Francisca Martinez Mrs. Smith Eng.9H Per.4 20 May 2010 Book Report 1. Things Fall Apart 2. Chinua Achebe 3. 209 Pgs 4. Tragedy 5. AP List 6. Although his father was a lazy man who earned no titles in the Ibo tribe‚ Okonkwo is a great man in his home of Umuofia. Okonkwo is selected by the elders to be the guardian of Ikemefuna‚ a boy taken prisoner by the tribe. For three years the boy lives with Okonkwo’s family and they grow fond of him. Then the elders decide that the boy must be killed. Rather
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INTRODUCTION a. BACKGROUND This modern inspirational classic book entitled Tuesdays with Morrie written by Mitch Albom has changed millions of lives. This book tells about the story of an old professor named Morrie Schwartz who is suffering from a disease called amyothopic lateral sclerosis (ALS)‚ it is a brutal unforgiving illness of the neurological system. And it has known no cure. Morrie’s doctor guessed he had two years left‚ but he knew it was less. But despite of knowing that
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of my palm. Their paper is made from the same thin‚ gray material used in newspapers. On the cover of the book is a picture from the children’s story Oh‚ the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel). In the image‚ the main character in the tale‚ a small man dressed entirely in yellow‚ laughs as he sails a hot air balloon across a cotton ball cloud sky. I’ve inscribed the places I hope to one day travel inside the notebook. Some‚ like Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flats and the city of
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Book Report Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? Inside IBM’s Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (Author) Lou Gerstner‚ Jr.‚ served as chairman and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until March 2002‚ when he retired as CEO. He remained chairman of the board through the end of 2002. Before joining IBM‚ Mr. Gerstner served for four years as chairman and CEO of RJR Nabisco‚ Inc. This was preceded by an eleven-year career at the American Express Company‚ where he was president of the
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kKayla Williams Book Report 19 November 2012 CD 225 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Christopher is very gifted‚ but has Asperger’s syndrome. The novel begins with Christopher finding his neighbor’s dog dead in the front yard. He picks the dog up because he feels bad that it has died‚ but his neighbor‚ Mrs. Shear‚ comes out and believes that he just killed her dog. She immediately calls the police. When the police get to the scene they question Christopher‚ but they struggle
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The name of the book I choose to analyse for this book report is Nativity. It was written by Lasana M. Sekou and published by House Of Nehest Publishers in the year 2010. The ISBN of the book is 9780913441978 and the soft cover edition of the book cost $140.00TTD. The English version of the poem has nine chapters (9) and consist of forty-one (41) pages. The main characters discussed in the poem were the enslaved Africans. The setting
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A Book Report ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sidney Sheldon (February 11‚ 1917 – January 30‚ 2007) was an Academy Award-winning American writer. His TV works spanned a 20-year period during which he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66)‚ I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70) and Hart to Hart (1979–84)‚ but he became most famous after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game (1982)‚ The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980). He is the seventh best selling writer of
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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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|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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21. Ned Willis (Ben Hall) Ned’s last appearance was in February. Ned was just a baby when his parents‚ Brad Willis and Beth Brennan divorced. Brad then married Terese‚ leaving Beth and Ned to their own devices. Ned’s return to Erinsborough in 2016 coincided with the explosion but the storyline diverges from there. Ned is supposedly 23 years old. Ben Hall‚ is close in age at 25. Full name‚ Benjamin Michael Charles Hall‚ Ben is from Perth in Western Australia. Before Neighbours‚ Ben worked on TV projects
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