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  • Analysis From Feminist/Gender Critic Of Book Wicked

    Analysis From Feminist/Gender Critic Of Book Wicked

    Picture a child sitting in front of a television watching the Wizard of Oz. To them, it is an assortment of magical beings, a land filled with wonderful places, with varieties of different colors. They do not picture it as something with far more meaning than just a plain fairytale. On the other hand, gender/feminist critics have been able to analyze the Wizard of Oz as well as Wicked, in order to find a more

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    Essay Length: 2,016 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2011
  • Beautiful Child Book Review

    Beautiful Child Book Review

    Beautiful Child When I picked Beautiful Child off the bookshelf, I was expecting something a little different. I was prepared to read another run-of-the-mill book about child abuse, neglect, and the difficulties in saving one child from a horrific home life. However, I decided to read this book, even though it didn’t look very interesting; after all, I was taught not to judge a book by its cover. Sitting down to read later that night,

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    Essay Length: 465 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2011
  • The Importance Of Book Xi To The Odyssey

    The Importance Of Book Xi To The Odyssey

    In the beginning of Book XI, Odysseus goes to Hades where people confront him from his past, present and future. He is confused and dazed and seems to change as the different characters address him. All of the elements of Book XI show that it is the most pivotal book in Odysseus's voyage homeward and in the development of his character. In Book XI, Homer reinforces major themes that repeat through the rest of the

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    Essay Length: 1,177 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2011
  • Odyssey Book Review

    Odyssey Book Review

    The original author, Homer, was a Greek poet who wrote epic poems. Not much is known about Homer, but there are different theories of what Homer seems to be. Some believe he was not even a real person, some think that it was a group of people that made up the poems, some think he was a woman, and according to the legend, he was a blind, poor poet who lived in Ionia. The author

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    Essay Length: 1,071 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2011
  • Alphabet Book Report

    Alphabet Book Report

    Book: Amazing Alphabet Book Author: Dr. Seuss ISBN: 0-679-88281-2 Publisher: Random House The plot of my book is very simple. It is an alphabet book that is intended to help children learn the alphabet. It gives the letters in order and 3-4 words that begin with that letter and pictures for the children to easily understand the letters. It goes in order from A-Z which is the best way to help a child learn his

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    Essay Length: 735 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2011
  • Book Review-Andrew Jackson

    Book Review-Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson has remained an enigma in American history. Where previous Presidents had Either come from the Virginia dynasty or were named Adams, Jackson was from the west. His Early life was controversial, as demonstrated by his marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. At the Time of their marriage, she was still married to her first husband. Jackson's devotion to his wife Led to many confrontations, some of them deadly. He despised the abuse of power

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    Essay Length: 893 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2011
  • Book Review On "Not A Penny More Not A Penny Less"

    Book Review On "Not A Penny More Not A Penny Less"

    REVIEW MAIN CHARACTERS: 1. Harvey Metcalfe : The main culprit in the story. The self made multi millionaire who is the mastermind behind the fraud carried out. 2. Stephen Bradley: The professor tricked into buying the shares. 3. Jean Pierre: A french artist who also was fooled into investing in the company by Harvey Metcalfe. 4. James Brigsley: The son of a respective earl in England, the third victim to a tragic incident. 5. Robin:

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    Essay Length: 923 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 21, 2011
  • The Few By Alex Kershaw Book Report

    The Few By Alex Kershaw Book Report

    The Few by Alex Kershaw In the summer of 1940, World War II had been in progress for nearly a year. Adolf Hitler was victorious and planning an invasion of England to seal Europe’s fate. Everyone in the United States of America knew it. The Germans were too powerful. Hitler's Luftwaffe had too many planes, too many pilots and too many bombs and since Hitler was Europe's problem, the United States claimed to be a

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    Essay Length: 1,102 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 21, 2011
  • The Stranger (Book Report)

    The Stranger (Book Report)

    The Stranger The book that I read was called The Stranger written by Albert Camus. The book is globally famous and was translated to many different languages and texts. The original was called L’Ð"‰tranger which was written in French in 1942. The plot of this story involved a man in his late twenties or early thirties. The man's name is Meursault. In the beginning of the novel, Meursault is notified that his mother had passed

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    Essay Length: 1,593 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 21, 2011
  • The Book Blood Canticle

    The Book Blood Canticle

    The book Blood Canticle Anne Rice (Allen O’Brien) was born October 4 1941 in New Orleans, chose the name Anne as a child. She married Stan Rice in 1961. Her Daughter Michele was born in 1966.At the age of 5 Michele passed away of leukemia. Then in 1978 her son Christopher was born and later became an accomplished novelist himself. After her husband passed away from a brain tumor she moved to California which is

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    Essay Length: 532 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2011
  • Angela's Ashes Book Review

    Angela's Ashes Book Review

    Angela�s Ashes is a memoir of Frank McCourt. In this book McCourt writes about his experiences during the American Great Depression. Having troubles, his family leaves to return to Ireland believing that life will be easier there. McCourt also shows the reader the hardships that befall his family in Ireland. One thing about the book that I really disliked was that McCourt only states the events and how they happened and does not say how

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    Essay Length: 595 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2011
  • Development Of Newspaper Magazines And Books

    Development Of Newspaper Magazines And Books

    Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing (Wikipedia). Printing is a name used for several processes by which words, pictures, or designs are reproduced on paper, fabrics, metal, or other suitable materials. This consists essentially of making numerous identical reproductions of an original by

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    Essay Length: 1,965 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2011
  • Catch 22 Book Review

