among adolescent readers. Main character is Holden Caulfield‚ the 17 year old boy who planned on being a catcher in the rye. His intended audience are adolescents or students which this story mostly implies. Something unique and interesting in this book is that J.D Salinger wrote this novel through his own experiences‚ meaning this is almost the same one written in his autobiography during his teenage life. The success of the said novel led to public attention and scrutiny: Salinger became reclusive
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Prize winning memoir “Angela’s Ashes” written by Frank McCourt is a phenomenal tear jerking memoir written about Frank’s childhood growing up in extreme poverty. What were most memorable about this book were Frank’s poverty‚ perseverance‚ and humor. You’ve never seen real poverty until you’ve read this book. His father‚ Malachy McCourt‚ is an alcoholic who uses all of the dole money (welfare) to get drunk‚ leaving his family with no money for a whole month which unfortunately happens quite frequently
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his experience and his life in Gorazde‚ a U.N. designated Safe Area in Bosnia. This graphic narrative also features personal anecdotes of many Bosnians themselves as they talk about their role in the war or how the war affected them. I will use this book to argue that National Memory can be used to compare how the memory of a nation differs from individual memories of survivors. Safe Area Gorazde demonstrates how the Bosnian War differs from others recollection of it. First‚ I will begin by discussing
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The book‚ Beyond Suffrage; Women in the New Deal‚ presents the role of women in the 1930’s in a much different light than many people think of it. The goal of this book is to enlighten the reader as to what role women played in politics during the New Deal. Because of it’s broad view I have taken several specific examples from the book and elaborated on them in order to give you a better understanding. The author‚ Susan Ware‚ begins by laying the groundwork for the women’s network. During
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relationship you have with your employees and your customers. If your employees trust you‚ respect you and believe in your goals then all the other factors like good customer service‚ product quality‚ pricing‚ marketing and delivery comes automatically. This book is all about how to create a positive environment at home and at work. This can be attained by catching people doing things right and praising them when they make progress. At work‚ building positive relationships helps you become more productive‚
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The next review that was written by Basketball Dad on theMDsports was similar to the first one. He talks about how long it took to put it together and basically says you better give yourself a lot of time. He talks about his three kids playing with it and that they love it and get a lot of use out of it (Basketball Dad par.3)‚ which is one of my criteria. He is currently waiting for some replacement parts to be sent in to fix the rims that started breaking and says “I will update my review and add
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Carinna Powell November 29‚ 2012 Period 1 Hayman‚ Leroy. The Death of Lincoln. New York: Scholastic Books‚ Inc.‚ 1968. In the book‚ The Death of Lincoln‚ written by Leroy Hayman‚ it truly shows mostly every important event prior to Abraham Lincoln’s death and after the assassination as well. Like Lincoln‚ Hayman has known was true pain feels like. Not only was Hayman hit in the head by an ink bottle‚ but he survived the terrible accident and continued to live his heroic life although he became
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Destiny‚ with credit to Professor Nettifee brought the book True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership into my life and I want to bring it into the lives of others. More specifically those who may believe they weren’t born with the characteristics or traits to become a leader or those who have not found their passion or purpose in life; their “True North.” The book‚ written by Bill George and co-author Peter Sims‚ compiles a series of interviews with 125 managers from Howard Schultz of Starbuck’s
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Tale of Angola: Free Blacks‚ Red Stick Creeks‚ and International Intrigue in Spanish Southwest Florida‚ 1812-1821. Tale of Angola: Free Blacks‚ Red Stick Creeks‚ and International Intrigue in Spanish Southwest Florida‚ 1812-1821 by Canter Brown Jr. talks about the relationship between free blacks of Florida who were also known as the maroon people fighting a long with Red Stick Creeks Indians and international help against European men to keep the black people free. Also it talks about
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Cinderella is an autobiography about Adeline Yen Mah’s childhood‚ starting in 1941. Throughout the book‚ Adeline explains her childhood in which she faces many dilemmas. She also describes how she was made to feel unwanted and unloved by most of her family. The story is set in World War 2‚ during the time period when the Japanese had invaded China. In the story‚ Adeline explains the amount of respect that all of the Chinese people had to show towards the Japanese. When Adeline was just four years
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