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Anonymous
Posted February 2, 2006
How to Make Winston Churchill Accessible to All
Gretchen Rubin has the merit to make the complex personality of Winston Churchill accessible to a wide audience. Rubin is very good at reducing a mass of information and data about her tragic hero to the key talking points about a wide range of topics relevant to the life of Churchill. Some biographies about Churchill can intimidate many readers because of their size and/or complexity. Rubin, a lawyer by training, plays the devil¿s advocate in some chapters by arguing both sides of an issue without taking side. Some readers, understandably, would have preferred that Rubin took a clear stance in these chapters. Although Rubin deeply admires Churchill, she ultimately passes the test of impartiality by acknowledging his most egregious shortcomings.
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Anonymous
Posted September 23, 2012
The long life. Chapter 3. Read and rate plz!
Chapter 3: Karatepaw awoke to nothing. He walked outside and noticed no scent markers. "They must have moved camps." He said. Then saw a marking in a tree stump that read. 'Wind and fire.' He walked there and saw the new camp. It was so much bigger than the last one. This one had sunningstones and many other things. He trained with blacktail then after that. Something happened. He heard an explosion and then saw at the med cat den. The med cat was dead. The den was destroyed. "What happened!" Mistystar asked. Murmering came from the wariors and he picked up a snicker from out in the woods. The warriors and me went to go see. He sniffed the air and picked up a killer scent. Twoleg with dynamite and a dog. The warriors went looking for it. "Oh my god. Im not risking my life." He said going back to where the apprentices were. He was talking and ravenpaw (srry i forgot to mention the ceremony. :P) said. "No. This is absoloutly horrible. We must never go to where the warriors are unless we are one of them. Im not taking ANY chances here." She said. We all agreed and then a voice spoke from out in the woods. "Weve killed him! The twoleg has fallen!"||||| end of chapter. Chapter four will be in the 5th result. I will make it as soon as i can. Plz rate this chapter!
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