Body Book Reviews Samples For Students

In Knockout, Suzanne Somers interviews a number of doctors who have very specific ideas on cancer treatment and prevention – namely, that radiation, chemotherapy, and mammography do not work, and can actually cause more harm than good. They then proceed to offer their own alternatives, usually from their own field of medicine, which they claim are much better solutions for preventing and treating cancer. Somers then goes on to detail her own experiences working with doctors in the face of a misdiagnosis of cancer, and how that led her to seek alternative treatments and preventative measures. Upon reading this book, I ...

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life. By Author, Anderson, Jon L.
Anderson Jon evokes Che Guevara’s intricate character in describing his role and myth, in one of the darkest periods of the cold war. Notably, the book completes the heroic saga of an outstanding life. Anderson begins by breaking the account of the entire event, particularly after Che’s body was secretly hidden after his assassination in Bolivia in 1967. He gives an account of how Che’s body was discovered, and brought back to Cuba after thirty years of murder. He further analyzes how Che’s body ...

Shambleau by C.L. Moore: A Summary
Northwest Smith is a famous and respected guy on a dozen wild planets. He was walking the street of Earth’s latest colony in Mars when he met Shambleau, who was then being chased by a mob of Earthmen, Martians, Venusians, and other nameless denizens of unnamed planets. Despite himself, Smith helped the berry-brown girl wearing a tattered garment in red. After staking his claim on the girl, the chasers backed down and looked at Smith with complete disgust, while some even spat on the ground. With an important business to attend to in Mars, Smith ...

Robert Sapolsky, one of the famous professors of neurology and biology and at Stanford University wrote the book “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers,” to compare and contrast the stress responses in humans and animals. The book draws attention to experimental science to understand the concept of stress. Sapolsky’s research on animal behavior for several years in the forests of Africa forms the foundation of the book. The book gives an account of the impact of stress in humans and the strategies that enable to cope with the stress. The different chapters in the book explain the effect ...

It suits much better in fiction but, it can be a reality too. Cormac McCarthy's child of God establishes a sincere attempt to dictate the story of a taunting character - Lester Ballard. Lester Ballard is a rural man, aged twenty seven, residing in a reckless house in the Tennessee hill country. His past dictates his present life. His mother ran when he was a child and his father hanged himself. The novel begins with Ballard’s residence being auctioned. He protests, aims his rifle at the auctioneer and someone from behind hits him with an axe.
Lester Ballard is ignored by everyone, he ...

Summary of “The Drawing of the Dark” by Tim Powers

Tim Powers begins his story in “The drawing of the Dark” presenting the lead character, the Irishman Brian Duffy, who is attacked on the streets of Venice. After his assailants give in and retreat, he meets the old sorcerer Aurelianus, who offers him a job as a bouncer in the Zimmerman Inn – the brewery of the Herzwesten beer in Vienna. Duffy, a former mercenary who used to live in Austria and fought against the Turkish Army in Mohacs, accepts the offer and starts on his journey. Upon his arrival at Trieste he finds an odd tavern, where he orders a cup of wine. ...

Reflexology is an alternative healing method that people around the world use believing that with the application of pressure on specific points of the body will produces healing effects on certain organs. This form of therapy involves massaging the feet to restore the body's natural balance using thumb and hand techniques. Most of the time, focus of the massage is on the feet only although some reflexologists also apply gentle pressure on the ears and hands. It should never replace actual medication, treatment, or diagnosis of diseases and illnesses, but rather a complementary treatment method that can help relieve patients ...

The theme of burial and damnation is often naturally present in Greek war-related epics, but in The Essential Homer: Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey, Stanley Lombardo reveals how Homer’s Iliad lingers on the theme of the treatment of a corpse. Lombardo translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey have often been reflexively referred to as something new. Lombardo’s translations are full of conversational humor and despite the quirkiness of his approach to these two Homeric texts, both enthusiasts and instructors will gain a lot from this book. Lombardo’s translations are full of life, and possess an ...

