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The Contributions of Maya Angelou to English Literature (999 words, 2 pages)

Maya Angelou has been a great contributor to English literature. She is greatly respected by everyone that have read her works. Maya Angelou has been an inspiration to all that have read what she has written. She is one of the best African American poets. This is why I have ... Read More

The Evolution of Naturalism: The Man against Nature (2553 words, 8 pages)

By the end of nineteenth century, a new literature movement called Naturalism developed. Naturalist writers usually created characters that followed their own instincts and passions. However, most Naturalist characters had to face forces beyond their control, such as nature and environment. The most common themes during Naturalism are man against ... Read More

Perspectives on Bioenhancement, Genetically Modified Humans, and Ethics (1261 words, 4 pages)

The progression of bioenhancement in modern science and the implications for society is both astounding and frightening. As genetic scientists move closer to the ability to modify or customize human beings, the societal and ethical costs and benefits of this new technology must be analyzed. Authors Carl Elliot, of Choosing ... Read More

The Theme of Cancer in The Fault in Our Stars, a Novel by John Green (4813 words, 14 pages)

Today cancer has become a very important issue in society, people are discussing about it in a lot of different ways. That is why this fatal illness has reached literature in many styles. The greatest work of the best-selling author, John Green, is The Fault in Our Stars. The author ... Read More

Defiance of Gender Role in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1265 words, 5 pages)

Defiance through Conformity in Mary Rowlandsons Captivity NarrativeMary Rowlandson was held captive by the Algonkian tribe for three months during King Phillips war. She chronicles this experience in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. Although it was an accomplishment in itself for a woman to ... Read More

The Negative Impact of the Bottled Water Industry (870 words, 3 pages)

Bottled Water IndustryAuthors, Annie Leonard, Jonah Sachs, and Louis Fox, in the video, The Story of Bottled Water (2010), state that, people in the U.S are buying more than half a billion bottles of water almost every week. Given the fact that tap water is considered free, most consumers are ... Read More

A Discussion on the Significance of Opportunities in Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (1109 words, 4 pages)

In Outliers, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell claims that opportunities outweigh hard work and zeal in the equation of success. Refuting conventional wisdom that people arduously pave their paths to success, he instead postulates that opportunities and luck provide the foundation for success. Gladwell attributes feats of technology giants who pioneered ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Story Fear Street by R. L. Stine (896 words, 2 pages)

SuperstitiousR.L. Stine who is one of Americas best-selling authors and the devilish creator of the Fear Street and Goosebumps series of horror stories for kids. Stine is who wrote the book I read, but he came back with a book for the older generation. All of Stines ideas in his ... Read More

The Life and Controversies of Peter McWIlliam in Relation to Medical Marijuana (885 words, 3 pages)

Peter McWilliams, both an aids and cancer victim, is a self-published, best-selling author. In July 1998 he was arrested and charged with being the ringleader of a conspiracy to grow and distribute medical marijuana. As a condition of his pre-trial release, he cannot smoke marijuana even though proposition 215 states ... Read More

Herbert George Wells: The Founding Father of Science Fiction (1713 words, 2 pages)

Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, a suburb of London, to a lower-middle-class family. He attended London University and the Royal College of Science where he studied zoology. One of his professors instilled in him a belief in social as well as biological evolution which Wells later cited ... Read More

An Analysis of Iyanla Vanzant as a Woman of Virtue (287 words, 1 pages)

A Woman of VirtueI believe that Iyanla Vanzant exemplifies the type of women that Christine De Pizzant would have been proud to have in her City of Ladies. Iyanla was woman born into difficult times. She was born in the back of a taxicab to an alcoholic mother. Orphaned at ... Read More

A Biography of Herbert George Wells (1710 words, 6 pages)

Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, a suburb of London, to a lower-middle-class family. Heattended London University and the Royal College of Science where he studied zoology. One of hisprofessors instilled in him a belief in social as well as biological evolution which Wells later cited as theimportant ... Read More

A Book Report on the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1651 words, 3 pages)

A Book Report onThe AlchemistByPaulo CoelhoSubmitted toMs. K. DeshotelByTimothy ZimmermanEnglish IV AP(G) - hour 1Northshore High School03122000Biography of Author - Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janiero in 1947 and before his career as a best-selling author, he was a playwright, theatre director, hippie, and popular songwriter for some ... Read More

An Overview of the Notes Based on Managing Globalization in the Age of Interdependence (1739 words, 4 pages)

Notes based on Managing Globalization in the age of Interdependence, published 1995 by Pfeiffer Company, San Diego, CA.Introductory Quotation"In Managing Globalization in the Age of Interdependence, best-selling author George C. Lodge, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, tackles an issue of worldwide ... Read More

An Introduction and an Analysis of the Literature by Mary Higgins Clark (1402 words, 5 pages)

Reading is extremely underrated in our country today. Those who do read know what Imsaying. And Im not talking about Dr. Seuss or Ann M. Martin. I mean REAL books! Books byDean Koontz, Stephen King, and other best-selling authors. One best-selling author that I havethe utmost respect for is Mary ... Read More

The Life History of Herbert George Wells the Famous Science Fiction Author (1710 words, 2 pages)

Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, a suburb of London, to a lower-middle-class family. He attended London University and the Royal College of Science where he studied zoology. One of his professors instilled in him a belief in social as well as biological evolution which Wells later cited ... Read More

Iyanla Vanzant: A Woman of Virtue (287 words, 1 pages)

A Woman of VirtueI believe that Iyanla Vanzant exemplifies the type of women that Christine De Pizzant would have been proud to have in her City of Ladies. Iyanla was woman born into difficult times. She was born in the back of a taxicab to an alcoholic mother. Orphaned at ... Read More

A Book Report on the Alchemist by Paul Coelho (1651 words, 3 pages)

A Book Report onThe AlchemistByPaulo CoelhoSubmitted toMs. K. DeshotelByTimothy ZimmermanEnglish IV AP(G) - hour 1Northshore High School 03122000Biography of Author - Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janiero in 1947 and before his career as a best-selling author, he was a playwright, theatre director, hippie, and popular songwriter for ... Read More

The Contributions of Herbert George Wells in Literature (1710 words, 7 pages)

Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, a suburb of London, to a lower-middle-class family. Heattended London University and the Royal College of Science where he studied zoology. One of hisprofessors instilled in him a belief in social as well as biological evolution which Wells later cited as theimportant ... Read More

An Analysis on Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (470 words, 2 pages)

Title Breakfast Of ChampionsThe satirical novel Breakfast Of Champions by best-selling author Kurt Vonnegut, deals with trying to find one's identity and what happens when someone does. Protagonist Dwayne Hoover was a Pontiac dealer on the brink of going insane. Antagonist Kilgore Troute was a science fiction writer who felt ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (462 words, 1 pages)

Breakfast Of ChampionsThe satirical novel Breakfast Of Champions by best-selling author Kurt Vonnegut, deals with trying to find one's identity and what happens when someone does. Protagonist Dwayne Hoover was a Pontiac dealer on the brink of going insane. Antagonist Kilgore Troute was a science fiction writer who felt his ... Read More

A Biography of John Grisham, an American Author (1344 words, 4 pages)

John Grisham incorporates many reality-based ideas into his novels. He uses experiences from his own life as plots in his novels. Many of his novels are from actual experiences portrayed in life today. Grisham uses his knowledge and experiences as a courtroom lawyer to create realistic novels that capture his ... Read More

An Overview of the Novel Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1660 words, 2 pages)

The Alchemist By Tim Zimmerman E-mail timmzimbellsouth.net A Book Report on The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho Submitted to Ms. K. Deshotel By Timothy Zimmerman English IV AP(G) - hour 1 Northshore High School 03122000 Biography of Author - Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janiero in 1947 and before ... Read More

An Analysis of Federal Courts, the System that Shagged Me (885 words, 2 pages)

Kris HallJune 21, 1999"Federal Courts, the System that Shagged Me"Peter McWilliams, both an aids and cancer victim, is a self-published, best-selling author. In July 1998 he was arrested and charged with being the ringleader of a conspiracy to grow and distribute medical marijuana. As a condition of his pre-trial release, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Federal Courts, the System That Shagged me by Peter McWilliams (884 words, 1 pages)

Kris HallJune 21, 1999"Federal Courts, the System that Shagged Me" Peter McWilliams, both an aids and cancer victim, is a self-published, best-selling author. In July 1998 he was arrested and charged with being the ringleader of a conspiracy to grow and distribute medical marijuana. As a condition of his pre-trial ... Read More

A Biography of Nino Ricci, a Canadian Author (262 words, 1 pages)

Canadian Author BiographyCanadian best-selling author Nino Ricci was born in 1959 in Learnington, Ontario to a family of six children. As a student he studied in Florence, Italy, at York University in Toronto, and Concordia University in Montreal. After studies he began to write. His first novel, The Lives of ... Read More

An Essay on Mother Tongue by Amy Tan and Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood by Richard Rodriguez (651 words, 1 pages)

As a child of emigrants from China, author Amy Tan knows from experience the problems that face children with a family that uses English as a second language. Tans essay Mother Tongue is a look into her own cognition of the difference in the English spoken at home with her ... Read More

A Summary of Stillwatch, a Novel by Mary Higgins Clark (1359 words, 4 pages)

Reading is extremely underrated in our country today. Those who doread know what Im saying. And Im not talking about Dr. Seuss or Ann M.Martin. I mean REAL books! Books by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, and otherbest-selling authors. One best-selling author that I have the utmostrespect for is Mary Higgins ... Read More

The Life and Works of John Grisham (1344 words, 3 pages)

John Grisham incorporates many reality-based ideas into his novels. He uses experiences from his own life as plots in his novels. Many of his novels are from actual experiences portrayed in life today. Grisham uses his knowledge and experiences as a courtroom lawyer to create realistic novels that capture his ... Read More

A History of R.L Stine’s Success in Writing Career (492 words, 1 pages)

Stine was born in Columbus, Ohio5 to Anne Stine, a homemaker and Lewis Stine, a shipping clerk.6 He began writing at age 9 when he found a typewriter in his attic, subsequently beginning to type stories and joke books.7 He graduated from The Ohio State University (OSU) in 1965 with ... Read More