Amari‚ a fifteen year old African girl‚ taken from her village‚ and forced to work on a rice plantation‚ finds her strength by not giving up on life. Copper Sun by Sharon Draper talks about how Amari endures life on a rice plantation‚ and all the pain she goes undergoes. At first‚ Amari needs strength to survive her horrible trip to America. For three months‚ Amari faced so many challenges on her trip to America‚ to become a slave. The ship was a disgusting place with no clean places to sleep‚ no
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY HUNGRY FOR WORSHIP BY BOOK REVIEW SUBMITTED TO DR. RODNEY WHALEY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE MUSC 610 – TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR WORSHIP BY KIANAN SMITH LYNCHBURG‚ VA JUNE 2014 Name: Kianan Smith Book Report # Spring 2014 Semester Hungry for Worship by: Frank S. Page and L. Lavon Gray Chapter 1: Summary: In this text‚ Hungry for Worship‚ authors Frank Page and L. Gray write about
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4-MAT Book Review Stephanie Leonard Liberty University Summary In Dr. H. Norman Wrights book “The Complete Guide to Crisis & Trauma Counseling: What to Do and Say when it Matters Most”‚ which was published in 2011 focuses on how to counsel those in a crisis situation. The book begins by Dr. Wright discussing his personal life story of dealing with loss‚ crisis‚ and trauma. His story is the foundation of the subject in how to counsel someone and knowing when to refer a person to someone with more
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live and who we are as women. It is so easy to get caught up in the lies of this world; including the lies about who God is and also about who we are. When we listen to these lies instead of listening to God‚ it often leads to feelings of uncertainty and insignificance. In the book‚ Marvelously Made‚ by Monica Rose Brennan‚ she brings misconceptions such as: relationships‚ acceptance and pleasing people‚ body image‚ education and intelligence‚ occupation‚ money‚ religious works‚ hobbies and interests
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would like to point out that it is quite obvious that Joshua is in fact the 20th century version of Jesus Christ. It is most obvious from early on‚ when he first introduces himself as a carpenter. Next‚ he heals that little girl‚ and then walks through town with that large log on his shoulder‚ which I guess could be symbolic of the cross Jesus carried. Then there was the man who came to help Joshua‚ but could not for it was too heavy. That seems awfully symbolic of Simon trying to help Jesus carry
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converse and gossip as a matter of routine‚ are the BOOKS‚ that are stacked in our family-library. Their sweet‚ long company has made me a true book-lover in the real sense. Without any doubt or reservation‚ I can frankly say that blessed are those‚ who are in constant company of books. Books never desert us‚ when we fall prey to evil days‚ and they never flatter us‚ when fortune smiles on us. In my life so far‚ I have read many books including the titles on travels and adventures; biographies
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An Army At Dawn Book Review Griffin Duvall AP US History: Book Review November 20‚ 2014 An Army At Dawn. By Rick Atkinson. Picador: New York‚ 2002. ISBN 978-0-8050-8724-6. Bibliographical References. Index. Pp. 1‚ 681. $18.00. Rick Atkinson took the gruesome story of World War II and turned it into a thrilling three volume tale. In the first volume‚ An Army At Dawn‚ Atkinson takes on the escapade into North Africa from the perspective of the Americans using only letters and documents
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UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BOOK REVIEW Predictably Irrational The hidden forces that shape our decision -Dan Ariely Reviewed by: Sanila Pradhan 11TH June‚ 2013 Predictably Irrational: The hidden forces that shape our decisions‚ by Dan Ariely. Harpercollins‚ 2009. Reviewed by Sanila Pradhan. ‘Predictably Irrational” was a very enjoyable read for me. The title of the book is very appealing therefore‚ I decided to read this book. The title of the book points its finger towards us. Standard
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“A Child called it” Book Review In the autobiography “A child called it” written by Dave Pelzer is a timeline of Dave’s life as a young child and demonstrates the abuse he went to before he is rescued. This book was released in 1995‚ he has written 15 other books 3 of his books are a sequel to “a child called it”. This book show the devastating and disgusting events in one of the most severe child abuse cases in Californian history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer‚ who was brutally beaten and starved
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How to write a book review Perhaps the best way to offer guidelines on how to write a book review is to give you an example of the kind of instructions and guidelines we (i.e. the academic staff) would be given by journals who invite us to review books for them. So‚ here are the instructions given to authors by the ‘Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders’. “A book review should be an objective and tactful evaluation of a book. The review should offer logic and fact in support of its evaluations
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