Evident Book Reviews Samples For Students

PART A

Portfolio of Creation Myths (182-191)
Question 1
Different myths have different images to represent their creator gods. For instance the Native American narrative of creation uses the spider woman as the god responsible for the creation story. In the same way, the Australian society presented in this excerpt upholds the fact that life emanated from the emu egg (Ford 185). One similarity that exists in the way that the creator gods are presented is that they have extra-ordinary power to be able to accomplish the creation task. It is also evident from each of the stories presented ...

“If we Americans are to learn from our mistakes, from the flailing, ineffective way we, as a nation conducted the war on terror after the attacks of 9/11, and from the way we have failed to make our case to the great moderate mass of peace-loving people at the heart of the Muslim world, we need to listen to Greg Mortenson.” (David Oliver Relin, “Three Cups of Tea,” p.5) Do we? Why/why not? To what extent can individuals make a difference in international relations?
When Greg Mortenson partook a flight to an unknown destination in the heart of the ...

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. By Benjamin Franklin. Ed. Frank Woodworth Pine.( Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Pub. Co. , 1916.) 343 pp. Reviewed by

Benjamin Franklin is one of America’s greatest statesmen and was born in Boston in the year 1706 as the 15th of 17 children, and the youngest of his father’s sons. Franklin was born to Josiah Franklin, a candle, and soap maker who had immigrated to the United States from Northamptonshire in England (2). The young Benjamin disliked his father’s profession highly and did not want to follow his example. Hence, Franklin went to ...

In his book “the Origins Of The Second World War In Europe” AJP Taylor makes the argument that the underlying causes of World War II, in contrast to popular sentiment, was the general complexity of political will and international relations at the time, rather than Hitler's dominating influence alongside Fascism and Nazi ideologies. Instead, the various powers, with their individual desires and relational struggles, embarked on the same path which nobody, not even Hitler, had wanted to pursue. Despite the devastation of the Second World War, it is difficult to pin its inception on any one individual. While Hitler ...

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 ...

Introduction

The book explores the chronical destitute and unequality within the American population. Seth Rockman is a revolutionary and Early U.S history specialist focusing on capitalism and slavery in America’s social and economic development. He has researched on histories of labor, race and social welfare. Particularly, he has focused on aspects that have been vital making America the wealthiest, egalitarian and free society in the western world. The scenario revolves around a fast developing and scrappy border of Baltimore city to 1840s. The book focuses on people who labored during early capitalist revolution and negligence in economic and industrial expansion success. ...

The book Levittown by David Kushner narrates of the dark side of the American history. The book mainly illuminates the racial discrimination that was much evident in the United States of America in the 1950’s (Kushner, 12). Trying to review the American history in broad, it is believed that the Africans who were captured as slaves were sold in the United States to work as slaves in the large plantations. After the war had ended and the blacks in the American soil had increased in number, the Africans started to demand for an equal treatment as the whites. ...

At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA is a memoir written by George Tenet and Bill Harlow. The chronicle focuses on the CIA happenings before and after the September 11 2001 Islamic terrorist attacks. In this memoir, George Tenet gives a real life account of his works as the director of the CIA and a chronological order of how things happened during his term as the chief of the Criminal Intelligence Agency. Tenet was the Director of the Criminal Intelligence Agency of the year 1997 to 2004. He writes a book where he recounts the ...

In his book, The Puritan Dilemma, Edmund Morgan narrates the dilemma of Winthrop, who felt that he needed to separate himself from the rest of the society which he felt was unclean in religious aspects. However, Winthrop was afraid the extent to which he felt he could distant himself. Another worry that engulfed him was that he was not really certain whether the generation that could come out of him could match the standards that he cherished. His major awareness is that he appreciated the presence of God. This is evidenced, when he ideologically differed from Rodger Williams who ...

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Anderson, James D. Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935. The University of North Carolina Press.
In “Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935” Anderson covers the years before the Civil War (1861-1865) and those that followed. Anderson tries to “tell the story of the unique system of public and private education that developed by and for black southerners between 1860 and 1935” (1). As the pro-slavery force, the Southerners found it hard to view previous slaves as their equals. Slaves were viewed as mere property and ...

