BOOK REPORT AJ HERRERA ENGLISH 11 1/21/14 The book I chose for this book report was Red Storm Rising. It is by Tom Clancy‚ who is a pretty well-known author‚ and is 656 pages. It is a book about the Soviet Union and Russia’s attempt to overtake the Atlantic so they can launch an offensive against the United States and some other NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) countries like England and Germany. The story begins in 1980 at a very
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The Hunt for Red October By: Tom Clancy It’s December 1986 and Captain First Rank Marko Ramius‚ son of a Communist Party Secretary and the Soviet Union’s most trusted and revered submarine commander‚ is in charge of a new kind of Soviet nuclear submarine called "Red October." It has a new kind of propulsion system that makes it hard to be detected by radar. Once at sea Ramius heads toward the east coast of the United States and then disappears. Both the Soviet leaders and the Americans are terrified
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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist is a third person shooter stealth-game. It has a unique game-play which allows players to lock on target and go in slow motion to kill the enemies. This feature gives the cinematic feel to the game-play while still being playable and interactive throughout the experience. There are three different playstyles: Ghost‚ panther and assault. Ghost playstyle is when the player completes a level without alerting any enemies or trigger any alarms. The main objective of
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Author Study December 2‚ 2013 Tom Clancy. Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy‚ Jr. was an American author and historian best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War‚ and for video games that bear his name for licensing and promotional purposes. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers‚ and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also a brand for similar movie scripts written by ghost writers
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Well it is easy to see that in Tom Clancy’s book rainbow six there are two main groups the first group is of course Rainbow SIX the second is horizon corp. Now for rainbow six they are our heroes they are the Special Forces assault team created and funded by the United States but it consists of members from across the world. The second group is the horizon corp. now these are the evil ones in the book and when I say evil I mean EVIL. But they were evil in the eyes of society but not in their own
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Tom Clancy: More Than A Marine “Being a Marine is difficult‚ but becoming one is harder”(Clancy 1). Tom Clancy‚ marine‚ novel writer ‚and video game developer‚ had a very difficult life as a child. He had a hard time fitting in with the other kids‚ at his private school. He always worked hard and‚ finished his work to help him to become the successful person he was. Tom Clancy struggled early in his life‚ but his experience with the marines helped him to become successful. Tom Clancy was born
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Hixson‚ Walter‚ "’Red Storm Rising’: Tom Clancy Novels and the Cult of National Security‚" Diplomatic History 17 (Fall 1993): 599-61 . Exit BlackBoard. If possible‚ avoid using a military‚ government‚ or employer’s computer or email address. 2. Instead‚ use Internet Explorer or Firefox to go to http://www.ctcd.edu[->0] and click the "Library" link on the far‚ left-hand side. 3. Click the tab "Find databases‚ articles‚ e-books. . . . ." and then‚ the "off-campus" link. 4. Follow the log-on
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Red Rising by Pierce Brown is said to be comparable to books like Ender’s Game and Hunger Games. There is no problem with having an opinion‚ although I find it very misleading when an author like Pierce Brown advertises someone’s vague opinion on the front of his book when there are few similarities to begin with . On the cover of Red Rising‚ there is a quotation from Scott Sigler which says “Ender‚ Katniss and now Darrow”. When I read a quotation like that‚ I feel obligated to think that the characters
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Clancy of the Overflow Analysis Bush poetry gives people a unique and interesting prospective into the people who made this country the way it is today and the history behind it. Clancy of the Overflow is a well known bush poem by poet AB “Banjo” Paterson. Clancy of the overflow is about a person from the city who met a drover/ shearer named Clancy. After meeting him he becomes jealous of Clancy’s lifestyle which is better than his city life. In this poem Banjo uses a variety of poetic devices
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identity is Clancy of the Overflow‚ a poem by AB Banjo Paterson. This text is written from the point of view of a city-dweller who once met the title character‚ a shearer and drover‚ and now envies the imagined pleasures of Clancy’s lifestyle‚ which he compares favourably to life in "the dusty‚ dirty city" and "the round eternal of the cashbook and the journal". The title comes from the address of a letter the city-dweller sends‚ "The Overflow" being the name of the sheep station where Clancy was working
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