Saying What The Law Is explains in another perspective the nature of the constitution. This book creates an analytical view on the laws and the constitution of the United States. The author has a vast experience in writing and working on constitution issues. His experience as a lawyer has also contributed enough to the creation of the analytical group. Many analysts have argued that the book is created in form of a written activism. Its critical view on the constitution enables it to become one of the sort books by other activist. The book also criticizes the way in which the government ...

Write a response to Clarice Lispector's short story, “The Body” and Rick J. Santos's article, “Forbidden Fruits in C.L.'s ‘The Body’”
Bigamy, homosexuality, murder. Clarice Lispector’s short story, “The Body” is both brave and shocking. Brave, because the author chooses to deal with controversial and often taboo subjects and shocking because she does it with boldness and honesty and makes no attempt to present a beautified version. The story is a critique to modern society and, through the use of symbolism, aims to convey a series of messages to the reader.
“The Body”, published in 1974 is critical of society, ...

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Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein

It is the reason men have gone to the moon; the reason mars is being investigated; and the reason for medical advancement. Discovering the unknown should sometimes be left alone; in the case of Victor Frankenstein “a little knowledge is dangerous;” and his pursuit of knowledge only brings him misery.

Clearly Victor Frankenstein is not like the other boys with whom he is associated; he is gifted. His father’s decision to give him a rounded education is a wise choice. Victor is aware of his over-average intelligence and he does not hide it, he is conceited. “So much has been ...

In Chapter 2, Evaluation of Job Demands, the author discusses the various forces and factors that go into determining just how physically demanding a job can be. This is done in order to evaluate the proper ergonomic precautions that must be made in a given job environment. The author defines the long-term effects of physical demands on a worker as work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs), and how jobs are analyzed in order to prevent them as effectively as possible. When performing job analysis, data (both quantitative and qualitative) is gathered about the job itself, then processed through a number of decision rules that lead ...

Book Review: Black Power on Campus: The University of Illinois, 1965-75

In Joy Ann Williamson's Black Power on Campus: The University of Illinois, 1965-75, the author charts an interesting time in higher education, as the Civil Rights Movement and its aftermath began to be felt on college campuses, integrating black and white students. The Black student movement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was a perfect example of that phenomenon, as black students doubled in enrollment during this decade. Mostly white universities experienced the most dramatic increase in enrollment, creating a new black presence in the student body reflective of the need of American schools to accept a more racially diverse world. ...

Introduction

This is a case of a Chris’ family. Chris has a wife named Ann and a son named Alan. They are an independent family living in New York. They live inside a two-story house. Each has their own separate rooms and they are able to communicate and talk with each other at least two to three times per day. Chris is currently 40 years old, Ann is 38 y/o and Alan is 12 y/o. This paper aims to examine the communication patterns present in Chris’ family and check their use of body language, other communication skills, if they are using negative communication styles and ...

The Host by Stephenie Meyer is the novel which will not leave one indifferent. To my mind, this novel touches one of the most timely and critical questions of the contemporary world – humanity. Even though the book tells a story about aliens who invade the world and subdue minds of human beings, we can track quite a similarity between that imaginary world and contemporary one. Thus, the main idea of the novel is actually triumph of humanity and love.
The whole novel is a struggle between an alien soul and a human soul. From the very beginning we are involved into the ...

Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins

Navarro, Joe, and Karlins, Marvin. What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s
Guide to Speed Reading People. New York: HarperCollins, 2008, 250 pages.

Joe Navarro was a counterintelligence special agent with the FBI for 25 years. Now, he consults with the FBI, the U.S. State Department and other intelligence institutions. He also appears regularly as an expert on such programs as the CBS Early Show. He also wrote Phil Hellmuth Presents Read ‘Em and Reap, and he is a popular lecturer for Fortune 500 companies as well. His co-writer, Marvin Karlins, has a Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton, and ...

