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Taylor and Hickey: “Tunnel Kids”

about tunnel dwellers. Methods: Once the ethnographers heard about these kids, they knew they wanted to get to know them, and the...

Riot and Remembrance by Hirsch

Depression looming on the horizon. Hirsch tells the reader that when the Depression did come to the region Greenwood was devasta...

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

getting them to turn from God. Each letter essentially presents steps and information for Wormwood to use in tempting this young m...

Relationship of Structure and Theme in Rushdie's "Midnight's Children"

the subcontinent ("Midnights Children"). Because the history of India is so rich and varied, the novel is multi-layered and comple...

Homeschooling: Bob Jones and Abeka Book

number of children being homeschooled in 1988 (Grossman, 2001). As noted above, there are many reasons why parents choose to homes...

HALF THE SKY AND EDNA’S HOSPITAL

This 3-page paper discusses why "Edna's Hospital" is an important story in the book "Half the Sky."...

Symbology in The Struggle is My Life

This five page essay explores the symbology in Nelson Mandela's book. One source is listed....

Howard Fast's Freedom Road

In five pages a summary of Fast's book is presented. There are no other sources listed....

John C. Maxwell's Developing the Leaders Around You

In five pages Maxwell's book is reviewed. Two other sources are cited in the bibliography....

A Review of Cosmopolis by Stephen Toulmin

A 10 page essay reviewing the book by Stephen Toulmin. 2 sources....

Paul Roberts' 'The End of Oil'

industrial revolution and the transition to a coal-fired economy" (Pan). Roberts points out that the shift from an agrarian econom...

Terry Alford's Prince Among Slaves

as much narrative, as documentary, as historical or human horror. Horror not from the aspect of grade-B movies, but the reminder ...

A Review of House of Breath

A 5 page review of the book by William Goyen. 1 source....

A Review of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

thought which suggests that if a patient doesnt believe in it, it wont work, so perhaps Lias parents were right.) There was als...

David Hamburg on Today's Children

This 6 page paper examines the book Today's Children by Dr. David Hamburg with regard to his treatment of government funding, clas...

Paul Kennedy's Preparing for the Twenty First Century

general. Kennedy does an admirable job of demonstrating how the population explosion that the world is currently experiencing is i...

Will the Dragon Rise Again? Reviewed

In three pages this paper discusses China's post Confucianism cultural and philosophical transitions within the context of this bo...

'Settling the Red Planet' and the Text by Zubrin and Wagner

The space program importance of exploring Mars is examined in this textual consideration of the book by Zubrin and Wagner consisti...

The Defense Never Rests by F. Lee Bailey

This paper consists of six pages and considers the book, the author's position, and the various cases represented within....

Reactions to Night by Eli Wiesel

In three pages the reaction to Wiesel's powerful book is considered....

Review of '1919'

points made by Asinof, one must first realize that the year he discusses was the first of about twenty that would transpire betwee...

Book Review 3 for '1919'

: Americas Loss of Innocence" suggests so precisely-- all of these events transpired during that one fateful year..and it was in t...

White Like Me (Reaction)

of racism on a daily basis. Understanding how race figures in society will be helpful for me as I continue my career path as a cor...

FREAKECONOMICS: A REVIEW

everything can be connected with microeconomics 101, namely, the choices that an individual makes to better his/her utility. ...

Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

This paper consists of five pages and discusses how black women's experiences are captured in Naylor's book Women of Brewster Plac...

Betrayal of Mattie in Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

In five pages this paper examines the book within the context of its primary character Mattie Michaels and her betrayal is conside...

White and Black Culture in Beloved by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper argues that Toni Morrison's book Beloved exposes the way in which white culture dictates black identity....

Tuck Everlasting vs. Dreamspeaker

In nine pages these books for young adults are examined in terms of their similarities....

Esther and Ruth Biblical Analysis

In four pages this essay contrasts and compares these biblical books and the women that are featured in them....

Cave Allegory in The Republic by Plato

of Nature. He has also noted that while the 20th century has involved a great deal of specialization, the 21st century will be a ...