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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...

Logic of Life by Tim Harford

successfully wean people from this dangerous habit. He reports that economic analysis finds that "advertising for nicotine patch a...

Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies

and reinforcement. In her case, this led to fairly early experimentation with sex and drugs. Lamott doesnt sensationalize her exp...

SUZE ORMAN AND BOOK REVIEW

paying upwards of 10% on interest for credit cards verses the paltry 3% or 4% that one earns on a savings account, this is a solid...

Geraldine Brooks and the Lessons of History

that the flight attendant had "one of those big, perfect German smiles" and referring to her a few lines later as Fraulein Smiley-...

Introduction to Evangelism by Alvin Reid

chapters in the first two sections and eight in the final section of the book. The first section covers ministers and church leade...

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...

OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS FOR NEW ZEALAND COMPANIES IN BRIC

came up with one day. The nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China were developing nations with a great deal of potential which ...

Mathabane/Kaffir Boy

a distinct segment of the society. In US history, anyone with even a drop of African blood was considered culturally to be "black"...

Title VII Age Discrimination Cases

06-1505) 461 F. 3d 134. It was argued before the Supreme Court on April 23, 2008 and decided June 19, 2008. The case is as follows...

Reviewing Rhetoric in William Wilson's The Truly Disadvantaged

In this five page review the book's content, language use and organization as ways of establishing credibility are analyzed. Thi...

Arguing in Favor of Eighteen Year Olds Having the Right to Legally Drink

eighteen, it would encourage these young adults to form a pattern of behavior that includes the sensible and mature use of alcohol...

A Theology Book For Everyone

words of major scholars and theologians from the past and present to explain ideas. There is another statement the author makes ...

Fifteen Year Old Student's Personal Essay

Oakham School has given me the opportunity to develop as a student of art, dramatics, and sports. Over the...

Edmund S. Morgan/American Slavery, American Freedom

to describe the experiences of the early colonizing efforts. This description includes social, political and economic factors, whi...

Alan Cavaiola and Neil Lavender's 'Toxic Coworkers: How to Deal with Dysfunctional People on the Job'

make a primarily positive impact or a primarily negative impact in the workplace. Workplace productivity is affected by a...

Chapter Review of The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding

and they do-in the short run (Ries, 2005). "But in the long run they undermine their brand name in the mind of the consumer" (Rie...

Age, Declining Cognition, and Frontal Deterioration Hypothesis

from that environment. This involves both thinking and problem solving which in turn results in memory formation and learning. T...

Yates/Politics of Management

by this organization. Yates begins his text with an introductory chapter that concentrates on the role that business leaders pla...

Critical Chain By Eliyahu M. Goldratt

in Business Administration (MBA) is no longer as important in the business community as it once was. Higher education must change ...

Traci West/Wounds of the Spirit

71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

Mother's Perspective/Asperger Syndrome

years before Jimmys parents even had a definitive diagnosis of AS. Once Fling and her husband had a diagnosis, they found that exp...

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...

Ryan's Empire of the Mother

must have felt. Child makes a bold statement and Ryan sees fit to include it in her work. Ryan (1985) adds in the context of Child...

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...

Hinchey on Critical Theory

discusses student teachers who assign homework simply to be assigning homework, not for any specific goal or purpose. The student ...

Political Thinking: The Perennial Questions by Glenn Tinder

a student, or anyone else, this think, but can present some insights that students and teachers alike may find useful, he states ...

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...