Sundiata an Epic of Old Mali: Book Review. Summary The story of Sundiata is considered classic because of its historical and legendary value. The setting of this story took place in 13th century A.D. He was the son of Sogolon Kedjou of Do and King Maghan Kon Fatta of Mali and is known for uniting twelve kingdoms of Mali. Sundiata was considered as a disappointment because it was predicted before his birth‚ he would have made Mali famous but when he was born he was aesthetically displeasing and
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The Hunger Games: Book Review The Hunger Games is a novel aimed at young adults first released in September 2008. It was first published in the United States of America. Suzanne Collins was the author of this amazing novel. She came up with the idea while channel surfing and watching real war footage and reality TV. It also came because of her dad’s involvement in the Vietnam War. It was then published by the group Scholastic‚ who have published many famous books such as the highly successful Harry
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Peter R. Mansoor‚ Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq (New Haven: Yale University Press‚ 2008) Peter Mansoor’s work in Baghdad at Sunrise captures in detail his time as Commander of the 1st Brigade‚ 1st Armored Division known as the “Ready First Combat Team”. His service in Baghdad starts after the topple of the Ba’athists regime and the transfer of responsibilities to a temporary Iraqi group. Mansoor begins the novel in Adhamiya‚ a tough Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad on April
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Katherine A. Dettwyler - Dancing Skeletons: Life and death in West Africa (1994) Review In 1995‚ Dancing Skeletons was given the Margaret Mead Award by the American Anthropological Association. It is presented to anthropologists whose work was able to interpret “anthropological data and principles in ways that make them meaningful and accessible to a broadly concerned public”[1]‚ which I consider to be exactly what the book does. Concerned about the relation between nutrition education and child
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The Silence of Six Silence of six‚ a book written my E.C. Myers‚ discusses the adventures‚ or rather the misadventures of max‚ a high school soccer player who dabbles in hacking. This book has almost no background information‚ or character build-up. Although it is easy to figure out exactly what is happening‚ it can be difficult to understand why the things that happen are happening‚ in the beginning. I thought this book was a good read‚ and it was also a quick read‚ seeing as how I am an unusually
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classical tradition and Christianity‚ the Barbarian invasions‚ and the spread of Islam. Dawson’s book is about the people and cultures
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about this book because of the large range of events and transitions that occurred throughout the American West that the author includes in the text. Elliot West highlights the struggles that many endured while trying to create better circumstances for not only themselves but also their families by moving to the west. He chronicles the adaptations that many white settlers arriving in the west faced in order to be able to make a living for themselves. But another reason why I found the book interesting
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Penguin Group‚ 2003. In the start of the fifth book‚ Herodotus tells of the beginning wars between the Persians and the Greeks. The reader can find Herodotus to be somewhat messy with his writing in the beginning of this book because it gets confusing. Herodotus seems to favor Histiaeus of Miletus by calling him kind and honorable. One of Herodotus’ main themes is the Persians conquest and we learn of how the govern and take over land. Later in the book‚ Herodotus explains how the Greeks revolt
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Martin Scorsese’s latest film‚ Gangs of New York is a failed anti-war film. It is 165 minutes of some of the most violent footage ever seen in a film intended for mainstream entertainment. As a fan of Scorsese’s‚ I have to say that even the brutality of Good Fellas could not have prepared me for the assault that is the experience of watching this film. Even leaving aside the violence‚ I admit that I am mystified by all the hoopla surrounding Gangs of New York. Leonardo Di Caprio only slightly adapts
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The introduction used by Henkin was unique to the book. He utilized the story of Anthony Burns. A fugitive slave that was captured‚ Mr. Burns miraculously managed to write several letters from his jail cell in the state of Virginia‚ 1854. Mr. Burns managed to utilize the facilities postal system to communicate with his lawyer in Boston. Henkin used this story as a powerful introduction to the main portion of the book. The tome‚ The Postal age is broken down by Henkin into two distinct sections.
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