In the book Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck shows this companionship. ... Through the book the reader can conclude what a responsible leader George is to Lennie. ... He tries his hardest to keep him safe and out of trouble, but throughout the book, the reader can establish that it is impossible." ... Even when Lennie does the most careless actions, he is still there for him--guiding him in the right direction. ...

• Word Count: 372
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• Grade Level: High School

"Space", according to the Hitchhiker's Guide, " is big. ... The Guide "is a book. ... This book has some of the most ironic yet sensible symbols in a modern book. ... Another symbol used in the book is Thursday. ... This book definitely a fun read. ...

• Word Count: 1132
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was written by Douglas Adams. ... The book is full of Adams' quick wit and clichés. ... In the book, he used the destruction of earth to show what we all seek in life, the yearning to know the "meaning of life-. ... The book is pretty much satire about society and science fiction. ... The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was so entertaining it influenced me to buy his entire series of six novels....

• Word Count: 268
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• Grade Level: High School

The book offers nothing refreshing to what is currently in media today. ... This is exactly what you will find in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ... The book uses a very light sense of humor to teach us how to deal with a huge, cruel universe that doesn't care about us. ... The meaning is given to you by Adams in Hitchhiker's Guide, it is just underlying. ... You know that the book is "guiding" you through the absurdity of life and teaching you how to deal with it. ...

• Word Count: 763
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

His eloquent words about his treatment as a slave were a powerful weapon against slavery; however, as his oratory grew more polished, audiences began to question whether he had ever been a slave, which gave Douglass another reason to write his book. ... Frederick Douglass' narrative is a highly expository book concerning the subject of slavery. The book is very political, in that it is written to advocate the cruelties of the institution of slavery, and gain support for its abolition. ... Douglass guides the reader along this carefully paved path so that the reader can understand and inte...

• Word Count: 1650
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," by Douglas Adams, is a richly imaginative, clever, innovative, and funny science non-fiction novel. ... According to "The Cosmic Comic: Douglas Adams," (1952-2001) by George Watson, "In his rucksack was a hitchhiker's guide to Europe, and staring up drunkenly at the night sky Douglas Adams wondered idly if anyone could write a guide to the cosmos, too" (112). That was how his first book was born. ... Adams' writing of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reflects his enthusiasm to technology and his views on religion. ... ...

• Word Count: 1030
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

First of all, the character is the key that expresses the ideas of both the movie and the book. ... Instead, Clarisse becomes the one who guides Montag outside the city. ... Third, the plot is different and more essential in the movie rather than the book. ... The movie, as a more essence version of the book, refines the story to a 2-hours movie. ... " According to the author of the book, Ray Bradbury. ...

• Word Count: 670
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• Grade Level: High School

I believe there are many advantages of watching the movie of Romeo and Juliet over interpreting the book. ... In Act II, the scene in which Mercutio is teasing the Nurse was quite the opposite if how I had imagined the scene while reading the book. ... Although a challenging book improves your language skills, the movie of Romeo and Juliet familiarizes you with the characters. ... While reading the book, I pictured the first two scenes to be very serious and dramatic. ... Since the language is so different from modern English, it's a great idea to use the movie as a guide whole reading t...

• Word Count: 519
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• Grade Level: High School

Book Review: In His Steps by Charles M. ... This felt as if the preacher in the book was talking directly to the reader. ... (Sheldon, Chapter 2) This shows that the Holy Spirit is among them and will be there to guide them. Sheldon is able to show his readers that God is there to guide you on your path and to trust in him for he is the shepherd of man. ... Overall this is a wonderful book and it is no wonder that it is so well read....

• Word Count: 1304
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• Grade Level: High School

Pham and Sarno describe, "If the upheaval in the music industry over the last decade is any guide, the closing of more bookstores and a decreasing demand for physical books will force authors and their publishers to find new ways to profit from their work.... Time is better spent opening up a book and reading. ... When a person is reading an e-book, a mere swipe of a finger can advance the reader half way through a chapter or even a short book with ease. ... What will consumers do with a $300 dollar e-book reader if the e-book prices become unaffordable? When the internet is down, an e...

• Word Count: 1347
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Holy Spirit gives us good habits (virtues), which are essentially gifts not based on our own merits and is possible through sanctifying grace (a gift from God that helps us and guides us) or just being humans with a soul. ... Hope is a driving force in the lives of Christian's that guides us to live a life that God calls. ... The Book of Job is a great example of God allowing suffering because Job's faith and loyalty to God amidst evil allowed him to get through the suffering and receive many more blessings. ... From reading the Book of Job, I've learned that we all suffer,...

• Word Count: 1223
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• Grade Level: High School

Novel: Guide to the Galaxy Author: Douglas Adams Genre: Parody; Fiction Douglas Adams who was born in Cambridge, England in 1952 wrote "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" which was published in 1979. ... The novels sold quickly and inspired Adams to write four sequels following "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy". ... Argument over the demands of communication and information were released in "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" in 1979. The humor of the novel saved the initial shock from society when the book was first released. ... Literally anything can happen in Adam's book...

