Book Review---The Guide to Getting It On In the book The Guide to Getting It On, the author expresses the different aspects of sex in a fun and playful way. ... The Guide to Getting It On begins by explaining the history of sex. ... The Guide to Getting It On is intended for anyone who wants to learn more about sex. ... Anyone that wants to improve their sex life should go to the bookstore and purchase The Guide to Getting It On. ... The Guide to Getting It On is the best book I have ever read. ...

• Word Count: 901
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

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 book that I chose to read for my summer reading assignment was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. This book is about a human named Arthur Dent and his alien friend named Ford Prefect's intergalactic adventures after they escape from Earth seconds before it is destroyed. Over the course of this book, Arthur's character and attitudes change due to significant events and the actions of other characters. In the beginning of the book Arthur wasn't very open-minded to the idea of life elsewhere than Earth. ... Ford was a galactic hitchhiker doing research...

• Word Count: 341
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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

Some of the goals for Shared Reading (Tompkins, 2003) are 1) to demonstrate as the teacher how print works, 2) to provide opportunities for students to use the prediction strategy, 3) to increase children's confidence in their ability to read, 4) give examples and demonstrations of what fluent reading looks like, 5) make book(s) predictable, and 6) to use text to teach phonics concepts. ... Guided Reading The purpose of Guided Reading is to enable children to use and develop strategies "on the run." ... The ultimate goal of Guided Reading is to help children learn how to use independent...

• Word Count: 384
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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 Qura'n is the Muslim Holy Book. ... This book is not to be doubted. It is a guide for those of you who believe in the unseen. ... This clearly shows that the book is not a fake, and not to query it. ... Muslims regard the Qur'an as a guide for living. ...

• Word Count: 485
• Approx Pages: 2
• 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
• Approx Pages: 4
• 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
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Another statement that is made within the teacher manual is that the students are past the shared reading level and that they are doing strictly guided and independent reading. ... For a Level J book, it is indicated in the leveling guide that the book length would be between 30-60 pages, so Level I is in the middle of those two levels which seems to suit this story the best. ... In comparing this story to "Danny and the Dinosaur", which is a level J book, I think that I have rated this book appropriately. ... The Fountas and Pinnell Leveling Guide indicates that a second grade level could c...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• 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
• Approx Pages: 2
• 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
• Approx Pages: 5
• 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
• Approx Pages: 1
• 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
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Also, it seems to relate somewhat to extracts from the book of Revelation, in which it is explained how God will judge mankind at the end of the world. ... The story then, is supposed to be a guide on how to achieve eternal life as believed in by the Christian church. When first encountered by Death, Everyman says that his book of reckoning is not ready. ... The concept of each man having their book of reckoning to present to God is also a biblical concept, so they can be judged, and possibly be granted salvation. ...

• Word Count: 989
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• Grade Level: High School

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
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School