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Injuries and Tasers: A Review of Research

may not actually achieve this end. This, then, is the topic of this research inquiry, which takes as its hypothesis: The use of ta...

Nursing Home Injuries: A Review of the Literature

number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...

Analysis of Lost Boys Why Our Sons Turn Violent And How We Can Save Them by James Garbarino

its racial intolerance. "When white middle-class kids kill, there is always a public outcry of why and a search for what went wro...

Multiculturalism and David A. Hollinger's Postethnic America

with whatever non-descent communities are available and appealing to them" (p. 116). Hollinger calls such a vision "postethnic" t...

The Reconquest of Medieval Christendom

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provide an overview of what has been described as the Christian Reconquest, from the book e...

Ancient Greece to the New Testament and Dreams, Oracles, and Prophecy

In eleven pages this paper discusses the concepts of interpreting the future through prophecy, by the prophets, and through dreams...

A Review of Key Changes in the Laws of the State of New York

The writer argues that there have been a substantial number of changes to the laws of the State of New York during the period 1975...

Edmond Killina's Courthouse over White House Chicago and the 1960 Presidential Election

In eleven pages the controversial results of the 1960 presidential election are examined within the context of this book and provi...

A Fictional Conversation With Author Tom Peters

This paper provides a conversation between a professor Ralph Stacey and author Tom Peters. The author pays particular attention t...

The Cuban Missile Crisis and the U.S. 'Grand Strategy'

In ten pages this paper considers the evaluation of the Cuban Missile Crisis that is presented in Donald Kagan's book The American...

Paul's Letter to the Romans, Romans Thirteen, Lines 11 through 14

In six pages this research paper analyzes how this selected passage fits into the Book of Romans as a whole. Four sources are cit...

1976 Text Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery

the High Renaissance Is present, though distorted by the mirror. What is novel...

Review of Mike Krzyzewski's 'Leading With the Heart'

A 5 page paper that reviews the legendary Duke University basketball coaches strategies for basketball, business, and in life thro...

The Dear Hunter Film's Vietnam War Rhetoric and Reality

In five pages this paper examines the rhetoric and reality of the Vietnam War within the contexts of the book Hollywood's Vietnam ...

Greg Levoy's Callings and James Hillman's The Soul's Code

In five pages this essay compares adn contrasts these two books and the argument that the authors take a different perspective tow...

A Review of Fields of Fire

A 5 page overview the fictional tale of the Vietnam War by James Webb. The young protaganist is a Marine hero. 1 source....

A Review of Monster

A 5 page discussion of the novel by Walter Dean Myers. This book recaps the problems encountered by a sixteen year old black yout...

Genesis and Hesiod on Creation

sun and moon; animals, birds and fish; and finally, people. This took six days, and on the seventh day God rested from all this wo...

The Hurricane Film Review

irrelevant information that is meant to "incite hatred or contempt" (How to Deal with Racism in the Media). Clearly, the movie ta...

Howard Zinn and the Civil Rights Movement

This research report looks at this era but focuses on one book called A People's History of the United States. This five page pape...

Jacob Cohen's 1990 Article 'Things I Have Learned (So Far)' Reviewed

In six pages this paper presents a review of this article and its questionable reliance upon the null hypothesis's statistical imp...

The Hurried Child by David Elkind

In five pages the loss of childhood and its related concepts are considered iwthin the context of the book. There are no other so...

Cultivating Gentleman by Tamara Plakins Thornton

In five pages this paper examines the Thomas Jefferson type plantation owner and the social superiority that was associated with t...

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina Garcia looked at three generations of Cuban women in her book Dreaming in Cuban. This summation and analysis focuses on p...

Chicago City of Neighborhoods by Dominic Pacyga

In five pages an overview of this text is presented in terms of its primary message, book sources, text organization, methodology,...

J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye as a Personal Narrative

This research paper/essay discusses the journey of personal discovery that is described in Salinger's famous coming-of-age novel. ...

Literature Review on the Pros and Cons of the Electoral College

In eight pages this literature review assesses the pros and cons of the U.S. electoral college system with the presidential electi...

A Review of Battered Women in the Courtroom by James Ptacek

This 5 page essay explores the legal complications faced by a woman litigating abuse. 1 source....

Review of The Autobiography of Malcolm X

not a pretty picture. Yet there is a questing spirit presented throughout the book no matter what the name of the persona. The y...

Children's Literature and the Use of Comedy

Comedy is almost universal in children's literature. This paper examines how a number of children's books make use of this storyte...