The Unwinding is the perfect title for this book. It portrays and revolves around the sad and unsettling history of the last four decades in the United States. His topic is the fall of the structure of the national government. Packer makes remarks regarding the unraveling of unspoken agreements about the limits to Wall Street’s greed‚ about what a congressman would or wouldn’t do for the right price‚ about what a company owes its workers‚ and what the wealthy should contribute in tax. As Packers
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J. Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. New York: Harper Collins‚ 2005. Print. The authors of Freakonomics‚ Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner‚ were very clear in the fact that they did not want their book to simply revolve around one single theme‚ thus making it difficult to discern a distinct thesis statement or theory. Some may perceive this type of approach as a weakness‚ but I believe it is the appropriate method for the subject matter at hand.
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In Dr. Newsom’s article about the book of Daniel‚ she provokes the reader’s thoughts with the riveting question: “What is this book saying about the relationship between God and human political power?” In our country now‚ masses of people are actively working to protest and resist bans‚ laws‚ toxic pipelines‚ and discriminatory practices in our justice systems- almost every week in Minneapolis‚ MN‚ a protest makes the news‚ with citizens making an effort to show solidarity and resistance against
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Timothy Wilson’s book‚ Redirect‚ is definitely a great read for those of us who are skeptical yet somehow intrigued by the self-help industry. Wilson provides an innovative theory which is “so crazy it just might work.” He debunked life fulfillment myths often propagated by the self-help industry and also provided in-depth explanations of how thought patterns are developed through four key scenarios: The first- semester college student who did poorly on their first exam‚ child abuse‚ teenage pregnancy
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Of course Thorin is one of the most important character of this book‚ the entire book evolves around this very proud dwarf. Thorin is the one besides the very wise Gandalf with the most knowledge and intelligence about the mountain‚ Smaug and the treasure. Something that none of the dwarves could predict were the very many difficulties and setbacks they would have to challenge on their way to the treasure. Throughout the book Thorin is often described as a stubborn‚ bulging and stern dwarf but
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This summer I read the book Pygmalion written by Bernard Shaw. The genre of the book is fiction and realism. Pygmalion is about a flower girl‚ Eliza Doolittle‚ who meets Henry Higgins‚ who is a professor. Eliza hears Higgins bet Colonel Pickering‚ Higgins friend‚ that he could pass Eliza off as a duchess at a party. Eliza takes up his offer and learns how to speak English perfectly. Many complications come along the way as the story progresses. In the end‚ Eliza leaves Higgins house and marries Freddy
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Divine Solidum 6th Period October 20. 2010 Mr.Amos THE NOTEBOOK Set in 1946 in North Carolina. The Notebook was a wonderful story that shows the love-lost-found story by Nicholas Sparks. This book was published 1996. A Fifteen year old‚ Allie Nelson is visiting a small town at New Bern. She met Noah at a carnival and they started to date. They spent wonderful summer together. He always tells Allie about the house he had been dreaming of buying. The first chapter is narrated by
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“The Outsiders” is a novel written by S. E. Hinton in 1967. The story is set in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ in 1965. The book follows two rival groups‚ the Greasers and the Socs (short for socials). The groups are divided by the economic status of their societies. The main Characters are Ponyboy Curtis‚ Sodapop Curtis‚ Darry Curtis‚ Dally Winston‚ Two-Bit Mathews‚ Steve Randle‚ and Johnny Cade. Ponyboy‚ Sodapop‚ and Darry are three brothers that look out for each other after their parents died in a car crash
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Kent price‚ political science 490 Dave egger’s book The circle discusses how invasive modern technology has become. He notes are willingness to accept and adapt to new technology as commonplace. The book was eye opening to my social media presence and to be cautious about how much I share. The book was easy to read but I felt it had to many plot holes. Mae Holland is a recent college graduate ready to move on to better opportunities. Having grown tired of the monotonous life she was living
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Book name: Lucky Six Getting the Message. Author: Rating: Why I like this book: I like this book because it is full of action and it’s a mysterious kind of book. When I first started reading this book I always liked thinking who would have been plotting this idea and it was kind of hard trying to find out who was helping them as in the book‚ there is only a name saying Guest not any other name and the person would only reply when it was night where Guest was sending it to. Lucky Six are a group
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