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    Pride and Prejudice Lexie Pellett One of the world’s most beloved and cherished novels is Pride and Prejudice. Published in 1813 by Jane Austen‚ this book has truly withstood the test of time and for good reason. In her novel‚ she tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet‚ a quick witted young woman. Elizabeth’s small town gets turned upside down when two rich‚ young bachelors come into town. Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy catch the eye of the eldest Bennet sisters‚ but not in the same way. Jane Bennet

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    Book Review „The Notebook“ by Nicholas Sparks An old man reads to a woman‚ who has Alzheimer’s disease‚ a story in a retirement home: Noah returns from World War 2 to his town in North Carolina. He sees his old girlfriend‚ Allie‚ again after a 14-year separation. It brings back many memories and strong emotions in both of them. Noah has written Allie letters every day‚ but she has not received them. Allie is engaged to another man now‚ but realizes that the original passion she felt for Noah

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    Book Review: Frankenstein Instructor: Brian T. Crumley HIS 162 Alvin Barnes 15 February 2015 In this modern era‚ it is very easy to get lost in the recent advances in motion picture special effects. The introductions of computer graphic imagery and green screens helped movie studios globally to create exciting and eye appealing productions. In prior years‚ a movie encouraged more writers to focusing on complex characters‚ dynamic and tightly woven story plots. The 1931 Frankenstein

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    9.00-10.00 am‚ DK3 Thursday: 9.00-10.00 am‚ DK6 Place: DK3/6 Exams. Timetable: 8.30 am‚ Wed. 26 th. June 2013 A. KXEX 3244 TEXT BOOKS (Books that convey the essence of this course and at the appropriate level) 1. Erwin Kreysiz “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”‚ 9 th. Edition‚ Wiley Chap.5‚ 6‚ 11‚ 12 2. Michael D. Greenberg “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”

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    The Book of Acts

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    Brief Overview of The Book of Acts Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles as a follow-up to his Gospel account of the life of Christ. The Acts should be seen as a description of the ongoing work of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit through His apostles and followers. Luke’s aim is to give an historical record of the early church from its birth in Jerusalem to how it reached around the world with the Gospel. Through this work Luke reveals that everything that was said previously about Jesus

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    The Book of Sand

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    Borges’ The Book of Sand is the story of a man who is visited by a stranger trying to sell a "holy book" called the Book of Sand. The narrator looks at the book and is unable to see the first or last pages of it because‚ as the stranger explains‚ the number of pages is infinite. The narrator is fascinated by the book and buys it‚ only to become obsessed with it‚ until the point that it is all he thinks about. He eventually gets rid of it by mixing it up in a pile of many other books in his basement

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    down and arranged the material in the first person‚ and Malcolm X edited and approved every chapter. Thus‚ though Haley actually did the writing‚ it is reasonable to consider the work an autobiography. The work is one of the most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century‚ as it offers valuable insight into the mind of a key figure on a core issue of twentieth-century America. In 1965‚ a New York reviewer wrote of Malcolm X‚ “No man has better expressed his people’s trapped anguish.” The autobiography

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    Book of Revelation

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    Book of Revelation chapter 20 Ch. 20:1: The scene here is from heaven to earth as an angel comes down to earth having the key and a great chain with him; the key refers to access; to open access or to grant access to – thus access is granted to this angel to bind Satan. V. 2-3: These two verses describe the following: 1. The Description of Satan: “Dragon‚ serpent of old‚ the Devil‚ and Satan – Gen. 3:1.” 2. The Place in which Satan is bound: “the bottomless pit or abyss the place of the demon

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    The Book Thief

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    The Book Thief By Markus Zusak Presented to: Ms. Graham Written by: Laura Daunais March 20th 2012 ENG406-04 In the novel The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak‚ words have a huge impact on individuals. Everything that’s going on in the world changes the way that the characters are and how they react to specific events. In this essay the reader will understand about how the characters are most affected by words‚ these three characters are Liesel‚ a young girl who moved to Munich as a foster

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    All writers are ‘book thieves’ for they discover secretive tactics for undermining the reader’s capacity to interpret a narrative‚ and steal into their hearts with their expression and style. Zusak’s way with words is singularly inventive‚ since he uses figures of speech in a totally original‚ cryptic and poetic manner. The narrator is so extraordinary because he is Death. Death is not a person but throughout the story‚ Zusak portrays him to have human-like emotions towards characters like Liesel

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