The Book of the Courtier Summary The Book of the Courtier by Baldassar Castiglione was the book of proper etiquette for men and women from 1528 to the end of the 18th century. This book was found in French‚ Latin‚ Spanish‚ Dutch‚ English‚ German‚ and Polish. This book was written in a dialogue well‚ four different dialogues‚ with each dialogue pushing and explaining different “rules” that needed to be fallowed if a person was considered to be high class; these rules were basically held as law
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Diocesan Boys’ School English Literature BOOK REPORT 1 - FICTION Name: __Leo Yuen ____ Class: _____9P____ (24) Deadline: __3/10/16__ Name of Book: ____Theodore Boone: The Accused__ Author: ____John Grisham _______________ Publisher: ____Hodder & Stoughton__________ 1. Summary of the book: This book is about the 13-year-old law enthusiast‚ Theodore Boone‚ being accused of stealing from a computer store. This book talks about his school life after the other students started rumoring him
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band”(leighbardugo.com). Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo is about the Sun Summoner‚ who gets lost in in a magical void and falls in love with an evil king who controls this void. The King uses her power to try and takeover east Ravka. WHen the void becomes too powerful she must destroy him. People should read this book not only because of its connection to Immigrants‚ and its message that people should work hard to overcome future obstacles. Shadow and Bone has a good connection to immigrants
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Marking Books; the Eternal Textbook Dr. Adler once wrote an article that would be very useful to students for their near future on having a better understanding of their readings. The article “How to Mark a Book” published in 1941 is still of some use to studious persons. Marking a book is one of the many ways someone can have a better understanding of what they read. Writing notes and questions popping through one’s mind whilst reading an article on atomic fusion or the new IPhone or Samsung device
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A Morbid Taste for Bones Essay Would you read a mystery that was predictable‚ boring‚ and without suspense? Ellis Peter’s A Morbid Taste for Bones is the opposite of this. G.K. Chesterton’s Favorite Father Brown Stories‚ though not exactly boring and predictable‚ are much less attention grabbing. A Morbid Taste for Bones is clearly an excellent mystery because the plot‚ the crime‚ and the unpredictability. First A Morbid Taste for Bones is outstanding due to the plot. Ellis Peters
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Salvage the Bones and Peace like a River are both very unique novels. Salvage the Bones‚ by Jesmyn Ward‚ is about Esch and her family getting ready for a hurricane‚ while also facing other personal challenges. Peace like a River‚ by Leif Enger‚ is about Reuben Land and his family trying to find his brother‚ Davy‚ while also being the only witness to his dad’s miraculous events. There are plenty of aspects that I liked about the books‚ however‚ there are also many parts that I disliked. There are
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Matilda By: Roald Dahl Summary Matilda was born into a family where her parents cared little about her. She had to learn things on her own‚ and do everything by herself. She did not like the way her family lived their lives. She was much different from them. She showed many signs of being a genius‚ which was much different than her parent. They would try to get her to just watch T.V.‚ but Matilda wanted to read. She started going to the library everyday when everybody would leave the house
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Name: Zaman Ahmed Independent Reading Date: 01/14/2012 Summary In the first half of the book we get to learn that Carrie believes way too much in luck. She thinks that her luck comes from one of her special red t-shirt. After losing it she gets really worried and feels that she’ll lose everything that she have gained. Her mom tells her that mistakenly her mom have donated it to one the charities. She also tells her that it has been sent to a foreign land which is India. Carrie wants that shirt
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Tarek Taji - 41040 POL 201 – sec.2 Introduction to Political Science Feb 18th /2013 Summary of Rousseau’s Book “On the Social Contract” book 1. “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.” Rousseau’s words that says much about the concept of the Social Contract and other main concepts in life. Here‚ he is trying to raise a question if the “governing authorities” whether support the freedom of people or are they the “chains” over people’s
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Devil in the White City Book Summary The Devil in the White City‚ written by Eric Larson‚ is a gripping novel of two polar opposite men during the building of the World’s Fair in Chicago. It surrounds two characters‚ both extremely talented at their ‘craft’ and perfectly depicts the rush for industrialization in this time. It follows the lives of Daniel H. Burnham‚ the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures‚ and Henry H. Holmes‚ a serial
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