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The Holocaust: A Reader Book Review
Part I of the book, The Holocaust: A Reader, gives information on the preconditions which led to the "Final Solution" known as the Holocaust. It focuses on each aspect, including anti-Semitism, the Weimar Republic ending and Hitler's reign beginning, and finally Hitler's own view on the Jews. The book is made up of a collaboration of different readings so each chapter is by a different author and has their take on the situation presented in
Rating:Essay Length: 660 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: March 8, 2011 -
Descriptive Proposal of the Goal - Book Review
The Goal This book is a management-oriented book which is written by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt who is a business consultant. His Theory of Constraints has become a model for systems management. First, it was published in 1984, however has been revised and published every 10 years. It is commonly used in college courses and business world with a focus towards the Theory of Constraints. It aims to apply people these concepts in real life. It
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The Carrot Principle - Book Review
The Carrot Principle is a book about motivating your employees through positive consequences. This book has a lot of interesting thoughts and ideas. The whole idea behind "The Carrot Principle" is to spark motivation and enthusiasm in your employees. A manager achieves this through recognition. The book begins with the story of Charles Goodyear and his failures that eventually led to his success in designing the prototype for rubber. The authors use this story to
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The Age of Television: Experiences and Theories - Book Review
Has Television Studies come of age? The signs are all there. First, there is a stream of excellent new work from up-and-coming scholars in many countries; many of them also active in forums like Flow, Unboxing TV, and In Media Res.2 Second, perhaps less welcome, we can discern a seemingly irresistible surge to hyper-specialisation, where scholarship in (say) a particular genre, region, period, or theme is not seen as part of a larger field, but
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The Wish Giver - Book Review
This book specifies what happens when you make a wish, and what happens if it comes true. Be careful what you wish for the wise say. One wish may go a very long way. The five main characters feeling all contrast with each other. One of the main characters wishes to have more friends and be noticed, and before she knew it her wish came true, but it took her from the opposite of what
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Learning Disabilities - Book Review
Learning Disabilities Jean Cheng Gorman is the author of Learning Disabilities. She is a psychologist whose research focuses on children's emotional health and learning disabilities; her experience includes teaching in urban and suburban elementary schools which encourages me to have full faith in the material she presents in this particular book. Learning Disabilities is a non-fiction book that Jean wrote to acknowledge others of different learning disabilities from her experience teaching in different classrooms. Common
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Door in the Wall - Book Review
Discuss the ways in which the writer conveys the central message in one story you have studied In the door in the wall, Wells uses various language techniques to highlight to us, the boundaries separating a world of desire and one of duty. He does this through first person narration of the story of a man tempted to escape from a world of conformity into one of indolence in various stages of his life. Through
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Keeper of the Night - Book Review
Book Title: Keeper of the Night Author: Kimberly Willis Holt Setting: The whole story happened in the Island of Guam. A place where the main character of the story felt all the sadness because of her mother's suicidal and all her sacrifices for her new life. A place where we see how Isabela and her family try to get on with their normal lives despite the tension that surrounds them. Main Characters: Isabela –
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The E-Myth Revisited - Book Review
The book "The E-myth revisited" has been very intriguing and revealing in knowing the different stages, pit falls, and solutions to a new or growing business. I would like to apply this book specifically to a company that I worked for that was in the beginning of the "adolescence" stage and growing. It was a low voltage cabling company that installed phone, computer, data, security, and television lines in different businesses. By comparing and contrasting
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Journey to Financial Ecstasy - Book Review
Journey to Financial Ecstasy By: Klint Brown of "Domino Inc" I.Intro. By opening this booklet lets me know that you have bigger dreams for you and your family. You've taken the first step to true financial freedom. Once you hone this skill it will lead to true financial ecstasy. Why was this book written? This book was written to assist people like me. When you grow up in a typical poor environment survival is the
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Holes by Louis Sacher - Book Review
HOLES BY LOUIS SACHER. The novel HOLES by Louis Sachar is a very suit able novel for year 8 to be reading. This novel is based on a young teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats. Stanley is falsely accused of stealing and was sent to a detention camp in Texas where he is supposed to build his character and change his ways. While at camp, he makes a friend and develops many new, interesting characteristics. In
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The Universe Next Door - Book Review
The Universe next door is written from a Christian prospective that give us understanding of the different worldviews. Sire stated in his book on page 12 that "we should not only be able to detect the world view of others but be aware of our own" This is I believe the primary purpose of this book. The important purpose is for us to have justification of what we believe as well as an understanding of
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Catcher in the Rye - Book Review
In the novel, "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D Salinger, the main character, Holden, is a teenager who refuses to grow up because he is naively fixated on childhood. Throughout the novel, Holden struggles through teenage life because he cannot accept the given responsibilities that come with growing up. Holden is obsessed with childhood because he chooses to be wedged between a world of the innocence of children and the complex world of adulthood.
