Essays 931 - 960
This essay pertains to Richard Rodriguez's view of reading and education as expressed in "The Lonely, Good Company of Books," whic...
This book review is on "The Century of the Detective," a classic text by Jurgen Thorwald. The writer presents an overall view of t...
This book review is on Viv Grigg's Cry of the Urban Poor, which relates the author's experiences living and ministering to the urb...
This book review pertain to Ronald Sider's The Scandal of Evangelical Conscience, which discusses the discrepancies between belief...
forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...
Captain and time as an instructor and dean of faculty at West Point Military Academy. "Founding Brothers" is just one of seven hi...
and experts alike will find this book useful. It is mostly geared, however, to the user not to the computer repair technician but...
in eight categories: ordinary people; home front; heroes; women in uniform and out; shame; love, marriage and commitment; famous p...
all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...
a distinct segment of the society. In US history, anyone with even a drop of African blood was considered culturally to be "black"...
and that He should have in todays world. unfortunately, that statement made in 1950 is even more true today, more than 50 years la...
words of major scholars and theologians from the past and present to explain ideas. There is another statement the author makes ...
the offices of the Supreme Court. He was, however, just one more convicted criminal in a long list of criminals that was pleading...
regular basis. One story is very nearly unbelievable. A young woman took her application to college tests and was informed that sh...
chapters in the first two sections and eight in the final section of the book. The first section covers ministers and church leade...
is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...
their buildings. They fear that students will imitate some of the things in the book. At least, whenever a violent incident happen...
not change. The authors provide lessons and examples throughout the book, making it easy for the reader to understand, even reader...
patents, copyrights and human capital. The intangible assets are difficult to assess and are rarely included in any accounts, so a...
This was the condition of slavery for women. They were often seen as breeding machines that were good for little more than produci...
values the ideals that shaped his upbringing. He states plainly that his distaste for James has nothing to do with his lack of we...
that not only are the documents logically from a particular time period, but they are evaluated in the context of history. Thus, i...
hundred years of managed care Zieman steps backward in chapter 2 and offers a discussion of the history of prepaid health plans i...
his father did not approve (Maier, 1986). The article does not mention his relationship with individual family members beyond this...
important issues about racism and oppression for black Americans. It is difficult to argue with many of his premises because hist...
of nineteenth century author Jules Verne (1828-1905) helped to create the foundation of the modern science fiction genre. The fert...
adds to their insecurity; when someone is tempted to do this, according to authors, they should pause and think about it ("Negativ...
been removed. Likewise, one may look at a culture, seeing only the outward manifestations, but without removing barriers it is imp...
This essay is a book review that pertains to David McGrinn's God, Why Was I Born Gay? Biology, the Bible and the Homosexual Debate...
This book review is on Women's Voice on Africa: A Century of Travel Writing, which is edited by Patricia Romero. This text offers ...