November 13th‚ 2012 From the beginning of the semester‚ when I see the “Book Review”‚ I looked through the list. I have read “a child called it‚” and a few others which are all great books‚ but one in particular stands of the most to me. When I first started my journey in college‚ I took a philosophy class right off the bat. The professor assigned a book to be read within the semester‚ and to be a small‚ simple book‚ literally gave me direction in my life through the hardest times. I chose
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Book review: Enduring love‚ by Ian McEwen Plot: The basic story line to the book is all about a man who experiences a ballooning accident where he and a group of other guys try to pull down a balloon that has a boy in‚ which is the captain of the air balloons grandson...so they are all holding it down trying to get the kid out but a strong gust of wind blows the balloon up and the four guys still holding on are pulled up with it but before it gets too high three of the four jump off to safety
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Stephanie Pernell Mrs. Hoyos AP Psych 23 May 2014 Book Review Outline: Blink 1) Introduction a) Hook: Suppose someone claimed that after viewing only minutes of a conversation of you and your spouse‚ they could predict how long your relationship would last with a ninety percent success rate. Would you believe them? b) Thesis: In this book‚ Gladwell brings light to judging a book by its cover. He takes note of how "our world requires that decisions be sourced and foot noted‚ and if we say how we
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46 Pages Book Review Liell‚ Scott. 46 Pages‚ Thomas Paine‚ Common Sense‚ and the Turning Point to American Independence. Running Press. Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. 2003. Imagine having a front row seat‚ or better yet‚ a hand in what is considered to be the one of the greatest moments in history. Scott Liell is able to provide his audience that experience through his written account of the spectacular events that led to the signing of The Declaration of Independence. The author’s
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The Hunger Games Susan Collins Copyright date: October 1‚ 2008 Genre: Science fiction The Hunger Games book review North America has been destroyed and is now run by the powerful Capital and is divided into 12 districts (district 13 has been destroyed due to a rebellion). In district 12 ace hunter Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ carves out a meager existence for herself‚ her younger sister Prim and their widowed mother. In order to keep the 12 districts aware of who runs the county‚
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Book Review on The Secret Garden Title: The Secret Garden Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Summary of the story Mary Lennox was a spoilt little girl and lived in India. Her parents were rich and she had maids working for her. But when her maids and parents died of a disease‚ 9 – year – old‚ Mary Lennox is sent to her Uncle’ s mansion on the Yorkshire Moors. But a tragedy happened ten years ago and her Uncle has never recovered from it. Miserable Mary started to explore the gardens of the house
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Autumn Lusty Ms. Boretsky American History Honors 15 November 2016 Founding Brothers Book Review Founding Brothers‚ whom the author is Joseph Ellis‚ had six sections that are used to show how the leaders of the Revolutionary Generation reveal their uncertainty about the ability of the new republic to survive and the two issues that threaten the nation‚ slavery‚ and the parties’ differences. The book is focused on Aaron Burr‚ George Washington‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ James Madison
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Austin Smith Book Review Killing Lincoln This past month I have been reading Bill Oreillys killing Lincoln. This book shows Lincolns process of ending slavery and dealing with the civil war. The book tells the story of our president trying to do good things‚ while John Wilkes Booth is planning to do a really bad deed by killing Lincoln. This book shows us that Lincoln had a lot on his plate dealing with the Civil war and the criticism from the south. He was obviously not supported in the
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370. Book Review Richard Berleth‚ a native to New York received his Ph. D. in 1970 from Rutgers University in English literature. He won an award for Bloody Mohawk as an Independent Publisher. Berleths’ other books consist of The Twilight Lords: An Irish Chronicle‚ Samuel’s Choice‚ Mary Patten‚ and The Orphan Stone: The Minnesinger Dream of Reich. His books are mostly nonfiction and youth fiction. The audience he appeals to ranges from scholars to children. His purpose in writing this book may be
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Book Review 1 Slave Country: American Expansion and The Origins of the Deep South Adam Rothman Cambridge‚ Mass. : Harvard University Press‚ 2005. 312 pages Slave Country Slave Country‚ is a book on early America and it tells the story of the rapid growth of slavery in the newly formed states. Slavery slowly disappeared from the northern states and the importation of captive Africans was prohibited. But‚ at the same time‚ the country’s slave population grew‚ new plantation crops
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