History 2nd-Nine Week Book Report By Taina Ferrer Shoemaker High School December 12‚ 2013 Stephen B. Oates‚ author of The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner’s Fierce Rebellion was a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and he was an expert in 19th-century American history. This book was an excellent read that would keep anyone on the edge of their seat the entire time they read the book. It was written in a way that was very easy to understand which made the book that much better
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The Killer Angels is a historical Civil War novel by Michael Shaara. The book follows the three day battle of Gettysburg‚ switching points of view from the generals of the North to the Generals from the South. In the beginning of the novel the Spy‚ sent out by General Longstreet reports back findings of Northern troops moving prompting General Lee to take action. Though he does not believe the spy‚ he has no choice but to take the spies word and begins to move the troops towards a small town called
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October 11‚ 2013 Period 1 Maze Runner Book Report Thomas is the narrator and protagonist of the story. He arrives in the maze with no knowledge of who he is or was. He only remembers his name and nothing else about his life. Thomas proves to be brave and clever even though he only has a very limited memory of previous knowledge of the Maze. Since arriving in the maze‚ Thomas makes both friends and enemies and proves to be a leader among the other boys with him in the maze. Teresa is a
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Lichen Zhu MKT 452 Book report May 5‚ 2015 The managerial Odyssey is a book written by Robert L. Focazio‚ talks about several aspects a salesperson needs to pay attention on‚ such as motivation‚ self-control‚ guidelines of making sales‚ and notes to be a successful manager. This book has three sections‚ the first section called “three rules for the road”. The first rule Robert mentions is “ you have to have fun to become successful”. He thinks having fun is essential to success‚ and this would
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Kyle Duncan 12-7-11 Book Report (Deep Zone) 3rd Block Plot Summary The characters are Thane‚ Ty‚ Troy‚ Tate‚ and Agent Sutherland. Ty is this story’s main character. Thane is his older brother and an NFL star. Ty meets Troy and Tate in Miami at the football tournament. Agent Sutherland is an FBI agent protecting Ty from the mob while Thane is away. The setting is in Miami and in the swamp. At the beginning of the story‚ they are at a football game‚ when Thane is going up for a touchdown
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Quiet Strength: The Principles‚ Practices‚ & Priorities of a Winning Life Author: Tony Dungy A Book Report Michael Fors BUS 625/626 • Dr. David Bess The book I chose was Quiet Strength: The Principles‚ Practices‚ & Priorities of a Winning Life‚ by Tony Dungy. This is more than an autobiography of the life of Tony Dungy‚ the coach of the 2006 Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts. Woven throughout his life story are the principles‚ practices
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Book Report TITLE: Call of The Wild AUTHOR & BACKGROUND: Jack Landon was the most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century. His best short stories are the Call of the Wild and White Fang. Mainly Landon wrote about animals‚ men and his stories were based off of life experiences. London lived his childhood in poverty in the Oakland slums. At the age of 17‚ he ventured to sea on a sealing ship. He changed his life when he was in a thirty-day imprisonment that was so degrading it
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A Book Report on Little Women Louisa May Alcott Submitted by: Submitted to: asdasda asdasdas I. Title and Author Little Women by Louisa May Alcott II. Characters A. Primary Characters Margaret “Meg” March- Meg is 16 years old and the eldest. She is very pretty‚ with plump and fair skin. She has large eyes‚ soft
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Book Report for the Catcher in the Rye By Jerome David Salinger Amy Zeng Mr. Poldiak 05/27/2013 Author Introduction The author of the Catcher in the Rye‚ Jerome David Salinger was born in New York in 1919. He is the son of a wealthy cheese importer. He grew up in a fashionable neighborhood in Manhattan. He graduated from Valley Forge in 1936 and attended different colleges. He published his first short story in 1940. He kept on writing when
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Zachary Roderiques Book Report on Maniac Magee Which of Maniac’s activities do you think are impossible? Why? Which do you think are possible but not probable? I don’t think any of Maniac’s activities are impossible because he is capable of learning how to do every single one of them. I think the one activity that may be possible but not probable is the tying of Cobble’s Corners knot‚ because over many decades no one else could ever accomplish this feat. Would you like a friend
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