Book Review Essays and Term Papers
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Historical Book Review - Amvialent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 (new York: Cambridge University Press, 1987)
Adam Lowe HTST 365 Historical Book Review Inga Clendinnen, Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987) Inga Clendinnen has written an engrossing historical narrative that not only presents a genuine depiction of the events for which the book is named, but serves as an exploration of the diverse array of motivations that drove these events to fruition. Like any good historical investigation, the book attempts to give both
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The Underdogs: Book Review
Jake Mozena HST 368-001 Dr. Mehl March 25, 2015 The Underdogs: Book Review This novel, more than others, can easily be placed within the social timeline of the Mexican Revolution. The author Mariano Azuela, was a rather educated man that grew up on a small farm with his father. He practiced medicine and after receiving his masters went to work in his field of study, but because of his humble beginnings, Azuela preferred to doctor
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Dire Predictions Book Review
Dire Predictions: Understanding global warming. The Illustrated Guide to the Findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump. 2008. DK Publishing, Inc., New York. 208pp. $25.00. (ISBN: 978-0-1360-4435-2) Greenhouse gas emission and its impact on global warming is a phenomenal topic, and I am privileged to have read this informative book on global warming. The title of this book sounds gloomy, but between its covers lie details that
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Washington Brotherhood Book Review
Washington Brotherhood Book Review Historiography often takes the approach of focusing on the issues of slavery, political tension, and sectionalism when discussing Washington during the antebellum time period. To add to the subject Rachel A. Shelden put together a study of the personal relationships and the culture of politics in Washington during the years surrounding the Civil War. Thorough research educates readers how life outside the political walls of the Senate and House of Representatives
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Men in the Sun - Book Review
May Makki March 24th, 2015 PSPA 219 Men in the Sun Book Review One of the most prominent Palestinian literatures that illustrated the evolution of the Palestinian discourse before and after the defeat of 1967 is Ghassan Kanafani’s literature. Kanafani is a Palestinian leftist writer, who was also active politically, for he joined the Movement of Nationalist Arabs and then the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) when it was formed, only to
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A Book Review "the Call of the Wild"
A book review The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild is a third-person novel by the famous American writer, Jack London. Set in Klondike, it is the portrayal of a hard life of a capricious, noble and strong-willed hero on four paws. The book immerses the reader into the world of severe cold and wild morals. This is not just "another story about a dog". This is the story of those who
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Lies My Teacher Told Me Book Review
Renteria Izenet Renteria 28 April 2016 Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. New York: The New Press, 2007. From everything we were taught on history in high school, have you ever wondered if the books students read were telling the truth? The book Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen enlightens some of American history. Loewen makes a case on how the history textbooks
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Catch Me by Lisa Gardner Book Review
Catch me By Lisa Gardner If you knew the exact date and time of your death, what would you do? “Everyone has to die sometime. Be brave.”… Catch me by Lisa Gardner is set in the beautiful city of Canada. Charlie Grant a dispatch office whose been breathing the Canadian air for 14 years is finally going to be murdered. For half of her life she’s been on the run, running from her psychotic abusive
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Book Review, Billiards at Half Past Nine
Taylor Justin Taylor HIST-3950-003 Prof. Fritz 9/29/2017 Book Review: Billiards at Half Past Nine The first half of the twentieth century was one of the most violent and chaotic times in European History, if not in world History. For those who were survivors, or of the post-war generation, it was a nearly insurmountable challenge to build a new, Democratic society on top of the ashes of society that was left behind by the Nazis; the
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P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern - Book Review
"P.S. I love you" is the first novel written by Irish writer Cecelia Ahern, published in 2004 and recognized as a world bestseller. If you read books about love with ecstasy, this book will tell you how love can be stronger than death. After losing her husband, Holly Kennedy falls into despair and stops communicating with people. Everything changes one day when she found a box with letters addressed to her that are needed to
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Queenie’s Sospice Book Review
Harold is nearing Queenie’s hospice. He realizes that his walk has helped him to confront some problems but they are not solved as such. The most important one of these issues concerns his son. It turns out that David committed suicide and was found hanging by Harold in their shed; Harold’s life since that day has been one of self-reproach and constant mourning. This is the reason why his relationship with Maureen broke apart, as
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1984 by Eric Arthur Blair Book Review
Laurence Zhao April 7, 2019 1984, a book written by Eric Arthur Blair, also known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. He wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is best known for the novella Animal Farm and the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Winston Smith is a member of the ruling Party in London. He is monitored by the party everywhere at any time. The Big
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A Book Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
A Book Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone I have read the Harry Potter series of books during this semester, which by British author J.K.Rowling. These books are very popular among teenagers around the world, among everyone knows these books. The first book reached the top of the New York Times list of the best selling fiction in the August 1999 and stayed for two years. It has been translated into several other
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A Book Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
A Book Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone I have read the Harry Potter series of books during this semester, which by British author J.K.Rowling. These books are very popular among teenagers around the world, among everyone knows these books. The first book reached the top of the New York Times list of the best selling fiction in the August 1999 and stayed for two years. It has been translated into several other
Rating:Essay Length: 977 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: May 27, 2019 -
Book Report and Review for Flowers in the Attic
Have you ever imagined living locked up in an attic for 3 years and 5 months? Have you ever imagined not growing up with your mother's care and love at the time you were 5? Flowers in the Attic is one of the more original series written by V.C. Andrews of the Dollanganger series. It is one of the best books I've read because it's depressing and dark yet heart-touching. In this book report,
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Review of Joel Spring Book
There are many similarities within the Mexican and Indian1 experiences of schools and education policy in what is now referred to as America. However, thematically, these similarities represent the larger scope of Anglo attitudes and policies that characterize the educational “missions” applied to most dominated groups in the United States. Most notably is the emphasis of addressing perceived language deficiencies and implementing language education programs. Secondly, is the staunch attempts at deculturalization for both groups.
