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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...

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...

"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...

Comparative Analysis of Wladislaw Szpilman's Book The Pianist and Roman Polanski's Film Adaptation

true to the book? When Szpilman took pen to paper, he seemingly did so to relay the events of his life. Realizing that he had sur...

Imperialist Rome According to Classical Greek Opinion

one that was organic and holistic in which philosophy, politics, and literature were considered . . . Imperial Rome would prove th...

Roald Dahl Annotated Bibliography

Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. Puffin This particular chapter from the book chronicles the various personalities ...

A Review of Mindfulness

very powerful truth. So often we rely on the information we learned as children, never stopping to examine the possibilities. And,...

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 ...

Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian's Information Rules

not change. The authors provide lessons and examples throughout the book, making it easy for the reader to understand, even reader...

Silence as Weapon in Vietnam by Herrington

forces as simply the latest in a string of Western outsiders. Herrington explains that Vietnam was occupied by the West for over a...

Wheatley/Leadership & the New Science

leaders create charts, statistics and graphs that have at their core the notion that an organization is like a complex machine tha...

Edmund S. Morgan/American Slavery, American Freedom

to describe the experiences of the early colonizing efforts. This description includes social, political and economic factors, whi...

Praetorian Guard, Their Role in Ancient Rome

This research paper examines the function of the Praetorian Guard within the political atmoshere of the Roman Empire. The members ...

Comparison of the Romans and the Greeks

In six pages this paper discusses the similarities between the Greeks and the Romans in a consideration of how the Greek Empire wa...

P.A. Brunt's The Roman Mob

In five pages this paper examines this text by P.A. Brunt and how the Roman Republic's transformation into an Empire was influence...

Romans as Doers and Greeks as Thinkers

In four pages this paper examines how Greek thought propelled Roman action in a consideration of the influences of Greek art and p...

Biblical Concepts of Covenant & Baptism

In five pages the biblical covenant and baptism concepts are examined within the context of Romans 5:6-22 and Romans 8:9-17 in whi...

Roman Transition from Republic to Empire

This research paper discusses the transitionary period between the end of the Roman republic and the inception of the Roman empire...

1st to 4th Century A.D. Roman Mosaic Development in Great Britain

In eight pages this paper examines the development of Roman mosaics in Britain during this time with Cirencester and Fishbourne Ro...

The Colosseum, a Roman Icon

rose to power. They were military conquerors of course, but they were much more: they were engineers and architects so skilled tha...

Livy's The Early History of Rome

Livy's early Roman historical text considers the Roman Empire's sociopolitical structure and the necessary cohesion provided by or...

Roman and Modern Architecture

Roman architecture also used the arch extensively, as well as semicircular or oval structures, such as theaters and arenas ("Ancie...

Overview of 6 Roman Portraits

antipathy towards the Romans (2004). It has also been suggested that portraits in the Roman Empire at the time were more a reflect...

Declining Roman Mores Through the Eyes of Juvenal

This paper examines the viewpoints of Juvenal as they pertain to Roman society. Juvenal writes from the perspective of his day ...

Strong Women in Ancient Greek Theatre

the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...

“The Interruption of Everything” and the Realities of Middle Life

first consideration at least, obsessed with little other than work and golf. Marilyns children are grown and she has little to do...

American Life through Japanese Eyes

were very aware of, and proud of, their ethnic heritage. In addition to saying "Im Catholic," a person might also identify their e...

What Made Sparta a Military Power?

BC). Lycurgus was responsible for encouraging Spartan civic duty to the commonwealth; developing a social structure designed to s...

The Church and the Empire in the 4th Century

in the late Third and early Fourth centuries. Diocletian had ruled with an iron hand. He established a four-fold division of power...