蕭湞燕 Pika final book report (draft 3) LAST LECTURE SUMMARY: Randy Pausch‚ a remarkable professor in Carnegie Mellon‚ delivered his last lecture and book entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" in 2007. Because he was diagnosed with terminal cancer‚ he was dying but he tried to leave what he wanted to educate his children in the future. After recalling his memory‚ he found that all meaningful things in his life were related to his childhood dreams. Thus‚ he talked about his dreams‚ family
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Carli Lloyd‚ professional soccer player of the United States Women’s Soccer Team (USWNT)‚ talks about her ups and downs of her journey to the top of women’s soccer. She starts with when she was little and how she started out playing on the local teams‚ then growing up to playing on club teams and her high school team. After graduating high school she went on to college a Rutgers and playing soccer their. She also played on the U-21 US team but was kicked off because her coach thought she was ready
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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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little talking dolls are what make a book a great book.The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan is amazing because it is a fantasy and an adventure. With only 516 pages this chapter book is very thrilling and great for any kind of readers. The story is told in 3rd person point of view which is great if you like to see the characters thoughts‚ actions‚ and their statements throughout the book. Anyone can enjoy this book as long as you stay committed to read it. This book is great because it has a great conflict
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first sparked by a book I was required to read in high school‚ Brave New World. For my class I was required to do a little research on this book‚ and as I was searching the Internet I came across a website on designer babies. Although Brave New World is not a book about designer babies‚ the altering of human genes described in the book is a concept very similar to designer babies. The possibility of a society made up of genetically altered humans‚ such as the one in this book‚ is becoming very real
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Book Report on Angels and Demons --From Opposition to Unity I’ve recently finished re-reading Angels and Demons‚ this time in English. The book was written by Dan Brown‚ an American author of thriller fiction. Most people probably know Dan Brown first through his bestselling novel in 2003‚ The Da Vinci Code‚ and I couldn’t help but fell into the same practice. Similar to The Da Vinci Code.This book presents a story in which the protagonist‚ Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon was summoned nearly
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The Treasure Principle is an amazing book that should challenge all who read it. On the back there is a quote by Howard Dayton‚ which says‚ “The Treasure Principle will change your life!” And only by God’s amazing grace‚ I truly do believe‚ that this book has changed my life. Before reading this book‚ I was engulfed by the possessions of this world‚ and how I could obtain them. All the money I had went to buying myself new shoes‚ sports equipment‚ etc. I understand that there is nothing wrong with
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About The Author Stephanie Tolan is an artist and a writer. In addition to "Surviving The Applewhites"‚ she authored "Who’s There?"‚ "A Face In The Mirror"‚ and "Flight of The Raven". "Surviving The Applewhites" received the Newbery Award. She lives with her husband in Charlotte‚ North Carolina. About the Book Have you ever thought what would happen to you if you where kicked out of every school around and burnt down one.Well the main charcter in Surviving The Applewhites does.This book
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I chose Holes by Louis Sachar for the book that I would save if I could only save one book. Although I read it about eight years ago‚ I have very fond memories of this story. I remember when I was about eight years old‚ my family and I listened to the audiobook while we were waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks to start. It is a small event‚ but I have not forgotten it yet‚ and I am not sure that I will anytime soon. In addition to the fond memories of reading and listening to this story‚ the
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Equiano’s tone of writing is humble. The purpose of the book is not for his own vanity or pride but to capture the power his faith which guided him through slavery until the point of his freedom. As the chapters unfold‚ Equiano establishes an authentic account of his plan to abolish the horrors of slavery by creating physical written text to illustrate the magnitude of the abuse and suffering slaves endured. The book maintains his reports of impassioned and emotionally centred rants against the
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