The book I chose for my report is Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution by James E. Crisp. In my book‚ Crisp follows the Texas Revolution along with the battle at the Alamo which took place between 1835 and 1836. He tackles the questions of why and how myths are made and shows how the environment around someone can influence attitudes that people develop about certain historical events. Crisp also challenges are beliefs of history and wants us
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Thesis: To show the lives of four enlisted army officers‚ from World War II up to the Vietnam War. The book The Majors is one of a nine book series named Brotherhood of War. The Majors is book number three in the series. Through out this series the author (W.E.B Griffin) is trying to give people a better understanding of certain aspects of periods of time‚ the ranking system in the United States Military‚ and the life of four army officers. These officers where real people‚ but i have come to
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When reading about history‚ one comes across a rather unfortunate number of mass killings. From the slow destruction of the Native American peoples‚ to the brief but devastating Holocaust‚ to modern terrorist attacks‚ history books tell of atrocity after atrocity. If one were to ask a random person on the street‚ he or she could probably provide a decent explanation of any of these events. After all‚ humanity has a fascination with violent and horrific acts‚ so if people remember anything from high
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Year 8 Book Report Back Through Time: Historical Fiction or Imagination These stories have some ‘real’ aspects but also have a fictional dimension. The setting might be from a real period of history but the author invents the characters and uses imagination. Your Task is to make a poster about your book. You must cover all the tasks below and you also need to speak about your book for one minute in class. Provide details of the title‚ author‚ date of publication and publisher Setting:
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The book I chose to write about for my book report was Hiroshima – by John Hersey. The publisher is Alfred A. Knoff and was published first in 1946 with 196 pages. The book was originally published in The New Yorker. This book tells the stories of six brave survivors on that tragic day on the 6th of August. On August 6th ‚ 1945‚ at exactly 8:15 in the morning the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. At that time the six characters were each doing there own thing. Miss Toshiko Sasaki‚ who was a clerk for a
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David Nunez 11-26-2012 Columbine Book Report Columbine by Dave Cullen is based upon the true story of the author’s research that took ten years to find out why did Eric Harris and Dylan Kleblod decide to go on a shooting spree at the Columbine High School in Columbine‚ Colorado on April 20‚ 1999‚ and what became of the survivors? As the author explains in his book‚ the two young men Eric and Dylan had a plan to blow up their school‚ surpass Columbine in horror‚ and leave a “a lasting impression
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A BOOK REPORT ON “THE ABDUCTION” A Requirement in English 12 (Developmental Reading) Submitted to: Mrs. Bernadette S. Garcia of Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) Submitted By: Jealouden G. Alamis BEED-SPED 1X4 February 27‚ 2015 My book report was written for our subject in English 12 required by Mrs. Bernadette S. Garcia. My novel is entitled “The Abduction” by John Grisham. It has 217 pages‚ published by Hodder & Stoughton. It is first published in Great
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Guatemala and the U.N. Security Council The history of Guatemala in the United Nations began on November 21‚ 1945 (UN). There is not much history written about Guatemala in the United Nations‚ but it entered the U.N. shortly after its formation. The issue of Guatemala’s policy towards other nations is also pertinent to its role as a member of the United Nations. One of Guatemala’s key points when it comes to their foreign policy‚ is its insistence that it “maintain and foster links of cooperation
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180 countries. The company cereal products are generally marked under the Kellogg name .it s founder Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his brother William keith Kellogg invented the cornflake in 1894. Kellogg’s India is a 100% subsidiary of Kellogg Company‚ USA and it’s beg player in the Indian breakfast cereal market .Kellogg has invested over US$ 30 million. Kellogg entered India with Cornflakes in 1991 india.it s set up and invested in a Greenfield manufacturing plant for cereal at Tajola (Mumbai).when
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Harkirat Dhaliwal Ms. Macdonald SJ8 20th November 2013 India The title of the book is India. It was written by Marilynn G. Barr. The illustrator and picture researcher is Jaimie Holl. It was published by Lorenz Educational Press in 2003. The genre is non- fiction. It includes 48 pages to read. This book is about the country India in Asia. The main idea is to tell you about many different features of India for example landscapes‚ climate and weather‚ natural resources‚ population
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