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“The Condor’s Shadow,” written by David S. Wilcove, is a book about the conservation of wildlife in America. It describes multiple species that have been in danger of extinction, or gone extinct. The book goes into depth on how these animals came to the brink of extinction and why they couldn’t be saved or the measures taken to restore them. One of the major themes throughout the book was habitat destruction in forests and aquatic ecosystems alike. This led to the extinction of some species. When it comes to the destruction of forests it affects not only the animals but the trees as well. Many trees

The book is called Secrets in the Shadows by the author Anne Schraff. Anne grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She got a bachelor's and master’s degree from California State University. Since college she has been writing many books including one of the most famous written series called the Bluford Series. Her stories are written basically on her background and how she grew up as a child. A middle class neighborhood including African Americans, Mexicans, Arab, and Filipino’s. From reading some of her books her stories are from a real person’s point of view and the struggles they really go through. Some of her lessons in many of her books are topics such as finding love, value education, respect towards others, and the importance of family.

Who wouldn’t love a sci-fi novel set in the not-so-distant future, complete with drama, romance, and twists and turns that keep the reader on the edge of their seat? The Darkest Minds is the story of Ruby, a teenage girl living in the United States, which is now a poor, disease-ridden country. Those who survived the disease emerged with uncontrollable abilities, and since Ruby had symptoms, she was deployed to a “rehabilitation camp” that she eventually escaped from. She and her friends Liam, Chubs, and Zu, journeyed to acquire the assistance of the Slip Kid, but shortly after meeting him, they understood more than ever that trusting a stranger is a risky business. In this journal I will be connecting with Chubs, clarifying the ending of the novel, and predicting what will happen in the sequel to this novel.

Monster by Sanyika Shakur yields a firsthand insight on gang warfare, prison, and redemption. “There are no gang experts except participants (xiii)” says Kody Scott aka. Monster. Monster vicariously explains the roots of the epidemic of South Central Los Angeles between the Crips and the Bloods that the world eventually witnessed on April 29, 1992. As readers we learn to not necessarily give gangs grace but do achieve a better understanding of their disposition to their distinct perception in life.

Coming back to the idea of the messages, Shadow House is called a couple names that all have the initials D.L. They were all close to the name Delphina Larkspur. Nobody knows why. Also, they all got their message from their most desired thing or person. For example, Poppy always wanted a family, and she got her letter from “her aunt”. Marcus always wanted to continue his dream of being a music prodigy, and he got his letter from a music school. Azumi just wants to get away from where she lives (the forest her sister died in), and she looked up schools she could go to so she could get away and forget her sister’s death. The only school that came up was The Larkspur School. Dash and Dylan want to act in a different movie or show because they

Dementor’s are known to be one of the vicious creatures to live in the wizarding world. Dementor’s are gloomy, black, have this silk-like clothing, with these monster like hands and no face. The Dementor’s hover around and are always together. They travel in packs. Professor Dumbledore tells all the students that the Dementor’s cannot distinguish the difference between harm and good so do not give them a reason to harm you.(Rowling 3) The Dementor’s, in my opinion, live a dreary life. The Dementor’s are always flying around and everything gets very cold and frozen when they are nearby. Dumbledore specifically said he did not want them inside Hogwarts. But during a Quidditch match, Harry finds himself surrounded by hundreds of them and ends falling off his broom. Dumbledore slows his fall so he isn’t extremely hurt but he was exceptionally angry with them being inside the grounds.

One common conflation I have been seeing a lot of in the community lately is the conflation of the Grimoire with books such as Magical Journals and the Book of Shadows. Most people don’t seem to know that there is a vast difference between these types of books, and I want to illustrate those differences in this article. The Book of Shadows is specifically a Wiccan and Neo-Wiccan concept. The name itself is a misnomer which references Wicca and Neo-Wicca’s penchant for revisionist history on the mythical subject of the Burning Times, and alludes to a period when Witches supposedly had to keep their practices a secret or risk being burnt at the stake.

