BOOK REVIEW POOR ECONOMICS: A RADICAL RETHINKING OF THE WAY TO FIGHT GLOBAL POVERTY By: Abhijit V Banerjee & Esther Duflo POOR ECONOMICS argues that so much of anti-poverty policy has failed over the years because of an inadequate understanding of poverty. The battle against poverty can be won‚ but it will take patience‚ careful thinking and a willingness to learn from evidence. Banerjee and Duflo are practical visionaries whose meticulous workoffers transformative potential for poor people
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Book review Book: Neil flambé and the Aztec abduction The book Neil flambé and the Aztec abduction is just an amazing book. It is a combination of romance‚ adventure‚ mystery‚ and even some history creating a sweet twist like no other book. It was written and illustrated by Kevin Sylvester‚ who was born‚ raised and still lives in Canada today. The book is marketed young reads for children/teens age 10 and up‚ but its so good I recommend it to everyone‚ especially family’s that love to eat
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The third I chose to review is a synopsis of the book “Evidence-Based Reading Practices for Response to Intervention”. The authors of the book‚ Diane Haager‚ Janette Klingner‚ and Sharon Vaughn‚ have co-authored many book and articles together that “focus on teaching reading in general…” (Rankin‚ 2008). The book combines almost 40 contributors into a manual for teachers to “effectively implement their own Response to Intervention (RTI) programs” (Rankin‚ 2008). Their RTI manual has a three-tier approach
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Ellis‚ Joseph J. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf‚ 2000. Print. The book being critiqued in the following review is Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis. Ellis’ goal in writing this book was to define the political events and achievements that gained historical significance because they framed the successive history of the United States. Ellis wrote on this specific topic because he felt the need to argue the fact that the American Revolution and the greatness
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Train to Pakistan‚ originally published in 1956‚ is not a very good book‚ but quite enjoyable much of the time. Khushwant Singh‚ less than ten years after Partition‚ in 1947‚ wrote a novel of less than 200 pages and still managed to create what’s probably best described as an uneven mess. Ideas‚ allusions‚ characters and bits and pieces of story float all over the book. There’s no denying that Singh‚ who has since become a famous public figure and intellectual in India‚ prefers to lecture rather than
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the Nazi ideals put up a division between her own family. She shared anecdotes that she experienced herself growing up in the German society. At first‚ she did not know any better but as she grew older‚ she formulated her own opinions of what was going on politically in Germany during the Nazi era. She made clear historical connections of the events that were occurring at those specific times. Hunt also showed how ordinary German civilians dealt with the eminent‚ totalitarian power of the Nazi
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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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GMitchell Phillips Growth of Geographic Thought Book Review – The Myth of Continents In recent history‚ geographers have become concerned with matters of language‚ and the way in which they communicate and speak about the world. One of the most basic geographical building blocks that one learns is the concept of continents. Everyone learns that there are seven continents‚ which are simply large landmasses which are ‘separated’ from one another‚ ideally by oceans. Although this is what how continents
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a. Why did you choose this book? - The title of the book‚ “Cicada Summer”‚ captivates my eyes‚ I thought that this book would be about a vacation and I like that kind of novels. Then‚ when I read what this book is all about‚ it captures me‚ because I really like novels about mysteries and solving puzzles and problems. And that’s why I chose this book. b. What was the book about? - The book was about twelve-year-old narrator Lily‚ a motherless child‚ who has exiled herself to a self-imposed
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