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A Review of Robert Frost’s Poem Two Tramps in Mud Time (523 words, 2 pages)

Two Tramps in Mud Time- On the surface, "Two Tramps in Mud Time" seems to display Robert Frost's narrow individualism. The poem, upon first reading it, seems incongruent, with some of the stanzas having no apparent connection to the whole poem. The poem as a whole also does not appear ... Read More

A Review of Neil Postman’s Book Amusing Ourselves to Death (1118 words, 2 pages)

Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business was published in 1985. The theories and concepts described in the book could easily apply to today's world. Postman goes to great detail in his book about the development of public discourse (verbal and written communication) ... Read More

A Review of Sandra Cisneros’s Book The House on Mango Street (984 words, 2 pages)

In the book The House on Mango Street, author Sandra Cisneros presents a series of vignettes that involve a young girl, named Esperanza, growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Esperanza Cordero is searching for a release from the low expectations and restrictions that Latino society often imposes on ... Read More

A Review of Alex Kotlowitz’s Book There Are No Children Here (1126 words, 2 pages)

In "There Are No Children Here", Alex Kotlowitz writes a powerful, sometimes discouraging but always hopeful book. Alex Portrays two inner city brothers, who live in a world of crime, poverty, and with little hope for an adequate education, equal housing, and a safe community. Lafeyette and Pharoah demonstrate how ... Read More

A Review of Bob Woodward’s Book Shadow (2168 words, 4 pages)

Twenty-five years ago, after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, Gerald Ford promised a return to normalcy. "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over," President Ford declared. But it was not. The Watergate scandal, and the remedies against future abuses of power, would have an enduring impact on presidents ... Read More

A Review of Vernon Fryburger’s Book The New Age of Advertising (2390 words, 4 pages)

Selling More Than Just A Product Advertisements for various products are seen everywhere a person lookson billboards, in magazines, on television, and countless other places. What draws the consumer into the advertisementthe actual product, the display of the sensual woman as she drinks a glass of milk, or the muscular ... Read More

A Review of Loretta Schwartz-Nobel’s Book Growing Up Empty (1751 words, 3 pages)

Schwartz-Nobel, Loretta. Growing Up Empty The Hunger Epidemic in America. New York, NY HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 2002 (248 pages) First, I would like to give my opinion of whether this book was worthwhile at the beginning of this book review. Because I believe this is one of the most moving ... Read More

Questions in a Book Review Assignment (772 words, 2 pages)

1.Why do you think the author wrote this book? I think the author wrote this book to try to demonstrate what it might feel like being the father of a daughter who committed an act of terrorism. What kind of feelings he might be going through a person like this, ... Read More

A Review of Robert Frost’s Poem Fire and Ice (327 words, 1 pages)

Fire and Ice Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what Ive tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice ... Read More

A Review of William J. Bennett’s Book The Death of Outrage (1372 words, 2 pages)

The name of the book is the death of outrage Bill Clinton and the assault on American ideals. The name of the author is William J. Bennett The name of the publisher is Thee Free Press, a division of Simon Schuster, Inc. The year published is 1999. This book has ... Read More

A Review of Leon F. Litwack’s Book North of Slavery (1163 words, 2 pages)

North of Slavery, by Leon F. Litwack. University of Chicago Press, 1961 Slavery, a word that can be defined no better than a menacing and brutal act that brought terror to African American lives. In the early to middle 1800s the race began to discover hope to rid themselves the ... Read More

A Review of Edward Hyam’s Book Modern Revolution (336 words, 1 pages)

The book A Dictionary of Modern Revolution written by Edward Hyams is a book that has changed my entire view on society, life, greed, and morales. This book tells the entire life of a famous revolutionary named Ernesto Guevara. Ernesto Guevara is widely known throughout the world as Che Guevara ... Read More

Review of Books on Korean War (2428 words, 4 pages)

Book Review Covering a single war or insurgency that took place between 1945 and 1973. 1.The War in Korea 1950-1953 A Military Study of the War in Korea up to the Signing of the Cease Fire. By Major R.C.W. Thomas, O.B.E.. Aldershot, Gale and Polden Limited, 1954 2.Korea the Unknown ... Read More

A Review of Frnkl’s Two Part Book Experiences in a Concentration Camp (1689 words, 2 pages)

Although Frankl had began a book on his psychological theories prior to his imprisonment in the concentration camps, the manuscripts of which were sewn into the lining of his coat immediately before his detention but subsequently lost when stripped of his belongings in the camp, his observations, examinations and analysis ... Read More

Review of Philomena Goodman’s Book Women, Sexuality and War (1403 words, 2 pages)

Philomena Goodman in her book, Women, Sexuality and War, writes a rebuttal against those historians who dismiss women's war and oral history as reputable and worthwhile. In the introduction Goodman spends a lot of time justifying her use of oral histories in her book. Stating that 'critics of oral history ... Read More