• Word Count: 268
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• Grade Level: High School

Pocket Guide to Adulthood by Jason Boyett encompasses all the previous information and is a worthwhile read. ... In Jason Boyett's Pocket Guide to Adulthood he describes just how important all of this can be. ...

• Word Count: 995
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy was written in 1979 by Douglas Adams and is the first book in a trilogy of four. Critics all over the world have praised the Hitchhiker trilogy as one of the best book series ever. ... The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy is a funny book, assumed that the reader likes Douglas Adams humor, which I do. I actually found myself laughing out loud many times when reading this book. ... The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a book full of humour, and funny remarks on our society, and our way of thinking. ...

• Word Count: 400
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Understanding Life, a summation of Alfred Adler's key inferences on life, is a book that was compiled together from notes taken from his numerous speeches and lectures. ... Individual Psychology strives goal setting because goals are the stimulus that guide humans through life. ... There are other methods the unconscious interacts with the conscious according to Adler, which he was not specific about in this book, but nonetheless expressed as being indispensable. ...

• Word Count: 559
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The book has to main themes, "Remembering the Past" and "Reinventing the Present." In the introduction the author guides us through her history of Sierra Leone and how she never really heard the story of the Amistad revolt, as she would have liked too. ... I really enjoyed this book. I chose this book because in class I had previously heard of a slave ship revolt but I was not certain if it was the Amistad revolt. ... In conclusion, I think the author, Iyunolu Osagie, did an excellent job in achieving her task based on her purpose of writing the book. ...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The premise of the book is to show that leaders and managers need to have convictions that guide the way they conduct themselves in their organizations. ... This book also shows the best ways to lead and manage within any organization, Christian or not. ... This is a book that many see as very applicable to the culture of today and to the things that people value. ... He says, "Here, for me at least, are the two most important sentences in the book. ... Tim Challies is a book reviewer for world magazine, the co-founder of cruciform press, and a pastor. ...

• Word Count: 1373
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

All About Motorsports All about motorsports is a guide to multiple types of motorsports. ... All About Motorsports is a complete guide for any beginner in motorsports. ... The majority of the book is spent describing each individual type of racing. ... I thought this book would give me a good overview of racing, and it has. All About Motorsports is an excellent book for any racing fan. ...

• Word Count: 360
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• Grade Level: High School

The Book Thief is about a young girl's life in Germany during World War II. ... She is taught by her adoptive father, Hans, by reading a stolen book titled "The Gravedigger's Guide.... In The Book Thief, Liesel sees this and engages in a primary method called praxis. ...

• Word Count: 791
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hitch Hiker`s Guide To The Galaxy The title, Hitch Hiker`s Guide to the Galaxy is the name of a sort of electronic encyclopedia, which contains information about just about anything in the galaxy and is especially made for Hitch Hiker`s. Ford Prefect is an editor for the Guide. ... Structure This edition that I have read is a part of a collection called The Hitch Hiker`s Guide to the Galaxy: a trilogy in four parts. It contains four books, the first of which I will be doing this book report on. ... Main characters and their relation to each other Arthur Dent is one of the m...

• Word Count: 764
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• Grade Level: High School

I also used the Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the Merck Manual and a book that Steve's (our librarian) new assistant found sitting on a shelf. The name of that book was: Fibromyalgia Syndrome, A Practitioner's Guide to Treatment. ...

• Word Count: 2237
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Four Blocks was the first guide for teaching children to read and write and learn phonics. ... As the book, Guided Reading the Four Blocks Way, states " Doing all four blocks acknowledges that all children do not learn the same way, and provides substantial instruction to support whatever learning personality a child has." ... The book, The Teacher's Guide to Building Blocks states, " A developmentally appropriate kindergarten is like a good home, which children can learn through playing, cooking, watching, listening, acting, reading or pretend reading, and writing or pretend writing." .....

• Word Count: 1150
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Book Review of Control Theory ?... Glasser's novel closely relates to key terms in the Social Problem text book. ... And in some cases have a completely different text book altogether. ... William Glasser wrote this book based on his own theories. After reading his two cents to the world I can truthfully say that he guided me to a whole new perspective towards the educational system, and the way that I live these ending years as a student. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Walden portrays nature in great depth throughout the book. ... Another way to view Walden is as a do it yourself guide. ... Thoreau's way of guiding his readers is a very nondirective approach. ... By subtly giving his advice to others, Walden serves as a do-it-yourself guide to the simple life. ... Walden provides a guide for a lifestyle like his own as well as detailed references to nature. ...

• Word Count: 1019
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book The Once and Future King, by T.H. ... Finally, He has also guided readers such as myself, allowing us to learn more about war and the reasons for it. ... As his teacher, he guides Arthur through the beginning of his life as king of Camelot. ... Behind their masks of comedy, Dumbledore and Merlyn are both protectors and teachers, guiding with wisdom and advice as their students grow up. ... As I was reading this book, my perspective on war shifted slightly. ...

• Word Count: 1527
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School