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C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and Capturing Readers' Minds

rather dull and dismal life? In this land are animals that talk, evil witches which control people and animals, and most important...

Arkady Shevchenko's Breaking With Moscow

days later that the world learned that Arkady Shevchenko had defected to the United States. In 1957, Arkady Shevchenko, a Commu...

The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes

war, he also lost the only woman who ever loved him. Fuentes has him pay for his greed and love of power in that all of the subseq...

College Students and the Marketing of a Campus Poetry Night

In one page this essay discusses how to plan and promote a poetry night event on a college campus that includes a book signing and...

The Censorship of Catcher in the Rye

A book with a long history of censorship is JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. This novel is discussed in depth along with the atte...

Disappearance of Childhood by Neil Postman

centuries even after the concept of childhood began to emerge. Children are pictured as small adults?dressed like adults. To a cer...

The Wilding of America by Charles Derber

and this becomes a motivation that people pursue over and above everything else. Derber asserts that we distance ourselves from s...

Tim O'Brien's If I Die in Combat

In five pages this book by Tim O'Brien regarding a young soldier's Vietnam War experiences is reviewed. There are no other source...

Sikorski's Full Circle: A Homecomoing to Free Poland

the stories of his own childhood in a Communist country and the stories of his family and its heritage. Layer upon layer of Sikor...

The Politics of Gun Control by Robert J. Spitzer

In five pages the continuing debate regarding the gun control issue is examined within the context of this book by Robert J. Spitz...

Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa

Nothing is quite what it appears in this novel, least of all the characters or the plot. For example, the main character, Police...

Michael Parenti's Inventing Reality

In seven pages this paper presents a critical examination of this book that considers how news media politics often results in pad...

John W. Thomason Junior's Fix Bayonets

In five pages Thomason's text is the focus of this book review. There are no other sources listed....

Marrone and His Vision of Dying Dying

Death and dying are a major concern in American society today. Robert Marrone addressed the various issues in Death, Mourning, and...

The British and Australian Empires

This paper addresses a quote from Michael Doyle's book, 'Empires,' which relates to understanding the pros and cons of imperialis...

Judicial Process

In five pages a book review of Benjamin N. Cardozo's Nature of the Judicial Process is presented. There are no other sources list...

Martin Duberman's Stonewall

In a paper consisting of three pages the gay uprising that occurred in New York from June to July 1969 is examined in the text and...

Joseph and Julia Quinlan's Karen Ann The Quinlans Tell Their Story

In five pages this paper presents a book review that features a parents' firsthand perspective on the 'right to die' ethical contr...

Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum

takes to live from day to day; indeed, the authors literary characters embark upon a fantasy experience, however, the ultimate mes...

Orphan Warriors and the Manchu Fall from Power

Orphan Warriors: Three Manchu Generations and the End of the Qing World by Kyle Crossley is a portrait of the Manchu minority in C...

Contemporary Russia and Democracy

In ten pages Russia's attempts to establish both democracy and a free market economy are evaluated in terms of the concepts discus...

A Literary History of Texas' Independence Movement

Erasmo Seguin, father of Juan. The elder Seguins actions were motivated by his identity as a Texan, rather than as a Mexican citiz...

Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft

In five pages this paper considers the controversy over women's rights that continues in an examination of this 1792 book by Mary ...

The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis

In ten pages this paper examines the author's religious views, his book The Last Temptation of Christ and the subsequent film adap...

Place, Space, an the 'Infobahn' in City of Bits by William J. Mitchell

A book report on City of Bits by William J. Mitchell consists of five pages and considers the pervasive social and individual infl...

Information Superhighways Multimedia Users and Futures by Stephen J. Emmott

This book report consists of five pages and considers various types of multimedia applications available in computer technology. ...

Comparison Between Coretta Scott King Award and John Newbery Award

In twenty four pages this research paper presents a comparison between 3 C.S. King award winning books with 3 that are John Newber...

Eckert - Twilight of Empire

This 5 page paper analyzes Allan Eckert's book Twilight of Empire and its significance in describing an important period in Americ...

Margery Kempe's Personality and Psychosis

In 8 pages the narrator's personality and psychosis are examined in an analysis of The Book of Margery Kempe. There are no other ...

We All Got History by Nick Salvatore

In five pages this paper presents a summary and analysis of the memory books of Amos Webber as portrayed by historian Nick Salvato...