Attitude Book Reviews Samples For Students

Summary of Your Road Map for Success by Maxwell

Defining the term success may be a difficult task. More often than not, success is equated with power, happiness, and wealth. Nonetheless, true success cannot be achieved or acquired. Instead, it is a process, or journey people take in their entire life. In a straightforward style, Maxwell (2002), shares insights on what it implies to be successful. Maxwell (2002) gives a definition, which puts true success within people’s reach and motivates them to continue struggling to attain personal dreams.

In chapter one, Maxwell (2002) discusses the definition of success. John explains that success is for all people, its picture is not similar ...

Introduction

Social psychology is the act of about understanding individual behavior in a social context. Also, it can be defined as the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations. They all concluded that human behavior was influenced by other people and the social context which this occurs. Social psychology therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others and look at the conditions under which certain behavior actions and feelings, thoughts, moralities, beliefs, intentions goals and individual perception are contrasted and even how ...

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Robinson Crusoe

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The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe (1660 – 1731)
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Social and Diversity Issues

including Logical Human Reactions to Incentives and Penalties
with Examples from the Book and Personal Examples
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE STORY
3. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS NOVEL IN ENGLISH LITERATURE
4. THE AUTHOR, DANIEL DEFOE (1660 - 1731)
5. THE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THE NOVEL
- The Title
- The Plot
- The Narrator, Robinson Crusoe
- The Use of Imagery
- The Setting
- The ...

BOOK BY GABRIELA F. ARREDONDO. MEXICAN CHICAGO: RACE, IDENTITY, AND NATION, 1916-39

The phenomenon of the Mexican society in Chicago has been an object of interest for many years. This issue has been examined in details and in general in order to draw the conclusion if the importance and influence of the Mexicans on the social and cultural life. However, the scholars have not published their findings for the audience’s access. Therefore, the book ‘Mexican Chicago’ written by Gabriela F. Arredondo is the first attempt to demonstrate the Mexicans experience within the American society and their cooperation. The ...

Since the start of time, there has been a difference between men and women in the society, especially what each could do. This was not different in the Sioux and Victorian American cultures. The Sioux culture emphasized on the sanctity of marriage. Additionally, they forbade extramarital and premarital intercourse. In this culture, the role of women was to serve their husbands and act as their ornaments. They were not allowed to pursue careers. During this era, women were objectified and those in the lower socio-economic scale were regarded as fair game for men who had money and power to buy ...

Book Review - Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation

In Derald Wing Sue's Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation, the author mostly examines sociological and cultural factors that lead to ingrained racism in all individuals, no matter their personal perception of their tolerance. Written for a white audience, the overall goal of the book is to get people to understand the concepts of white privilege and to comprehend their role in the continued oppression of minorities, regardless of their level of involvement with racial politics. The result is an eye-opening and well researched book of sociology, psychology and counseling that allows for an honest look at American society, ...

Summary

A Coach's Influence: Beyond the Game is a book written by Grant Teaff. Teaff is a coach, a player and an executive director of the American Football Coach Association. Teaff’s book contains three parts; the introduction, part one and part two. The book talks about the power of influence from the coach. It is a book that discusses issues affecting the youth and solutions to these issues. The book celebrates how football coaches learn from each other through the life of Teaff. Teaff’s book gives coaches and teachers knowledge, experience and techniques to use in solving social issues facing the youth.
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William Vernon Harris wrote the book titled ‘War & Imperialism in Republican Rome’. Oxford University Press published the book in the 1985. The author of this book attempts to review the grounds for wars and imperialism in Rome in 327 to 70 BC. It was the time when the Romans outstretched their empire to the Mediterranean. The book attempted to reviews the feelings of the Romans in their mission to get power and their actions. The urge for Romans to have power over all their neighbours was clearly reviewed. The Romans zeal for power gave them an attitude towards ...

It goes without saying that religion is a very debatable issue. Therefore, every person is the society has an own opinion and worldview about this issue. There lots of reasons why people are afraid of God and religion in general. Some of them have never thought about it in a thorough way, the others have been too shy and have been scared even of a reaction of their friends or family, in case they have a different opinion about it.
Share Jesus without Fear is a little book but full of understandable and wise words. This book helps to ...

