Nicholas D. Kristof

Haven is a place in which a person can seek safety and be given a chance to start over. This story is about a young woman named Katie, who’s life has been changed by an abusive and egotistic ex-husband. This story is proudly named “Safe Haven” by Nicholas Sparks because Katie goes seeking a new place to start a new life, where she would be forever safe from her ex-husband. Throughout the story, Katie changes by learning to overcome being abused, adapting to a new environment, and developing…

The Bridge to Terabithia written by Katherine Patterson, won the Newbery Medal in 1987. This story was about a friendship between a boy named Jess and a girl named Leslie. In this story, they had an imaginary world they called Terabithia, and they were the queen and king.Their friendship was good, strong, and could not be broken. But one day, something tragic happens. Leslie dies and Jess has to use all his strength to recover from the tragic incident. This book deserved the Newbery award…

Love is a sacrifice within itself. In the Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks, Noah is a man from a small town who was given nothing and had to work for everything he wanted. Noah falls in love with a women named Allie who is from a very wealthy family and is often handed anything she could think of. The love is strong but not strong enough to break the bond of Allie and her parents. Allie’s parents try to split up Noah and Allie and they succeed. When Allie’s family moves, Noah and Allie lose all…

What do you truly believe in? This time-honored question is essentially taken into account in the vintage children’s picture story book, The Polar Express. The Polar Express is a hardcover children’s picture (which has been awarded with the Caldecott Medal) written and illustrated by the American illustrator and children’s book writer, Chris Van Allsburg, circa 1985. This rather serene and classical Christmas tale tailgates the abridged story of a young boy (whose name remains unidentified) who…

Nicholas experienced despite being raised in a palace a happy upbringing in the Romanov household. Educated by several tutors, Nicholas studied languages, history, sciences, horsemanship, shooting, and dancing. What he was not schooled in, unfortunately for Russia, was how to function as a monarch. Czar Alexander III, healthy and robust at six-foot-four, planned to rule for decades. At the age of nineteen, Nicholas joined an exclusive regiment of the Russian Army and also served in the horse…

There is a major and distinct difference between being an overseer and a leader. Both are based on supremacy, but an overseer demand obsequious behavior while a leader earn trust through understanding others. During Tsar Nicholas II reign; he was known for being the last Romanov leaders. Tsar’s government held totally power, along with the inability to rule over Russia. Tsar was dethroned and later executed with his family for his poor judgement and Russia being in chaos. Industrialism did not…

lead to the downfall of Tsarist Russia?  General information on this topic Nicholas II of Russia was the last emperor of Russia (1st November 1894 to 15th March 1917). His reign saw the dramatic fall of the imperial Russian empire. After the Febuary revolution of 1917 Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne. In 1918, Nicholas and his family were tragically executed by the Bolsheviks. The dramatic downfall of Tsar Nicholas was the ended the Romanov dynasty in Russia. It ended autocracy as a…

ended in the assassination of a terrible tyrant in 1918. Occurring nearly one hundred years ago, the Russian Czar Nicholas II, was killed by revolutionists after being held captive with his family for four months. He was dethroned by his people for ineffective military leadership, persecution of religious and political groups, and neglect to Russia’s people. The assassination of Czar Nicholas the II of Russia was just because he was a tyrannical ruler who often chose the worse possible scenarios…

Ever since I was a little girl I have had a strange obsession with the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II Romanov and his family. I was introduced to this story from the FOX animated movie, Anastasia. This was my all time favorite movie as a young child. I would sing and dance along with the movie as well as daydream that I was actually the lost princess…

The more the serfs saw and became educated the more they would question the monarchy. Serf emancipation started slowly before Alexander II. Nicholas I who ruled before Alexander II set the stage for Alexander II’s reforms by creating the framework in which a republic state could be developed (Hosking 266). Serf emancipation before Alexander II was slow but the movement was still happening. Count…