Message Book Reviews Samples For Students

A message to Garcia is a relatively long narration whose historical context is a time when there was tension between Spain and the United States of America. During the military uprising, it was necessary to make contact with Garcia for the purpose of passing information to him. Garcia was one of the rebel commanders that the concerned parties wanted to approach as a means of initiating cease-fire. The whole story therefore surrounds the mystery of the combat and the troubles that the rebels faced.
Hubbard had a mission that compelled him to write this book. His mission was to pass a powerful message ...

1. What are the main themes in the book as they relate to the world of work?
2. How can I see these themes being applied in my experience of the workplace?
You must first set a mission in your life; it could be your professional life as well. Having set your mission, you have to set your goal, short or long-term, in such a way to achieve the goals without any deviation from your original mission, regardless of the changing scenario in your professional or business environment. You must not give room to others, like the devil in ...

Abstract

This book review examines how Tony Dungy deciphers the role of mentoring by leaders, in creating a lasting legacy of significance and integrity in the business or work of others. Written by a man all too familiar with the glories of NFL success, Tony Dungy experienced an early on and steadfast fulfillment of his own dreams and goals, whether as player or coach. In this collection of tightly woven symmetry Dungy voices a call for leaders to embrace a genuine interest in the people they manage, coach, nurture, and shepherd. Published by Tyndale House Publishers, a well-known Christian company, author Tony Dungy never struggles ...

Book review of "A lady's life in the rocky mountains"

Summary of the book
The book is all about an English lady who was obsessed by excavating a rocky mountain. She acknowledges the dangers that are associated with it yet she cannot just overcome the obsession until when she set of on the journey. She goes through tough experiences and almost at the point of giving up. However, the excitement and the need to reach her destination make her to solder on to the end. Despite the unbearable climatic conditions she encounters, she meets with other people who become a source of encouragement all through her journey. Through determination, she ...

Introduction:

In this excellent book, Thompson takes the old myth on the Old Testament God to task explaining the fact that life is not to be taken for granted in any way. Many view God as someone who is forbidding, always ready to castigate and create situations where his obedience is unquestioned and/or without any sort of parallel. Thompson does attempt to dispel that myth accordingly focusing on life in general and how the many episodes in the Bible can be said to dispel this theme accordingly.

The main points of the book:

Principally the book attempts to tackle certain aspects of life which are seen ...

Part 1: Subject Matter

Love and relationships appears to be a subject that touched the heart of Gary. Most of his poems revolve around the subject of love and the efforts of people to relate with those around them. The innocence of love relationships especially to young children who are growing and the fears that the adults have when they think of rejection has been perfectly addressed in Gary’s poems. The poem, oranges focus on two lovebirds in their early teens as they make sacrifices just to be with each other. The innocence and determination that has been displayed in their relationships through ...

Organization

Introduction
The most appreciated and widely applied parenting programme in the world today is the Parental Effectiveness Training (P.E.T), which was devised by Thomas Gordon, an internationally reputed psychologist. Gordon developed the PET programme while intensively researching on humanist psychology at the University of Chicago, with assistance from Carl Rogers. This programme attained popularity when Gordon published a comprehensive book by the same name in the year 1970, which has been reviewed as under. The book revolves around the idea that every group interaction involves conflicts and differences of perspective that must be resolved in order to sustain the ...

Does the author's have a biographical sketch to include the proper APA documentation?

In text, if author used in signal phrase, author (year).
End text (author, year, p. # --if it applies)
Birth and death (if applicable)
Education
History of novel publication - when published, where published, and by whom.
The author used proper APA citation format for both in text and bibliography list. Just as it is required to site the authors surname, year of publication and the page numbers, the author has followed al the required APA format. In the bibliography list, the author is also required to site the surname, initial of his first name. ...

Introduction

Journalism is a field that can have many faces. One may even go as far as saying that this industry is the best one when it comes to making perfect disguise. Throughout history, it can be attested that journalism and political science has been merged, perhaps subconsciously by the people working in these fields. In modern day politics, for example, a stage where democracy appears to be the dominant player, as evidenced by the fact that the number of counties that are based on a democratic and liberal type of government is far larger than those that are based on monarchy and ...

