... war. Billy was an optometrist. Billy has no fear of dying. After each death in the story he says, "So it goes". The conflict in this book is that no one believes Billy about the Trafalmadores and how he was captured and taken through time. Every one thinks he is insane. They blame it on ... of his captivity on Trafalmadore or his ability to time travel to the past and to the future, this is the climax of the conflict. In this book German soldiers in World War II captured Billy Pilgrim. When he was released he was assigned to work hard labor in Dresden, Germany. While Billy was ... assas...

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... . It gave the reader a small view into the whole story. The introduction also did a good job of introducing us to the author. This book was influenced strongly by the writer's perspectives and opinions. It was important to understand his history and were he came to get his values. His ... the ability to relate these stories to his audience. The introduction told us of the importance of the advances in photography. Without the advances this book would not have been as powerful. The images presented give us visual representation and proof of tenement life. It gives faces to the victims of ....

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... the reader into a by-gone era where young girls are sold to be raised as geisha, and where their virginity is sold to the highest bidder. The book is written as a sort of autobiography about one of Gion's most celebrated and respected geisha, although it is actually a novel. Memoirs of a Geisha is ... Golden's first novel. It is extremely well researched, as it provides an accurate account of the life of a geisha. The book follows the progress of a small girl, Chiyo-chan, as she finds herself going through all sorts of cruelty as she trains to be become a geisha. Chiyo-chan ... the way A...

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... changed the food laws of America. Today his works are not widely read, mostly because writers with political and social ideals are not popular. The book won Sinclair fame and fortune, and led to the implementation of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. After President Theodore Roosevelt read The ... Jungle, he ordered an investigation of the meat-packing industry. He also met Sinclair and told him that while he disapproved of the way the book preached socialism he agreed that "radical action must be taken to do away with the efforts of arrogant and selfish greed on the part of ... work o...

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... At War written by Harry Mazer for my book report. The main character in the book A Boy At War is a boy named Adam. Adam's father was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy. Their family was required to move around a lot. Adam went from military school to ... military school. He never really could call any town a home. He was known as a military brat. At the time this book was written, Adam and his family had just moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. Adam would have to start this school year late. He was in high school. This would be his ... ...

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Peter M. Senge, 1990, The Fifth Discipline, New York, Doubleday, 90-2991 ISBN 0-385-26094-6 Synopsis: The Fifth Discipline could be a textbook for the science of management. Senge authored the book while the director of the Center for Organizational Learning at MIT's Sloan School of Management. Senge had a vision, which eventually became The Fifth Discipline. From information provided in the introduction ... ...

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... back and forth from character to character, telling what is going on. Not until the very end of the book do the characters meet, and does the book come to a great ending. Really, this book is a fictional book in a non-fictional world, filled with a whole bunch of real life situations; it is what road these ... that the characters produce, and the situations that they have to face everyday, and all daylong. I absolutely love the writing style that the author chooses for this book. I just like how he switches from one character to another, and how he puts, well, for example, there will be a...

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... because he did a great job of creating these fantastic ideas like the "Thought Police," and he really made this believable by his descriptions. This book ties into Psychology because it deals with manipulation of the mind, which is represented by a power hungry inner party. This course deals with some ... comes down hard on communism and the strict rulings of the future if it should continue with communism, although I think that it made the book interesting because of such ideas. He is not fair because he gives the government ridiculous power like controlling people's thoughts, which co...

• Word Count: 1148
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• Has Bibliography
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... because he did a great job of creating these fantastic ideas like the "Thought Police," and he really made this believable by his descriptions. This book ties into Psychology because it deals with manipulation of the mind, which is represented by a power hungry inner party. This course deals with some ... comes down hard on communism and the strict rulings of the future if it should continue with communism, although I think that it made the book interesting because of such ideas. He is not fair because he gives the government ridiculous power like controlling people's thoughts, which co...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... , near Bristol, in southern England. Her name is Joanne Rowling and the K. came form the name Kathleen. Since she was an author of a book her publishers wanted initials for her name instead of just J. Rowling, so she came up with Kathleen who was Rowling's favorite grandmother therefore it gave ... as a research assistant for Amnesty International. While she continued her craze in writing by writing during her lunch and break hours. Rowling also worked on a book what she called, "The Worst Secretary Ever" and made a collection of her own adult fiction novels. As early as 1983, Rowling ha...

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... closely associated with the country's government. If these rules are broken, many of the countries will go ahead and torture the felons to death. The book begins with the main character, Guy Montag, returning from his not so common firefighter duties. Guy is a fireman who starts and fuels fires to burn ... a past time and he began to have different thoughts of his job questioning if it was right to be burning a person's house because they read a book. Another influential character was Faber. Faber was an old English professor who told Guy of a future time. Guy had so many thoughts about t...

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... me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."" (p.5) This is one of the opening paragraphs of this book. Nick's father gave him this advice when he was younger. Nick probably didn't understand this advice until much later in his life, when he could finally grasp ... hold of the true meaning of judgements. Gatsby is very disillusioned throughout the book. Gatsby has this image in his mind that he can get back with Daisy even though she is now married and has a daughter. Gatsby doesn't even quite ... in the past are probably meant to be ...

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... they retain a soaring spiritual transcendence (Amazing Grace. (n.d.). Retrieved March 28, 2003, from http: //www. Albany.edu/writers-inst/kozol.html11k) The book Amazing Grace takes place in the South Bronx of New York, the poorest congressional district of America. There has always been talk about poor children and the ... hopeless lives they live but there has never been a book being written from what they had to say. I feel that hearing the stories and explanations of what was going on by the children of ... Mott Haven made it more believable. By the author having the children tell ...

