4/7/2014 Burn the Books Specific goal: I want to teach my audience the health‚ environmental and financial benefits it would bring by replacing paper books with interactive literature on computers and tablets. Introduction: There are many more benefits to replacing textbooks with computers then drawbacks‚ such as financial‚ health and even environmental. A: Textbooks are not only bulky‚ heavy. Every year‚ millions of young children develop back problems due to the ghastly weight of their
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kKayla Williams Book Report 19 November 2012 CD 225 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Christopher is very gifted‚ but has Asperger’s syndrome. The novel begins with Christopher finding his neighbor’s dog dead in the front yard. He picks the dog up because he feels bad that it has died‚ but his neighbor‚ Mrs. Shear‚ comes out and believes that he just killed her dog. She immediately calls the police. When the police get to the scene they question Christopher‚ but they struggle
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useful. Elies father was killed two weeks before American troops invaded aushwitz and slowly saved the remaining Jewish prisoners. When out Elie found out that his father‚ his mother‚ and his youngest sister did not survive. I believe Wiesel wrote this book because he felt as if it was his responsibility to show how cruel this holocaust was from the own mouth of a survivor. I think he felt he needed to speak out not so much about his own horror he experienced but more so just to expose how horrible the
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The Book of Negroes -- Synopsis The Book of Negroes is the first novel to examine the story of African peoples who‚ after enslavement in the United States and escape to Canada‚ returned to Africa in the eighteenth century. Aminata Diallo begins the story of her tumultuous life with the words: “I seem to have trouble dying. By all rights‚ I should not have lived this long.” Aminata’s story spans six decades and three continents. Against the backdrop of British slavery and liberation in the U.S
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The best book ever is German First of all I have to admit that I’m not a great book-lover‚ I don’t read a lot and this is a pity as I know I could improve my knowledge‚ my vocabulary‚ my ability in speaking and my fantasy too‚ but unfortunately I can’t find lot of free time to dedicate to books. Or‚ when I find it‚ I get tired soon and I can’t stay concentrate for a long time. Sometimes I re-discover the pleasure of reading especially when I find a book –or an article- that captures me. This
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Book Report Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? Inside IBM’s Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (Author) Lou Gerstner‚ Jr.‚ served as chairman and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until March 2002‚ when he retired as CEO. He remained chairman of the board through the end of 2002. Before joining IBM‚ Mr. Gerstner served for four years as chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco‚ Inc. This was preceded by an eleven-year career at the American Express Company‚ where he was president of the
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world where animals can communicate with each other and act like humans. Animal farm is a book concerned about the politics of leadership and the rise of fall of great leaders; also the events surrounding the Animal Farm are mirrored to the events that took place during the Russian Revolution. There is also a relevance and resemblance of the occurrences in the book with the operations of a business and business communication. Within the content of the book‚ there were many parallels identified that
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Banning Books Fredrick Douglass; an African American slave in the 1800’s‚ went through an immense amount of difficulties but was still able to find a way to teach himself to read and write with perseverance. Douglass realized a sad truth that‚ “…The same country that had enslaved him had fought a revolution in the name of freedom”(46). Some argue that certain books should be banned from schools and libraries due to their controversial references. Others believe that by doing so the government would
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Banning Books The Bible‚ The Diary of Anne Frank‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ Harry Potter. These classic books have changed lives of many people‚ but for what? Witchcraft‚ Religion‚ racism? These books have been in are education program for educational purposes. Just because one person gets a little bit hurt because a book of all things said something that could corrupt there child’s learning is not right. First children have a right to read whatever they choose‚ Citizens should have access to what they
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Books Obsolete? E-books taking over? From the beginning of time paper books have been the soul means of historical documentation and the recording of stories‚ as to be passed down through the generations. With the new technology know as kindles‚ e-books‚ etc. the needs of paper books has drastically decreased. When it comes to storage‚ convenience‚ and quality‚ e-books will be giving paper books a run for their money. Here are the pros and cons of tablets vs. paper books and what might be more
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