Essays about Books Page 49

Robert E. Howard knew and wrote a good deal about the blood feuds of his native Texas, and the old-time range wars that had been fought even before the Civil War. They became still more bitter and intense afterwards. Howard wrote to H.P. Lovecraft in January 1931: “I hope to some day write a history…

Summary This book is about the adventure of a thirteen-year-old boy named Brian Robeson as he travels to visit his mechanical engineer father in the Canadian oil fields. He takes a single engine Cessna 406 bush plane to Canada. Before his departure, his mother gives him a hatchet, which he initially doesn’t want to carry….

Translation copyright 1997. First published in France Zoï Valdïs is a Cuban author currently living in Paris, France. She was born on May 2, 1959. She went to University in Cuba but never enjoyed or felt satisfied her education there. She worked for the Delegation of Cuba before UNESSCO. She also was assistant director of…

            The book entitled “The Making of the Good Neighbor Policy,” written by Bryce Wood is a very important piece of document for those who are dealing with the foreign relations of America and other countries, especially that of the Latin American countries. Wood emphasizes that this is not a book the deals with the…

In the book “The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles” Martin Gayford analyzes Van Gogh and Gauguin as people and as artists tracing historical context of their artworks. The author focuses on how Van Gogh and Gauguin influenced each other, how their strong and self-confident personalities ensured that they lived…

Divergent is a novel by Veronica Roth that takes place in future Chicago. The city is divided into five factions based on personality traits: Abnegation for selflessness, Erudite for intelligence, Candor for honesty, Dauntless for bravery, and Amity for peacefulness. Once a year, all sixteen-year-olds take a personality test to determine which faction they belong…

Arthur Miller, the son of a wealthy father who lost all of his money in the crash of 1929, abandoned his schooling as a young child to support his family through various odd jobs. These jobs provided Miller with insight into the life of an average American, which he later incorporated as a central theme…

A wealthy individual has successfully devised a method to replicate dinosaurs, utilizing the DNA that his team of brilliant scientists can extract from remains. By cultivating the dinosaurs within laboratories, he safeguards them on an island enclosed by electric fences. This island, named Isle Nublar, located off the west coast of Costa Rica, serves as…

Last of the MohicansThe book begins in the middle of the French and Indian War in upper New York State near the Hudson River and Lake Chaplain. General Webb has just gotten word from an Indian that Moncalm and the French are going to attack Fort William Henry and that Colonel Munro will not be…

I picked up the book “Why Men Love Bitches”, by Sherry Argov, because I’m constantly told I’m too nice to people and I’m sick and tired of being over looked by the opposite sex. I felt as if this book could give me a wake up call and in a way it did. Argov is…