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    Freakonomics Book Review

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    is a book written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubuer. Steven d. Lennits is the living definition of the phrase “ Think Outside the Box” He is not a typical economist‚ he even states it in the book’s introduction‚ “I’m not good at math‚ I don’t know a lot of econometrics‚ and I also don’t know how to do theory.” This marks right away Lennits to a different approach of ways to get his audience attention‚ he steps outside of the boundaries most people in society live by. Freakonomics‚ is a book that

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    "Wolf" Book Review

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    Cross I thought it was quite an interesting book because it contained a lot of imagery. Wolf was about a girl called Cathleen Phelan (known throughout the book as Cassy) and her wrangle with her father Mick Phelan whose is part of the IRA (Irish Republic Army). The plot of the story is that Cassy’s grandmother gave Cassy some plastic explosives that she stole from Cassy’s father Mick and sent her to live with her mother Susan Phelan(known throughout the book as Goldie ). And throughout the story Cassy’s

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    The Godfather Book Review

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    in a hospital after being shot at five times by the assassins. Michael‚ his youngest son‚ saves his life in the hospital and in the meantime Vito’s eldest son Sontino takes over the family business. The book starts with the wedding of Don Vito Corleone’s daughter. In the opening part of the book‚ Vito seems to be a very kind and ethical person. He listens to the requests of different people even on the day of his daughter’s wedding. He comes across as a man of moral values as he refused to kill a

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    overlap and impact a person’s chances in life greatly. Gender‚ race‚ class and sexuality are predators of one’s chances in life. These concepts are socially constructed. We learn that this concept come in light when identities are represented. In the book ISS Dasgupta discussed

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    Katie Cline The Killer Angels Book Review June 21‚ 2012 The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara: The Random House Publishing Group‚ New York‚ 1974. The Killer Angels is a stunning recollection of the telltale battle of the Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg. Set from June 29 to July 3‚ 1863 and told from the vantage points of several soldiers and commanding officers from both sides‚ including Lee‚ Longstreet‚ and Chamberlain‚ Michael Shaara effectively paints a picture of the war that divided America

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    Macbeth Book Review

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    Macbeth is the shortest tragedy ever to be written by William Shakespeare. He wrote this play for King James I‚ who was a largely active supporter of the theatre. The king watched many productions and soon Shakespeare’s company was called ‘The King’s Men’. In honouring the king‚ Shakespeare used King James’s I history to create characters and pieces of the plot for the play. He named Banqou after an ancestor of the king‚ who ties into Banqou’s prophecy of his children becoming kings‚ the ‘child’

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    Motown Book Review

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    “Afro-American Music‚ without Apology”: The Motown Sound and the Politics of Black Culture Chapter 4 in the book Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit by Suzanne E. Smith focuses primarily on Motown’s popularity and “the question of the relationship of the negro artist and his or her art to black struggle”(Smith‚ 139). Langston Hughes believed that “all forms of black culture‚ including popular music‚ confronted these issues (black struggle) in some way during the

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    The Girl Book Review

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    The Tragedy of The Girl On the basic level The Girl can simply be summarized as follows: The Girl is a simple country girl who travels to St. Paul to find work at the German Village‚ a bootleg joint run by Belle‚ Hoinck‚ and Ack. She falls in love with Butch‚ an unemployed former baseball player who occasionally works as a scab during strikes. She quickly becomes pregnant by Butch and resists the attempts of Butch and others to provide an abortion. Gantz‚ a gangster to whom Belle‚ Hoinck‚ and

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    book review of dabbawalas

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    Dabawalas Dabawalas‚ the story of Mumbai’s homemade food delivery service gives an insight of a 115-year old enterprise and what makes it a successful enterprise. Through the series of conversation amongst four characters- Anita Dalal‚ Srinivas Pandit‚ Raghunath Megde (Raghu) and Gangram Talekar (Ganga) a different perspective of organisation and its working model is known. At the end of every chapter are the takeaways which tell the reader how Dabawalas differ from their competitors in their working

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    ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ and ‘The Book Thief’ In novels‚ the author creates a focus on a relationship - between enemies or friends‚ a parent and child‚ or husband and wife. In the two texts‚ The Book Thief‚ and The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas this is a aspect that is featured in both‚ the relationship between children. The Book Thief focuses on the relationship between Liesel and Rudy‚ two of the characters. In The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas the relationship that is focused on is between

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