Fish

The four principles of Fish are a) Be There (being emotionally present), b) Play (be sure to have fun and be creative); c) Make Their Day (focus on customer service and altruism), and d) Choose Your Attitude (take responsibility for how you react to things in life) (Lundin, Paul & Christensen). I think Choose Your Attitude is the most important, as our way of going about our work informs everything else about the Fish! Philosophy – without the right attitude, it is impossible to Be There, Play and Make Someone’s Day.
Describe your favorite job (or class). What was fun ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with an analysis of Jonathan Kozol’s book titled ‘Letters to a young teacher’ which was first published in 2008, appealing to most people of all those involved in the educational procedure and gathering various positive reviews since it appeared to talk to the heart of the majority of those involved in the educational field one way or another.
The analysis of the book will focus on portraying the main ideas of the book and mostly highlighting the way these ideas depicted in the book could be applied to the ...

Grudem’s “Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teachings on the Moral Goodness of Business” gives a balanced view of how individuals are blinded to the way individuals abuse businesses and the way individuals have grown to idolize success, money and as a result, these individuals have lost sight of the fact that for every action, one must put God at the forefront of one’s life. In fact, Grudem believes that many individuals have lost sight of the fact that businesses are solely God’s belongings and not mankind’s. Wayne Grudem is an authority on the ...

What Is Your Attitude Being a Manager?

A manager in any field is deemed to have all the required attributes of being a manager. The manager is responsible for planning and then directing the duties allocated to individuals. They are expected to act in an effective manner through coordinated monitoring the work done and carrying out the necessary and sufficient correction of the failed actions. This is done when it is deemed necessary. Ideally, the management posts fit the individuals who have supervisory abilities. In most areas, the managers are expected to have the proceedings in the organization or firm that they are allocated the responsibilities. That ...

The book ‘Effective Immediately: How to Fit in, Stand out, and Move up at your First Real Job’ is for young graduates who are entering the real jobs and provides useful tips and advices which can help them carve their niche in their jobs. It is important for the students to learn the technique to ‘stand out’ from their colleagues to get recognized. This book is full of such advices, though many of the suggestions are based on common sense; still they prove to be useful as remembering the best advice is always good. The advices shared in the ...

35 Dumb Things Well-intended People Say: Surprising Things We Say that Widen the Diversity Gap by Maura Cullen (2008) provides valuable insight on the choice of words in communicating with people during the course of our daily life. Words have different meanings in different contexts and cultures. So we should know which words are acceptable and which words are offensive, and also the contexts and cultures where they are applicable. Those who want to maintain good personal relationships with people in their social and business circles should take special ...

Leadership is the main concept in the modern business and private life. It helps to distinguish successful managers and those who needs to learn more in order to become effective. Today there are many experts in the leadership sphere. However, John Maxwell is the most experienced writer and teacher on the subject of leadership. He has lots of writings and books in which he presents wealthy information on how to become a leader and how to improve the existing personal leadership qualities. Maxwell’s leadership book series cover different issues including attitude, equipping, relationships and leadership.
Leadership 101 is a ...

Beloved is a historical fiction that tells of the horrific burden of slavery that the characters had to endure. From a kind master, the slaves of Sweet Home plantation were turned over to the management of the cruel and abusive schoolteacher. All hopes of a better life crumbled for the small family of slaves that lived in the plantation and were replaced by various forms of punishment for the slightest oversight. With the different experiences of the characters, the tone of the story changes from character to character and is reflective of the varying often explicit attitude that they felt toward the ...

Introduction

In “Willie’s Way: 6 Secrets for Wooing, Wowing, and Winning Customers”, Philip Van Hooser discussed six secrets of persuading and drawing the interest and loyalty of customers. Van Hooser based these secrets on his interaction with Willie Watson, a taxi driver that drove him from the airport once. Van Hooser was impressed by Willie’s service and considered it as a standard that service professionals should follow. Since Van Hooser discussed six secrets or guidelines in persuading and satisfying customers, the following discussion will be divided into these six. Each ‘secret’ will be discussed thoroughly and will consequently be linked ...

Introduction

Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery is a compilation of three essays by psychologist Dr. Na’im Akbar, earlier it was called ‘Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery’. Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery includes specific sections that address to the process to eliminating mental slavery or the ghosts of plantation. Through these essays Dr. Akbar has attempted to develop two ideas; firstly, the psychological impact of slavery. Secondly, the influence that Caucasian images for worship has on the African-American psychology. Dr. Akbar presented a behavioural determinant that according to him doesn’t have great legitimacy in the Western psychology. Many ...

