Disabilities Book Reviews Samples For Students

1 and 2. Preface

Against depression is the title of the book written by Peter Kramer a renowned psychiatrist, the title of the book suggests more of a political inclination of some sort but the book narrates a different story all together. The book is majorly focused on the idea that most people are in support of depression as an aid to artistic expression. Its incorporation of latest research in the psychiatric field is also very crucial as it facilitates the comprehensive and explicit explanation as well as illustration of physical damages of the brain and its major causes.

It further explains in an easy to ...

Introduction

Samantha Abeel has authored two books and is also a public speaker. She is a young woman who grew up with dyscalculia, a learning disability related with math. In her memoir ‘My Thirteenth Winter’ she narrates about important events from when she was a child right through the years she was a young adult and how this disability compelled her to search for inner strength and find courage in the face of all the challenges. In this book, she profusely narrates how this disability has greatly impacted her life. She says she is old enough, but she is unable to tell time, struggles with ...

International Trade

In today’s modern world, it is evident that nations cannot afford to exist independently. The first chapter provides logistical information on how international trade links different countries through economic policies, production, labor, and trade. A country cannot set its own economic policies without affecting other nations (Carbaugh 2). This is a big step and change from the previous economic situation where countries used to be independent. The chapter talks of how the United States economically links itself to other nations through trade, economic unions such as the European Union and formation of multinational corporations with their bases existing in ...

The Hunt for Red October

Synopsis of the Storyline

The “Hunt for Red October” is inspired by actual events, the mutiny on the Storozhevoy and the sinking and salvage of K-129. Written in 1984, in an era that saw the fall of the Berlin Wall, it soared in popularity when President Reagan said he enjoyed it. The basic plot chronicles the story of the Soviet submarine Red October, its Captain Marko Alexandrovich Raimius and crew as they attempt to defect to the United States taking the submarine and its new technology with them. Russia sends a fleet to retrieve the submarine and two Americans ...

Introduction

The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies is a book by Alan Taylor that takes us through the events of the civil war of 1812. This literature gives comprehensive coverage of events of the civil war and therefore, making it easier for people to picture what happens. It was a war between the Indians, Canadians, Britons and Americans. The battle was for a portion of land that belonged to Canadians born in United States. The war took a different shape as parties collaborated to facilitate the needed victory. It was a defining moment for the different nations, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Blacks live in complete poverty in Maycomb and have hardly any rights at all, but most of the whites are also poor, and the whole county is basically backward and marginalized, especially because of the Great Depression. Most of the whites do not even have money to pay the legal bills that they owe Atticus, but in compensation they do have a sense of racial superiority over the blacks, who are even poorer and more degraded than they are. That someone like Atticus even exists there is highly surprising, although he has no real chance of changing system as it ...

Aristotle’s notion of happiness is quite different from our understanding of happiness. He called happiness an “activity” while the contemporary interpretation of happiness is a placid state of human mind. Thus, happiness now is seen as an emotional state rather than the result of certain action. Greek word eudaimonia can be rendered as “success”. People who are successful according to this notion are not in a particular state, but they live successfully. Aristotle considered happiness as an ongoing state caused by actions, rather than temporary euphoria. He stated that virtuous people can be happy when they exercise their virtues. A ...

Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline. New York: Broadway Business, 1997.
I was dreaming to read this book for several years and I found it excellent for clarity, content, and examples used by the author. I had moved through the book with lightning speed. I was able to remember main ideas due to the multiple details offered by the author which I found in the cases. Often, the authors of similar books draw banal examples. It was a nice surprise for me when I did not find any over-applied solutions in the book. I found the book very useful ...

Chapter 1: Learning Objectives

- Define development, focusing on three elements of its scientific study.
Development is the scientific study of people’s lifespan changes, that is, from conception (womb) to death (tomb). It focuses on the systematic changes that occur over time among all individuals, and which explain continuities and discontinuities in life.
- List and describe the basic steps of the scientific method.
- Posing of the problem is done based on prior research, theory or observation.
- Formulating of a hypothesis refers to an educated prediction, which can be verified or tested.
- Testing of the ...

There are two radically different and competing versions of family and community in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. One of these is the semi-feudal status quo of rigid divisions by race, gender, caste and social class and the other a more democratic, integrated and humane community of the future symbolized by Atticus Finch, his children and supporters. Broadly speaking, these two conflicting ideologies are not simply taking place in the small, fictional community of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. They are in conflict throughout the entire country and perhaps the world, and are not confined to one particular ...

Categories of employees’ complaints

(What are the specific things the employees are unhappy about? If you were to group their specific complaints together, how might you summarize the kinds of complaints the employees have? You are welcome to create the categories, describe the categories and then list the examples from the video.)

The most specific things the employees are unhappy about are low wages, poor working conditions, lack of interaction and communication with management, lack of investment in employees, lack of pleasant and enjoyable work environment, lack of feedback from managers concerning ideas and suggestions, etc. These complaints may be summarized in several ...

Deaf in America: Voices from Culture

Amazingly, almost all books devoted to description of deaf people’s world were written by hearing people. Deaf in America represents an alternative view of deaf people which significantly differs from books written by hearing people. The book reflects deaf people point of view since the authors of the book, Carol A. Padden and Tom L. Humphries, are deaf. The goal of the book was to write about deaf people in a new way, introduce their culture, and draw attention to their life.
Carol A. Padden is a professor of Department of Communication teaching in the University of California. She ...