Edward Bellamy was an economist who disliked the socio-economic conditions because many laborers got a subsistence pay. Bellamy wrote a book called Looking Backward, which focuses on Julian West who is an upperclassman, lived in Boston. It is important to note that Bellamy lived during the industrial revolution in the US. His book talks of West being induced to sleep because of his chronic Insomnia. The author records accounts of laborers striking because the capitalists and the landlords enjoyed all the profits and interests respectively. Bellamy writes, “The producers of the nineteenth century were not, like ours, working together for the ...

Leadership in any setting requires discovering the congregational culture that may sound presumptuous at times. For centuries, religious leaders have been confronting the distinctive cultures of congregations. It is evident that immigrant congregations fought over changing the liturgy to a common language (English) and also battles took place during the Irish clergy period. History gives information that a number of anthropologists and ethnographers studied local congregations just like their colleagues would study the remote tribes both in South America and Africa. This paper aims at putting down the ideas learnt from the book of “Lead like Jesus” by Ken Blanchard and ...

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak are two books that have lots in common and some differences. The Book Thief is a story about a young girl called Liesel Meminger, who ends up staying with foster parents because her ailing mother cannot be able to fend for her. It was during the time Hitler was in control, and there was war everywhere, so the setting of the story is during a war time in German. On the other hand, All Quiet on the Western Front is a story about a young man; Paul ...

Introduction

George Bernard Shaw in Act one illustrates male characters to be conservative whereas the female characters are fashioned to be liberal. Mr. Praed is depicted by the author as an aggregate depiction of a conventional man in the Victorian society. This is apparent from the conservation that transpires between him and the young Miss. Vivie. Mr. Praed affirms, “You make my blood run cold. Are you to have no romance, no beauty in your life?” (Shaw 10). The assertion unmistakably highlights the perception of men on women. Men anticipated women to be objects of romance and beauty. Women were expected ...

Reflections on the reading of the book ‘‘A Child called ‘IT’ – Themes, Main points, analysis of characters, impact on my professional and personal evolution as an individual
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Abstract

This paper will present you with the personal reflections caused by the reading of the book ‘A Child called ΄΄It΄΄’. Written by David Pelzer and published on September 1, 1995, this book depicts, in an extremely detailed description, the writer’s childhood of a severe abuse by his mother. David Pelzer suffered abuse by his mother and total apathy by his father, from the age of four till ...

PART ONE

THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS
EXODUS
This is a law book, the second book in the Hebrew bible and is also one of the Torah books that are believed to have been authored by Moses himself. The book simply means the act of going out.
The main theme addressed in the book is all about the suffering of the Israelites and their departure from the land of Egypt to their promised land. The theme of salvation and theophany are manifested in this book whereby the meaning of God’s salvation history through actions that give identity to the ...

SUMMARY OF THE BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

The book of Matthew is under of genre of Gospels and it majorly contains the narration histories, genealogy, sermons and the prophetic oracles. It was apparently by Levi who was a disciple of Christ. The main theme in the book of Mathew is the Kingdom and it has been used up to 28 times. The major characters involved in the text are The Messiah, his parents Mary and Joseph, the twelve disciples, John the Baptist and leaders such as Pilate and the Pharisees.
It was also written to convince the Jews that indeed Christ was the long awaited Messiah ...

Weber's Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism book traces its authorship from a German sociologist known as Max Weber. A part from being a professional sociologist, Max also qualifies based on professionalism to be a politician and economist in vast scopes of involvement. The book begins as a series of defined essays originally composed in German between the years 1904 and 1905. The first translation of the text to English was carried out in 1930 by Talcott Parsons. The book is thus considered as the founding text of general and economic sociology.
The protestant Ethic discussion by Weber captures on the basic ...

Abstract

This paper summarizes the story of the Motley Crew as narrated in the book “the dirt confession of the world’s most notorious rock band’’. The essay chronicles their lifestyles from formation, rise to power, moral decadency, and distinct highs and lows among other aspects. It concentrates on most remarkable events of the group as demonstrated in the autobiography. The work goes further to depict frightening scenarios of the Crew events taking place on and out of stage.

Introduction

The Motley crew depicts a group of hardcore Rock Music heroes who begun life at the very center of poverty. The most ...