J.M. Coetzee is the author of the book “Disgrace”. Coetzee develops the book through developing the personality of his main character David Lurie. However, close reading of the last pages of the book shows that although the main character, Lurie, goes a complete metamorphosis in terms of falling from grace to grass, his personality remains intact.
There are some interesting developments especially with regard to the Lurie’s interaction with some people whom he had problems with during the course of the narrative. For instance, Lurie’s relationship with his daughter Lucy is considerably repaired. He is somewhat depicted ...

Robert W. Merry's "A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, The Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent."
Robert Merry’s book is a firm but fair appraisal of James Polk’s much maligned Presidency where the Mexican American war occurred and where the United States managed to expand its territory quite vastly. The overarching theme of the book is the misinterpretation of James Polk as a President who perhaps was heavy handed in his tactics but managed to secure considerable expansion for the United States.
In the book, Merry describes Polk as a one term President ...

Book Review: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Introduction
This review is of the best-selling book in the self-help genre by Stephen R. Covey, entitled “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, which – according to the front cover – has sold over 10 million copies since it was first published.

Following Covey’s extensive study of “success” literature going back over 200 years and in particular his and his wife’s experiences with their own son, Covey – using the ideas and lessons he had learned firsthand – wrote the book to provide others, his readers, with the means to improve their effectiveness on a personal level, by following a series ...

Introduction

“A Child called It: One Child's Courage to Survive” is first amongst the series of autobiographical writings by American author, humanitarian activist and entrepreneur David (Dave) Pelzer. Dave was born in 1960 in the Pelzer family, acquiring the place of third out of a total of five boys. His father Stephen Joseph Pelzer was a fireman at San Francisco, California. “A Child called It” was published in the year 1995, when Dave was as young as 33. The book describes the horrible times of his childhood age from 4-12 with his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother Catherine Pelzer, and tells about Dave’ ...

The end of war is a book by John Horgan that looks at war on a different perspective. Jus as the title of the book suggests, Horgan has ideas and suggestions on why war can be brought to an end and the strategies that can be followed. Contrary to what many believe, Horgan believes that peace can be as natural as people look at war. War is not a gene that people are born with but a vice that people acquire basing on the external environment. However, looking at the external environment, it cannot be absolutely blamed for war. War is caused by ...

Book Review - Making a New Deal

Lizbeth Cohen's book Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 tells the story of those people in Chicago during the 1920s and 1930s who labored in factories and manual labor positions. The book starts off with the 1919 wave of strikes that occurred among labor forces and continues through the next two decades, showing the ways in which the Depression and the New Deal affected industrial workers in Chicago. A durable union movement was created from the ashes of these economic hard times, with workers throughout the city coming together to support each other. According to Cohen, "this ...

The book by Michael Byram “From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship: Essays and Reflections” is devoted to learning foreign languages in terms of culture at primary school. Language learning without cultural dimension is believed to cause danger, since children would use it to encode their own world, with no experience of “otherness”. Teaching is determined by social, political, and economic position of the society. According to the author, internationalization and globalization leave an impact on the educational sphere, and language teaching methodology requires revision, with consideration of intercultural competence. On the other hand, language learning is ...

April 8,2016

Irshad Manji: The Trouble with Islam; A Muslim’s Call for Reform
Irshad Manji wrote her book The Trouble with Islam in 2003 - 2004 as an open letter. The author expressed her doubts and questions to the Muslim and non - Muslim people regarding the rigidity of Islam religion, seeking true answers. Muslim-born author Menji outlined major challenges for modern Muslims in order to get better and get rid of outdated traditions.
According to Manji, Muslims keep practicing outdated traditions that make many Muslim countries stay backward. In 1972, as a four year old girl, she arrived to ...

Question 2: World War II- A Race War

Dower’s assertion was calculative and well informed. It is a true that World War II was pertinently motivated by racial pride and arrogance posed by the main participants particularly the America and Japan. Dower’s work provides a clear description of the effect of ethnicity and racial pride on the war. The scholar explores various situations with the intention of explaining motivate behind the decisions and practices assumed by each side. He presents sentiments that the two countries were equally wrong because they were all motivated by stereotypic assumption of viewing the other as polarized. Dower, feels that ...

