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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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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Throughout the book‚ Gladwell walks us through the lives of several outliers: from death-defying places like Roseta‚ to geniuses like Chris Langan and Bill Gates‚ to comeback corporations and successful companies built by Jewish immigrants. Outliers manages to output multiple theories upon success‚ all the while providing example after example of how people and places came to be outliers; this novel is a series of true stories where opportunities elicit success. Gladwell didn’t write this book for the sake
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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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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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Annie Thermidor Life Lessons from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler. Main theme: In this book‚ Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross teamed up with end-of-life specialist David Kessler to write for the first time about life and living. The authors present fourteen lessons passed on to us from the dying to help us deal better with the issues we face in life. Both authors consider the dying as great teachers because‚ "it’s when we are pushed to the edge of life that we see life more clearly" (Kessler
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distance is the problem for John‚ even if in different ways. Dear John is told in first person from the point of view of John Tyree. The main location that this novel takes place is John’s birthplace: Wilmington‚ North Carolina. Even though the whole book is set in a few different locations‚ John feels at home in Wilmington. “I grew up in Wilmington‚ North Carolina‚ a city that proudly boasts the largest port in the state as well as a long and vibrant history‚ but now strikes me more as a city that
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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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Moments Tuesdays with Morrie is an inspirational memoir‚ by Mitch Albom. It is a well-written novel which is mainly concerned with the rejection of the popular culture. If you enjoy nonfiction‚ and life-lesson giving themes‚ then you should read this book. Albom included himself into the story as Mitch‚ Morrie’s old student. The novel is expressed from Albom’s own point of view of his character in the novel. This has many influences on the novel‚ and is more controllable for him. I have chosen this
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BOOK REVIEW “LIFE OF CHRIST” by NT Wright Prepared for: SIBKL SOLID Prepared by: Michael Sin Date: August 12‚ 2013 Email: psmichaelsin@gmail.com Lecturer: Rev Dr Tan Soo Inn I A VERY ODD SORT OF KING Indeed‚ He was a very “odd sort of king” that we are studying on. But what is more important is that we‚ as Christians‚ need to understand what was going through the mind of Jesus‚ what did he think he was doing and what was it all about. Why did a “king” come to serve‚ to be tortured‚ died and
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