Thinking Book Reviews Samples For Students

Kent Allen Bessey holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in science from Brigham Young University and a Doctor of Arts in math from University of Idaho State. He has filled in as an instructive advisor for IBM and has taught math at University of Brigham Young, Idaho State University, and Brigham Young University–Idaho (where he is presently utilized). He is likewise the writer of 42 distributed articles and has exhibited papers at meetings far and wide.

The thought of unendingness has intrigued savants, researchers, and mathematicians for centuries. Its confounding nature appeared to defeat all endeavors to ...

“Thinking, fast and slow” by Daniel Kahneman was among the best-selling books of the year 2011. Kahneman is Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics for his work in prospect theory in 2002. He and his collaborator, Amos Tversky, one of the cognitive as well as mathematical psychologist from Israel, have revolutionized the way we think about economy in the book. This book has achieved numerous honors and awards such as New York Times’ one of the best books of 2011 and Best Book Award from National Academy of Sciences in 2012.

Kahneman has humbly yet brilliantly and non-technically ...

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, ...

The book “Six Thinking Hats,” written by Edward DeBono (1999), is a text that presents thinking as a methodical and systematic process that can be controlled. In fact, it should be controlled because the author argues that using several perspectives at once is confusing and lacks efficiency. DeBono assigned each thinking hat a color that represented its characteristics. The white, red, blue, black, yellow, and green hats are presented in the book, and a detailed elaboration on perspectives and insights from each hat are presented to the reader. Personally, I found the sections dedicated to the white, red, and black hats ...

1. How does the public see the nursing profession and nurses?

In the public's eye, it seems as though nurses are invisible, seeing the job as a supplementary and unskilled profession that does more wrong than right. The authors detail a 'problem narrative' that takes place in the media, one wherein the problems of nurse shortage, staff rations and problems with patients are the norm rather than the exception when it comes to learning about nurses. "This 'problem' narrative is not balanced in the media by a 'practice' narrative that would help the public understand what it ...

SMITH, CHRISTIAN. BIBLE MADE IMPOSSIBLE.2012.
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The text finds its origins from the ideas of Christianity with connection to the Bible. While Smith tries to explain the thoughts that circle around evangelism, he also adds his ideas about the adoption of the scriptures by Christians. “The Bible made Impossible” is developed with the use of societal behaviors, history, and theology that the author understands. Smith provides his ideas and findings in a systematic method that takes his readers through a gradual process of arguments, findings, and beliefs. It is important to note that, ...

Slavomir Rawicz’s “The Long Walk” is set during the Second World War, revolving around seven men who manage to escape a Soviet labor camp, one of them being Rawicz himself. As the leader of the group, Rawicz chose to escape with men who were determined and strong enough to endure the harshness of the treat. Rawicz was a patriotic man, and the Russians had to drug him in order to make him “confess” to crimes he had not committed. Rawicz escapes with the hope and intention of rejoining his troops and reuniting with his wife.
The group that escapes also ...

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 a burden, but recognizes ...

Critical review of the book Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm was born in 1963. He is a Canadian Journalist, bestselling author, as well as speaker. He was the writer of the New Yorker magazine since 1996, in Fareham Hemisphere, in England by Joyce Gladwell, and his father Graham Gladwell. In his life, he was a young single-minded and ambitious boy, whose interest was writing and reading books.

His writings

He has also managed to write and publish five books at the tipping point; ‘How Little Things Can Make a Big difference’ (2002), ‘There is Blink: The power of Thinking without Thinking’ (2005), and ‘What the Dog Saw and the Other Adventures’ (2009), which ...

The book “Professional Creativity” written by Eugene K. Von Fange is about creativity. The author of the book writes about the contribution of creativity in person’s professional life. He explains a logical view of creativeness and its effective use in aptitudes, planning and resources. By reading the book, the reader gets an understanding that how creativity helps in accomplishing goals successfully. Also, the deep study will let the reader know how to choose the path that will guide him towards creativity. The author of this book share his experience of professional use of creativity in the daily life to ...

Malcolm Gladwell in his book Blink coins the term rapid cognition, which is the term that he applies to being able to making a lighting fast decision. He spends time interviewing and learning from people in jobs and lives that require them to make not just lightning fast decisions, but the right decisions in a short amount of time. This takes him to emergency rooms, art installations, the police and psychology laboratories to not just learn about people acquire rapid cognition, but also how the layperson can develop techniques of rapid cognition.
Rapid cognition is the brain at its best, ...

