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Sports Pages by Arnold Adoff - a book review by Joe
Adoff, Arnold. Sports Pages. First ed. Toronto: Fitzhenry 8 Whiteside Limited, 1986. Print. This book “Sports Pages†is a collection of sports poems written by Arnold Adoff. These poems range from track poems to playing football. Throughout this bo
The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner - a book review by Dakota
Glassner, Barry. The Culture of Fear and Why Americans are Afraid of The Wrong Thing. 10th ed. 1999. New York: Basic Books, 2009. Print. This book is written differently then other books. It uses example after example to get the point across. The main po
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - a book review by Jeni
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickle and Dimed. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2002. Print. Nickle and Dimed discusses low wages with great certainty that these low wages are the leading cause of poverty. People being under educated is what restricts them from
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw - a book review by Erik
Brokaw, Tom. The Greatest Generation. Random House, 1998. Print. The purpose of Tom Brokaw’s book was to recognize the men and women who contributed to the efforts of World War Two. Some people stood out more than others in not only what they accomplis
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - a book review by Adam
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed. New York, New York: Owl Books Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2001. Print. Ehrenreich wrote this book because she wanted to show the affects and hard ship that American working poor go through. She had her own opin
Hiroshama and Nagasaki: Fire From The Sky by Andrew Langley- a book review by Lynn
Langley, Andrew. Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Fire From the Sky. Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books, 2006. Print. Snapshots in History. In the book, Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Fire From the Sky, Langley describes in good amount of detail the bombing of the Jap
A-Rod by Selenna Roberts - a book review by Josh
Roberts, Selena. The Many Lives Of Alex Rodriguez. New York, NY: HarperCollins publishers, 2009. Print. Selena Roberts tells the story of Alex Rodriguez as he plays through the baseball’s Steroid Era. As Alex played through his high school days he fo
Odd Girl Speaks Out by Rachel Simmons - a book review by Brittany
Simmons, Rachel. Odd Girl Speaks Out. Orlando: Harcourt Trade Publishers, 2004. 199. Print. This book begins to tell the reader about different teen stories, that many various amount teens suffer from. Some of these issues pertaining to horrible teen iss
The Great Derangement by Mike Taibbi - a book review by Peter
Taibbi, Matt. The Great Derangment. New York: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2008. Print. Matt Taibbi, a writer for the Rolling Stone magazine, is on a quest to discover why and how Americans and America’s government are being corrupted. He looks into the cons
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution by Thomas L. Friedman - book review by Dylan
Friedman, Thomas L. Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America. Release 2.0 Updated and Expanded ed. 2008. New York: Picador, 2009. Print. Hot, Flat, and Crowded talks about what the world has been doing to the E