The Killer Angels is a historical Civil War novel by Michael Shaara. The book follows the three day battle of Gettysburg‚ switching points of view from the generals of the North to the Generals from the South. In the beginning of the novel the Spy‚ sent out by General Longstreet reports back findings of Northern troops moving prompting General Lee to take action. Though he does not believe the spy‚ he has no choice but to take the spies word and begins to move the troops towards a small town called
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Book Report TITLE: Call of The Wild AUTHOR & BACKGROUND: Jack Landon was the most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century. His best short stories are the Call of the Wild and White Fang. Mainly Landon wrote about animals‚ men and his stories were based off of life experiences. London lived his childhood in poverty in the Oakland slums. At the age of 17‚ he ventured to sea on a sealing ship. He changed his life when he was in a thirty-day imprisonment that was so degrading it
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The two books I read over the summer were Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan and The Maze Runner by James Dashner. The first book‚ Counting By 7s takes place in Bakersfield‚ California‚ and is about twelve year old Willow Chance who enjoys gardening‚ diagnosing medical conditions and the number seven. The story is about her journey through life after her parents died in a tragic car accident. Prior to the car accident Willow has to see Dell Duke‚ a student counselor‚ after being accused to cheater
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discussion itself started spontaneously and then we could move forward from a common idea. Movies and books are very different forms of media and when the two collide to share one common idea‚ which eventually leads to different perspectives making the conversation that more insightful and thoughtful. Many responses that were mentioned referred to certain scenes and texts‚ one student referred to page numbers which were followed by quotes‚ these brought different inputs into our seminar. I interpreted many
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twenty-seven years and his History‚ was left incomplete. Over the course of eight books‚ with a total of twenty-six chapters‚ Thucydides analyses‚ narrates‚ and debates the history surrounding this monumental event. With this book‚ modern historians can better understand the nature of these times and discover the essential background information needed to piece history together. Although Thucydides has attempted
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A Book Report on Little Women Louisa May Alcott Submitted by: Submitted to: asdasda asdasdas I. Title and Author Little Women by Louisa May Alcott II. Characters A. Primary Characters Margaret “Meg” March- Meg is 16 years old and the eldest. She is very pretty‚ with plump and fair skin. She has large eyes‚ soft
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future. It was at this period of time‚ where vast numbers of immigrants enter the country. Riis life in New York initially was challenging as he experienced working odd jobs as well as being financially unstable however‚ that soon changed after he became a famous journalist in the late 18th century. Being an advocate for the poor immigrants‚ he began to write about the plight of the immigrants living in the United States. This document is from a book that Riis has compiled about the immigrant’s horrid
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G20 IN NUMBERS 11: number of G20 members who score less than five out of 10 on Transparency International’sCorruption Perceptions Index 56 per cent: of citizens in G20 countries think corruption has increased in their country in the last three years‚ according to Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer (Saudi Arabia was not covered by the survey). Only 29 per cent assess their government’s actions in the fight against corruption as effective. US $4.8 trillion: the proceeds of
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Book Report on Angels and Demons --From Opposition to Unity I’ve recently finished re-reading Angels and Demons‚ this time in English. The book was written by Dan Brown‚ an American author of thriller fiction. Most people probably know Dan Brown first through his bestselling novel in 2003‚ The Da Vinci Code‚ and I couldn’t help but fell into the same practice. Similar to The Da Vinci Code.This book presents a story in which the protagonist‚ Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon was summoned nearly
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Freshman Composition 2 Professor: Feng-ming Chi 蕭湞燕 Pika final book report (draft 3) LAST LECTURE SUMMARY: Randy Pausch‚ a remarkable professor in Carnegie Mellon‚ delivered his last lecture and book entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" in 2007. Because he was diagnosed with terminal cancer‚ he was dying but he tried to leave what he wanted to educate his children in the future. After recalling his memory‚ he found that all meaningful things in his life were related to his childhood
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