Variety Book Reviews Samples For Students

Introduction

Global events threatening security of huge numbers of people are recognized as important triggers for introducing changes to the systems of international and national law, so that in the future similar events can become preventable. The brightest example to confirm this thesis is introduction of the UN system and development of international humanitarian and criminal law after the World War II, which was associated with lots of events, which are currently being classified as crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes. Apart from influencing the international law, World War II had variety of implications on different spheres of life ...

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

Wayland Baptist University

Public Administration Capstone PUAD 5340vc01
Abstract
This review presents the book Managing performance in the Public Sector by Hans de Bruijn, summarizes and analyzes it. The book discusses the issues that arose from ineffective performance measurement and offers ways to handle these issues and mitigate their negative impact. Having analyzed the real-life cases and the extensive literature on the topic, Hans de Bruijn describes the perverse effects of performance measurement on public organizations and the quality of their services. The author proposes the use of design principles that will improve the system of performance measurement. These principles are variety, ...

Book review: Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, 5th Edition by Chandler H. Barbour, Nita H. Barbour and Patricia A. Scully

Introduction

Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, 5th Edition offers more choices for teachers and students than the previous editions. The authors are all educators and their combined experience easily reaches 100 years. Professor Chandler Barbour has retired from an elementary school teaching career but he is still actively involved as a volunteer to his community’s projects with public schools, church boards, directing a fishing advocacy group and as a member on a hospital board. He ...

Chapter 1: Mendel’s little secret.

Gregor Mendel, a Moravian monk, carefully bred peas in separate breeding lines, crossing and backcrossing to watch how traits appeared in future generations. He found out that traits were transmitted to future generations from parent plants. Mendel also found out that there were certain plants such as the hawkweed that did not need any kind of sex to reproduce. Simply put, the plant was asexual hence self-reproducing.
Mendel is considered as the founding father of genetics and despite his death, more than one century later, scientists are still struggling to investigate this botanical mystery that is Apoximis. All this ...

Plutarch’s historical work On Sparta is a vivid and compelling description of Spartan life, and their contributions to modern philosophy, warfare, and other elements of life, to which they have made significant knowledge contributions. Spartan customs, and the rise and fall of their kingdom, are both of interest to current readers, because their culture influenced the rest of Europe profoundly, even after it’s’ eventual decline in the third century B.C. It is a compelling read, depicting some extremely significant historical moments, and characters, and offering tidbits of wisdom still applicable today
Plutarch was a Greek Historian, and ...

INSTITUTUION NAME

In the earlier times, which means around the middle of twentieth century, printing was one of the most significant method to communicate ones ideas to the masses. The printing press industry published manuals and that resulted in promoting literacy. Around that time, people got interested in learning the art of writing letters and the availability of manuals made their task easy. There was a rise in the number of people who could communicate by the method of writing. Circulation of written material started amongst such people. These written materials were the most prominent means for sharing thoughts and ideas. ...

Analysis of the Book "The Medicalization of Society" By Peter Conrad

The Main Author's Arguments
Peter Conrad, the author of the book "The Medicalization of Society," conducts a study of the most common problems of the modern society, which essence and nature have changed and obtained a medical character over the past 10-20 years. In other words, the author examines the social problems that have become the diagnoses at the beginning of the 21st century, though they were not related to medicine even a decade ago. At the very beginning of the book, Conrad emphasizes the investigated phenomenon, claiming that his analysis is connected only with the social connotations of ...

The business community is anchored on profitability and to this end companies implement a variety of strategies. The book “strategy for sustainability: A business manifesto” by Adam Werbach tries to prove to the business community that though sustainability programs may usurp some resources, they will in the long run increase the profitability of the business.

The book “strategy for sustainability: A business manifesto” explores the business strategies that companies need to pursue in order to maintain profitability and sustain the environment, address climate change concerns and social issues such as poverty. According to Werbach (2009), business strategies without ...

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 ...

The main theme for the book entitled “The Spirit Level: Why equal societies almost always do better” was about how inequality can affect even those who are not well off. This information is vital for someone in the planning profession because the economy and the labor force affects the job outlook as well as the other important factors in a certain area. The book was well written and was done with extensive years of research, not focusing on only one country, but doing a case study on many. When it comes to someone from the planning profession, it is important that ...

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 ...

Book Review of Pat Southern’s, The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History

ABSTRACT
In The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History, Pat Southern covers over one thousand years of history in which the Roman military evolved from its original base of citizen-soldiers defending a city-state to a force of perhaps one million troops defending far-flung frontiers in Europe, Africa and Asia. She uses a wide variety of historical sources including written records, coins, statuary, and archeological materials, with a good understanding that the surviving information is quite limited, even about the total population of the empire and the size of its legions. Southern’s description of the Roman Army is highly detailed and ...

Book Review: Gerson, K. (2011). The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family in America.

ABSTRACT

In The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family in America, Kathleen Gerson conducted life-history interviews with 120 young adults age 18 to 32 from a variety of regional, ethnic, social class and racial backgrounds. She wanted detailed information about their experiences growing up in families in recent decades, during a time when a unprecedented revolution in gender roles, sexuality and family and work life was occurring. During this time, more mothers with young children ...

A Christian View of Sexuality Within Marriage

Abstract
The Gift of Sex, by Clifford and Joyce Penner, is a comprehensive, Christian educational guide for married couples about sexuality. Divided into a preface and five sections, the book uses Scripture and the authors’ expertise in marriage therapy to offer important information to couples concerning sexuality so that readers may overcome problems or enhance a relationship that is already good. The book educates married couples on Bible-based considerations about sex, physical aspects of sex, and unifying the religions and physical aspects of sex in order to have a more fulfilling relationship with each other. It answers questions, offers exercises, uses anecdotes ...

‘The River of Lost Footsteps’ is the title of a book written by Thant Myint-u. In this book, Myint-u analyzes the current economic, social and political situation in Burma. Myint –u, tries to create an understanding why there has been an unending civil war in Burma for last several decades since the country gained independence in the year 1948. The book also analyzes the various unsuccessful attempts that have been made by other foreign countries in an effort to bring a state of peace and democratic rule in Burma. In his book, Myint-u discusses the history of Burma in a bid to ...

Introduction

This report scrutinizes international terrorist threats, events, responses and policies, as well as analyzing the worldwide use of apparatus available to fight terrorism, from international cooperation, international relations, covert action, constructive dedication, economic sanctions, military force, to objective security improvement. A contemporary style in terrorism emerges to be toward self- financed insecurely organized, international association of terrorists. Ever more, fundamental Islamist groups who use religion, or as a excuse, pose a grave threat to United States of America interests and to its friendly establishments. But of great unease as well is the growing political involvement of extremist Islamist gathering in foreign ...