The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway's novel, written in 1926. Based on real events that occurred in the life of the author.Hemingway began the novel "The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)" on July 21, and finished the first version of the September 6, 1925, but it took a thorough revision of the text; novel came out (Charles Scribner's publishing house) October 22, 1926 and immediately became a literary sensation. Difficult innovative novel, it is not simple ideology caused still unsolved disputes of literary critics.
Gradually there were two major and opposite by the content views on the novel. Carlos Baker, ...

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

Introduction
There has been many scientific and analytical books and articles written about the issue of case studies. First, it is significant to analyze every interesting case, because they may become backgrounds for new laws. However, not many cases became backgrounds for books. The case Gideon vs. Wainwright became the background not only for a book, but also for new laws that made a revolution in modern justice system. The peculiarity of this case is that, after it, not only the government of the United States of America, but also governments of all democratic countries in the world adopted laws ...

Book Review: Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom

Place: Berkeley, California
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: February, 2013
Edition: 1
Price: $33.35
ISBN: 978-0-520-95448-9
Introduction
Is it possible for the modern twenty-something woman to have it all; sexual freedom coupled with good relationships and good career? This is the question that author Leslie Ball explores in her book in “Hard to get: Twenty-something women and the paradox of sexual freedom”. In this book, Bell conducts an intimate and powerful examination of the lives of twenty-something women; one of America’s most liberated generation of women. Bell explores the ...

Introduction

The End of Government as We Know It: Making Public Policy Work was published in 2007. The author argues that the current government structure in Washington will disintegrate in a number of years not to come to a crashing end but to embrace the new technologies in this information and technology era. This will lead to a reduction of the number of bureaucrats in the Washington offices and there will be a great reduction in those in the federal offices. All this will be influenced by the policy makers if they adopt the emerging technology in the workings of the government. The book ...

The main theme for the book entitled “The Spirit Level: Why equal societies almost always do better” was about how inequality can affect even those who are not well off. This information is vital for someone in the planning profession because the economy and the labor force affects the job outlook as well as the other important factors in a certain area. The book was well written and was done with extensive years of research, not focusing on only one country, but doing a case study on many. When it comes to someone from the planning profession, it is important that ...

GMO is the abbreviation for genetically modified organisms. An organism is said to be genetically modified when there is alteration of its genetic constitution through genetic engineering methods. Micro-organisms such as mammals, insects, fish, plants, yeast and bacteria are some of the organisms that have been genetically modified in today’s world. Monsanto is one of the major companies that involved itself in the production of GMOs and it also controls the biggest and widest share of market of GMO crops in the world . The following are some of the products that Monsanto produced. Firstly, they produced RoundUp soy-beans ...

Summer C 2013

Dr. George Shepeard
Short Answer Questions (2 points each )
- List 6 common myths about male sexuality as highlighted in your text.
Men have a fertility cycle, erecticle dysfunction only occurs in older men, this penis is a muscle the average western penis is larger, sexual peak is at age 18, certain foods may increase the libido
2. Describe the difference between a sexual problem and a sexual disorder as identified in the text.
A sexual problem is a problem that occurs during sex. A sexual disorder involves acts or behaviors that can be described as deviant.
3. ...

Book Review “Religion in America: A political History”

Book Review “Religion in America: A Political History”
Introduction
Denis Lacorne is a French renowned history scholar, religious critical thinker, and a researcher. A part from writing various books and journals, Denis Lacorne is also known for shaping France and American religious history and French social development. In addition, Lacorne is an established commentator and an anchor in French televisions. The popularly of Lacorne in United States of America and European countries is especially enhanced by his brilliant contribution in the analysis of American religious development and global politics and economic development. Numerous scholars have described Denis Lacorne as a ...

Book Review: “Women, Warfare and Armies in Early Modern Europe”

John Lynn in his book explores the participation of military women in the early modern Europe over a time span of roughly three centuries, from 1500 to 1815. The books highlights on the crucial roles that women played. The book targeted exploring the women’s lives and spotlight on their contributions as campaign militant. Lynn presents the fundamental assertion that the number of women in the campaign community of the military was large and at times even outnumbered that of the military soldiers. A number of different theses echo throughout the book. Lynn affirms that the camp women in the early ...

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 ...

Introduction

This paper is divided into four sections. The first section is a troubleshooting report on a restaurant’s food and operations. The report highlights the observations and gives the recommendations. The second section is short memo report which highlights the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning and the recommendations to Paper Products, Inc. The third section gives an in-depth development of an objective and “Related Capability” sections for the resume. The dream job, for which the resume is intended, is sales and marketing manager/executive. The final section is a memo that gives a critique of the website of Talisman Energy Inc., one of the ...

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 ...

Introduction

This book brings about the history of the deaf people in the United States in the nineteenth century and the developments that it underwent in recognition of the importance of language as a mode of communication in a way that is not only understood by the English speakers but one that also cuts across the broader spectrum of communication development and its impact both social and more fundamentally the work environment. Though little according to the book is known about the non white deaf people in the United States, a major irony is drawn from this since this was a time after colonization ...