The character of Enkidu was created with mud and salvia. He is described as an uncivilized human. He is most likely created this way to show Gilgamesh that his arrogance was unneeded and that he is no better than someone made of mud. Enkidu does become more human throughout the course of the story as he becomes civilized he gains a new friend in Gilgamesh but loses his carefree, survival driven lifestyle to become bothered with societal concerns. The change is somewhat desirable since he becomes more enlightened as to the ways of humans both good and bad.
Gilgamesh ...

Abstract

This document includes the concepts and themes of leadership as presented in the book namely Transformational Leadership by Bernard M. Bass and Ronald E. Riggio. In addition, the principles of managements as discussed by Andrew J. Dubrin have also been incorporated in the paper. In this document, there is an argument presented by these gentlemen on leadership by using separate cases of different leaders around the world.
For instance, the case study presented by Bernard M. Bass and Ronald E. Riggio are Herb Kelleher as CEO and founder of Southwest Airlines’ success story while on the other hand, ...

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 notice a ...

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 has perfected ...

“Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell

In the book “Blink,” Malcolm Gladwell, one of the famous journalists, intends to share the results of psychological research to prove the importance of cognitive thinking in human beings. The book explains the way humans think within a blink of an eye, which is quite difficult. Gladwell explains about rapid cognition, which refers to snap decision-making. He convinces the readers that the snap decisions may be good or bad when compared to the conclusions. Gladwell identifies the circumstances where rapid cognition results poor outcomes. He also analyzes the ways and means to improve the results produced by rapid cognition. In ...

This book is a history of the society of the Italian Renaissance in a period (about 1400–1550) in which peers guaranteed that workmanship and writing was 'reborn'. Incomprehensible as it may appear, the Renaissance development was a deliberate endeavor to go ahead by retreating – as it were, to break with medieval convention by taking after a more seasoned model, that of the old Greeks and Romans. Hundreds if not a huge number of studies have been given to this point. The most well-known of them remains The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) by the extraordinary Swiss history specialist Jacob Burckhardt. Composing ...

Writing general histories of support is laden with difficulties. Supporters of arts of the human experience come in all shapes and sizes, and few overriding rules or examples appear to govern clients' intentions in subsidizing creative tasks. Subsequently, speculations and topical outlines unavoidably call forward exemptions that render wide explanations either improper or mistaken. Mary Hollingsworth, in Patronage in Renaissance Italy, bravely undertakes this very issue in her coherent study of artistic patronage amid the fifteenth century. Examining thought processes behind corporate and individual support in Ferrara, Florence, Venice, Mantua, Rome, Urbino, Milan, and Naples, Hollingsworth offers short clarifications ...

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 ...

Book Reviews

Book Review # 1: Zeitoun
This book by Dave Eggers is a spellbinding and enthralling description of Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun, a true story, tells the story of an unjust arrest of and racial discrimination against a Syrian-American named Abdulrahman Zeitoun. Eggers tells the shocking tale of Zeitoun family and has once again proves that he is one of the most impressive literary writers in the United States of America.
When New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, the prosperous Abdulrahman Zeitoun opted to stay at his place through the storm for protecting his house and business. After the passage of the ...

Compare and Contrast the tone in “The Man who lived Underground” and “Invisible Man”

Richard Wright’s short story “The Man Who Lived Underground” and “Invisible Man” written by Ralph Ellison, tell the story of two men, and although they are different in thought, if examined carefully one will realize that they share an underlying theme. Richard Wright’s story tells of a man who lived in the city sewers because he was running from the law after he was accused of murder. In Ellison’s story, the main character and the narrator go underground and remains there in anticipation that things will change from oppression to equality for all.
The tone in ...

Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence, is an inspirational book written by Ben Carson. Carson starts the book by telling the readers about the history of his life. He continues to narrate, how he made it through hard work and perseverance and introduces the audience to his mentors, and how they influenced his life. The second half of the book is now the core of his writing as he uses the acronym Think Big in explaining his success. In addition, he explains to the readers on how to focus a journey to success.
Ben Carson wrote this book ...

