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    Mckenzie Reimers Ms. Salah English 2B P.3 21 April 2016 Book Love Book Club - Surviving The Extremes 1. “Even without rainfall‚ humans can traverse the driest of deserts in they can find water hidden below the surface. Oceans also have oases of freshwater-small‚ mobile collections of drinkable fluid found within the body cavities of fish‚ turtles‚ and birds. Sea life can provide at least some water if you know where to look. The blood of freshly killed turtles and birds can be drunk like gravy in

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    old-fashioned‚ quiet and basic as reading a book. Or‚ at least‚ that used to be the case. But with the competitive flood of electronic readers‚ or e-readers‚ hitting the market as well as e-reader applications for smartphones‚ the reading experience has been getting a progressively modern makeover. The stats are in and the fight is on. Overall book sales have dropped in 2008 and 2009‚ according to the American Association of Publishers (AAP). While adult hardcover books actually increased by over 6% in 2009

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    Sharon E. Jackson L24694858 201230 Summer 2012 BIBL 104-B77 LUO June 20‚ 2012 Summary of the books of the Old Testament Books Leviticus The book of Leviticus is principally written law material. Specific key themes and events include starting with God calling Moses to tell the Israelites to brings their burnt offerings (livestock) a male from the herd without blemish and bring them to the door of the Tent of meeting that he may be accepted before the Lord. This starts the instructions

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    you how. There have been many book and movies that surround the events of World War II. But none are as engaging and thought provoking as Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief. His book was made into a movie in 2013 and has received praise from fans and critics alike and many believe the movie is superior to the book. Today i’m going to be telling you why the book is superior to the movie. The book had a more involved and interesting death‚ There was much more detail in the book‚ And the characters progression

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    Heather Armstrong Student ID Bible 101 3/18/2013 Summary of the books of the Old Testament Books Genesis The book of Genesis is largely narrative material. Some key themes and events include God as the creator and sustainer of his creation demonstrated through the accounts of the creation week‚ the fall of man‚ the flood‚ and Patriarchal History‚ including Abraham‚ Isaac‚ Jacob and Joseph. After Adam and Eve sinned and ushered the era of sin and death into the world‚ men continued

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    author that wrote this book has written over twenty other books. The author has a lot of experience on writing books. The author is Jeanne DuPrau and the book is The City Of Ember. The city is an underground city that is trying to keep the human race alive. The main characters in the book The City of Ember have many similarities and differences between the movie and book. The book and movie are similar because there are some parts that are in both the movie‚ and the book and it makes it more fun

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    Over the past 35 years individuals and organizations have tried to remove and ban over 11‚000 books from public libraries‚ book stores‚ and schools. The reasoning behind their attempts at banning books are usually based on personal opinions or beliefs. Because everyone’s opinion is different some may think a book should be banned while others could disagree and be interested in reading the book. Many books can include information on unpopular religious beliefs‚ condone violence‚ or present scenarios

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    Should Schools Ban Books I think that classrooms or libraries shouldn’t ban books. I don’t think they should ban books just because of the language they use in the books. It would help the students if they read the books because they would learn the main point of the book and about the history language they used. I think they shouldn’t ban books because the students can learn something from the book. For instance they can learn how it was okay for them to use bad language back in the day‚ but now

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    people to appreciate the freedom to read books. It explores the theme of having a negative dystopian society that is controlled by a ruling government and the censorship of books. Fourteen years later the book was adapted into a movie version directed by Francois Truffaut. The movie was made so that readers have a visual way to look at it rather than reading it. There were major differences in the movie which excluded important details provided by the book‚ concerning the characters‚ and the advanced

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    bias‚ and age inappropriate (Butler University)‚ the most common initiators of book challenges are parents‚ and the most common settings for book challenges are schools‚ school libraries‚ and public libraries (American Library Association). The first banned book was by William Pynchon and the book was called The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption‚ it was banned in 1650 right after its release (Stephanie Sylverne). This book was banned because Pynchon apparently “argued a point of Puritan doctrine that

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