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    Should Books Be Banned Some books should be banned, but other books should not be banned. Parents and libraries think that certain books should be banned due to offensive language and sexual content. People think that schools and libraries no longer share the the cultural values of the vast majority of parents, Books should be banned because parents and schools have the right to do so. The novel Fahrenheit 451 should be banned in schools because of inappropriate language. People think…

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    Krabat is a children’s novel published in the 1970s; Marco Kreuzpaintner Krabat’s director worked his hardest to modernize Krabat in order to make it more interesting and successful. In 2011 a movie was published under the original name Krabat. Instead of creating it for children, Krabat was anticipated more for adults especially those who read the book in their childhood. Krabat as a movie is very interesting, and exciting as it showed innovative ideas about black magic, friendship, and wicked…

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    This story “To kill a mockingbird” has been very interesting so far. These 7 chapters so far are very simple but interesting. Even though I don’t really know what is going to happen, or what the main idea is , I anticipate that this story might take several turns and have lots of situations in the story. I sense that there is going to be some excitement and lots of trouble in “To kill a mockingbird”. I can notice that perhaps there can be some depressing moments. Some ups and some downs, but…

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    Morihei Ueshiba

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    As a part of human nature, progress to success is key. The most beneficial thing for all people is to understand that they have to fall in order to get back up again. Someone who agrees with this is Morihei Ueshiba. Morihei Ueshiba was an inspirational martial arts instructor, and the founder of Aikido. He once said, “Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something." This quote shows in order to reach success there has to be mistakes and progress. Learning from mistakes makes…

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    Harry Potter-Action, Adventure, Fantasy, and so much more! Harry Potter is the type of book series that'll make your mind go wild with the plot twists, amazing characters, millions of pages to keep you on your toes, and much more! But why should it be added? Well here's why! Firstly, Harry Potter is a book series that makes you think more from imagining how they perform their spells to even how an action happened. Harry Potter is full of adventures, mysteries, action, and other genres that'll…

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    Many people have used fake names for a variety of reasons but one of the oldest reasons was a method used by authors to publish writing. A alternate name someone uses as an author is often called a “pen name”, an alias or a pseudonym. Authors use pen names so they can be published because for many possible reasons they wouldn’t be published under their own names. Many famous authors have used pen names because they wanted to be taken seriously or wanted to protect their name. For some people…

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    “Before I discovered the miracles of science, magic ruled the world.” (Kamkwamba 1). Magic took over the world that William Kamkwamba knew growing up in the early 2000’s in Malawi. He heard many stories from his father about magic and how it influenced his life. Magic was almost used in the way people use religion, to explain the supernatural of the everyday. In the very beginning of the book, William is given a bag of bubble gum, not knowing the bag had been stolen. After finding out the bag of…

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    Nomajs

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    Most moviegoers would expect the magical wizarding world of Harry Potter to come back to life in this new Rowling movie, yet this film takes a new twist. Fantastic Beasts takes place in New York City the 1920s. Newt Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne, arrives with a suitcase full of magical creatures, in pre-Depression New York City with the goal releasing a rare thunderbird back to its home in Arizona. The city he enters is filled with two worlds. One being the wizards and the other being the…

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    About Clare Balding

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    Clare Balding wiki, book, salary, weight loss, show and net worth Bio An award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author who currently anchors for the BBC programs are gorgeous Clare Balding. At present, she is working for the BBC Sport, BT Sport, Channel 4, and for BBC Radio 2 she presents the spiritual programme on Good Morning Sunday. She is honored with several accolades, she has won the RTS Presenter of the Year Award and BAFTA Special Award. Balding was born on 29 January 1971 with birth…

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    Dear J.K.Rowling, I’ve finally read your entire award winning series, Harry Potter and I’m left with a few questions, particularly about the 4th book “The Goblet Of Fire.” It would be great if you answered as these questions will help give me a deeper understanding of the book. Firstly I’d like to ask why you chose to make Cedric die? As I and a lot of other people loved him as a character and I’m sure many people would agree with me. I know you wanted to show that Voldemort was back, at…

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