New York: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. 144pp. Summary: This is a story of a young man trying to fit into a new town and high school in all the wrong ways. ... Recommendation: This book is different from most books about racial discrimination, considering it's told from the point of view of the offender. ...
The Republic Summary In reading Plato's The Republic, learning to appreciate works from around 366 BC in sch a modern 21st Century world is a quite wonderful and informative privilege. ... There are a handful of characters in this book, although not all are presented in these four books. ...
Summary- Response Paper Full Metal Dust Jacket: Books Are Violent, Too Doreen Carvajal Carvajal discusses the influence that violence in books has on our teens. In the article, Carvajal talks about the complaints that libraries receive about the content in the books that teens are checking out. ... One library in response to the complaints raised the age at which teens may borrow general circulation books from thirteen to sixteen. The library issued special cards to teens under sixteen that allows them access to only juvenile books. ... I do not think that books are less influential on a...
It listed topics of interest and gave brief summaries of the reports. ... Peach Press Peach Press offers quality how-to computer books based on the latest graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, Web publishing, and general computing. I found this site helpful as it provides articles out of the books that hit on specific interests. ...
Many of the books are filled with constant repetitions that bog the flow of the story and seem to never get to the point of the book. ... A feature not many books of the Bible can claim. ... That special quality, one that not many books from the Bible can boast, is a key factor in making the Judith story flow with ease. The Book of Judith opens with an in depth plot summary and set up the major themes of the narrative. ...
This past semester I have been obligated to read books on linguistics and culture, and this is the extent of my knowledge in linguistics, nothing more. Prior to reading this book by Kuipers, the previous books that I have read in linguistics have been somewhat hard to follow for me personally, however, with Kuipers book I felt as though it was making one point after another which with a much easier flow, making it easier to follow. I will now try to give you a brief summary of this book as I see it. ... As I have read these books and listened to the lectures in class I noticed a unparallel...
This essay is to critique "Brains in Dreamland," Bower, Science News, 2001. My old friend, Bower. Where is the two-way mirror? Bower subtitles his article: "Scientists hope to raise the neural curtain on sleep's virtual theater." He begins his article with a succinct summary of partial theori...
Jones, I moved onto a variety of mystery books and more importantly, Magic Tree House books. ... Sometimes I enjoyed the books. Other times, I dreaded the books. ... Eventually, I just kind of winged it and would Google search summaries of the books I was supposed to be reading. ... I then realized that ignoring the books and not even giving the books a chance had to end. ...
My assignment for this essay was to pick a chapter from one of the books we read, Blink, and strongly respond with our own observations. To give more clarity of what I was going to write, I gave a summary of the chapter. What my professor always stresses is the summary of our papers should only be no more of a quarter of the essay, followed by a majority of our response. This was exactly what I did; I provided a summary of the book and parts that interested me. ... I gave a summary of a chapter from the book that supporting why it did not work favorably, then discussed how to avoid those types...
Everything associated with Pappus mathematical mind was included in the collection of books he wrote called "the synagogue". ... "The Synagogue" consisted of 7 books although the first 2 books are missing. Book III distinguishes plane, solid and linear problems and a summary of finding two mean proportionals (a:x=x:y=a:y). ...
Virgil offers the reader a summary in the first section of book one by outlining Aeneas' escape from his war ravaged home of Troy and by telling us about the destiny he is trying to fulfill. ... Book one sets the stage for the adventures to follow in the next eleven books. The summary laid out by the opening of Book I has an enormous effect on the rest of the poem. ... There may be one down side to the comprehensive summary at the beginning and that is that we already know that Aeneas is going to reach the shores of Italy and found a new city for his people. ...
In the next few paragraphs, I will elaborate on the purpose of this book being written, the author's background, the characters and plot, the summary, the relationship of government, and my opinion of the book. ... In the next few paragraphs, I will elaborate on the purpose of this book being written, the author's background, the characters and plot, the summary, the relationship of government, and my opinion of the book. ... The summary of this book is, Troy Phelan is the tenth richest man in the world, and he has three ex-wives and six children who all want some of his money wh...
Why read the full article when there is a summary somewhere else that requires even less time? ... "It could be that the real debate will not be books versus the internet but how to build an internet counterculture that will better attract people to serious learning"(Brooks 389). ... Logic will lack its substance and everything will become a general summary. ... Reading books shifted to finding broken down summaries. ...
When I read books I read them how I would read an article on the internet. I usually just skim through books I read and try to find the main points of my reading without doing so much reading out of the book. ... The internet takes our focus off of the finer things such as books in schools that are put there for our reading basically like books are just there for no reason teachers don't even use the books . We would rather put the book down and look up a summary of the book online instead of reading the information right in our face. ...
Title: Where the Heart Is Author: Billie Letts Summary: The novel that I read is Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts. ... He was a man who had a passion for books and knowledge. He owned a library, and would lend Novalee many interesting books. ...
SUMMARY .I am a self starter and a perfectionist who can work on my own or with others. ... Albans Hospital every holiday, changing and displaying children's work on hallway bulletin boards each month, ordering textbooks, library books and computer software for the school, work the afterschool program 2 days a week, I am a certified counselor and work with the junior high students discussing in a confidential manner any problems they might be having in school or at home, coordinate and run a jacket sale and book fair which provides funds for the school. ...
Tuesdays with Morrie Summary This book is an intriguing description of an old mans battle with death. More specifically that man is suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); a disease that affects the neurological system. There is no cure for this disease, and the o...
Through the books carefully selected title interest in literature on the Native Americans is evidently sparked, and this with time has grown to be an independent genre in its own right. ... The publisher's patience was rewarded when press in University of New Mexico after ten years of the books original publication reissued Little Tree and watched it grow from there henceforth. ... It has not been long since films and books depicting savage Indians stereotypes colored in red paint was a social norm. ... In summary I can say that the book is great in terms of life and themes as addressed p...
The author presents a good summary of the causes of the Revolution, a topic difficult and fascinating in itself. ... The book is more like a bibliography of the American Revolution, this period is very complicated and important and this book answers some questions not covered in history books from school or other huge books with hundreds of pages. ...
Jurassic Park JURASSIC PARK Crichton, Michael Publisher: Ballantine Books City Where Published: New York Date of latest copy: 1990 Edition: First Ballantine Books Edition: December 1991. 399 Pages, Paperback I. A Brief Summary of the Plot. ...
Wiggins 1 Summary A lonely man tries to ease his sorrow by reading books of the "forgotten sorrow-. ... In "The Raven," the use of ancient and poetic language seems appropriate, since the poem is about a man spending most of his time with books of "forgotten lore." ...
To collect information for this report, I have to search on the Internet and reference books related to Marketing in order to make the best report in my ability. ... Executive Summary Sunshine company has just been set up in Vietnam so it doesnt understand clearly about the lifestyle and culture of Vietnam. ...
The essay begins with a brief introduction of Charles Handy's professional background as a former professor from the London Business School. Now, he is an independent writer and educator working for different organizations ranging from business, government, and health. He wrote a book, The Age...
