Night is an excellent book. It is a very vivid and detailed account of the concentration camps during World War II. It is told through the eyes of a young man, Elie Wiesel. This book is extremely thought-provoking. In the book, Elie describes his fear and terror of being brought to a ghetto with hi...

Charles Kingsford-Smith was born in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton, Australia, on February 9, 1897, the youngest of seven children. He graduated from Sydney Technical College as an Electrical Engineer at age 16. When he was only 18, he joined up as a soldier in the First World War and later became ...

Finding a job in any field has become very competitive. In the broadcasting industry, the competition among applicants for a job has become even tougher. The broadcasting field has become one of the most competitive and cut-throat businesses for college students to get into. It is easy to think whe...

Stephen AmbroseStephen Ambrose, A.K.A. "Farm Boy", wasn't always an author and even in his peak only did it in his free time, yet he is considered the best historical author of the 20th century by many. Growing up on a farm in Wisconsin, Ambrose was hardly ever exposed to books or other literature....

Fifth Buisness Character Name Change WhatÕs in a Name? In Fifth Business, many of the characters change their names as their lives develop. Those who change their names are Paul Dempster, Percy Boyd Staunton, and Dunstable Ramsay. T...

Introduction Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. He was an important part of German history, but led one of the most well known massacres of the German country. In all, he killed about six million people of the Jewish community. He was insanely psychopathic, for he wanted a "perfect&q...

By late 1943 the Germans war efforts in Russia where looking more and more bleak. With a large number of German forces still entrenched in the Russian heartland problems that they faced where surmounting quickly. One would have to look back at 1942 to see the beginning of the difficulties the German...

Remembering and MemorializingA memorial is very important to most people and its purpose is to keep remembrances of a person or event. Another purpose of a memorial is to keep a person's identity for a loved one. Memorials are an important place for people to share memories, thoughts and tributes ...

Margaret Bourke-White never thought that she would become a famous photographer. In 1921, when Margaret was 17, she went to college to study herpetology (the study of snakes and reptiles). That same year her father died leaving her family with little money. To stay in college Margaret got a job taki...

Book ReviewI. Authors BackgroundStephen E. Ambrose was born in 1936. He grew up in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Ambrose has two brothers named Harry and Bill. Harry is two years older and Bill is two years younger. Ambrose's father was a navy doctor in the Pacific. His mother worked in a Pea Cannery....