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    Steve Jobs : Book Review

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    Biography’ was one of the most eagerly awaited books of the year 2011. The book is a journey into the life of a legend who revolutionized the way people saw technology. Walter Issacson brings to life‚ the innovator‚ the dreamer and the devil within Steve Jobs. An absolutely must read!  In my mind the sole purpose of reading non-fiction is to learn‚ and if you learn something‚ by definition you will be changed. So‚ what did I learn from this book? 1. I have a better understanding of Apple products

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    Book Review on Black Boy

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    TITLE: Black Boy AUTHOR: Richard Wright INTRODUCTION OF AUTHOR: Richard Wright was born in Natchez‚ Mississippi. When he was six years old‚ his father‚ Nathan Wright deserted the family for whatever reason. His mother‚ Ella‚ became the breadwinner of the family. Abandoned by her husband and unable to establish economic independence from her strict mother‚ Ella suffered greatly. A strong woman who faces terrible adversity‚ she trained Richard to be strong and to take care of himself

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    The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games” is more than just a best seller. It is a vortex into a futuristic United States that offers morals and themes that can relate to today’s society. Collins contrasts the poverty-stricken‚ subservient world of main character‚ Katniss‚ with the affluence and power of the people of the governing Capitol. Collins descends into the abuses of government control‚ and explores the importance and hope of individuality in a totalitarian society. Katniss

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    Book Review on Urban Poverty

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    Book Review on Urban Poverty B M Hasanul Banna International Islamic University Malaysia Urban poverty is the outcome of urban-bias development projects being predominantly financed by the external capital‚ either in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) or Aid. The urban-bias industrialization strategy performed as a pull factor for the rural unemployed. This strategy contributed to the expanding of urban informal sectors where unskilled as well as highly unorganized day labours remain

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    Danah Boyd Book Review

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    she focuses on the cultural and social unfairness society. She is also the founder and president of Data & Society‚ a research institution that focuses on understanding data-driven technologies in society. Boyd is also known for her books‚ one of her most recent books called It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens‚ Where she expresses the superstition that society dons on the younger generation when it comes to social media. She then describes how

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    In 1903‚ Jack London wrote his best selling novel‚ concerning the life of a sled dog that travels throughout Alaska‚ the Yukon‚ and the Klondike. Throughout this book Jack London uses personification to illustrate the dog’s viewpoint. London describes what adventures the dog encounters after being kidnapped from his Santa Clara Valley home to be taken to Alaska as a sled dog to help men pursue gold in the gold rush of 1897. Buck‚ is the name of this sled dog who experiences his primitive life style

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    to American citizens. Stories that make undocumented people seem like completely uncivilized criminals. However‚ The Devils Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea‚ offers a different approach. He writes a story of 26 men who leave their homes in search of a new beginning; hope for a better future. These men face some of the most dangerous of enemies including "La Migra" (the U.S. Border Patrol)‚ "Cayotes"‚ brutal vigilantes‚ Mexican Federales‚ rattlesnakes‚ extreme cases of hypothermia‚ and worst of all‚ the

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    Slavery In The 19th Century

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    When  one  views  slave  labor‚  a  vision  usually  comes  to  mind.  Most people when they view slave labor from a 19th Century perspective‚ view it as a large Southern style plantation where the main house has servants and the fields have slaves toiling over cash crops such as cotton or tobacco with a master overseeing the progress of the slaves. On occasion‚ this would be the ideal for some parts of the Southern countryside‚ such as societal functions‚ and

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    Book of Negroes

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    The Book of Negroes -- Synopsis The Book of Negroes is the first novel to examine the story of African peoples who‚ after enslavement in the United States and escape to Canada‚ returned to Africa in the eighteenth century. Aminata Diallo begins the story of her tumultuous life with the words: “I seem to have trouble dying. By all rights‚ I should not have lived this long.” Aminata’s story spans six decades and three continents. Against the backdrop of British slavery and liberation in the U.S

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    Books

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    Title: Books What are books? Well the answer is pretty simple which is books are a set of written‚ printed‚ illustrated‚ or blank sheets‚ made of ink‚ paper‚ parchment‚ or other materials‚ usually fastened together to hinge at one side. Books are available everywhere. We can get them at a bookstore‚ library‚ school and many more places. They are part and puzzle of someone’s life. There are many types of book like storybooks‚ fictional‚ non-fictional‚ novels‚ magazines‚ manuscript‚ comic books

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