1491‚ which was published in 2005 by Vintage Books‚ is a subversive study that immensely alters most people’s understanding and knowledge of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. The nonfiction historical novel by Charles C. Mann explains about a new generation of researchers’ conclusions about the history of Native Americans before the arrival of Columbus. Mann uncovered many of the untold facts that have never been taught in traditional school. The primary point Mann is trying
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In Dr. Newsom’s article about the book of Daniel‚ she provokes the reader’s thoughts with the riveting question: “What is this book saying about the relationship between God and human political power?” In our country now‚ masses of people are actively working to protest and resist bans‚ laws‚ toxic pipelines‚ and discriminatory practices in our justice systems- almost every week in Minneapolis‚ MN‚ a protest makes the news‚ with citizens making an effort to show solidarity and resistance against
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Conduct Book Reflection You never get a second chance at a “first impression”; unless you’re told by a book how to make that impression. Pride and Prejudice is an extremely clever piece of literature written by Jane Austen in the early 1800s. She pokes fun at the times and criticizes the odd qualities which made this time period unique. Today‚ many of the viewpoints made in this book have remained the same‚ and some have developed and stretched as ideas. Austen’s take on conduct books for example
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The Protector The Protector‚ is a Christian Fiction book written by Dee Henderson. While reading the beginning of the book‚ I thought the book was just going to be a boring book about a firefighter‚ but after reading the entire book‚ I realized that there was much more than just the story of a firefighter. I really enjoyed how the author‚ Dee Henderson‚ portrayed Jack O’Malley‚ the firefighter‚ and his family of seven orphaned and abandoned teens who became a family‚ and changed there sir to O’Malley
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“The Outsiders” is a novel written by S. E. Hinton in 1967. The story is set in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ in 1965. The book follows two rival groups‚ the Greasers and the Socs (short for socials). The groups are divided by the economic status of their societies. The main Characters are Ponyboy Curtis‚ Sodapop Curtis‚ Darry Curtis‚ Dally Winston‚ Two-Bit Mathews‚ Steve Randle‚ and Johnny Cade. Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ and Darry are three brothers that look out for each other after their parents died in a car crash
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Ranger’s Apprentice: The Icebound Land John Flanagan Random House Australia Children’s Books‚ 2006 266 pp.‚ $6.97; € 5.36 ISBN 978-0-399-24456-8 The Icebound Land is an adventurous fiction set in a gruelling country called Skandia and Gallica; a corrupt land with no ruler. It is the third book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan. The book is an epic adventure that takes two faces; Will & Evalyn’s escape‚ and Halt’s & Horace’s search for them. It is full of suspense
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Book Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Date of Publication: 2002 Publisher: Laurel Leaf (reprint edition) ANALYSIS I. Setting: In an isolated Arcadian community at an unknown time in the future II. Characters and Commentary: A. Jonas – The eleven year old protagonist (turns twelve at a point) who has “bizarre powers” and is chosen as the Receiver of Memory. He has a wide variety of interests. For a pre-adolescent‚ he is extremely wise‚ curious‚ thoughtful‚ and has a much deeper understanding
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the ruthless actions of the holocaust. Elie Wiesel is a Jew who went through the terror of the holocaust and its concentration camps. He tells his story in his book Night. Night reveals how Wiesel lost his family‚ faith‚ and innocence to the evil of mankind during the holocaust. Wiesel believes it is important for people today to read this book because they need to be shown how important it is not to keep silent and let something like the holocaust happen again. I agree with him. Wiesel was born
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The Goal The Goal‚ by Eliyahu Goldratt is a novel focused on the challenges and improvement of operational efficiency. The book is about Alex Rogo‚ a thirty something year old‚ probably has an undergraduate degree in engineering and an MBA. He is married with 2 children‚ working as an executive for UniCo for the past 15 years. He began his career as project engineer‚ now works as a plant manager of manufacturing factory in Bearington‚ his home town. His boss is Bill Peach‚ division manager at the
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The main theme of The Jungle is the evil of capitalism. Every event‚ especially in the first twenty-seven chapters of the book‚ is chosen deliberately to portray a particular failure of capitalism in Sinclair’s view‚ inhuman and violent. The slow total destruction of Jurgis’s immigrant family at the hands of a cruel and unfair economic and social system shows the effect of capitalism on the working class as a whole. As the immigrants‚ who initially possess an idealistic faith in the American Dream
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