Review of Robert Frost’s Poem Birches (682 words, 1 pages)

In the poem Birches, Robert frost takes an image of a birch tree whose branches have been worn from the winter, and transforms the literal image into a deeper poem about escaping from the ground and the earth into a safe haven up in the branches, being able to swing ... Read More

Book Review: Beloved (741 words, 4 pages)

Beloved, by Toni Morrison, highlights an ex slaves, and her willingness to sacrifice what is necessary to keep her and her family away from slavery. Sethe runs away from Sweet Home after the owner, Mr. Garner, dies at that time, Sethes, life became abusive at the hands of School Teacher, ... Read More

Book Review of Edward O. Wilsons The Future of Life (1007 words, 3 pages)

Wilson opens up his book with a letter to the deceased Henry David Thoreau, a naturalist and author. He begins by writing of how Thoreau has impacted him, and then goes on to explain how drastically the world has changed since his time on Earth, in 1845, when Thoreau built ... Read More

Books Reviews American LIterature (1467 words, 4 pages)

Over the course of the past summer, I had the pleasure of reading A Streetcar Named Desire, a play written by Mississippi native Tennessee Williams. It centers around the lives of three people, Stella Kowalski, Stanley Kowalski and Blanche Dubois. Stella is living in New Orleans with her husband Stanley ... Read More

A Review of the Book The Giver (417 words, 2 pages)

When Jonas was given the assignment, for first years, hehad gone through trainings needed to endure the hardships, and made itthrough. Although as soon as he realized what his father killed one ofthe twins, he started to feel sympathetic for his community, hephilosophizes if there is any clues dramatically revolutionize ... Read More

A Review of the Book Success 101 for Teens (575 words, 2 pages)

Success 101 for Teens, an 85 page book about how to earn, save, and manage money, focuses on exactly which steps to take in order to maintain a successful financial plan, even at a young age. Based on the useful information given about these topics, I believe this book falls ... Read More

A Review of the Book Homeward Bound by Elaine Tyler May (723 words, 3 pages)

Looking back into life at an earlier period of time is always anexciting and curious experience, and the Cold War Era is definitely noexception. The book Homeward Bound by Elaine Tyler May outlines thelives of people across the nation and takes a look into to theirmarriages, beliefs and other aspects ... Read More

A Review of the Book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (1261 words, 3 pages)

Topic Pick a book title (from the Book List Pre-AdolescentAdolescent Years) that you particularly like and recommend that book to an middle school teacher. If it is a good choice, then why? Explain your recommendation in terms of what makes a good bookelements of fiction. The Lion, the Witch and ... Read More

A Review of the Book Watership down by Richard Adams (1042 words, 4 pages)

Mark Twain once said that Courage is the resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Watership Down written by Richard Adams, takes place in an English country side. This is a tale about rabbits that encounter dangers, create enemies, and decide to follow sagacious plans to find ... Read More

Review of Book on Israel and Palestine Conflict (1579 words, 4 pages)

The first four chapters of IsraelPalestine by Alan Dowty shown newlight for me on various aspects of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Iwas born in Israel, and grew up there nearly until the age of twelve.Even though since then I've spent over 9 years in California, I believemuch of my conception ... Read More

A Review of the Book I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier (875 words, 3 pages)

I Am TheCheese by Robert Cormier takes place in monumentMassachusetts and is about a young man named Adam Farmer who ison his way to Rutterburg Vermont in order tovisit his father whois in the hospital. Though the basic concept of the book isabout Adams journey to the hospital on his ... Read More

The Theme of Death in Robert Frost’s Poem (1104 words, 3 pages)

Death upon the world comes in the form of war, accidents or suddenlydeath is inevitable, brings sadness, confusion, and questions. Warbrings out the worst in everyone but in the long run it all isforgotten and erased. Death comes without a sound takes the ones who aredear, takes the one without ... Read More

A Review of the Book The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen (1380 words, 5 pages)

The Shadow of the Galilean Book ReviewThe Shadow of the Galilean was written by Gerd Theissen, a German Protestant theologian and New Testament scholar. He was born in 1943, and he obtained a doctorate in theology from the University of Bonn in 1968, at the age of 25. He began ... Read More

A Review of the Book The Myth of the Non-Christian by Luke Cawley (1959 words, 6 pages)

The Myth of the Non-Christian ReviewLuke Cawley writes his book, The Myth of the Non-Christian, to show how Christians can contextualize the gospel in different ways to connect with different kinds of people. He does this by first explaining that everyone who is not a Christian is not a Non-Christian, ... Read More

A Review of a Place to Stand, a Book by Jimmy Santiago Baca (1172 words, 2 pages)

Birth of a Poet A writers work is influenced by life experiences and his or her interpretation of the world. In Jimmy Santiago Bacas A Place to Stand, he gives an autobiographical account of his childhood and eventual incarceration in prison. Baca makes the journey from illiterate youth using violence ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013