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  • Book Review of "the Face of Battle" by John Keegan

    Book Review of "the Face of Battle" by John Keegan

    13 July 2002 THE FACE OF BATTLE John Keegan, the author of "The Face of Battle" is allowing the reader to view different perspective of history, from the eyes of the soldier. Although by his own account, Keegan acknowledges, "I have never been in a battle. And I grow increasingly convinced that I have very little idea of what a battle can be like." Keegan scorns historians for pointing the finger of failure after an

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    Essay Length: 1,028 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Edward
  • Rabbit Run - Book Review

    Rabbit Run - Book Review

    In this emotional novel Rabbit, Run, John Updike takes the main character, Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom, on a roller coaster ride through the ups and downs of life. The once great basketball star runs into a mental crisis in his mid-twenties and decides to up and leave his son, Nelson, and pregnant wife Janice to escape to the easier life. Rabbit may have had a better relationship with the people in his life if he were

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    Essay Length: 884 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Jack
  • Making the E-Business Transformation Book Review

    Making the E-Business Transformation Book Review

    Making the E-Business Transformation is a book created by Peter Gloor who is a partner with Deloitte Consulting in Zurich, Switzerland. There at Deloitte’s he is the leading e-business initiative for Europe. He is also the vice president in the IT department of Union Bank of Switzerland as well as an adjunct faculty at Dartmouth College. (Gloor 2000). Gloor’s accomplishments are well respected and I feel is what helps enable him to write such a

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    Essay Length: 2,513 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Top
  • Please Stop Laughing at Me... - Book Review

    Please Stop Laughing at Me... - Book Review

    Have you ever wondered what it felt like to be the outcast? Have you ever taken the time to think about what it is like not to fit in? If you have ever taken just a moment to explore this type of lifestyle you would’ve realized the horrors and pains that the youth of uniqueness face each and everyday. In the book Please Stop Laughing at me… by Jodee Blanco we trail the story,

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    Essay Length: 473 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: regina
  • Beautiful Child Book Review

    Beautiful Child Book Review

    Beautiful Child When I picked Beautiful Child off the bookshelf, I was expecting something a little different. I was prepared to read another run-of-the-mill book about child abuse, neglect, and the difficulties in saving one child from a horrific home life. However, I decided to read this book, even though it didn’t look very interesting; after all, I was taught not to judge a book by its cover. Sitting down to read later that night,

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    Essay Length: 465 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Edward
  • Nickel and Dimed: Book Review

    Nickel and Dimed: Book Review

    Can someone really live and prosper in American receiving minimal income? Can someone create a good lifestyle for themselves on just six to seven dollars an hour? In Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich goes undercover to find out if it is indeed possible. Giving herself only $1,000 she leaves the lifestyle that she has come accustomed too and goes to join all the people living the low class way of life. Before setting out, she

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    Essay Length: 1,149 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Jon
  • Book Review Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun

    Book Review Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun

    Book Review Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun By: Wes Roberts Roberts starts the book out with his Author’s notes here he describes how he came about the topic of the book and where he got his information. He then moves on the preface where he explains a little about leadership and how it is incorporated throughout the book in relation to Attila the Hun. The next part of the book Roberts calls the introduction.

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    Essay Length: 963 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Steve
  • Book Review of "heart of the Warrior" by Catarina Blomberg

    Book Review of "heart of the Warrior" by Catarina Blomberg

    This is my review on "The Heart of the Warrior," written by Catharina Blomberg. In this review I intend to go through each chapter pointing out what the chapter discussed and what I learned from reading this book. I chose this book because it seemed interesting and something that was worthwhile for the time I spent reading it. This book seems to take a more in depth look at what we have touched on

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    Essay Length: 2,181 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Vika
  • Book Review “whatever Happened to the Real America?”

    Book Review “whatever Happened to the Real America?”

    Chapter 1 (What Happened to the Real America? An Introduction), In this chapter Dr. Gosine uses the interaction theory. He tells you why he is writing his book and what it is going to be about. He states “My primary concern in it is to compare traditional America with modern America and ascertain what went wrong, if anything, especially in the recent past.” A lot of social thinkers along with Dr. Gosine agree that

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    Essay Length: 2,721 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Anna
  • Book Review - of Mice and Men

    Book Review - of Mice and Men

    “Of Mice and Men” Who would you prefer ending up dead: The first main hero or the second main hero? If your choice is the second main hero then John Steinbeck’s short novel, Of mice and men, is the perfect book for you. And if you like reading books with the first main hero ending up dead, then the best book for you will be…Of Mice and men, as well. Because, in a sense, the

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    Essay Length: 411 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: David
  • Catch 22 Book Review

    Catch 22 Book Review

    CATCH 22 BOOK REVIEW Catch 22 is a satirical novel written by Joseph Heller. It is a story about American army pilots on an island near Italy in the end of World War II in 1944. Catch 22 is a story about how the main character John Yossarian wants to get out of the army and how he tries to act insane so he can be declared unfit to fly any more missions. It is

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    Essay Length: 1,070 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Jon
  • Business-Ship to Ship Book Review

    Business-Ship to Ship Book Review

    It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff Warner Books, 2002 Author’s Page Captain D. Michael Abrashoff is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, and was a military assistant to the former secretary of defense, Dr. William J. Perry. He served as Commander of 310 men and women aboard the USS Benfold in the Pacific Fleet. Abrashoff left the Navy in 2001

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    Essay Length: 1,828 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Lord of the Flies Book Review

    Lord of the Flies Book Review

    "This is an island. At least I think it's an island. That's a reef out in the sea. Perhaps there aren't any grownups anywhere." This is a quote from the action-packed novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. One of the confused boys who were stranded on an island after their plane crashed spoke it. The basic theme of Lord of the Flies is that rules and cooperation make the world what it is

