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Medieval Russia and Bubonic Plague

In eight pages Medieval Russia is examined within the context of the bubonic plague's causes and effects. Six sources are cited i...

David McCullough The Great Bridge

over 276 feet above the high water; and weighed an overwhelming 14,680 tons (Wright 616). For anyone who had the opportunity to s...

Richard Orsi/Sunset Limited

been presented in dichotomous terms. On one side is the "selfish, greedy, corporate interests" and on the other, stand "the people...

Paulo Coelho/The Alchemist

he meets, as well as the lessons that he learns. This plot sounds simplistic and stereotypical, and in many ways this is true; how...

Herbert Gans/Urban Villagers

slum" and while its residents had their own problems, these difficulties did not evolve from living in this neighborhood (Gans xiv...

Faith and Reason in the Thinking of Thomas Aquinas and Dante Alighieri

be an object of science. To this question, Aquinas answers "no." First of all, following the medieval style of reasoning, he posit...

Overview of the Black Plague

disease he was now apparently immune to. It is interesting and informative to note that Tuchman and Defoes work exist in very d...

Childhood and Child Welfare in the Progressive Era by James Marten

This book review is on James Marten's Childhood and Child Welfare in the Progressive Era: A brief history with documents. The over...

Mary of Plymouth by James Otis

This book review pertains to a book authored by Otis in 1910, which is designed to appeal to young readers and provide them with a...

A Theology As Big As the City by Ray Bakke

This book review pertains to Rau Bakke's A Theology As Big as the City. First of all, the writer/reviewer describes Bakke's primar...

Bondage Breaker by Neil Anderson

This book review is on Neil T. Anderson's "The Bondage Breaker." After summarizing the overall text, the writer offers commentary ...

The Plague by Albert Camus

This essay concerns Albert Camus' novel "The Plague," which describes the impact of bubonic plague on an Algerian town during the ...

Quantum Healing: By Deepak Chopra

has written; there are even video and audio cassettes/DVDs explaining his approach to healing. As with his other publications, Qua...

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...

The California Gold Rush & the coming of the Civil War

Berkeley and Davis. He also taught at the San Francisco State College and the University of Hawaii. Richards is the author of seve...

Review of "Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society"

of the group of Detroits new competition. The purpose of the many trips to Japan was to "find out why the Japanese automakers wer...

Transforming Discipleship by Greg Ogden

This book review focuses on the first three chapters of Greg Ogden's Transforming Discipleship, Making Disciples a Few at a Time. ...

Chris Matthews/Hardball

with the name of Chris Matthews because this is the name of the MSNBC television show on which Matthews appears as the host. Howev...

Theology and Philosophy in the Church

Aquinas. There is a lack of unity in terms of theology. Aquinas attempted to solve this very problem during his time. Aquinass wor...

Impact Of Edict Of Milan On Christian Liturgy

the Church and to members of the Church (NationMaster, 2008). This is an important part of the Edict because it set the stage for ...

Thomas Aquinas, On Law

reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...

Worldview of Catholicism

list is completely comprehensive, but this is a beginning point, particularly as one prepares to teach the topic to high school st...

The Need for Hard-Back Books

numbers. Sometimes, those who digitize these books number the paragraphs, but often they do not. Most of the books in Project Gute...

Incubation Plagues and the Bubonic Plague

In thirteen pages this research paper examines whether or not a devastating disease like the bubonic plague that would require inc...

Fides et Ratio by Pope John Paul II

have the authority to guide humanity toward the attainment of absolute truth regarding the meaning of life, on God and human desti...

Enlightenment's Age of Reason and Thomas Paine

In five pages this essay argues in support of the effectiveness of Thomas Paine's preference for reason over supernatural faith. ...

Reviewing Closing of the American Mind Closing of the American Mind / Book Review

In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...

'The Odyssey' by Homer, the Book of Genesis, Retribution and Faith

In a paper consisting of six pages this paper examines how the themes of faith anf retribution are reprsented in the 'Noah and the...

Syllogistic Reasoning and Cognitive Development

In ten pages children's cognitive development is examined in terms of syllogistic reasoning through a structure of introduction, h...

Reason for Reeva Simon's The Middle East in Crime Fiction

In five pages this paper examines the author's reasons behind the writing of this text and how it impacts the book's structure. T...