Books & Authors - March 2007

I read a book call Storm Thief by Chris Wooding and I could not find any similar books! Can anyone tell me where I can find similar books on thievery??

2007-03-22 06:45:17 · 10 answers · asked by ryanch1201 1

You know the myth how we only use about 10% of our brain? (I know it's not true but I like the idea of it.) What if an alien life force did create us, but feared that we would turn on them so they put a fail safe on brain so we could on use 10% of our brain and dumped us on this back water planet called Earth but now in the future mankind has found a way past the fail safe and now we want to figure out who put the fail safe there to begin with? It's just an outline but yeah I kinda like the plot so can you tell me what you think?

2007-03-22 06:33:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need some help finding some old yearbooks, from a few differnent schools, but I'd rather not resort to Ebay unless I absolutely have to. I'm looking for:

1993-1994 Marquette Elementary School (Muskegon, Michigan)

1998-1999 Beach Elementary School (Fruitport, Michigan)

2003-2004 Fruitport High School (Fruitportt, Michigan)

Does anybody have a reliable resource for vintage yearbooks?

2007-03-22 06:29:04 · 2 answers · asked by Miss Kitae 3

1. Catcher in the Rye is an account of the breakdown of a sixteen-year-old boy. Aside from Holden's emotional problems, the first few pages give you clues as to his physical state. What is his physical state? (see pages 1-5 and later 140)

2. What are some of Holden's complaints about Pencey Prep?

3. What do you think Holden's "quest" is? In which ways is it like an archetypical quest in literature?

4. Is Holden guilty of some of the things he accuses others of doing? Explain.

5. How does his history teacher and classmates aggravate Holden's need for sympathy? Why does he yell, "Sleep tight, ya morons," as he leaves Pencey prep? (p. 69)

6. What does Holden mean when he says "Mothers are slightly insane"? (p. 55)

7. What does Holden mean when he states, "I'm always saying `Glad to've met you' to somebody I'm not glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to do that stuff, though." (p. 37)

8. Who are Holden's heroes?

9. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."

10. Explain J.D. Salinger's title, The Catcher in the Rye.

11. Why is Holden expelled from Pencey Prep?

12. The motto at Pencey is that it "molds" students. Relate this to Holden.

13. List five different things that Holden does while in Midtown New York.

14. Identify the following characters and explain Holden's attitude toward each of them: Spencer, Ackley, Stradlater, Sally Hayes, Mr. Antolini.

15. Name a few of the disappointments Holden has encountered since he came to NYC.

16. Who are the people in the novel that Holden Likes? Why does he like these characters and dislike others?

17. How does Holden feel about the world in which he lives? Are his reactions to the world negative or positive? Explain.

18. Although his motives (homosexual/parental) are never clarified, Mr. Antolini's caressing Holden has an intense affect on Holden. Why is this act so devastating?

19. What is the symbolic significance of the red hunting hat?

20. Catcher can be divided into three parts. Where does each part begin?

21. Which parts of Holden are "typical teen-ager" and a product of his upbringing?

22. What is his reaction to the foul words in the museum?

23. What is going on with Holden watching Phoebe on the carousel? What new "truth" does Holden learn?

24. Does Holden belong in a sanitarium?

25. Some critics have characterized this book as a "Peter Pan Syndrome." Explain what you think a "Peter Pan Syndrome" is?

2007-03-22 06:26:08 · 10 answers · asked by Stan M 1

He's gay and he said he desperately needed a support system, so I thought I was helping by being a friend, NOTHING MORE.
Is that wrong? Can she continue to threaten me? BTW, she's in Wales and I'm in the U.S.

2007-03-22 06:24:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Personally, it has completely changed my life. I'd love to hear your feedback, however.

2007-03-22 06:20:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i like books written by howard zinn and stuff like that and i was woundering what other books are good? like conspiricy stuff.

2007-03-22 06:05:52 · 3 answers · asked by jakedecker_jakedecker 2

It's about two young brothers growing up in Chicago during the depression. I read the book when I was in high school, and don't recall the either the author or title. I thought the title had "wind blows" in it. In the book the brothers leave home, and roam about the country for sometime living homeless and picking up odd jobs, like joining a carnival. I appreciate any help. Thank you.

2007-03-22 06:00:33 · 2 answers · asked by dudley997997 6

2007-03-22 05:51:05 · 4 answers · asked by Asif R 1

I want the type of agent that finds what the publishing companies are looking for and I would write the material. I'm not sure if thats normall procedure or not. Please help.

2007-03-22 05:38:12 · 4 answers · asked by anna 1

I Love Harry Potter and i will be very up set if he dies... so i need to know......

2007-03-22 05:35:16 · 15 answers · asked by Egyptian Queen 1

For those of you know don't know, Librarything (www.librarything.com) is a site that enables you to catalogue your book collection and meet other people who share the same books (sort of like a book Myspace but not really). Was just wondering if such a site, or something somewhat similar anyway, exists for music and/or movies. Anyone know?

