999 Search Results for Thoughts on Book Readings
Book of Daniel presents a clear tension between the more pragmatic books of the historical Old Testament and the visionary, apocalyptic books of scripture to come. Daniel has been called "the most peculiar and most difficult books in the Old Tes Continue Reading...
Reading Profile of a Student
The student I selected is a 10-year-old 4th grade student who is a self-described “lover of books.” She views herself as a great reader and she is always carrying a book with her. I ask her if she thinks every Continue Reading...
Gifts of the Jews
Thomas Cahill's book The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels demonstrates what happens when a great idea is ultimately brought down by a lack of critical and rhetorical rigor. T Continue Reading...
Israel was created after the war in 1948, fifteen percent of the population was made up of Palestinian Arabs (Stendel, 1997). While that would seem like a small group, they actually had spread out and held onto significantly more than fifteen percen Continue Reading...
Learning Theology Book Review
Christopher Hall is Chancellor of Eastern University and Dean of the Templeton Honors College. He has written extensively on scripture, and in the book Learning Theology with the Church Fathers, offers an innovative pre Continue Reading...
The Empire was really a large number of conquests, held together based on military alliances. This fact would actually come to be one of the reasons for the Incan downfall. The Incans had a rather sophisticated government, broken up into govered ter Continue Reading...
Collins cites participation in the abolitionist movement, anti-lynching campaigns of the early 20th century, and recent civil rights work in the South, where Black women have not only worked on behalf of themselves but for all African-Americans (Col Continue Reading...
Mass Communication
Why are books considered "mass" media when a popular hardcover book might sell only 100,000 or 200,000 copies? Include in your discussion a definition of mass media and give examples of books that have had a significant impact on Continue Reading...
A disconnection from action, even when it is literally right outside one's door is felt by the viewer, where as simple and plain print media has not the power to distort the message, or at least arguably as much. A culture and society of apathy, as Continue Reading...
Sorkin, however, posits no argument per se. Rather, his book offers insight into how the financial crisis manifested from a far more personal perspective of those involved than anything else. The book is informative in nature, and give insight into Continue Reading...
S. air force. However, the first attack on the U.S. military by the Chinese was made on November 1 in North Korea. A large army of Chinese soldiers attacked the U.S. 8th Cavalry Regiment from the north, northwest, and west. This forced the retreat of Continue Reading...
Passionate Nation, page51-64; book Major Problems, page 79-82, 91-93 Reaction Paper the purpose a the readings for this assignment were highly interesting, and presented a number of different facts regarding the history of Texas and the United State Continue Reading...
America 1945-1960
The book, The Crucial Decade and After: America 1945-1960, published in 1966, is about the transformation of the post-World War II peace into the globalization of the Cold War. It was first written in 1956 and then edited and more Continue Reading...
Moreover, this aspect of the text investigates the 'language' of film in a way that causes us to appreciate the form's singularity. Such is to say that in this investigation of the surreal and culturally disturbing elements which have invaded film i Continue Reading...
Economics
One of the most fascinating aspects of Chapter 4 is how the Marxists theories provide insights into how tightly economic, geopolitical and societal forces interact to redefine the foundational definition of value in a society. What's most Continue Reading...
Michael Krause has written a new book that provides eight sales strategies that are supposed to help increase sales, engendered a more motivated sales staff, and help sustain both. The eight strategies are: USP and UVP; Strategic planning; SWOT analy Continue Reading...
The subcutaneous fat -- that which is just beneath the skin in not as worrisome as the deeper visceral fat that surrounds the liver and other abdominal organs, This can cause arterial disease, heart attack, and other problems including increased ris Continue Reading...
Courtier
Baldassarre Castiglione's classic Book of the Courtier was set in the ducal palace at Urbino in the early-16th Century. Because of the Duke's illness, he always went to bed early after supper and his place as head of household and director Continue Reading...
Jungle
Updated Sinclair's novel, The Jungle, is a worthwhile piece of literature that can contribute to the understanding of human development within the last century. It is a story of an immigrant family who experiences incredibly difficult and try Continue Reading...
