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    Executive Summary: Over the last decade James Patterson has published an unprecedented number of best-selling books, cemented a powerful brand image amongst a loyal following, and redefined the process by which authors create content to meet reader demand. From November 2000 through June 2003, Patterson had cumulative sales of over six million dollars, trailing only John Grisham during that time frame. He has generated the majority of his sales through a loyal readership that consistently lines

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    English Book Review – Mkuzo Kuwani General Information Title: Alex Cross, Run Author: James Patterson Publisher: Arrow Books (2013) Price: $15.00 (R160.00) Type of Book: Fiction Number of Pages: 508 (including epilogue) Genre: Mystery/ Thriller Book Information Setting: Washington D.C. – present time Main Character: Detective Alex Cross – Metropolitan Police Department Plot: The story begins with Detective Alex Cross arresting renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for giving drugs to and sleeping

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    Maximum Ride, a thrilling, page turning, science-fiction series guaranteed to break hearts and raise spirits. Maximum Ride is a series written by a skilled author, James Patterson, who has written many award winning series. Readers can grow alongside the characters and feel the same hardships. This adventurous series follows the story of Maximum Ride and the challenges she faces as a “mutant freak” battling half-wolf half-humans to save herself and those alike her. The series has a meaningful underlining

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    Cherie Smith Plymouth High School Dear James Patterson, I have been recently diagnosed with depression, over the course of eight grade year, my life gradually got worse. From getting my phone taken away, to attempting suicide, and planning on running, to drug use, abusing prescription drugs, day drinking, getting into fights with peers, prostitution. Anything that could distract me from my pain. I would do anything to escape reality. I started getting bullied towards the middle of my eighth-grade

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    Midnight Club – James Patterson Question - Stefanovitch, why did you return to active duty after you were shot multiple times in the back? How did you even survive that? Answer – I needed to come back to do what I love. With all the months of physical therapy, I got so bored sitting at home and watching this insane man killing all of these people. I feel I am needed to help catch this man and that is what I am going to do. I survived by keeping faith and the many people who prayed for me while I

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    In life there are always and always will be similarities and differences that’s what makes us unique and diverse. However what differences and similarities separate us as individuals.. In the series Maximum Ride by James Patterson, it touches on the differences that we have as human beings. Maximum ride and her flock are very different from society.Each of them has a set of wings and since they are different they feel like they don't belong in the world. In the book Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

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    Imagine been framed for murder, and the only option to prove oneself innocent is to get involved with the school's bad boy. In Nearly Gone, Nearly must fight to prove her innocence while fighting to receive a chemistry scholarship that her best friend is also shooting for. At the start of the novel, Nearly is so focused and determined to get the scholarship, so she can have a better life for herself than what her mom has given her. A quote that shows her focus is,"There was only one chemistry scholarship

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    Since metrics is reliant on sales cadence accuracy (sourcing by sales and reporting by management) the data I have is incomplete; nonetheless, here is the data. May 19 sales Gross: $61,009 June 4 sales Gross: Unknown *June sales is the residual of May's marketing effort. May's marketing expenditure = $10,000 ($3495 video assets & $6505 for marketing) Return on Investment = 9.379 (not including June residual sales) BACKGROUND For the past year, I've developed new marketing channels

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    Night John is a book by James Patterson. It is a book about a girl named Sam who wants to learn about literature. Night John comes along and teaches her how to read and write. The cost for reading and writing for slaves was heavy back then though. Some questions about the book are answered in the body of the essay. I don’t think it is ever right to own a slave or another person at all. You should never judge someone by the color of their skin. It’s the character traits and personality people should

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    “The Ninth Judgement” is James Patterson’s ninth book in his series, Women’s Murder Club. Two dangerous crimes, happened on the same night. SFPD sergeant Lindsay Boxer and her police squad are tracking down a vicious man who is killing mothers and children. This automatically causes a panic in San Francisco. He writes the letters WCF on every crime scene in red lipstick. The WCF Killer (his nickname) requested a 2 million ransom and asked for Boxer personally. Lindsay set up a trap and went on

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