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Book Review of “Is China Buying the World”

As China grows to become the world’s largest economy, catching up with even the United States in the coming decade, it is important to understand the strategic growth objectives of the Chinese economy. Several authors have written books and research papers on the Asian Tiger, and the country is setting the pace of its economic growth. From becoming the manufacturing hub of the world at the end of the last millennium, China is now looking to expand its presence beyond its shores (Mitter, 2008). In the last decade, Chinese companies have begun acquiring companies and assets such as ...

The central theme that the author, Sadeh, is trying to portray is that act of liberalism. Long ago, there was no form of religious equity. There was a constant feud between the Jews and the Christians. The Jews because they were few in numbers, they found a way to protect themselves by using a Golem. The author starts by stating that the Jews underwent exiled from their land and in the hopes of carrying their faith with them; they took up stones from their land to the new one. The priests used the stones to make the synagogue in ...

The idea of having a collective government in place has curtailed a number of freedoms that people should have. The enactment of laws, the cropping up of government agencies and the proponents of regulation have brought about limitation to what individuals and bright minds can deliver to the world. Prosperity in the world is limited by the presence of governments that tend to stand in the way of innovation and the freedom to conquer more ground in science, the economy, socialism and even education. The presence of the government system has therefore hindered the prosperity of ideas, concepts and ...

Kathryn Tanner – Christ the Key (2010), 320 pp
Kathryn Tanner joined the faculty of Divinity in Yale in 2010. This was after teaching in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago for sixteen years and the department of Religious studies in Yale for ten years. She has engineered a lot of research on the history of Christian thought to current issues of theological concern using cultural, feminist, and social theory. She has written several books such as; God and Creation in Christian Theology: Tyranny or Empowerment? The politics of God: Christian Theologies and Social Justice, Theories of Culture: ...

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Complementary goods
* Convergence of technology: Work-flow hardware and software have combined in order to consolidate many different office and productivity functions into one machine. The creation of the personal computer has made it a word processor, typewriter, calculator, research machine and media creator all in one. The printer/scanner/copier has provided one machine from which to fax, print, scan and copy documents, providing added productivity to school papers or documents for work. This convergence also allowed for these products to become cheaper, allowing me to run a small business out of my home with just these two devices.

Horizontalization

* Cooperation with other ...

The issues in the network society have attracted enormous attention in the recent times. Rather than totalizing coeval working experience, the book “Work’s Intimacy” written by Melissa Gregg focuses on the ramifications and contradictions of professionals that hold a mid-rank, formerly defined as the white-collar workers. Mobile and online technologies have a great impact on the work, life and social relations of the people, especially professionals. After examining 26 professionals from four organizations, namely, education, telecommunications, government and broadcasting in Brisbane, Australia for three years, Gregg’s book bridges the gap in the existing literature on digital labor. In ...

Introduction

How Paris became Paris: The invention of Modern City is a book by DeJean Joan gives an account of events of the development of the city of Paris with regards to its architectural structures. The book is full of explanations on the characteristics of modern urban center and how its buildings and structure came to be what the world is witnessing right now. The author begins the book by focusing on two French kings; King Henry IV and King Louis XIV who were alive more than two centuries before Haussmann Baron, a public worker who led the widespread renovation of buildings ...

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Discourse on a subject means that the subject is relevant and modern enough to warrant the concern of the people discussing it. This discourse usually leads to popular opinions and generalizations on the particular subject matter after continued engagement on the subject. Discourse on the subject of sexuality as tackled by Foucault reveals how discourse in the matter of sexuality led to sections of the society gaining power, over the others due to their sexual orientations. Power as understood by Foucault is an ability by a person or a circumstance to influence the decision-making and the actions of an individual. Following these ...

Overview of the National Banking Sectors in North Africa

Banking regulations on the acceptable standards have become a central point of discussion in most developed nations especially due to the recent financial crisis. A program or scheme that enforces the channeling of resources into more investments would boost the financial stability of the economies of most developing nations. A study of the regulations in the banking industry on the economic growth can reveal a lot concerning the economic growth in some specific South Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt). The banking efficiency and its proximity to internationally acceptable standards are measured using convergence methodologies such as β-convergence, Meta Frontier ...

