space granted to Jews. Three of us read books written by Perl‚ and the other two read books about other Zionists at the time‚ or other rescue attempts from the Holocaust. We were able to look at primary source documents such as his passport marked with a J‚ which is included in our exhibit. Overall‚ we relied on information from his books as well as the other books we read. When choosing books‚ we wanted to have other opinions available‚ so we read books by David Ben-Gurion‚ who had opposing views
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The book Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman should be a book that is praised by everyone and is found significant in everyone’s lives‚ for it offers a great deal of knowledge and experience within the subject of mental illnesses. This particular novel gives the reader a secret look at what it is like to be a teenager plagued by mental illnesses‚ which is why it is definitely worth reading. A few reasons as to why the novel should be read include: the novel passes an important message to the reader
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The book Founding Brothers was written in a way that anyone could read. Even people who are unfamiliar with the American Revolution would feel comfortable reading this book and have a good understanding of what happened during that time period. The author‚ Joseph Ellis‚ explains throughout the book the conflicting interpretations of the meaning of the American Revolution as well as the influence it had on the early history of the United States of America. Ellis resisted choosing one side over the
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Thomas K. Holcomb’s book‚ Introduction to American Deaf Culture‚ shines a light on the deaf community and the culture they experience. The intended audience‚ however‚ is the hearing. It gives the reader insight on deaf experiences and how the atmosphere is different‚ even though the environment is the same. All aspects of culture are covered. The book starts off with how the culture is formed through the 5 hallmarks (p. 17). Next‚ the book focuses on the identity of a deaf person. This is not only
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Vanishing Act In the book‚ Vanishing Act‚ by John Feinstein‚ two aspiring young sportswriters‚ Stevie and Susan‚ who met before when they uncovered a mystery at the final four‚ were given the chance to go to the U.S. Open and they were to stay at Susan’s uncle’s house‚ Mr. Gibson. They were extremely excited to hear that they were going to be reporting the new Russian sensation‚ Nadia Symanova‚ until suddenly‚ she disappeared on the way to the court. Instinctively‚ Stevie and Susan embark on a
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1st Entry: Introduction From the title of this book‚ I could infer that the book will be about how the elements were discovered‚ the origin of their names and the people who discovered each element that is now a part of the periodic table. The author of the book‚ Hugh Aldersey-Williams‚ must be an individual of great knowledge and has a deep interest and understanding of chemistry—or else he would have never wrote this book. In this book‚ I expect that I would be able to learn how the ancients
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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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Nineteen Minutes I read the book Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. The story begins in a small town in Sterling‚ New Hampshire. At the high school‚ you read about a routine day of students in classes. As a student runs out of class to leave for an orthodontist appointment a loud bang goes off in the parking lot‚ which turns out to be a bomb set off in Matt’s car. The students are confused by the noise and gun shots are fired. Patrick‚ the only detective on the Sterling police force (which is
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wasn’t that close but still you miss them. This story is about two sister who have grown together in the same house. She both took care of each other. One sister was Katie and one was Lynn. Lynn took care of Katie since she was born.The title of the book is Kira Kira because this is where they life had started to change. Kira kira means glittering in Japanese. This was the first that Lynn every thought Katie when she was a child. “Lynn told me that when I was a baby‚ she used to take me onto our empty
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Book Report On “In the Life of Laetitia” Merle Hodge ‘In the life of Laetitia’‚ published in 1994 by Farrar Straus Giroux of New York; Paperback‚ Aerial Fiction‚ 244 pages. The Novel was written by Merle Hodge a Trinidadian novelist and critic‚ she’s a lecturer at the University of the West Indies‚ she’s also the Author of the 1970 novel ‘Crick Crack‚ Monkey’‚ which is a classic of West Indian literature. The story is about an adolescent girl (Laetitia) who begins on a life changing journey‚ after
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