twenty-seven years and his History‚ was left incomplete. Over the course of eight books‚ with a total of twenty-six chapters‚ Thucydides analyses‚ narrates‚ and debates the history surrounding this monumental event. With this book‚ modern historians can better understand the nature of these times and discover the essential background information needed to piece history together. Although Thucydides has attempted
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DJ Rising is the debut novel of author Love Maia. This book is about a boy named Marley Johnnywas Diego-Dylan. Marley is a sixteen-year-old boy who has to deal with a heroin-addicted mother‚ bills to pay‚ and a full scholarship to a private school to uphold. Along with that‚ he has a dream‚ a dream to DJ at the Fever‚ and elite club where the DJ is the biggest celebrity. When he is cordially invited to the Fever’s First Annual DJ Battle‚ he feels like he has one last chance to prove to his father
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In the book‚”Bull Run”‚ it tells the story of multiple people’s perspectives in the American Civil War. Reading the book‚ I learned a lot about the horrors of the Civil War and what it was like trying to get into military and what it was like being in the military. In the book‚ there was a character named Gideon Adams who was black‚ and tried getting into the military. Normally‚ black people wouldn’t be allowed to join the military‚ but his skin was just light enough to get into the military‚ but
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The book Finding Winnie‚ by Lindsay Mattick is about a Veterinarian‚ Harry Colebourn‚ from Canada that went to World War I in 1914 to take care of the soldier’s horses. On his way to War he bought a bear and took him to War with him. This book tells a story about the bear that inspired Winnie-The-Pooh one of the most famous bears in the world. The book is based on a real life story and brings the character to life. The book starts by introducing Harry as a sweet veterinarian that loves animals
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worldwide as of this year. The book Disposable People is about this new form of slavery. Author‚ Kevin Bales tells stories varying from five different countries; Thailand‚ Mauritania‚ Brazil‚ Pakistan‚ and India. Through these stories we see how each country contributes to this idea of modern day slavery. Bales was on a mission to feed his curiosity to find out which circumstances and forces needed to be present for
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A Child Called It A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. Dave was a survivor of the third worst case of child abuse in California history. He has recapped no some of his abuse in this book. David’s story was so sad but interesting cause of all the things that has happened. I would recommend this book to other people because it puts your life in a different prospective. The setting of this story is mainly at his house and his school. There are 5 main characters in this story and that is his
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“A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain.” (Hillenbrand p.34) Louie Zamperini was a young and rising track star. He was dreaming about the Olympics‚but that didn’t go as planned. It is 1943 in May Louie Zamperini’s plane had crashed in the pacific ocean during WW||. Ahead was thousands of miles of ocean with attacking sharks‚thirst‚and starvation/. He was caught by someone not very pleasant. But do it go away? Find out by reading unbroken By:Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken has 298 fascinating pages
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Felicia Day’s book was a great story full of laughs and thought provoking statements‚ and after reading “You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost)”‚ one can figure out which audience the book was written toward. By reading and paying attention to the rhetorical style and word choice‚ it is easy to tell that the book was intended for young adults or teenagers. One way to tell is that Day incorporated diction‚ or word choice‚ and tone to specify who her book is for. She uses hashtag symbols in her
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Although the Parliament did not act on Equiano’s request‚ just by starting from such a high point brings people’s attention. And also he knew that by having the support of aristocratic figures‚ more and more people would take an interest in him and his book. This brings me to another point on the tactics that Gustavus Vassa used. Having prominent names in the list of subscribers and given Vassa support could have given‚ or did give the English people security on what they were reading‚ if it was interesting
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The two books I read over the summer were Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan and The Maze Runner by James Dashner. The first book‚ Counting By 7s takes place in Bakersfield‚ California‚ and is about twelve year old Willow Chance who enjoys gardening‚ diagnosing medical conditions and the number seven. The story is about her journey through life after her parents died in a tragic car accident. Prior to the car accident Willow has to see Dell Duke‚ a student counselor‚ after being accused to cheater
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