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The Christian Ideal of Love in "Dead Man Walking"

down, and shot them in the head. I look down at the name in horror. Do I really want to know such a man?" (Prejean, 1994). That i...

Shona Brown and Kathleen Eisenhardt's Competing on the Edge Analyzed

In this paper consisting of 10 pages this text is analyzed in a discussion of the ever changing business world, various strategies...

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...

How is Strategy Developed

How is strategy created in organizations? This question has led to numerous journal articles, research studies, and books. There a...

Handy's Age of Paradox

to do it in todays economy. Additionally, he paints a picture of people working more and more hours of work in order to keep aflo...

A Review of an Internet-Based Educational Activity for Children

greater I.Q.s than those with smaller brains but size is not all that matters ("Big," 2004). The question that should be asked: "I...

Children's Scholastic Success and the Involvement of Parents

finishes with a section on parental involvement and its affect on school success through attendance as well as improved performanc...

Preschool Children and Memory Journal Article Reviewed

In three pages a journal article that evaluates preschool children's spatial memory development is reviewed and discussed. There ...

Theology of C.S. Lewis

seen in the Narnia series. For example, in the Narnia stories, a principal character is Aslan, the "Lord of the Wood," is a "Chri...

The Alchemist by Coehlo

kill him; but most of all he fears that he will not find his treasure-this might all be for nothing (Coehlo, 1995, p. 130). The A...

Bennett: "The Book of Virtues"

responsibility; friendship; work; courage; perseverance; honesty; loyalty; and faith" (Muehlenberg, 1999). Bennett uses a number o...

John Morton Blum's V Was for Victory Reviewed

the culture of the times. One way in which government and politics became involved in directing cultural mores was through ...

Mother's Perspective/Asperger Syndrome

years before Jimmys parents even had a definitive diagnosis of AS. Once Fling and her husband had a diagnosis, they found that exp...

Child Development: Recent Theories

contribution was his theory of developmental stages. Since Santrocks book covers early childhood through adolescence, it coincides...

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...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

pretty to their own greed. They are told repeatedly what the consequences are for disobedience and still, eventually, all of the c...

Surviving the Applegates by Stephanie Tolan

at this point, E.D.s Aunt Lucille intervenes and persuades Jakes social worker that he can be successfully home schooled with the ...

David Handler and Lemony Snicket The Unauthorized Autobiography

authenticity of which always must be questioned (Giorgis and Johnson 408). The autobiography is subdivided into thirteen (not coi...

Maturity, Loyalty, and Friendship in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

inner struggles that can be set free through no other means than verse. Indeed, the adventures of the Mole, Water Rat, Badger and...

Book Review of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss

reader wish he or she could share in the adventure. The fantastic inventions and methods used by the Robinson family to make thei...

INTERVIEW: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

our doctors, for example, is able to discover some new kind of vaccines from cases, that looks pretty good on our experience list....

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...

Iris Vinton: “The Story of Robert E. Lee”

of Northern Virginia, and finally to the last years after the Civil War (Vinton, 1952). Young readers who want a brief, simply wri...

Books on the Mind Annotations

shirt while the other hand unbuttons it. The last section of the book deals with speculation about future discoveries relative to ...

Speaking in Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

and essentially doing what no other human could, or would, do. Charlotte was also a child and as a child could perceive and acce...

Children's Language Development

This paper reviews and offers conclusions on empirical literature that pertains to young children's language development. Seven pa...

Theodore 'Dr. Seuss' Geisel

In five pages Dr. Seuss's children's books are examined in terms of the messages that are contained within 2 of the texts. Ten so...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

to customize therapies to variations in genetic makeup" (The Childrens Hospital, 2007). They are noted as being one fo the first h...

Palast: Armed Madhouse

(orange, red, sky-blue pink, whatever); the day Palast is discussing was an "orange alert" day, meaning it was "low threat" (Palas...

Maurice Sendak

10). The first section of this exhibition was entitled "The Old Country" and featured the Eastern European familial ties that are ...