Book Review The Bureaucracy in the Philippines Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz ------------------------------------------------- Institute of Public Administration: University of the Philippines‚ 1957. 268 pp. This book is about the administrative history of the bureaucracy in the Philippines. It spans from the 1560’s when Spain undertook to administer the affairs of the natives of the archipelago to the 1950’s when the Filipinos assumed the responsibility of self-government. The author presented the significant
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Gelsthorpe‚ L. (2010) ‘Women‚ crime and control’ SAGE Publications This article was written by Loraine Gelsthorpe to ‘tease out Wacquant’s treatment of gender’ in his two books ‘Punishing the Poor’ and ‘Prisons in Poverty’ (Wacquant) Loraine takes a feminist approach towards Wacquant’s work and feels he needs to look into gender more. Agreeing with Loraine although Wacquant has written about the vulnerability of women in the regimes of workfare‚ he fails to understand how social policies escalate
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Pride and Prejudice Book Review Pride and Prejudice‚ a classic novel by Jane Austen‚ tells the story of a complicated love that develops between what was thought to be two very different personalities. The protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ misjudges a man upon rumor and appearance‚ but finds out she is extraordinarily wrong. The novel explains how difficult it is to fully understand someone after settling upon assumptions and being under the influence of the authorities around them. However this
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112 Free Worship Leader Resources by Gangai Victor Copyright & Licensing Information This book is licensed for your personal use only. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form except in case of brief quotations or book reviews. Please note that much of this publication is based on personal experience and anecdotal evidence. Although the author has made every reasonable attempt to achieve complete accuracy of the content in this book‚ the author assumes no responsibility
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The World is Flat: Critical Book Review The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman gives examples from the past and present to help determine how our world is becoming closer through different technological advances. With his awards in writing‚ not only received for this book but for his other writings in the New York Times‚ it can be assumed that Friedman is somewhat qualified in writing this book. The World is Flat‚ a book about the advancements made in the twenty-first century that will effect
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PSYCH253 Book Review: Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert In Daniel Gilbert’s‚ Stumbling on Happiness (2006)‚ Gilbert attempts to explain how our current reasoning for happiness is in fact‚ flawed. Many examples explored within the book as well as experiments provided in class supports the overarching
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Book Review on “Domestic Violence: The 12 Things You Aren’t Supposed to Know” Written By: Thomas James T.B. James has written a hard-hitting and incisive book focusing on current myths about domestic violence in the United States that turns the conventional approach on its ear (Domestic Violence: The 12 Things You Aren’t Supposed to Know‚ 2003). A practicing attorney in Minnesota and founder/director of Better Resolutions Mediation Service‚ James’s short‚ quotable book
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BOOK SUMMARY The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit‚ blistering suspense‚ and questionable morality‚ told by the most volatile‚ captivating‚ and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights‚ by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier‚ Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but
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December 5‚ 2014 Book Review Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in London from 1594 to 1596. It was first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597 and authorized quarto appeared in 1599. The play begins with a large fight between the Montagues and the Capulets‚ two prestigious families in Verona‚ Italy. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. They fall in love at a dance and agree to get married secretly the next day. But after the marriage‚ Romeo
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“Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman” Book Review The third edition of Charles W. Akers’ book‚ “Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman” was published in 2006 by Pearson Longman Inc. and is one of the many books included in the Library of American Biography Series‚ edited by Mark C. Carnes. This 256 page biography includes a table of contents‚ an editor’s and author’s preface‚ study and discussion questions‚ acknowledgements and an index. This chronological biography of Abigail
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