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. ... It has become much easier for people of all ages to simply skim over a news article or read a quick book summary online. ... When the laws change or become created...

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I will begin the essay by writing a summary on Hirohito from information that I found consistent with all three of my sources. ... This summary on Hirohito was from a collaboration of the three sources that I researched. ... Of the two books that I researched, I would recommend Mosley's. ... The article continues by giving a brief summary of Hirohito's life. ... I enjoyed the article because it contained MacArthur's views on Hirohito, which was something that the other books were vague on. ...

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Introduction God is the central and controlling figure in both books. ... However, the purpose of author of these books is to show God's relationship with His covenant people and God's judgment over them when they broke the covenant. Even these books are not about the story of David; however, God Himself brings David as prototype of good kings saying "like David". He has been stated throughout books when God compares other kings. ... There are numbers of prophets recorded in both books Nathan, Micaiah, Ahijah of Shiloh, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Huldah, and other unnamed pro...

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Summary: In this story, the author Ray Bradbury tells us about futuristic American city in which books are illegal to read or posses, and firemen aren't employed to save houses, but to burn books. ... She stimulates his interest in books. ... Guy collects books from the ones they go and burn. ... Then, Guy Montage is reported to have books in his house. ... He has burnt enough books and he is ready for it to end. ...

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It was used as a place to experiment with torture, where the Police summary court was located, and also where the original Auschwitz executions were carried out. ... But I believe books like "Auschwitz: A History" are important for us to read, because they are created to open our eyes. ... We need to read books like this, so we can become aware, and understand what we should look out for, so that we can prevent anything of this magnitude for happening again. ...

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From reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee I learned things that cannot and will not tell you in the history books. ... Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is an important piece of literature because it is one of the very few books supporting the Indian cause. ... Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is one of the most important books on American History and should be read by every American historian and intellect. ... Summary Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is the story of the annihilation the Native Americans between 1860's and 1890's. ...

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Global Understanding/Summary Gifted Hands is an autobiography by Ben Carson, M.D. ... To enter, you have to read a book about a scientist, write a summary of the book, and submit an explanation why your candidate would be a good guest speaker at Sudbrook. ... Summary by: Mia, 13 "This book is about the life of Dr. ... One day, his mother told him and Curtis that she would not have her boys failing, and she made them read books and study very hard. ...

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Meyer contributed 20 books including scripture biographies, sermons, and devotionals. Summary of Contents As an introduction to Moses" journey of faith, Meyers gives the reader a description of the characteristics necessary for a man to be truly faithful to God. ... Meyer's books; the Library of Congress list more than sixty-five books yet the biographical sketch credits Mr. Meyer with only twenty books prior to his death. It appears that the author penned many books, which remained unpublished until after his death, this book being one of them. ...

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Summary "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" is a poem with seven ten stanzas. ... By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. ... Raines tenderness for the written word is apparent in his descriptive illustration of books, implying the pages are 'wings', connotes them as delicate, and though 'they cannot' fly, they allow us to soar. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader reacts to the effects of books "eyes to melt" (...

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Summary "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" is a poem with seven ten stanzas. ... By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. ... Raines tenderness for the written word is apparent in his descriptive illustration of books, implying the pages are 'wings', connotes them as delicate, and though 'they cannot' fly, they allow us to soar. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader reacts to the effects of books "eyes to melt" (...

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Her books received many rewards and honors. ... Both books were selected as Honor Books in the Chicago Tribune Book World's Children's Spring Book Festival. ... Summary The Outsiders, an enthralling tale by S.E. ... Most teenage kids don't like books that drag on and have long periods of times where there is no action. ... Censored Books: Critical Viewpoints. ...

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I started in the same general way that others do, mom and dad reading to me throughout my childhood and learning my ABC's with those little annoying books that had the lines with every letter on a different lines. ... While Tyler may have had me beaten in writing essays I loved writing about books. In 7th grade we had what our school called book talks, which is when you read a book then write a summary over the book to explain why it appealed to you. ... Although reading her leteres were a way that my readimg was affected, but I also read a lot of books about dramatic books about losing p...