Scraping By, by Seth Rockman offers an insight to the rarely recorded history of ‘the chronically impoverished, often unfree, and generally unequal Americans whose work made the United States arguably the most wealthy, free, and egalitarian society in the Western world”(3). In the book, Rockman showcases to his audience the flourishing booming port of Baltimore, Maryland and the complications of the men and woman, white and black, which worked on the early capitalist development. An absence of economic safety and impoverished state republic capitalist prospered on is what this diverse group of people had in common. He explains early republic capitalism as “a political economy that dictated who worked where, on that terms, and to whose benefit” not a “synonym for market exchange” (5). Rockman not only shed light to the view that capitalist economy utilized human labor as a tool for economic development nationally and of private wealth’s service, but he also justifies the argument that the opportunity to harness an assorted group of workers who were denied the liberty to rightfully claim their freedom without holds, was what capitalism was built on. He also touches on the people of unskilled labor who never gain prosperity or success economically and ultimately remained in manual labor. Rockman’s purpose is to shed light on the various kinds of exploited individuals and conditioning them in Capitalism’s systemic dependence in the history line of the United State’s political

Throughout this story, Ameliah begins to go through her parents belongings because she wants to figure out who Joe is, but that she was too scared to before. First, Ameliah wants to figure out who Joe is. She has told her friend, Heather, that there is a photo of her mom and a man that she had never met before. Ameliah was wondering if the man in the photo was “Joe”, but she now can not find it. This may be because she feels threatened by Joe since he claimed to be a friend of her dad's. Next, immediately when Ameliah sees Joe, she is encountered by an uneasy feeling. She feels there is something off about the way he looks, like she has seen him before, but she can not place her finger on where or when. Also, Nan seems to be concealing information. When Ameliah began to ask her about how she met Joe,

Captain Robert Walton: As a failing writer, he sets out on a voyage to the North Pole in hopes of the fame in new scientific discoveries. He rescues the main character, Victor Frankenstein, and record the story as told by Frankenstein.

It is a well known fact that Hitler killed nearly 11 million people in the holocaust, yet few seem to realize that Josef Stalin killed nearly 9 million more in WWII. Many did not know of the horrors until author Ruta Sepetys wrote “Between shades of Gray”. A book about the fifteen year old Lithuanian girl, Lina, who was taken by the secret police along with her mother and brother. This book follows her journey through the real life trauma thousands of others went through. After Lina was taken from her home she was moved to a beet farm in Siberia. Later she and the rest of her family were re-located to a new camp in the freezing cold of the arctic circle. Millions of people died in World War Two. But there were thousands who were forced to keep secret about the traumatic events they lived through in the second world war.

I am sorry to hear about what happened to you. It is understandable how you would feel uncomfortable working with these clients, based on what you said happened to you and your child. I am glad you found the strength to forgive those people and that you are able to learn more about sexual addiction to improve the lives of others.

The book, After Silence, was written by Nancy Venable Raine. The author suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder because she was raped. She was living on her own in Boston because she had taken a new job (Raine, 1999, pg. 7). And this is her only qualification when it comes to writing about PTSD. Some of the stressors she would have would just be sleeping or little noises that she would here around her. Her PTSD were mainly her nightmares, which caused her lack of sleep. I had chosen this book because I was interested in learning about what a person who has had a traumatic event in their life happen and how they can “overcome”

Women are just as responsible as men for the sexist “macho” culture present in Latin families due to different reasons: women continue to educate their children with these same sexist ideas that they disagree with, they are also afraid to go against what the patriarchal society says, and they limit themselves to accept their sexist female roles and continue living under their “man’s” rules. The book Face of an Angel shows how Chavez gives her female perspective about the sexist environment in which females have lived in for several years.

Concerning this tragedy, however, the sober mind can comfort itself with the solace that this and earlier examples of their valor will live on in the world and that their death, whereby their errors were swept away through the fervent faith, has won the martyr’s crown. They fought, and, that no one of them should die without retaliating, each made a pile of corpses around himself; but, even so, the number of assailants did not diminish, for it was recruited from the horde. The Turks killed the horses, which, tough not able to gallop, were nevertheless of value in carrying the heavy armor, and the mail-clad Franks, now on foot, were overwhelmed among the thick-pressing enemy as if they were drowned in the sea; they were separated one from another, spilling the vitals from their defenseless bodies. During this engagement the king lost his small but renowned royal guard keeping a stout heart, however, he nimbly and bravely scaled a rock by making use of some tree roots which God had provided for his safety.