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Book Review: Realistic Visionary A Portrait of George Washington

Introduction
Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington by Peter Henriques tries to explain the first president of the United States of America as a person and not a symbol as most books have done. It is because it focusses on both his public and private life. The author looks at the reputation of George Washington as he tries to merge them with the facts about him. The book describes the first president as a war hero who is very serious and uptight. It means that the book explains the character of the president and relates it with the Continue reading...

Publisher: New York, NY: Harper, 2005, ©2004.

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The enormous explosion of the Kursk submarine happened on 12 august 2000 during a crucial military demonstration. The explosion resulted in the sinking of the Russian most expensive nuclear submarine, which was known as the Kursk. All those who were in the submarine perished as the Russian president refused the help of the foreign countries.
The note became the cry of the sea of the Russian souls that were tormented, as some of the people of the briefed families and the citizens confronted the Russian government. They were inquiring to know what was important to the Russian government Continue reading...

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The Zodiac Killer: AKA the Silenced Badge is a book by Lyndon E. Lafferty that seeks to give the true identity of the Zodiac killer. The actual topic of the book is The Zodiac Killer: Cover-Up: The Silenced Badge. In his book, he outlines the reasons why no officer who knew the story dared to testify. Included in the book are the specific people who were the masterminds behind the act of concealing the Zodiac despite the evidence that led to him. It is a series of a high ranking corruption and dirty political games. Lyndon E. Lafferty mentions Continue reading...

In his very inspiring book, You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader, author Mark Sanborn presents to the reader how everyone stands to be a good leader in their lives by making a positive impact in the lives of many others in their own unique ways. He presents a number of unsung heroes and how they used something in their possession to make a difference in other people’s lives even when they were not recognized as leaders. It takes picking a piece of broken bottle from the side walk to be a hero or heroine. Continue reading...

D. D. Guttenplan's decision to make Irving David’s libel suit against Lipstadt Deborah and Penguin Books his subject matter in his book entitled “The Holocaust on Trial” seems to be quite challenging. It is, however, eventually justified. The American writer, Guttenplan who currently resides in London was present in every day of the trial that took place in the year 1999. There were two things of varying importance at stake: the status or the position in the legislation of the Holocaust and its constituents that were definable and the overall outlook of David Irving reputation. On the face Continue reading...

The Irish Way

Analysis of Chapters
The book, “The Irish Way” by James R. Barrett describes the life of Irish immigrants who went to start new lives in America after conditions at home became un-accommodative. The author of the book has structured it in a very interesting manner. To show the various interactions of the Irish immigrants, the book has been subdivided into sections namely, The Parish, The Street, The Stage, The Workplace, The Nation and The Machine. This essay however focus on two of three sections that is, The Workplace, The Stage and The Nation as well as the introductory part Continue reading...

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Ero-Samurai: An Obsessed Man's Loving Tribute to Japanese Women is written by David Duff. In this book, the author enlightens the reader’s mind by telling the gripping story of love, sexual desire, romantic accounts, sex and Japanese women. In fact, "Ero-Samurai" tries to find the answer to a longstanding question i.e. “what makes Japanese women so attractive and desirable?."
The erotic prose in Duff’s work gives the reader absolute pleasure and makes one admire the colorfulness and expressiveness. It can be said that Japanese women are represented as possessors of genuine magnetism and charisma Continue reading...

Summary of the highlights of the subject covered by the book

The book George Washington in the American Revolution by James Thomas Flexner is a book that covers the period of the revolutionary war in the United States of America. The book captures the key moments of George Washington; from the time of his selection as the commander of Continental Army to the moment he resigned and handed over his sword to the American Congress in the year 1783. The author covers that period and places much focus on the personal experience of George Washington in the army, while at the same time dwelling a little on the revolution in Continue reading...

Slavomir Rawicz’s “The Long Walk” is set during the Second World War, revolving around seven men who manage to escape a Soviet labor camp, one of them being Rawicz himself. As the leader of the group, Rawicz chose to escape with men who were determined and strong enough to endure the harshness of the treat. Rawicz was a patriotic man, and the Russians had to drug him in order to make him “confess” to crimes he had not committed. Rawicz escapes with the hope and intention of rejoining his troops and reuniting with his wife.
The group that Continue reading...

Executive Summary

“Be Different: My Adventures with Asperger's and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers”, is written by John Elder Robison. This is a bestselling memoir of the author, who was born with Asperger, when there was no mechanism to diagnose this condition. By that time he got to know about this condition, he had developed some unique strategies to deal with this condition. He identified his strengths and turned them into opportunities for himself. This book is unique in a way because it has been developed with a positive thought. It does not consider this syndrome as Continue reading...

