Book Review: The Adventures of Pinocchio Title: The Adventures of Pinocchio Author: Carlo Collodi (translated by Ian Pedlow) Publisher: New Holland‚ $9.95 RRP Publication Date: March 2011 Format: Softcover ISBN: 9781742571270 For ages: 8+ Type: Novel About the author During the Wars of Independence in 1848 and 1860 Collodi served as a volunteer with the Tuscan army. His active interest in political matters may be seen in his earliest literary works as well as in the founding of
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The World is Flat: Critical Book Review The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman gives examples from the past and present to help determine how our world is becoming closer through different technological advances. With his awards in writing‚ not only received for this book but for his other writings in the New York Times‚ it can be assumed that Friedman is somewhat qualified in writing this book. The World is Flat‚ a book about the advancements made in the twenty-first century that will effect
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Book Review on “Domestic Violence: The 12 Things You Aren’t Supposed to Know” Written By: Thomas James T.B. James has written a hard-hitting and incisive book focusing on current myths about domestic violence in the United States that turns the conventional approach on its ear (Domestic Violence: The 12 Things You Aren’t Supposed to Know‚ 2003). A practicing attorney in Minnesota and founder/director of Better Resolutions Mediation Service‚ James’s short‚ quotable book
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PSYCH253 Book Review: Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert In Daniel Gilbert’s‚ Stumbling on Happiness (2006)‚ Gilbert attempts to explain how our current reasoning for happiness is in fact‚ flawed. Many examples explored within the book as well as experiments provided in class supports the overarching
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December 5‚ 2014 Book Review Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in London from 1594 to 1596. It was first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597 and authorized quarto appeared in 1599. The play begins with a large fight between the Montagues and the Capulets‚ two prestigious families in Verona‚ Italy. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. They fall in love at a dance and agree to get married secretly the next day. But after the marriage‚ Romeo
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Ricardo C. Juliano February 21‚ 2008 NSA 205 - RC 43 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Books Friedman‚ Thomas L. The World is Flat - The Globalized World in the Twenty-First Century. London‚ England. Penguin Books‚ 2006. Thomas L. Friedman is a New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century‚ what it means to countries‚ companies‚ communities
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Chaikin A Book Review “In ancient days‚ men looked at the stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times‚ we do much the same‚ but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.” - July 1969‚ Nixon Administration Speechwriter William Safire. Award-winning science journalist and space historian Andrew Chaikin has authored books and articles about space exploration and astronomy for more than 25 years. He has taken the story of the Apollo astronauts and written a book that is
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“Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman” Book Review The third edition of Charles W. Akers’ book‚ “Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman” was published in 2006 by Pearson Longman Inc. and is one of the many books included in the Library of American Biography Series‚ edited by Mark C. Carnes. This 256 page biography includes a table of contents‚ an editor’s and author’s preface‚ study and discussion questions‚ acknowledgements and an index. This chronological biography of Abigail
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Book Review The Kite Runner Summary The kite runner a novel by Khaled Hosseini is a novel about two young boys in Afghanistan named Amir and Hassan. Amir constantly struggles to earn his father’s love Baba since he feels that he was the reason of his mother’s death which happened during child birth. Finally Amir succeeds by winning a kite flying-competition. But the same day Amir witnesses the rape of Hassan and does nothing to stop it which troubles him for the rest of his life. He feels
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The Stone Angel Event by event‚ memory by memory the scales fall from Hagar’s eyes until she sees clearly her own nature. No longer blaming others‚ she dies courageously by being fully responsible for her own life. What are the stages of Hager’s enlightenment. The novel The Stone Angel portrays an image of a ninety-year-old woman‚ Hagar Currie‚ who confronts her past of personal failures in an attempt for rejuvenation before death. Hagar has lead a life dominated by authority and memories
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