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Two Books by Avi

She goes anyway and is soon caught up in a mutiny (Avi). At first she sides with the captain, thinking hes a gentleman, then reali...

John C. Maxwell's Developing the Leaders Around You

In five pages Maxwell's book is reviewed. Two other sources are cited in the bibliography....

Where Do We Go from Here Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King Jr.

in his critical assessment of Where Do We Go From Here, "If you stand with the poor, if you experience their homes and their house...

Yuri Tanaka's Japan's Comfort Women

most perceptive reviews of the book is by Narrelle Morris; between his work and Tanakas own words we can examine the book critical...

Paul Kennedy's Preparing for the Twenty First Century

general. Kennedy does an admirable job of demonstrating how the population explosion that the world is currently experiencing is i...

Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi

The civil rights movement occupies the primary focus of this book review which consists of two and a half pages....

Waldo E. Martin Jr's Brown v. Board of Education A Brief History with Documents

related to this trial. He states, "Indeed the legal cases that have influenced the status of the African Americans historically ha...

SECOND-CLASS CITIZEN: AN ESSAY

the United Kingdom. Ultimately, though, she realized that maybe the way to get to England was through her husband. Furthermore, sh...

Amazon; Expansion and the Future of the Printed Book

This 3 page paper is written in two parts. The first part considers the potential of Amazon to expand into ore product lines. The ...

Comments on a Book for Ministers

This essay presents reflections and discussions about different sections of a book entitled "The Pastor As A Minor Poet" by M. Cra...

Bennett: "The Book of Virtues"

responsibility; friendship; work; courage; perseverance; honesty; loyalty; and faith" (Muehlenberg, 1999). Bennett uses a number o...

The Alchemist by Coehlo

kill him; but most of all he fears that he will not find his treasure-this might all be for nothing (Coehlo, 1995, p. 130). The A...

John Morton Blum's V Was for Victory Reviewed

the culture of the times. One way in which government and politics became involved in directing cultural mores was through ...

Avi's Don't You Know There is a War On?

The experiences recounted in this book, although fictional, have their basis in the deep emotional trauma which World War II wield...

Wright: "The Challenge of Jesus"

and lay persons; those he calls the "next generation of thinking Christians" (Wright). In order to reach these people, however, he...

Using Structure to Develop the Story in How to Make an American Quilt and The Color Purple

This 9 page paper describes the way in which two authors use structure to develop the ideas in their books. The works under consid...

Fine Arts/Washington State Standards

The book also explores drawing and painting techniques, as well as offering numerous examples of fine art. Fifteen lessons explo...

Women of Different Eras. Comparing Pride and Prejudice with Bridget Jones Diary

this, then, there are two very different interpretations of the movies effectiveness and its cinematography. And, yet, it achieved...

Howard Waitzkin's The Second Sickness

In five pages this paper presents an overview of The Second Sickness by Howard Waitzkin and discusses the various issues the autho...

The Forensic Casebook by N.E. Genge

This book review is on "The Forensic Casebook" by N.E. Genge. The writer first summarizes the book's contents and then discusses i...

Let's Do Theology by Laurie Green

This book review pertains to Laurie Green's "Let's Do Theology." The author's main argument is described, and a summation of the b...

"The Lonely, Good Company of Books," Richard Rodriguez

This essay pertains to Richard Rodriguez's view of reading and education as expressed in "The Lonely, Good Company of Books," whic...

Lucius in Apuleius' Golden Ass and St. Augustine

it is interesting to note that the heros first name is the same as both Apuleius himself, as well as the name of the author from w...

Book Reviews China's Growth

regular basis. One story is very nearly unbelievable. A young woman took her application to college tests and was informed that sh...

Satire in Books One, Two, and Four of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

In five pages this paper examines how Swift satirizes his functional changes in these books with a consideration of sociology and ...

Book Two of Essay on Human Understanding by John Locke

On five pages this report considers Locke's subdivision of human ideas into relations, modes, and substances within the context of...

A Review of Two Books on Poverty by Newman and Gans

And, about half of the working poor have no health benefits at all, they earn too much for Medicaid and they cannot possibly buy h...

Eldest Inheritance, Book Two by Christopher Paolini

that her father will never agree to the match due to Rorans diminished prospects. Roran decides to rebuild the farm, but it thwart...

Two Children's Books Compared

However, Berger also points out that it is society that forms us as individuals. "Man cannot exist apart from society" (3). Withou...

Adulthood as Reflected in Two Books Compared

In eight pages the similarities and differences of New Passages Mapping Your Life Across Time by Gail Sheehy and The Developing P...