invaded Cambodia after winning a five-year-long civil war. The Khmer Rouge came and forced all of the Cambodians out of their homes‚ took their money and more without explaining their reason. In the first chapter of book David Chandler’s book Voices from S-21‚ Terror and History in Pol Pot’s Secret Prison‚ it talked about how after two weeks of fighting Dk (Democratic Kampuchea) had fled with all of their followers. On January 8 two Vietnamese photographers were drawn to a building that on the
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Book Report on The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger The fishing port of Gloucester‚ Massachusetts‚ just north of Boston‚ is one of the oldest fishing ports in the United States and can trace its history to around 1623. Since that time‚ around ten thousand men have lost their lives fishing the Atlantic Ocean. Not only did the fishing port feel the full brunt of the storm but that fateful day in October 1991 was to add another six men to that tally when the fishing boat Andrea Gail was caught in
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Name:_____________________________________________________Hour___ Bloom’s Taxonomy Book Report Book Title (1 pt): Number of pages (1 pt): Genre (1 pt): Knowledge (1 pt): 1. Write 4 facts about the author. You can find information on the back flaps of the book‚ or you can look him/her up on the internet. (4 sentences) Comprehension (2 pt each): 2. Describe the main character. Include both physical description and personality traits. (4-5 sentences) 3. Describe another character
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Book Report on "A Dramatic Death" This story starts off with the Dorking Drama Group who are making a play everything is going well until gruesome accidents start happening but the group ignores it until a prop falls down and kills someone. The police do a investigation but conclude that it was a accident so the play goes on‚ but everybody is convinced it was foul play and everyone in the drama group is a suspect. The cast members start investigating the murder by themselves and everybody starts
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Book Report on Abigail Adams/Dearest Friend Abigail Adams married John Adams on October 25‚ 1764. John Adams was a lawyer at the time and was away most of the time. Soon after‚ John Adams worked his way up serving time in Congress to becoming vice president and then to be president of the United State. They had six children‚ but one died after a year and one that was stillborn. Abigail Adams had the responsibility of raising and teaching her children‚ plus working on the farm. Abigail was
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451” in the English class‚ I started to thinking about what we are calling happiness . I browsed the web and came across this quotation “ Happiness is a positive range of emotions that we feel when we are content or full of joy” ‚which is Cocacola ‘s definition . Then‚ I reminded of Beatty’s saying in the film ”Cram them full of noncombustible data‚ chock them so damned full full of facts they feel stuffed…then they’ll get a sense of motion without moving‚ and they’ll be happy…”. I began to suspect
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The book "Day of Infamy" by Walter Lord is an non-fiction novel. This novel is over the day that the Japanese Attacked Americans‚ also known as Pearl Harbor. This book will keep you interested as Lord goes into great detail and stories of individual characters. What I really enjoy about this book is how Lord not only puts in America’s side of the story but also the Japanese’s side. The line " Then back to Tokyo again‚ guardedly comparing notes with Lieutenant Commander Toshihide Maejimma‚ who was
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Book Report for Prayer and Spirituality Course Title: The Great Gatsby Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons Copyright Date: April 10‚ 1925 1. What is the primary theme of this book? What is the basic message the author is trying to convey? 1) Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as an era of decayed social and moral values‚ evidenced in its overarching cynicism‚ greed‚ and empty pursuit of pleasure. The reckless jubilance that led to decadent parties
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Introduction Wendy’s restaurant is an international fast food chain restaurant which focuses on selling high quality products to its customers. The company started its operation on 15th November 1969 with its head quarters in Ohio‚ United States. (Wendy ’s) The company has got more than seventy seven percent of its outlets franchised and has got the fourth position among the other international fast food chains. Majority of its outlets are located in North America and they focus on the facilities provided
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Mission Statement • To live every day for the betterment of my life and the lives of those around me. • To have only a positive effect on the lives of the people whom I interact with on a daily basis. • To see each day as an important stepping stone to eventually achieving my goals‚ and contributing to the greater good of society. Vision Statement In five years I intend to be happily married‚ and continuing to live a happy life as I am now. I intend to be planning a family
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