Information Book Reviews Samples For Students

Tearoom trade: a study of homosexual encounters in public places book, was written by Laud Humphreys as a Ph.D. dissertation with the title "Tearoom trade." The study aimed at analyzing homosexual's behaviors practiced in public toilets. Humphreys affirmed that the men who took part in homosexuality acts emanated from various social backgrounds. The homosexuals differed in their personal motives and belonged to the categories of either being "straight," "bisexual," or "gay." The study tried to identify the common stereotypes associated with men homosexuality in public places. In the study, he realized that most homosexuals lived normal lives, they had 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...

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...

Auditor has much to learn from the article "What the Dog Saw". It gives inspiration and advice that is essential of practiced while auditing. It has provided with clues on how to undertake the task in an appropriate and efficient considering the situation and the environment. Malcolm Gladwell pointed some of the activities of which related much to the situations concerning to the business field. The cultural trends of the Americans during 1950s it was a taboo of a woman applying dye on their hair. This is connected with how companies have tied back their original message of which 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...

Abstract

The mean for Z scoresare of better advantage when it comes to portraying the proportions under the curve. This is because they extend over to the decimals as a way of dealing with multiple data with varying values(Kamphaus 2005). The massive data is broken down resulting to compressed outcomes. As z scores are denoted in decimals, they can be converted to percentages to simply the data in a clarified manner. Z-scores thusbring out away of organizing data, to enhance better results and simplified facts,that there can be comparisons to bring out the variations between the multiple things ( Continue reading...

‘Smile' for Transparency in Dave Eggers ‘The Circle’

Every organization oriented towards better performance looks into embracing transparency and accountability. This is a good show to the external environment if at all the organization can prove that its services and undertakings are free from fraud, honest and satisfaction guaranteed. Ideally, various advantages and benefits accrue to a firm that ensures that their transparency is known to the citizens and the government in their day to day operation of their business.
The Circle by Dave Eggers depicts the encounters undergone by the character, Mae. Mae is subject into the transparency depiction process of the Circle Company. The company Continue reading...

Carr, Nicholas G. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. New York: W.W. Norton, 2010. Print.

Introduction

Just imagine you went to the web only for three minutes to check your mail. Then someone sent you a hyperlink to that article. You started to read it carefully. At the same time, your friend sent you some funny photo, and of course you are going to the social network to share it with someone else. Just read the first paragraph of article you are looking for your friends online and what is new here, in the news you Continue reading...

The book begins with an opening on Bill Gates as a child. He states his apparent love for computers because they did everything that he asked them to albeit with a slow pace. He identifies this as the most interesting aspect of computers because even to this day, years later, the programs he creates perfectly work under instruction. The growth of computers from when Gates was a thirteen-year-old has been tremendous (Domonkos, Donald, Bill, Nathan and Peter, 6). The machines developed in a way that they could communicate with each other through the internet, which is the ticket to Continue reading...

Book Review

The book is an interesting and informative excerpt and has an historical analysis of the accounts that took place between the 1400 to the 16 century. The events that took place have been clearly illustrated, starting with the rise to power by Cosim de’ Minici. It gives an analysis of the financial situation at the time by mentioning the influence that the bank and the people around him had on his influence at that time. To make the historical accounts more convincing, there has been numerical examples and explanations to strengthen the facts under discussion. The language used is Continue reading...

Abstract

Police department is considered to be evolved throughout the world on the basis of criminals and their modern ideas of the criminal activities. We will try to look at the various aspects of the society and its connection with the police or role of the law enforcement agencies. We will try to lay the foundation of the study on the information gathered from several sources that are subjected to the researched reports and intellectual work done on the book written by Roberg. The police department is considered to be an important governmental institution and it must be organized merely Continue reading...

Book review

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The rise of the use of information systems has been an issue of concern and has attracted much attention by many business entities. The development of competitive advantage has been enhanced and developed with the use of information systems. Many organizations have adopted the use of information systems and enhanced the undertaking of business processes. In this paper, a review of information systems in the business context will be looked and assessed. The paper will focus on the content that the authors have focused and done research about. It will help to bring the issues that are of Continue reading...