1) In this section, there were not many mew settings or characters - the plot almost entirely took place within the caves once more, in already existing locations. In terms of new characters, we are given a few more insights into the rest of the human survivors living in the caves, such as Lily, Wes, Lucina, etc. In a flashback, Melanie remembers a time before she was captured, but after the attacks by the souls, where her parents, Jared and Melanie would all hide out in people's homes.

The most significant new character to be highlighted in this section of the book ...

Prayers for Everyone is a prayer book by Joanne Rypma. According to Joanne, this book gives one an opportunity to reflect his relationship with the Lord. The book also helps one know the meaning of life and why God’s presence in one’s life is necessary[1]. There are many prayers that can help one overcome the obstacles facing one’s life[2]. Another important thing with this book is that it has scripture passages lifted from the New and Old Testaments included in the prayers.

The book Prayers for Everyone has several uses in the Christian mission. For ...

In the introduction to Hunter's Shakespeare and the Comedy of Forgiveness, the author announces his intention to combat oversimplifications that have arisen over the past few decades with regards to the scholarship of Shakespeare, wherein the attitude of Shakespeare itself at the time of his writing would actually reflect the politics and intent of the work itself (e.g. King Lear having a sad ending indicating Shakespeare being despondent at the time of its composition). "This study...will be an attempt to investigate one feature - the denouement in forgiveness - which is common to five of the later comedies" (Hunter 2). ...

Steve Jobs

The book “Steve Jobs” was written by Walter Isaacson and published by Simon & Schuster in 2011. In spite of the presence of a large number of pages, i.e. 630 pages, the book tells the entire story of Steve Jobs, one of the most popular technological figures in history, at a torrid pace. Walter Isaacson is an American journalist and writer. He is working as CEO of the Aspen Institute, a Washington D. C. based organization related to nonpartisan education and policy. He has also worked as the Managing Editor of Time (magazine). He is also the author of biographies ...

Introduction

In his book “Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq”, Stephen Kinzer examines the various overthrows the government of the United States has undertaken since 1893. According to Kinzer, the invasion of Iraq was not an isolated case. It was just a continuation of the list of very countries America has invaded and aided its overthrow. Kinzer examined 14 overthrows that the U.S government has been involved in the last 110 years (Kinzer 8). According to him, the intension of most of the overthrows are not what the government tells the public, both the American citizens ...

Karl F Friday adds hugely to our comprehension of the historical backdrop of Heian Japan. As a military antiquarian of the "new military history" influence, Friday concentrates on how the "warrior request" became an adult in the tenth century. Its people were battling men who were secretly prepared and trained, and they served as authorized masters for the Kyoto court. The warrior chieftain whose life makes these epochal improvements especially unmistakable is Taira Masakado. A great part of the proof for Fridays story originates from a narrative known as the Shõmonki (truly, "The Record of Masakado"), which, luckily, ...

How race survived US history

The book is a broad survey of the history in the United States since the colonial era and the Obama bid for the presidency in 2008. In addition, there was contention in that America was established with slavery being the central political institution, economic growth and social ordering. Roediger who is a professor at a University in Illinois has skillfully blended this structural approach on the issues concerning the U.S. while still maintaining a compelling argument.
In addition, Roediger argues that the race underpinned every other aspect on the American society which remains alive even in the present days. ...

The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler, is a story about a private detective, Philip Marlowe, who was tasked to help figure the problems of a wealthy family, the Sternwood family. In his role as detective, Marlowe becomes entrenched in an intricate web of problems troubling the Sternwoods. Although the initial issue focuses on the disappearance of one of General Sternwood’s employees, Marlowe realizes that as he uncovers one problem after another, each one is directly related to the other. Each character has a story to tell and various angles arise that contribute to the thickening plot. In addition, the novel presents various ...