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In the book Consider Jesus: Waves of Renewal in Christology, Johnson offers insight into the Christian religion by analyzing the origin and understanding of the same. Johnsons writing finds basis on the start of Jesus’ ministry on earth when he asked the gathered audience, “Who do you say I am?” Different answers have been given in response to this question by the religion clerics, scholars in the same field. To give an account of how the question has been answered over the years, Johnson embarks on a thorough research on the subject ...

Shaul Magid’s (2013) idea of Jewish identity is very different from the views of the past. Instead of looking at the people who make up the community as a whole, he took the elements outside Judaism and helped those factors shape the overall identity of Jews or what it means to be a Jew. Unlike the stereotypical images of the past, Magid (2013) fuses these different elements and separates Jewishness in a way that it makes sense in a post-modern world. His post-ethnic idea of Judaism is groundbreaking because he defines culture in such a multifaceted way. Instead of taking a look at Jews ...

Literature

Major writers of early American literature by Emerson Wisconsin are a very interesting collection of works in literature by American writers.it gives the history of America through literature and from a literature point of view. Among these works in the collection s cotton Mather by Sacvan Bercovitch. Sacvan Bercovitch surgically dissects the personality and religious ideologies of cotton Mather. He lays the psychology of cotton Mather right on the table for public viewing and judgment. He especially focuses on the strain of religion advocated by cotton Mather and why this strain of religion had such a polarizing effect at the time. The ...

4 MAT Book Review: Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement

Summary

Leming and Dickinson's book, Understanding Dying, Death, and Bereavement (2011) is one of the books that have best addressed the topic of death. Unlike many books that have endeavored to address the topic, this book gives the topic an interdisciplinary approach. Notably, the book employs the biological, the psychological, and the social, religious, artistic and philosophical approaches to explain this phenomenon that has remained mysterious for quite a long time – perhaps centuries. According to the book, death is not only medical but also social. Death has grown to be a common topic ...

Philosophy

Like a large number of people I thought that serial killers were just Ramon people who lose their minds and start committing violent acts of random murder. The River man by Robert Keppel went a long way in enlightening me and changing my mind about the mindset of a serial killer and the reasons why serial killers do what they do. The book tells the story of the investigations that led to the capture of the serial killer that came to be known more famously as the green river killer.in order for Keppel to fully understand the things that motivate serial killers ...

This particular book is seen as a bold step towards discovering science and its related issues from the point of view of the indigenous American and other native people from the various walks of life in the this northern Hemisphere(Cajete 14)
. Native science traces its origin from well established and deep philosophical views. This particular philosophy usually touches on the correct relationship with the natural setup of the world which is usually passed through unswerving and direct contact with the landscape and also by way of social and ritual situations that enable members of a society to learn vital ...

Introduction

In the book, “Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World,” Merchant has essentially written a handy introduction to the ecological problems as well as issues from a radical viewpoint. Capra (1996) agrees that ecological thinking emerged simultaneously in a number of disciplines in first half of the century particularly in 1920s. The ecological thinking was pioneered by the biologists, who stressed the opinion of living organisms as the integrated wholes a fact shared by Merchant. In Radical Ecology, Merchant manages to incorporate major topics of concern like social ecology, deep ecology, science and worldviews, ecofeminism, spiritual ecology, among other important topics, all of ...

Introduction

The book by Charles C. Mann is a non-fiction book based on pre-Columbian America. In his book, Mann argues that a cocktail of recent findings from different of research implies that there were numerous populations in the western hemisphere. He also argues that the indigenous people in the Americas were more culturally sophisticated, shaped and controlled the natural landscape and came earlier than the scholars indicated. This critical review evaluates Mann’s book with regard to his arguments and the evidence he presents to back them up in the four sections of the book. These sections include the Holmberg’s Mistake, ...

Barry Nalebuff and Avinash Dixit wrote a very accessible and engaging work on Game Theory, which they support as a “Guide to success in business and life“. Game theory is the psychology and mathematics of social interactions in strategic situations. Drawing from their experience and professionalism, these authors sought to ensure that their audiences learn the concepts of their book. Avinash Dixit, an economics professor at Princeton University where he offered his popular freshman course in game theory for many years, and Nalebuff a professor of management and economics at Yale School of management both practiced their preaching. While Dixit is well ...

