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Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking

In five pages a review of this motivational text is presented. There are no other sources listed....

Book Summary//Future of Primary Care

in the first half of the twentieth century, as compared with the realities of the second half. Previously the main deliver of prim...

Strauss and Howe/The Fourth Turning

Summary and review of the major points made by Strauss and Howe in this fascinating history text, which predicts near future for t...

The Crusades by Riley-Smith

of crusaders, demonstrating that it was religious zeal and absolute devotion to the Roman Catholic Church, which was associated an...

William Bratton and Peter Knobler's Turnaround: A Book Review

the cornerstone of his plan to tackle crime in New York City concisely and with great clarity. Shortly after becoming commissione...

Article Analysis: Japanese Architecture

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

Summary and Review of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed

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

Leon Bing/Do or Die/Youth Gangs

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

Fischer/Washington’s Crossing

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

Robert Dallek/FDR & American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945

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

Review of How Good People Make Tough Choices by Rushworth M. Kidder

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

Procopius/The Secret History

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

Book Review of Tom Standage’s A History of the World in 6 Glasses

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

Wright/Armageddon in Waco

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

Paulo Freire/Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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

Kennedy/Profiles in Courage

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

Examination of Beneficence/For the Patient's Good

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

Roots & Wings/York, Early Childhood Education

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

Difficult Conversations

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

Margulies/Guantanamo

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

Summary and Review of Lynne Curry’s The DeShaney Case: Child Abuse, Family Rights, and the Dilemma of State Intervention

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 ...

Layne/Peace of Illusions

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

Joseph Nye/Paradox of American Power

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

Man, the State and War by Kenneth Waltz

at least, among nations during the late 1950s, but as well see, a lot of Waltzs theories are still in consideration, even close to...

Review of The Mystery Religions by Samuel Angus

maintain his claims. As one becomes lost in the unraveling of a very ancient tale, one becomes aware that the author is purposel...

A Book Review of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's All the President's Men

under surveillance. The government does all they can to frustrate the story, sending them erroneous leads which go nowhere. In fac...

Carey McWilliams' Factories in the Field

which it comprises today. This utilization of western lands actually didnt start until relatively recently in U.S. history, in fa...

Making Peace with the Planet by Barry Commoner Reviewed

with the "other" world; that is, the world we created which revolves around our "homes, cars, farms, factories, laboratories, food...

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

writers could persuade the majority of the population to support the Revolution. While critics believe that many historians treat ...

Hurricanes of the North Atlantic Climate and Society by James B. Elsner and A. Birol Kara

fields, both authors are no doubt responsible for the consideration of the intended governmental and decision-making importance th...