was mostly about the Holocaust‚ when her family went into hiding. Anne’s family included herself‚ her sister (Margot Frank)‚ her mother (Edith Frank)‚ and her father (Otto Frank). This story was set in Prinsengracht‚ Amsterdam. I chose to read this book because stories that relate to war‚ really interest me. It all started on Anne’s thirteenth birth‚ when she received a diary from her parents. She was really excited because she wanted someone or something‚ she could tell her thoughts to. Even though
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Lee Price‚ Page 1 Artemis Fowl Book 1 The LEPrecon Agent Holly Short is sent on a mission to the surface‚ To Subdue a Troll. On The Mission She runs out of Magic making her visible to the troll. The troll then proceeds to Pick Holly up and start crushing her while gnawing on her helmet. Since holly knows that trolls eyes are very sensitive to light she turns on her helmet light to Full‚ Bright blinding the troll and sending shock to the brain making the troll fall over. Because of the crushing
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Peasant Fires Book Review Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen is a novel telling the story of Hans Behem‚ a street musician and illiterate shepherd. Written by Richard Wunderli‚ this book does a great job of immersing its readers into the historical background of the Middle Ages. The book focuses around Hans Behem and the pilgrims who later become Hans Behem’s cult following. Hans gains said cult following by delivering a set of sermons‚ each one more radical than the last. These sermons
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Water for Elephants – Journal 1 In our discussion on Friday‚ no one else read the book so I was stuck trying to piece together what they knew‚ what happened in the book‚ and how to write a decent report on what has happened so far. So far in the book‚ we read about Jacob living in the retirement home and coming in contact with a fellow who claims he carried water for elephants. Elderly Jacob flashes back to when he was twenty-three. His parents had just died in a car accident; he skipped out on
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In the 1912 election‚ I think I would have voted for Theodore Roosevelt. I found it easy to critique all of the candidates in one way or another. While considering my vote I had to consider the time‚ after all it was 100 years ago and people had a different mindset. I would vote for Teddy Roosevelt based on his earlier years as president. Often times he was portrayed as a spiteful man‚ but he did a very good job serving as president. He was known as a “trust-buster”‚ contrary to Taft‚ he did not
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The book by Jonah Berger is all about how things become contagious‚ go viral in the marketplace in other words. The main factors which drive products to go viral is explained through so-called STEPPS which are defined as Social Currency‚ Triggers‚ Emotion‚ Public‚ Practical Value and Stories by him. These contributing factors to make things become popular are explained in six chapters by Dr. Berger. The very first chapter namely Social Currency explains its term making it similar to the currency
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The “Happiest Refugee” is the official autobiography of the Australian comedian Anh Do. The book is based around his life story starting in Vietnam and then becoming a fascinating story about his triumphs and darkest hours. Anh and his family went through many challenges as depicted in his text and these included the struggles Ahn faced at St Aloysius School‚ thereby depicting his social context. Ahn Do’s journey over to Australia was also conveyed through the use of descriptive and emotive language
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The title of my book was Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes and it was a fiction book‚ published in 2003. Soldier Boys was during WWII in Germany and Brighman City‚ Utah. It tells the story of an American and German teenaged boy. They join the war and fight in the battle of the Bulge. Spencer Morgan on the American side and Dieter Hedrick on the German side. Dieter at the age fifteen got promoted from the Hitler Youth to the German army. He wants to prove to everyone that he is brave and that he can go
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AP U.S. History: Summer Assignment Contact: sbillingsley@aacps.org http://southriverhigh.org/teachers/social-studies/mrs-billingsley/ Due: first day of class A. America In The World (pg. 22) “The Atlantic Context of Early American History”: Use the insert from the textbook (attached below) to answer the following questions in Part A. Questions 1. Explain what Brinkley means as the “Atlantic World” in the context of the “age of globalization”. 2. What are the forces that reveal the influence of Old
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the Warriors decided to win the division cup and by coming up with this goal on their own‚ they were more excited to work towards it than if the coaches had told them what the goal was. Developing and unleashing skills is illustrated in the book as developing hockey skills to help win the division cup. Once the Warriors had developed their skills‚ they were able to use them in games to help them win. At a company‚ once skills are developed they can be used to improve presentations and help
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