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Edward the Confessor's Life and Rule

days were spent enjoying hunting and pursuing other recreational activities (Edward the Confessor). He would feel more comfortabl...

An Overview of Alfred Kinsey

- but his dominating persona was not very favorable to colleagues (though he could be friendly and helpful on certain occasions) (...

The First American by H.W. Brands Reviewed

all fire breathing radicals like Samuel Adams (Review of Brands, "The First American, 2004). And...

Thinking Big with Dr. Ben Carson

with her poor education, she could barely read what they had written (B.S. Carson, MD, 2005). Thanks to all the outside reading h...

Yoko Ono, Artist

the likes of John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns (Wiener, 1998). In 1961, Yoko returned to Japan with Cage in order ...

Industrialist and Movie Tycoon Howard Hughes

Jean Harlow and Katherine Hepburn), his OCD would dominate his life. Hughes lived his final decade of life as a social recluse, a...

George Washington Biography

was unsure of this decision and wrote to her half-brother in England, asking his advice. He told her, "The navy would cut him and ...

The Forest People by Turnbull

The author writes, chapter by chapter, about the lifestyle of the Pygmies and how they get along in the world with others. He begi...

Stalinist Russia and Jewish Life

with jaw-breaking rolls? These were the difficulties growth. Someday soon, a new, modern just society would arise from the backwar...

Biography of First U.S. President George Washington

are always too many grasping for it here, who have interest and he has none" (Johnson, 2005; 15). Thus his mother decided he would...

Guerrillas Journeys in the Insurgent World by Jon Lee Anderson

as a reporter, his reputation, and his experience working all over the globe that he brings to his account of the world of guerril...

Biography and Designs of Jens Laugesen

(Jens Laugesen biography, 2005). Some of the terms used by the media to describe him include "slick," "urban," "hot," and "cuttin...

An Analysis of Moore's Short Story, How to Become a Writer

paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...

Andre Young and 'Dr. Dre's' Musical Success

Eazy went on to form NWA with Ice Cube and Dre and they released an album in 1987 (Erlewine). The rest, as they say is history. Of...

Graphic Artist Milton Glaser

Arts ("Milton Glaser," 2005). He would for the most part get his education in New York, but his stint in Italy likely broadened hi...

Milton S. Hershey Biography by Michael D'Antonio

the company extraordinary profits. However, by this point, the success of the company was an American legacy. By the early 1890s...

Karen Armstrong's Muhammad A Biography of the Prophet

a cave and therein, "he had been visited by an angel, who had appeared beside him in the cave and given him orders to Recite! Like...

A Biography of Carlota Lucia de Brito

of Joaquim Jose dos Santos Leal (Meznar). This comfortable position could well be seen as a position that involved some level of ...

General Patton A Soldier's Life by Stanley Hirshson

customs, habits, ethos, and lore of a particular profession, in this case, the military" (Blumenson, 2003). Blumenson objects to t...

Biographies of 3 Influential African Americans Lorraine Hansberry, Anne Moody, and Gordon Parks

were taught to value honor, education, equality, and the importance of telling the truth. Parks childhood instilled in him a fierc...

Arna W. Bontemps' 'A Summer Tragedy'

In five pages a biography of this predominantly children's author is provided as well as an examination of his adult fiction work....

A Review of the Film, Amadeus

This paper reviews the film, Amadeus. The author addresses various thematic and social elements of this film version of Motzart's...

Peter the Great by Klyuchevsky

In five pages this paper presents a review of Klyuchevsky's biography and critically evaluates the author's portrayal of Russia's ...

Prisoner's Dilemma by William Poundstone

Mathematician John von Neumann's biography by William Poundstone entitled Prisoner's Dilemma is examined in five pages and include...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt in No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin

In five pages this paper examines this biography by Kearns Goodwin as it explores the love between FDR and his wife Eleanor and al...

Qualities of Eleanor Roosevelt

In five pages Blanche W. Cook's biography of Eleanor Roosevelt is referred to in a consideration of the former U.S. First Lady's m...

Media's Role in the Divorce and Death of Princess Diana

In fourteen pages this paper considers the question 'Where does responsible journalism end and dangerous exploitation begin?' with...

Sam Smith's Biography of Michael Jordan

In five pages this paper examines the uniquely human portrait sketched Sam Smith in his biography of Michael Jordan which shows hi...

Biography of Fred Astaire

In five pages a biography of Fred Astaire is presented along with an analysis of his dancing artistry as revealed in his films The...

Rise of Bill Gates

In a paper consisting of four pages a biography of Microsoft founder billionaire Bill Gates is presented and includes an examinati...