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Bringhurst: "Elements of Typographic Style"

2002). Effective typography is also durable, not faddish; it changes when necessary but does not strive to keep up with the latest...

Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action

This 14 page essay reviews Harr's popular book examining his narrative style and outlining the main points that are covered. An e...

A Review of The Many-Headed Hydra Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic

This 5 page essay reviewing the book by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker. This paper accentuates the thirst for economic profit...

Teaching Equality by Adam Fairclough

to both slavery and racial segregation. He points out that it did not take crusading "New England missionaries" to teach Southern ...

'Pursuit of God' by A.W. Tozer

that the doctrine of justification by faith "has in our time fallen into evil company and been interpreted...(in a manner) to bar ...

The European Miracle by E.L. Jones

as Asians, "would have adjusted its breeding strategy accordingly" (Jones 20). Jones argues that while disasters and war struck ...

Chapters 4 through 7 of The Transformation of Governance by Donald Ketti

The position of Wilson, from his 1887 text "The Study of Administration" and supported by Goodnow, was that administrative practic...

A Review of Reframing Organizations

with a brief glimpse into history, into a snip of time where leadership and management decisions were at their utmost importance. ...

Faith and Freedom by Afkhami'

it also appears that many of the writers are quite knowledgeable about the Muslim world and everything comes to the table first ha...

Book Review of Lisa Delpit's Other People's Children

teacher instead acts as a "chum," the message sent is that this adult has no authority, and the children react accordingly" (Delpi...

Modernization as Ideology by Michael Latham

by scholars associated with the Kennedy Administration, such as Walt Rostow and Marion Levy. Latham shows how the heightened state...

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Randall Balmer

are both liberated and trapped" by the piety of evangelical religious practice (Mudder). As someone who was raised in this subcu...

How To Become a Rainmaker by Jeffrey J. Fox

Chapter III basically restates the first axiom in chapter I, which is to "cherish" customers, putting this thought in terms of the...

Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner

as subject to social trends as his peers, recounts how he remained somewhat detached by not becoming a Nazi. Nevertheless, he also...

From Slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss Jr.

of race riots and voices rising in protest, led by such African Americans as W.E.B. Du Bois. An ad placed by the NAACP in several ...

Fields of Fire by James Webb

The reader meets Snake as he rationalizes mugging a patron at the movie theatre where he works. Snake assaults a man who is so sto...

Strong Congregations by Kennon Callahan

qualities that he identifies as intrinsic to small, strong congregations as the foundation for his chapters, building upon these t...

Book Review of In The Presence of Dinosaurs

chapter begins by delving into the Mesozoic Era and provides dates that are factually correct. The illustrations in this book are ...

Hunger's Dolot's Execution

of killing Jews. It was the fault of the government, and not an unfortunate or inevitable event. While the thesis is controversial...

King Leo's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

his rights to the Congo--his personal rights. The region only became known as the Belgian Congo and was ruled by the Belgian gover...

Henry James's 19th Century Critique of John S. Sargent's 'Lady with the Rose' Painting

lived a privileged upbringing throughout Europe (Downes 5). Lacking a university education did not deter this young sketch artist...

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway's We Were Soldiers Once… and Young

battalion (2/7) in order to hold off the plentiful Peoples Army of North Vietnam (PANV). The following morning, the Peoples Army ...

Road to Malpsychia by Joyce Milton

the importance of self-esteem has misdirected society at-large and proposes that Christian fundamentalism is more successful at ov...

Slavery, Sabbath, War and Women by Willard Swartley

23). The author realizes that certain readers may wish to find definitive answers on the controversial issues explored, but Swartl...

A Review of Spiderwoman's Granddaughters

usually considered a teacher, or guide. The point is that the stories in this book use a great deal of symbolism, perhaps because...

Social Problems in Africa New Visions Edited by Apollo Rwomire

In seven pages this 2001 book edited by Apollo Rwomire is reviewed. There are no other sources listed....

Gold, Dollars, and Power by Francis J. Gavin

by the US, Great Britain and their wartime allies in the summer of 1944 at a conference held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. High...

The Republic and the The Laws by Cicero

in the traditional of Aristotle and Plato, but to do so in his native Latin and to address such matters as "moral education and ...

Locked in the Cabinet by Robert Reich

more progressive and the extension of the Earned Income Tax would cover more of the working poor; however, without significant cut...

Eliot Ness' The Untouchables

story embellished by a person who was there, giving the reader an exciting and passionate story. This story is intriguing for it...