Bookstores

Was there ever a time you didn’t like to do something, but as you got older you started to love it more than you did as a child? When I was younger, I never liked to read, but now as I have gotten older, I read more and more different kinds of books and novels. My mother put my sister and me into a reading program in elementary school because our reading levels were lower than they should be. There were no criteria so we read books that were interesting to us, like the Given Tree by Shel…

Dear ladies and gentlemen, today i'm here to discuss a very controversial topic and share a very controversial viewpoint on this topic.I read an article titled “Warning to the Homophobes” which astoundingly states the following in the very first paragraph:“...now the tide has turned. We at last have "come out," and in so doing we have exposed the mean-spirited nature of Judeo-Christian morality. You have been narrow-minded and self-righteous. But with the help of a growing number of your own…

1961. Truthfully, Billy is still behind enemy lines in 1945. In reality, Billy has become unstuck from himself. He comes to believe that he has been abducted by aliens, Tralfamadorians, who taught Billy how to time travel. Comparatively, at the bookstore, Billy finds a novel by Kilgore Trout about “an Earthling man and woman abducted by extraterrestrials… put on display in a zoo” (Vonnegut). At this moment, Vonnegut makes the connection between how Billy’s reality has blended into another’s…

Have you ever been so into a TV show that you are totally unaware of what is going on around you? This is because the shows that you are watching share the same qualities such as drama, heartwarming moments, and a humorous character. Just like Joey in Friends, or Michael Scott in The Office, they are always the humorous characters who are reckless with everything they do. A humorous character is only one of the things that make a TV show entertaining, without drama and heartwarming moments a TV…

Taking a trip to a local library or a bookstore will allow Olivia to participate in an activity she enjoys and at the same time remove herself from an environment that continues to bring down her mood. Another activity Olivia has discussed is therapy that she wishes she could do is learning how…

On my last day at Imhotep Institute Charter High School my future profession was to become a nurse. I attended Medaille College in Buffalo, NY right after graduation . While there I knew that college was not for me plus I missed my family. So I decided to leave Buffalo and attend a trade school back home in Philadelphia. As I was attending trade school, I managed to get a part time job at a daycare. That is when I fell in love with the career of being a teacher. From there I changed my future…

Born in Mingora, Pakistan, which is located in the country’s Swat Valley Malala Yousafzai, whose name means "grief stricken,” witness her town being destroyed by an Islamic fundamentalist group. Yousafzai’s hometown was a popular destination in the summer for its festivities in her early childhood till the Taliban showed interest in the town. The Taliban is an Islamic militant fundamentalist group that enforced Sharia law. They also denied education to females and forced strict rules of behavior…

Being Junior in high school means the impending fear and excitement (mostly fear) of college and moving on to the next chapter in life. My constant mental battle is figuring out if I want to remain in state to save my parents pockets and myself from impending debt. Why is that I have to sacrifice my preference of learning establishment for the sakes of money? College education in America is strenuous and expensive. Students are forced to worry first about their debts, scholarships, loans, and…

forces can embody anything that has the potential to cause change. Both companies have implemented many changes over the past decade in an attempt to accommodate the social forces that they are up against. Hailed early on as “the world’s largest bookstore”, Amazon has grown exponentially and is now considered “one of the most successful web-based retailers” (Parnell, 2014). Credit for the tremendous growth goes to Jeff Bezos who is a master of disruptive innovation. Parnell (2014) states “a…

care about the color of their skin, and believe that it is about what is on the inside that counts. Authors want everyone to be like these two. “For the moment, universal acceptance and international peace seem unlikely. But perhaps a trip to the bookstore — or a few clicks on the Internet — might be a good place to start. “ (Stetka, 1) Writers and authors can be the beginning of a new start, and with the help of readers, the idea that everyone is equal will soon become a reality. To…