A Wizard of Earthsea is the first of the all time favorite six books that form the famous Earthsea series of author Ursula K. Le Guin. The book narrates the story of Ged, the boy hero of the novel who was born in a tiny village that forms part of a group of islands. He learns magic from his aunt and discovers his great talent for magic. He utilizes his magical power to save his village from a group of enemies. Sadly, his magical power makes him proud and stupid. He finds a mentor who takes him to a ...

Book review: Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, 5th Edition by Chandler H. Barbour, Nita H. Barbour and Patricia A. Scully

Introduction

Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, 5th Edition offers more choices for teachers and students than the previous editions. The authors are all educators and their combined experience easily reaches 100 years. Professor Chandler Barbour has retired from an elementary school teaching career but he is still actively involved as a volunteer to his community’s projects with public schools, church boards, directing a fishing advocacy group and as a member on a hospital board. He ...

Summary

In the article by Sitkoff, he notes that the basic alteration during this era of civil rights was merely a change in public attitudes in relation to race, which resulted from three convoluted causes: individuals and institutions willing to change, impersonal forces behind them and the chain of versatile events. The author indicates that there were several individuals during this era accountable for stirring attitudes concerning African-American race. Despite blacks having experienced success in the American society, the author has the view that they suffered the most during the time of Depression and claims that starvation haunted them instantly after ...

First and foremost Stanley Kowalski is a son of a Polish immigrant who lives in Elysian Fields in New Orleans in some room in a shabby settlement of the French. He is married to Stella the sister to Blanche Dubois. And they appear happy from their marriage contentment even though they live in strange and desolate shanty. Just moments after Blanches arrival Stanley comes in with duo friends Mitch who stays with his sick mother and Steve who lives with his partner upstairs. Stanley is less hospitable to Blanches as he expresses descent humor and apparent accommodation that is blended with an ...

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Review: The Prices of Motherhood
Today the shelves of bookstores appear to be littered with propaganda either glorifying or demoralizing the job of being a mother. It has become less of a true stance in the world, and more of a political debate, standing alongside people who disagree on smoking in public, or abortion. We no longer argue the real issues when it comes to motherhood, but simply pass off whether or not motherhood is “hard” or “worth it” in terms of our own lives. We generalize the rest of the population’s stance based on our own views in terms ...

The Outsiders is a story that took place in Oklahoma. The novel describes complicated relationships between teenagers that belong to different social layers. In the beginning of the book one of the main characters, Ponyboy Curtis became a victim of a group of upper-class adolescents from the West Side. Both belligerent parties had their nicknames: the boys from the East End were called greasers because of their long greasy hair and the boys from the West End were called “Socs” that was short from “Socials”. The conflicts between greasers and Socs arose further several times based on their social background. Sometimes their ...

Book Review: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Rating: 4.0/5
‘The Happiness Project’ discusses a systematic approach to make your life happy. The author presented the book in different stages. Preparation stage includes your identification of things that brings joy and satisfaction to you, and also why and how you develop anger and onus. The second stage, making the resolutions, is the important one which lets you to recognize certain elements that boost your happiness. Finally, ‘keeping your resolution’ depicts a very interesting part.
Gretchen Rubin presented this book as her own experience in changing her life. It is happiness project that reflects the understanding of the ...

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The book, “Nickel and Dime” by Gary Soto is once again proof that the author knows how to weave seemingly pointless stories together in order to prove something greater. The novel is a highlight reel of America’s consumerist tendencies, pack mentality, and how we force those we believe do not belong to the sidelines even when they so desperately want to be a part of what we are building. Many of the characters included in the novel appear to be criminals on the surface, desperate for what may not be theirs for the taking. Society paints them in this way, ...

Introduction

Hamza Bogary’s book, ‘The Sheltered Quarter: A Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca’ is a narration about the past life of a character that has irreversibly disappeared. The author describes the life in Mecca prior to the advent of oil. The book is based on Mecca’s observations in Mecca and he uses art to express this part of his knowledge. He has managed to successfully bring out his knowledge into art through humor, empathy and his understanding about human nature. This makes his piece of work not only entertaining but also informative. The narrator, Muhaisin, has to deal with various ...

