exactly what happens in the book‚ which this report is about. The Whipping Boy is a fiction book by Sid Fleischman‚ Winner of the 1987 Newbery Medal. Sid Fleischman was born in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ on March 16‚ 1920‚ and grew up in San Diego‚ California. He wrote more than 60 books for adults as well as for children. The Whipping Boy is one of them‚ which has been made into a movie. The Whipping Boy is an 18th century European adventure story that is funnier than any book I have ever come across. However
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4-MAT Book Review for Creating Effective Teams Christopher Fletcher Liberty University Abstract Creating Effective Teams takes a somewhat unique perspective on leadership than many leadership books I have read in the past. I have read many books that place the greatest emphasis on the efforts of the leader in order for the team to be successful. Wheelan (2013) argues that the success of any given team is dependent upon the performance of all of its members. This book places a greater
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“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” Stephen Covey‚ author of the giant best-selling book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People‚” passed away last month at the age of 79. This particular work of Covey’s sold to date over 20 million copies along with his many other fascinating eye opening reads focused around self-improvement. In this book‚ Covey explains in detail what he believes to be 6 foundational habits that an individual must possess if they are in search of personal success at the
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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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Book Report: Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh Deaf Again is the story of Mark Drolsbaugh‚ and was written to show the world a deaf perspective‚ of how they live‚ struggle on a daily basis. Deaf Again is about Mark Drolsbaugh journey from being born hearing‚ to becoming hard of hearing during the first grade‚ and the difficulties of being forced into the mainstream and not knowing of the joys of the deaf community and deaf culture until he is in his twenties. Mark starts his story by talking about
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Many people don’t mind being a “little” dishonest when it comes to gaining this success without it effecting their self evaluated moral status. When it comes to money people are more willing than you would expect to nudge their way forward. In this book we are presented with two separate but connected groups‚ School teachers and Sumo wrestlers. On one hand‚ you have teachers who have an economic incentive to produce high test scores from their students. If the teachers prove to have high test scores
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The Long Tail Book Report The definition of "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson is that the more a society advances‚ the more companies will expand the diversity of their products to cater to specific groups of people instead of turning to the popular ’hits’ as the only product. And as more products become available‚ people’s taste will expand creating more markets. As the book quotes Kevin Laws for saying‚ "The biggest money is in the smallest sales" (Anderson 23)‚ meaning that there are a huge amount
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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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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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Book Report on Pride and Prejudice The author of Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen who was born in Steventon‚ Hampshire‚ in the south of England‚ in 1775 and died at the age of 41. She began writing at the age of fourteen as entertainment for her family. Austen’s early writing often made gentle fun of popular fiction of the time. Love and Friendship‚ her first book (completed in 1790)‚ was not very kind to those writers who scorned emotional self-control. Northanger Abbey was written at the
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