At the wake of the 15th century, a young Italian man found himself in the trap of the spell of the classical past. In spite of his limited educational exposure, the romans and the Greeks seemed to be speaking directly to him. The story of the Cyriacus when the author gives a recap of this young merchant whose life has been shaped by the trading activities. As much as it’s assumed that the Romans would speak to him through books, the truth of the matter is that Cyriacus of Ancona used to get the information about the romans Continue reading...

Introduction

The book Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is about how we think without thinking. This can be further explained by illustrating that the choices made instantly in the blink of an eye without actually thinking why they are made. The world around us requires that decisions should be footnoted. This means that if we say how we feel about something we must be ready to elaborate about why we feel a certain way. Blink discloses that a quality of good decision maker is not who can spend time providing deliberate answers or process the information effectively but the one who Continue reading...

Cold blood is one of the best classical non-fiction books and was written by Truman Capote in the year 1966.This author is one of the best in screen writing. Many of his short stories, plays and nonfiction have for years been recognized like novella breakfast at Tiffany’s. In that era the American justice and legal system was heavily biased and only few writers were ready to criticize these acts. In this book, Capote goes into details about the murder of Hubert clutter who was a farmer from Holcomb and also how his two of the four children and Continue reading...

‘The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden’ is a well-acclaimed book by Mark Bowden. The author gives a spellbinding account of operation that was carried out by American Seals commandos to annihilate the world’s most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden the book provides detailed information of operation and describes how Osama was killed. Bowden has a huge experience of writing on issues of defense and due to his wide experience he was able to write this book. This paper intends to discuss Mark Bowden’s book, ‘The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden’ along with presenting Continue reading...

E-learning is the use of information to access information. The transition of e-learning for employees is a costly undertaking for an organization and the need to formulate clear guidelines to cut on the cost and maximize profits. To meet these goals, learners are introduced onto a virtual training where they are taught on how to identify problems and the procedure of tackling them. This improves the efficiency of addressing the problem and in the long run cuts on cost. In these times of economic depression it helps in saving as it is cheaper compared to face to face learning. Continue reading...

Introduction

The topic relates to the ethical issues of genetic screening as the society is increasingly getting into technical advancements and the project of human genome is approaching the century in an increasing manner. One of the major areas of advancement is research associated with the Human genome mapping project and it is major research collaboration in the overall sequence of entire human genome (Weiss, 2011). The human mapping genome has given rise to various advancements and discoveries within the genetic makeup of humans and with these advancements; various ethical and moral concerns are associated in a wide manner. The Continue reading...

Book review:

The book to be reviewed is titled “managing the design process” authored by Terry Lee Stone. It was first published in the United States by Rockport Publishers.
The book begins by providing a guide on how to use it. It guides the user on how to navigate through its pages while looking up for information. This is very important because it avoids time wastage. It then outlines the basic design process to the reader. A new reader who does not have much knowledge about design work will find this part of the book very helpful.
It is a very Continue reading...

Question 5, chapter 4 conversation

The professor seems to understand what the secret service is all about while Ossipon has been displayed as an agent who is not well informed. Being the inventor of the bombs that are responsible for a number of deaths, he is a scary character. The conversation that he engages in reveals the fact that he cares less about human life, as long as he accomplishes his purpose. He describes an incidence that involved death and is not feeling guilty of how it could have killed one of his associates. Ossipon on the other hand seems not to take any Continue reading...

The theatre an introduction is a book by Oscar G. Brockett. It is a seven hundred and forty two; fourth edition book that was published by Holt Rinehart and Winston in the year 1979. It is a book about theatre and art that explains its history, basic elements, and status in America. The book does not actually have an introduction but contains a preface that serves right as the actual introduction to the book. The book has been divided into three parts and the parts further divided into more chapters. Part one of the book has three chapters. Part Continue reading...

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Henderson, Timothy J. A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States. 2008.
The text finds its basis in the Mexican-American War of 1846. While Henderson attempts to explain the war from the views of Mexico, he gives his views regarding the United States as well. Written over a period of one year, “A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States” is derived from a series of secondary resources from which the author draws information. Henderson combines said information in a meticulous way leaving no doubt Continue reading...

