BOOK REVIEW The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Translated By Alan R. Clarke Published 2002 Harper Collins Publishers‚ UK 177 pp. Title: “Diamond Dreams-Struggling Souls” Reviewed by Syed Muhammad Hassan Askari In Alchemist‚ Paul Coelho tells the story of a boy who desires to travel the world to explore hidden treasures known to human beings. The author has written this book in two parts. First part deals with the dreaming of a boy about a hidden treasure near Pyramids in Egypt while second
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In the fourth paragraph of the story “ Samuel” by Grace Paley‚ the narrator states “ But three of the boys were Negroes and the fourth one was something else she couldn’t tell for sure. In other words as readers we get a pretty good idea about the race of the kids. The statement is a pretty good hit trying to tell the reader that race plays an important role in the story. Due to the fact that the race of the children was indicate‚ implies that the time period must have been when there was racial
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Book review The Heroes of Olympus-The Lost Hero is an excellent book combined with mythology and adventure‚ written by the No.1 bestseller‚ Rick Riordan. The Heroes of Olympus-The Lost Hero is the opening book to the series Heroes of Olympus‚ which is a sequel to the magnificent series of books‚ Percy Jackson. The Heroes of Olympus-The Lost Hero is the book‚ where the main character Percy Jackson‚ the son of the Greek sea god Poseidon‚ goes missing and the son of the Roman god Jupiter‚ Jason is
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formative years when one is in school. In her book‚ Queen Bees and Wannabes‚ Wiseman discusses these very issues‚ such as friendship‚ its importance and benefits‚ and more importantly‚ dealing with bullies and mean girls. Not only is this book helpful to teenage girls‚ but it is specifically geared towards parents and provides them with a plethora of helpful strategies on how to deal with their daughters and enhance their social lives. Each chapter in this book is divided into several sections. They all
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Generation. New York: Vintage Books‚ 2000. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation is a book about the American revolutionary generation‚ but as Ellis puts it a more modern way so that everyone can understand. This book includes information about our founding fathers and stories that some had no idea about; it also gives you some details about the politics going on during the time period but still indicates specific people in history. Ellis has the time frame of this book from right around when
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Chad Russ English 3rd Mrs. Ursery Book Review Lansing‚ Alfred. Endurance. New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers‚ 1959. Print. The book Endurance is about the failure of the expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in its attempt to cross the Antarctic continent in 1914 and the struggle for survival endured by the twenty-eight man crew for almost two years. The book’s title is actually the name of the ship Shackleton used for the expedition‚ the Endurance. The ship was being pushed together
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not try to sugarcoat any of her experiences. She tells every story and aspect of the army exactly how it is without leaving out any details. One reason why Kayla William’s wrote this memoir about her experiences in the U.S. army is to inform the public about the hardships of being a female in the army. Females are in the immense minority. She was one of the 15% of females that fought in the war against Iraq at the time. On the very first page of Love My Rifle More Than You‚ Williams digs straight
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A Book Review: Work and Motivation Missouri State University Work and Motivation published in 1964 by Victor Vroom is a compilation of studies done by researchers in social psychology. Vroom’s main purpose for writing Work and Motivation was to link what has already been done in the field of social psychology into a piece from which future research could be derived. Work and Motivation is divided into five parts‚ the introductory speaks about the cognitive model‚ which funnels the
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BOOK REVIEW ON: Daniyal Mueenuddin’s “IN OTHER ROOMS‚ OTHER WONDERS” By Nayan Das Much like “tambola”‚ there are only a few happy winners from the hundreds that compete in Pakistan’s social lottery‚ and that is aptly brought forward in Daniyal Mueenuddin’s “In Other Rooms‚ Other Wonders.” Very unlike the Pakistan we have accustomed ourselves with‚ goaded by gloriously buttered food and hard-hitting Pathans‚ the book shows us how life is in Mueenuddin’s country for both the supremely rich and harshly
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Book Review The book that I read was Diary Of A Wimpy Kid written by Jeff Kinney it took me about two weeks to read. The book is a fictional story about a boy named Greg Heffley and how he started middle school. The main character in this story is Greg Heffley because it is his diary‚ day to day life of a young teenage boy. Through the book there is usually a lot of conflict between Greg and is older brother Rodrick and younger brother Manny such as fights ‚arguments ect. He also hangs out with
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