Reading Assignment Summary The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. During a quiet night‚ a family of four sleeps in their home. In the darkness‚ the man Jack creeps inside and murders a mother‚ a father‚ and the eldest child. The youngest‚ an infant‚ escapes. The baby crawls down the stairs‚ toddles through the front door‚ and makes his way up the hill to a graveyard. When the child slips inside the creepy cemetery‚ he is taken in by the spirits of the dead residing there. Mr and Mrs Owens become his
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The Movie or the Book? Nicholas Sparks has written multiple novels that have evolved into movies‚ such as The Notebook‚ The Last Song‚ Dear John‚ Message in a Bottle‚ and A Walk to Remember. The movies previously mentioned are as equally good as the novels except for Dear John. To me‚ Dear John is one of the best books written by Nicholas Sparks‚ yet the movie is the worst. The plot is excellent‚ but it is poorly portrayed in the movie. Several literary elements are found in both the movie and the
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Name: Nguyen Duy Dat Class: AE1A – A2 Term: 8/2013 It’s probably the best story I’ve ever read in my life. I really like this book because it’s romantic and meaningful. In fact‚ the most important here is about meaning of the story. This is the most valuable lesson that the author wants to give everyone. Janine Cole‚ who works in the Brenton College cafeteria‚ so she really likes cooking and wants to be a famous chef that day. She is the person that the author wants to tell you “Nothing is
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English Long Book Report Chan Hiu Tung Christie 4C (2) Title: Emma Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Pearson Education Limited What is love? How can we do to catch our own true love? I found the answer after reading the book‚ Emma. Emma‚ which talked about Emma Woodhouse‚ who is a beautiful‚ clever but with little spoiled girl. She is rich and she loves arrange marriage between her friends and neighbours in a village called Highbury. Unfortunately‚ she makes a lot of
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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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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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Electronic Book Verse Paper Book Reading is a big part of our lives‚ whether you are reading for work‚ school or pleasure‚ books‚ newspapers or magazines‚ it is something that most people do on a daily basis. Today‚ there are different ways you can read: either electronically or by paper. Electronic devices are starting to run our lives‚ by getting an e-book or e-reader (kindle‚ nook‚ iPad‚ etc…) reading could change for the average reader. Electronic readers are better than paper books. Having
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Analyse how an important event at the beginning shaped outcomes in an extended written text. In the book ‘The Book Thief’‚ Markus Zusak the author has used the theme of colours in the prologue. The theme of colours has been used to show how Death sees colours and what these colours mean to Death in his perspective. Markus Zusak uses the techniques of imagery to show this. We also see Deaths perspective on humanity‚ how he dislikes humans‚ their behaviour‚ their thoughts‚ their actions‚ this is
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LOG BOOK CO-CURRICULUM FOR VOLLEYBALL SEMESTER 2 SESSION 2013/2014 Personal Information Name : Student’s Reg. No : I.C No : Telephone No : E-mail : Programme : Current address : Performance Evaluation Throughout the practical session‚ the performance of all the students who enroll in the co-curriculum course will be evaluated through marks and graded. However‚ the grades will not contribute to the GPA and CGPA. Games/Sports & Cultural
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We are currently in an environment where more people are reading online newspapers‚ books and magazines than ever before... No longer do we need to sit on the train or bus getting inky fingers while trying to tentatively turn the page of the paper in the crowded carriage‚ nor are we lumbered by having to carry around our books or magazines all day long. Instead‚ with a quick flick of a switch on our e-reader‚ tablet or mobile device‚ we are instantly able to access a vast array of literature‚ idle
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