The digitization of millions of books and new technology has brought not only convenience but also many issues for everyone that partakes, or uses the technology needed to access these books, commonly referred to as "e-books". ... Although there are many pros and cons regarding e-books, paper books not only preserve literacy and therefore must never be made obsolete, but also safeguard the foundations of education. ... 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. ... When the laws ch...

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The wealthy elite are first presented in the first chapter of the Great Gatsby. ... Cars were seen as a symbol of wealth and status during the Jazz Age, and this is present in both books, comparable to owning popular branded items nowadays. Ironically, cars can also be seen as symbols of destruction through the car crashes that occur in both books. ... This is a theme explored in both books, especially at parties such as the one in chapter three in the Great Gatsby, where the drinks and food "floated," offering themselves to the guests, or in chapter ten of Vile Bodies, at the moto...

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Although each chapter can be read separately and completely understood, they relate to a larger, common theme. ... The book contains six different chapters, each describing a separate story. ... Chapter four, "The Farewell," follows by discussing Washington's retirement and his final address. ... Chapter five, "The Collaborators," deals with the failed presidency of John Adams. ... The noted historian has composed multiple other books pertaining to the Revolutionary generation. ...

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Hope for the future A Critique of Chapter 11 in Neil Postman's Technopoly In chapter 11 ("The Loving Resistance Fighter") of the book Technopoly, published in 1992, Neil Postman focuses on a solution to the problems created by Technopoly. ... As an engaging cultural critic, professor at New York University, and author of numerous books on the themes of education and technology, Neil Postman is well positioned to comment on the relation of technology to culture. ... In chapter 11 Postman gives examples of people who resist the American Technopoly. ... As Postman introduced in chapter...

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The first few chapters of the book describe the history of cosmological thought, from the Greek philosophers and scientists to the modern times. ... The later chapters are devoted to unravelling the mysteries of radio galaxies and quasars. The final chapters assess the future course of the universe and discuss possible alternative theories that are compared to the Big Bang. ... In addition, prior to the end of the book, there are several chapters of mathematics with the explanations of the formulas used. ... Resource 3 Colin, Ronan, 1997, The Universe Explained, Ken Fin Books, Australia. ...

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When Paine opens up his third chapter with the statement that he does not mean to write in disrespect of Jesus Christ, it is obvious that he truly believes that the man, Jesus Christ, was a virtuous, moral, and benevolent man. ... He claims that the first four books by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John don't even provide a history of Christ, but only detached anecdotes of him. It appears from these books, that the whole time of his being a preacher was not more than eighteen months; and it was only during this short time that those men became acquainted with him. ... In an interesting twist o...

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(Huxley, Chapter 1) is an illustration of how the government visualizes and trusts the genetically-altered reproducing methods to maintain stability in the society. ... First of all, the government erased all memory from the past (books, documents and images) that can represent a threat to the Party's purposes. ... "War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength- (Orwell, Book 1 Chapter 1) it's a slogan that represents the Partys' doctrines through manipulation of language. ... (Huxley, Chapter 2) Finally, In the Brave new world of my fable there was no whisky...

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Sheridan in 1970); many of his other books began to appear in translation following the success of The Order of Things, making his work accessible to an international audience.[3] In 1970, he was given the opportunity to join faculty at the CollÃge de France, and named his chair "History and Systems of Thought. "[4] By the 1980s, historians began dealing with the implications of Foucault's work.[5] The Birth of the Clinic, his second major book-length work, was published in 1963. ... Foucault's first three books are considered to be a trilogy, exploring the method of archaeology. ...

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The Art of Innovation written by Tom Kelly is one of the bestselling books in the United States. ... As all the seventeen chapters convey different, but related matter, where a reader can chose to increase his knowledge from a specific chapter only. ... Some of the main topics included on this books are brainstorming process, importance of strong team, the positive side of prototyping, building a innovation friendly environment and human centred design. ... As this book is written in a straight forward way and also in informal way, this books offers pretty accurate ramble in a society which i...

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As deliberated earlier, among affected features of congestion are strained resources which perhaps lead to all resources of convicts might be in requisite of such as availability television lounge seating, books, washrooms and library as well as other indispensable recreational materials. ...

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Some of these people have lived their entire lives involved in stopping environmental degradation through books, articles, and some have taken part in demonstrations. ... Carson was working as a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole in Falmouth, Massachusetts when she began writing her books. Some of her books had a large influence on people but none more than that of "Silent Spring." ... One part of the book, which is scary yet true, was the chapter, "A Fable For Tomorrow." This chapter is about a fictional town, which was once beautiful, but one spring; many of the ani...

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Some of these people have lived their entire lives involved in stopping environmental degradation through books, articles, and some have taken part in demonstrations. ... Carson was working as a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole in Falmouth, Massachusetts when she began writing her books. Some of her books had a large influence on people but none more than that of "Silent Spring." ... One part of the book, which is scary yet true, was the chapter, "A Fable For Tomorrow." This chapter is about a fictional town, which was once beautiful, but one spring; many of the ani...

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Some of these people have lived their entire lives involved in stopping environmental degradation through books, articles, and some have taken part in demonstrations. ... Carson was working as a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole in Falmouth, Massachusetts when she began writing her books. Some of her books had a large influence on people but none more than that of "Silent Spring." ... One part of the book, which is scary yet true, was the chapter, "A Fable For Tomorrow." This chapter is about a fictional town, which was once beautiful, but one spring; many of the ani...