Critical review of the book Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm was born in 1963. He is a Canadian Journalist, bestselling author, as well as speaker. He was the writer of the New Yorker magazine since 1996, in Fareham Hemisphere, in England by Joyce Gladwell, and his father Graham Gladwell. In his life, he was a young single-minded and ambitious boy, whose interest was writing and reading books.

His writings

He has also managed to write and publish five books at the tipping point; ‘How Little Things Can Make a Big difference’ (2002), ‘There is Blink: The power of Thinking without Thinking’ (2005), and ‘What the Dog Saw and the Other Continue reading...

The Lynsay Sand’s Love is blind is a unique story than other love stories as it shows that love doesn’t happen all the time among the beautiful couples or among the strong and perfect people it can be among two normal and even ugly people can have love emotions. Secondly this world is also full of such examples, where people live happily if they have compatibility rather than only looks make people happy. So is the point of the writer who has very beautifully explained in the form of a story.
Let’s see the summary in Continue reading...

Bainbridge, B. (1991). The Birthday Boys. London: Hachette UK.
“The Birthday Boys” is an acclaimed piece of literary work by Beryl Bainbridge. This novel was published in the year 1991and presents an imaginary tale of South Pole mission by captain Robert Falcon Scott. This story describes the emotional aspect of human endurance and misguided audacity in a very realistic manner. This paper intends to discuss the novel with a focuses on courage as central them of the story.
Beryl Bainbridge is an English author who is named as one of the greatest authors of the United Kingdom. The author Continue reading...

“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave” is a memoir of Frederick Douglas. Douglas was an African American who born as a slave and spent his early life in slavery. Douglas, in his memoir, describes his own life, experiences, sufferings and life of other slaves in a very realistic manner. This narrative was published in 1845 and has been revised several times due to its popularity. This paper proposes to discuss Frederick Douglass and analyses his memoir and several other related aspects.
Frederick Douglas talks about his date of birth and about his parents in First Continue reading...

Book Review

In the chapter four- Friendship, Democracy and Citizen Journalism, Charles Ess discusses about aspects on online behavior which determine the interactions between people from different geographical, cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds. As Ess examines, diversity is a natural phenomenon which should be embraced by everyone. The development of technology has promoted online interactions. However, many people have not complied with the principles of online communication. Instead of appropriately using it to promote cohesion, they perceive it as a platform through which they can advance their imperialist ideologies.
In this chapter, Ess displays his literary prowess by producing a very Continue reading...

The commentary takes us through a historical and literal perspective of the bible. It gives us more than just the scriptures. The author takes us through specific passages of the scriptures and gives an overview basing on historical facts. This commentary is essential in helping people understand the bible better. There is a lot of information that has not been included in the scriptures. Most bible readers find the scriptures sophisticated and not making sense because of some information that was considered irrelevant and was not included in the scripture. The author therefore, pick on such scriptures and expound Continue reading...

Culture is one thing that we human beings all have. Conversely, different ethnic communities are associated with different cultures. This is in most cases an added advantage as diversity caused by the different cultures is usually one that contributes to the fun in life. In the case that we all had the same cultures, then there would be nothing to learn. We would be waking up in the same routine day in day out and, in the long run, life would be rather boring. However, with the diversity created by the vast number of ethnical groups, it becomes fun Continue reading...

Islamic community treats women in an inferior way and a bad way. However, Muslims argue that they treat women in the best way possible. According to Fatima Mernissi, the author of Beyond the Veil, both notions and assumption are right up to a certain degree. The book covers religious, as well as political problems, faced by women in the Muslim community. Fatima gives the perspective of an insider and gives actual and theoretical accounts of what the women face in the Islamic community throughout the book.
Sexual inequality is the greatest focus of the author where he looks at Continue reading...

The dictionary is a very useful book in any area of study; it provides the definition needed by students or any person who has an interest in any field of study. It provides the right reference now only to words but also some issues that need clarification. There are very few bible dictionaries; however, most of them are not detailed and just give a highlight and simple definitions without t making in-depth explanation.
The Bible Dictionary is written by John .Davis and who is a professor of Semitic Philology and the Old Testament History. The Bible Dictionary is very Continue reading...

