converse and gossip as a matter of routine‚ are the BOOKS‚ that are stacked in our family-library. Their sweet‚ long company has made me a true book-lover in the real sense. Without any doubt or reservation‚ I can frankly say that blessed are those‚ who are in constant company of books. Books never desert us‚ when we fall prey to evil days‚ and they never flatter us‚ when fortune smiles on us. In my life so far‚ I have read many books including the titles on travels and adventures; biographies
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Between the World and Me was a powerfully written letter to the author’s teenage son about the painful realities that come along with growing up African-American. Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by Spiegel & Grau this profound account begin with a summary of American violence against black people. This summary creates his overall thesis‚ which is that things have not changed‚ that young black men are still in danger‚ for many of the same reasons that have always persisted. He utilizes both
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What is Thinking Like a Freak? Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a book with the self-proclaimed purpose of engaging their readers to “retrain their brains.” They say that to think like a Freak is to think more productively‚ more creatively‚ and more rationally. The authors of this book were effective in accomplishing their purpose by engaging readers with various examples of interest and out-of-the-box thinking methods. In Chapter One‚ titled “What Does It Mean to
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food every day for every meal is dangerous. As such‚ documentarian Morgan Spurlock conducts an unscientific experiment using himself as the guinea pig: eat only McDonald’s for thirty days‚ three meals a day. If he is asked by the clerk if he would like the meal super sized‚ he has to say yes. And by the end of the thirty days‚ he will have had to have eaten every single menu item at least once. Before starting the experiment‚ he is tested by three doctors - a general practitioner‚ a cardiologist
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Something like hope! By: Shawn Goodman *This book something like hope is about mainly about‚ 17-year-old Shavonne has been in a juvenile detention since the seventh grade. Mr. Delpopolo is the first counselor to treat her as an equal‚ and he helps her get to the bottom of her self-destructive behavior‚ her guilt about past actions‚ and her fears about leaving the Center when she turns 18. *Shavonne tells him the truth about her crack-addicted mother‚ the child she had (and gave up to foster
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most about war with his books Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War‚ Our Finest Day: D-Day‚ Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam‚ and The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden. Many people enjoy his style of writing with these books because they are very accurate on the accounts and he tells the story in the point of view of one soldier and makes it seem like you are in the battle and are fighting along with the soldier. In black hawk down the main soldier
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates‚ is a book dealing with the topic of racism in America. In my opinion‚ the most powerful message in the book is when his father told him that he would have to beat him so the police wouldn’t. This statement is so powerful because the history of African-Americans has always been a struggle. Whether from oppression‚ segregation‚ violence‚ etc.‚ our state of living has always been tough. Black families‚ more so than white families‚ feel obligated to protect
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Counseling by the Book: A Summary What I learned from Counseling by the Book‚ biblical counseling is ministering scripture to those struggling in life or who desire wisdom or God’s directions. Biblical counselors should follow scripture and speak the truth in love to those who need correction‚ instruction‚ admonition‚ encouragement and hope through God’s Word. The goal is to glorify God by assisting people to establish and/or deepen their relationship with Christ. Changes started to take place in
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specific book because I read the back and was intrigued on how the author would tie the setting into the character’s story. The author wrote this book beautifully and it is something that really make people think about the past. The book pulled me in and didn’t make me want to stop reading. Also‚ this book is in my reading level which was a very important part of choosing this because I wanted to make sure that I completely understood the details and events in this story. This book takes
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a letter to his 15-year-old son Samori telling him his personal experience on how to live in America being black. Coates talks about his upbringing in the rough neighbors in Baltimore‚ MD which you usually grow up being poor‚ must be raise by your single mother and growing up fast to take care of yourself. He decided to turn his life by attending to Howard University‚ which he calls it “The Mecca” he is woken from the diversity of black people at Howard
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