In "Confessions of an Economic Hitman," John Perkins tells the story about how he and others like him were able to have a huge impact on the world today in ways that many of the elite in society would rather keep secret. The story involves a lot of deceit, murderers, and traitors who are motivated by greed and power. Perkins gives details on how strong countries have the power to exploit another and even goes so far as to influence their politics. He explains how some countries are willing to go to extremes such as robbing another country of their natural resources, ...

The book, How Can I Help?, is very famous owing to its interesting content. The book by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman delves deep into the ethical realm. The work shows the way to the people who are involved in some sort of helping profession. The book is an apt example of a cogent work on caring about other people. The book tells many stories of the people who have served other individuals. This has made them feel enriched in their lives. The experiences of a doctor, a minister, a literacy tutor, a drug counselor, a nun are documented in this book by the two ...

Chapter 15

This chapter stipulates and highlights the beauty and the strength and triumph of God relative to the powers of the world. Firstly it outlines the magnificence and authority of God as the creator, whose works and vision for the human race was perfect, but instead the human beings faulted in their living styles and behaviors. In principle, we are the children of God, who happen to have the spirit of God living within us, thus there a functional relationship between our lives and the spirit of God. It is an elaborate article on the way in which the Christians can ...

Book Reviews

Book Review # 1: Zeitoun
This book by Dave Eggers is a spellbinding and enthralling description of Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun, a true story, tells the story of an unjust arrest of and racial discrimination against a Syrian-American named Abdulrahman Zeitoun. Eggers tells the shocking tale of Zeitoun family and has once again proves that he is one of the most impressive literary writers in the United States of America.
When New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, the prosperous Abdulrahman Zeitoun opted to stay at his place through the storm for protecting his house and business. After the passage of the ...

The writer of the book “The Prophet” is Khalil Gibran. Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese national. After spending his early years at Lebanon, he along with his family moved to United States. Khalil Gibran from very early age knew different languages like Arabic, English and few more. The credit goes to her mother who was very helpful and supportive in learning. Khalil Gibran was not only a poet and writer but a very good painter as well. He learned painting form France and his thoughts were transferred on paper by him in the form of short stories. Mainly his work is in ...

Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy is an interesting, inspiring, and educative book that combines both athletic and Christ-centered approach to life. It discusses the importance of faith in relation to leadership. The book goes over story after story as it illustrates on how to tackle challenges and situations particularly in leadership. In the book, Dungy reflects on symbolic stories that are based on his football career and his walk with God. Following his victory as the first African American coach in Suoer Bowl 41, Dungy reflect on how he went through hard times and major challenges but he managed ...

Introduction

The book, “A systems approach to small group interaction 11th edition” is a revised edition from the tenth edition of the same book. Stewart writes it. Ideally, it entails different scholarly and practical information based on a small group interaction. The content does not deviate from the title. It is comprised of eight distinct chapters within which information from the tenth edition has been modified to address the current audience. The various named and edited material within the book are as a result of the frank contributions from the avid readers of the book. The main adjustments are deemed to have been ...

Summary

Ron Deal in his book dating and the single parent (2012) identifies dating as a complex matter for single parents when children are involved. Dating requires consideration of its effects on children. A single parent or the dating partner must be ready to meet the challenges both emotionally and relationally. Deal (2012) provides single parents with solutions from a view of an expert that can help them prepare for dating. His book encourages single parents to consider different perspectives before starting to date. These considerations include whether the dating is beneficial for both children and the single parent at the time ...

The Great Church in Captivity

Diverse scholarly monographs dedicated to the Orthodox Church history during the reign of King Ottoman have recently been published. One such scholarly work is that of The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence by Steven Runciman. Sir Steven has successfully penned down the patriarchate history by chronicling the events during the Ottoman rule. It is indeed a detailed and a lucid piece of work which displays the research conducted on language relevant to this theme.
However, the book gives a detailed account of ...

Book Review

Tim Sanders offers a moving explanation of personal attitude in the current business environment. To Sanders, a person’s attitude must incorporate three essential aspects which are knowledge, network, and compassion. He urges that in the new economic period the most important aspect is transforming oneself into a better person than in the past. According to Sanders, becoming a better person means exercising the three aspects of seeking knowledge, networking, and being compassionate.
Regarding knowledge, Sanders believes that it is the best resource that a person can acquire. He opines that in cases where persons gain full and deep knowledge in a profession, they ...

