Ryan Hill Mrs. Wheeler Business Tech 20 November 2014 Book Review By Colin Barker Homeland‚ John Jake’s formidable novel about the final explosive events if the nineteenth century‚ is the first in a series that will focus attention on a new “Jakes” family‚ the Crowns. Multiple characters and settings are the norm for Jakes; however‚ this story rivets primarily attention on Paul Crown‚ a young German immigrant. Paul leaves behind a Germany of cholera‚ poverty and political upheaval only to face problems
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JOSEPH T. WARD DEAR MOM A SNIPER’S VIETNAM Novel Joseph T. Ward writes this inspiring true story on cruelty of the war in Vietnam from his perspective. From the time he makes his decision to join the Marines in the beginning of the book all the way to making it to Vietnam as a Marine Scout Sniper. Among the Joseph T. Ward‚ Dave Young‚ Mike O’Grady‚ and Nick Herrera (whom all since childhood have been friends with Joseph T. Ward and decided to join the Marines with him) share six purple hearts
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The Catcher in the Rye - a book presentation A short biographical sketch of the author The Catcher in the Rye is a novel written by the American author Jerome David Salinger‚ born on January 1th 1919 in New York City. His parents were very wealthy‚ and he was raised in Manhattan. Salinger has expressed in a number of interviews that he had trouble fitting in at school‚ and therefor moved from prep school to prep school as a child. In 1934‚ his parents decided to send him to a military academy
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I have been reading the book "Boost" by Kathy Mackel. The book is about the main character and narrator‚ Savannah Christopher‚ Savvy for short‚ and her older sister‚ Callie. Savvy and Callie are both athletic girls‚ but conflicts with their sport make them want to boost their game. In the book‚ Savvy is trying out for a 18U team‚ Fire‚ at the age of 13 with her friend‚ Nina Gonzalez. Meanwhile her sister Callie is a freshmen trying out for the varsity cheerleading team. I predict that because
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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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Far from verity After taking time reading this eye opening novel “Lies My Teacher Told Me” written by Dr. James W. Loewen‚ the book has open my mind to American History and the reality of everyday life‚ for example on the topics of Helen Keller‚ the unbelievable truth of Woodrow Wilson‚ the exploration of Christopher Columbus‚ and the inverse truth of heroes and sheroes. To begin with‚ in textbooks I have read‚ Woodrow Wilson was seemed as one of the most important man and promising to the blacks
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This book is about a nine year old boy named Bruno who‚ because of his father’s job‚ is forced to move from Berlin to the countryside. From his bedroom window‚ Bruno spots a fence behind which he sees men in ’striped pyjamas’. These are Jews‚ and they are in a Nazi concentration camp. One day his parents come to an agreement that both Bruno and Gretel need a tutor for their education‚ so they hire Herr Liszt. To Bruno‚ Herr Liszt is the most boring teacher one could ever have; he teaches social studies
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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 the inception of time
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|Title of the Book: The AMAZING DAYS of ABBY HAYES#1---every Cloud has a Silver Lining | |Author: Anne Mazer | |Publisher: Scholastic | |A girl called Abby Hayes is starting fifth grade. Abby Hayes
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to try something new‚ so they switched the rings that they were wearing and tried again‚ “one-two-three-go! Said Digory. And then jumped” (43). This decision by Digory and Polly to go exploring now has huge impacts on the rest of the book and even affects the books to come. While adventuring‚ they stumble upon Jadis will later on become the “White Witch” in Narnia. Another decision that was made was the decision by Digory is to get a seed that would produce a tree to keep the queen away from Narnia
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