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    Generation. New York: Vintage Books‚ 2000. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation is a book about the American revolutionary generation‚ but as Ellis puts it a more modern way so that everyone can understand. This book includes information about our founding fathers and stories that some had no idea about; it also gives you some details about the politics going on during the time period but still indicates specific people in history. Ellis has the time frame of this book from right around when

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    The famed American novels‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Only Yesterday‚ by Frederick Lewis Allen are great representations on how America was in the nineteen-twenties. During this time‚ the very first world war had just come to an end‚ leaving many people with the feeling of disillusionment. The result of this feeling led people into thinking that money was all that mattered at the end of the day. In this era‚ people put business before God‚ resulting in a huge rise of new money for

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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 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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    study of the many roles women play in Northern New England from 1650-1750. The book is split into three sections; all named after biblical females who portrayed idealized feminine traits within New England society. The first part is named Bathsheba‚ which shows and explains the responsibilities and possibilities women had as a housewife focusing on economic life. The second part is dedicated to Eve. It includes not only the role of being a mother‚ but also the complexities of sexual life and childbirth

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    the Prophet. The book is associated with the other five Wolves of the Beyond books Lone Wolf‚ Shadow Wolf‚ Watch Wolf‚ Spirit Wolf‚ and Star Wolf. I would give the book a 2 because I like the Wolves of the Beyond books. They explain how the wolves survive and how they hunt their prey. The book shows how they grow up and learn to hunt and communicate with the others. I also like how the author makes it feel like something is going to happen like a fight scene. The book also continues the story

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    Right from the first page of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" (or "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" for those reading in the UK) Rowling proves that she knows a thing or two about the kind of magic that brings stories to life. The book starts with Harry as an infant‚ the child of a wizard and witch. He is suddenly left orphaned after an attack by the evil and powerful wizard Lord Voldemort‚ a villain so evil that most wizards and witches refer to him as "You-Know-Who". Mysteriously

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    and more joyous‚ self making choices that lead to these desirables are the usual Paulo Coelho staples themes that one finds in Brida. . Every page of the book stresses on a Universal Truth. I enjoyed reading this book.This enthralling novel incorporates themes that fans of Paulo Coelho will recognize and treasure. The themes incorporated in this book are quite similar to those seen in The Alchemist and Like a Flowing River its simple story and straightforward Universal Truths have stirred me It

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    Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology College of Arts and Social Sciences DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Andres Bonifacio Avenue‚ Tibanga‚ Iligan City A Requirement in History 122 ANNOTATED BOOK REVEW related to the descriptive course Modern East Asia entitled A Short History of China And Southeast Asia: Tribute‚ Trade and Influence By: Martin Stuart-Fox Submitted by: Michelle Titular Cortes

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