The setting of the novel, for the most part, remains the caves wherein the group of human survivors attempt to keep on living, all the while attempting to figure out what to do about Wanda. The caves provide a nice, claustrophobic setting that help bring out the themes of redemption and paranoia that run throughout the book. All of the characters are trapped in their own caves - Melanie is trapped inside her own body, as is Wanda; the human characters are trapped into a hard life that none of them asked for, and so on. The claustrophobia helps to bring ...

1) In this section, there were not many mew settings or characters - the plot almost entirely took place within the caves once more, in already existing locations. In terms of new characters, we are given a few more insights into the rest of the human survivors living in the caves, such as Lily, Wes, Lucina, etc. In a flashback, Melanie remembers a time before she was captured, but after the attacks by the souls, where her parents, Jared and Melanie would all hide out in people's homes.

The most significant new character to be highlighted in this section of the book ...

Modern life of an ordinary member of human society is quite organized, predicted and planned in a certain way. Of course there are various unexpected situations and surprises from the future and destiny if you want to call it that way. I would say in the modern world, there is no place for magic and spontaneity, but everyday magic of sensation and simple pleasures of life used to make the world go round and make people happy, healthy and satisfied in the ancient times. Nowadays, our lives are planned from the rise to dawn and from birth to death. Being a ...

Stephanie Meyer's novel The Host presents incredibly original ideas in a way that is fairly palatable to young audiences. This tale of identity crises and mixed memories, all in the wake of an alien invasion, provides an interesting setting for this science-fiction love story. The protagonist's struggle for understanding and control of the very body it lives in carries many unique scenarios that are presented in a sometimes fascinating way. This paper will overview many different aspects of the first part of The Host, including setting, character and conflict.

The first setting the book takes place in is a facility where the ...

The human body is wired to function normally by maintaining a certain optimum functional state. Homeostatic mechanisms ensure that the body remains viably stable by maintaining the internal atmosphere within the functional limits. Alteration of the cells functionality brings about an unusual state in the body system. Interruption of homoeostasis causes the body to respond by correcting the state in a bid to restore the normal functionality. Lifestyle decisions such as nutrition and physical exercises directly affect homoeostasis which in most cases leads to a state of disease such as anaemia.
Nutrition is a major factor that affects the ...

Human beings undergo several developmental stages for a complete lifespan. People develop from the time of conception until they finally die. As children grow, they are faced with health challenges in their lives. These health challenges can contain if parents take up their responsibility as parents. Some of the challenges can be contained before they pose danger to the child. Obesity for example is a disorder that faces many children worldwide. It is a condition whereby the victim has overweight and accumulates more fats in the body. This condition affects about a quarter of American population. The most common eating disorders that cause ...

Book Report

Thomas R.M believes that studying and understanding the growth and development of a child is helpful to train the young on how to live well. Children differ in emotional growth, physical, social and cognitive patterns. Children differ even if they are identical twins. Think of a child; you will find out that their response to the play, affection, people, and objects be it living or non-living in their environment is very different. In this book, Thomas R.M helps us to understand children better by discussing the principles of child development, the brain growth, and development of a child. He ...

Analysis of the Book "The Medicalization of Society" By Peter Conrad

The Main Author's Arguments
Peter Conrad, the author of the book "The Medicalization of Society," conducts a study of the most common problems of the modern society, which essence and nature have changed and obtained a medical character over the past 10-20 years. In other words, the author examines the social problems that have become the diagnoses at the beginning of the 21st century, though they were not related to medicine even a decade ago. At the very beginning of the book, Conrad emphasizes the investigated phenomenon, claiming that his analysis is connected only with the social connotations of ...

Introduction

Winner of Seven Book Awards; Cooking on the light side by Dr. Thienna Ho is sure to transform the lives and health of those willing to take a walk on the light side. The significance as well as the value of this culinary book to the reader, lies in the fact that, it is richly encompassed with a variety of content, dynamic and captivating images as well as apposite recipes including charts for a comprehensive dietary plan. In this book you will learn the cause, effects and remedies to your skin color.

Dr. Thienna, two Guinness World Records holder for athletic achievement, ...

