See Clockpunk Wizardry: Fantasy Author Releases New Book Trailer 1888PressRelease - In a plate-shaped ocean world where Luck‚ War‚ and Death are magicians who sing twisty magic‚ comes the latest book trailer by fantasy writer Lita Burke. Denver‚ CO - Author Lita Burke has released a book trailer for the novel Old Bony Blue Eyes‚ a new story in Ms. Burke’s Clockpunk Wizard series. The free trailer is available for immediate viewing on YouTube.com. It takes place in a Renaissance-style
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Determine an Author’s Purpose An author’s purpose is his or her reason for writing. Asking two important questions about anything you read will help you understand the author’s purpose: • Why did the author write this? • What does the author expect me to learn or do? The topic and main idea may contain clues that will help you answer these questions and determine an author’s purpose. If the selection you are reading has a title‚ it too may provide clues. You can learn to recognize
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DREAMS FROM MY FATHER Our past makes our future. The experiences one endures throughout our past evolves us into the person we are to become in the future. In Dreams From My Father‚ author Barack Obama explores how not only his past made him who he is today‚ but also how his father’s life achievements and failures as well as insight on his family’s culture molded him into becoming the man who would presides over the nation the we all call home. This book helped me discover interesting
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from the chasms of the earth‚ but I don’t subdue myself with just books‚ texts about how “others” were the authors of great renewals of our society‚ I desire to do more‚ to write my own book and active citizenship is the only path that can guide me‚ to write with the quill of democracy ‚ in order to participate in all decisions regardless of my age.taken Youth is being shunned‚ when we are the next generation and as some of my contemporaries‚ I firmly believe that we must take a stand in solving
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IV. Mentoring V. Mentoring Defined VI. Types of Mentoring VII. Benefits of Mentoring VIII. Mentoring and African American Males IX. Leadership Outline of Authors and Topics Dissertation One: Mentoring and Standardized Achievement of African American Males in the Elementary and Middle Grades Author(s): | Broad Topic: | Agresti‚ A. & Finlay‚ B. (1999) | Statistical Methods | Brown‚ W. T. & Jones‚ J. M. (2004) | Academic Performance of African American Males in
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Who moved my Cheese Who moved my Cheese Leadership Book Review Leadership Book Review Mohit Khatri Mohit Khatri Definitions 3 Introduction 3 What is the purpose of this book and its central philosophy or perspective? 3 Does the book achieve its goals? 6 What is the method or approach used by the authors to reach their conclusions? Is the approach clearly specified so that its validity can be determined? 6 Are the conclusions credible? 6 What are the implications for practicing
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NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Contraception. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 October 01. NIH-PA Author Manuscript Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2013 October ; 88(4): 503–508. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2013.03.004. Weight Change at 12 Months in Users of Three Progestin-Only Contraceptive Methods Zevidah Vickery‚ MD‚ MSCI*‚ Tessa Madden‚ MD‚ MPH†‚§‚ Qiuhong Zhao‚ MS†‚ Gina Secura‚ MPH‚ PhD†‚ Jenifer E. Allsworth‚ PhD†‚ and Jeffrey F. Peipert‚ MD‚ PhD† *Riverbend
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Two of Emily Dickinson’s poems‚ “Unto My Books So Good To Turn” and “Contrast”‚ show different sides of her unusual personality. Ironically‚ both works choose encounters with people as opportunities to provide glimpses into a lonely‚ reclusive life. Dickinson was an educated woman‚ having attended Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary‚ as well as the daughter of a prominent attorney. Although she was outgoing in her youth‚ she disliked being away from home and increasingly preferred
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Word Vex: 1: To bring trouble‚ distress‚ or agitation. 2: to bring physical distress to. 3: To irritate or annoy by petty provocations. “I fret about nothing on earth except papa’s illness‚’ answered my companion. ‘I care for nothing in comparison with papa. And I’ll never—never—oh‚ never‚ while I have my senses‚ do an act or say a word to vex him. I love him better than myself‚ Ellen; and I know it by this: I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that
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Six Characters in Search of an Author is about a family of unfinished characters who take over the rehearsal of another work in order to have their own story told. Pirandello’s playful opening moments soon give way to the horror of the story the characters have to tell. Though the characters fight to have their scenes played out at last‚ they are often at cross-purposes‚ unhappy with the actors’ interpretations and arguing over who is at fault in their tragedy. Luigi Pirandello’s 1921 play
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