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…things: early speculative or science fiction, a story of adventure, a rite of passage, a mystery tale, or a powerful warning against war in this world of ours so crammed with weapons of mass destruction. The author, Stephen Vincent Benet, has done…

…. I chose to do this report because the Cubs have always been a sparkle in my eye, and knowing that Ernie Banks is a monumental Cub, he seemed as good a prospect as any. I have wanted to learn about the Cubs previous adventures, to relate…

…’t caught anything for so long. So on the 85th day Santiago decides to go much farther than he has ever gone before, and in doing that he catches an 18-foot marlin, and that is when the adventure begins. In this book Santiago demonstrates the best…

…to Asia, not a “New World.” Within a few years though, adventurous nobles and mercenaries began to explore large portions of what became “Spanish America” with the hope of gaining a fortune and establishing themselves as powerful and independent. As early…

…in the battle, but later made a surprise reappearance in 1903's The Adventure of the Empty House. Extra credit: Real-life criminal Adam Worth (1844-1902) is sometimes cited as the inspiration for Moriarty... Moriarty was played by Laurence Olivier in the 1976…

…adventure, where he is away from the oppressive claws of society. As readers, we are impressed with this fourteen-year-old boy's ability to sense the injustice of slavery, even though he can't seem to fully conceive that society could be wrong about such a thing…

…and a machine that the hobbyist could build from a kit. 2000 adventurous readers sent in their orders (sight unseen) for a kit that cost $439. The Altair had no keyboard or monitor and no available software and was programmed by switches on the front panel. Apple…

…it would be also adventurous if we experienced many lives. The physical body in Hinduism is not of any real importance similarly to Christianity where the physical body is merely a shell for the soul. The real importance lies with the Self and the soul. Both…

…most about the movie is all the adventures that Odysseus got into. He was always killing something or meeting attractive women. Odysseus is my kind of cool guy. And plus he killed like 40 people just for trying to get with his woman. That’s just to cool…

…. Nausikaa is characterized by what she does. In the opening scene where The "people of the sea," the Phaiakians, live on Skheria island (Skheria is where Odysseus ends up after his final shipwreck and where he tells the story of all his adventures), which…