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 is an economics book that was written by Paul Krugman. The book is an analysis of the 2008 financial crisis that followed an economic downturn amid huge economic activity in the financial sector of many economies including that of the United States of America. The book further follows and traces integration of the unfavorable economic conditions into the financial crisis experienced in the year 2008. In addition, Paul Krugman considers the parameters that characterize a relationship in an economic depression context basing the argument on the depression and the economic ...

Dharma is under the teachings of Buddhism as a religion which was practiced by the Hindu people in Ancient India. To understand dharma we must first understand the religion itself. From the previous chapters of the book we realized that Buddha was the founder of the religion. Buddhism is a form of religion whose inception was in India. Buddhism as a religion gained followers who were supposed to follow certain regulation, and that’s where Dharma originated as a teaching under Buddhism religion. According to the teaching of Buddhism, Dharma is comprehended as the way of the living of the people who practice ...

It is evident from the case that the teacher did not set clear goals and objectives of the lesson(s) such that the learners could relate or appreciate the entire course. Palmer (n.d) suggests that a teacher needs to device specific learning objectives and communicate the expected behavior during the lessons. Moreover, it is advisable to make the class format lively, engaging, and informative to the learners. Zaguan seems bored by the teacher, and this indicates a non-creative and engaging approach that makes the entire lesson boring. As a result, some of the students may lose interest to engage ...

Un Chien Andalou (Dali and Bunuel)–surrealism/film

Un Chien Andalou was Luis Bunuel’s first film that he produced during the surrealism period. Bunuel produced the film during the Dada Movement that a group of surrealists was trying to substitute. The artists were more intrigued with examining irrational knowledge and desire, and they dedicated their efforts and time towards reconfiguring the object world (Elder 45). Research indicates that the artists of Dada drew their inspiration from automatic painting, writing, hypnotic trance, and psychoanalysis. The film Un Chien Andalou plays around with corruption of time, reality, and symbolism. As a surrealist artist, Bunuel firmly believed that nature ...

Geisst R. Charles’, Beggar Thy Neighbor: A history of Usury and Debt.

Part 2: Description of Expected Plans of Revisions and Expansions.

This paper primarily focuses on examining the three themes that dominated the era of usury and debt. The segregation of Protestants from the main denomination, that is, the Roman Catholic Church, the subsequent wars and Capitalism are some of the major things witnessed during that era. This paper will explore the major themes while having a look whether there exist any form of connection between them. From the Authors point of view, there is a connection between the three themes therefore he discussed them as a single ...

Functions of SCM

Buy: As illustrated in the twenty-eighth chapter, the manufacturing plant was forced to bargain with suppliers to increase the scale of orders. This move would benefit both the organization and the suppliers. Alex hoped that this move would bear fruit (pp. 234-236).
Make: Al had trouble with making plans about production activities. In chapter twenty-one, the manufacturer found a solution to the problem that would prioritize production tasks. (Goldratt, 2004, p.184)
Move: Chapter 2 features Al’s shipping issues that had economic implications on the plant. For the plant to improve its efficiency, shipping schedules had to be aligned ...

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 ...

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 ...

The color line that defines the history of the United States, from the antebellum period to the years of the Civil Rights movement, is evident in Melissa Fay Greene’s work. Dubbed Praying for Sheetrock, the text revolves around the changes in the cultural norms that guided the society of McIntosh County, Georgia, in the last half of the twentieth century. For that reason, the book allows readers to witness an extension of the Civil Rights Movement that historians tend to overlook, one that is away from the streets of Alabama and Atlanta. Thus said, the protagonist and the ...

The Assata autobiography depicts and portrays the life Chesimard now going by the name Assata Shakur and the plight she has undergone throughout her life. Assata is a black revolutionary who has found residence in Cuba after she escaped to seek political asylum. The autobiography enlightens on disturbing stories that are at the same time inspiring from the time Assata faces arrest to the time she flees to Cuba. The Cuban government gives her a stipend, Internet access, a home, food, and gas (Wood)
The Assata autobiography captures intriguing themes, but the theme that vividly occurs from the beginning ...

The book titled “When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management”, written by one of the famous financial journalists, Roger Lowenstein gives an account of how the 1998 collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), a hedge fund panicked the financial markets . The author explains in his book about how banks relied on various brand names that have been established LTCM through its partners and how lenders were ignorant to the assets and strategies of LTCM. He illustrates several examples that suggest the models, strategies and trades used by LTCM, thereby offering valid reasons as to how ...

