History 2nd-Nine Week Book Report By Taina Ferrer Shoemaker High School December 12‚ 2013 Stephen B. Oates‚ author of The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion was a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and he was an expert in 19th-century American history. This book was an excellent read that would keep anyone on the edge of their seat the entire time they read the book. It was written in a way that was very easy to understand which made the book that much better
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When they were inside the plane should have the Stephen and Dad done what they have done or should they have done something else? (pg. 28-29) Personally I believe that they should have done something else. In the story they let free the slaves. Not only that‚ they also took the car keys from the slavers and gave it to them and used 3 rifle shots to make the slavers not shot them. Stephen and Dad could have killed the slavers and taken all their stuff. Considering the slavers have a car‚ slaves
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Book: Holy Land by D.J. Waldie In 1897‚ William A. Clark of Montana bought 8‚139 acres of farmland (near Los Angeles‚ California) from the Bixby family. Clark was one of the 10 richest men in America. He had been an architect of Montana statehood‚ he owned a silver mine there‚ and he eventually “bought” the Montana state legislature and became a U.S. senator. Clark also owned the nation’s richest copper mines in Arizona (when he died in 1925 he left an estate worth $200 million dollars).
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Full Circle Living in different places can be very similar or very different. It all depends on where exactly those places might be. Being raised in a small town and moving to a big city would constitute a very different change. While‚ growing up in an extremely small community has benefits‚ it has drawbacks as well‚ so moving to a big city like Long Beach‚ California was very exciting and scary all at the same time. I was born in Juneau Alaska‚ and moved to Gustavus‚ Alaska when I was two
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October 11‚ 2013 Period 1 Maze Runner Book Report Thomas is the narrator and protagonist of the story. He arrives in the maze with no knowledge of who he is or was. He only remembers his name and nothing else about his life. Thomas proves to be brave and clever even though he only has a very limited memory of previous knowledge of the Maze. Since arriving in the maze‚ Thomas makes both friends and enemies and proves to be a leader among the other boys with him in the maze. Teresa is a
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Lichen Zhu MKT 452 Book report May 5‚ 2015 The managerial Odyssey is a book written by Robert L. Focazio‚ talks about several aspects a salesperson needs to pay attention on‚ such as motivation‚ self-control‚ guidelines of making sales‚ and notes to be a successful manager. This book has three sections‚ the first section called “three rules for the road”. The first rule Robert mentions is “ you have to have fun to become successful”. He thinks having fun is essential to success‚ and this would
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Kyle Duncan 12-7-11 Book Report (Deep Zone) 3rd Block Plot Summary The characters are Thane‚ Ty‚ Troy‚ Tate‚ and Agent Sutherland. Ty is this story’s main character. Thane is his older brother and an NFL star. Ty meets Troy and Tate in Miami at the football tournament. Agent Sutherland is an FBI agent protecting Ty from the mob while Thane is away. The setting is in Miami and in the swamp. At the beginning of the story‚ they are at a football game‚ when Thane is going up for a touchdown
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first person point of view‚ although the narrator does change to third person briefly to give more detail to some situations. The plot of The Great Gatsby can be at times extremely hard to follow and make take some reading over to understand it in full depth. The novel begins when Nick is invited over to dinner at the Buchanan’s house where he meets Jordan Baker‚ the golfer‚ and learns Tom‚ Daisy’s husband‚ has a mistress and Daisy knows. Nick and the golfer‚ Jordan Baker‚ end up having a relationship
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Running and Crazy Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs in my opinion is one of the craziest books I have ever read. The events the take place in this man’s life are almost unimaginable‚ from living with a doctor to having a 33 year old boyfriend his life is definitely one to read about. Honestly it’s hard to tell if all of these events truly occurred or not. The book follows a boy named Augusten who lives with his parents; his mother reads poetry and wants to have her work published in
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Quiet Strength: The Principles‚ Practices‚ & Priorities of a Winning Life Author: Tony Dungy A Book Report Michael Fors BUS 625/626 • Dr. David Bess The book I chose was Quiet Strength: The Principles‚ Practices‚ & Priorities of a Winning Life‚ by Tony Dungy. This is more than an autobiography of the life of Tony Dungy‚ the coach of the 2006 Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts. Woven throughout his life story are the principles‚ practices
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