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The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw

in eight categories: ordinary people; home front; heroes; women in uniform and out; shame; love, marriage and commitment; famous p...

Going to Law School by Harry Castleman and Christopher Niewoehner

In five pages this report reviews the book's first few chapters in order to examine what valuable personality characteristics a la...

Stephen Ambrose The Triumph of a Politician

The writer reviews the Stephen Ambrose book The Triumph of a Politician, which regards Richard Nixon as an effective political lea...

Geraldine Brooks and the Lessons of History

that the flight attendant had "one of those big, perfect German smiles" and referring to her a few lines later as Fraulein Smiley-...

Beer and Circus by Murray Sperber

nations universities, in order to stay viable financially, have placed undue emphasis on their sports programs, utilizing a perspe...

Logic of Life by Tim Harford

successfully wean people from this dangerous habit. He reports that economic analysis finds that "advertising for nicotine patch a...

Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies

and reinforcement. In her case, this led to fairly early experimentation with sex and drugs. Lamott doesnt sensationalize her exp...

The Century of the Detective by Jurgen Thorwald

This book review is on "The Century of the Detective," a classic text by Jurgen Thorwald. The writer presents an overall view of t...

Cry of the Urban Poor by Viv Grigg

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...

The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience by Ronald Sider

This book review pertain to Ronald Sider's The Scandal of Evangelical Conscience, which discusses the discrepancies between belief...

Common Sense Economics by Gwartney et al.

This book review is on Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity by James D. Gwartney and his ...

I and Thou by Martin Buber

This book review is on Martin Buber's "I and Thou." The writer explains Buber's arguments and position and recommends reading the...

Midnight Rising, Tony Horwitz

This book reviews pertains to Tony Horwitz's text "Midnight Rising, John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War," which des...

Anne Moody's 1968 Memoir

Anne Moody was raised in the rural South where she suffered extreme racism throughout school and beyond. She was a very active mem...

"Mama Might Be Better Off Dead," A Book Review

This essay offers a book review of Linda K. Abraham's book "Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Urban of Urban Heath Car...

Code of Ethics for Nurses/The ANA Guide

evolved through various versions of the ANA Code. In addition to describing the duties and obligations that provision 1 entails, T...

Biographies of Charles Dickens

Several biographies are compared and contrasted in this essay that focuses on two books. An additional book is also reviewed in th...

The 54th Massachusetts: Undying Glory

This 5 page paper discusses the book Undying Glory: The Massachusetts 54th Regiment by Clinton Cox. The writer uses examples from ...

An Analysis of The Myth of Self Esteem

self-regard, not egotism" (Anonymous The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Rosenberg.html). But, it is only one aspect of the notion of ...

Monocrief, Squire and Jewell: Who Runs for the Legislature

This 5 page paper reviews the book Who Runs for the Legislature by Malcolm E. Jewell, Gary F. Monocrief and Peverill Squire. The w...

Analyzing the Book Sex on the Brain by Deborah Blum

The writer analyzes the book Sex on the Brain by Deborah Blum and gives a chapter by chapter synopsis. The writer concludes the pa...

Counseling According to Scripture

can help. Anderson points out that secular counseling is not holistic in that it does not generally include the persons spiritual...

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

of nineteenth century author Jules Verne (1828-1905) helped to create the foundation of the modern science fiction genre. The fert...

Emily L. Osborn, Our New Husbands Are Here

themes, and arguments Emily Lynn Osborns Our New Husbands Are Here investigates the sociology of households in the Milo River Val...

Why was I Born Gay? by David McGrinn

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...

Women's Voices on Africa, Patricia Romero

This book review is on Women's Voice on Africa: A Century of Travel Writing, which is edited by Patricia Romero. This text offers ...

The Complete Book of Discipleship by Bill Hull

This book review is on Bill Hull's text The Complete Book of Discipleship, On Being and Making Followers of Christ. The report pe...

8 Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders by Dave Earley

This book review is on 8 Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders by Dave Earley. The writer summarizes the first three chapters an...

Enlivening American History

This paper reviews the book A Young People's History of the United States. Written by Howard Zinn, this book provides an interest...

Houses That Change the World by Wolfgang Simson

This book review is on Houses That Change the World by Wolfgang Simson. This author argues for a return to the house-churches desc...