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I have found that Caryan Lix's style is brief to the point of bare bones, often simply telling us what goes on in plain, unornamented prose without a nod for atmosphere. While this does make for a fast pace and makes the book very readable, at the same time, it often cheapens a lot of the more social concerns and likely contributed to Kenzie being slightly more self-obsessed than Lix possibly intended.

One of the most interesting things about Sanctuary, is that it explores its dystopian setting with reference to a protagonist who's quite naïve. While Kenzie’s company loyalty is understandable given the intensively her “patriotic” upbringing, at the same time, her smug claims about being a corporate citizen rather than a government citizen yet her total lack of concern for the unfairness of the world she lived in.

Kenzie, the main character, is a citizen of Omnistellar Concepts, the most powerful corporation in the solar system, Kenzie has trained her entire life for one goalto become an elite guard on Sanctuary, Omnistellar's space prison for superpowered teens too dangerous for Earth. As a junior guard, she's excited to prove herself to her company--and that means sacrificing anything that won't propel her forward.

The adventure continues. The relationship between master and apprentice developed on Bothe sides. However I do notice the difference between now ad when Barris betrays the Jedi and Anakin has to fight her to put her in custody. Although her reasons for leaving are mentioned in the book. I can't help but realize that they are the very same reasons why Anakin turned to the dark side.

The Approaching Storm is the Star Wars Legends prologue novel to the prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones. It gives a basic outline of what led up to the events of Attack of the Clones. The story also shows the relationship between a master and an apprentice. It details a very important aspect in both Star Wars and in real life. Similar to the relationship between teacher and student.

With the crisis escalating, Valorum calls for an emergency trade summit. As Humans and aliens gather, conspiracies sealed with large sums of money run rampant, and no one is entirely above suspicion. The Trade Federation who have entered into a shadowy alliance with a dark overlord. While the trio will be content with more money and fewer problems, Darth Sidious has grander, far more terrifying plans.

Currently, Captain Cole, a mercenary hired by a man named Havoc, is on a mission to assonate the chancellor of the republic, Chancellor Valorum. He is preparing a team off specialist to do the job. When the Jedi are lured to a trap to drivers them away from the summit on Eriadu. Which is where a debate on the taxation of the free trade zones in the outer-rim is held and where the assassination will take place.

This book is very interesting. It is spilt into little stories that Hassun the future Coronal. Since Majipoor's overall structure of Majipoor's government is a non-hereditary dual monarchy supported by a complex semi-feudal system of lords, counts, dukes, and so on. And he takes a deep dive into Majipoor's history by liking mind with many famous people in Majipoor's history and reliving certain important advents.

Coriolanus Snow was a tyrannical president of Panem. However, this book is set in his youth. He was known by the nickname Coryo, originally given to him by Tigris (His cousin). He attended the Academy in the the Capitol, where he mentored the winning tribute of the 10th Hunger Games, Lucy Gray. He then became a Peacekeeper for cheating. He later moved on to advanced military studies at the University in the capital.

Katniss and Peeta's unprecedented co-victory in the 74th Hunger Games stirs an uprising. President Snow visits Katniss to threaten the lives of everyone she knows and holds dear if she doesn't do all she can to toe the line and quell the unrest.

I finished! This is a basic account of the end:

One week earlier, his house in the East Elmhurst section of Queens had been firebombed in the middle of the night. Malcolm X exhorted them to "be cool" as his bodyguards focused on the scuffle, clearing the path for a man to pull out a shotgun and blast the unprotected speaker in the chest, knocking him backward.

This section of the book was written by his editor.

This is a little summary I wrote about what I have learned so far:

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 and was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment. Leading to his belief that blacks should have an isolated part of the us.

His spilt from Mr. Elijah Mohamed and his outrage for the Muslim nation would lead to conflict between someone he had admired, respected and followed throughout his rehabilitation. He would still stick by his Muslim teachings till his death.

In jail this when Malcolm discovered the dimension of books. He is lost reading for hours at night in 58-minute intervals. Using the light in hallway to read and hoping into bed when the guard coming close. This habit would land him in glasses. Which became something that he would carry his whole life.

Malcolm is in a bad position, jailed, freed and then expelled from for the Muslim nation like his brother, by Mr. Elijah Mohamed himself. They traded letter for weeks. And seeing the gradual growth of Malcom’s vocabulary through copying the dictionary and word for word, a page every day, sometimes two whole pages.

I am currently reading the part when one of his friends talks about talks about his first meeting with Malcolm X. It took place in March 1963 in the Muslim restaurant of Temple Number Seven on Lenox Avenue. He had been assigned by The New York Times to investigate the growing pressures within the Black community.

Cell reproduction is the process by which cells divide to form new cells. Each time a cell divides, it makes a copy of all of its chromosomes. A chromosome consists of two halves, these halves are divided in their center by a centromere.

In addition, chromosomes are part of a homologous pair. One homolouge is inherited from the mother while the other is inherited from the father.

Discover Thrawn's origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the second book in an epic new Star Wars trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn. Beyond the edge of the galaxy lie the Unknown Regions. Chaotic. Uncharted. Impassable. They possess hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. Nestled within their swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them.

Darth Sidious, the Sith alter-ego of the authoritarian politician Palpatine, would later use have recovered samples of C'baoth's DNA as the template for the insane clone named Joruus C'baoth. That clone became the guardian of Emperor Palpatine's private treasury, and later worked with Grand Admiral Thrawn during his campaign against the New Republic.

Dualistic religions espouse the existence of two opposing powers good and evil. Keep in mind this was 500 years ago. Unlike monotheism, dualism believes that evil is an independent power, neither created by the good God, nor subordinate to it. Dualism explains that the entire universe is a battleground between these two forces, and that everything that happens in the world is part of the struggle.

Dualistic religions espouse the existence of two opposing powers good and evil. Keep in mind this was 500 years ago. Unlike monotheism, dualism believes that evil is an independent power, neither created by the good God, nor subordinate to it. Dualism explains that the entire universe is a battleground between these two forces, and that everything that happens in the world is part of the struggle.