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REVIEW OF DISTRIBUTION TUTORIAL (KNOWTHIS.COM)

or objective, information that is useful to the end user, the appropriate software, proper catagories and logical, well-organized ...

Mattheissen: “The Snow Leopard”

been a scruffy collection of shabby hirelings and rich macho playboys who were footing the bill" (Hoaglund). Schaller is someone q...

Seaver: “Wallington’s World”

him apart from other artisans; his extreme sensitivity and intensive, relentless introspective self-examination also seems unusual...

Iris Vinton: “The Story of Robert E. Lee”

of Northern Virginia, and finally to the last years after the Civil War (Vinton, 1952). Young readers who want a brief, simply wri...

Cronkite on Mood Disorders

difficulty in viewing the behavior of people who suffer from mental disorder, such as bipolar, in terms of illness. Susan Crosby, ...

The Rise and Fall of Youngstown, Ohio

families to the towns, and their offspring would end up working for the factory too. While those in large cities who work in white...

Principles in Aurelius' The Meditations

fate, so sometimes it is hard to resign to a certain outcome. At the same time, there is the serenity prayer used in modern times ...

Book Report on William Manchester’s The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 (Vol. 1)

with seemingly no end in sight. With businesses continuing to fail at record levels and unemployment rates at an all-time high, i...

The Drug Economy of Peru

the network also includes those who may never come in contact with the drugs, such as pilots, lawyers and bankers and others who m...

Roland Bathes and S/Z

the reader is the consumer. A writerly text is at the other end of this spectrum, as in these texts the reader is also a co-produc...

Review of Two Graphic Design Articles

can be important in the way that the graphic design is perceived. Variety can be used to add interest and keep a design lively as ...

“Interpreter of Maladies” and “The Woman Warrior”

the U.S. Maxine Hong Kingston was born in the U.S.; her parents emigrated from Hong Kong. But even though she is American, the pul...

CASE STUDY REVIEW: CLASSIC AIRLINES

must still beef up its reward program with a demonstrable return on investment. This involves better customer targeting. T...

Review of Thomas á Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ

first published anonymously in 1418, and has become the most widely read Christian text with the lone exception of the Bible. Sub...

REPORT: ENCOURAGING THE HEART

but love, as in chemistry. The authors pointed out that, in an interview with former CEO and venture capitalist Irwin Federman, Fe...

Summary and Outline: Childhood Development

jungle (Berk, 2008). This chapter concentrates on the physical development of the child through this stage of growth. Berk not...

Conflict Management - Hypothetical Case Study

also learned that Paul typically reacted negatively to anyone who questioned him. Julie investigated further to gain insight int...

Harford: “The Undercover Economist”

but sometimes works in unpredictable ways. Harford also uses Starbucks to explain why location is so important in real estate and...

Hunter's "Race, Gender, And The Politics Of Skin Tone" - Methodological Review

part of Hunters (2005) methodology, it serves to illustrate the point each author is making about extracting data based upon a mor...

Going Solo by Roald Dahl

flying in WWII and I must say that was a great adventure, although frightening and dangerous too. I am also, I believe,...

Kelley: “Race Rebels”

looking at things from way, way below. Kelley says that he "came to history because of politics" (Let the dreamer awake: Talking ...

The Social Animal

obvious (Aronson). But they did: approximately 75% of those tested gave the wrong answer (Aronson). This experiment, which was re...

Shiloh by Shelby Foote

other side. He had claimed "Id fight them if they were a million" (Foote 25). For the most part this section deals with Metcalfes ...

Summary and Review of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed

for contemporary social issues has been reflected in her thirteen books. In 2001, her text Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By ...

Review of How Good People Make Tough Choices by Rushworth M. Kidder

dilemma paradigms, describes various types of approaches to arrive at resolution, and discusses the true value of having a strong ...

Quadagno: "One Nation, Uninsured"

believed were Communist inspired (Quadagno, 2005). The Communists established the Comintern, an organization dedicated to worldwid...

"Sorrow Of War," "Perfume Dreams" And "In Country" - Review

one can readily argue how the expectations of such a first-hand experience lend themselves to the overlapping of uncontrolled chao...

Harris: Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches

"How can we ever hope to understand people so different from ourselves?" (Harris, 1989, p. 11). The answer, of course, is that t...

King Philip II of Spain

the Spanish Inquisition were used to eliminate resistance to Philips policy of centralizing power under an absolute monarchy" (Phi...

Depression And Diabetes: Article Reviews

2001. Primary focus was placed upon newly-diagnosed patients at least twenty-one years of age. That they had depression was dete...