By 1908, customers were invited to write in and ask for a copy the "Book of Modern Homes," which featured house plans and building materials. ... A 75-page, leather-bound instruction book told homeowners how to assemble those 30,000 pieces. The book offered this somber (and probably wise) warning: "Do not take anyone's advice as to how this building should be assembled." ... In 1935, the Modern Homes department was reopened, but the days of Sears home loans were over. ... What makes Sears homes different? ...

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It's called "Mr and Mrs Turner: an exchanged-role family". ... This is taken from the book - "I made the breakfast, took her to work, did the hoovering, washed the floor downstairs, and changed the furniture round. ... Mrs Turner is the one who makes the money in this house and Mr Turner helps out by taking her there and back each day to her place of work, Gateshead. ... The book then goes on to say there is a considerable loosening of gender stereotypes in the family and both of them have joint responsibilities for the money. ... He says he believes it's a man's place to work a...

• Word Count: 2707
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Haggai, the tenth book of the twelve, consists of reports of four "words " addressed to Zerubbabel the governor. ... Unlike Zechariah, Haggai is mentioned only in Ezra outside his own book. ... For one thing, during the seventy years in Babylon most of the exiles had come to consider it their home (cf. ... First Message: The Call to Rebuild God's Temple (1:1 "11) 1.1. ... The paneled houses in which they lived describe quite luxurious homes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

My So Called Life My life is like a monet. ... It's like a color scheme that doesnt exactly fit in to place causing the over all picture to look even worse then when you look your fist glance. ... I got to go to daycare everyday at this home in West Roxbury. ... While i was at daycare everyday my dad worked for a company called Ace Glass. ... The complex was called Georgetown apartments. ...

• Word Count: 3415
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• Grade Level: High School

In  The Book of the Duchess, the poet is introduced in the first person. ... Queen Alcyone, anxious at home and awaiting his return, sends to the east and west looking for him. ... The Book of the Duchess, The Dream (Lines 291-1334) The narrator now begins recounting his dream. ... The knight is sorrowful, and while he sits he is composing a verse (called a complaint) about his sorrow in love. ... The Black Knight and  Lady White, as she is called, were married and lived in harmony for some years. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Rebecca" by Daphen Du Maurier This book takes place in the 19th century. ... And plus, the mansion is a great place for it anyway. She thinks that if was at another place it wouldn't be traditional. ... The first thing that takes place is when the Heroine has a flashback. The flashback takes place in a hotel. ...

• Word Count: 2965
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• Grade Level: High School

." - Jagroop Singh Jack London's "The Call of the Wild" (1903), is the story of Buck, a St. ... At the Judge's home, Buck is treated as royalty. ... This itself is his first exposure to the call of the wild and will affect his relationship with John. ... Again and again, as he looked at each brutal performance, the lesson was driven home to Buck: a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated" (London, 6). ... When Buck is sold to Francois and Perrault, there is hope that Buck may finally go to a loving home. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This paper will provide a synopsis of the book, look at the main conflicts in the story using the Lens and TRIP methods of conflict and provide a critique of the writing as a whole. ... At this time, Tehran is a place of great political and emotional upheaval as the population of Iran is split into many different factions of differing viewpoints. ... They wish to see him deposed so that Ayatollah Khomeini can take his place and institute Iran as an Islamic Regime. ... This brings us to the second major conflict of the book. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The story takes place in the small rustic town of St. ... Tom Sawyer is the main character of the book. ... The story takes place in the year 1700 and it is described as a year of grace. ... Jim is the hero of the book. ... Due to his commonsense the treasure is found and brought safely home. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Cornwall became her home and where she completed most of her work. ... " Manderley is Maxim de Winter's beautiful home that his wealthy family has owned for many generations. ... Rebecca died, yet her presence is still very much felt within the Manderley home. ... When they're driving back to Manderley, they recieve a call informing them that Mrs. ... Manderely is a very intimidating place to her. ...

• Word Count: 3228
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• Grade Level: High School

"Cub fans under age fifty may find it hard to fathom, but there was a time when the Cubs were not thought of as perennial doormats, " David Folk writes in his book, The Cubs Reader (Fulk 1). ... Spalding, president of the White Stockings, published a book in 1911 called America's National Game. ... Hulbert's so called "coup " took place in 1876, when he convinced other cities to join the National League. ... The team never had a place to firmly call home, as they played at five different locations during the 1800s. ... They found themselves with a third place and second place finish...

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• Grade Level: High School

Later in his life this was his inspiration to write the poem called "Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry" where he wrote the experiences of his childhood there. ... In 1838, he interrupted his teaching and started his own newspaper called The Long Islander, he had the help from his brother George. ... There Whitman published a version of his New Orleans poem called "Once I Pass'd Through a Populous city". ... The book appeared on the fourth of July, as a kind of literary independence day. Nevertheless, the book had very poor sales. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Angela's ashes do not actually feature in the film, although they do in the book. ... The book is widely acclaimed as a masterpiece. ... They call the downstairs Ireland and upstairs Italy. ... Frank, the eldest child, is sent to the bar to shame the father into coming home. ... However, one day he finds the money-lender dead at home so he steals her money and throws the debtors' book into the river. ...

