The fiction book Solider Boys‚ was written by Dean Hughes in 2001. The book takes place during WWII and talks about the war life‚ struggles‚ and thoughts of the boys from the Hitler Youth and the Americans. Dieter was part of the Hitler Youth. He was a self-confident boy who had his own outlook and opinion on life. He stood up for what he believed in and was very confident in his decisions. Dieter liked to believe that he was more confident than he actually was and he wasn’t scared of anything
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First of all‚ I read the first book of the Credence Curse series age ago. So‚ I don’t really remember what happened in the first book‚ but the main storyline does continue from book one. It would be best to read the first book before reading When Lightning Strikes. Lighting is half-witch‚ half-fae with the power of empathy‚ because her power she has trouble keeping close relationships with people. When she was younger‚ her power actually gotten her in serious trouble. Not only that being a Credence
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Black Angels Particulars: Black Angels‚ a historical fiction book by Linda Beatrice Brown published in 2009 Main Characters: Luke- An 11-year-old slave who escapes hoping to head north and join the Union Army. Daylily- A 9-year-old slave who is freed by her owner while union troops are destroying the town. She runs into the woods with her grandmother and her friend but both her grandmother and friend die leaving her alone in the woods. Caswell- A white seven-year-old who’s mother goes into labor
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Good to Great by Jim Collins is by far the best business-oriented book that I’ve read that can be applied to any career situation. I can see why it has gained the notoriety and respect from top level executives around the world. I have read other business type books which were more of a motivational lecture than actual years of research going into the making of one text. Before reading this book‚ my preconceived notion was that I would be lost in trying to understand executive jargon. That was not
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Butalon‚ John Kevin T. Prof. Nolasco A – 106 English/ ENG101A The Witch of Portobello About the Author Paolo Coelho - (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu]; born August 24‚ 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil. He attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager‚ Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this‚ she responded with "My dear‚ your father is an Engineer. He’s a logical‚ reasonable man with
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In the book “First Love” by Melissa Johns‚ Emily moves to Buffalo‚ New York from Houston‚ Texas. On her first day at her new school‚ she meets Sam who becomes her best friend. She also meets Eric on her first day. Sam tells her how shocked she is that Eric started showing interest in her because his dad says he can’t focus on girls. He says that he has to focus on football and making sure he keeps his full scholarship to Syracuse University. Eric and Emily start hanging out more and more. They had
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Stick Figure The book which I will be talking about‚ is an autobiography‚ Stick Figure‚ written by Lori Gottlieb. The setting of this book is Beverly Hills‚ in the year of 1978. The main character‚ Lori is an intelligent eleven year old girl. She is surrounded by people who live a lifestyle on being rich‚ doing diets and trying to be thin and surrounded by messages of the “perfect body” for women. Every female she comes across‚ from peer to adult‚ is on a diet‚ counts calories‚ avoids desserts
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Butler. As we waited Xuan walked up to us dressed as a waiter. Obvious. Handmade loafers‚ a silk shirt‚ three gold signet rings. Pathetic really. Only to check for weapons. Who does he think I am? I told him that I was unarmed but for fun I told him about Butler. How he had tons of weapons and how he could kill him even without them. It was hilarious. He looked as if he were going to cry. Finally he told us to look at a picture he had. It was a wrinkly green hand. Xuan then told us that she is a healer
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In this paper‚ I will be exploring the depths of the book titled “Values of the Game by Bill Bradley”. Values of the Game is a book about basketball and an athletes performance‚ but also is geared to males and females. When it comes to age specifics‚ the targeted age of this book varies because students of any age can relate from the information this book has to offer. With this particular book‚ Bill Bradley’s objective was to express the important qualities athletes have that helps them become
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Still Alice is a story about a girl whose name is Alice Howland who is happily married with three kids. Alice is a well known psychologist at Harvard School. Everything was going for her until she got the shocking news that she has alzheimer’s. It all started with her not remembering a simple word in her presentation at a conference in stanford that she was invited to in front of a huge crowd. She brushed it off thinking it must be a symptom of menopause. Deep down she is truly worried though.
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