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Oxford University Press: New York, 1991. ] I really did not know what topic to choose for the project, so I went to the library and looked under the Cultural Anthropology section, and discovered a few different books of interest. ... Although the book contains chapters such as "The Evolution of Animal Mating Systems" and "The Biological Basis of Human Patterns of Mating and Marriage" I chose primarily to devote much of the focus of this essay to the latter chapters of the book ("The Social Anthropology of Marriage and Mating" and "Mating, the Family, and Marriage: A Sociological View")....

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I would like to see if students can embrace and improve their learning about culture and social studies through kinetics or is it just best to teach the student in a "typical classroom setting" with desk, books and a blackboard. ... Thornton) Chapter 2 Continuity and change in Social Studies, in Handbook of Research on Social Studies Education and a chapter titled Identifying and Educating Poor and Under-represented Gifted Students, in The International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent by Heller, Mõnks, Sternberg and Subotnik. In the chapter, Continuity and Change in Social Studie...

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I would like to see if students can embrace and improve their learning about culture and social studies through kinetics or is it just best to teach the student in a "typical classroom setting" with desk, books and a blackboard. ... Thornton) Chapter 2 Continuity and change in Social Studies, in Handbook of Research on Social Studies Education and a chapter titled Identifying and Educating Poor and Under-represented Gifted Students, in The International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent by Heller, Mõnks, Sternberg and Subotnik. In the chapter, Continuity and Change in Social Studie...

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Cervantes portrays the character of a Don Quixote, a man deeply lost and overcome in his books of chivalry. ... The first of these sections, including the chapter covering Don Quixote's first expedition, functions mainly as a satirical composition of fashionable romance tales. The second section, contains the rest of the first part, is written under the appearance of a history, by going along in a historical detour and breaking up the chapters regularly, carefully reporting every day's events. ... The characters themselves, aware of the books that have been written about them, try to...

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His books cover many wars and conquests, most importantly the three Punic wars. ... Perhaps he intended for Fortune to apply to only the first two books, and for historical causation to apply to the third book. This explanation does not explain the appearance of Fortune, yet again, in Book XXXVI Chapter 17. ... In the very first chapter of Book I, he refers to Fortune by saying " indeed the only method of learning how to bear with dignity the vicissitudes of Fortune is to be reminded of the disasters suffered by others, " (Book I.1). ... Polybius sprinkles examples of the idea of Fortune as a...

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Frankenstein begins his story in Geneva, at home with his family, during chapter three, his mother dies of scarlet fever after attending to Elizabeth, whom she contracts it from. ... The monster is brought to life in Chapter five, "on a dreary November night, again this adds to the stereotypical image of the horror genre. ... During chapter 24, Walton takes over telling the story, and again Shelley uses epistolary form for him to do this, as Walton is again writing to his sister. ... These books gave him "extreme delight". ...

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The hierarchy also places Stanley at the bottom, thus a target to be bullied by everyone above him, for example Armpit's physical bullying in chapter five. ... Sachar's use of short, yet condensed, chapters ensures students will find the book a very fast, but also informative read, making it very difficult to put the book down, and therefore creating a very addictive read. However, the short chapters, do not retract meaning from the prose, but linguistically create an epigrammatic style of deliverance. ... Nevertheless, as an adult read, Holes' reminds the reader of the plea...

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The hierarchy also places Stanley at the bottom, thus a target to be bullied by everyone above him, for example Armpit's physical bullying in chapter five. ... Sachar's use of short, yet condensed, chapters ensures students will find the book a very fast, but also informative read, making it very difficult to put the book down, and therefore creating a very addictive read. However, the short chapters, do not retract meaning from the prose, but linguistically create an epigrammatic style of deliverance. ... Nevertheless, as an adult read, Holes' reminds the reader of the plea...

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The Book Thief portrays many heart wrenching themes, reinforced through strong symbols such as color, Hans' accordion, and books. ... The final symbol I found evident, and one of the most important in the novel was books and how Liesel related to the words within them. ... By the final chapters of the novel we observe Liesel as a mature empowered young woman. ... We see this role symbolized by the books, using them to comfort and relate to him. ... The use of colours, Hans' accordion, and books, are all very strongly used to symbolise mortality, hope and the power of words. ...

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Ellis pulls the reader into the middle of the action by including the debate on the controversial subject of slavery in the chapter. ... If the government was to end slavery, they would face the problem from one of Jefferson's books that "both races could not live together on equal terms because of deep rooted prejudices entertained by white," and since both races couldn't live in equal terms they must be removed to some other location (Ellis 99). ... Ellis ends the chapter by explaining that since slavery was off the Congress' agenda for the next 20 years, it would no...

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The television, newspapers, books, magazines, and radio programs all influence a person's reality and how he or she views the world. ... After he learns to read, the creature stumbles upon a satchel full of books left in the woods. By his own admission, "I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books"" (Shelley 116), the monster reveals how the books affect him. ... The information contained in the books shape his perception of the world and of himself. ... Perhaps the most prominent example of her stance comes during the dialogue between Walden and the creature during the last ...

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As we know, books are the symbol of spiritual wealth, nevertheless, the fine books in Gatsby's library whose pages even hadn't been cut were just for decoration, which is very satirical. ... I believe the significance of the tragedy of Gatsby lies in that he attached all hope to the void, irresponsible and immoral body and his idealism is like the rippling and fluttering dresses which are essentially void and empty despite their purity and beauty.The preclude of the second chapter offers an impressive picture of "a valley of ashes" located between East Egg and West Egg. ...

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