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‘Change by Design’ seems to be the perfect title for Tim Brown’s book owing to the transformational ideas presented to bring about changes in the real world using a human approach to suit many fields of life and not just in the design field. Tim Brown is the CEO and President of the IDEO (Innovation, Design Engineering Organization). An industrial engineer by qualification, Brown is amongst those handful people of the new century who believe in design thinking and that innovation is the solution to human demands. He has carried out a list of seminars on many platforms ...

Summary

Petersen, J. (2007). Why don't we listen better?: Communicating & connecting in relationships. Tigard, OR: Petersen Publications.
The text by Petersen was published in 2007, describing relationships and how one can relate in those relationships. Petersen strives to demonstrated effective communication by saying that one should not allow their emotions to rule what is being communicated. He also mentions incidents that made him come up with the theory ‘the flat –brain theory of emotions’. The literature provides a line graphic drawing of an individual, illustrating and differentiating emotional reaction in people. Petersen clarifies that the origin of reactions originates from ...

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According to Deborah Pegues, confrontation is a normal aspect of life and cannot be avoided, even though many Christians certainly prefer to do so. They believe in unity and harmony, turning the other cheek and following Paul’s admonition “as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.” Yet all people experience problems and conflicts in life, especially those who have been treated unjustly or believe they have been. Pegues is quick to emphasize that confrontation should never be confused with revenge or retaliation, which are evils and forbidden to Christians. Even David refused to ...

Introduction

Brookfield believes in treating people as adults and employing the “’3 R’s, respect, research, (and) responsiveness.” He uses a four step process to summarize, analyze and reflect to re-energize teaching. This is designed to encourage students to reflect their teacher’s energy and connect with the lessons’ content. He feels the purpose of a critical reflection is to enlighten teaching and the point of view of the student, colleagues, literature in addition to our own viewpoint should all be employed. He terms these viewpoints as “lenses” and uses this term throughout his writing. .
Brookfield recognizes the different modalities, and ...

This is a report paper which provides a brief summary of introduction to linear algebra by John R. Durbin. The paper shall provide a brief summary of the three chapters of the book; chapter 11, 12 and thirteen.

Introduction

Modern algebra has been causing much difficulty to the learners and the professors as well. This is attributed to the complexity of the unit and elaborative theorems and formula used in the unit .therefore in this papers I have tried to simplify the theorems and formulas to easen the understanding of the topics such as Galois theorems permutation and many more. This report will ...

Superfreakonomics is a book written by Steven Levitt- an economist at University of Chicago and Stephen Dubner, a journalist with the New York Times. The book was released in 2009 and it is a sequel to a mega-selling book by the same authors named freakonomics. The two books are based on through research and are about the application of economic reasoning to a wide range of day-to-day questions. Though the first book was hugely popular, the sequel Superfreakonomics extraordinarily challenges the way we think by questioning popular theories and myths (Levitt & Dubner). The authors examine how people react to incentives and present the good, ...

INTRODUCTION

George Orwell was well renowned by his pseudonym name in several of Eric Arthur Blair who was a great English writer of all times. He wrote quite few books of most of them best sellers. 1984 was one of his most influential book and the most worldwide acclaimed animal farm that he published in 1944. These are considered his most metaphorical approach to his sentiment and attitude in his approach to soviet Russia (Orwell, George.1977 p. 200.) Written in 1948 the novel 1984 by George Orwell was an approach about the future. It presents a clear and outstanding view of what ...

This is a study by Jean Lipman-blumen shedding more light on disastrous leadership. It offers a deep understanding of the corporate scandal as well as political folly. The author argues that, bad leaders are not the ones to blame but rather the subjects led since they are the one who put them into power and allow them to cling there. After analyzing the story of Adolf Hitler of Germany and Jeff Skillinngs of Enron, she makes the conclusion that the followers of the toxic leaders are the victims who gave way to misguided leadership. This book gives a deep understanding to anyone ...

Introduction: Book Information

This book is a memoir that is non-fiction of a Hungarian medical doctor that is Jewish. This man had operated and not horrible "research" on his fellow Jewish inmates. This man participated in killing Jews alongside with the help of the evil Dr. Josef Mengele who was known as the "Angel of Death." When the Nazis invaded the country the book explains how in 1944, the Nazis took most of the Jews from Hungary straight into Auschwitz death camp. Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Jew and a medical doctor, managed to escape from death in order to become a pawn of evil. This evil was ...

