Title: Is Google Books a Good Thing? The Google Books project has been a working progress ever since Google was created. The co-founders of Google‚ Sergey Brin and Larry Page had been working on a research project that was supported by the Stanford digital Library Technologies Project in 1996. Google intends to scan every book ever published and make all of the text searchable so that people can find the relevant information they need about book. They want to make books more accessible to
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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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Favourite Book Essay (or not!) Books‚ what would my life be without books? BORING. With books you can do anything you put your mind to‚ be anything‚ travel anywhere in the world through a book‚ it’s amazing how just twenty six letters of the alphabet form to make a beautiful book‚ the smell of books can tell its own story‚ many people think that I read because I don’t have a life but I read because I choose to have many. I have many favourite books‚ however I don’t have one particular favourite book‚ but
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Banned Books Second-wave feminism. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. The base of evolutionary biology. All of these major changes in the world were products of books. People that read these influential pieces of literature went on to change the world and make history. Often‚ banned books lead the standings of contributors‚ as many of them become world renowned names such as To Kill A Mockingbird. Without these books‚ this world simply would not stand where it does today. People ban books because
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The book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a description of the real murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb in 1959. In spite of being based on a true story‚ describing true events that happened to real people‚ the book shows all the qualities of a novel‚ complete with dialogues and other characteristics of the genre‚ in what the author mentioned to as a non-fiction novel. What caught most critics’ attention‚ was the use of filmic establishment in the development of the story. The book was later
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From the edge of apocalypse‚ humanity has reorganized itself into five factions‚ each of which preserve and live by a single value. People who believe society fell apart because of greed formed the faction of Abnegation (the Selfless)‚ sworn off of practices considered self-indulgent and pledged to act selflessly. Those who believe the collapse was due to ignorance pledged themselves to the Erudite (the Intelligent)‚ sworn to a never-ending path of complete knowledge acquisition. Those who feel that
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Book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Synopsis: In Nazi Germany a young girl named Liesel Meminger catches the attention of Death himself‚ who is also our narrator‚ though not for Death’s usual reason. What with WWII‚ Death is pretty busy‚ and needs all the distraction he can get his hands on. Liesel Meminger‚ the girl who became a book thief at age nine when she stole a book from her brother’s gravesite‚ is just such a distraction. Liesel’s first stolen book begins a life-altering relationship
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Preface and Acknowledgement The present work "An intensive study on the course book “NEW DIRECTIONS” is an indispensable part of my practicum as well as a golden opportunity to gain practical knowledge and experience. It is an academic activity to be undertaken by the students of M.Ed. second year while conducting their student Teaching. I got an opportunity to go deeply through the course book of B. Ed first year book entitle new directions during my practice teaching at Sukuna Multiple Campus Indrapur
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reading. Books are our best friends. They never deceive or desert us in our hour of need like so many of our human friends‚ and the advantages once received from the reading of books remain with us throughout our lives. Books are written by learned persons. They contain the best experiences and thoughts of their writers. Literature is said to mirror society. Writers put in their books not only their own ideas and feelings‚ but also what they observe and find in society. The books of the past
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BOOK REPORT The Outsiders By: S.E Hinton(New York: Puffin Books‚ 1967) The outsider: The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. The title of this book is related to the story‚ because in the novel‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are outsiders. They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like
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