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Little Black Book Review
Table of Contents: Executive Summary……………………………………………………………….2 Descriptive Summary…………………………………………………………3-7 Evaluation……………………………………………………………………8-11 Mini-Bio……………………………………………………………………...12-13 Works Cited Page………………………………………………………………..14 Appendix of "Big Ideas"……………………………………………………15-21 In marketing there is the old saying, "Success can only come from being able to differentiate your product." In today's market, there are millions of products that a customer has the ability to purchase. The key to one's success is finding a way to differentiate your product by establishing a more creative way of presenting it to customers. Differentiation
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Book Review of Sherlcok Holmes
Book Review of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Below is a review of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1891. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection containing 12 stories, such as"A Scandal in Bohemia" "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League". In these stories, Sherlock Holmes tries to unravel all the mysteries that interests him. Some of the cases are brought by clients themselves, while the
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The Holocaust: A Reader Book Review
Part I of the book, The Holocaust: A Reader, gives information on the preconditions which led to the "Final Solution" known as the Holocaust. It focuses on each aspect, including anti-Semitism, the Weimar Republic ending and Hitler's reign beginning, and finally Hitler's own view on the Jews. The book is made up of a collaboration of different readings so each chapter is by a different author and has their take on the situation presented in
Rating:Essay Length: 306 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: July 12, 2012 -
Rip-Off Book Review
Who Buys Consultency? o Organizations mostly are addicted to Consultency Reasons: Inadequacy, greed, and short sightedness of management teams. A research studied 20 companies had them split into 4 categories 1. Great 2. Good 3. Poor 4. Ugly And Results were interesting here… Basic Reasons for failure of these Organizations are: 1. ONE LAW FOR THE RICH AND ANOTHER FOR THE POOR —British Telecom 2. TAKE THE REWARDS BUT NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY --- RailTrack 3.
Rating:Essay Length: 431 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: August 4, 2012 -
Book Review : Man Against Fire
1 BOOK REVIEW 1. Name of the book : MEN AGAINST FIRE 2. Author : SLA MARSHALL 3. Published by : NATRAJ PUBLISHERS 4. First Edition : year 1997 5. No. of pages : 211 2 PART II:REVIEW 6. Introduction to the Theme of the Book. This book deals with a soldiers behavior while in combat, the emphasis of machine over men and the future warfare considering the implications on the ground soldier especially infantry.
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Book Review: The Manager as Motivato
Book Review: The Manager As Motivator I chose the book The Manager as Motivator by Michael Kroth. I wanted to see if I could learn anything that might help me with a manager that I work with that is not a motivator. I also wanted to learn how to be an efficient motivator myself. This book was written to help the non-charismatic manager develop tools they would need to become an effective manager. All managers
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Book Review - Big Enough to Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race
“Big Enough to Be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race” is a book that written by George M. Fredrickson’s Du Bois. Fredrickson addresses Lincoln's thoughts about issues ranging from white supremacy to colonization and black military service. In his book, he says that Lincoln saw slavery equal to a cancer eating the nation’s life. However, at first Lincoln defended discriminatory racial laws. In the 1850s, his opponent Stephen A. Douglas regularly attacked him with
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Mao's Last Dancer - Book Review
BOOK REVIEW Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin Autobiography The best-selling autobiography, an inspiring and captivating tale about the journey of an ill-fortuned peasant boy, has emerged itself onto the internationally commended stage in book-writing, after its publication in 2003. Li Cunxin unravelled his life story in an emotive, subjective fashion as he depicted his grand struggle from an impoverished life in rural China, to a globally acclaimed performer in the art of dance. The life
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Book Review John Pomfret
Millions of people were persecuted in the brutal party struggles that occurred across China during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. During this period, schools closed, family relationships were torn apart, and anyone who made money was an enemy of the country. China’s young, mistreated individuals were encouraged to denounce and even murder their elders. These individuals made up the “lost generation”, those whom had their education halted and were sent down to live in rural communes.
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Book Review - the Intelligent Investor
Book review The Intelligent investor is written by Benjamin Graham and has commentary written by Jason Zweig. In the preface of the book, Warrant Buffet complimented it as “the best book on investing ever written.” The book is published in 1949 so the original writing style and words are a little bit old fashioned and hard to read so Jason Zweig adds comments and footnotes in this updated version that makes the book more relatable
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The Good Earth - Book Review
Abstract The novel, The Good Earth reflects ideologies that, in Pearl Buck's opinion, society has started to lose value for. These include attitudes about man's relation to the earth, the corrupting power of the city, and the nurturing effect of the land. The aim of my research is to examine (1) the significance of the title and (2) Buck's Romanticism with the Chinese farmer archetype. Even though 1930's society was very much about technological advancements,
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Book Review Pitch Invasion
book Review Pitch Invasion Synopsis As the title of the book states "Pitch Invasion" it comes to mind that its sports related book, and gives a clue that football will play a big part in this book. Book is fairly complex as there is not just sport involved but the whole new business industry as the book unfolds. Author talks of emergence of two young men from Bavaria in south Germany in little town of
Rating:Essay Length: 629 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: October 13, 2013