A Christian View of Sexuality Within Marriage

Abstract
The Gift of Sex, by Clifford and Joyce Penner, is a comprehensive, Christian educational guide for married couples about sexuality. Divided into a preface and five sections, the book uses Scripture and the authors’ expertise in marriage therapy to offer important information to couples concerning sexuality so that readers may overcome problems or enhance a relationship that is already good. The book educates married couples on Bible-based considerations about sex, physical aspects of sex, and unifying the religions and physical aspects of sex in order to have a more fulfilling relationship with each other. It answers questions, offers exercises, uses anecdotes ...

When The Second Sex had been published in 1949, the author of the book Simone de Beauvoir was thirty-seven years old. The Second Sex took the literary market by storm and in just one week, 22,000 copies of the book were sold. Many readers were shocked by the way de Beauvoir frankly discusses the female body and female sexuality. The book was placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican (Gray). Why did the society of the time scandalize the content of the book? Why did the de Beauvoir’s book end up breaking all taboos? ...

A photo1 of the Roman reproduction of the bronze sculpture, Diskobolos, housed in the Glyptothek in Munich helps us imagine how realistic the sculpture might feel upon viewing. The disc thrower’s right foot is flat on the ground indicating a stable connection with the earth so the thrower can push down on his leg for more power and support. His left leg is lifted at a right angle from the knee with the foot maybe two inches above the ground. His left lower leg and foot are turned in a way which is parallel to the right angle formed from the ...

The theme of alienation and resistance permeates throughout Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Alienation, disillusionment and fear are dominant elements in dystopian societies. In this paper, I seek to make the argument that alienation makes resistance to oppression difficult since individuals are separated from each other and the products that individuals produce. I argue that The Handmaid’s Tale shows how difficult it is for women to wage a successful resistance movement against a male dominated society. Even though Marx did reduce all human relations to means and modes of production, it is important to note ...

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

INTRODUCTION
Unilever is a multinational corporation that has been formed by the joint venture of the Dutch and British companies. It owns more than 400 brands worldwide and is operational in more than 100 countries. The mission of the company is to add vitality to life. “We meet every day needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people look good, feel good, and get more out of life” (Unilever.co.uk, 2014). The company changed its logo in 2004 to represent its cultural diversity as the new logo contains blue color and 25 signs. All the icons ...

Section I: Selection of Business

Economics is a social science concerned with decision making along with money making. Macroeconomics is concerned with the general problems of the whole economy as inflation, unemployment and growth. To start any business, the tools of economics are very important. I had chalked out a few prospective business plans for starting my own commercial activity. There was a lot of dilemma in the beginning, the plans were so many but the feasibility had to be worked out. I arrived at two options first, to open a café and second to open a fitness studio. Both the café and fitness were in great demand. Since ...

Meursault is the main character of the novel “The Stranger,” in which Camus wanted to emphasize the problem of belief in contemporary society. According to Camus, the most serious issue is the inability to believe in reality, observe what happens in the moment, and the inability to live life as it is rather than being concerned with nihilism and contemplating the absurd (Francev, 2010).
The novel shows three stages of development, through which Meursault eventually learns to deal with the lack of meaning in life. In the first part of the book, Meursault is an isolated being who ...

“This is a book about the positive evidence that evolution is a fact. It is not intended as an anti-religious book. I’ve done that, it’s another T-shirt, this is not the place to wear it again,” says Dr. Richard Dawkins in the introduction to his book The Greatest Show on Earth (17). This book is an organized presentation of copious numbers of the examples that support the evolutionary change over time via the process of natural selection. It raises many issues to a reader’s mind, and it helps provide a fuller understanding of the theory of evolution for the reader. ...

In the very first chapter of the book, Nuland shares the story of an infant who has a mysterious lump in his belly, which is medically referred to as bezoar (Nuland 2000). It is important to understand that based on what most physicians see, the lump would have fallen into the category of an “undiagnosed mass that could be a congenital, neoplastic, traumatic, or inflammatory” in origin (p.31). However, despite the various possibilities that most doctors may have seen, the origin of the mass could not be understood until a combination of information was gathered. To “see” what was really going on, ...