Book Review

Protestants refer to any of the varied denominations of Christianity that differed and subsequently separated from the Roman Catholic Church based. The separation was occasioned by theological or political differences during the Reformation. Reformation was the religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church, and it collapsed to the creation of Protestant churches. Capitalism, on the other hand, refers to the economic system based on private ownership of capital. War refers to an active struggle between competitive entities. Therefore, this paper will focus on examining these three themes that dominated ...

The novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque explores the psychological and physical conditions of German soldiers fighting in the World War I, instead of focussing on heroism and military accomplishments. That is the primary distinction between the novel and its contemporaries. The novel tracks the life of Paul Baumer, as he joins the army together with his friends (Muller, Kropp and Kemmerick) at the urging of their school teacher Kantorek.
While at the base, they meet Kat, an older soldier and a former shoe cobbler with whom they form a deep friendship and he ...

The Ramayana

The Ramayana is an ancient mythological book written by Narayan R. K. It is a tale that forms an important Hindu Canon and is divided into four parts; the early on life of Rama, his exile, the abduction of Sita, and the defeat of Ravana and Rama’s coronation. It is a story about Rama, an Indian avatar whose wife Sita is abducted by a demon king known as Ravana. The story explores the life in India, human values, and the interaction between humans and the divine world. The Ramayana has become a part of Indian sacred literature that people learn from it ...

Introduction

Upon reading the book, the first person to cross my mind was the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. She was a lady who loved nursing and always described it as her calling and would engage in health care activities that promoted and maintained the lives of nurses. From the stories, it is evident that nursing is not a peaceful ride as there are haunting and unclear challenges that are bound to come along in the provision of health care. Some of these stories are actually very touching such as the case where the one experiences the first birth. At times, ...

Introduction

‘Dibs in search of self’ by Virginia Axline presents series of chronicle play therapy sessions. It is an account that covers a year of therapy sessions for an emotionally crippled boy from a wealthy background. Although, ‘Dibs’, the boy shows the obvious signs of a gifted human being, their parents still insist that Dibs is mental retarded. This is because Dibs also present an abnormality in social behavior since he isolates himself from social contacts (Axline, 1964). Dibs further rarely speaks and physically lashes out at everyone including his parents, caretakers, sister and even classmates during school time. Throughout the ...

Both Elias Boudinot and Jeremiah Evarts define "civilization" as a reclaimed state from being savages. According to the chapter readings assigned it is clear that in Elias Boudinot’s first editorials civilization is viewed as a form of advancement and development of the community in question. He claims that there is sufficient evidence that the Indians can be civilized, which mainly involved improvement of their state of mind. This is evident since Elias writes that some of the Cherokees were civilized since they abolished some community laws that were viewed as retrogressive and barbaric. Furthermore, civilization in the reading is viewed ...

1. The book “Of the Mice and Men” has a grim lesson on the nature and characteristics of human existence. All the character in the story such as George, Candy, Curley’s wife, Crooks and Lennie admitted to having profound some sense of themes related to human existence (Steinbeck & Sinise, 2011).
Themes that resonate with human rights, social and economic justice, and the strength perspective in the book Of Mice and Men by the author John Steinbeck are discussed fully as bellow.
Theme of powerless is evident in the story. The story suggests that oppression comes from different ...

Racism remains one of the most difficult topics that have generated a heated debate in the United States. In fact, the United States has experienced issues aligned with racism since a long time ago. Rodgers’ book, “How Race Survived US History: From Settlement and Slavery to the Obama Phenomenon” offers a substantive review on various issues regarding racism. To be precise, the first three chapters of Roediger’s books over an overview of how the idea of racism has been reinvented over time in the United States history. The United States has experienced several historical events such as the American civil war, ...

A clear depiction of the nature of slavery in the south of Antebellum America is present in Douglass’ “A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.”As an African American Born into slavery and raised as such, Douglass’ narration gives his readers insight into his life and his struggle with the slavery institution. The book revolves around Frederick Douglass’ experiences at the hands of different slave masters before finally escaping to the northern states and joining the abolitionists’ movement. As the book commences, Frederick Douglass shows his confusion over the basis of slavery and in turn, makes his conclusions ...

