notions of truth‚ objectivity‚ facticity‚ and science are merely prestigious discursive‚ or linguistic‚ constructs (Johnson & Duberley‚ 200‚ p. 101). The author has also published a Good to Great for the Social Sector which applies the principles of the book to the “social sector.” This does not appear to be based on any independent analysis of data but rather on how the author sees his principles enacted in the social sector. I will not discuss this since it is‚ in a sense‚ a series of case
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Peasant Fires Book Review Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen is a novel telling the story of Hans Behem‚ a street musician and illiterate shepherd. Written by Richard Wunderli‚ this book does a great job of immersing its readers into the historical background of the Middle Ages. The book focuses around Hans Behem and the pilgrims who later become Hans Behem’s cult following. Hans gains said cult following by delivering a set of sermons‚ each one more radical than the last. These sermons
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Lee Price‚ Page 1 Artemis Fowl Book 1 The LEPrecon Agent Holly Short is sent on a mission to the surface‚ To Subdue a Troll. On The Mission She runs out of Magic making her visible to the troll. The troll then proceeds to Pick Holly up and start crushing her while gnawing on her helmet. Since holly knows that trolls eyes are very sensitive to light she turns on her helmet light to Full‚ Bright blinding the troll and sending shock to the brain making the troll fall over. Because of the crushing
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Water for Elephants – Journal 1 In our discussion on Friday‚ no one else read the book so I was stuck trying to piece together what they knew‚ what happened in the book‚ and how to write a decent report on what has happened so far. So far in the book‚ we read about Jacob living in the retirement home and coming in contact with a fellow who claims he carried water for elephants. Elderly Jacob flashes back to when he was twenty-three. His parents had just died in a car accident; he skipped out on
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The “Happiest Refugee” is the official autobiography of the Australian comedian Anh Do. The book is based around his life story starting in Vietnam and then becoming a fascinating story about his triumphs and darkest hours. Anh and his family went through many challenges as depicted in his text and these included the struggles Ahn faced at St Aloysius School‚ thereby depicting his social context. Ahn Do’s journey over to Australia was also conveyed through the use of descriptive and emotive language
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The title of my book was Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes and it was a fiction book‚ published in 2003. Soldier Boys was during WWII in Germany and Brighman City‚ Utah. It tells the story of an American and German teenaged boy. They join the war and fight in the battle of the Bulge. Spencer Morgan on the American side and Dieter Hedrick on the German side. Dieter at the age fifteen got promoted from the Hitler Youth to the German army. He wants to prove to everyone that he is brave and that he can go
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The book by Jonah Berger is all about how things become contagious‚ go viral in the marketplace in other words. The main factors which drive products to go viral is explained through so-called STEPPS which are defined as Social Currency‚ Triggers‚ Emotion‚ Public‚ Practical Value and Stories by him. These contributing factors to make things become popular are explained in six chapters by Dr. Berger. The very first chapter namely Social Currency explains its term making it similar to the currency
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the Warriors decided to win the division cup and by coming up with this goal on their own‚ they were more excited to work towards it than if the coaches had told them what the goal was. Developing and unleashing skills is illustrated in the book as developing hockey skills to help win the division cup. Once the Warriors had developed their skills‚ they were able to use them in games to help them win. At a company‚ once skills are developed they can be used to improve presentations and help
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Blood with fire can symbolize many things to the world‚ but to Haiti it means something special. The words wings of fire are brought up in the book‚ especially in section 1937. This can be compared to the legendary bird of fire the phoenix who rise from the ashes after burning to its death. “She glowed red when she came out‚ blood clinging to her skin‚ which at that moment looked as though it were in flames.” pg 42. What had happened in this quote that gave it meaning was when the narrator asked
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My book report is about the very well written novel‚ ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE PERRY T. COOK by Leslie Conner. The book begins with a new guy brought in to begin anew. A man by the name Big Ed given to him by Perry‚ talks to Wendell telling him about and how Warden Daugherty does things and expects no more trouble from him or anyone else. Big Ed is one of the inmates but he as been there slightly longer than Perry and his mom and he is trusted to introduce newer inmates to the facility and
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