We begin by reading a tragic denouement ending of Mark’s story. Jesus is arrested by the authorities and leads to desertion. Jesus second sermon speaks of powers that are toppled by Human. When Mark narrates the moment, disciples were caught off guard. The passion narrative is filled with execution. We cannot understand this message and the hope it bears unless we come to terms with terrible realism. Mark begins the Passion narrative with two stories where Jesus is the King and the other one a Banquet. Each prepares the reader for the tragic turn. The plot is about to take ...

Is the Federal Reserve Good For Business?

Federal Reserve System is the main banking unit of the United States. It was enacted under the Federal Reserve act in 1993.Its establishment was influenced by the need to address financial shocks in 1907. It is the central bank of United States whose role includes the supervision of commercial banks, government’s bank, and formulation of monetary policies and lender of last resort.

The main point of discussion is the role played by federal system in the United States economy. According to Daniel Indiviglio, Federal Reserve is the backbone of United States economy and why the economy has withstands ...

The conduct of any business venture is supposed to conform to the law. However, recent years have seen businesses increasingly engage in misconduct, and this has prompted questions of whether conformity to law is a prevalent practice among business entities. In the article “Business Ethics: Law as a Determinant of Business Conduct, Vincent Di Lorenzo looks at the influence that law has on business conduct by comparing the purpose and requirements of the law with actual business conduct that currently exists in the market.
The Principles of Corporate Government articulated by the American Law Institute acknowledge that although the primary ...

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- If I was part of the audience, I would have responded to the presenters question by saying that the demonstration showed that alcohol was dangerous to the human body. The worm here would represent living beings and that the effect of alcohol on living things was to kill them. The demonstration would therefore mean that cells in the body disintegrated every time someone consumed alcohol.
- If I was the presenter, I would have avoided the ambiguity in the question by clearly stating what each part of the demonstration represented. In this case, the worm ...

Introduction

Silent Spring provides a documentary of the destructive effects of indiscriminate application of pesticides in the environment. Rachel Carson noted that the use of pesticides to control the increased insect population in the United States after WWII have a damaging effect to the environment. She was concerned about the destructive effect of pesticides in the environment and the human health, that she was spurned to conduct her own research. She teamed up with other scientists to gather concrete evidences that provided evidence on the detrimental impact of DDT and other pesticides. The evidences were used to substantiate and support ...

Introduction

In her book entitled The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage, Harney discussed about the impact of the rapid industrialization in China. She pointed out how the industrialization and economic progress transformed the country to what people would consider as the world’s factory, yet, the author argued that this progress resulted in adverse consequences. Accordingly, the book talks about important elements that relate to the country’s geography.
a. Migrant Workers Issue
One of the factors that was discussed by Harney in her book is the issue of migrant workers. According to the author, there ...

Introduction

The book is important to the people with an interest in homeland security of the United States of America. It is because of how the book author has developed the theme or the purpose of the book. Unlike many books published many years ago, the book is current having been published in the year 2011. It one of the greatest book in the market concerning the subject of the homeland security. The book TERRORISM HOMELAND SECURITY is the 7th edition of the publications, and it was published in the year 2011 being the latest in that series. It was ...

The book’s title gives a summary of the concepts explored in the book. Pollan creatively writes about nutrition to make the society acknowledge the need of assuming a habit of healthy living. In natural foods, the author means unprocessed food unlike the commonly consumed by the current generation that are highly processed. The author refers to modern day food as food- like substances. People eat these substances because they are edible and food-like (Pollan, 51). Pollan presents the modern day worry of food nutrition, regarding it as the American Paradox. He observes that the more people worry themselves about nutrition ...

