Education, Disadvantage and Place: Making the Local Matter
Kirstin Kerr, Alan Dyson and Carlo Raffo
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In England, as in countries across the world, shrinking public funding, growing localism, and...
Le Silence de la mer (1949)
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Le Silence de la mer (English: The Silence of the Sea) is a 1949 film by Jean-Pierre Melville. It...
The Data Team(Tm) Procedure: A Systematic Approach to School Improvement
Kim Schildkamp and Maaike Smit
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This book describes the Data Team Procedure: a method for data-based decision making that can help...
The Metalworker's Workshop
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When Harold Hall was Editor of Model Engineer's Workshop magazine, he was surprised by how just so...
Liberty to the Captives: Our Call to Minister in a Captive World
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Liberty to the Captives is a book for any Christians who want to learn how to bring hope and...
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaotic Phenomena: An Introduction
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This book starts with a discussion of nonlinear ordinary differential equations, bifurcation theory...
The EU and Russia in Their Contested Neighbourhood: Multiple External Influences, Policy Transfer and Domestic Change
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The literature on the European Union influence's in its Eastern neighbourhood has tended to focus on...
Introduction to the Study of Liturgy
Albert Gerhards, Benedikt Kranemann and Linda M. Maloney
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Worship is at the heart of the Christian faith. This applies equally to all denominations. For that...
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Paper Towns in Books
Apr 9, 2019
Quentin is a senior in high school. Graduation is right around the corner and then he's off to Duke. When his next door neighbor, Margo knocks on his bedroom window late one night, he's reminded of a time when they were younger and used to truly be friends. Margo is extremely upset about the current status of her relationship with her boyfriend and is looking for someone to help her pull of the ultimate revenge. When Margo goes "missing" the next day, Quentin will stop at nothing to use her breadcrumbs and find her.
I decided to read this book for two reasons. Reason 1: It was coming on HBO and of course I had to read the book before I could watch the movie. Reason 2: I loved The Fault in Our Stars and when I enjoy a book by a particular author, I like to read everything they have written. Now I'm looking forward to watching the movie.
This whole book is based around a group of high school seniors who are out searching for their quirky friend, Margo. I liked the book because it was a quick easy read. It kept my attention throughout and I had to know how it was going to end. The book brought me back to my high school years(especially with my 20 year reunion coming up) with the references to poetry and prose I read during that time. During my 11th grade year we read a lot of poetry and classic literature. Interpreting poetry either as the author intended or by your own life experiences. Also this book made me thing about how far I would go to help someone else. Quentin and Margo are neighbors, but as time has gone on and their lives have changed, they aren't close friends, more like acquaintances. So when she disappears for yet another time, why does he feel it's his duty to be the one to find her?
This is a good YA book that may make some more interested in the poetry and classic literature featured in this and other John Green books.
Realistic Simulation of Financial Markets: Analyzing Market Behaviors by the Third Mode of Science: 2016
Hajime Kita, Kazuhisa Taniguchi and Yoshihiro Nakajima
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This book takes up unique agent-based approaches to solving problems related to stock and their...