Book Review – Freakonomics

In Levitt and Dubner’s Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, the authors discuss a fascinating combination of popular culture and economic theories, making Keynesian economics palatable for the modern sensibility. Looking at various subjects through an economic lens, the authors of Freakanomics essentially state that incentives play a vital part in our interactions with each other, especially with regards to economics. This book is about more than how our economy works – it is about how the world works when viewed as a series of exchanges and incentives. This book is largely in line with Continue reading...

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Sexuality in Europe: A Twentieth-Century History by Dagmar Herzog is a captivating and open original description of the turbulent history of sexuality in the European continent. The time period discussed starts from the decline of Victorianism to the Communism disintegration and the rise of Islam in Europe. Even though the 20th century is frequently regarded as “the century of sex” as well the time of rising liberalization, Dagmar Herzog has taken a different approach in describing this period. She has put emphasis on the complications and disagreements in needs and behaviors regarding the sexual attitudes. She Continue reading...

The Second World War has been regarded as the Good War for many reasons, and many have defended the participation of the United States in it as morally and rationally justified. This justification is based on the belief that Germany and Japan were threatening the power balance of the world and would have posed an impending danger to America and the rest of the free world if they were not stopped.
The book was written in 1972, in a time where the United States had waged many other wars, and the public had started to question the stand taken Continue reading...

Book review (The Quiet American Dream)

Ethnic Stereotypes: Americans vs. Europeans.
Greene in his Quiet American Dream is vivid about the disparity between the Americans and the British in terms of their conduct. In this case, Pyle is one character that is used by Greene to establish the unruly conduct of the Americans. They are expressed to be untimely. That is; they are not time observant. On the other hand, they are different from the British people who are stern and concerned about what they do. For instance, Fowler, who represents the British, states that he, is not willing to wait upon a policeman to Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Book Review: How Race Survived U.S. History
Roediger (2012) in his book “How Race Survived US History: From Settlement and Slavery to the Obama Phenomenon” presents a good analysis of U.S. history to the readers. The book is considered as one of the best works, performed in the field of American history. Roediger is history professor at University of Illinois, and has a great understanding of the subject which is clearly reflected in the book. The book presents a detailed analysis of race related issues that were prevailing during the past. This paper presents an analysis of the book Continue reading...

The book Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman is an autobiography and an inspirational business book by Yvon Chouinard. The book is about a prominent edge company called Patagonia that demonstrates a prosperous business approach. Patagonia is a company that manufactures clothing as well as outdoors equipment and is well-known for its policies that create environmental awareness. As a co-founder of the business Chouinard provides a moving autobiography regarding the inception of the Patagonia and the management policy that is typifies an authentic success in business and in life.
The book is divided into Continue reading...

How Race Survived U.S. History
The book, “How Race Survived US History: From Settlement and Slavery to the Obama Phenomenon” is a highly acclaimed book, authored by David R. Roediger, who teaches history at the University of Illinois. The author, in his book, examines the issue of race in a broader manner and presents a very good analysis before the readers. This paper intends to discuss the above named book and further presents a succinct analysis of the book.
Roediger explores the issue of race and examines how race was created deliberately in order to ensure the dominance of Continue reading...

The debut book by Laura Esquivel under the name "Like Water for Chocolate" was published first in 1989 and met an unexpected success among the readers and the critics. The success was so big that in 1992 Alfonso Arau, a talented Mexican director, has shot a movie under the same name based on this book. The movie was also a success and brought much fame to a director and the actors making it one of the most recognized non-American films in Hollywood. Moreover, the book itself and the popularity of it made the world publishers reconsider their cooperation with Continue reading...

Identify the author’s mission in writing this book.

The least effective is the first dream when the lieutenant has no idea of what to do and allows laxity in his camp. As a result, he loses the post and has ten soldiers killed and 28 wounded.
In order to accomplish his mission, the author assumes that all directions are war fronts and that every kind and good looking stranger is a possible threat to the camp. He also knows that he should prevent any strangers from learning of his troop whereabouts and if they do, he should hold them in custody (Swinton 13).
He validates these assumptions Continue reading...

The book “Professional Creativity” written by Eugene K. Von Fange is about creativity. The author of the book writes about the contribution of creativity in person’s professional life. He explains a logical view of creativeness and its effective use in aptitudes, planning and resources. By reading the book, the reader gets an understanding that how creativity helps in accomplishing goals successfully. Also, the deep study will let the reader know how to choose the path that will guide him towards creativity. The author of this book share his experience of professional use of creativity in the daily life Continue reading...

