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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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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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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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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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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Katie Cline The Killer Angels Book Review June 21‚ 2012 The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara: The Random House Publishing Group‚ New York‚ 1974. The Killer Angels is a stunning recollection of the telltale battle of the Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg. Set from June 29 to July 3‚ 1863 and told from the vantage points of several soldiers and commanding officers from both sides‚ including Lee‚ Longstreet‚ and Chamberlain‚ Michael Shaara effectively paints a picture of the war that divided America
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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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Book Review The Kite Runner Summary The kite runner a novel by Khaled Hosseini is a novel about two young boys in Afghanistan named Amir and Hassan. Amir constantly struggles to earn his father’s love Baba since he feels that he was the reason of his mother’s death which happened during child birth. Finally Amir succeeds by winning a kite flying-competition. But the same day Amir witnesses the rape of Hassan and does nothing to stop it which troubles him for the rest of his life. He feels
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the work of Moses Pava to enforce the need for moral leadership and governance The general rationale of this paper is quite simple: moral leadership and moral governance matters. It has taken me the entire semester and the detailed reading of the book‚ Leading With Meaning: Using Covenantal Leadership to Build a Better Organization by Moses Pava (2003) to help me make the solid connection between operational (structural) governance and moral/ethical governance. If the reader of this paper is an
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