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Human beings today are living in a world of new diseases, plagues, and infections marked by the noticeable increase in patients with food allergies, diabetes, metabolic disorders, obesity, diarrhea, and asthma. In Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues, Dr Blaser demonstrates and evaluates that the current rise in the mentioned conditions is not an accident. The notorious medical researcher claims that this increase is the consequence of the damage of essential bacteria through the excessive use of wide-ranging antibiotics. According to him, “we live on a microbial planet that is totally ...

It is important to comprehend the reason why Hiroshima was a likely target. According to Hersey (107), “the ruined city had flourished and had been an inviting target mainly because it had been one of the most important military- command and communications centres in Japan, and would have become the Imperial headquarters had the islands been invaded and Tokyo been captured.” In other words, how had the dropping of the bomb changed the lives of the survivors? Was the decision by the United States government to hit Hiroshima with the atomic bomb necessary? Should the Japanese have been forewarned about ...

Book Review of

“The Hot Zone” written by Richard Preston is a non-fiction English book published by Anchor in 1995. It contains 420 pages and based on Richard Preston article “Crisis in the Hot Zone.” It is a thriller that deals with the source and occurrences relating to viral hemorrhagic fever especially Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. The filo viruses, Ebola Virus called EBOV, Sudan Virus called SUDV, Marburg Virus called MARV and Ravn Virus called RAVV are the agents of level four of Biosafety. They are enormously hazardous to humans due to being very contagious and with an extraordinary casualty rate. There is ...

Book Review No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller

Summary of the Book
Harry Markopolos introduces the book to the reader on the accounted date of December 11, 2008. December 11, 2008 was a crucial day Bernie Madoff was arrested. Madoff was arrested for creating and running a Ponzi scheme. The Ponzi scheme was the largest in history of United States. Markopolos makes sure that the reader comprehends the revelations by incorporating a short story of a man in a plane. The man is shocked by the streaming exposures on the CNBC. The man reveals to his wife that they have lost millions of dollars they had invested with Madoff. However, the ...

Into thin Air is a personal account of the author’s expedition on the tallest mountain in the world. “I stood atop Mount Everest, gasping for air at the topmost limit of earth’s atmosphere.
Standing on the top of the world, I cleared the ice from my oxygen mask, put my shoulder against the wind, and stared at the vast view of earth below. I understood on some dim level that it was a spectacular sight. I'd been dreaming about this moment for many months. But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, ...

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 ...

Introduction

Rape is an act of violence against the will of the victim. It is defined as “forcing the victim to submit to genital, anal and/or oral sexual acts (SECASA, 2012).” The attacker uses physical force, intimidation and threats to control the situation. The victim fears for her life and obeys the commands of the attacker, as her survival depends on the submission and compliance to the demands of the offender. Rape is an arbitrary event in the lifestyle of the victim. It’s unpredictable, sudden, and unexpected (SECASA, 2012). It is a tragic experience that comes with a devastating burden of ...

The book follows Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a reclusive mad scientist, who seeks to create new life by sewing together the limbs and remains of several other dead bodies and reanimate them. Victor's childhood was geared very closely toward the pursuit of science, while he befriended his adopted sister Elizabeth and studied science with his father. After attending university, he decides to finally reanimate a dead body with life, assembling a rough body consisting of mismatched parts of ugly organs and limbs, bringing it to life. However, Victor thinks his work ugly, and escapes the room where he reanimated him, leaving the monster ...

Background

Jennifer Boylan is a successful book author, writer, and pianist. She has written several books and almost all of them were successful in terms of sales and popularity. Jennifer Boylan has so far published a total of eleven books. Two books were memoirs, three were novels, five were adult books and the rest could be classified with a pseudonym that Jennifer Boylan herself fabricated. One of the interesting characteristics of Jennifer Boylan was her habit of giving almost every interesting thing that catches her attention a pseudonym. She even calls her wife by her pseudonym sometimes and even in public places. Majority of ...

Book Review: Environmental Science

Abstract

Davies and Mazurek (the authors of ‘Pollution Control in the United States’) have evaluated the activities that we have done that contribute to pollution in the past that affect as now and also in the future. The evaluation of past and the speculation of what will happen in the future will help us in coming up with measures to curb and reduce all or some of the activities that contribute to polluting our world. This book covers how the past environmental laws and regulations have worked or failed to work as, well as the analysis of the strengths ...