Hannibal the enemy of Rome goes into history and one of the most prolific military personnel who took the entire Roman Empire by storm and surprise. Since then, the events of his bravado and bluster have been penned down by different authors from time to time. Leonard Cottrell is one of them. He may not bring about the pure definition of being the most ardent historian, rather he was an archeologist and producer of movies in the same genre, yet he provided one marvel in the context of world history. Authenticity, minute details, comprehensive outlook and deep in its Continue reading...

Chapter One

Curiosity and interest are the main factors in writing a good research paper or a magnificent essay. The first chapter is devoted to this very aspect of conducting a research. The main idea of the first chapter is to show students that every researcher should be interested in what he or she is doing. The author suggests that if a researcher is bored, the research papers will be bored, as well. On the contrary, if the topic is interesting for the researcher, he or she will present a high quality research paper. The author emphasized how necessary it is Continue reading...

Nancy F. Cott. The Bonds of Womenhood: "Woman's Sphere" in New England 1780 1835.

The purpose of the book, The Bonds of Womenhood: "Woman's Sphere" in New England 1780 1835, written by Nancy F. Cott was to demonstrate that women from a century ago were breaking out of their traditional sphere of working in the home and shaping new roles for themselves in the community. During the process they also learned how to strengthen “the bonds of womanhood” with other women (Cott, 204). Cott (160) calls this new feeling sisterhood.
New England middle class women were very smart about Continue reading...

Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America by Laura Wexler, Scribner, January 13, 2004 288pp

‘Fire in a canebrake’ is quite a scorcher by Laura Wexler and which focuses on the last mass lynching which occurred in the American Deep South, the one in the heartland of rural Georgia, precisely Walton County, Georgia on 25th July 1946, less than a year after the Second World War. Wexler narrates the story of the four black sharecroppers who met their end ‘at the hand of person’s unknown’ when an undisclosed number of white men simply shot the blacks to death. The author concentrates on the way the evidence was collected in those eerie post war Continue reading...

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Rochester, New York is renowned for being the hub for the religious revival that thrived in the early 19th century in the United States of America and changed the society greatly. Due to the mentioned historical reinforcement and stimulation, the United States of America turned out to be the world’s most militantly Protestant country. It also had a great effect on a majority of other antebellum reform movements in the North. In particular, it affected the movements that were meant for the slavery abolition and temperance. Nevertheless, even though a lot of historians Continue reading...

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This book gives an elaboration of the black and white film. It gives the story of a confused soldier with the experience of bizarre thoughts about the war and the army. The book gives the detailed account of the army activities and the war and how it affected the society. The use of horses in the war is also explained in details .The aspects of the American civil war are fully analyzed in this book. The role of the soldier is explained in a manner that he served the general. This also entails the chaos where the soldiers were Continue reading...

Essentially, the book ‘creating innovators’ addresses the manner in which young people can be guided, and their capacities be developed in order to become more entrepreneurial and creative. As such, Tony Wagner gives a new perspective to several issues such as mentoring, parenting and teaching the young people. This is directed to ensuring that the young people receive the necessary training in order to become competent innovators. This is necessary if human beings are to thrive in the demanding 21st century.
In chapter four, the author tries to bring the innovation theory into action. He seeks to achieve this Continue reading...

Organizational Leadership and Management

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The book “Who moved my cheese?” by Spencer Johnson, despite its international fame and common recognition, appears to be quite humble and simple. An average reader can cover all 96 pages of this book within an hour. Nevertheless this is one of the most prominent works about transformational leadership and delivers the intended message in the most popular and understandable form. The extended title “An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life” summarizes the main topic - the change, the context – professional and personal activities as well Continue reading...

Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann

- Clive Beggs had formerly been Chartered, BRE advisor, and engineer of the School of Civil Engineering under The University of Leeds and is the serving Professor of Medical Technology in the University of Bradford.
- He is a biomedical scientist and mechanical engineer and excels in the field of energy management.
- He, a world known speaker, has authored several scientific papers on designing of buildings that consume low energy, and are environment friendly.
- No wonder, he is the recipient of CIBSE Bronze Medal for his achievements in the field of desiccant cooling that uses water as Continue reading...

Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson and The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson are two books that use symbolic stories to talk educate on interpersonal relationships and organizational and management skills.
The One Minute Manger mirrors the experience of a young man who desires to learn as much as he can about being an effective manager. In his search for effective managerial skills, the young man hears of a manager in a nearby town who has a credible reputation of being very effective and who is admired by many. When the young arranges a Continue reading...