Word Count- 1157 David McCullough’s novel 1776 is a compelling story of America’s war for independence. We have all read chapters and heard the related history of the war of 1776‚ but David McCullough takes the epic story even further. The book covers the entire year of 1776 from the beginning of the war until the end. The author provides an extremely detailed description of both sides of the conflict both American and British. David McCullough is a renowned author and historian and has
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to any place he describes in the book‚ but the author Clarence M. Batan made me feel as if I had been there in the long sunset of March 7‚ 2000‚ when a social researcher named Clarence decided to visit her grandmother‚ Nanay Biday at the hospital. This book tells us how a typical Filipino family strives hard to achieve comfort in life. I researched first on the Internet the book‚ which is “Batong Bahay” by Clarence M. Batan‚ and I found out that this book is a Filipino family’s narrative of
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Sundiata an Epic of Old Mali: Book Review. Summary The story of Sundiata is considered classic because of its historical and legendary value. The setting of this story took place in 13th century A.D. He was the son of Sogolon Kedjou of Do and King Maghan Kon Fatta of Mali and is known for uniting twelve kingdoms of Mali. Sundiata was considered as a disappointment because it was predicted before his birth‚ he would have made Mali famous but when he was born he was aesthetically displeasing and
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Abhilasha Thapa The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger BOOK REVIEW The Catcher in the Rye is an exhilarating and gripping work of fiction subject to a lot of controversy. Published in 1951‚ The Catcher in the Rye is a first person narrative and its genre is Bildungsroman: a novel relating to personal development or spiritual bond. The book was written by Jerome David Salinger who was born in a wealthy family and spent his early life being transferred between various preparatory schools. He
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Lord of The Flies by William Golding Introduction As a child I would close my eyes and dream of magical adventures in a fantasy world. With this allegorical novel‚ William Golding brought my childhood imagination back to me. Below is a review of Lord of the Flies written in 1954. About the plot In Lord of the Flies‚ the action takes place in the midst of a nuclear war. A group of British boys find themselves stranded‚ without adult supervision‚ on a tropical island of the Pacific Ocean after
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confessions of a shopaholic! :D a book by SOPHIE KINSELLA {A.K.A the secret dreamworld of a shopaholic} Oh!When she saw the GUCCI boots‚thats it!Takes out her credit card‚swipes and its hers!Oh! The joy on her face that she can finally say that its hers and she owns the boots! Rebecca Bloomwood‚23‚a financial expert she called herself but very few knew that she was in a great debt! A girl who hides her credit card bills under her bed and gives financial advises to everyone?That was Becky Bloomwood
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There are numerous books that depict the lives of wage-earning women in Canada; however works on self-employed women are uncommon. The Business of Women- Marriage‚ Family‚ and Entrepreneurship in British Columbia‚ 1901-1951‚ was written by Melanie Buddle in 2010‚ under UBC Press. In The Business of Women‚ Buddle attempts to highlight the key features of entrepreneurial women in the 1900’s in Western Canada‚ exploring how and why women entered the business world. In this book‚ Buddle examines case
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ENGLISH ASSIGMENT Book Review on- The Cuckoos Calling by J.K Rowling By- Aishwarya Pahwa IMA-2 A0423413037 The Cuckoos Calling The Cuckoos Calling is a crime fiction released in April 2013 under the name of Robert Galbraith used by the famous author J.K. Rowling. She used the name to see how these books were received by the public without using her name and she was pleased to see the results when The Cuckoos Calling became a bestseller. Christopher Gossage was fined for beach of
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Amanda Carrion Review of The Great Depression America 1929-1941 by Robert S. McElvaine September 2‚ 2004 The Great Depression America 1929-1941 by Robert S. McElvaine covers many topics of American history during the "Great Depression" through 1941. The topic that I have selected to compare to the text of American‚ Past and Present‚ written by Robert A. Divine‚ T.H. Breen‚ George M. Frederickson and R. Hal Williams‚ is Herbert Hoover‚ the thirty-first president of the United States and America’s
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Arkansas’s image began‚ and then perpetuated over time. He provides several examples of the creation and reiteration of this imagine‚ beginning as early as the 1800s and progressing all the way into the 2000s. Not every example provided in the book reflects a negative image‚ as Blevins is trying to prove that there are positive aspects‚ it has progressed over time‚ and is ultimately the Arkansan’s perception of it that determines its power. The books provided so much information of the state I am
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