Fences August Wilson Plume Books Publisher The play Fences is another phenomenal play penned by‚ one of the best authors of all time‚ August Wilson. Among Wilsons writings are: The Piano Lesson‚ King Hedley II‚ Ma Rainy’s Black Bottom‚ Joe Turner’s Come and Gone‚ Seven Guitars‚ Two Trains Running‚ Jitney and Radio Golf. His plays have been produced all over the world. The play Fences tells the story of an African American family living in the 1950’s a time when racial discrimination was at
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development‚ a book by Thomas Keenan‚ is an intriguing book that covers predominant issues in development of a child. The book is written well and it offers an exceptional covers of developmental psychology theories and techniques. Notably‚ the author has provided a grounding of principles which directs theory and research in modern child growth. Evidently‚ the book reviews research methods and theories which are quite significant in gaining substantial knowledge in developmental psychology. The book is wonderfully
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A Book Report on Mozart: A Life in Letters Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ known for being a musical genius since his childhood‚ was a brilliant composer of symphonies‚ concertos‚ and chamber music. Even after his death in December 1791‚ Mozart is still among one of the most popular composers to be written of. Mozart: A Life in Letters is a fascinating book that includes a set of his letters‚ providing a new understanding of his life story including his marriage‚ his relationships with
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The book I chose to write about for my book report was Hiroshima – by John Hersey. The publisher is Alfred A. Knoff and was published first in 1946 with 196 pages. The book was originally published in The New Yorker. This book tells the stories of six brave survivors on that tragic day on the 6th of August. On August 6th ‚ 1945‚ at exactly 8:15 in the morning the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. At that time the six characters were each doing there own thing. Miss Toshiko Sasaki‚ who was a clerk for a
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STORMBREAKER This month I read the book‚ Stormbreaker‚ by Antony johnston. It is a graphic novel that does not have page numbers. I chose to read this because i like graphic novels‚ and this is the first book in the series. This book takes place in Europe. It is futuristic‚ but it does not give a specific date. Most of the book takes place in some tall buildings in Europe. This setting is important because most of the conflict involves shouting and hand on hand fighting the protagonist goes to
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Minority Autobiography Analysis (Book Report) Title: Honky Author: Dalton Conley Summary "Honky" is the true story of Dalton Conley‚ a white kid‚ growing up in a minority community. The story takes place beginning at the end of the 1960’s and concluding in the early 1980’s and takes us from the authors early childhood to college. Dalton Conley was white‚ with a Jewish mother and an Irish/English father. Both of Dalton’s patents were artists. His mother‚ Ellen‚ grew up in northern Pennsylvania
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The book “Hiroshima” by John Hersey starts out by introducing the characters in the book with a time for each event happening. On August 6th everyone was doing their regular everyday activities‚ Mr Tanimoto was helping one of his friends move when the blast hit the city of Hiroshima. A woman by the name of Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura was used to the air-raid sirens so when they went off again she let her kids sleep in leaving them alone. Throughout the book it repeatedly reminds you of the time each events
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Cockroach Book Report By: James Cockroach‚ written by Rawi Hage‚ published in 2008 by House of Anansi Press Inc.‚ tells the story of a new immigrant who comes to Montreal‚ Canada to escape his war torn country back home in Iran. We see Canada through the eyes of the unnamed protagonist throughout the novel who struggles financially‚ and emotionally‚ battling the cold Canadian winter‚ and ending up in special care after a failed suicide attempt upon arriving to Canada. Through his extremely
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Bram Stoker Bram Stoker (1847-1912) is best known as the author of Dracula. Abraham Stoker was born in Clontarf‚ Ireland in 1847. He was a sickly child‚ bedridden for much of his boyhood. As a student at Trinity College‚ however‚ he excelled in athletics as well as academics‚ and graduated with honors in mathematics in 1870. He worked for ten years in the Irish Civil Service‚ and during this time contributed drama criticism to the Dublin Mail. Despite an active personal and professional life‚
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Book Report “Reading Nudge” These days‚ knowing ‘who customer is’ becomes more and more important in marketing. Then‚ to know precisely who customer is‚ is it enough to study marketing area based on the thought which is “human is rational”? As a marketer‚ I have been conducting lots of marketing project in my working area. But‚ as I conducted those projects‚ I felt that knowing customer is very difficult. It is because sometimes customer was very rational‚ but in other times customer was extremely
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