All Souls: A Family Story From Southie By Micheal Patrick MacDonald. (Ballentine Books under The Random House Publishing Corporation‚ 1999‚ 266pp. $14.00) Michael Patrick MacDonald saw hatred animated on a Friday in the early days of October. Some people were reading the newspaper in brightly lit kitchens. Some children were coloring with brightly hued crayons. Some fathers were getting into cars in front of their beautiful homes. But there were no crayons‚ bright kitchens‚ or fathers in
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quintessence of the main theme of this lovely novel is: "Only connect! Only connect the prose and passion and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer." This excerpt represents the main idea that Forster carries through the book: relationships‚ not social status‚ are--or at least should be--the most important thing for people.<br><br>Howards End was written in 1910. That explains the naivete and idealism that permeate the atmosphere of the novel. Written in the beginning of
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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 paralyzed for the rest of his life. After this horrifying mishap‚ he
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complete and entertaining book on the subject‚ and on this era.” Newsweek proclaims‚ “A rollicking yarn whose prose bounces across the page like a getaway car through a wheat field.” All of these nationwide publications have high praise for Public Enemies‚ America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI‚ 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough. Public Enemies is a publication of the Penguin Group with a copyright of 2004. In the authors notes‚ Bryan Burrough stated‚ “This is a book I always suspected I would
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thing that can make this book any better. With that being said‚ The Devil’s Highway‚ by Luis Alberto Urrea is definitely a book worth reading because it is the brutal truth of the hard journey across the many walls that separate the U.S and Mexico. Luis Alberto Urrea‚ born in Tijuana‚ Mexico has written several books on a similar topic. He writes of loss‚ triumph‚ and everything in between. He emphasizes the mexican struggles of crossing over the U.S border. This is a book that should be read by
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Book Report Name of Book: The Stone Monkey Genre: Fiction Author: Jeffery Deaver Main Characters: Amelia Sachs Lincoln Rhyme Synopsis: A cargo ship holding a bunch of Chinese illegal immigrants is on its journey to New York where they will be working for riches and a better life. Each family has payed a hefty sum of money to be smuggled by a notorious criminal “snakehead”
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Told from his perspective‚ Joe discusses 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
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A Raisin In The Sun‚ is a book about a family‚ well‚ one family in particular. The Younger family is a rather normal African American family. They all live together in a little apartment‚ and they all have many struggles to face daily. Walter Lee Younger‚ is a limousine driver‚ and is not liking his job‚ he wants to own and operate a liquor store to get more money‚ and to have a better life‚ every morning‚ his wife Ruth makes him eggs. Every time Walter brings up his dream‚ Ruth quiets him with
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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‚ the past‚ attention of others
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Train to Pakistan‚ originally published in 1956‚ is not a very good book‚ but quite enjoyable much of the time. Khushwant Singh‚ less than ten years after Partition‚ in 1947‚ wrote a novel of less than 200 pages and still managed to create what’s probably best described as an uneven mess. Ideas‚ allusions‚ characters and bits and pieces of story float all over the book. There’s no denying that Singh‚ who has since become a famous public figure and intellectual in India‚ prefers to lecture rather
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