The book, “the ocean at the end of the lane," by Neil Gaiman, starts with a prologue that acts as a window to the idea in it. The prologue begins with the narrator at a funeral, dressed for the occasion. He states that he has done his part through the speech that he was to give. The writer wants to escape the tense situation in meeting all the people that he had known when he lived in his hometown. Page nine discloses the narrator’s discomfort at being asked personal questions when his life was so unorthodox. He was divorced, practiced pure ...

The basic concept of the introduction to the actual mindfulness meditation for parents and their children comprises the activities or practices that help the small children. It also helps the preadolescence children to help them calm down, fall asleep, get more focused, and manage their anger. Furthermore, it helps children to alleviate their worries and be aware by becoming more patient with things in the real world activities (Snel, 2). The author also has accompanied a CD, which helps the readers, who are the parents to get guides with the aid of a meditation audio voice done by Kabat-Zinn, The Inner ...

Summary – Response of Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Doc is one person who is lived and respected by everybody in the society. One would expect him to be a very happy man because his relations with the community may be at its best. But this does not reflect in his personal life because deep down inside of him is a very sad and lonely man. Perhaps this can be equated to Steinbeck himself after having moved from his home to New York never to return home. He may have been lonely after moving from home to a new place where he knew no one. Steinbeck’s moving away from home ...

“The Killer Angels” written by Michael Shaara is a unique book, which describes about the Battle of Gettysburg through imagery and accurate details. While author Shaara is aware that the legendary figures and their personality traits portrayed in the book are his creation, the historical accuracy and vivid research of the story let the readers believe the battle a fact rather fiction. Shaara covers the key events and decisions of the battle in great detail. He does not feel shy about mentioning slavery as the root cause of the war. In the book “The Killer Angels,” Shaara characterizes the commander of ...

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In the world we live in there are changes in life that occur to us each and every day. Some of these changes are positive while some are meant to bring obstacles in life and make it seem even harder. Change in itself is inevitable in relation to human life. The book captures how life changes from worst to better or better to worse at some instances. Individuals are more afraid of change for the fear of unknown. People don’t seem to adapt easily to changes that occur in their lives and hence sometimes remain conservative. At a personal ...

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The book” How Democratic is the American Constitution” is written by Robert A. Dahl's who is a political scientist and teaches political science at Yale university. He is author of many books on political science and other text books, and has earned many honors and awards as an author. The book was published in 2001 and covers a discussion on the undemocratic elements of American constitution. The author has highlighted the continuity in development of democratic practices and ...

Beloved is a historical fiction that tells of the horrific burden of slavery that the characters had to endure. From a kind master, the slaves of Sweet Home plantation were turned over to the management of the cruel and abusive schoolteacher. All hopes of a better life crumbled for the small family of slaves that lived in the plantation and were replaced by various forms of punishment for the slightest oversight. With the different experiences of the characters, the tone of the story changes from character to character and is reflective of the varying often explicit attitude that they felt toward the ...

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 ...

Book Review: Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

The novel concerned in this book review is a novel by Chinua Achebe entitled Things Fall Apart. The novel’s main character is a man named Okonkwo; at the beginning of the novel, the protagonist is portrayed as a strong man, capable of doing good things for his village and his people (Achebe). However, the protagonist is living in his father’s shadow, as his father often borrowed money from those in the village with the complete inability to pay it back. In his attempt to seem strong, Okonkwo participates in the killing of a young boy who views him as a father figure; after the ...

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 ...

A basic challenge in climbing peaks like Everest is that air past 800o meters becomes exceptionally obscure. There are just 14 mountains globally with maximum heights of more than 8000 meters and though top climbers strive to conquer all of them this also implies that the faculties of their brains is impeded severely, and cannot spend longer time periods in zones over 8,000 meters devoid of risking their lives, even without storm. Rob Hall was to rule on turnaround times to ensure that his worn out clients could make it back to camp before it became dark, as ...