Chapter 1

Argyris (1990) argues that morale, commitment and satisfaction by the employees as well as the organizationsa are only the penultimate function, since the ultimate goal of the organization is performance. This is not least because if these penultimate factors comprise the ultimate criteria, then they only succeed in covering up a vast number of problems that 21st century organizations must deal with. This book is interestsing not least because of the author’s effective use of words, phrases and idioms, word puzzles etc, which tends to inspire confidence because of the pragmatic nature of the issues raised, but also because ...

Franklin, B. (2005). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”. New York City: Dover Publications; New edition edition.

Book Review: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Introduction
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin is considered to be one of the most well-liked works of American literature; this delightful self-description has been interpreted into approximately every language. It is a book that covers Franklin's life all the way up to his pre-war visit in London as the agent of the Pennsylvania Gathering, as well as his year as a boy, work as a printer, experimentations with political career, electricity, and many other things that made Benjamin the remarkable man that ...

This book is the great work of a renowned scholar throughout the field that deals with weapons of the nuclear origin and also international relations. The book tries to examine the crisis of order emerging due to existence of mass destruction weapons. Therefore the book is majorly skewed towards the issue of nuclear power and if there could be any measures aimed to control the impasse caused by this problem.
The book cites that the key problem regarding the international order originated in the period of nineteenth century, a time when new sciences were coming about, industrialization was also on ...

The Age of Modernism

Modernism, in the history of literature is a movement which can be defined as modern thought or thinking. This is where all ideas of the past are rejected. Realism as well as Enlightenment are not accepted and the idea of a one true God is thought as a thing of the past. All works from the past are taken into account but rewritten, revised or redone in a way that most suited the period and the practices of artists during the time. Modernism was not only a movement within the arts, it was also a social and political kind of movement (Curry, 2004). Since this ...

Aaron Ralston’s Story

Aaron Ralston's Story
Aaron Ralston, a 27-year-old mountain sports fanatic from Colorado in the United States, found himself in dire straits* alone in a canyon* in the desert when a 500kg rock came crashing down the canyon to smash his right hand and trap it against the canyon wall. A terrible accident, but the situation was made all the more serious because on this occasion Aaron had failed to tell anyone where he was going. At the last minute the plans for a trip with his climbing partners had fallen through, and on the spur of the moment he decided to head ...

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

Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Old Man and the Sea” presents a thought provoking response to the theme of pride versus humility. By looking at the motives of two main characters we can gain a better insight into two different takes on this issue.
The protagonist of the novel is Santiago. Santiago’s character develops over the course of the novel. Santiago represents an undying need to prove himself and his stubbornness doesn’t allow him to give into his struggles (Hemingway). The old man is in a constant battle against the forces of the sea, even though we know his ...

- In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” the author frequently comments on the play itself. For example “To Be or Not to Be" (Shakespeare) is a comment made by Hamlet to the outside audience and doesn’t represent Hamlet’s thought at that moment.
- A. I do feel that there is evidence that Hamlet was jealous of Claudius. This statement made by Hamlet is telling of his relationship with Claudius, Such an act /That blurs the grace and blush of modesty, /Calls virtue hypocrite, takes off the rose /From the fair forehead of an innocent love /And sets a blister there, ...

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology
This paper gives a critical review of the scientific non- fictious Thinking, Fast and Slow. It was written by Daniel Kahneman to provide a detailed coverage of the research done by him in the psychological field in which he was well known for. The 499 page text was published by the Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the year 2011. As already highlighted, Thinking, Fast and Slow is an educative novel which gives an in depth encounters of this research and explains the various findings he made during his studies. Some of the major topics covered in the book include, ...

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 the ...

Roberts God's Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible is a book that explains the bible’s 66 books in simple words and in one book. Roberts explains the bible in about 150 pages. This book takes us through the bible’s stories of creation, the fall of man, the early church, Israel and all the prophets and lastly, the coming of the new kingdom. Through the titles and chapters in Roberts’s book, the reader learns how God is working to redeem His fallen creation and restore back his rule to the earth. The book is divided into ...

