Pull any copy of the series off a shelf anywhere in the world and you’re holding magic. It’s not hard to see why. Right from the first page of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" (or "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" for those reading in the UK) Rowling proves that she knows a thing or two about the kind of magic that brings stories to life. The book starts with Harry as an infant‚ the child of a wizard and witch. He is suddenly left orphaned after an attack by the evil and powerful
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Generation. New York: Vintage Books‚ 2000. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation is a book about the American revolutionary generation‚ but as Ellis puts it a more modern way so that everyone can understand. This book includes information about our founding fathers and stories that some had no idea about; it also gives you some details about the politics going on during the time period but still indicates specific people in history. Ellis has the time frame of this book from right around when
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Book Review: Frankenstein Instructor: Brian T. Crumley HIS 162 Alvin Barnes 15 February 2015 In this modern era‚ it is very easy to get lost in the recent advances in motion picture special effects. The introductions of computer graphic imagery and green screens helped movie studios globally to create exciting and eye appealing productions. In prior years‚ a movie encouraged more writers to focusing on complex characters‚ dynamic and tightly woven story plots. The 1931 Frankenstein
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the Prophet. The book is associated with the other five Wolves of the Beyond books Lone Wolf‚ Shadow Wolf‚ Watch Wolf‚ Spirit Wolf‚ and Star Wolf. I would give the book a 2 because I like the Wolves of the Beyond books. They explain how the wolves survive and how they hunt their prey. The book shows how they grow up and learn to hunt and communicate with the others. I also like how the author makes it feel like something is going to happen like a fight scene. The book also continues the story
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going to catch up on my reading list‚ I’ve fallen way behind schedule. Haha! Anyway‚ one of my courses this semester was PI 100 or the "Rizal" course. As one of our final requirements‚ we were required to submit an essay on Ambeth Ocampo’s renowned book Rizal Without the Overcoat. Here’s what I wrote (crammed might be a better word choice) Heh heh: My Perception of Jose Rizal and Ambeth Ocampo’s Rizal Without the Overcoat Of all the things I have learned in our humble university‚ none of it
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down and arranged the material in the first person‚ and Malcolm X edited and approved every chapter. Thus‚ though Haley actually did the writing‚ it is reasonable to consider the work an autobiography. The work is one of the most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century‚ as it offers valuable insight into the mind of a key figure on a core issue of twentieth-century America. In 1965‚ a New York reviewer wrote of Malcolm X‚ “No man has better expressed his people’s trapped anguish.” The autobiography
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communicate with each other and act like humans. Animal farm is a book concerned about the politics of leadership and the rise of fall of great leaders; also the events surrounding the Animal Farm are mirrored to the events that took place during the Russian Revolution. There is also a relevance and resemblance of the occurrences in the book with the operations of a business and business communication. Within the content of the book‚ there were many parallels identified that existed with business
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Thatcher Ulrich‚ Good Wives Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650-1750 (New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1983) The novel Good Wives is a study of the many roles women play in Northern New England from 1650-1750. The book is split into three sections; all named after biblical females who portrayed idealized feminine traits within New England society. The first part is named Bathsheba‚ which shows and explains the responsibilities and possibilities women had as a housewife
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Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology College of Arts and Social Sciences DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Andres Bonifacio Avenue‚ Tibanga‚ Iligan City A Requirement in History 122 ANNOTATED BOOK REVEW related to the descriptive course Modern East Asia entitled A Short History of China And Southeast Asia: Tribute‚ Trade and Influence By: Martin Stuart-Fox Submitted by: Michelle Titular Cortes
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acquiring that success requires hard work‚ perseverance‚ and dedication. Yet it is often difficult to maintain the continual motivation needed to overcome the frequent obstacles and setbacks that litter the road to success. C.P Neck’s and C. Manz’s book‚ Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence‚ explores strategies and tools to strengthen the key attribute that provides sustenance for an individual’s motivation‚ self-leadership. The tools encompass ideas such as world-altering
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