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    Banning Books

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    hundreds of individuals attempt to take books off the shelves of school libraries. Banning books takes away our privilege‚ as American citizens‚ to read what we want (Source 1). If people are offended by a book‚ depriving the entire state of their ability to read that certain book is not the solution. There are various other ways to ensure that parents who do not want their children to read particular books without abolishing them from the entire school. Banning books from schools restrains students from

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    Ban a Book

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    Let’s Ban A Book? It seems we are fast losing our freedoms as American citizens. Personal phone lines are tapped‚ religious freedoms are no longer allowed to be exercised in public schools‚ and never before has there been such a threat to America’s very existence. Our manufacturing jobs have been leaving the country at a steady rate since the 1980’s‚ health care is nearly impossible to afford‚ employers offer fewer benefits‚ social Security has been run into the ground‚ and our nation is in massive

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    Book Banning

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    Each year‚ libraries across the United States report hundreds of challenges. The leading causes for contesting a book are sexually explicit content‚ offensive language and inappropriate subjects for minors [source: American Library Association]. Only a minority of the requests actually make it through to banning the book from its respective library. The Catcher in the Rye. The Scarlet Letter. Huckleberry Finn. Harry Potter. The Diary of Anne Frank. Animal Farm. To Kill a Mockingbird. The Da Vinci

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    There’s a book out there called The Daring Book for Girls‚ written by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz‚ filled with just about everything that isn’t daring. As strange as that may sound‚ the book covers subjects from how to play water polo to how to make friendship bracelets. When I was 8 years old‚ learning how to tie knots is anything but daring. But quite possibly‚ learning how to make your own zip-line could be extremely difficult for someone out there. The word daring is one that is quite

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    Banning Of Books

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    Children all across the world read books at high reading levels‚ but some books at higher reading levels have inappropriate stories to tell. I strongly agree that certain books should be banned from schools because of racial themes‚ violence‚ witchcraft‚ negativity‚ profanity‚ and alternative lifestyles. Switching to a parent’s point of view I could guess that I wouldn’t want my child to be reading about demons or treating African-Americans like slaves and taking advantage of people who don’t look

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    Book or Computer

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    What will happen to books? Will they disappear? If yes what will appear instead of books? To be a success at school an ordinary student has to do a lot of things: find information about something or somebody; find the word definitions; read different maps; read classics for literature lessons‚ etc. A few years ago people should go to the library and work with encyclopedias‚ dictionaries‚ atlases‚ books. They did a tremendous work Now we can surf the Internet and without leaving our homes we

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    Book Review

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    what went on during his time as leader. This is also discussed in our book with details. He though gave greater detail of things that happened and greater depth and research of explanation. His book helps with understanding how the country was built. Compared to our book that we read and understand his book is one to refer to if you are interested in greater detail on certain topics at hand. 4. Strengths and Weaknesses This book helps bring about a better clear and understanding to topics that not

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    Books And Computers

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    Writing Monday‚ May 12‚ 2014 In what Ways Books are Similar to Computers? In what Ways are Different? Where are the sources of information and knowledge for us? Books and computers are our information and knowledge‚ but they have some differences and similarities. We need to know what ways books are different from computers‚ and what ways books are similar to computers. It is very helpful when we use books and computers. Books and computers have some ways that they are different. Computers have

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    I choose to read “The Other Hand of God: The Holy Spirit as the Universal Touch and Goal‚” written by Kilian McDonnell‚ monk‚ priest‚ and active contributor to ecumenical relations‚ because I have always been interested in learning more about pneumatology‚ which ia the study of the person and work of the Holy Spirit. I was also interested in reading this work because it was published in 2003‚ which makes it a more recent work compared to other suggested books for this assignment. Many scholars have

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    The Future of Books

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    The future of books The past decade has seen the unparalleled development of electronic devices. And the subversive popularity of e-books plays a crucial role in this process. Nowadays‚ it’s quite common to see a portable iPad instead of piles of heavy books in a teenager’s backpack. An increasing number of people prefer to tap on screens rather than turn paper pages. Because of this mounting craze‚ some people anticipate that with the looming momentum e-books will ultimately take the place of

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