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Now that I have given a quick summary of what I am comparing, let us go into more in-depth. ... Nietzsche dealt with a serious problem that some may go under too, but the problem was Nihilism; which means in summary the belief life is meaningless. ... I say it's because he was able still exist in history by letting us think around his way of thinking and we were still able to find some of his books that he had composed such as: Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good & Evil, which this title is just a put together of his entire philosophy. ...

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All this isn't helped by the fact that Generation X seems to have given up on books. In one of my previous English classes we started a discussion about the Internet, but we got into a variety of subjects, one of which was, basically, "do we need books anymore, when we have multimedia." ... For a concise summary I will rely on the words of Noam Chomsky; "When we study human language we are approaching what some might call the "human essence", the distinctive qualities of mind that are, as far as we know, unique to man" (Chomsky). ...

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Summary: This book was about a boy named Harry Potter and his adventures at Hogwarts School for Witches and Warlocks. ... I have read the first two Harry Potter books. ... The Rowling's style is easy flowing and although there are a lot of words that are not recognized by any dictionary that adds to the books" mystique. ...

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In many ways the book is more a summary of knowledge at the time and makes no major advances. The work gives a summary of the mathematics known at that time although it shows little in the way of original ideas. ... An encyclopaedic work (600 pages of close print, in folio) written in Italian, it contains a general treatise on theoretical and practical arithmetic; the elements of algebra; a table of moneys, weights and measures used in the various Italian states; a treatise on double-entry bookkeeping; and a summary of Euclid's geometry. ...

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Introduction God is the central and controlling figure in both books. ... However, the purpose of author of these books is to show God's relationship with His covenant people and God's judgment over them when they broke the covenant. Even these books are not about the story of David; however, God Himself brings David as prototype of good kings saying "like David". He has been stated throughout books when God compares other kings. ... There are numbers of prophets recorded in both books Nathan, Micaiah, Ahijah of Shiloh, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Huldah, and other unnamed pro...

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Chaucer portrays her as a very controversial figure, we are told that she made her fifth husband Jankin burn his book, "The Book Of Wicked Wives", She is usurping the role of the church by burning the books, as it was their job to decide what was blasphemous and what was not. ... However Boccaccio's work was modelled on the classic epic, and therefore had twelve books. Chaucer's story is not just a summary of the Teseida, as while he omits some parts and condenses others, he expands others and adds his own ideas. ...

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This is quite a statement for me to make, considering the fact that I absolutely hate reading most books. ... Even the United States represents some of the invasive aspects represented in both of these books. ... In summary, Japan occupied North Korea until 1945 when suddenly Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender. ...

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Summary of Article In the article "Emotional Intelligences: A Missing Link in Educating Our Youth,"" the authors, Jacob Shirley W, Wadlington Elizabeth and Enloe Alicia discuss the necessary involvement of emotional intelligence into school curriculums. ... I was able to look up the cited authors and their publications to see if their work was peer reviewed or belonged to published books. ... One of the key practitioners to take note of is Joseph Zins who has written books and produced many articles related to emotional learning and educational success. ...

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In summary, before research, I believed that ADHD was genetic, and environmental in that sense that it can be controlled. ... David would spend a large chunk of his spare time playing hide and seek, and reading me books. My parents both read me an extremely large amount of books, but I never quite seemed to be paying full attention. ...

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From the transcripts of the Old Bailey trials, we learn that these feelings aren't abstract ideals mentioned by history books, but tangible beliefs that recur in the lives of all individuals. ... Such emphasis on merchandise appears in the summary of the goods stolen by Henry Broom in 1719. ...

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In summary, "those who use the banking approach, knowingly or unknowingly, fail to perceive that the deposits themselves contain contradictions about reality" (Freire, 218). ... By using the always-expanding resources of the world-wide-web, students can be given cheaper instructional books that will give them all their material in one place with updated content being added in near real time too. ...

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Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg in 1898. His father, a Catholic, was a director of a paper company and his mother, a Protestant, was the daughter of a civil servant. Brecht began to write poetry as a boy, and had his first poems published in 1914 at the age of 16. In 1917 Brecht enrolled as a m...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The key of success in a business of nowadays should integrate a very high degree of ethics in its structure. ... Every day the light sees new books that reveal the dark side in the successful history of an icon. ...

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