Introduction

There are many books, movies and television programs that are created in order to remind us about the World War II and in order to create a visual imagery of the war along with a summary of the events that took place. All of these put a powerful impact on the reader, and brings in front, the image of the war for the period and creates the perceptions about the war and the situation of the American soldiers in them. Today, we might have lot of sources to view the events that took place during those times similar to that of the ...

Pornland: How Porn has Hijacked our Sexuality was written by Gail Dines in 2010. As a sociologist, Dine’s perspective on pornography is that it has hampered the growth of sexuality and distorted the views of both young men and women, not only on sexuality as a whole, but on their own sexuality. Dines describes pornography as a “parallel universe” where there is no longer human complexity, life pleasures or deep connections, instead humans become “orifices and body parts” . Gonzo porn is the focus of her book. This is porn that is hard core with sex that punishes the ...

Throughout all the times, humanity struggled to fight something real, something which would be the reason of their living. Aristotle was among those who truly answered this question and found for the sake of what people are living their lives. In this paper, I will describe and explain Aristotle’s findings regarding the matter and describe how they pertain to our lives.
As they say, great people always are similar in their greatness. Aristotle's findings regarding the contemplating way of living and the aim of living match those of Buddha. They both have found that happiness is essential to ...

Wayland Baptist University

Public Administration Capstone PUAD 5340vc01
Abstract
This review presents the book Managing performance in the Public Sector by Hans de Bruijn, summarizes and analyzes it. The book discusses the issues that arose from ineffective performance measurement and offers ways to handle these issues and mitigate their negative impact. Having analyzed the real-life cases and the extensive literature on the topic, Hans de Bruijn describes the perverse effects of performance measurement on public organizations and the quality of their services. The author proposes the use of design principles that will improve the system of performance measurement. These principles are variety, ...

Introduction

Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Higher Education, written by accomplished and known scholars, highlights the fact that students can acquire effective and useful learning only when educational institutions across the United States focus on transferring knowledge to students, rather than administer instruction with the sole objective of complying with state and donor funding regulations (Kuh et al., 2014). To this end, this paper focuses on the pivotal role of teachers in ensuring that their students are actively engaged in the pursuit of real knowledge that will help them in their career and future studies, as opposed to ...

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Brief overview of the theory
Dorothy Johnson was among the first “grand theorists” with the views of a conceptual model (Callista Roy, 2013). Her model was the first to consider both the understanding as well as action in healthcare. Actually, the Johnson Behavioral System Model (JBSM) was developed from the philosophical ideas, theories, and researches, as well as thoughts of many years. The model is comprised of a behavioral system (person) that is present within an environment consisting of physical, interpersonal, and sociocultural components. These environmental components are necessary for better functioning of the behavioral system ( ...

Summary of the Thesis or Main Ideas in this Book

Thesis statement
Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes use dramatic and compelling narratives to highlight the plight of homosexuals as well as give an insight of transgenderism and biological sex as part of the gendered notion itself.
Travestis are a group of males who adopt feminine lifestyles, names, and clothing as well as linguistic pronouns and depend mainly on prostitution for survival. The author gives a deep analysis of transgendered approaches used by society to understand homosexuals and LGBT prostitutes. Kulick examines the causative effects of Travesti prostitution and gives a positive and affirmative explanation to ...

Part one

Biodiversity is essential in the sustainability of the environment. In fact, lack thereof compromises the nature’s ability to adapt to environmental changes, therefore, enhancing its vulnerability. The development of science and technology paved the way for the incorporation of genetic engineering to living organisms. Precisely, since its introduction in 1996, many nations have embraced the conveniences offered by the genetic modification of crops to enhance their resistance and overall sustainability (Rifkin 15). This method is influential as it enables scientists to combat the development of a crop disease by altering the genetic composition of an organism. However, this ...