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Karen Armstrong's Buddha

happy married life. However, Siddhartha Gotama started to question what he observed in the world. At the time, it was accepted tha...

King Leo's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

his rights to the Congo--his personal rights. The region only became known as the Belgian Congo and was ruled by the Belgian gover...

1776 by McCullough

sense of completion after each portion. Further, the chapters do flow well into one another within the distinct parts. The book a...

Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison

However, this influence is seldom acknowledged by critics, who "see no excitement or meaning to the tropes of darkness, sexuality ...

Henry Petroski's 'Small Things Considered'

different ways. Another, even more important point is that good design isnt perfect design; indeed, there is no such thing as perf...

A Review of Spiderwoman's Granddaughters

usually considered a teacher, or guide. The point is that the stories in this book use a great deal of symbolism, perhaps because...

Henry James's 19th Century Critique of John S. Sargent's 'Lady with the Rose' Painting

lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...

Books on the Mind Annotations

shirt while the other hand unbuttons it. The last section of the book deals with speculation about future discoveries relative to ...

Cultural Dimension of International Business by Gary Ferraro

business. The topic of cultural competence is rather overwhelming as there are thousands of cultures throughout the world. Ferraro...

David Blight: Race and Reunion

a portrait of a gracious and elegant way of life populated by generous masters and happy "darkies" one of whom, Big Sam, even risk...

Summary and Review of 'A Gift of Hope'

second section called Survival Strategies, contains 5 parts and seems to be the meat of this book. The first part is entitled Pres...

Second Reconstruction and Southern Politics According to Numan Bartley and Hugh Graham

in the South following World War II. This section of the book describes the "one party politics" of the region, a time when Repub...

Review of the Text Managing Finance for Quality

helped to who how TQM could be used in terms of accounting price in order to increase value in a firm and increase the profit or t...

Fantasia

was brutal and racist, and it "alienated the vast majority of Algerians" (French colonization, 2002). The French attempted to "acc...

Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? by Louis Gerstner

Gerstner identified four immediate concerns: Should he break IBM "into many freestanding businesses?" (Duncan). How should he "cha...

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

of the tension between the two boys is the fact that Amir, who is "quiet, bookish," is jealous of the attention that his father gi...

Story of the Little Big Horn by Col. W.A. Graham

In 1874, according to Graham, Custer was sent into the Black Hills for exploratory purposes, which "naturally" aroused anger among...

Women Guarding Men by Lynn E. Zimmer

One of the most difficult tasks involved in data collection came from trying to obtain permission to interview male inmates. Howev...

Jacques Maritain's 'The Dream of Descartes'

chooses to present. In the following we note one particular focus as it pertains to divine knowledge. Maritain states that, "divin...

A Review of Galileo's Daughter

all previous centuries" (Sobel PG). Based upon one hundred and twenty-four remaining authentic letters that Maria Celeste wrote t...

Cross My Heart

A 5 page review of the book by Maureen McCarthy. The focus is the character Michelle and the essay is presented in the form of a ...

Stephen Jay Gould Panda's Thumb

socially constructed food choices-and the availability of manufacturing plants, the creation of new food products and marketing-th...

Literature Overview on Medical Errors

Mistakes are sometimes made in transcribing data, or at the level of the practical or registered nurse. If patient data is not app...

Oakes's Becoming Good American Schools

tradition, particularly the tension between the very powerful concept of and drive for individualism and the ideals of civic virtu...

A Review of Masks in Modern Drama

depravity of which he is capable. The satiric mask isolates a characteristic, distorts or enlarges it, and freezes it permanently....

Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun and Canada

his story in addition to it being a book about recommendations in respect to societal violence as a whole. The author begins with...

A Review of Genetic Turning Points The Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention

embryo warrant more respect and care than mere tissue. The embryo is potentially associated with a human person in the future" (Pe...

Sanford Levinson's 'Written in Stone'

Soviet Union, examining Russia today. The program focused on how the people now have freedom, but dont quite know where to stop th...

A Review of The Peculiar Institution

many planters, and at least somewhat profitable for many others, a reality not truly experienced in any other institution at the t...

Robert F. Kennedy's 'Thirteen Days'

This paper consists of 14 pages and provides both a book review and a glimpse into the Cuban Missile Crisis as seen through the ey...