2007-03-22 05:31:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

SOPHOCLES
THE THEBAN PLAYS
Why? How and When irony is used?

2007-03-22 05:30:44 · 4 answers · asked by Asif R 1

A book I was reading, back in 1982 or '83, about a young girl who discovers a dollhouse that is a replica of the house an old woman lives in... there is a secret to the dollhouse, I believe there is also a key.

Someone told me it may be The Dollhouse Murders, but I do not think that's the one... I definitely do NOT recall the dolls in the dollhouse talking to a young girl.

It was a mystery story... I think I recall the dollhouse had something to do w/ the old woman, but I can not be sure. I also recall a secret compartment in the dollhouse, I think?

I do not know when the book was first published... I can probably assume the late '70s or early '80s.

2007-03-22 05:21:41 · 3 answers · asked by ? 1

In the Half Blood Prince, Dumbledore shows Harry his memory of Voldemort's request. When Voldemort is not granted the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, it is said that he cursed the job. Dumbledore himself says,'We haven't been able to keep a teacher for more than a year ever since the post was refused to Lord Voldemort.'

But in the first book, Hagrid introduces Quirell to Harry in the Leaky Cauldron as 'the DADA teacher' at Hogwarts. Even at school, Harry asks Percy 'Who is the teacher talking to Professor Quirell?'...refering to Snape,
And Percy replies, 'Oh! You already know Professor Quirell.....'

Dumbledore didn't even introduce Quirell to the school...while he introduced Lockhart and Moody in other books.
Which means Quirell was already a teacher at Hogwarts. So isn't Dumbledore's statement that he hadn't been able to keep the DADA teacher for more than a year false?

2007-03-22 05:15:33 · 13 answers · asked by Malfoy vs Potter 5

What kind of twists do you guys like in fantasy novels? What kind of things do you want to read about and would like to see but have never seen in a novel? I just need a lot of help, this is my first book and im only 16 but i love it, fantasy novels are so hard to write about since you need to stretch a lot of things and can't even bounce off of someone elses ideas! Any suggestions? Also, i don't understand how the books i read can be so long if i am only 20 pages in and im well into the main conflict! I am trying to add a lot of details to mine but doing that also makes it seem kind of amature. If you all could help me that would be great =)

2007-03-22 04:44:32 · 5 answers · asked by Sarah C- Equine Help 101 5

i entered a poem i wrote in an online contest. a month later, i got a letter from the company saying my poem was among 250 that was going to be published in a book of short works of writing. they also wanted me to buy the book for $19.95 plus shipping and handling. the letter also said hurry, space is limited. is it a scam, will my poem be put in the book even if i don't buy it?

2007-03-22 04:31:39 · 22 answers · asked by i totally agree with you!! not 3

I read it and it seemed like there would be a sequel, so I looked on the internet and didn't come up with anything.

2007-03-22 04:15:20 · 1 answers · asked by Kaitiepie 1

Her friends ( a cat and whatnot ) were all too busy to help her. She asked if one of them could run the wheat to the mill etc etc etc. But when the bread was done they all wanted some. Its an aesops fable I believe but not positive.

2007-03-22 04:10:48 · 9 answers · asked by a seeker 2

Is it a valid genre? Is it oxymoronic? Impossible? The best of all genres?

2007-03-22 04:06:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you know when you have a source you want to reference and there is no author in the book what do you do? im so stuck

2007-03-22 03:57:43 · 9 answers · asked by NikkiC 2

Can anyone tell me where i can find this book.It has a pink cover with witch out of sleeping beauty dominating the front, surrounded by other characters.

2007-03-22 03:52:27 · 2 answers · asked by joannehay@btinternet.com 1

I think I usually go for the characters, but obviously the two overlap and are equally important. But I often find it hard to finish a book if I can't relate or admire or be intrigued by the characters.

What about you?

2007-03-22 03:48:16 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, can I have it back please?

2007-03-22 03:38:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

When i was a wee nipper in junior school, about 1987ish i remember i used to read loads of science fiction books, and one of the books i read involved a girl (i think) who visits a strange planet and there where lots of flying saucers disguised as hats. Now i know after reading this question you'll all probably think I’m insane but I’ve been adamant that this book exists, please someone prove my right, and I’d be over the moon if you could get me a title and an author for this book.

Thanks.

2007-03-22 03:36:30 · 2 answers · asked by Nick W 2

she is 29 and likes girlish books like the devil wears prada and pride and prejudice, does anyone have a good idea for me ?? :) thanks

2007-03-22 03:35:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

can anybody help me to write the paraphrase and/or the summary, of the sonnet of Edmund Spenser "One day I wrote her name"?

thanks

2007-03-22 03:23:02 · 2 answers · asked by Marco L 1

2007-03-22 02:54:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think her first name may sound like Maya

2007-03-22 02:50:27 · 10 answers · asked by reuben j 1

ok, i have read Thirsty, and the vampire beach books, but i need some more, i really don't care about romance, so do u know any good vampire books?

2007-03-22 02:40:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous