twenty-seven years and his History‚ was left incomplete. Over the course of eight books‚ with a total of twenty-six chapters‚ Thucydides analyses‚ narrates‚ and debates the history surrounding this monumental event. With this book‚ modern historians can better understand the nature of these times and discover the essential background information needed to piece history together. Although Thucydides has attempted
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In the book‚”Bull Run”‚ it tells the story of multiple people’s perspectives in the American Civil War. Reading the book‚ I learned a lot about the horrors of the Civil War and what it was like trying to get into military and what it was like being in the military. In the book‚ there was a character named Gideon Adams who was black‚ and tried getting into the military. Normally‚ black people wouldn’t be allowed to join the military‚ but his skin was just light enough to get into the military‚ but
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worldwide as of this year. The book Disposable People is about this new form of slavery. Author‚ Kevin Bales tells stories varying from five different countries; Thailand‚ Mauritania‚ Brazil‚ Pakistan‚ and India. Through these stories we see how each country contributes to this idea of modern day slavery. Bales was on a mission to feed his curiosity to find out which circumstances and forces needed to be present for
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A Child Called It A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. Dave was a survivor of the third worst case of child abuse in California history. He has recapped no some of his abuse in this book. David’s story was so sad but interesting cause of all the things that has happened. I would recommend this book to other people because it puts your life in a different prospective. The setting of this story is mainly at his house and his school. There are 5 main characters in this story and that is his
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about what Hester had to go through. The main character of this book was Hester Prynn‚ a very beautiful young lady. She was very reckless‚ wise‚ and strong. Even though being punished by the entire community Hester was still very protective of her daughter‚ and later on gave advice to many people. One of Hester’s faults was that she did actually cheat on her husband‚ even though he had been missing for so long. In this book Hester Prynn paid her sins of adultery back by wearing the scarlet
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Although the Parliament did not act on Equiano’s request‚ just by starting from such a high point brings people’s attention. And also he knew that by having the support of aristocratic figures‚ more and more people would take an interest in him and his book. This brings me to another point on the tactics that Gustavus Vassa used. Having prominent names in the list of subscribers and given Vassa support could have given‚ or did give the English people security on what they were reading‚ if it was interesting
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The two books I read over the summer were Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan and The Maze Runner by James Dashner. The first book‚ Counting By 7s takes place in Bakersfield‚ California‚ and is about twelve year old Willow Chance who enjoys gardening‚ diagnosing medical conditions and the number seven. The story is about her journey through life after her parents died in a tragic car accident. Prior to the car accident Willow has to see Dell Duke‚ a student counselor‚ after being accused to cheater
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Sugar management in the British Caribbean 1770-1834 has attracted the attention of Dr Campbell to the extent that he found it apt to pursue extensive research on the topic which culminated in his inspiring book- Beyond Massa. Dr Campbell has served as a senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies. He concentrated in contemporary Caribbean civilization and culture‚ in the department of history‚ in the faculty of Humanities and Education. Dr Campbell thoroughly investigated the
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In his book Forgotten Fire‚ author Adam Bagdasarian investigates the Armenian Genocide through the eyes of a twelve year old Armenian boy named Vahan Kenderian. Through Vahan‚ the reader experiences the atrocities committed during the 1915 genocide of Armenians in Turkey. The Turks‚ who were Muslim‚ viewed the Christian Armenians as inferiors and treated them as such; under Turkish law‚ Armenians had nearly no rights‚ no fair justice in Turkish courts‚ could not bear arms‚ and were taxed far higher
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am still reading Ophelia Speaks by Sara Shandler. When I first started reading the book I was very interested in it but as I got further in reading the book personally I feel like it gets more depressing. They are all stories about how people have messed up in their lives in many different types of ways or the people’s family issues. It is a good way to learn what not to do‚ which will help some people. But‚ this book for me it is very boring because I would like to read something that is more entertaining
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