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Chapter Summaries of a Text on Youth Gangs

The third point turns to scholarship on youth gangs and the fact that there is no consensus as to the definition of what precisely...

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...

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....

Dalai Lama/The Universe in a Single Atom

spiritual enlightenment. The central message of Buddhism is that all creatures, one of great intelligence, and even those that w...

Scott Cook/Colonial Encounters

in his conclusions, the "patterns of subjugation, resistance, readjustment and accommodation" that are evident in this period of h...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...

Trimbur's Call to Write/Narrative of Frederick Douglass

the chapter that addresses writing profiles of specific people, Trimbur writes, "This impulse to describe, to analyze, and to unde...

Smither/Augustine As Mentor

the bulk of his presentation. However, he devotes the second chapter to setting the "stage of Augustines mentoring of spiritual le...

Kristin Ross/May '68 and Its Afterlives

down the entire country. Nine million people, "across all sectors of public and private employment-from department store clerks to...

Book Review of Richard Nelson Bolles’ and Carol Christen’s What Color is Your Parachute? For Teens

The message of the book is simple: People who actually like their jobs and enjoy what they are doing are both happier and successf...

Thompson/Concentric Circles of Concern

Dr. Thompsons classic work, which was published posthumously and revised by Claude V. King, the reader finds a detailed model for ...

Reviewing “Three Signs of a Miserable Job”

role in affecting job satisfaction by adopting the form of a fable. Through a fictionalized account, Lencioni presents the fundame...

Understanding “The Big Switch”

a centralized power grid and draw upon electricity as a commoditized "service", rather than an internally integrated aspect of doi...

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...

The Twelve Caesars/Suetonius

in presenting the various biographies that make up this text, citing the private documents of the emperors, as well as public sour...

Algeria, the Army and Independence

named Colonel Hourai Boum?di?ne told the Algerian people that it was the armys mission to defend the Algerian culture while at the...

Book Review, Birch and Rasmussen

is a biblical scholar and the other is a Christian ethicist, and they bring together their individual competencies to offer a comp...

A Review of Carville's "Had Enough?"

adopt a more aggressive public stance in support of these policies. As far as the actual subject matter dealt with in the course ...

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Sigmund Freud and his theory of penis envy, as well as the influence of sociology and the school of functionalism, which dictated ...

Consent and Refusal of Treatment

to refuse treatment independently of their parents wishes; the second position holds that parents have the sole right to this deci...

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...

Emily L. Osborn, Our New Husbands Are Here

themes, and arguments Emily Lynn Osborns Our New Husbands Are Here investigates the sociology of households in the Milo River Val...

Hollywood Worldviews by Brian Godawa

and intriguing guide that advises readers on how to watch movies from a Christian perspective. Godawas purpose is not to evaluate ...

Issues Pertaining to Patient Consent and Dignity

This research paper/essay pertains to a case study in which a 69-year-old man is administered by enema over his protests. Consulti...

Women's Voices on Africa, Patricia Romero

This book review is on Women's Voice on Africa: A Century of Travel Writing, which is edited by Patricia Romero. This text offers ...

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

This book review is on Stacy Schiff's fascinating biography of Cleopatra, which relates the life narrative of a woman who was an i...

Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

This book review is on the first three chapters of Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. The writer evaluates the boo...