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Failure at Workplace: Designing and Applying Public Relations
I work a business which requires a very well developed public relations. Our company provides consultancy service to small and medium sized entrepreneurs (SMEs). The most important problem that many SMEs have is the quality of their stuff. Mostly, high school graduates are assigned as managers in the SMEs and it makes it harder for our company to explain things to them because they do not have any technical skills at the beginning. We may need to help them in many fields from legal issues to some technical issues in finance. The ...

Book Review: Taking on the Trust and Outliers

Summary and Analysis
Central to the story of Taking on the Trust is the story of Ida Tarbell, a journalist who specialized in muckraking – a form of journalism that tackles the main issue directly by pointing out moral implications and subsequently instigating activism for reforms. The successful career of Tarbell in journalism has made her one of the most iconic American journalists during the early 20th century. One of the most famous controversies Tarbell has covered is the one involving Standard Oil Company (Weinberg).
Tarbell never regarded herself as a specialist in writing on business stories. Having no profound experience ...

Introduction Culture and Leadership in New Zealand

Introduction
Culture has a great influence on leadership according to various researches that have been conducted. According to Hewison (2006), leadership characteristics are deep rooted in the unique context of each culture. There has been no generally accepted definition of leadership, but majority definitions focus on values, beliefs, attitudes, behavior across cultures and influence that people hold in leadership position hold. Cross cultural research have identified what constitute leadership and the behaviors across cultures. It has also been also identified the various theories used in description of leadership. Leadership in most of the cultures across the globe is dependent ...

ABSTRACT

Patricia Hill Collins’s Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism, Patricia Hill Collins deals with the complex problems of gender and sexual politics in the black community, within the context of a racist and heterosexist society, in which blacks have internalized many of the prejudices and stereotypes held by whites. Although there has been considerable progress in civil rights, women’s rights and gay rights in the U.S. since the 1950s and 1960s, blacks still face the highest levels of poverty, discrimination, poor housing, education and healthcare and HIV/AIDS compared to any other group. Young black ...

ABSTRACT

Anne Fausto-Sterling is a biologist who has written Sex/Gender for a non-scientist audience of students and faculty in the humanities and social sciences. This book addresses a wide variety of topics including infant and childhood development, genetics, gender identity, brain development and structure, sexual orientation, and the future of gender in an engaging style that neither talks down to the readers nor goes over their heads. She completely rejects and idea of eugenics, Social Darwinism or genetic or biological determinism, as well as the worn out Nature/Nurture debate in relation to human development. Instead she maintains that all living organisms are part ...

Book Review - Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip Hop and Black Politic

Lester K. Spence's 2011 book Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip Hop and Black Politics takes a long, hard look at the current state of African-Americans in the predominant political discourse. In essence, Spence explores through this book and its scholarship the idea that rap and hip-hop culture may actually be bad for black politics; "this work represents an attempt to examine the core questions of black politics as well as the politics of the present using rap and hip-hop as the vehicle" (Spence 157). Despite galvanizing many African-Americans and creating a unique subculture, it is claimed that the ...

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is a book by Jack Weatherford that focus on the developments that took place in Europe many centuries age. A trade revolution saw that mongoloids make remarkable changes that transformed the continent. Genghis Khan is the focus of the story considering his decision to retract from the European society and adopted into the mongolism. The attitude thaw s held against the mongolism during this point of time considered him an outcast who did not have the interests of the people at heart. Mongol were hunters and gathers who moved from one ...

Wiesel Elie was among the few survivors who escaped death narrowly during the Holocaust World War II. Such names as Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Treblinka remind Elie of nightmares of pains and sufferings the Jews went through in Holocaust. Sometimes a person might wonder about the presence of God in such situations and fail to understand why people are left to suffer and die in pain like those experienced in Holocaust. Elie trusted upon the Lord ever since he was a child, and waited upon God to intervene in every challenging situation. It was not until the outbreak of war in Germany ...

Chapter 1: Down is Up

Here the author discusses prayer and how this can be used to start up and motivate a group of people and get them into the religous feel. It is an interesting start to the book and provides the ideal background for such a spiritual occasion as prayer. As an introduction it is fine and sets the stage for what is to follow quite nicely. I find it interesting as it is compelling and direct.

Chapter 2: Mountain Politics

Here we have a summary on Old Testament history which is pretty deep and spiritual. Although some of the arguments Kraybill use may be slightly outdated, the pieces ...