search for the books by using the author's name. He found the titles he wanted, which were “The Chronicles of Narnia” and "The Space Trilogy". The first book was shown as available, and the second book was shown as out on loan. • Using his new login and password, Bob logged into his account and requested the book "The Space Trilogy" in order to recall it, so that when the book was returned it would be held for him at the library. • Bob then went to the stacks and found the book "The Chronicles
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2015-2016 National Book Store’s Socorro Cancio Ramos It has been the philosophy of Socorro Ramos to sell books. This Philosophy is the very reason for the establishment of National Book Store. At an early age, she worked as a salesgirl in Goodwill Bookstore in Escolta. It was owned by her brother and his wife. Because of her marketing skills, she was given the task of managing the store. Then in 1942, she and her husband established their very own bookstore, National Book Store. Despite
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I just recently stopped at our public library and check out the book “Peak” by Roland Smith. After finishing reading the book I was amazed by how much meaning it had and the great lessons it tought. I immediately thought that this book should be read by as many people as possible and that is why I am writing this letter to you. In this letter I am requesting that you add “Peak” by Roland Smith to our library. I think it would be an amazing addition because of its aspect of thrill, characters that
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mass production of books and to the huge spread of information throughout Europe. Before this invention, people had to write out books by hand and would could take up to six months to get a book copied word for word. This whole process could also be completed by using carved, wooden blocks that would be covered in ink and pressed onto the paper. This was usually done by monks in monasteries. Since books were expensive to reproduce and hard to keep in good condition, the books often had to be copied
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The book that I got the privilege to read was ‘Good to Great’ by Jim Collins. Although I only received a short amount of time to look through bits and pieces of the book the chapters in which I did read gave me a lot of knowledge which is always a good thing because not knowing one piece of information could alter your entire life but knowing it could help you forever. First let me give you a little background information on the author. Jim Collins is a business consultant, author, and business lecture
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(Paterson). When a book is “challenged”, a single person--or an entire group--wishes for that particular piece of literature to be banned from the curriculum or the library as a whole. These drastic measures may be taken because of discussions about racism, violence, sex, witchcraft, controversial politics, incest, or rape that are not considered appropriate for schools ("Banned & Challenged Books"). Consequently, after a book successfully becomes banned, the access to that book becomes restricted
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changed reading, playing games, and communication. Technology has changed the way we read. Back then books were rare, and now we can get them on our phones through the internet. Books are less expensive and easier to get. We have more choices on what topics to read about. In the early 1900s, there were few books, but now with the internet we read books online. Books look different now. Books started out as paper, but now they are computer files. Technology has improved reading by making it available
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A. Profil Sew What?Inc. Sew What?Inc didirikan oleh Megan Duckett pada tahun 1992, perusahaan yang dimulai dari skala penghaisal kecil hingga puluhan juta dollar dengan 35 karyawan. Pada tahun 1997 hingga 1998 secara penuh waktu Megan Duckett mendirikan perusahaan ini. Perusahaan ini bergerak dalam bidang desain, pembuatan dan pemasangan bahan untuk perlengkapan teater. Dengan cara promosi sederhana dari mulut ke mulut bisnisnya semakin dikenal. Seiring perkembangan usahanya jumlah
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read chapter 1, but I try to skip the boring chapter and jump to read chapter 2, I felt exciting again with new details in next chapters. I think that the Hunger Games is an interesting book with some basic detail from chapter 1 to 3 makes reader begin excitedly to understand more about what happen next in this book. There are something that I understand and remember during I read three chapters in the beginning of the story. The Hunger Games is the story with main character and the narrator of the
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Books transform lives. Filled with journeys of sad, happy, dangerous, non-hazardous. The authors write by hands, typed from their experienced life or just fictions. Leads to questions to why is their most 83% are filled with hurt, broken, hate, weapons or violence? What does it teach mostly kids about good or bad stories that we read? As a young adult, most kids read fairy tale books or Disney; filled with happy endings. Every December, around the world knows book/song a Christmas story, “He knows
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