Glenn Martin Urbano Book Report No. 2 IV-3 St. Bernard September 1‚ 2010 Mrs. Rosadelima P. Dacumos I. Introduction * Title of the Book: Wringer * Author: Jerry Spenelli * Year of publication: 1997 * Content : Palmer La Rue has to decide if he wants to become a "wringer". When someone turns ten years old in their community‚ they have to strangle ("wring") pigeons shot in the annual Family Fest Pigeon Shooting Day. One day‚ a certain pigeon comes
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REVIEW: THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON By George S. Clason ‘If thou have been in search of gold; then thou haseth found it.’ That’s how valuable this book is. The Richest man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason is hailed as a modern day classic and it gives it’s reader the feeling to have discovered a book which got lost in time with it’s ancient wisdom and proverbial style of writing. The book is set in Babylonian times and aims to bring forth solutions of problems that have been in existence since
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the Prophet. The book is associated with the other five Wolves of the Beyond books Lone Wolf‚ Shadow Wolf‚ Watch Wolf‚ Spirit Wolf‚ and Star Wolf. I would give the book a 2 because I like the Wolves of the Beyond books. They explain how the wolves survive and how they hunt their prey. The book shows how they grow up and learn to hunt and communicate with the others. I also like how the author makes it feel like something is going to happen like a fight scene. The book also continues the story
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Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology College of Arts and Social Sciences DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Andres Bonifacio Avenue‚ Tibanga‚ Iligan City A Requirement in History 122 ANNOTATED BOOK REVEW related to the descriptive course Modern East Asia entitled A Short History of China And Southeast Asia: Tribute‚ Trade and Influence By: Martin Stuart-Fox Submitted by: Michelle Titular Cortes
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and more joyous‚ self making choices that lead to these desirables are the usual Paulo Coelho staples themes that one finds in Brida. . Every page of the book stresses on a Universal Truth. I enjoyed reading this book.This enthralling novel incorporates themes that fans of Paulo Coelho will recognize and treasure. The themes incorporated in this book are quite similar to those seen in The Alchemist and Like a Flowing River its simple story and straightforward Universal Truths have stirred me It
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BOOK REPORT The Outsiders By: S.E Hinton(New York: Puffin Books‚ 1967) The outsider: The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. The title of this book is related to the story‚ because in the novel‚ Ponyboy and Johnny are outsiders. They can be thought of as Outsiders because they are labeled Greasers although they do not act like
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down and arranged the material in the first person‚ and Malcolm X edited and approved every chapter. Thus‚ though Haley actually did the writing‚ it is reasonable to consider the work an autobiography. The work is one of the most important nonfiction books of the twentieth century‚ as it offers valuable insight into the mind of a key figure on a core issue of twentieth-century America. In 1965‚ a New York reviewer wrote of Malcolm X‚ “No man has better expressed his people’s trapped anguish.” The autobiography
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The book begins with Totto-Chan’s mother knowing her daughter got expelled from school. Her mother realizes that Totto-Chan needs is a school where more freedom is permitted. So‚ she takes Totto-Chan to meet the headmaster of the new school‚ Mr. Kobayashi. The book describes the times that Totto-Chan has‚ the friends she makes‚ the lessons she learns‚ and the vibrant atmosphere that she indulges in. All of these presented to the reader through the eyes of a child. The reader sees the normal world
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process of decolonization‚ bred by the dominant concept of the nation-state and sovereignty as the right to self determination and the sanctity of borders. The book Kashmir: New voices‚ New approaches‚ is the product of international peace Academy. It is the compilation of various research articles by 14 different scholars. The book is edited by Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu‚ Cyrus Samii and Bushra Asif. Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu is on the faculty of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He is coeditor
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Right from the first page of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" (or "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" for those reading in the UK) Rowling proves that she knows a thing or two about the kind of magic that brings stories to life. The book starts with Harry as an infant‚ the child of a wizard and witch. He is suddenly left orphaned after an attack by the evil and powerful wizard Lord Voldemort‚ a villain so evil that most wizards and witches refer to him as "You-Know-Who". Mysteriously
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