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This book review is on Stacy Schiff's fascinating biography of Cleopatra, which relates the life narrative of a woman who was an i...

This book review is on the first three chapters of Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. The writer evaluates the boo...

This book review is on 8 Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders by Dave Earley. The writer summarizes the first three chapters an...

the U.S. undermined the British Empire through a combination of "conditional aid and political leverage," which made eradication o...

that is, having a difficult conversation, was extremely difficult for this writer/tutor. I avoided confrontation at all costs. The...

a renowned Japanese architect who makes his home in Osaka. The new museum is "dedicated to the relics and techniques of ancient Ja...

which hold the possibility of balancing "diplomatic and informational power."vii Nye believes that the U.S. should take a stand be...

action, with red gunports open, batteries run out, and huge white battle ensigns streaming in the breeze" (Fischer 31). He then r...

the behind the scenes confrontations between the American leaders who shaped domestic and foreign policy during this crisis period...

dilemma paradigms, describes various types of approaches to arrive at resolution, and discusses the true value of having a strong ...

was a counselor to Belisarius and accompanied him on several of his campaigns and he may have been a prefect of Constantinople (Ha...

for contemporary social issues has been reflected in her thirteen books. In 2001, her text Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By ...

youre that thirteen or fourteen-year-old kid youre probably sitting quietly, trying to wind your thoughts into as tight a package...

served as a form of currency in these regions because it was used as wage compensation. A crucial point Standage made is that bee...

by this organization. Yates begins his text with an introductory chapter that concentrates on the role that business leaders pla...

Englands first efforts at colonization is also related to what may be considered to be the books principal flaw, which is an overl...

presents views that see the tragedy at Waco as entirely due to the mistakes of government agents in handling the situations and no...

pedagogical approach is his definition of what it means to be a "democratic" instructor, that is someone who encourages and facili...

Senators that follows. Kennedy begins with a profile of John Quincy Adams, and how Adams was castigated by members of his own pa...

long after all signs of consciousness have ceased. Is this "good"? Is this beneficent? The news tells us of parents confronting me...

Fidel Castro. A useful, comprehensive, and scholar text, Gray offers an ideal introduction to the Jose Marti historiography. Fe...

such as the idea that young children do not notice or understand bias. Chapter three discusses racism, addressing key questions an...

al Qahtani was held in intense isolation for months on end, to the point where he began to hallucinate; strip searched and made to...

This model is more commonly used because it considers the complexity of learning process and the variation in factors that can inf...

million in 1790 to 300 million in 2005" principally due to immigration (Kumaravadivelu, 2008, p. 69). However, while it is true th...

After putting a name and a face on the social issue of child abuse, and considering the dilemma of the social worker who seeks to ...

This book review presents summaries of the chapters that comprise Christ and Culture by H. Richard Niebuhr. Seven pages in length,...

This book reviews is on "Life of an Ordinary Woman," an autobiography by Anne Ellis. The author describes her childhood experience...

This paper considers the issues surrounding mandatory ultrasounds for those contemplating abortion. There are three sources in th...

This book review is on Neil T. Anderson's "The Bondage Breaker." After summarizing the overall text, the writer offers commentary ...