is trying to make some holes in the cake he has made of the sand. He is now trying to level the sand . He now flipped the plate and stamped on it. Now he is again putting some sand on the plate and is trying to cut the cake using the spade. Threw the spade and picked up a digger and started to dig some
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A couple of years ago I read a book called Unwind. This book‚ written by Neal Shusterman‚ is about a boy that runs from his family. He ran from his family after they signed a contract to have his body harvested. Being “unwound” happened to be a decision that the parents made. Connor’s parents signed a contract without him knowing. After he found the papers in a drawer‚ he ran away to save his life. Throughout the book‚ Connor endures many challenges. His mental stamina allows him to outsmart juvey
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Thesis: To show the lives of four enlisted army officers‚ from World War II up to the Vietnam War. The book The Majors is one of a nine book series named Brotherhood of War. The Majors is book number three in the series. Through out this series the author (W.E.B Griffin) is trying to give people a better understanding of certain aspects of periods of time‚ the ranking system in the United States Military‚ and the life of four army officers. These officers where real people‚ but i have come to
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Into the Wild by John Krakauer is a book about Chris McCandless and his journey in the wild. He was a smart person‚ but lacked certain survival skills. I believe he would have been alive if he had been more careful and studied more about wilderness survival. Chris McCandless went into the wild because he wasn’t satisfied with his life at home. He had a very privileged background and was doing great in school. Then he decided he was tired of it and left a life many people wish they could have. He
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The Stranger The book that I read was called The Stranger written by Albert Camus. The book is globally famous and was translated to many different languages and texts. The original was called L’Étranger which was written in French in 1942. The plot of this story involved a man in his late twenties or early thirties. The man’s name is Meursault. In the beginning of the novel‚ Meursault is notified that his mother had passed away in the nursing home that he occupied her to. Meursault’s income
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The story is about a kid named August Pullman that has a type of mandibulofacial dysostosis and hemifacial microsomia because of a multifactorial inheritance. He has a sister named Olivia but they call her Via‚ daisy their dog‚ and his parents. He has been homeschooled because of the surgeries to fix his face until he was old enough to be in fifth grade. His parents enrolled in a school called Beecher Prep and brought Auggie to school for a tour around the school. He gets to meet the principal Mr
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novel is Ellen Raskin. During her book there were major events that took place. Somewhere such as being forced to go somewhere‚ and finding out clues to the bombings that took place in the book. The book has one big setting that takes place in the Sunset towers where all the people live.The main events where very important because these were the very places the setting of the book took place. The things that took place in the book where pretty shocking. In the book a bomb goes off and one of the things
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development‚ a book by Thomas Keenan‚ is an intriguing book that covers predominant issues in development of a child. The book is written well and it offers an exceptional covers of developmental psychology theories and techniques. Notably‚ the author has provided a grounding of principles which directs theory and research in modern child growth. Evidently‚ the book reviews research methods and theories which are quite significant in gaining substantial knowledge in developmental psychology. The book is wonderfully
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the party when the cops arrived. In the book‚ it did mention that the party was broken up but it left me wondering if her friends got in any trouble or if parents were called. Instead of focusing on how Melinda got home by walking barefooted I would explain the problems that she caused for all of her close friends to hate her as much as they did in the story. I rate this book a perfect 10 because of the amount of interest I had while reading it. This book is written for young adult and is great
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