Frege's much-discussed book, The Foundations of Arithmetic, is an influential and valuable insight into the philosophy of mathematics. A German mathematician and philosopher, Gottlob Frege was unwaveringly devoted to improving the philosophical unde Continue Reading...
Extra-Credit Questions
Questions on Readings
There are different kinds of peril that a person can find himself (in this case) in, and Macready and Macon Detornay find themselves embedded in several of them, in large measure because of their own act Continue Reading...
There were arguments that the U.S. had vital interests in maintaining control over the canal due to the need to move warships and submarines through the locks during world crises. Others cited the Soviet nuclear threat and wondered if giving the can Continue Reading...
Devils are Here" Book Review
Since the financial crisis started in 2008, there have been many who have tried to write a comprehensive analysis. A new book by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera called All the Devils are Here is not a new take on the cris Continue Reading...
George Orwell's last novel, 1984, was released in 1949. The world was still reeling from the effects of World War II and the Soviet Union was emerging as the next great threat to world security. That same year, the Western world watched as the Soviet Continue Reading...
If there is a tendency among readers to view Malcolm X as a radical
figure, especially where compared to peaceful counterparts like Dr. King,
the autobiography helps to show racism in a light that makes Malcolm X
extremely sympathetic, or at least a Continue Reading...
Unfriended by Rachel Vail
Word #1: Prickly: (of a person) ready to take offense.
eBook has no page #s. "She's prickly and demanding, sure, but she's very loving, down deep."
My: I've never met someone so prickly before; it Continue Reading...
This is the goal of struggling readers. A dependent reader takes only a peripheral interest in the text. He gives it the minimum of his attention and approaches it only because he is forced. It is as though he is reading against his will and fightin Continue Reading...
eBook vs. traditional books
The rise of eBooks and the death of print
Despite the surprising success of a number of book 'franchises' such as the Harry Potter novels, The Hunger Games, and Fifty Shades of Grey, commentators continue to predict the Continue Reading...
RICK HOUSER'S BOOK COUNSELING AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Rick Houser's book "Counseling and Educational Research"
Rick Houser's book "Counseling and Educational Research"
Why is it important to acquire necessary skills in research for a counselor?
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George Orwell book Nineteen Eighty-Four by pointing out salient themes in the book and using updated political examples to show that Orwell was not necessarily writing science fiction but in fact he was commenting on contemporary times in his life. Continue Reading...
Bible Influence Political Thought and Action in Our Culture?
The Bible is a unique book that is different from others because it contains sacred text that has continued to influence societies from generation to generation. Generally, the impact of Continue Reading...
curriculum books have been written since the turn of the [20th] century; each with a different version of what 'curriculum' means (Ackerman, 1988). I define classroom curriculum design as the sequencing and pacing of content along with the experienc Continue Reading...
Clickers/Responses Phonics Lesson
Phonics Long Vowel - Silent e Lesson Plan for Special Education
Objectives:
Students will recognize and say words that follow the c-v-c-e and v-c-e rule where the first vowel is a long vowel and the final e is s Continue Reading...
Vast lands were open, and adventure seemed rampant. In fact, so compelling was the idea of the American West that Theodore Roosevelt noted, "More and more as the years go by this Republic will find its guidance in the thought and action of the West, Continue Reading...
Another related type of argument is to assert how he became interested in the various facets of politics that he made an impact on. For example, as a result of a plane crash and convalescing, he writes, "I realized that access to health care was a m Continue Reading...
Winning is the Only Thing -- Book Review
Roberts, R. And Olson, J. (1989). Winning is the Only Thing- Sports in America Since
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
The end of World War II brought a number of changes to the United States. Continue Reading...
Gilead
Author Marilynne Robinson's novel Gilead tells the story of a fictitious Congregationalist pastor named Reverend John Ames and his family. He is dying from a heart condition and has a small son who will never really know him because the boy i Continue Reading...
This section lists, in particular detail, the many primary and secondary sources he used to create his work. Most interestingly, the author begins by pointing out that he was himself subject to the prejudice and suspicion aimed at newly arrived immi Continue Reading...
Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding," written by Ian Watt.
THE RISE OF THE NOVEL
The novel is in nothing so characteristic of our culture as in the way that it reflects this characteristic orientation of modern thought" ( Continue Reading...