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Brooks' "To Be in Love" - Biographical Connections

through his yes" (Brooks, 2003). These lines use metaphor to strongly suggest the intimacy and interpersonal warmth experienced wh...

Frederick II

and Frederick II never loved her or cared about her in the least. Frederick William I died at the end of May in 1740. At that tim...

The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer

was no rule of law in the country (Kidder, 2003). This is an example Farmers character. He would fight for the rights of the poor ...

Founders of Christianity and Islam

Son. Joseph was a carpenter in a small village. Nazareth was a farming village but it was also a hub for the market which made i...

Confessions Book I

African parents. His mother was Catholic and his father converted to Christianity in his later years. As a boy, Augustine studied ...

Religious Freedom Thanks to Rodger Williams

in large part because they wanted to be allowed to practice religion as they saw fit. Given that, its odd to note that the society...

Comparing Erasmus and Luther

monastic vows, at the age of 30, Erasmus journeyed to the University of Paris and studied theology, completing this course of stud...

Directing Films, Yearning for Broadway

of course is the task of all actors, but here, they have to do it in real time, in front of an audience. They have to be so far "i...

An Overview of Alfred Kinsey

- but his dominating persona was not very favorable to colleagues (though he could be friendly and helpful on certain occasions) (...

The First American by H.W. Brands Reviewed

all fire breathing radicals like Samuel Adams (Review of Brands, "The First American, 2004). And...

Stalinist Russia and Jewish Life

with jaw-breaking rolls? These were the difficulties growth. Someday soon, a new, modern just society would arise from the backwar...

Edward the Confessor's Life and Rule

days were spent enjoying hunting and pursuing other recreational activities (Edward the Confessor). He would feel more comfortabl...

Thomas Leonard's Interpretation of Fidel Castro

in the introduction, wanted nothing to do with Castro and as such did not desire to know anything about him that was normal or per...

The Mission of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life

This is a two part biography of the famed civil rights activist consisting of three pages with the theme of the first part applied...

A Sinbad's Guide to Life Review

turned off or the car repossessed, they might feel at least they are better off than this semi-famous actor/comedian. Sinbad is ...

General Patton A Soldier's Life by Stanley Hirshson

customs, habits, ethos, and lore of a particular profession, in this case, the military" (Blumenson, 2003). Blumenson objects to t...

Guerrillas Journeys in the Insurgent World by Jon Lee Anderson

as a reporter, his reputation, and his experience working all over the globe that he brings to his account of the world of guerril...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

The Forest People by Turnbull

The author writes, chapter by chapter, about the lifestyle of the Pygmies and how they get along in the world with others. He begi...

An Analysis of Moore's Short Story, How to Become a Writer

paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...

Andre Young and 'Dr. Dre's' Musical Success

Eazy went on to form NWA with Ice Cube and Dre and they released an album in 1987 (Erlewine). The rest, as they say is history. Of...

Graphic Artist Milton Glaser

Arts ("Milton Glaser," 2005). He would for the most part get his education in New York, but his stint in Italy likely broadened hi...

Yoko Ono, Artist

the likes of John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns (Wiener, 1998). In 1961, Yoko returned to Japan with Cage in order ...

Industrialist and Movie Tycoon Howard Hughes

Jean Harlow and Katherine Hepburn), his OCD would dominate his life. Hughes lived his final decade of life as a social recluse, a...

Thinking Big with Dr. Ben Carson

with her poor education, she could barely read what they had written (B.S. Carson, MD, 2005). Thanks to all the outside reading h...

Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehy

it is always Hillary. Advisors had warned that candidates should start to choose someone else because Hillary is just too popular....

The Minute Waltz by Frederic Chopin

grief for his homeland in the Revolutionary Etude (Machlis 82). Chopin arrived in Paris in 1831 and the majority of his musical c...

Gates How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews

as they did writing about Gates (Blankenborn, 1993; Manes and Andrews, 1993). Despite the focus mainly on Gates years with Micros...

Lewis Mumford, A Life by Donald Miller

gave the commencement speech at his daughters graduation from Radcliffe, he concisely summed up the essence of what he found to be...

Overview of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

illustrating that Equianos people did not indulge in child labor - when two men and a woman came over their walls. Equiano and hi...