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... me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."" (p.5) This is one of the opening paragraphs of this book. Nick's father gave him this advice when he was younger. Nick probably didn't understand this advice until much later in his life, when he could finally grasp ... hold of the true meaning of judgements. Gatsby is very disillusioned throughout the book. Gatsby has this image in his mind that he can get back with Daisy even though she is now married and has a daughter. Gatsby doesn't even quite ... in the past are probably meant to be ...

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... an interest in my life. I happen to know a lot about what has happened recently in the sport and a few things from the past, but after reading this book I learned a lot more. The objective of the author, David Craft, was to bring information out in a written form so people like me could learn and enjoy ... having two major league teams, the fans wanted a championship between the leagues. Leading to a World Series, which is still held today. Of course, the book talks about the legend Babe Ruth and how he came to be probably the most commonly known to baseball as Michael Jordan to basketbal...

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... fiction by explaining some common myths and tracing how and why those fictions grew. They accomplished this by staying unbiased and telling both sides of the story. The book tries to keep an impartial perspective of events but it is clear that it favors Texas. In Jay Winik's review "Endless Siege" in the National Review 02 ... our culture. However Winik too agrees that the format was a little choppy and could have been better. To me it felt like reading a text book only it jumped around more and there were no pictures or helpful charts. I was a little confused at first about the organiza...

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... issues for "The Hot Zone." He even won an award for one of his less known books called the "first light" Preston was not only a successful book writer, he also worked as a journalist in the beginning of his writing carrier. Since then he has written for: the New York Times, Washington Post, National ... Wellesley, Massachusetts. Richards's brother (Douglas) is also a well-known writer for his work on the book "Relic and Reliquary." But now he has moved to New York with his wife (Michelle) and three kids. This book starts of with the mysterious death of a little girl in the middle of clas...

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... as a young child how to become a successful human being then you will not be successful. If you are treated as an animal (as those in the book) you will become a human but only to know what the rights and wrongs are for an animal. The human being is a species that needs to be ... cared for their entire child hood. There are only a group of people that I would recommend this book to, and that is those who don't understand the amount of importance that there is in raising your young with the proper manners. If you treat your kids ... grow up with the exact same knowledge as they had the v...

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... efficiency are among just a few advantages that technology has to offer now a days, but will it be able to replace the book in totality, or what kind of value does the book still hold? As we progress through his reading, we see that he touches many aspects including the resistance of change. This I ... embrace the qualities of todays' technology. "There will be nothing to replace the reading of a book or a newspaper in bed- (94); which is true, but that doesn't mean that technology is set out to abolish the book from existence. My grandmother is one that supports this resistance, or sh...

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... Holden. No one is arguing that this novel shouldn't be read by mature people to gain intellectual insight. But, the problem is, with the book's profanity, religious and sexual nuances, and the main character's defiant example, it degrades the upright moral credo of high school and should not ... So, considering these regulations, how is it suitable to read them on every page of a seemingly high school - appropriate work of literature? This book contradicts school policy. Furthermore, since it is part of the curriculum, students are urged to read it; if just one student gets into somethin...

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... before trying to describe what happened to him and over six million other Jews. The book reencounters his experiences in the holocaust from 1941 to 1945. His autobiography involves an amazing dialect that is supremely important throughout the book. In the same way, his words and description of people are powerful and leave ... autobiography. His early teenage years and late teenage years is when the time frame of the book takes place. The author has a unique fashion to imprint different aspects into the readers mind. This probably is what made his book nationally acclaimed, and a winner...

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... for a while but no major damage happened, although nine people were infected. In the end the virus is gone and Austen gets to eat sushi. The main science in this book is Virology. The federal agents were dealing directly with a Virus. It was more of a super virus though because it had been genetically engineered. Virology is very explorative and unpredictable as ... shown in this book. Other types of science were in the book as well such as biology, because Cope was dealing with plants and animals. There was Forensic work done, when Austen Preformed the autopsies. Also investigating the...

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... repeat itself, but it delights in patterns and symmetries." These stories are eye opening and quite interesting. They tell of patriots, high motives, extreme courage and cruel betrayal. This book brings them together for the first time, but it seeks to do more than simply tell what happened. By considering these operations as a series of unrelated incidents, it seeks to ... : why did the United States carry out these operations? and what have been their long-term consequences? In a review of Overthrown, written by Stephen Kinzer, Jason Snart concludes that Kinzer's book "may not provide...

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... and famous people attending this amusement park of a party. I enjoy greatly this specific party scene because many people whom I have encountered that have read this book excited me with vague descriptions of Gatsby's regale in regards to social functions. Following this party, Gatsby brings Nick along for lunch in New York with ... report of what he has found out about Gatsby and how Gatsby garnered all the money he had. I see this as the climactic moment of the book, because here Gatsby, like an onion, has been peeled back until the final layer. And beneath it, there is nothing. Daisy ...

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... facing the joys of matrimony. It was full of laugh-out-loud humor as well as an interesting and original perspective on what one goes through before marriage The book takes place in modern times in Manhattan, NY. The main characters are Amy Thomas (a 30 year old magazine editor who has recently become engaged), Stephen Stewart ... it was set up in a diary format, I can't really go chapter by chapter, so I will just have to cover the main events in the book.) As the book starts out, we find that Amy is someone who doesn't have any desire to be married. Well, this soon changes when her bo...

• Word Count: 931
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• Grade Level: High School