Penguin Books in Association with Hamish Hami‚ 2000 1 336pp.‚ £9.99‚ ISBN-10: 0141184949 “The sedge is wither’d from the lake‚ and no birds sing.” I was pleasantly surprised when I firstly opened the title page of Silent Spring. This line of John Keats’s La Belle Dame sans Merci which is one of my favourite poetries seems to be a poetic description of the theme of the book. However‚ unlike the artistic conception of sadness created by the poet in that ballad‚ “no birds sing” in this book refers
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brighton rock book review Ida Arnold‚ a warm-hearted‚ buxom woman meets ’Hale’ an unknown but distinctive stranger who leaves a lasting impression upon her. Following his odd ’disappearing act’ - she later hears of his seemingly ’natural’ death. However‚ convinced that something is amiss; she is determined to seek the truth and seek justice. She learns about the mob responsible for the murder; under the new leadership of an adolescent - ’Pinkie’. A ruthless youth who will stop at nothing for
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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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The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival‚ also called the Duanwu Festival‚ is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years‚ the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon boats. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races‚ especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This regatta commemorates the death
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A review based on the book entitled Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds The book is all about how to approach presentation design as a visual aid rather than a document. Rather than do a review of the book‚ on how presentation developers might apply some of the rules. Presentation Zen was the book that bridged the gap and helped me understand that PowerPoint (or any visual aid for that matter) shouldn ’t be a means of present lots of information‚ but rather a way to
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