Mitch, author of the story, went to Brandeis University. This is where he met his favorite professor of all time Morrie Schwartz. Fifteen years after Mitch had graduated Morrie was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and he was going to die. Mitch, on the other hand had started his life. He got a job...
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Lieutenant Philip Caputo was just a young boy from Westchester, Illinois when he joined the marines. Philip was sick of the safe, suburban existence. He also joined the marines partly from the patriotic tide of the Kennedy era. Caputo joined the Marines in 1960. By the time he fulfilled his 3-year term, 24-year-old lieutenant...
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“Mr. Smith, would you like to escape?” 5 men are being held captive in Virginia during the Civil War when one of these men, a sailor by the name of Pencroff, asks Cyrus Smith, the engineer, this question. Cyrus, Pencroff, a reporter named Gideon Spilett, Cyrus’s previous slave, Neb, Harbert Brown,...
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Picture this, you are a young man, your mother is a cocaine addict, your father is nowhere to be found, and you have multiple brothers and sisters, and to top it off your homeless. This is a young Michael Oher’s scary reality. Until one fateful day, Michael gets the chance of his life. He...
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In the early 1930s, author Ernest K. Gann went to flight school to become an airmail pilot. Soon qualified to fly the mail, he began an epic journey that would take him around the world. He was teamed with many great pilots, men like Ross, Hughen and McCabe. They gave him some of the...
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“They heard the awful slap of bullets into flesh and heard the screams and saw the insides of men’s bodies spill out and watched the gray blank pallor rise in the faces of their friends, and the best of the men fought back despair” – Mark Bowden Black Hawk Down Black Hawk Down is...
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Bethany Hamilton, played by AnnaSophia Robb, lives a dream life with her family on the beach, surfing daily with her best friend, Alana, and competing in surfing competitions. Everything appears to be perfect until a tragic event turns her life upside-down. One seemingly regular day transforms into a day she will never forget. While...
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Jean Louise Finch is only nine years old but acts and thinks twice her age. Her twelve-year-old brother Jem is her best friend and companion in the hard years of the 1930s. Scout is Jean Louise’s nickname and is always called that. Their mother died when Scout was young and she has always been different...
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Imagine yourself, m16 or m4 carbine rifle at hand, sweat pouring down the back of your neck onto your BDU, lying on a pile of rubble and dirt to escape the weight of your gear. Through all this chaos, guns firing, people screaming, smoke and ash filling the air, you have your sights...
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Aron Ralston, an adventurous college graduate, is a dedicated outdoorsman and loves to travel. Traveling from state to state to climb different mountains, Aron has experienced it all. Avalanches, cliffhangers, and extreme desert heat are on a daily basis for Aron. Aron carried on his passion for the outdoors because of his families same,...
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