Lars Eighner talks about his life as a street boy and evokes emotions in people who value life and those who do not like the life of a street child. He refers to his experiences as a dumpster scavenger who looks for food in the dumpsters throughout the day to find his fortune. Throughout the autobiographical narration, the author draws readers’ emotions through many ways, which describe the trouble he underwent in his life as a dumpster. Throughout the writing, the author moves with readers’ emotions in a cyclical manner (Eighner 254). At some point, he appeals to people’ Continue reading...

Book Review: Shay's Rebellion by Leonard Richards

It is evident that many experts have been insisting that most of the history books have long maintained that Shay's Rebellion (1786-1787) the Massachusetts insurgence that caused George Washington to come out of retirement and eventually sped the ratification and the revision of the U.S Constitution was a revolt of poor, obligated farmers. However, University of Massachusetts Amherst history lecturer Leonard L. Richards has a different take on it. In his Shay's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle, Richards examines the individualities of the rebels and contends that they were normally not underprivileged by the least, and that scholars Continue reading...

Management

Listening is an art and the power of listening has been a point of discussion among experts in the field of communication and decision-making. Ferrari (2012), in ‘Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All,’ says that “If you’re like I was, you’ve probably never thought very carefully about listening before; but I’ve realized that listening is a skill that demands conscious attention and constant practice, because only through good listening can any of us gather the information we need to do our jobs well.” This is a fact as in many business dealings, Continue reading...

Introduction

The book Anne Hutchinson: Puritan Prophet written by Timothy D. hall describes the story of a woman who as to the author, the woman is presented as strong and willed. Her intellectualism and faith brought about the role she played in the life of Puritan in the early New England. Hall in the book tries to bring about clarity to this powerful historic event of Hutchinson by answering several questions throughout the book. The stronger argument that Hall places on the table is the quest for anything remarkable that it can be placed for the tragic fate of Anne Continue reading...

Covering architectural history in a single volume is always a challenging task. However, Bill Risebero in his book titled The Story of Western Architecture covered thousands of years in the history of architecture. When he first published his survey of western civilization in 1979, the architectural reviews executive auditor said that he found the publication to be one of the most remarkable books that covers the subject with tremendous achievements. The book describes architectural buildings, structures and drawing giving their locations and dates. In this paper, I will provide a book review of the 320 pages historical coverage of Continue reading...

Without conscience is a book by Dr. Hare, Robert D based on more than thirty years of his research on psychopathy. It is written in an easy and sincere readable fashion for all categories of audiences. It is a very useful book that gives full profiles of different psychopaths. This book is rich in insightful information that could help someone differentiate a day by day psychopath from the rest of the population. It generally speaks of prison cases, famous cases and covers a bit of ground which majorities of us walk on each day. It’s a scary book Continue reading...

If I had the resources to buy consumer data based on internet purchases, it would be supreme that I verify that the information will be useful in reaching out to the target market. Data on their spending patterns, their likeliness to be interested in purchasing a product similar to ours. I would also consider the circumstances that led to the acquisition of such data. Many consumers are sensitive about their data being divulged without their knowledge. Using such data therefore, would possibly scare off a potential customer. I would also seek to acquire data of purchases made of other Continue reading...

How does the global economy impact organizations and processes?

One of the impacts of global economy to organizations and processes is fostering competitive environment for businesses. The globe has come into times where the supplier has the ability to reach the consumer at an extremely fast speed. This is made possible through the internet over sites such as Google and Bing (Hart and Linda, 1993).
Global economy has also impacted competitive strategies for different companies. Through the internet the world has been reduced to a small section where product differentiation has been reduced and it has become extremely easy to navigate the world in search for markets (Hart Continue reading...

Book Review: Newman & O'Brien(2013).
In their book, Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, David Newman and Jodi O’Brien bring out the idea of the structuralism of society. The dual are of the view that the world is highly architectural and structural. Society is stratified into different classes, races, gender among other units of social stratification (Newman & O’Brien 255). Newman and O’Brien describe these architectural stratifications of society as being nest boxes in which various members of society find them in. the different stratifications or nest boxes of society are put together by a commonality Continue reading...

