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| 1.Blindness by: Jose Saramago 1999-05 |
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| "Blindness" tells the story of an unexplained outbreak of blindness in an unnamed modern city, and the social confusion and devastation that follow. At first, the people who exhibit the symptoms are quarantined in increasingly dismal conditions by the government. As the contagion becomes universal, the quarantine concludes, all governmental services end, and life as we know it ceases--with the population left to wander aimlessly from building to building in search of food and shelter.
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| 2.Hip Hop Speaks to Children with CD: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience) by: Nikki Giovanni October 01, 2008 |
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| This book is definitely an inspirational book that can be passed down from generation to generation, teaching children and adults on how "Hip Hop" is a celebration of poetry! I truly enjoyed the colorful diverse illustrations in this book and listening to the audio CD that incorporates Hip Hop, Jazz and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's " I had a dream" speech. This is an excellent resource for any child to look back into history and learn how "Hip Hop" has changed our music generation. |
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| 3.The Decameron (Penguin Classics) by: Giovanni Boccaccio April 29, 2003 |
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| A wonderful work, these refreshing pieces have a verve that is hard to find in medieval literature. Irate Italians who complain of Chaucer stealing from Boccaccio should consider medieval thought on authority and originality. A complex collection, rightfully earning its place as one of Italy's greatest literary products. |
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| 4.Poetry Speaks to Children (Book & CD) (Read & Hear) from: Sourcebooks MediaFusion October 18, 2005 |
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| Anytime I order from Amazon, I throw one of these in my cart for a last minute new baby, birthday or teacher gift. It is a wonderfully diverse selection of poems, often read by the poets themselves. How cool is it to hear Robert Frost in a scratchy rendition of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"?
My 4th grader was thrilled when his class read a Janet Wong poem, and he could tell them about how she came to write it, (track 29). I was thrilled that I could then give his teacher a gift she could use in class -- they were all thrilled ... Read More: |
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| 5.Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by: Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin October 02, 2007 |
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| the writing is bad
the drawings are worse never read it |
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| 6.The Decameron (Signet Classics) by: Giovanni Boccaccio December 03, 2002 |
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| This was required reading for a graduate course in medieval history.
The "Decameron" is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Other topics such as wit and witticism, practical jokes and worldly initiation also form part of the mosaic. Beyond its entertainment and literary popularity, it remains an important historical document of life in the fourteenth ... Read More: |
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| 7.The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists. Second Edition by: Giovanni Maciocia July 13, 2005 |
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| This was a gift and was exactly what the person wanted. It arrived promptly and well packaged. |
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| 8.Zlata's Diary by: Zlata Filipovic 2006-03 |
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| Zlata's diary is a an autobiographical representation of a young teenage girl, called Zlata Filipovi, and the daily living conditions that she experienced preceding and during military conflict in Eastern Europe - Sarajevo. In the course of her writing, Zlata described the conversion of her community from a moderate and relatively normal environment into an environment of chaos and devastation. Throughout her diary, Zlata navigated from one experience to another and along the way friends, family, foreign aid workers, and the local news helped to provide the backdrop for what life ... Read More: |
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| 9.The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by: Jose Saramago 1994-01 |
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| I like Jose Saramago as a writer. I like religion as a topic. However, it took me a very long time to get into this book. The first half dragged on for WAY longer than I felt it could have and though the second half delivered everything I'd been hoping for all along, the fact that it took so long to get to it was bit disappointing. In the end, I think it could have been more effective as a novella. That said, I did enjoy it once it got moving. |
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| 10.The Book of Imaginary Beings by: Jorge Luis Borges February 16, 1979 |
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| I will always love Borges's short stories much more, his collected fictions is one of the books anyone who's anybody needs to own, but this is something I love. Though it's not his most insightful work, it's still very much worth having. My only wish is that it would have been longer, I think it took me only a day or two of poking through it in no particular order before I'd read all of the entries. Anyway, it's Borges, 'nuff said. |
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