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How to Review a Book
How to Review A Book Book reviews are designed to give readers a birds-eye view of a book, and to help the reader determine if they want to read the book. As a reviewer, you are the authority because you have read the book, and you are giving your professional opinions. For this project, your audience is not the teacher but the student body of your school. As you write your review, write it with
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Conformity Is a Four-Letter Word, Ralph Waldo Emerson Review
Conformity is a four-letter word "Conformity" is a dirty word to Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the death of the individual, he says, the enemy of originality. Indeed, the development of the individual self is one side of the human experience. But to reject conformity offhand is to forfeit the other side of that experience – the individual's participation in the community. Self-awareness may be a uniquely human faculty among all of Earth's animals, but
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Why Read the Books
It has now become clear that Italo Calvino will prove to be one of this century's major writers. In recent years, his work has been established alongside such pan-European thinkers as Barthes and Eco, particularly in the sense that his interests are polymathic. Calvino is an essayist, a literary theorist, a writer of fiction and, to a large extent, a visionary. Paradoxically, much of the modernity he has explored in his narratives has its roots
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In Search of Excellence: Review
In Search of Excellence is a book dealing with many different principles of economics and what makes big business' excellent. The first idea that Peters discusses is his chart of the McKinsey 7-S Framework. The graph is very simple but the ideas are fairly complex. In their research, they found that their philosophies were too hard to explain and easily forgettable. They made this Framework to deal with strategy, structure, style, systems, staff (people),
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Diversity in the Workplace: A Literature Review
Diversity in the Workplace In today's society, cultural diversity is at the highest point it has ever been. As companies are becoming more diverse, it is becoming more important for them to understand and manage that diversity. People of different backgrounds, races, ages, sex, and/or religions create a diverse workforce. There is an importance of having a diverse workforce in order to provide better performance overall. With a diverse workforce, there arises a need for
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Short Review on Snow Falling on Cedars
Evocative and extremely well written, this book lets the mind soar throughout all different types of drama. The fictional world the write has created is so realistic that the atmosphere is unmistakably recognized. Including history and romance, this incredibly written book satisfies the reader in ways no book can. The primary pleasure of the book is David Guterson's interpretation of the diverse characters and the beautiful places. Set on an island in the straits north
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The Tempest, Critical Review
Prospero's Plottings After years of writing plays of history, tragedy, grand comedy and dramatic romance, William Shakespeare emerged from his darker writing of the past into the lighter, more peaceful style of his play "The Tempest." This was Shakespeare's last complete play, and, just as he bid farewell to the art he had so mastered, his principal character Prospero departs from his artful magic on the island he omnisciently controls. While Prospero's early actions against
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History the Wepon Review
History the Weapon By Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. The article "History The Weapon" can be described as being similar to the game "Telephone", in which a phrase/message becomes completely misrepresented as it passes from person to person over a period of time. History, according to the article, is subject to the influences of the historian. It describes many examples of how history can be interpreted so differently depending upon how the recollection benefits specific goals
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Colonial America Book Notes
Colonial America BookNotes John Putnam Demos (1937-) A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony NY: Oxford UP, 1970. xvi + 201 p. Ill.: 15 photos (btw. 108-09). Appendix: demographic tables (191-94). Bibliographical footnotes, index (195-201). ISBN: 0195128907 (1999 ed.) Thesis: "A familie is a little Church, and a little commonwealth, at least a lively representation thereof, whereby triall may be made of such as are fit for any place of authoritie, or of subjection
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