a. Why did you choose this book? - The title of the book‚ “Cicada Summer”‚ captivates my eyes‚ I thought that this book would be about a vacation and I like that kind of novels. Then‚ when I read what this book is all about‚ it captures me‚ because I really like novels about mysteries and solving puzzles and problems. And that’s why I chose this book. b. What was the book about? - The book was about twelve-year-old narrator Lily‚ a motherless child‚ who has exiled herself to a self-imposed
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CATCH 22 BOOK REVIEW Catch 22 is a satirical novel written by Joseph Heller. It is a story about American army pilots on an island near Italy in the end of World War II in 1944. Catch 22 is a story about how the main character John Yossarian wants to get out of the army and how he tries to act insane so he can be declared unfit to fly any more missions. It is a satirical antiwar novel. It was considered very unusual and was critisised by reviewers when it was first published in 1961. It contains
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Book Review: The Last Manchu Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi‚ Last Emperor of China Edited by: Paul Kramer Submitted by: Tiffany Joy A. Candelaria 2 History I. Brief Summary This book is an autobiography of a man who became The Emperor of the Manchu Dynasty‚ at two years of age‚ named Henry Pu Yi. He lived a life as an emperor up until China’s government became republic and seized his powers. Until then‚ he continued his life back in Tientsin and tried to continue his legacy by being
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Book Review: Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Title: Heart of Darkness Author: Joseph Conrad Publishing: Green Integer Year: October 1‚ 2003 (original 1890) Pages: Paperback‚ 200 pages ISBN: 1892295490 (ISBN13: 9781892295491) Joseph Conrad’s ’Heart of Darkness’ is one of the most well-known works among scholars of classical and post-colonial literature. It is thought provoking and ominous‚ but is also considered to be one of the most highly stylistic in its class. The novel blends the
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Book Review: Stumbling on Happiness Despite the title of this book‚ Stumbling on Happiness is not‚ just as the author claims‚ “an instruction manual that will tell you anything useful about how to be happy.”1 Daniel Gilbert expresses the fact that happiness is often stumbled upon instead of successfully achieved through planning and imagination. Gilbert explains this theory through a social psychological approach of three shortcomings of imagination that often make people error when they imagine
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James Romm wrote Ghost on the Throne with the purpose to inform the reader of Alexander the Great and the empire he established‚ with the ensuing chaos the came after when Alexander tragically died at a young age. The book was organized somewhat chronologically‚ starting from opening the tombs in which Alexander was buried and how he fell ill‚ to the closing of the tombs and a reflection of the fall of his empire. Romm tried to answer the question of how Alexander died‚ providing multiple theories
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Practical Book Review One: James C. Petersen‚ D. Min. _________________ Presented to Rev. Mario Garcia‚ Jr.‚ Ph.D.‚ J.D. Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Lynchburg‚ VA __________________ In Partial fulfillment Of the requirements for the course PACO 500 Introduction to Pastoral Counseling ________________________ By Odell Joiner November‚ 2011 Hey Petersen‚ James C. 2007. Why don’t we listen better? Communicating and connecting in relationships
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Escaping Salem Book Review Escaping Salem : The Other Witch Hunt of 1692‚ by Richard Godbeer. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2005. In the city of Stamford year of 1692 there begins numerous odd events that are hard to make sense of or even explain for that matter. In colonial times the state of Connecticut isn’t automatically associated with any evil doings or witchcraft‚ but this wasn’t always the case for Stamford in the county of Fairfield. Richard Godbeer’s totally neutral very detailed
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Book Review [THE STARBUCKS EXPERIENCE] * Summary * Summary of this book‚ A Few companies have rallied an employees to participate in a corporate vision that creates a worldwide story of business success. Starbucks has been given access to the Starbucks experience. They are just offering us an in-depth look at every level of the company. * This book is just offering us: * A rare blend of boardroom strategies‚ * Employee motivation tips‚ * Community involvement and
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MILLENNIALS ON CAMPUS: USING THE TRAITS OF A GENERATION TO IMPROVE HIGHER EDUCATION by Stephanie Kidd A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of in Higher Education Administration UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX March 2014 © 2014 by Stephanie Kidd ALL RIGHTS RESERVED MILLENNIALS ON CAMPUS: USING THE TRAITS OF A GENERATION TO IMPROVE HIGHER EDUCATION by Stephanie Kidd March 19‚ 2014 Approved: Ronald Hutkin‚ Ph.D.‚ Committee Chair
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