was captivated with the way Carson began the book with the imaginary town that had suffered plagues due to pesticides. She then went on to say that these were based off real events that happened all over the country. Also it was fascinating how much Rachel Carson new about carcinogens and the ill effects of pesticides such as cancer and birth defects. This was at a time when this was not a wide spread fact. B. The protagonists in this novel are nature and the public. They are both innocent and are
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Book Report: The Judgement of Paris The Judgement of Paris: Manet‚ Meissonier‚ and an Artistic Revolution contrasts the lives and artistic struggles of two painters against the backdrop of life in Paris. In the 1860s Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in Europe. His fame was built on his thoroughly detailed‚ realistic depiction of historical subjects. Meissonier sold his works for record prices and could afford to spend years working on them (he took 13 years to paint Napoleon’s
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the main character in my book middle school is james and this book is written by James patterson he is a very independent boy who just likes to sit at home and do nothing all day hes a calm‚kind‚boring person but when it becomes summer his parents send him to a camp called camp wannamorra and he doesn’t want to go to but when he gets there out of all the cabins he gets the worst one called the muskrats with all the kids who gets picked on and thats makes him feel like he’s gonna have a long summer
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INTRODUCTION In the book ’Silent spring ’ written by Rachael Carson we find a picture of Carson ’s deep concept about the connection between nature’s equilibrium and the web of life that has been ruined by the uncontrolled use of insecticides which in turn affected the healthy livelihood of this earth’s creatures. Furthermore‚ she tells the readers of substitute techniques of achieving the same ends. The title of the book is enough to make us understand that it was a hint of a spring season with
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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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unlikely champion racehorse and the three men who worked tirelessly to help him fulfill his hidden potential‚ is an award winning book full of controversy and . An undersized horse who was difficult to train which lead to his trainers losing hope and giving up on him. Three men took the challenge of training this horse which leads to Sea biscuit becoming one of the greatest race horses to ever take part in the sport. The book‚ written by Laura Hildebrand‚ who began her writing career in 1938‚ became
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(262) 334-3413 West Bend‚ WI 53090 www.morainepark.edu Memo Date: April 24‚ 2011 To: May Johnson‚ Professor From: Student Subject: Recommendation Report for Employment Need Changes in the Health Information Management Department with Electronic Medical Records I have attached the recommendation report that I have completed for our facility. There are some issues that need to be taken care of as we implement electronic medical records in our hospital. We will need to decide
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Integrated Montessori Center SY: 2013-2014 Book Report of The Trojan Wars Submitted by: Natasha Beatriz Ancheta III- Radon Submitted to: Teacher Orlando C. Pascual I. Introduction a. Biography of the Author Edith Hamilton was a well-known educator and author. She is recognized as the “greatest woman Classicist”. She was sixty-two years old when The Greek Way‚ her first book‚ was published in the year 1930. Hamilton had not yet been to Greece and was only writing about Greek mythology through
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien‚ later fitted as a trilogy. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien’s earlier fantasy book The Hobbit and soon developed into a much larger story. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949‚ with much of it being written during World War II. It was originally published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955‚ and has since been reprinted numerous times and translated
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flares have demolished most of the earth. At the beginning of the book‚ a sixteen year old boy wakes up in a metal box with no recollection of who he is‚ or where he came from. In fact‚ the only thing he can remember is his name. The box begins moving slowly upward‚ until it gets to the top of the hole‚ and stops‚ as two metal doors swing open. When the doors open‚ Thomas discovers a group of boys around the same age as him. Pulling him out of the box‚ they explain where he is. He is in a place they
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