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Every century the ghost of Elizabeth Oaks comes and haunts the location of what now Rockbridge Academy stands upon. Before Rockbridge Academy, Cedar Academy was located at 911 Generals Highway. That school used Elizabeth in the same way Rockbridge does, as a homework thief. The teachers, both then and now, pay Elizabeth Oaks to take the homework of students they do not like to ruin their grades. However, when a good student forgets to do their homework the teachers communicate through a spiritual connection to Elizabeth to do the work and put it in their binder. "I never thought anyone would find out," Mr. Johnathan Head revealed when questioned. "Elizabeth Oaks was murdered in 1715 or 1716," according to the librarian, Mrs. Jenifer…

Reading a book can often be taken for granted, yet not everybody in Africa can have this privilege. Often times Children and adults go without books for most of their life. Yet the organization Books for Africa can change that. They have a simple goal, and it is to end the book famine in Africa. They’ve decided to help do this by collecting sorting the shipping the books to Africa. They help kids who can’t attend school at least get to read and learn. They give many types of books like French,…

Author Summary Priscilla cummings is the author of many bestselling books. She since she was a little girl always enjoyed reading and writing. She has been an author since 1986 when her first published picture book Chadwick the Crab was released. As of 2012, she has made twenty–one book’s and currently lives in Annapolis, Maryland. She also has two cats both of Author Accomplishments • ABA Pick of the list for Fall (1997) • Maryland Black-Eyed Susan list (1999-2000) • American Library…

In our generation, technology has become a big part of our daily lives, and we might have become addicted to it. When you walk down the streets, all you see is new high-tech items like smartphones, electronic watches, or even a hoverboard. In your local coffee shop you rarely see a person with a book; however, one book series are still in the hand of all age groups today. These- must- read books are the Harry Potter series. It all began with the first novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s…

and it users. This data can be used to answers five basic questions who lives in the community? What is the community interest and why? What the community want from the library? How has the community changed? What will the community be like in the next five, ten, or fifteen years? Finally, Collection developers can utilize charts or graphs to explain the community analysis information to the intended audience whether it is the library board or the library commission. In transition from the…

Book banning is not doing a greater cause. Book banning is when government or higher authority remove books off shelfs from school libraries for being political, religious, or offensive being too dangerous for young readers. People read books for adventure to discover a whole real world. Censoring books for being too offensive will not open reader’s minds for the real or creative world. Book banning challenges citizen’s freedom to read. Books are influence for new beginnings. Books support…

are many meetings deciding whether the book should be banned or should stay. Challenging and banning books is a very popular matter now, with many eager to support, and some trying to get rid of the cause. Many parents and students question as to why books can be banned in the first place and what causes them to be taken out of so many schools. The authors of these novels have a few different opinions on taking these books out of schools. “Often…

Banned Books No More German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented a highly successful printing press that the Church took advantage of to spread their beliefs in 1454 (Special Collections). The exact number of books that have been printed since then is unknown; however, Leonid Taycher, a Google software engineer, has stated on the blog “Google Books Search” that there are about 146 million “printed and bound” books. Like people, not all books are the same and each one has a different message…

SUMMARY This Case Based report consists a brief introduction Bethlehem Steel Corporation, timeline, facts and SWOT analysis of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. The data was limited as the business grew in the older times. The data is taken mainly from books and news articles. Recommendation that could improve the situation of Bethlehem Steel Corporation has been given in the end. INTRODUCTION In 1904, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation (also known as Bethlehem Steel) was a steel as well as…

comfort us and educate us. They touch our hearts and make us smile and cry, they make us human. When reading stories there is so much you can gain from them. Stories give you advice, and have morals, which teach you lessons. Even if you read a book for the hundredth time, when you finish it, it might teach you something new, or a new way to look at it. It gives different point of views. So then you might ask why read books? Well, reading books improves your imagination, it helps expand yourself…