event as a new rapid extinction predominantly caused by humans. One of the underlying causes of this 6th extinction event discussed in the book is the mass killing of both animals and humans. Another underlying cause of this extinction event discussed in the book‚ which is probably more prevalent now than ever before‚ is climate change caused by humans. This book goes chapter by chapter giving examples of various species that are on the verge of going
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Vittorio Bufacchi has written an intriguing book on social injustice. It’s a combination of twelve essays‚ ten written over the duration of 2000-2008 and two written specially for this volume. He covers a wide a range of subjects through his essays to show how social injustice is present in the society. A thought-provoking essay on torture has been co-authored by Jean Maria Arrigo. Another one is a response to his critics (Matthew Fetenstein and Eddie Hyland) on political ‘scepticism’. Several essays
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Word Count- 1157 David McCullough’s novel 1776 is a compelling story of America’s war for independence. We have all read chapters and heard the related history of the war of 1776‚ but David McCullough takes the epic story even further. The book covers the entire year of 1776 from the beginning of the war until the end. The author provides an extremely detailed description of both sides of the conflict both American and British. David McCullough is a renowned author and historian and has
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Dear John is a novel written by Nicholas Sparks. Published on August 7th‚ 2007‚ with over 3 million books sold‚ Sony Pictures turned Dear John into a movie starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. Dear John takes place in the year 2000 to 2006‚ after John re-enlists after 9/11. Dear John takes place in Charleston‚ South Carolina; a small‚ rural town‚ with many ethnic groups. Charleston is known for their sports‚ the beach‚ historic sites to see‚ hiking and biking. This is a romantic novel with
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to something that‚ we aren’t sure if we are capable of? In the book‚ Eagle Blue: A Team‚ a Tribe‚ and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska‚ written by Michael D’Orso‚ a basketball team of fourteen boys knew exactly how it felt. It is mostly breathtaking just to have that amount of pressure on you after realizing your team has won six state champions and the whole town is depending on you to win a seventh. Throughout the book‚ every statistic of the game had some meaning without realization
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Jhimpa Lahiri plays upon and wrote about the most vital human emotions: life‚ death‚ self discovery and love and in doing so‚ Lahiri wrote a truly unforgettable novel that examines the life of a family over several generations. Unaccustomed Earth is divided up into eight stories and as each story unfolds they reveal layers of life and culture in their context. Somewhere buried beneath the Bengali family’s wild displays of emotions and cries for attention there’s a story about finding acceptance and
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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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English Book Project Book Review Book: Unwind by Neal Shusterman An astonishing and at the same time disturbing read. Took me some time to get into‚ but from then on I was hooked. The world Shusterman created felt so vivid and real‚ it almost scared me. Thought-provoking and highly original. I haven’t read anything like this ever before. Also‚ it contained one of the most disturbing scenes I have ever read - not on a graphic level‚ but more due to the fact that what exactly is happening is
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not be one of those people. Floating on a raft in the sea for forty-seven days; Captured and tortured in POW camps; Louie Zamperini endured all these examples of trauma beyond belief and lived to tell the story. The book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand best describes Louie Zamperini’s life‚ and the nightmare he went through shows how he stayed Hopeful and mentally strong. Louie Zamperini was known for being a man of different traits‚ a trait that stands out most‚ is how he stayed hopeful. When Louie
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“A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome” tells a story of a manwho started at the bottom of Roman society and moved his way up the bureaucracy pyramid. He successfully became an officer who holds a certain amount of power. However‚ he was unfortunate in terms of keeping his power. Apparently‚ this happened very often in ancient Rome—people with a high status can just fall overnight. This main character is being punished for abusing his power. He is sentenced to death by a lion. The article focuses on
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