Jeffrey Chang Moskovitz English 2 Honors 14 September 2014 AP Book Report 1. Title of Work: Fahrenheit 451 2. Author and historical time period: The author of this novel is Ray Bradbury. As he was growing up around the early 1930s‚ Bradbury was horrified by the Nazis burning books and Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge. During the Great Purge‚ many writers and poets were incarcerated and often executed. These two events indicate political repression and destruction of intelligence. 3. Country
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The book that I chose to do my report on is called Life in Prison by Stanley “Tookie” Williams. Tookie Williams was the infamous founder of the notorious Crip gang. The main objective of this book is to dispel some of the street myths surrounding prison life and to steer people away from crime. Tookie first learned about prison from his friend older brother named Rock. Rock spent most of his time in and out prisons. Rock described prison as a gladiator school where men go to prove their toughness
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My Book Report on Oliver Twist The name of the author who wrote this book is Charles Dickens. He was born in Landport‚ Portsea‚ England‚ in 1812‚ the second of eight children. His father‚ a clerk‚ moved the family to London when Charles was ten years old. Two years later‚ the boy had to leave school to help support the family. This is how the story goes. Oliver Twist was an orphan. His mother died during child birth. When Oliver was old enough they sent him off to a workshop. He hated it there
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Report about Apple Company Apple Computers Inc. was cofounded by Steven Wozniak and marketed by Steven Jobs. It was later renamed to Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is involved in the manufacture‚ marketing and design of PCs and related software‚ network solutions‚ services and peripherals. The company is also involved in developing and designing of portable digital music players with related services and accessories. This includes online distribution of audio books and third party music‚ videos and films
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Jayden’s Rescue Written by: Vladimir Tumanov Book Report - Alternative Ending May 16‚ 2011 “Well‚ AFGOI it’ll have to be‚” said Alex. “That’s all we have. I just hope it’ll put Rechner away…” “Next time we will see him we will all say AFGOI at once‚” suggested Vanessa. They waited patiently to see the evil Rechner again so they could use the magic word to free Jayden. Several days went by and the
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Book Report on "A Dramatic Death" This story starts off with the Dorking Drama Group who are making a play everything is going well until gruesome accidents start happening but the group ignores it until a prop falls down and kills someone. The police do a investigation but conclude that it was a accident so the play goes on‚ but everybody is convinced it was foul play and everyone in the drama group is a suspect. The cast members start investigating the murder by themselves and everybody starts
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TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING STUDIES PREP SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED READING BOOK REPORT FORM Name Baris Tokel Date 6/04/2013 Title of Story/Book The Sugar Glider Author Rod Neilsen Setting: The story takes place in southeastern part of Australia Main Characters (with analysis) Don Radcliffe: a pilot‚ close friend of Paul‚ father of Judy Paul Copeman: a pilot‚ close friend od Don Judy Radcliffe: daughter of Don Radcliffe Sylvia: ex-wife of Don Beulah Copeman:
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Bad Science – Book Report Elam Dula 212964763 20/11/14 1. THE PLACEBO EFFECT The first break through that caught my attention was the most common one‚ the application of “ The Placebo Effect” on our society. A placebo is a fake treatment‚ inactive substance that can sometimes improve a patient’s condition simply because the person has the expectation that it will. As I read Ben Goldacre’s book Bad Science‚ I was surprised to learn a couple of new things. TThe first one was the fact that alerting
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Book Report BY LCPL SCHAFTE‚ RYAN M TITLE: GATES OF FIRE AUTHOR: STEPHEN PRESSFIELD PUBLISHER: DOUBLEDAY PUBLISHED: 1998 PAGES: 400 COST: BASE LIBRARY The author utilizes his experience as a former Marine to create a story of camaraderie and dedication to one’s country‚ even at the cost of paying the ultimate price for a nation to be free from tyranny. The concepts of self-sacrifice‚ service‚ community‚ camaraderie‚ and duty are the thematic core of this historic novel. I believe this
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Language Arts Book Report Name of the Book: A Reacher novel:61 hours by Lee Child. This title is related to the book because the entire book is a countdown recollection of events that leads up to the climax‚ where Reacher and Plato‚ the protagonist and antagonist fight. It begins with 61 hours before the main fight. Author: Lee Child. The main protagonist of the novel is Jack Reacher‚ an ex-military policeman that spends the majority of his time as a “nomad‚” wandering around the states‚ looking
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