Alexander the Great‚ was one of the legendary Kings of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon. In Alexander the Great‚ Adam begins the book with a clear introduction of what kingdom of Macedon was like during the period of Alexander’s father‚ King Philip’s rule. Adams does not immediately jump into the conquest and accomplishments of Alexander the Great. In the first half of the book‚ Adams gives the readers full background knowledge of Macedon’s political background before Alexander
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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 Murders‚ the reader is provided a thorough explanation of how Manson developed his criminal lifestyle though the focus is on the famous murders he helped to commit as the leader of The Family and the process used to convict him. After a brief comment about the book as a whole and its writing style and content‚ Manson’s connections to the subject of interpersonal
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Elliot‚ J.H.‚ Imperial Spain: 1469-1716. London: Penguin Books‚ 1963. 423pgs. In Imperial Spain‚ J.H. Elliot examines the history of early modern Spain from the reign of the Catholic Monarchs‚ Isabella and Ferdinand‚ to the reformation of the Spanish government by the first member of the Bourbon dynasty. According to the author‚ at the start of the 15th century‚ Spain was internally weak‚ hopelessly divided and isolated
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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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The purpose Elbert Hubbard wanted to get across in his book was no matter what your position is‚ if you are given a task or an order to do it without question or hesitation. The mission was to ensure people everywhere were doing this to keep everyone focused on their objectives which allow more work to get done faster and more efficiently. I believe the part that gets the authors point across the most is when Rowan takes the letter from Mckinely and was given the task to carry the message to general
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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 making real people into characters. “Simple substitution of single words allowed Capote a more vivid characterizing detail”
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September 19‚ 2011 THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge I would give this book a thumbs up because it had the ability to keep my attention‚ and most books don’t keep my attention. THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X is about a young boy named Daniel who is 15 years old. He is on a mission to kill aliens following a list until his parents’ killer is finally exterminated. This scientific fictional novel starts off with Daniel being a three year old boy‚ and his parents
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Mortality Doctrine The book‚ The Rule Of Thoughts was an amazing book. It was written by one of my favorite authors James Dashner. Dashner grew up in Austell‚ Georgia where he was one of six children in his family. He later went to Utah for college at Brigham Young University and started writing books that were for young teens. His books typically had the adventure‚ survival‚ and science-fiction genres. He then proceeded to write The Maze Runner which was one of his most famous books. So today I am writing
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themselves Gladers‚ and 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
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Fahrenheit 451 In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ the main character‚ Guy Montag meets a girl‚ Clarisse McClellan‚ who will tell him something that will change his life forever. Guy is a fireman‚ who ignites fires instead of putting them out. He burns house where books have been found. The reason that these houses along with the books are burned is because the government of this society does not want its people to read books. He then talks to a girl named Clarisse‚ who tells
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