First to Fight by Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak is where the history‚ reputation‚ and truth about the United States Marine Corps meet. Within this 252-page book you will find a combination of historical fact‚ interesting background‚ and personal recollection from one of the men who helped shape what the Marines are today. The book is organized in seven different sections‚ each explaining a different facet of the Marine Corps. The first section explains in detail the struggle of the Marine Corps
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Train to Pakistan‚ originally published in 1956‚ is not a very good book‚ but quite enjoyable much of the time. Khushwant Singh‚ less than ten years after Partition‚ in 1947‚ wrote a novel of less than 200 pages and still managed to create what’s probably best described as an uneven mess. Ideas‚ allusions‚ characters and bits and pieces of story float all over the book. There’s no denying that Singh‚ who has since become a famous public figure and intellectual in India‚ prefers to lecture rather
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Elliot Loud Triston Young 46 Pages 1301 Im going to give you my take on the book 46 pages by Scott Liell. This book was first copyrighted in 2003. This book is general consensuses of how Scoot Liell viewed Thomas Paine’s writing of Common Sense and the Turning point to Independence and how they effected the colony’s. He shows us the true meaning of Thomas Paines writings and how valuable they were even after nearly two and a half century’s. This novel is written in a third
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The book Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It divides into three parts: “Harsh Prison Conditions‚” “The Human Damage‚” and “The Alternative to Solitary.” In the first section‚ Terry Allen Kupers‚ the author‚ explores the rises of supermax prisons‚ the normalization of long-term solitary confinement and throughout‚ he explores how isolation damages people’s psyches and about what race violence and gender has to do with supermax confinement. In the final section
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Night Journeys by Avi is a story‚ set in 1768‚ of a teenage orphan named Peter York who lives with Everett Shinn and his family in Pennsylvania. Mr. Shinn is the leader of the Quaker Community and the local Justice of the Peace. Peter‚ who has been promised by the Shinn family to be treated well in exchange for his horse‚ Jumper‚ and hard work on their farm‚ is presented with what he refers to as a great crisis. The details of this crisis are revealed as Peter becomes deeply involved in a manhunt
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The Kite Runner The book I’ve read this term is called The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The novel is set mostly in Afghanistan and it’s written in first person. Amir‚ a well-to-do Pashtun boy‚ and Hassan‚ a Hazara and the son of Amir’s father’s servant‚ spend their days in a peaceful Kabul‚ kite fighting‚ roaming the streets and being boys. Hassan is a successful "kite runner" for Amir‚ knowing where the kite will land without even watching it. One triumphant day‚ Amir wins the local tournament
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INDIA‚ BY ITS PEOPLE 39 Imagining India : ideas for the new century/ Nandan Nilekani; New Delhi: Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books‚ 2009. (38-61‚ 158-175‚ 256-282‚ 363-383 p.) INDIA‚ BY ITS PEOPLE IN DELHI THIS Monday morning‚ it is chaos. Despite its pristine new metro and expanding highways‚ the city can barely contain the morning hubbub‚ the swarm of people all trying to get somewhere. By the time I reach Kaushik Basu’s home—set a little apart from the highway‚ on a quiet street
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2000s. Not every example provided in the book reflects a negative image‚ as Blevins is trying to prove that there are positive aspects‚ it has progressed over time‚ and is ultimately the Arkansan’s perception of it that determines its power. The books provided so much information of the state I am proud to call my home‚ and I believe that Brooks Blevins was successful in his presentation and purpose! I was pleased to find that Blevins writes this book as an Arkansas native rather than an opinionated
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happened in London‚ and how it completely changed glob view of urbanization. The book follows Dr. John Snow as he find the source of the outbreak and ultimately changed the way modern city-dwellers‚ city planners‚ physicians‚ and public officials think about the spread of disease and the development of the modern urban environment. His discovery was that the cholera come from contaminated water systems. The book also touches a lot on how urbanization is a positive and necessary trend for a healthy
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to any place he describes in the book‚ but the author Clarence M. Batan made me feel as if I had been there in the long sunset of March 7‚ 2000‚ when a social researcher named Clarence decided to visit her grandmother‚ Nanay Biday at the hospital. This book tells us how a typical Filipino family strives hard to achieve comfort in life. I researched first on the Internet the book‚ which is “Batong Bahay” by Clarence M. Batan‚ and I found out that this book is a Filipino family’s narrative of
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