Chapter 15

This chapter stipulates and highlights the beauty and the strength and triumph of God relative to the powers of the world. Firstly it outlines the magnificence and authority of God as the creator, whose works and vision for the human race was perfect, but instead the human beings faulted in their living styles and behaviors. In principle, we are the children of God, who happen to have the spirit of God living within us, thus there a functional relationship between our lives and the spirit of God. It is an elaborate article on the way in which the Christians can ...

In October, 2002, the Reverend Billy Graham kicked off his last public crusade, the four-day Metroplex Mission that broke attendance records at Texas Stadium, which at that time also was the home of the Dallas Cowboys. These records should not have been a surprise, because Rev. Graham’s career in ministry has spanned more than six decades, and over 200 million people have heard his sermons1. While many evangelists have been known to preach for as long as an hour – or even longer – once the cavalcade of musicians stopped coming across the stage, Rev. Graham strode to the pulpit. Fifteen ...

“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

In Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour” the author paints a rather effective picture of heartbreak. However, rather than showing the devastation of Louise Mallard’s devastation upon hearing news of her husband’s accidental death in the train wreck, Chopin takes an unexpected turn. As the reader experiences Louise’s shock at the news of her husband’s death one is led to believe that she is overwhelmed with shock and unable to comprehend the tragedy of becoming a widow. Instead, as the final scene in the story unfolds the reader is made aware ...

Introduction 5

Literary Background 6
Core Points of Review 7
Factual Presentation from the Book 9
Example of Religious Paradox in the Book 9
Special Message of the Book 11
Conclusion 11
Personal Suggestion 11

References 13

What the Buddha Never Taught by Tim Ward
Introduction
Religion forms the core of human existence and our lives, principles, values, ethics are highly influenced by the religions we follow; however, man has been questioning the essence of religion ever since he came into being. No matter whether you follow Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Jainism, one never ...

WWII – Book Review

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. She has written a book with two historical plots intertwined. One is the personal experience of the airman Louis Zamperini and the other is a historical view of World War II (WWII). Zamperini was a famous track star for the U.S. He participated in the Olympic track events in Berlin, Germany where he ran the 5000 meter race. Zamperini has published his autobiography titled The Devil at my Heels but Hillenbrand’s ...

‘The Psychological Legacy of Slavery’ is the title of Chapter 1. The chapter discusses a type of slavery that is invisible but very powerful. The author Dr. Na’im Akbar explains that slavery lasted three centuries and still affects contemporary African Americans. I agree that for the psychology of people something as traumatic as slavery must leave psychological scars on the group of people who were slaves, even several generations after the legal end of slavery. After the Civil War nothing was done to help the former slaves adjust to their new lives as free men and women. Nothing ...

Book review for

“The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy” is a book that developed a reasoned argument about the vaccines versus autism debate. The writer of the book, Seth Mnookin, is aware that the vaccine has been an explosive issue not only in the United States but also across different cultures in the world. Mnookin provides an insight on the effects of biotechnology and how parents, scientists, sociologists, and politicians, among others have perceives it. In other words, the author injects a dose of reality to into the commonly known myth about the link between vaccination and autism (Taylor et al. ...

Review and Analysis of the book ‘Their Eyes were watching God’ – Presentation of the book’s main thematic plot and its meaning – Review of the book’s writing style and influence on its readers – Exploration of the connections between the book’s main thematic idea and the educational policies – Exploration and research of the book’s connection with the educational field – Exploration and research of the book’s contribution to the teaching methods and the learning outcomes of an educational environment
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Part 1 Information about the author and the book

The book ‘Their Eyes were watching God’ was published in 1937. The time ...

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 ...

Question One

Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) is a theory used to illustrate how people react to fear related stimuli. In deed, the experiences of Elmer Fudd explain how effective this model can be applied to promptly influence a person’s decision regarding the matter at hand. For it to accomplish its persuasive goal, it has to incorporate the elements of self efficacy, response efficacy, susceptibility and severity. Each of these is crucial in determining the magnitude of the threat and the perception and ability of an individual to perform the desired task.
If I were to use this model to encourage ...