The moral choices during war begin at the first choice of deciding whether to go into war. In this regard, war has different outcomes, which include victory or loss. These decisions affect the functioning of an individual during war because if the mind does not support the war, the body may not put in its full strength into the war. Greater deals of the choices that face an individual during war depict their leadership skills and the choices they would make as leaders. Going to war shows courage and bravery as well as a belief in a purpose while the opposite ...

Introduction

Research shows that the concerns of sexual stereotypes ends up associated with class and racial differentials in America. There is a need to consider the influences of race and the social status of families on the level of communication about sexuality between teenagers and their parents. The research by Elliot reported in the book entitled “Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of their Teenagers” cuts across different races under varying social status. Elliot reveals how different classes of individual from varying races perceive sexuality and works towards passing the underlying stereotypes to their children. Statistics shows ...

In all his work Steven Pressfield has depicted his mastery in storytelling and his mysterious ability to bring out his story in a technique that is guides one into the theme of that story. Based on his writing, he is at his best when dealing with classical warfare and his historical research is completely built on all his works. Among his work is “The Virtues of War”. (Pressfield, Steven, 9) In this book he brings out a fascinating olden background, opens Alexander and all the Greeks. His major aim is to show out man’s greatest successes in the conquest.
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The New Jim Crow is a book written by Michelle Alexander that gives a brief history of the past caste systems that have troubled African-Americans and suggests that currently there is a different caste system. Michelle Alexander is a highly educated civil lawyer, legal scholar, and advocate. The author clearly advocates that today’s caste system is created by the American criminal justice system by aiming black men and imprisoning them. In her book, Michelle debates the legal systems that appear to be doing their work perfectly well. However, according to the author, it is evident that these legal systems have only replaced ...

Negotiations and communication are functions of world peace and tranquility. Negotiation can be defined as a holistic process through which parties agree or arrive at a consensus through discussions (Cohen, 5). On the other hand, communication refers to the process through which information passes between parties. In other words, in order for negotiations to be effective and achieve a long-term objective, effective communication as a function must exist between individuals. In most cases, negotiations are conducted when there are disagreements or conflicts between different parties. For instance, when the country is at war with another country, leaders representing both sides can sit at a ...

The character of Socrates in Aristophanes’s Cloud resembles the character he put across in Plato’s Apology. In both cases, Socrates is a master sophist, the ideal philosopher. He is well versed in sophistry, science, rhetoric, and atheism. He appears removed from reality, is ready to defend his stand however outrageous it sounds and refuses to give in to coercions by his critics, students and authorities. Socrates maintains the character of a model philosopher and intellect who combines simplicity with an air of importance to converse convincingly with his challengers regardless of the nature of the topic at hand.
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Some aspects are depicted from the letter. First, it is clear that Franny's writing and reading skills in English are not well developed. The letter she wrote to Lane had many grammatical problems; probably maybe English was not her first language. Secondly, the letter shows that Franny loves her boyfriend Lane. The book reflects about students who keep themselves busy during the weekend to the extent of forgetting some of the assignments. This is evident when Ray Sorenson asks Lane whether he understands about Rilke. When the train arrived, the boys kept standby to receive their friends, the book ...

The Life of Pi is a fiction novel by Yann Martel that narrates the adventure experienced by the main character, Pi Patel, who survived in a shipwreck and found himself stranded in a lifeboat with a tiger named Richard Parker. I found this story unbelievable when I read of how Pi survived for a period that seemed like eternity with a wild tiger in a small lifeboat. What struck me most however is the main character`s ability to adapt to the harsh environmental conditions that were in existence at sea. For instance, Pi, who was a strict vegetarian had to adapt to a different kind of lifestyle ...

OCTAVIA BUTLER’S KINDRED

Kindred is a 1976 novel by Octavia butler. The novel is a combination of African American literature and science fiction. This is because the book tells the story of slavery from the perspective of 1976 woman. The novel also entails elements of fantasy as it involves time travel and of course acts of heroism by the time traveler.
Dana is a young African American woman who has just moved into her new apartment with her husband Kevin in California. On the ninth of June 1976 as Dana is busy unpacking in their new apartment she suddenly gets dizzy. Her vision gets ...

