Articles for category: Books

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Fun Facts About Harry Potter Character Lucius Malfoy

WARNING: If you haven’t read books 1-7 this article will contain spoilers. Lucius Malfoy is one of those Harry Potter characters that you aren’t quite sure about. Is he evil? Is he good? Or does Lucius Malfoy simply go where the power is at that current moment? The fact is Lucius Malfoy appears to be ...

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Ten Most Memorable Speeches of the 20th Century.

I have a dream, a date which will live in infamy and we shall overcome are all words from famous speeches. These are the top ten best American speeches of the 20th century. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out of the true meaning of its creed: ...

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Doctor Faustus: Summary and Analysis: Wagner and Robin, the Clown

Summary of Wagner and Robin, the Clown: Wagner and Robin enter, Act I, scene iv; the Clown, a rustic buffoon, has stolen a conjuring book from Doctor Faustus, and desires to learn from Wagner how to conjure. Wagner wryly suggests that Robin is louse-infected. Robin, “Stavesacre? That’s good to kill vermin! Then, belike, if I ...

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Hannibal Rising DVD Review: No Where Close to the Book!

I recently purchased the DVD Hannibal Rising. I am a huge fan of the entire Lecter series and was expecting this movie to be as spellbinding as the other three. What I found was a movie so far from the book that it left more than a lot to be desired. Hannibal Rising by Thomas ...

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John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck is recognized throughout the United States and the World as a great author and person. He wrote many books and plays telling of the harsh life of many different ethnicities and classes of American people. His works are considered to be both influential and controversial. He is widely known for his works and ...

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Milton and Feminism

In a strictly biblical context, a woman is most often held culpable for the fall of mankind. This ideal often captures women in a negative light, and lends Mankind an excuse to hold women captive through rules and social norms with roots that begin in the Christian Church’s doctrine. In John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise ...

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The Nature of Poetry: Romantics and Nature

In comparing Romantic writers such as William Blake, Robert Burns, and William Wordsworth, one realizes that, while Nature is a common element found in all three of these writers’ works, it is represented in quite different ways. This article will summarize how these writers choose to display to the reading audience grandeur of Nature and ...

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Does Eliot Spitzer’s Wife Silda Wall Spitzer Condone Prostitution

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer took the podium on Monday to apologize to the American People for his inappropriate sexual conquests with prostitutes, his wife Silda Spitzer at his side. While her husband, New York village idiot, Eliot Spitzer, spoke of healing himself and his family she looked on with nary a word. Her silence ...

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Must Have Books on Alternative Therapies for Horses

If you’re at all interested in alternative or natural therapies for horses these are some books you don’t want your library to be without. Equine Acupressure A Working Manual by Nancy Zidonis, Amy Snow, and Marie Soderberg If you’re looking for a guide to acupressure, this is the book you want. This book gives a ...

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Summary of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

With the Harry Potter series coming to an end, here is a chance to relive Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in a condensed version. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban starts with Harry being home for the summer with the Dursleys. After being insulted by Uncle Vernon’s sister, Marge, Harry uses his ...