“This is a book about the positive evidence that evolution is a fact. It is not intended as an anti-religious book. I’ve done that, it’s another T-shirt, this is not the place to wear it again,” says Dr. Richard Dawkins in the introduction to his book The Greatest Show on Earth (17). This book is an organized presentation of copious numbers of the examples that support the evolutionary change over time via the process of natural selection. It raises many issues to a reader’s mind, and it helps provide a fuller understanding of the theory of evolution for the reader. ...

Richard Bach’s Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, published in 1977, is the memorable follow-up to his extraordinary bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Unlike Bach’s earlier offering, Illusions did not receive mass audience admiration, but rather became a cult classic. There is a proverb, a quote, a saying, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” That is what happens in Illusions when Richard Bach, a renowned author from the West, encounters Donald Shimoda, a self-proclaimed ‘messiah’ from the East, who ends up becoming Bach’s spiritual teacher, and teaches him that everything in the world that we interpret as reality are actually ...

Dr. Viktor E. Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning explored the existential difficulty he and all human beings face during and after a life shattering experience such as what he and millions of other endured at the hands of the Nazis. Frankl’s written journey through the torture of the Nazi concentration camps tours the human mind, becoming a written map of the human experience. Dr. Frankl examines the different stages that people go through as they transition into a reality so different from their own, exploring how individuals cope with their new reality and how they react when facing a world ...

Summaries of Articles

Tutorial Two
Introduction
One of the landmarks of the 20th century was the unprecedented growth in the field of Psychology. However, some pertinent issues (which remain unresolved) threaten the credibility of this noble profession. For example, there is little data to support the classification of “mental illnesses” and use of drugs to treat nonmedical conditions.

Article Summary

Psychology and the Status Quo by Isaac Prilleltensky
Prilleltensky (1989) argues that the rise of Psychology has been immune to skeptical ideology. In some way, Psychologists learn not deviate from contemporary ideology. As a result, no questions have been raised about some ...

Introduction

Dr Stephen Covey is as a highly influential management guru, whose book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, become a useful and sequential framework for understanding personal development. Some have argued that The Seven Habits may prove easy to understand but not easy to apply. The author tries to put across life changing ideas on being more effective in all areas of life including family, professional, emotional, and spiritual, thereby creating satisfaction and happiness from all life endeavors. The importance of the book has increased than ever before, as the business world has shifted to humanistic concepts. The values proposed ...

All the stories in Wisdom Walk teach about Buddhism. The stories are about the path to tranquility. This Path to Tranquility is introduced by the narrator’s daily experiences of having to wake up early in the morning to exercise in preparation for meditation. Despite the difficulties of meditation, the leader of the sessions encourages the trainees to forget about any other feelings and thoughts which can disrupt their thoughts. Meditation helps Buddhist get a bearing in life by revealing basic human truths to followers including human characteristics about suffering, ways which wrong point of view can lead to suffering, ...

A review of Judgment in Managerial Decision Making by Max Bazerman

Books on management and decision making usually talk about logic, realism, forecasting, and unbiased thought. However, Max Bazerman takes the opposite route in Judgement in Managerial Decision Making by first of all acknowledging first hand that managerial decisions are almost always influenced by personal biases . This is the first point that grabbed my interest. The management textbooks pertaining to decision making that I have read, although discussed individual preconception, they did so in the fashion of a cursory glance. Bazerman covers the subject with such depth and breadth that the book gives the reader several ‘I didn’t know that’ ...

How we Decide Book Review

The Author, John Lehrer dwells on the subject of how the human mind, regarded as the most complex object known to man, makes decisions. Reading the book, I have learnt that the human mind consists of several messy networks of different parts of the brain that are majorly involved in synthesis of emotion. Most importantly, the author uses stories and anecdotes to illustrate the core point of the book: the rational side of the brain justifies human decisions. This is after the emotional side of the brain makes the decisions in the first place (Lehrer 7). The author is ...

In Everyday Use by Alice Walker, the themes of heritage and education are explored through the conversations and interactions of the characters. This short story is narrated by “Mama,” who describes how Dee, her educated and successful daughter, is coming home to visit her mother and other daughter, Maggie. Maggie and Dee are sisters, but they do not necessarily get along well, in fact Mama says how she used to believe that Dee “hated Maggie” (PAGE # FROM TEXTBOOK). Maggie is described as having “burns and scars down her arms and legs” which came from a fire (Page #). Maggie is not ...