I would like to read more books on this topic because while reading this book I found the facts that the book had very interesting. One of the things that the book said was that more than 6 million Jews were killed during the holocaust. I found this fact captivating because I asked myself‚ why were so many people killed during a short period of time? If Iread more books on the topic of the holocaust i think it will help answer why so many people were killed. Even though there isn’t a logical answer
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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Published by Antonio Blado d’Asola in 1532 176 pages Claudia Chapman‚ AP European History‚ January 3‚ 2014 In The Prince by Machiavelli he explains how to get and maintain political power. The novel is centered on Italy’s government in the 1500’s and the Machiavelli’s struggle to help Italy escape the humiliation of the world. In the novel he presents types of principalities such as hereditary principalities‚ mixed
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reading this book for quite sometime now‚ and I had this review set in my Note since. The reason I waited this long to post it‚ was because this book was rather difficult to review‚ mainly due to it had involved a sensitive topic. A controversy topic that if not threaded careful‚ may backfire easily. But since I had lot feelings after reading this book‚ I decided to post it after all. I want to be clear that in no way I blamed Elena for what happened in this book (Part II of the book). I would
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The book begins with descriptions of what each of the six main characters was doing the morning that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ up to the moment of the blast and immediately after. Miss Toshiko Sasaki‚ a personnel clerk at the East Asia Tin Works factory‚ had awakened that morning of August 6‚ 1945‚ at three a.m.‚ to catch up on housework and cooking duties for her family. She worked until seven‚ then left her home in the suburb of Koi for her factory in a part of town called Kannonmachi
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ever be answered. What were the real motives and driving forces behind such an evil event? Why would anyone declare war on the most powerful nation on the planet and how was it possible they succeeded in bombing two major buildings on its soil? This book‚ Hard Measures‚ lead me to do a little research of my own. It could be just a coincidence‚ but after every terrorist attack‚ American citizens lose more and more freedoms we otherwise would be reluctant to give up. Almost immediately after the wake
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This book has opened my eyes about a number of certain things in my life. Throughout this journey from giving realistic scenarios to leading and giving steps to do in such a position‚ this was an overall great book. It taught me how to spot out all the “scorners” and “Mockers” throughout life. A scorner or a mocker is someone who is unwise and puts people down all the time. Most of the times they will have a terrible attitude about everyone and every little thing that comes their way. If you have
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Stolen by Lucy Christopher teaches its readers to not misinterpret someone’s demeanor on the outside but to look deeper within their soul and understand their perspective. To not praise someone based on what the look like on the outside without getting to know them on the inside. In the beginning‚ a sixteen year old teenager by the name of Gemma Toombs is struck by a guy from his looks and his icy blue eyes but comes to find out her drugged her. Later she calls him kidnapper‚ a psycho‚ and a stalker
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"Newspeak‚" whose goal is to simplify language by eliminating as many "extra" words as possible and reducing vocabulary to a small number of basic words‚ thus narrowing the range of thought. The protagonist of this story is Winston Smith‚ who works at the Ministry of Truth as a sort of professional history revisionist. His job is to rectify newspaper articles and documents in which Big Brother made predictions or statements that did not agree with the actual outcome of events; in other words
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Pre-Reading Questions: 1. Why do you suppose the author chose to write a book such as the one you are reading? I think the author wrote this book because he knew that the Flyboys on Chichi Jima needed their story told. 2. Have you read any other books similar to this one? No I haven’t because this book gives an in depth detail of WWII. 3. Have you read any other books by this author? No I haven’t read a book by this author. 4. What do you know about the time period when this story
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A couple of years ago I read a book called Unwind. This book‚ written by Neal Shusterman‚ is about a boy that runs from his family. He ran from his family after they signed a contract to have his body harvested. Being “unwound” happened to be a decision that the parents made. Connor’s parents signed a contract without him knowing. After he found the papers in a drawer‚ he ran away to save his life. Throughout the book‚ Connor endures many challenges. His mental stamina allows him to outsmart juvey
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