Gavin Menzies was a royal navy submarine captain that worked for the British government and now is trying to let the world know his opinion on the discovery of the Americas: did the Chinese discover the Americas before Columbus? Menzies takes on a voyage where he tries to find evidence to support his thesis and comes up with several different theories; his first stop: Calicut. Menzies claims that the Ming dynasty’s famous navigator Zheng He managed to reach the cape of good hope and from there he
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conflict because he has to keep moving to different places just to get more work‚ it is a struggle to move from a place because just as you get used to one place‚ then move away‚ and do it over again it gets frustrating. The cycle continues throughout the book‚ it is putting a pressure or struggle on Panchito‚ and probably the rest of his family. The problem first began when they are in Mexico and they start the journey to California that they have always talked about. They head to California to find work
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18 March 2013 Lost in Death The title of the book that I read was Everlost. The genre of this book is fantasy. The book was published in 2006. The author of this book is Neal Shusterman. Shusterman was born on November 12‚ 1962 and grew up in Brooklyn‚ New York. He still writes today and recently came out with the sequel to the book called Everwild. Neal is also a screenwriter and television writer. This story takes place in a place called Everlost. Everlost is a world between life and death
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like the profanity used‚ Snitch by Allison Van Diepen is a book that you should read because it’s an addicting book and has good dialogue. First of all‚ some readers might not like how profanity is used in the book. For example when Toneya‚ Lisa‚ and Marta yell at Julia‚ “Whore! Skank! Snitch!
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Harkirat Dhaliwal Ms. Macdonald SJ8 20th November 2013 India The title of the book is India. It was written by Marilynn G. Barr. The illustrator and picture researcher is Jaimie Holl. It was published by Lorenz Educational Press in 2003. The genre is non- fiction. It includes 48 pages to read. This book is about the country India in Asia. The main idea is to tell you about many different features of India for example landscapes‚ climate and weather‚ natural resources‚ population
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that strong”. In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken‚ Louis Zamperini demonstrated determination throughout his life to overcome difficulties in track all the way to surviving his Word War II bomber crashing into the Pacific Ocean where he was stranded for 47 day. Overall‚ Louis’s own ambition is what Hillenbrand highlighted throughout this book to tell his truly remarkable story. At the beginning of Louie’s life‚
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In the book Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo‚ a little mouse named Despereaux has always read books about princesses and princes. His dream is to save a princess so he can be like a prince. So‚ he sets off on an adventure to save a princess. I enjoyed this book because it was adventurous. I liked when Despereaux was sent down to the dungeon and he had to find his way out. I also liked hearing about the different stories of the characters because they made the book more clearer and interesting
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Fantastic Voyage HS130-39R1AU Unit #4 Assignment Kaplan University February 5th‚ 2014 Fantastic Voyage Good afternoon everyone‚ my name is Ash and I will be reporting to about my journey to check out the bacterium in the lower lobe of the right lung. I will be in my mini submarine Kim08. My assistants are going to shrink me down to a very small size that cannot be seen by the human eye and then inject me into the right femoral vein of Alex a female who is in good health. She seems to be having
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I chose the quote‚"You cannot open a book without learning something" by the Irish proverb because I can relate it to my favorite book‚"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton which taught me lots of stuff that I did not know about. The book is about a 14 year old named Ponyboy and his two brothers Darry who is 16 and Sodapop who is 20 years old. Darry is in charge of them due to both of his parents dying in a car accident. They are all greasers in a gang and often watch over Johnny ‚who is another greaser
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Hatchet is a book written by Gary Paulsen and is a fictional novel about a boy lost in the Canadian woods. This story is about a boy in the Canadian woods that is dealing with the struggles of divorce where he will experience what it is like to be alone. He will come to find that there are some problems to face along the way. Brian will come to find out that the Canadian woods is a very dangerous place for a lost boy. Brian knows that finding the right foods and protection could be very crucial
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