McIntyre Course: Comm 1001 Lecturer: Patrick Prendergast School: University of the West Indies Due Date: November 30‚ 2012 Gordon‚ K. Getting it Write (1999). Ian Randle Publishers‚ Kingston‚ Jamaica. This review will cover Ken Gordon’s Getting it Write; this book is an autobiography however it also aims to give a concise overview on the growth and development in the media industry‚ its effects on Gordon and his involvements in its development within the Caribbean region‚ namely Jamaica
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Book Review of “Christian Coaching” by Gary R. Collins Elizabeth Eischen Liberty University Abstract This paper explores “Christian Coaching: Helping Others Turn Potential into Reality” by Gary R. Collins. We read in this book how coaching is defined‚ what coaching is and is not‚ and look at the methods of practices that are utilized by good coaches. We also read about various skills used in the coaching practice and how the skills are implemented in coaching sessions. Goal setting‚ strategies
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SINHGAD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER APPLICATION A BOOK REVIEW ON “WINGS OF FIRE” SUBMITED TO SUVARNA GUHA SUBMITED BY SARANG RAUT(39) MMM - A ABOUT AUTHOR: As per the preface‚ Arun Tiwari had worked with Dr. Kalam for over a decade and was involved in the project on Akash missile airframe. Arun Tiwari was so fascinated by Dr. Kalam’s range of ideas
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English 4 28 May 2014 Safe Haven: The Review Safe Haven is a novel written by Nicolas Sparks. Like most of Mr. Sparks novels‚ it is a love story. However‚ this love story has a hint of danger unlike many of his other books which are pretty calm in comparison. In retrospect‚ it is a novel that was intended for his common audience‚ mostly‚ young girls and older women. This review is my personal opinion of this novel with a summary of the book’s contents along with some of its strengths and weaknesses
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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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Book Review—Sophie’s World Sophie’s World is ranked to be the most popular and attractive history of philosophy by its readers all over the world. The book starts from an extraordinary experience of a 14-year-old girl‚ Sophie. Before her 15-year birthday‚ she took a special philosophy course taught by Albert‚ a wired but knowledgeable guy. In the course‚ she got to know the greatest philosophers ever‚ from Socrates to Kant‚ from Kierkegaard to Freud. Meanwhile‚ she was also thinking the same questions
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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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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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