"THE ALCHEMIST" – THE BOOK REVIEW TITLE and INTRODUCTION: "The Alchemist" authored by Paulo Coelho is an unforgettable novel about dreams‚ omens‚ treasures‚ courage and essential wisdom of listening to our hearts. SUMMARY: "The Alchemist" follows a story of a shepherd boy ’Santiago ’‚ who‚ when embarks on the journey of finding a treasure‚ makes a similar journey into depth of his own heart. Santiago‚ an ordinary shepherd boy‚ has a recurrent dream about a treasure. With some
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Book review The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Nicholas Charles Sparks was born on 31. December 1965 and is an American author. He lives in New Bern‚ North Carolina‚ which also is the setting for most of his novels. Sparks met his wife Catherine during the spring of 1988 in California. They married the year after and settled down in New Bern‚ where he wrote his first published novel The Notebook. The two are still living in New Bern with their three sons Miles‚ Ryan and Landon‚ and their twin daughters
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Book Review – Winning by Jack Welch Winning‚ is a motivational story of Jack’s rise in the world of business‚ aiming his focus on profits‚ teamwork‚ and people. Having worked at General Electric for Forty years‚ he led the company to success in various markets globally‚ while rising above their top competitors. With his no non-sense attitude‚ the book provides knowledge which can strike a chord with people in any level in their career. Jacks straightforwardness maps out for the reader guidance
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position. These points are; how Anton matured over time‚ how his surrounding places changed after the war‚ and how Anton held onto the events that took place in Haarlem‚ even though he as well as the places around him changed. Over the course of the book‚ Anton showed a significant amount of growth‚ from his childhood in Haarlem‚ all the way until he had reached an age that surpassed his own father in years. Anton was married
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of the Novel in the Eighteenth Century Introduction: In the eighteenth century the years after the forties witnessed a wonderful efflorescence of a new literary genre which was soon to establish itself for all times to come as the dominant literary form. Of course‚ we are referring here to the English novel which was born with Richardson’s Pamela and has been thriving since then. When Matthew Arnold used the epithets "excellent" and "indispensable" for the eighteenth century which had little of
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Rayome Dr. Ditloff International Relations 6 March 2014 Levitt‚ Steven D‚ and Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. New York: Harper Collins‚ 2005. Print. The authors of Freakonomics‚ Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner‚ were very clear in the fact that they did not want their book to simply revolve around one single theme‚ thus making it difficult to discern a distinct thesis statement or theory. Some may perceive this type of approach as a weakness
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Book Review: Ishmael "This is an inspirational novel! Nevertheless reviews are reading the book issued a cliché‚ but it is the most appropriate conclusion. Why this book does not greatly popular? Why General Education did not book as required reading bibliography? Book tried from the edge to the center to watch and thinking. Center‚ refers to the "human world cultural tradition of the core”‚ the book cited by Western thinking for the based. Interestingly‚ the "center" it is because of the human
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1491‚ which was published in 2005 by Vintage Books‚ is a subversive study that immensely alters most people’s understanding and knowledge of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. The nonfiction historical novel by Charles C. Mann explains about a new generation of researchers’ conclusions about the history of Native Americans before the arrival of Columbus. Mann uncovered many of the untold facts that have never been taught in traditional school. The primary point Mann is trying
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Bailee Elizarraras Sociology 100 Animal Farm 11/4/14 The book Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ plays on the sociological ways how overseeing government has total control over society. In the book‚ Gorge Orwell begins with the introduction of Mr. Jones; a farmer who over works his livestock. This aspect reflects dictatorship and through history‚ people in the society of a dictatorship have relatively short stands‚ as the animals do after a secret alliance is decreed between all of the animals
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Book Review and Critique of “The Gift of Sex” Mona Trice CCOU 305-B02 Healthy Sexuality 10/4/2013 Professor Moroz Liberty University Online Abstract This paper shall be used as a response regarding sexual fulfillment within the confines of a biblically based marriage. It was based on information obtained from the book‚ “The Gift of Sex” by Clifford and Joyce Penner. The couple gave their opinion as well as discussed topics which were sexually explicit as it pertained to married couples
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