Self-Discovery and Ministry

- Synopsis
The book Personal Power through Awareness by Sanaya Roman is one of the best-sellers books internationally. Despite the book being published in the 1980s, the message that is presented in this book remains relevant today. The message is timeless and continues to appeal to many readers in modern day. In fact, this book has been translated to approximately twenty four languages around the world. This indicates the importance and the timelessness of the information that is presented by Sanaya Roman in this book. Roman has over the years updated some of the key themes in this ...

Book Review

Williams, S. T., & Barbara Cottman B. (1998). Life in prison. New York: Morrow Junior Books.
The book is a non-functional preface by a Swiss legislator explaining why he nominated Williams for a Nobel Prize, and an effusive if evasive foreword by collaborator Becnel, quickly get out of the way for the real appeal of this volume. A cofounder of the notorious Crips gang in California gives an account of his life on death row, convicted for four murder charges. Williams opens his account of what it feels like to be in a death row at by stating, “Prison is hell. This is ...

Who Moved My Cheese? deals with very serious concerns has the potential to address the gravest and most urgent issues of the instability of global economy, depletion of global resources, and the changes in the over-all global environment.

The important metaphorical elements in the story are:

The Maze – this is where one looks to find what one want: the organization or company where one works in, or the family or society one lives in.
'Cheese' – this is a metaphor for what one wants out of life: whether it's a dream job, a loving relationship, money or financial stability, personal possession, good health, spirituality or peace of mind
The ...

Many Americans tend today to believe that a realist drama A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry is a brilliant example that clearly opens up and brings to public such important themes as economic hardship and racial prejudice. The author did perfectly her job, as she portrayed not only how important the family is, but also send the message to society that every individual should value and reach the set goals in life, despite racial discrimination, troubles, and obstacles on his way.
First and foremost, a united family is the most precious thing that every individual may ...

A Critical Review of Moloney’s Chapter Five

Public Relations vs. Propaganda: A Critical Review of Moloney’s Chapter Five
Introduction and Summary of Chapter Five
In chapter five of the course textbook, Kevin Moloney provides a thorough discussion of the history and nature of public relations, particularly as it has been practiced in the UK. He covers the ideas of several of the most recognised PR scholars, including Sir Stephen Tallents, who used public relations as a way to promote business within the British Empire. Tallents framed what he was doing as “national projection” (p. 61). Others have called PR various names, such as “public diplomacy,” “ ...

Book Review of the True Story of ah q

Book Review of the True Story of Ah q
Introduction and book analysis
The novel, a true story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun was first published in 1921. However, this book’s content has a lot to be desired about the time it was set, the twentieth century. Precisely, the author takes the reader through the life experiences of Ah Q, a peasant, spiritual and ambitious man, who lacks regard for the authority. Lu Xun was born on the 25th of September 1881 (Xun, 2009). He exhibited a great passion for writing over the years and maintained a ...

A Wizard of Earthsea is the first of the all time favorite six books that form the famous Earthsea series of author Ursula K. Le Guin. The book narrates the story of Ged, the boy hero of the novel who was born in a tiny village that forms part of a group of islands. He learns magic from his aunt and discovers his great talent for magic. He utilizes his magical power to save his village from a group of enemies. Sadly, his magical power makes him proud and stupid. He finds a mentor who takes him to a ...

The dialectical relationship between love and material objects is complex. In the United States of America different elements in culture often take opposing sides: some, like most spiritual organizations, favoring the former, and others, like the capitalistic worldview, favoring the latter. O. Henry was one of this country’s most famous turn-of-the-nineteenth-century writers, who constantly incorporated its culture into his texts; “The Gift of the Magi”, one of his most famous and important short stories, deals with this dichotomy. Using many of O. Henry’s staples, it rests on irony to construct a bittersweet tale where love ends up prevailing. ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

The book, “Nickel and Dime” by Gary Soto is once again proof that the author knows how to weave seemingly pointless stories together in order to prove something greater. The novel is a highlight reel of America’s consumerist tendencies, pack mentality, and how we force those we believe do not belong to the sidelines even when they so desperately want to be a part of what we are building. Many of the characters included in the novel appear to be criminals on the surface, desperate for what may not be theirs for the taking. Society paints them in this way, ...