    Catch 22 Book Review

    CATCH 22 BOOK REVIEW Catch 22 is a satirical novel written by Joseph Heller. It is a story about American army pilots on an island near Italy in the end of World War II in 1944. Catch 22 is a story about how the main character John Yossarian wants to get out of the army and how he tries to act insane so he can be declared unfit to fly any more missions. It is

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    Essay Length: 1,070 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2011
  • Inside Intuit - Book Report

    Inside Intuit - Book Report

    PART I: What Did You Learn? Writes a summary of what you learned from the book. The summary might include factual information, something learned about people in general, or some self-insight learned. Inside Intuit - How the Makers of Quicken Beat Microsoft and Revolutionized an Entire Industry, written by Intuit veteran Suzanne Taylor and seasoned business manager Kathy Schroeder, is certainly a boon to new entrepreneurs and business school students. The classic story of a

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    Essay Length: 4,403 Words / 18 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2011
  • Computers Taking Over Books Response To Anne Prolux

    Computers Taking Over Books Response To Anne Prolux

    Visal Gallapaththi Ms. Gray ENG3U1 March 7th 2008 Flipping The Screen Half a century ago, people used books for everything related to education. In fact, the human’s best source of knowledge and education was the book. If you wanted to look up a recipe, you opened a book. If you wanted to learn how to fix the radio on your car you opened a book called the manual. If you wanted to know Black beard’s

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    Essay Length: 1,027 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2011
  • The Great Gatsby Comparison Between Book And The Movie G

    The Great Gatsby Comparison Between Book And The Movie G

    The Great Gatsby Comparison Paper The similarities and the differences between the book The Great Gatsby and the movie G are many in both accounts. The book The Great Gatsby was written and set in the 1920's with all caucasion characters, and the proper talk and everyday life of the 20's. The movie G is much different in this aspect because the writter's and the director of the film decided to modernize the story and

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    Essay Length: 340 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2011
  • A Nation Of Immigrants Book Review

    A Nation Of Immigrants Book Review

    The book I read was “A Nation of Immigrants,” it was written by Mr. John F. Kennedy. The book was fantastic; it was about the start of immigrants coming into this nation. It spoke about how they fled there country for a new life in America and would do anything to get here. Some would wait days, months and even years to get sworn in as an American citizen. Many immigrants fled Nazi persecution and

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    Essay Length: 554 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2011
  • Book Review

    Book Review

    The book review based on “The X-Factor, Getting Extraordinary Results From Ordinary People”- written by Ross R. Reck . Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; book no: B21241 Ross Reck is a consultant who spent the last 15 years developing a four-step management process to help his global clients add millions to their bottom lines. His philosophy is built around what he terms as the "X-factor" -- the secret of getting ordinary people X-cited about

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    Essay Length: 2,578 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2011
  • A Golden Age : Book Review

    A Golden Age : Book Review

    Synopsis As Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she may be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her roses are blooming; her children are almost grown up; and beyond their doorstep, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air. But none of the guests at Rehana's party can foresee what will

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    Essay Length: 1,729 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2011
  • Girls Next Door-Mormon Book

    Girls Next Door-Mormon Book

    My book was about six teenage girls who are all in college or just starting. The first girl I met in the book was Treena, a 19 year old girl with brown hair, brown eyes, and not very much money. Treena’s friend, Kassidy, a girl who is also 19 years old, has blond hair, blue eyes, and too much money. It starts with the two girls driving from California to BYU Idaho; on the way

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    Essay Length: 573 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2011
  • Ordinary Men Book Review

    Ordinary Men Book Review

    Ordinary Men Christopher Browning describes how the Reserve Police Battalion 101, like the rest of German society, was immersed in a flood of racist and anti-Semitic propaganda. Browning describes how the Order Police provided indoctrination both in basic training and as an ongoing practice within each unit. Many of the members were not prepared for the killing of Jews. The author examines the reasons some of the police members did not shoot. The physiological effect

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    Essay Length: 975 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2011
  • Mccarthy Book Notes

    Mccarthy Book Notes

    Many of the American citizens of the cold war had this growing fear of communist spies, who were paid with gold from Moscow, who were hired to infiltrate the American system, undermine the government and misdirect foreign policy. The first "which hunts", though not as bad as later hunts, were created by president Truman when he launched a massive "loyalty" program, which drew up a list of about ninety "disloyal" organizations without giving them a

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    Essay Length: 546 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2011
  • Childrens Books

    Childrens Books

    Catherine Tuerk first noticed that her son was different from typical boys about 30 years ago. At age 4, he began to be oversensitive, to show disdain for roughhousing and to prefer girl playmates. She felt afraid that he might become gay or transsexual and that she might have done something to cause her son's "problem." Mental health professionals told her that her son could be "fixed," so she and her husband put him through

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    Essay Length: 684 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2011
  • A Critical Book Report On Lawrence Wright'S The Looming Tower.

    A Critical Book Report On Lawrence Wright'S The Looming Tower.

    A critical book report on Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower. Introduction The September 11th terrorist hijackings and attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon caught the United States largely by surprise. Once the dust had settled, and the shock and horror of such an unprecedented event had waned, the American public began to ask questions. Names such as Osama bin Laden, countries such as Afghanistan, and organizations such as Al-Qaeda were brought into

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    Essay Length: 2,924 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2011
  • The Interruption Of Everything Book Review

    The Interruption Of Everything Book Review

    In this book a 44 year-old woman, Marilyn Grimes, is in the middle of total chaos in her life. She is having hot flashes and other general discontent pre-menopausal signs which her friends are positive she's going through menopause early but a trip to the doctors office reveals that she's pregnant! Now is not a great time to be pregnant as her three children are all grown up and out of the house; she has

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    Essay Length: 927 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 4, 2011

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