Devil in the White City Book Summary The Devil in the White City‚ written by Eric Larson‚ is a gripping novel of two polar opposite men during the building of the World’s Fair in Chicago. It surrounds two characters‚ both extremely talented at their ‘craft’ and perfectly depicts the rush for industrialization in this time. It follows the lives of Daniel H. Burnham‚ the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures‚ and Henry H. Holmes‚ a serial
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CHINA SHAKES THE WORLD x BOOK SUMMARY In China Shakes the World‚ James Kynge gives a history and explanation of the Chinese economy. Kynge started writing the book in 2004 and it was published in 2006. The book is like a biography‚ giving experiences around 1982 when Kynge was a student at the Shandong University. It gives a detailed explanation of economic activities by China in the regions of Germany‚ Italy‚ China‚ and even the United States Midwest. The book sarts with a still mill-Thyssen
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down and arranged the material in the first person‚ and Malcolm X edited and approved every chapter. Thus‚ though Haley actually did the writing‚ it is reasonable to consider the work an autobiography. The work is one of the most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century‚ as it offers valuable insight into the mind of a key figure on a core issue of twentieth-century America. In 1965‚ a New York reviewer wrote of Malcolm X‚ “No man has better expressed his people’s trapped anguish.” The autobiography
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Stolen‚ written by Lucy Christopher‚ was my chosen book for this quarter’s reading. This story is about a young 16 year old female named Gemma finding her way home after getting kidnapped by an old man who went by the name of Ty. While being held captive‚ Gemma and Ty start to develop an unusual relationship that lead them to knowing each other even more. For my visual representation of this book‚ I chose to create a collage based on the novel. I incorporated pictures of places‚ items‚ and characters
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I read the book‚ Legend written by Marie Lu. In this book the world has been flooded after the polar ice caps have melted completely‚ leaving most of the world covered in water. During this time the eastern seaboard of America tried to move west for land that wasn’t flooded. After the floods‚ the inflation of America’s population and lack of resources and places to live it caused major conflict. Eventually the two sides settled and separated to become two separate countries. As the eastern side
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Explained by Flawed By: Enoch Donkor - "The ’ Cecilia Ahren’s book “Flawed” is about a seventeen-year-old girl named Celestine who lives in a society where those who do unethical things get publicly branded as “Flawed”. One day‚ Celestine was on the bus when an Old Flawed man died. Celestine raced to help him‚ which made her flaw. Celestine was supposed to get flawed once she got branded six times‚ one done undisclosed. Throughout the book‚ Celestine lives as a fawned outcast and tries to take down
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The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ tells of a nine year old girl named Liesel Meminger who lived through World War II. At a young age‚ Liesel and her younger brother‚ Werner‚ got on a train with their mother to go to a foster home in Molching‚ Germany. Halfway into the trip‚ Werner dies‚ leaving Liesel traumatized for many months. When Liesel and her mother arrive in Molching‚ she meets her foster parents‚ Rosa and Hans Hubermann. Hans plays the role of the perfect father for Liesel. He always comforted
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including Time Out and the Literary Review. His first book‚ a series of critical essays on American novelists‚ was published in 1992. Fever Pitch‚ his memoir of a life devoted to Arsenal football club‚ was published in 1992. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award and was adapted as both a play and a film‚ the latter starring Colin Firth. In 2012‚ it was recognised for its Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing at the British Sports Book Awards. His fiction continues to explore male obsessions
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Book Reflection : The Book Of Negroes It ’s 1802 and Aminata Diallo‚ now an old woman‚ sits down to write her life story at the request of the Abolitionists in London. Abducted from her village in West Africa at the age of eleven and marched in a coffle (a string of slaves) for three months before reaching the coast‚ Aminata survives the voyage to America and ends up sold to an indigo plantation owner in South Carolina. She describes herself as lucky‚ because compared to the tragic circumstances
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Brianna Gaebel Due Date: Wednesday 22nd Journal 9 I am reading Awake by Natasha Preston‚ and I am on page 100. The book is about a girl name Scarlett who losses her memory when she was four years old during a house fire and 12 years later she gets into a accident and starts to recall events that happened when she was younger. In this book I will be predicting. G I predict that Scarlett was going to be murdered and her orginal family want her back Y Noah states R dad says not her fam
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