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    Essay Length: 482 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Born to Buy Book Review

    Born to Buy Book Review

    Born to Buy: Worth the Read! Have you ever been disgusted by the racy, suggestive clothing that today’s teenagers sport? Ever been shocked by the appalling content on TV and movies these days? Ever shake your head at the messages delivered by commercials? Juliet Schor agrees with you! Schor, a keen observer and analyst of trends in American culture, goes inside the world of mass marketing to their prime target ?children. Naпve and susceptible, children

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    Essay Length: 304 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: July
  • Book Review: An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics, 2nd Edition

    Book Review: An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics, 2nd Edition

    Book Review: An Introduction to Sytemic Functional Linguistics,2nd Edition An introduction to systemic functional linguistics, 2nd edition, is an updated overview of the concepts and methods of linguistic analysis in the framework developed by M.A.K. Halliday. The book introduces the concepts and demonstrates how the techniques of systemic functional linguistic theory can be applied to the analysis of texts. Written in ascending order, the book begins with the general understanding of language use and gradually

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    Essay Length: 1,847 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Jack
  • Book Review Essay

    Book Review Essay

    Book Review Essay Linda Holz OC 552 History of American Women Stephanie Johnson November 11, 2006 The book I chose to write about is called America’s Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and heroines written by Gail Collins. The company who chose to produce this copy is referred to as HarperCollins Publishers Inc. The publishing took place in New York, NY with the first perennial edition published in 2004, and is Gail’s first

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    Essay Length: 674 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: Top
  • Book Review "mr. China"

    Book Review "mr. China"

    International Business Management Freddie Garcia December 3, 2005 Book Review: “Mr. China” This book was written by Tim Clissold. “Mr. China” tells the story of one entrepreneurs encounters with the Chinese government and other foreign investors during the 1990’s. China was in the midst of a transformation from a closed society to opening its borders to big business. Like every crafty entrepreneur at the time he is involved with the “gold rush” to conquer this

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    Essay Length: 794 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Victor
  • Book Review: The Earth Policy Reader

    Book Review: The Earth Policy Reader

    Book Review: The Earth Policy Reader The novel “The Earth Policy Reader” written by Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, and Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts is a book written to perfection and is divided in three parts. This report is an earlier publication, Eco-economy which appears to have laid out the basic plan upon which this current work is built. Throughout this paper I will talk about the three parts that this book is divided in to and

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    Essay Length: 888 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Max
  • Bill Rancic - Book Review

    Bill Rancic - Book Review

    I. Book Report a. Thesis In order to succeed in life and in business, you need to be able to enjoy what it is that you do, no matter what it is. b. Outline • The Spirit of Enterprise: Getting started in the real world Setting a standard for becoming successful • Getting Started Entrepreneur at an early age Selling cars in high school and college • The Price is Right Summer job start up

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    Essay Length: 2,520 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: February 12, 2010 By: David
  • The Peace Maker - Critical Book Review

    The Peace Maker - Critical Book Review

    “The Peace Maker” Critical Book Review Ryan Stewart February 6, 2005 CO/BU 4493 A “biblical guide to resolving personal conflict”, this, in a nutshell is what “The Peace Maker” is all about. In this critical book review I will be taking topics from the book and giving the reader my personal views on how I either reacted or related to the topics covered. My goal for this paper is to give the reader a non-biased

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    Essay Length: 1,478 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Mikki
  • The Corporation - Book Review

    The Corporation - Book Review

    The Corporation: A Book Review Joel Bakan’s book, The Corporation: the Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, is a decisive look into the mind of the corporation, or big business. It outlines the importance of profit in business and how ruthless corporations are willing to be in order to bring in substantial revenue. The book uses a historical timeframe to portray the ruthlessness of business ever since the idea of the corporation arose in the

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    Essay Length: 1,631 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Monika
  • Farewell to Manzanar Book Review

    Farewell to Manzanar Book Review

    Farewell to Manzanar Book Review “ What is Pearl Harbor?”(4). The book I read was Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki. This is what started World War II. During these times Japanese people were treated like animals. They were forced to live in internment camps throughout Executive Order 9066. Executive Order 9066 was approved by Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, this order ordered the military to place Japanese or Japanese Americans into these internment camps. This is

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    Essay Length: 540 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Kevin
  • My Book Review

    My Book Review

    That’s no animal, I tell you! Listen to the dog bark-ing! It must be a human being.” The woman stared into the darkness of the sierra. “What if they’re soldiers?” said a man, who sat In-dian-fashion, eating, a coarse earthenware plate in his right hand, three folded tortillas in the other. The woman made no answer, all her senses directed outside the hut. The beat of horses’ hoofs rang in the quarry nearby. The dog

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    Essay Length: 418 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Pox Americana Book Review

    Pox Americana Book Review

    Smallpox is an extremely deadly disease which, in one point in time, was the most feared disease on the planet. In the book Pox Americana, Elizabeth A. Fenn writes about the encounter with the deadly disease in the 1770’s to the 1780’s. Her book was first published in 2001 in New York City, where she originally wrote it. Her book contains just under 400 words that explain the disease, some of the first encounters with

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    Essay Length: 800 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Jessica
  • A Million Little Pieces Book Review

    A Million Little Pieces Book Review

    The book “A Million Little Pieces” by James Frey is a heart wrenching story of James’ time in drug rehab. In this book Frey is trying to inform the reader about what it is like to go through rehab. He describes his entire time, from the day before he arrives until the day he leaves. He describes all his feelings and the routine life they give him at the clinic. The main themes of this

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    Essay Length: 1,582 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Jon

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