Fight Club Book Report by Noga Livni Charles Michael Palahniuk‚ also known as Chuck Palahniuk‚ is an American novelist and a freelance journalist who was born in the early 60’. Fight Club – Palahniuk’s first novel which won many awards was also made into a film‚ directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt‚ Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter. Fight Club is the story of a young man‚ tired and frustrated with the way he runs his life – his nowhere-going job‚ his superficial relationships
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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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Jason Cucalon Book Report Basketball Junkie by Chris Herren and Bill Reynolds The book “basketball Junkie” is a Fantastic book it really is. This book is about a hometown high school superstar named Chris Herron on his journey from Fall River Massachusetts all the way to the Boston garden. Chris lived the dream of every kid who has ever bounced a basketball in their drive way. His accomplishments I believe is what really dragged me into the story. Just the fact that he wasn’t just an ordinary
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Book Report Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak is a fictional novel telling the romantic story of Yuri Zhivago’s struggle to choose between two women within the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War. The forces of this chaotic time greatly impact the characters and add to their dynamic growth throughout the story. Yuri Zhivago‚ the protagonist of the story shows the personal impact of these violent times which adds to the novel’s brilliant use of personal viewpoints
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The Hunger Games Book Report 1. State the title‚ author‚ and number of pages. The Hunger Games is a novel written by Suzanna Collins. The book consists of 374 pages. 2. Tell what the book is about. Describe the setting. The book is about Katniss‚ a sixteen year old girl‚ who lives in district 12 with her mother and her sister‚ Prim. Each year‚ the Hunger Games are held‚ and a boy and a girl from each district are chosen to fight to the death. Prim is chosen but Katniss volunteers to take the
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Gabby Pusha December 3‚ 2012 2nd Period “The Hiding Place” Book Report “The Hiding Place” is an autobiography written by Corrie Ten Boom. Boom’s autobiography is about when she and her family were living in a town named Holland in the 1930’s. During this time Nazi violence and hatred towards Jews was increasing rapidly. Many people turned their backs on Jews because they feared for their own lives. Corrie Ten Boom and her family joined the Dutch resistance‚ and helped Jews avoid begin captured
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Book Report on Abigail Adams/Dearest Friend Abigail Adams married John Adams on October 25‚ 1764. John Adams was a lawyer at the time and was away most of the time. Soon after‚ John Adams worked his way up serving time in Congress to becoming vice president and then to be president of the United State. They had six children‚ but one died after a year and one that was stillborn. Abigail Adams had the responsibility of raising and teaching her children‚ plus working on the farm. Abigail was
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DEM 204/214 (June 2013) ENGINEERING WORKSHOP REPORT Student Name Matric No Lo Wen Jet 131010574 Koh Sing Teck 122009192 Wong Han Siong 131010608 Arvin 131010408 Group No : 11 Name of Instrutors : Mr Koh Chu Eyam Date : 23/9/2013 CONTENT Main page Content - 1 Symbol - 2 Introduction - 3 Tools and items - 10 Procedure - 12 Result - 16 Summary - 17 Reference - 18 1 Symbols 2 INTRODUCTION –Basic necessity
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was written by John Steinbeck and is a fictional book. "Of Mice and Men" is a book‚ set on the Californian Grain Farms in the 1930’s‚ about two life long friends named George and Lennie. The book generally is about all of the migrant workers‚ all with their own dreams. The main characters George and Lennie go from farm to farm‚ trying to work up a stake and save enough to buy their own farm one day. On their latest job they go to work on a farm after having to run away from their old
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The Speed of Trust Identify five to ten most important ideas from the book and explanation of why they are important. One of the most important ideas is “The 4 cores of Credibility”. It talks about the different cores such as integrity‚ intent‚ capabilities and results. Integrity and intent are character cores‚ and capabilities and results are competency cores. The first core is Integrity. Stephen Covey‚ the author‚ talks about how integrity is more than just honesty. It has three parts to it‚
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