This is a book review on George Orwell’s‚ Burmese Days. The story shows corruption and imperial prejudice. The daily lives of Burmese and the British were affected by inequality and racism. For the Imperialists life was very well but to the locals the Europeans lived like gods. Therefore the main symbol that portrayed British imperialism‚ involving racism was the European club. The club located in Burma was a representation of British racism against everyone else that was not British. Burmese Days
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corporate life and a successful career in human resources. He is currently corporate ombudsman at KeySpan. Glen Rifkin: A veteran business journalist who ahs written extensively for the New York Times and coauthored many groundbreaking business books such as Radical Marketing‚ The CEO Chronicles and The Ultimate entrepreneur. A Summary: The CEO and The Monk‚ is an inspiring story of a company’s search for greater purpose and its endeavor to justify its existence beyond mere pursuit of
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Book Review of Andrew Jackson By Robert v. Remni Foreword by General Wesley K. Clark Published by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN‚ New York‚ NY‚ in October 2009 Andrew Jackson was a natural born leader. He started showing signs of leadership even as a young fellow. It’s as simple as that. He grew up to be an intimidating gentleman with a tall stature‚ piercing blue eyes‚ and sharp‚ angular facial features‚ which made it seem as if he could see inside your soul and convince you to do anything he wanted you to
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The 8th Habit By Stephen R. Covey Dr. Maha Hafez Book Review By Khaled Abdelfattah Group 31D The 8th Habit…is about seeing and harnessing the power of a third dimension to the 7 Habits that meets the central challenge of the new Knowledge Worker Age. This 8th Habit is to find your voice and help others find theirs.” Modern Bloodletting Under the old approach‚ employees experience a great deal of pain and frustration at every company‚ no matter how successful. Fortunately
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The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is a book about the troubles that teenagers face and how they are able to overcome them. The development of the characters throughout the book is evident and how they act make the book an interesting read. What they go through and how the book ends gives the book a sense of realism and is able to teach essential life lessons. If I were to walk by a book store and see this book on the stand I would pick it up. In my opinion the book cover is good because it is able to
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she focuses on the cultural and social unfairness society. She is also the founder and president of Data & Society‚ a research institution that focuses on understanding data-driven technologies in society. Boyd is also known for her books‚ one of her most recent books called It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens‚ Where she expresses the superstition that society dons on the younger generation when it comes to social media. She then describes 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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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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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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I read “The Silent Boy”. This book was published in 2003. It is classified as a “Young adult literature” and “Historical fiction” book. This great book was written by Lois Lowry. The writer of the book‚ Lois Lowry‚ uses a very easy language to understand. "The Silent Boy" is written in a diary format‚ and has tiny pictures of its’ characters. This story was told by Katy Thatcher‚ an old woman which lived in 1987. In the book she tells the reader about the critical period in her life. Katy’s dad
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