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A Review of Spiderwoman's Granddaughters

usually considered a teacher, or guide. The point is that the stories in this book use a great deal of symbolism, perhaps because...

What They Don't Tell You by Brown

p.103). In other words, the bible is real, but there are problems in its delivery. It is therefore seemingly wrong to argue everyt...

Energy At The Crossroads by Vaclav Smil

of coal, gas, renewable energy sources and nuclear power. By contrast, however, one who is aware of the damaging impact these res...

Depression According to Kay Redfield Jamison and William Styron

before the author has a chance to build a life with him. However, what comes across in Jamisons account is how this relationship p...

Mexican Immigration According to Rodolfo Acuna and Ernesto Galarza

culture and was a leader in the Chicano movement of the 1950 and 60s. Galarza saw the treatment of Mexican agricultural workers as...

Cultural Values in History

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

Henry James's 19th Century Critique of John S. Sargent's 'Lady with the Rose' Painting

lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...

Issue of Mortality in Literature and in Life

is common knowledge. Who does not worry about death? Even children, from a very young age, often ask the ultimate question which i...

Shinto The Kami Way by Ono

kami intuitively at the depth of their consciousness and communicate with the kami directly without having formed the kami-idea co...

Herman Daly's Beyond Growth

economic theory; operational policy; national accounts; population; international trade; pioneers in the field; and ethics and rel...

A Review of Beyond Growth by Herman Daly

faces limits and that is unthinkable" (Daly, 1997, p. 34). And he also rejects the idea that its going to be possible to replace ...

American Workers, Colonial Power

of 3,450 Filipina/os, roughly 3,200 were men (Fujita-Rony, 2003, p. 134). This is not surprising, as it was a pattern for Asian m...

Symbolism in 'A Wizard of Earthsea'

idea of Equilibrium and warned not to do anything until he knows what the effect of his action will be: "... you must not change ...

Social Problems in Africa New Visions Edited by Apollo Rwomire

In seven pages this 2001 book edited by Apollo Rwomire is reviewed. There are no other sources listed....

An Analysis of the Opening Passage of Anna Karenina

given notice (Tolstoy 1). As this illustrates, this opening passage accomplishes several purposes. It immediately announces the ...

Church Images in the Gospel of John

uses his own words, saying, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Fathers house into a market!" (John 2:16). Jesus authorit...

Paul J. Achtemeier, Joel B. Green, and Marianne Meye Thompson's Introducing the New Testament Its Literature and Theology

historical information, and perhaps shed light on various aspects of the possible truths within the New Testament. Introducing t...

Thomas Bell's 'Out of This Furnace'l

may be that he hoped he was likewise leaving behind the endless poverty and oppression which were the birthrights of a Slovak peas...

Locked in the Cabinet by Robert Reich

more progressive and the extension of the Earned Income Tax would cover more of the working poor; however, without significant cut...

Eliot Ness' The Untouchables

story embellished by a person who was there, giving the reader an exciting and passionate story. This story is intriguing for it...

Religions of Mesoamerica by David Carrasco

sun traveled at night" (Carrasco 35). The game was viewed as a representation of a cosmic struggle in which the players competed t...

Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner

as subject to social trends as his peers, recounts how he remained somewhat detached by not becoming a Nazi. Nevertheless, he also...

Children's Literature and Female Role Models

force, violence and darkness, are depicted, and how these are then set off against the purity and angelic nature of positive (thou...

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Randall Balmer

are both liberated and trapped" by the piety of evangelical religious practice (Mudder). As someone who was raised in this subcu...

Modern Man in Search of a Soul

being the spiritual problems of modern man. We must keep in mind, of course, that Jungs reference to "modern" is dated to say the...

How To Become a Rainmaker by Jeffrey J. Fox

Chapter III basically restates the first axiom in chapter I, which is to "cherish" customers, putting this thought in terms of the...

Red Midnight by Mikaelsen

through most novels, there are changes within the characters. Here, the main character or protagonist, is Santiago. At first, he ...

Criminal Woman by Cesare Lombroso and G. Ferrero

and Ferrero 107). He proposes that through analysis of the skulls, brains, and facial anthropometry of female criminals, including...

Hunger's Dolot's Execution

of killing Jews. It was the fault of the government, and not an unfortunate or inevitable event. While the thesis is controversial...

Modernization as Ideology by Michael Latham

by scholars associated with the Kennedy Administration, such as Walt Rostow and Marion Levy. Latham shows how the heightened state...