BOOK REPORT Book Title: Gates of Fire Author: Steven Pressfield Why I chose this book: I have no particular reason why I chose this book. While searching through the commandant’s new reading list‚ the title of the book stood out to me. It did not seam like a boring documentary or and endless biography that goes on and on but rather an interesting read that would keep me interested. When I went to go check it out from training I read the summary on the back of the book and was immediately
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Title: Catching Fire Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Fantasy Setting: North America Plot: After winning the 74th annual Hunger Games‚ Katniss and Peeta is not living in Victors Village peacefully until an unexpected visitor arrives. President Snow appears and talks to Katniss about how she attempted to commit suicide with Peeta with the poisonous berries. President Snow threatens Katniss telling her to find a way to stop all the rebellions in the Districts or her family and friends will pay
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defined how a soldier should act in modern day. From Greek mythology’s Hercules to Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Middle East‚ men have been given prime examples of strength‚ heart‚ and a passion for defending their country. In the novel‚ Gates of Fire‚ author Steven Pressfield shows an unseen viewpoint of the Battle of Thermopylae. In this novel we see the Spartan army‚ unlike any other of its time‚ leading a prime example in strength in individual characters‚ heavy training and passion for their
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Prophet From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Profit. For other senses of this word‚ see Prophet (disambiguation). In religion‚ a prophet is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine‚ and to speak for them‚ serving as an intermediary with humanity‚ delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people.[1][2] The message that the prophet conveys is called a prophecy. Claims of prophets have existed in
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There are a lot of different elements of the Strategic Planning process in which there is some strength and weaknesses of the planning process I will list some recommendations that could be applied to the fire department. Strategic planning has a somewhat of a long process that I am going to explain through out this paper in which the fallowing questions will give you a good idea of how that Strategic Planning process works. I’m going to answer this fallowing questions which are “who are we”‚ “why
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North South University Research paper on Extra Judicial Killings in Bangladesh Prepared for Mrs. Rafia Tahseen Course: ENG 105 Section: 08 Date: 27/12/2009 Table of Contents Acknowledgement ………………………………………..…... 3 Abstract ………………………………………………………..4 1. Introduction …………………………………………………. ...6 2. Background …………………………………………………. ...7 3. Research Scope ………………………………………………..8 4. Hypothesis …………………………………………………....11 5. Research Methodology
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terrible accident‚ this fire did more than just take the lives of many by also affecting others in a mental aspect. This accident was that of the Hartford Circus Fire. It was a fire that resulted in the entire destruction of a circus and lives lost by many of the circus’ very own staff‚ along with many spectators. Many years later‚ the cause of this fire is still up to some speculation among authorities. This essay will dig into the event of the fire‚ the investigation of the fire‚ and the possibilities
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Nat Turner is the most famous and most controversial slave rebel on American history. He was living in the innocent season of his life‚ in those carefree years before the working age of twelve when a slave boy could romp and run about the plantation with uninhibited glee. Nat in his young years cavorted about the home place as slave children did generally in Virginia. He was first lived in Turner’s house‚ who owned a modest plantationin a remote neighborhood "down county" from Jerusalem. His daytime
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Do not fight fire with fire. Edmond Dantes had a twisty kind of life. He went from a young captain‚ in love‚ too scraggly man in prison‚ to a millionaire‚ to a revenge seeking count. Dante’s was wrongfully imprisoned for treason; throughout his time in prison‚ Dantes learned the whereabouts of some long lost treasure‚ as well as received an education. Dante’s was able to escape from prison‚ obtain the treasure Abbe Faria told him about‚ and return to Marseilles‚ France as a ‘new and changed’ person
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At Thermopylae‚ the allied Greek nations deployed a small force of between four and seven thousand Greek heavy infantry against the invading Persian army of two million. Leading the Greeks was a force of three hundred Spartans‚ chosen because they were all "sires" — men who had to have sons who could preserve their blood line‚ should they fall in battle. Thermopylae was the only way into Greece for the Persian army‚ and presented the perfect choke point — a narrow pass bordered by a sheer mountain
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