"All animals are equal, but some animals

Are more equal than others"
Alexis de Tocqueville has been quoted as saying that the skills used to create marvelous literature do not necessarily produce coherent and well-founded political thought and in most cases one might say that he was right. But that was not the case for English novelist Eric Arthur Blair more commonly known as George Orwell, whose work is characterized by political insight, linguistic clarity and irrefutable literary value, a work that can still inspire almost sixty four years after his death. A keen analyst of his turbulent times, Orwell was, according to Newsweek magazine, the ...

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. By Michelle Alexander (New York, The New Press, 2012) 1- 289 pp. Reviewed by (Name), November, 3, 2014>

Introduction

Michelle Alexander is a celebrated civil rights advocate who has been an active participant in the anti- racial profiling campaign in the United States. Born in 1967, Alexander has been persistently advocating reforms in the US criminal justice system. As a law professor and a writer, her name is hugely synonymous to the struggle for racial justice in the United States and has been fighting the war on racial segregation in law enforcement ...

A Book Review Susan Sontag's book, "On Photography”

About the Author
Susan Sontag is known for a variety of her works from different genres that have all garnered distinct attention from the public. Relatively, this recognition of her good practice in writing has provided her with the proper reputation she needs to be able to get the attention of the general public. In her book “On Photography”, she notes of the most complex ways by which the evolution of photography has become a distinct course of determining the evolution of how humans from different generations are able to express their appreciation for the said form of art from ...

Leading a Local Congregation Based On Stewardship and Institutional Development

“When a group of Individuals in any arena of life does well, one of the keys to understanding their success is to examine the leadership practices of the key leaders of that,”
“Lead Like Butler” focuses on the manner in which a team leader can influence success through the building of a strong value system. Its focus on the role of the leader is meant to point to the fact that no other figure in a group or convention is of more influence than its leader. The book holds the view that success in a group is based on building a value system which serves ...

There Are no Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz

There Are no Children Here – Reaction Paper
Introduction
The following reaction paper is about the book entitled “There are no Children Here” written by Alex Kotlowitz. In this reaction paper, I am going to highlight the important parts of the book as well as how changed my views in life. There are various parts of the book that are worth reading as it relates to some of my experiences. The purpose of this reaction paper is to emphasize such events that made the book worth reading by highlighting events in each theme will affect my point of ...

The writer of the book “The Prophet” is Khalil Gibran. Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese national. After spending his early years at Lebanon, he along with his family moved to United States. Khalil Gibran from very early age knew different languages like Arabic, English and few more. The credit goes to her mother who was very helpful and supportive in learning. Khalil Gibran was not only a poet and writer but a very good painter as well. He learned painting form France and his thoughts were transferred on paper by him in the form of short stories. Mainly his work is in ...

The book developed from the introductory stages of Muslim taught in the Universities in religious studies lessons. In an attempt to understand the Islamic concepts, it tries to explain the principles in simple and familiar language. Form the onset, Islam has been a difficult subject to present to students especially those who emanate form other cultures. It is harder to teach Islam in learning institutions as a result of the cultural diversity. Sachiko asserts that Islam is best understood by individuals who have been born and raised in Islamic backgrounds.
The book focuses on what Islam has brought of its ...

How does the style of this novel compare to the Great Novels of the 19th century that you have read? Why might a very transparent, "classical" realist style be well-suited to the subject matter here?
It is a great novel which creates the sense of Tolstoy in Anna Karenina as well as Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The realist style is suited to the subject matter as there is a lot of socialist realism in the book and the main character has a lot of traits which are quite similar to the classic Romantic novels. 2. If you know anything about Socialist ...