The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing our Culture is a text by Andrew Keen. Keen is an entrepreneur and has long been an open critic of the Web 2.0-based Internet culture that has emerged since the year 2000. Keen's book, The Cult of the Amateur, is concerned with the cost of Internet culture. Perhaps one of the most important statements that Keen makes regarding the rise of the Internet culture as it exists today is that the culture is similar to Marxism in that it creates a dearth of professionally-quality content.
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The Terror That Comes In The Night" By David. J. Hufford
Throughout history, human existence has been grounded on a certain pattern of beliefs and traditions that have guided them in their ever-changing environment. Moreover, these sets of beliefs and traditions have compounded to form a formidable culture that has become a point of reference to members of a particular community. However, these beliefs have been limited to what can be explained by the human conscious while ignoring crucial events that make a huge proportion of the human experience.
The book “The terror that comes in the night,” by Continue reading...

Book Review: The Jacksonian Era 1828-1848

In The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1848, Glyndon G. Van Deusen examines the Jacksonian period in detail, defining it as the period of time between Jackson's 188 election to Zachary Taylor's 1848 election. Van Deusen provides us with a chronological look at the diplomatic and political events that took place during that time, though in an incredibly economical way. Politics takes a front seat to social and economic changes, the latter only showing up when they relate directly to the former. As such, the tariff, bank issues and the issue of western expansion are explored in detail and as expected, while Continue reading...

Media has been linked to exploitations that mimic examples shown in Ayn Rand’s book “Atlas Shrugged.” One of Rand’s themes is “original sin”. Examples of this concept are prevelant in the media. As American’s we are frequently exposed to violence and hyper-sexualized media. This exploitation seems to be growing. These sinful behaviors are often “glamorized” sending a message of acceptance of sin to the public. Rand states“In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.” ( Rand,1999, 37) This statement is very relevant to today’s media, America has Continue reading...

The author of the book ‘Can Asians think?’ who is also an Asian sets up a forum in the book to discuss several factors that make the whole Asian continent lag behind in technology and development mostly in its economy. The book also discuss a lot of ideas that form an answer to this question and seeks to explain all the possible approaches that can be used to discuss the issue (Kishore, xiv).
In the initial chapters of the book, the author of the book poses the question of the ability of Asians to think. By first acknowledging that Continue reading...

“I Want to be a Veterinarian” by Michaela Muntean

- Is the story age/developmentally appropriate? Yes How and Why? Preschool, teaches about careers
- Is the subject matter interesting to children? Yes Is the content well written? Yes
- Do the text and illustrations work together? Yes, a: Is the language suitable for children? Yes b: Are the illustrations good quality? yes
- Is the information accurate? Yes, information is accurate but could be more through
- Are characters depicted positively? Yes a; Free from bias? yes
- Relates to learning areas? Yes, Learning Area: learning about a career, Yes, the area of science could be explored more Continue reading...

The book "California Government" by John L. Korey is an intriguing look at California’s political system. By examining this process, I have gained a better understanding of the challenges faced by our systems of government and how California is working to meet these challenges.
Korey begins by explaining the background of American government. This background information sets the ground work for the more complex topics that follow. Kory offers up a wealth of information on how California’s government operates. He explains that relative duties and powers are assigned to the Governor including the powers of Chief Legislator, Continue reading...

Introduction

The Postal Age, a book written by David Henkin and published in 2006, gives a historical account of the revolutionary changes in communication borne by the establishment of postal services in the United States. Although the practice of passing written information from one individual or place to another through a go-between can be traced to the early days when writing came to the fore, the establishment of postal services took place much later. In this interesting read, The Postal Age, Henkin examines the chain of events that led to the burgeoning of postal services, and how this was the Continue reading...

Every citizen is entitled to fundamental rights. Freedom is part of the bill of rights that every citizen is entitled. This is a provision that should not be taken away from anyone unless in some exceptional circumstances. Freedom of speech for instance has been misused by various people and in some cases led to prosecution in the court of law. The ‘infamous’ Maclean’s article published in the Canadian magazine took the world by storm as the author allegedly published an article which was considered a violation of British Columbia ate speech as it incited animosity towards the Muslims. Continue reading...