Analysis: American grace

In the book American grace, Putnam and Campbell are surprised by the uniqueness of the American religion. The religion in America is a conundrum; people are able to unite despite their sharp religious diversities and tolerate one another. So, this book is set to answer a number of questions: What possible factors could be shaping the religious landscape in America? Do people of a faith have distinct characteristics that differentiate them from the rest? Are there characteristics for people of faith as compared to those who do not have? What could be the explanation for the unique combination of the Americans despite ...

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 ...

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 ...

The massive immigration into the United States is attributed to the oppression that the colonial administration was perpetrating in Ireland. It is pertinent to note that their love for handwork was never diminished by the actions of the oppressors. On arrival in U.S, the Irish engaged in agricultural activities. They had enormous skills acquired during the process of commercialization of agriculture in Ireland. The Irish had also endured multiple hardships in their home country and were used to the aspect of resource optimization. It is evident that in their motherland adequate agricultural land was a contentious issue. However, in the ...

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 ...

Healthcare in the United States has been a center of controversy for a long time. Access to quality healthcare has been limited to the rich at the detriment of the poor. The current infrastructure in the United States requires the citizenry to own health insurance, which will aid in reducing the cost of healthcare. However, it is worth noting that despite the United States being one of the strongest nations in the world, a reasonable proportion of its population remains poor. A large number of people in the United States do not earn wages that can allow them to access quality healthcare. ...

Book Review

The book ‘The Salt water slavery: a middle passage from Africa to American Diasporas’ is authored by Stephanie Smallwood illuminating more on the extent of the African slavery and what extended from the slave markets into the Atlantic ocean during transit of the slaves (usually blacks). Stephanie appears to have been driven into writing this book by the forces of what really occurred in the high seas and the need to expose the shocking reality of what transpired in the high seas (Smallwood, v).
The book can be divided into three sections where each section can be looked at ...

The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation supports a “Development Dialogue” series in order to encourage and promote dialogue, communication and debate on subjects between North and South global divisions. In June 2012 the Foundation published a book edited by the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives titled No Future without Justice. The civil society reflection group was established in the fall of 2010 and is comprised of members of a variety of civil society organizations (CSOs). At first the group came together informally in order to discuss the numerous global crises that are happening simultaneously. By November of 2010 the group ...

Abstract.

Salman Rushdie’s non fictional work The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey expresses the gongs on in Nicaragua after the revolution. In this paper, this will be focused on more so the feelings of the people, its culture and political environment and analysis of it. Rushdie seemed to question a lot of things and even back others from a political point of view. This portrays him as a honest visitor of the state who so wishes to explore the land and get to know what really happened behind the scenes of leadership and governance.

The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey

In the book The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan ...

Abstract.

Salman Rushdie’s non fictional work The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey expresses the gongs on in Nicaragua after the revolution. In this paper, this will be focused on more so the feelings of the people, its culture and political environment and analysis of it. Rushdie seemed to question a lot of things and even back others from a political point of view. This portrays him as a honest visitor of the state who so wishes to explore the land and get to know what really happened behind the scenes of leadership and governance.

The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey

In the book The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan ...

Book Review of The Complete Green Letters by Miles J. Stanford

The Complete Green Letters by Miles J. Stanford is made up of five sections which actually summarize the important points of his five published works: The Green Letters, The Principle of Position, The Ground of Growth, The Reckoning That Counts, and Abide Above. This book is a compilation of Christ’s identity and individual spiritual formation. Though it is like an anthology of his books, each section is very brief and concise but still gives the reader an understanding of Christ and spirituality.

Summary

The first section, entitled Principles of Spiritual Growth, comprises eighteen chapters of values that lay the groundwork ...

Lionel Casson is a renowned classicist and a Professor Emeritus of Classics, New York University. Besides Libraries in the Accent World, he has also written other books such as Ships and Seamship in the Ancient World as well as various other books on the history of the ancient maritime and ancient travel. However, it can be argued that tracking the emergence of the ancient libraries, in Libraries in the Accent World, was quite a tall order for him. This is evidenced in aspects of broken connections in the book, for instance, in recounting the emergence of the Museum at Alexandria.

Casson’s ...