This is a book is a true story about a really fast runner
who ends up serving as a pilot in WWII. On one mission his plane ends up
crashing in the ocean. After weeks in a raft that survives sharks and being
shot at, they are finally captured by the Japanese. The book recounts all of
this and then his stay in a POW camp. It’s a miracle that he even survived. It
really helped to show just how brutal the Japanese were towards their
prisoners. A great narrative about a
real hero of the Greatest Generation!
This is a book about the English language. It talks about
the origins of English and how it relates to other languages. It also talks
about how English is very good at adopting other words into its lexicon. It also
talks about how the use of Global English (English spoken by non-native
speakers) is on the rise and most likely to stay for a long time. If you are
into languages and how they work, I highly recommend this book. It presents the
stuff in a way that a person without a PhD can understand.
This was the only fiction book that I read over the summer.
I never had a chance to read this book in High School and I had always been
curious as to what it’s about. This book is about Holden Caulfield, a troubled
teenager who is on the verge of getting kicked out of school. It’s told from
his perspective. It ends up being about him wandering around town and drinking
at random bars. I thought it was okay, but really didn’t get the point of it. I
thought there was some secret meaning behind everything, but turns out that it’s
just about a rebellious teenager and the angst that goes along with it.
Essentially, a coming of age story. It’s probably worth your time just to say
that you have read this book.
First, this book was not written by Madonna. It was written
by a professor that I had at BYU. It’s about the status of women throughout the
world. It essentially makes the argument that a state’s “security” is highest
when that state’s women have a high status in society. This book helps to show
how women are treated throughout the world. The atrocities that happen to them
are unthinkable. I agree with its conclusion that most of the world’s problems
could be solved by treating women equally in status with men. Plus, I might be
partial, but the preface is pretty good too.
