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Hunter Thompson and The Hells Angels

topic of controversy ever since the group came on the scene in the early 1950s. While members of the gang claim they are simply mo...

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...

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"...

Tan's First Novel

all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...

A Book Review of a Classic

and that He should have in todays world. unfortunately, that statement made in 1950 is even more true today, more than 50 years la...

1862 by Conroy

a book that offers up a fictional account of what could perhaps happen if the scenario presented were part of history. It reads, i...

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 ...

Legal Representation as Depicted in the Book by Anthony Lewis? ?

the offices of the Supreme Court. He was, however, just one more convicted criminal in a long list of criminals that was pleading...

Book Reviews China's Growth

regular basis. One story is very nearly unbelievable. A young woman took her application to college tests and was informed that sh...

Female Characters and Ancient Texts

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

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 Day of Battle - Rick Atkinson Looks at the Italian Campaign

on whether or not to invade Italy; its quite another to read about the meeting between FDR and Churchill, the dickering that took ...

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-...

Where the Red Fern Grows

"I asked him not to say anything to my father. He promised me he wouldnt" (Rawls 20). He finally has enough money to buy the puppi...

Emerging Christianity in the Book of Acts

have had too much wine" (Acts 2:13). Peter addresses the crowd, pointing out that the men are sober and relating this mira...

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...

Freakonomics The Truth About the Economics of Dealing Drugs

Our popular conception of drug dealers is a guy with gold teeth and gold chains driving a BMW or...

Book Reviews on 3 Culinary Texts

highly susceptible to pathogens because of the high water content of its lean muscle and that poultry is often water chilled.2 Th...

The Ghost Map

Johnson described the people who lived within the city as a group of somewhat organized scavengers. "The scavengers...lived in a ...

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

of nineteenth century author Jules Verne (1828-1905) helped to create the foundation of the modern science fiction genre. The fert...

Code of Ethics for Nurses/The ANA Guide

evolved through various versions of the ANA Code. In addition to describing the duties and obligations that provision 1 entails, T...

Book Summary and Critique of The Feminine and the Sacred

This paper summarizes the book, but also includes a brief critique. The book is the only source listed in the bibliography of thi...

Book III of Psalms

p. 107). However, the psalmist goes on to indicate that this reaction was foolish as this simply took into account the current sta...

Banning the Novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

we present the following paper which discusses the banning of Steinbecks novel. Banning "The Grapes of Wrath" In more fully un...

Book XXII of 'The Iliad' Extracts

we see Hector awaiting his battle with Achilles and again there is a strong indication of the emotion which drives and influences ...

Effecting Societal ChangeTwo Approaches to Societal Change: Elshtain's “Democracy on Trial” and West's “Race Matters”

address the problems of individualism in our contemporary society. While Wests "Race Matters" makes a frontal attack on these pro...

Old Testament Book Of Ruth

(Ruth 1:3). The sons married Moab women but about ten years later, both sons died (Ruth 1:3). Ruth was one of the widows of Naomis...

Analyzing The Caribbean World and the United States - Mixing Rum and Coca Cola by Robert Freeman Smith

security, but also this relationship was a source of stability politically. This event then had a great deal to do with the postw...