• Word Count: 3537
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• Grade Level: High School

His first book, "All Over But the Shoutin'," is about his mother. ... In the prologue of the book he writes, this is not an important book. ... The book quickly became a bestseller. ... You can track mud in on the hardwood floor, leave hair in the sink, and hold ignorant opinions on place settings, art, and the electoral college. ... He quotes both his sources in their Deep South accents and adds his own narrative, often in the same vernacular, to describe the people and places that he remembers. ...

• Word Count: 4108
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• Grade Level: High School

descended from a long line Ulster families that were thrown out of Ireland, seeking refuge in the United States, made their home in South Carolina. ... The long answer to that question will start when "Andy" as the young, and slim Jackson is called, attains to the age of 13. ... After the fighting halted, both Andrew Jackson and his brother Robert (who had also joined the American army by now) went back home to the Crawfords. ... Alas, Robert died during the trip home, and Elizabeth was barely able to save Andrew. ... Due to his vast holdings, and his leadership on this new sta...

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• Grade Level: High School

Tonya was walking home from the grocery store when the two rednecks, Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, saw her. ... A family nearby found her and brought Tonya home. Her father, Carl Lee, was called form the mill earlier but took his time coming home because his wife had a habit of worrying too much and so he thought it was just another scare. ... The sheriff was called and questioned about what he knew about the rape. ... Jake was worried when he went home that night and explained it all to his wife, Carla. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

One might think from this staggering dedication that this book is going to focus purely on slavery. ... When an old friend turns up in their yard, it is the first time anyone has been in their home in a very long time... When Sethe first came to 124, her mother-in-law's home, it was "was a softened place in which the African American community of Cincinnati met and exchanged information and food." ... Not only was she a warm woman who opened up her home, but she was also an "unchurched preacher" Baby Suggs preached in The Clearing. Separate from any established churches, The Clear...

• Word Count: 3712
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

One might think from this staggering dedication that this book is going to focus purely on slavery. ... When an old friend turns up in their yard, it is the first time anyone has been in their home in a very long time... When Sethe first came to 124, her mother-in-law's home, it was "was a softened place in which the African American community of Cincinnati met and exchanged information and food." ... Not only was she a warm woman who opened up her home, but she was also an "unchurched preacher" Baby Suggs preached in The Clearing. Separate from any established churches, The Clear...

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• Grade Level: High School

This parable can be found in the book of Matthew, Mark and Luke. ... This parable can be found in the book of Luke. ... Another is the Parable of the Prodigal Son which is found in the book of Luke chapter 15. ... After becoming desperate it brought him to repent and decided that he would return home. He realized not only that he had landed himself in a bad place but also that he was unworthy to be called his father's son. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Time magazine called him "a man with every gift except humor and silence." ... The story takes place in the early twentieth century. ... They have their veselija also known as a wedding feast, being held in a small town called Packingtown in Chicago, which was in the center of a meatpacking industry. ... A few times Ona didn't return home at night, she tells the family she was staying with a friend. ... Phil Connor is still going strong on the fact that he doesn't want that family to be in any work place that is in Packingtown and he holds to that promise. ...

• Word Count: 3292
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

I originally picked out this book after a recommendation from a fellow schoolmate. ... The boys now head up the road to find a house labeled "Home," and knock on the door of a house while wearing masks. ... The next day there is somewhat of a revolution happening in the gang, but Alex puts everyone back in there place and he remains the honorable leader. ... She calls the police and he fights her, ends up overpowering her, and kicks her in the head, killing her. ... Alex finds a love for the Holy Bible while in prison, in particular, the many battles that take place. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Tomorrow When The War Began" is the first book in a series of seven that were written by John Marsden and published in 1993. ... It is about her and her seven friends, six of whom when returning on a camping trip with her into a supposedly impenetrable ravine called Hell, find that their homes have been invaded and their family and friends held hostage at the Wirrawee Showgrounds by an unknown foreign army. ... They"re the ones who tore up the rule book, not us." ... Stock them with food and stuff, in case we get cut off from this place. ... This could almost be called sibling rivalry. ...

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In the credits of the movie he is referred to as Jack, so this is what I will call him throughout this essay. ... Jack is now homeless, so he calls Tyler. ... As chapters of Fight Club have continued to spread across the city, Jack soon discovers that Tyler has an even bigger plan and is attempting to build his own personal army called Project Mayhem. ... Through these acts of vandalism the gray-collar soldiers of Project Mayhem, or "space monkeys" as they are called, are delivering a message of defiance to society. ... When the boss confronts Jack asking what he thinks about the matter, ...

• Word Count: 3618
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

It has but established new classes, new conditions of oppression, new forms of struggle in place of the old ones" (18). ... The first time the title is used in the book are the lines "and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. ... They stay in a work camp called Hooverville, a place with its own rules that's filled with pitched up tents that housed homeless families desperate for any sort of work. ... Many of these refugees were offered homes outside of the work camps, however, no one was allowed out (206-207). ... In today's world, a soldier comes home and gets everyt...

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The author of "The Iliad" is Homer. ... The time and place where the book was written is unknown, but probably it was written at mainland Greece, around 750 B.C. Date of first publication and the first publisher for the book is unknown. ... Setting place of the poem is Troy (a city in what is now northwestern Turkey) and its immediate environs. ... Setting place is the Mediterranean, including the north coast of Asia Minor, Carthage, and Italy. ...

• Word Count: 8864
• Approx Pages: 35
• Grade Level: High School