1st Entry: Introduction From the title of this book‚ I could infer that the book will be about how the elements were discovered‚ the origin of their names and the people who discovered each element that is now a part of the periodic table. The author of the book‚ Hugh Aldersey-Williams‚ must be an individual of great knowledge and has a deep interest and understanding of chemistry—or else he would have never wrote this book. In this book‚ I expect that I would be able to learn how the ancients
Premium Nobel Prize
The book I decided to read is The Things They Carried which was written by Tim O’Brien. The book is a bunch of connected short stories of a platoon of soldiers in the Vietnam War. The work is a piece of fiction that uses real names and includes the author himself as the protagonist. By doing this‚ the author meshes and blurs the non fiction in with the fiction‚ which makes the book feel like a war memoir. Overall‚ the book was interesting insight on the Vietnam War and a very good book to read.
Premium Vietnam War Army Vietnam
The Maze Runner‚ written by James Dashner‚ is about a future world‚ where sun flares have demolished most of the earth. At the beginning of the book‚ a sixteen year old boy wakes up in a metal box with no recollection of who he is‚ or where he came from. In fact‚ the only thing he can remember is his name. The box begins moving slowly upward‚ until it gets to the top of the hole‚ and stops‚ as two metal doors swing open. When the doors open‚ Thomas discovers a group of boys around the same age
Premium
human mind. This semester we have learned about the many different types of people who may engage in individual forms of interpersonal violence. Charles Manson however‚ provides us the case study of a man whose life revolved around interpersonal violence in all its manifestations. There was nothing this man wouldn’t do to reach his goals – he would rape‚ murder‚ manipulate‚ and lie - all in the name of his personal ambitions. In Vincent Bugliosi’s book‚ Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson
Premium Charles Manson
many books and editorials. His books include; The New England Mind in Transition: Samuel Johnson of Connecticut (Yale University Press‚ 1983)‚ School For Soldiers: West Point and the Profession of Arms (Oxford University Press‚ 1974)‚ Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams (W.W Norton and Company‚ 1993)‚ After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture (W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2002)‚ and American Sphinx: The character of Thomas Jefferson (New York‚ NY: Vintage Books‚ 1998)
Premium Psychology United States President of the United States
The book Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman should be a book that is praised by everyone and is found significant in everyone’s lives‚ for it offers a great deal of knowledge and experience within the subject of mental illnesses. This particular novel gives the reader a secret look at what it is like to be a teenager plagued by mental illnesses‚ which is why it is definitely worth reading. A few reasons as to why the novel should be read include: the novel passes an important message to the reader
Premium Psychology Schizophrenia Fiction
have made a community in which each is assigned to a task belonging to different departments headed by a Keeper. The Glade is surrounded by a gigantic Maze in which mechanical creatures called Grievers roam at night. This book called the mace runner by James dasher is mainly about Thomas the main character is brought into a place known as the Glade‚ with no memories of his past life except of his name. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open‚ Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome
Premium Protagonist
Egypt and then all the way back home at the end of the book. On many pages of the book‚ the term‚ “Personal legend” appears; this refers to‚ “What you always have wanted to accomplish” (23). The only difference between a personal legend and destiny is that someone must desire to accomplish a personal legend. Once passion and desire exists‚ your personal legend becomes your destiny‚ a key lesson within the book. Ben brought up how the book in its entirety compares to the story of each and every
Premium Education High school College
took six years for Capote to investigate and write‚ and it put an incredible amount of pressure on Truman‚ so much so that he never published another book again. Even though in cold Blood doesn’t have a great ending‚ the book was worth reading because of the intriguing plot‚ dark tone‚ and the interesting characters. One reason for why I liked the book‚ In Cold Blood‚ is because of how good Capote portrays the characters. More than any other character‚ he does this with Perry. It is part of him to
Premium Julius Caesar Roman Republic Augustus
A Farewell to Arms In the fictional novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway there are many characters throughout the book‚ however six characters stood out the most. The narrator Frederick Henry is an American‚ who served as a lieutenant in the Italian army to a group of ambulance drivers during World War I. The next major character is Catherine Barkley; she was an English nurse and shortly became Frederick’s wife. Rinaldi is an Italian surgeon who is a very close friend of Frederick. Count
Premium Love Interpersonal relationship World War II