Annie Thermidor Life Lessons from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler. Main theme: In this book‚ Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross teamed up with end-of-life specialist David Kessler to write for the first time about life and living. The authors present fourteen lessons passed on to us from the dying to help us deal better with the issues we face in life. Both authors consider the dying as great teachers because‚ "it’s when we are pushed to the edge of life that we see life more clearly" (Kessler
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BOOK REVIEW OF THE CHANGE MONSTER THE HUMAN FORCES THAT FUEL OR FOIL CORPORATE TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE AUTHOR: JEANIE DANIEL DUCK By: Rhonda Johnson MANAGEMENT 4426/G Spring 2007 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Jeanie Duck‚ author of The Change Monster proposes a plan‚ which she calls the Change Curve‚ to deal with the emotional dynamics humans face when confronted with a major change. The Change Curve was developed by Ms. Duck after years of experiences dealing with
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about them‚ silent‚ like a shadow. In times of peril‚ when pressure is great‚ often people are unable to control their savage inner instincts‚ and these characteristics explode out of them‚ gripping them tightly‚ seizing them from the inside‚ consuming them. When that happens‚ the human being can become unpredictable and volatile. And with them‚ follows great sadness. Many of these traits‚ and more‚ are present in the book ‘Faithful Elephants’‚ causing the lives of three innocent animals to be
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(D’Arcy‚ 71). With Paul D’Arcy there is no such hindering sentiment. His book‚ The People of the Sea‚ Enviorment‚ Identity‚ and History in Oceania “‚ covers the maritime dimension of Remote Oceania’s history for the period from 1770 until 1870. The study emphasizes Pacific Islanders varied relationships with the sea as evolving processes during a crucial transitional era” (D’Arcy 1). In judging his reason for writing this book‚ D’Arcy states that “surprisingly little research has been conducted on
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against them‚ because they believe they are being taken advantage of and treated like slaves. The animals eventually rally together and run all of the humans off the farm and begin to run it by themselves‚ renaming it “Animal Farm”. Life for them is great‚ even better than it was when the humans were in charge. Two pigs named Snowball and Napoleon establish themselves as leaders and help to assign the different animals jobs around the farm. As years pass however‚ the two pigs begin to disagree on how
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feared disease on the planet. In the book Pox Americana‚ Elizabeth A. Fenn writes about the encounter with the deadly disease in the 1770’s to the 1780’s. Her book was first published in 2001 in New York City‚ where she originally wrote it. Her book contains just under 400 words that explain the disease‚ some of the first encounters with it‚ who and where it affected people‚ and how they got the epidemic under control. Pox Americana is a very informative book that teaches the reader various things
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Art Commission Statement Art Statement Introduction In this paper‚ I will discuss the commissioning of a Ten Commandments statue for the lobby of the new Christian and Jewish Interfaith Cultural and Historical Center. The commission statement will explain how the Ten Commandments statue represents developments in past and current world events and cultural patterns in Judaism and Christianity. We will discuss the importance of the proposed location and why it is appropriate being placed at
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Abhilasha Thapa The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger BOOK REVIEW The Catcher in the Rye is an exhilarating and gripping work of fiction subject to a lot of controversy. Published in 1951‚ The Catcher in the Rye is a first person narrative and its genre is Bildungsroman: a novel relating to personal development or spiritual bond. The book was written by Jerome David Salinger who was born in a wealthy family and spent his early life being transferred between various preparatory schools. He
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“Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful‚ but I wouldn’t wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom‚ and who chooses not the hands that claim her‚” (Hill‚ 4). This quote signifies one of the many important messages that The Book of Negroes tries to convey. Lawrence Hill‚ the Canadian author who wrote this novel does a tremendous job to magnify an area of history that many of us have neglected over the years. He uses Aminata Diallo‚ as his main character who is abducted from her home
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Explain the central purpose of the book and briefly explain how it is set up to accomplish this purpose. So‚ thanks to James Elkins‚ this task‚ for me at least is a little difficult to do. The title of this book‚ What Photography Is‚ may lead one to think that it’s a book based on aperture‚ focus‚ FOV‚ white balance‚ etc. Not so‚ this book dives deeper into an image then I myself could ever do. James Elkins‚ is Chadbourne Chair in the department of Art History‚ Theory‚ and Criticism at the school
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