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Steven Johnson/Everything Bad is Good For You

that the judgment of future generations as to what is valuable and what is in error in the past is frequently surprising. In other...

Bennett: “Why We Fight”

to it. Bennett seems to think that even daring to pose the question is somehow disloyal. The subtitle of the book is Moral Clarity...

Whitehead's Divorce Culture and Global Values

The Divorce Culture by Whitehead is discussed in depth. Values as expressed by the book are considered. This eight page paper has...

The Urban Order by John Reddie Short

city. Not surprisingly, the first section of the book, which deals with city and its economy as well as the greater economy...

The Space Between Us by Ruthellen Josselson

represents security; attachment, which is the identification of a special relationship which first exists between mother and child...

How to Get Along With Difficult People by Florence Littauer

side of life and can be overly critical of others. Not surprisingly, it is not unusual for this to lead to a tendency toward depre...

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...

Politics by Aristotle and the Ideal Regime Characteristics

In five pages the seventh book of Politics is examined in terms of Aristotle's description of the preferred political regime. One...

Twilight by Anne Deavere Smith

contemporary theaters true innovations, bridges the gaps that exist between such apparently divergent disciplines as drama, journa...

When Your Number's Up by Desmond Morton

In five pages this book that considers the Canadian involvement in the First World War is discussed. There are no other sources l...

A Review of the Impact of American Presence in Adano as Revealed in A Bell For Adano

This five page paper provides and overview of the impact of American involvement in Adano Italy during World War II. John Hershey'...

Analysis of Built to Last by James Collins and Jerry Porras

In eight pages this management book is examined in terms of what companies can learn in terms of superior performance and marketin...

Richard Hall's Patriots in Disguise

In three pages this paper discusses women in Civil War combat within the context of Hall's book and examines women's significant r...

A Review of Max Weber's Construction of Social Theory

views, and also goes on to suggest that his seemingly tenuous perspective on the application of science to social theory is based ...

Women of Early Rome and the Role They Played

In seven pages an excerpt from Balsdon's book on early Roman women and the role they played is critiqued. One source is cited in ...

Making a Nation of the Hebrew Slaves

raise his staff and stretch out his arms and the Sea parted, allowing all the Israelites to get to the other side at which time th...

Fact and Fiction of Drug Legislation

America, and the finicky laws that change over time, it is hard to know fact from fiction. For example, was cocaine ever legal? Wa...

HOW THE FINANCIAL CRISIS HIT HOMEOWNERS

late 1990s and early 2000s in the wake of the dot-com bust, and how all of those low interest rates (not to mention greedy lenders...

Supporting Chastity and Authentic Human Sexuality

In a twelve page paper, the writer gives some insights into the views presented in two books, Real Sex, by Winner (2005), and Auth...

Anthropology on Mars by Oliver Sacks

so rare as to be almost unknown to science-they might as well be on Mars. Sacks methods of investigation appear to consist largel...

Kenneth P. Wilkinson and the Idea of Community

is to try and come up with a working definition of community in rural America, which is not as easy as it sounds. He points out th...

The Team Approach and Leadership

teams and why it is essential, there is nothing better than teaching through example. The book does not end there. In fact, the an...

The City of Shells

a shell. Barnaby is a young man who feels somewhat bad because he knows he is not nice in thinking her being stuck is a nuisance...

COMPARING CONSUMER SPENDING IN THE US AND ATLANTA DISTRICT FEDS

poor retail results (Sixth District). Tourism-related spending was also weak, though theme park attendance and cruise bookings wer...

The Neurotic Personality of Our Time by Karen Horney

In four pages this paper analyzes the major concepts contained within Dr. Horney's book that considers affection and the neurotic ...

Road to the Streak by Ripken

5 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the major themes and significant life events in Carl Ripken, Jr.'s...

Prosecution of the Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

The writer discusses the book about the Lindbergh Case with special attention to the prosecutor and his effectiveness. The paper i...

Mary Tudor by W.F.M. Prescott

The writer reviews the W.F.M. Prescott book Mary Tudor, which is a detailed study of the reign of Queen Mary I of England, the wom...

Betty Freidan's The Feminine Mystique

This paper provides a reading of Betty Freidan's book, The Feminine Mystique. The author points out how the role of the woman has...

Comparing and Contrasting Dracula and Nosferatu

is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...