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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...

Beer and Circus by Murray Sperber

nations universities, in order to stay viable financially, have placed undue emphasis on their sports programs, utilizing a perspe...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jose Marti, A Narrative Bibliography

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

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...

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 ...

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...

Difficult Conversations

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

Layne/Peace of Illusions

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

Review of 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Professors by Magnan

p.21). Something as simple as that can create an atmosphere in the classroom that is exciting. Unfortunately, in many classrooms t...

Richard Hoggart's Scholarship Boy

from even his or her family for trying to improve himself. Hoggart also addresses the working class who have taught themselves s...

Gary Nash's Red, White, and Black The Peoples of Early North America

Obviously for each culture this goal largely ignored the importance of the survival and enhancement of the opposing culture. Such...

The End of the Victory Culture by Tom Engelhardt

the United States was proved wrong. Engelhardt argues that through these two things, combined with the threat of nuclear war, the ...

Review of J.C. Montgomery and L.O. Levine's The Transition to Agile Manufacturing: Staying Flexible for Competitive Advantage

successfully. When seeking to be agile the companies need to understand what this will mean for them and the benefits. When looki...

Review and Analysis of Frederick Lewis Allen's Only Yesterday

life following WWI and it essentially ends after the stock market crash of 1929. His book truly begins when he discusses the year ...

David Hackett Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride

battles of Lexington and Concord: the famous midnight ride is therefore presented in the wider context of the American struggle ag...

Janet Gonzalez Mena's Multicultural Issues in Child Care

Many teachers use this direct eye contact as a way of gathering their students attention, but if this goes against ones upbringing...