Book Report on The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger The fishing port of Gloucester‚ Massachusetts‚ just north of Boston‚ is one of the oldest fishing ports in the United States and can trace its history to around 1623. Since that time‚ around ten thousand men have lost their lives fishing the Atlantic Ocean. Not only did the fishing port feel the full brunt of the storm but that fateful day in October 1991 was to add another six men to that tally when the fishing boat Andrea Gail was caught in
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Reading Journal #4 The book I am reading is called “From Bad To Cursed”‚ by Katie Alender. The genre of this book is Horror Fiction. It is the second book in the “Bad Girls Don’t Die” series In the first book‚ “Bad Girls Don’t Die”‚ Alexis’s little sister‚ Kasey‚ becomes obsessed with an antique doll. Alexis thinks it’s just another phase her sister is going through‚ but her life is slowly becoming something straight out of a horror movie. Water boils on a stove that isn’t on‚ doors are opening
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Book Report Global Communication (By: Yahya R. Kamalipour) Publisher: Thomson Wadsworth Year of Publication: 2007 Book Report Written By: Husain Ebrahim / Department of Mass Communication at Grambling State University. The author of the Global Communication book is Yahya Kamalipour a professor of mass communication and head of the department of communication and creative arts at Purdue University. His research interests are about topics related to global communications such as‚ international
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English 11 Honors 12‚ March‚ 2013 A Quality Piece of Literature Is it fair to deprive students from historical realities in a piece of classic literature‚ simply because some content is inappropriate? The question of whether or not the novel “Huck Finn‚” by Mark Twain should be banned in schools strikes a lot of controversy. I believe the answer to this question is no‚ it should not be banned. One of the most controversial elements in this novel is Twain’s use of derogatory terms directed towards
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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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Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero (Book Report) I. Book title: “Vanity fair: A novel without a Hero” II. Author: William Makepeace Thackeray III. Theme: Thackeray wants his audience to realize how vanity itself can affect how people act. It is mainly a story about two girls with different outlooks in life; entangled in problems that neither of them could face well. IV. Main Characters: Miss Barbara Pinkerton – presiding over an Academy for Young ladies Jemima Pinkerton – sister
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The Vanishing Love -----Book report of Martin Eden The Introduction of Marin Eden Martin Eden‚ semiautobiographical novel by Jack London‚ published in 1909. The title character‚ Martin Eden‚ becomes a writer‚ hoping to acquire the respectability sought by his society-girl sweetheart‚ Ruth Morse. She spurns him‚ however‚ when his writing is rejected by several magazines and when he is falsely accused of being a socialist. Interestingly‚ Ruth tries to win him back after he achieves fame‚ but Eden
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1 BOOK REPORT Name: Smith‚ Stephen Grade: LCpl Date: Section: . Book Title: Rifleman Dodd Author: C.S. Forester Why I chose this book: Originally this book was given to me by on of my combat instructors in Marine Combat Training(MCT). I wanted to read it but soon found it impossible due to certain time constraints. I lost the book during the transition from M.O.S. school to my current residence. Just recently‚ I obtained another copy of this book from a fellow
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chosen a book report for my research vignette as I believe that book reports may be the easiest choice of a paper type for the A. Douglas Smith Lodge of Research No. 1949 member who would like to present his first paper to the lodge and the purpose which the Worshipful Master assigned me these vignettes was to demonstrate the process for members. I have chosen this book from among several that I have read in order to illustrate that a book that is not thought of as a Masonic book may well
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The Chrysalids John Wyndham Book Report Static vs. Change: Waknuk did not want to change anything about their society‚ and wanted to keep fighting Deviations until the whole society was pure according to the way church and they think god says it. For this reason‚ they had no progress. More and more deviations were created in the society as‚ Waknuk wanting to stay the same grew. Example: The Sealanders say that they are against the Waknuk people because the Sealanders accept change‚ but the Waknuk
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