The hurried child: growing up too fast too soon

The book ‘The hurried child: growing up too fast too soon” by David Elkind is a parenting book which is a cutting edge in the contemporary parenting. This book was written in the year 1981 even before the evolution and widespread use of the internet but had an illusion of the technological revolution that would come. As a result, the book contains a lot of parenting information on the contemporary parenting which by personal opinion is at stake.
Looking at the class in which this book falls under, it is an educative text in the parenting sector. Thus, I would recommend this ...

There is so much more to like about Season of Life than not. To begin with, challenging stereotypes of masculinity, doing so with sensitivity and actually managing to put up a convincing argument is quite an achievement. Marx has written a book about a potentially controversial subject. However, by using the backdrop of college football, he touches a nerve that almost every American is bound to respond to, and positively at that. This, I believe, is the mark of a genius. For a person who has been a part of the sports fraternity, writing a book that questions the leadership approach of coaches, the lifestyles of players ...

The hurried child: growing up too fast too soon

The book ‘The hurried child: growing up too fast too soon” by David Elkind is a parenting book which is a cutting edge in the contemporary parenting. This book was written in the year 1981 even before the evolution and widespread use of the internet but had an illusion of the technological revolution that would come. As a result, the book contains a lot of parenting information on the contemporary parenting which by personal opinion is at stake.

Looking at the class in which this book falls under, it is an educative text in the parenting sector. Thus, I would recommend this book ...

Book Review - Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip Hop and Black Politic

Lester K. Spence's 2011 book Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip Hop and Black Politics takes a long, hard look at the current state of African-Americans in the predominant political discourse. In essence, Spence explores through this book and its scholarship the idea that rap and hip-hop culture may actually be bad for black politics; "this work represents an attempt to examine the core questions of black politics as well as the politics of the present using rap and hip-hop as the vehicle" (Spence 157). Despite galvanizing many African-Americans and creating a unique subculture, it is claimed that the ...

Basic Marketing with Student CD by William Perreault, Jr., E. Jerome McCarthy and Joseph Cannon

Chapter 1 – The Importance of Marketing
Outline:
1. What is Marketing?
2. Why is Marketing Important to Individuals
3. The Right Way to Define Marketing
4. What is Macro-Marketing?
5. The Function of Marketing in Economic Systems
6. Marketing’s Function as it Changed Through Time
7. The Concept of Marketing Defined
8. Marketing and the Value of Customers
9. Marketing in Nonprofit Organizations
10. Concepts of Marketing and Social Responsibility
11. Ethics of Marketing
12. Ending: Conclusion, Key Terms, Illustrated Cases, and Computer-Aided Problem

Summary:

This ...

Alastair McGrath's Christianity's Dangerous Idea is one of the more audacious and bold critiques of the Protestant Reformation to have been released in recent years. The book itself addresses the idea of personal interpretation of the Bible, and shows how the Protestant Reformation's ideas have spread and changed throughout history. While the message has undoubtedly led to an incredible increase in awareness and expansion of the church, McGrath claims it has locked the church into a series of smaller debates that are absolutely without resolution. While McGrath asks some very good questions about the nature of independent though, his fundamental ...

1. Summarize the central themes, theses, issues, or arguments of the reading assignment.

The chapter Warriors and Brothers by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious

Understanding (2007) discussed the religious violence that occurred and continues to occur in Nigeria and how two religious leaders – namely, Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye from the Islam and Christian faith, respectively – are playing a big role in promoting peace and reconciliation in their country.

The chapter described how the conflict started during the British colonization when the northern part of Nigeria, which mostly had a Muslim population, was ruled indirectly by the British while ...

Book Report

Chapter VII
Chapter VII of Getting the Message Through essentially deals with the history of the US Army signal Corps during World War Two and how the Corps responded to various challenges: the need to wage total war across the entire globe; the massive expansion in numbers and the increase in the number of training centres within the United Sates; the need to recruit to the corps men (and later women) of a high mental calibre; the changes in technology which altered some of the traditional roles of the Signal Corps; the challenges of working in vastly different theatres ...