Stephanie Pernell Mrs. Hoyos AP Psych 23 May 2014 Book Review Outline: Blink 1) Introduction a) Hook: Suppose someone claimed that after viewing only minutes of a conversation of you and your spouse‚ they could predict how long your relationship would last with a ninety percent success rate. Would you believe them? b) Thesis: In this book‚ Gladwell brings light to judging a book by its cover. He takes note of how "our world requires that decisions be sourced and foot noted‚ and if we say how we
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46 Pages Book Review Liell‚ Scott. 46 Pages‚ Thomas Paine‚ Common Sense‚ and the Turning Point to American Independence. Running Press. Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. 2003. Imagine having a front row seat‚ or better yet‚ a hand in what is considered to be the one of the greatest moments in history. Scott Liell is able to provide his audience that experience through his written account of the spectacular events that led to the signing of The Declaration of Independence. The author’s
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The Hunger Games Susan Collins Copyright date: October 1‚ 2008 Genre: Science fiction The Hunger Games book review North America has been destroyed and is now run by the powerful Capital and is divided into 12 districts (district 13 has been destroyed due to a rebellion). In district 12 ace hunter Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ carves out a meager existence for herself‚ her younger sister Prim and their widowed mother. In order to keep the 12 districts aware of who runs the county‚
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Book Review on The Secret Garden Title: The Secret Garden Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Summary of the story Mary Lennox was a spoilt little girl and lived in India. Her parents were rich and she had maids working for her. But when her maids and parents died of a disease‚ 9 – year – old‚ Mary Lennox is sent to her Uncle’ s mansion on the Yorkshire Moors. But a tragedy happened ten years ago and her Uncle has never recovered from it. Miserable Mary started to explore the gardens of the house
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ENGLISH ASSIGMENT Book Review on- The Cuckoos Calling by J.K Rowling By- Aishwarya Pahwa IMA-2 A0423413037 The Cuckoos Calling The Cuckoos Calling is a crime fiction released in April 2013 under the name of Robert Galbraith used by the famous author J.K. Rowling. She used the name to see how these books were received by the public without using her name and she was pleased to see the results when The Cuckoos Calling became a bestseller. Christopher Gossage was fined for beach of
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Autumn Lusty Ms. Boretsky American History Honors 15 November 2016 Founding Brothers Book Review Founding Brothers‚ whom the author is Joseph Ellis‚ had six sections that are used to show how the leaders of the Revolutionary Generation reveal their uncertainty about the ability of the new republic to survive and the two issues that threaten the nation‚ slavery‚ and the parties’ differences. The book is focused on Aaron Burr‚ George Washington‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ James Madison
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Period 1 Fields of Fire 2013 February 22 Review of Fields of Fire Fields of Fire by James Webb is a historical novel first published in 1978 that takes place in the year 1969 during the Vietnam War. Although there are many characters that are significant to the story‚ the novel focuses mainly on three marines who find themselves in a platoon with each other; Robert E. Lee Hodges‚ “Snake‚” and Will “Senator” Goodrich. Webb gives the reader a great‚ detailed background of each of these characters
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Review: Goree Island: Island of No Return‚ Saga of the Signares by Richard Harrison Goree. Gold Leaf Press‚ Mt. Clemens‚ MI. 1996. Often times a search for family history can lead to confusing twists and turns or shocking revelations. In the case of Richard Goree‚ the search for his family’s past led to a novel with much important knowledge for the rest of the world. Goree Island is a story revealing the importance of signares in economic success during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and colonial
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“A Child called it” Book Review In the autobiography “A child called it” written by Dave Pelzer is a timeline of Dave’s life as a young child and demonstrates the abuse he went to before he is rescued. This book was released in 1995‚ he has written 15 other books 3 of his books are a sequel to “a child called it”. This book show the devastating and disgusting events in one of the most severe child abuse cases in Californian history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer‚ who was brutally beaten and starved
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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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