(D’Arcy‚ 71). With Paul D’Arcy there is no such hindering sentiment. His book‚ The People of the Sea‚ Enviorment‚ Identity‚ and History in Oceania “‚ covers the maritime dimension of Remote Oceania’s history for the period from 1770 until 1870. The study emphasizes Pacific Islanders varied relationships with the sea as evolving processes during a crucial transitional era” (D’Arcy 1). In judging his reason for writing this book‚ D’Arcy states that “surprisingly little research has been conducted on
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McMinn‚ Mark R. Psychology‚ Theology‚ and Spirituality In Christian Counseling. Carol Stream‚ IL: Tyndale House Publishers‚ 1996. The book opens dialogue with scenarios of Christian counselors faced with dilemma of approaching the subject of religion in the counselor’s office. The author presents an interesting case establishing a need to integrate spirituality‚ theology and psychology when dealing with religious issues in the counseling office (McMinn‚ 1996). Theology and Psychology are presented
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his readers with the basic knowledge of the Japanese history in the years between 1930 and 1940. Westerners usually think of geishas simply as prostitutes‚ but the book attempts to right the misconception that geishas are simply prostitutes by showing the reader various trainings the geisha undertakes to perfect her art. The book tells a story from the eyes of Chiyo‚ a young‚ innocent girl from a poor fishing village‚ Yoroido‚ who is sold by her parents to a renowned geisha house. Little Chiyo
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to any place he describes in the book‚ but the author Clarence M. Batan made me feel as if I had been there in the long sunset of March 7‚ 2000‚ when a social researcher named Clarence decided to visit her grandmother‚ Nanay Biday at the hospital. This book tells us how a typical Filipino family strives hard to achieve comfort in life. I researched first on the Internet the book‚ which is “Batong Bahay” by Clarence M. Batan‚ and I found out that this book is a Filipino family’s narrative of
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Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner I have chosen the book “The Kite Runner” written by Khaled Hosseini. The Book”The Kite Runner” begins with Amir when he is about 40 years. He has published a new book and gets a call. The call is from Rahin Khan. He has moved from Kabul in Afghanistan to Pakistan‚ because it wasn’t a hospital in Kabul who could be able to help him. When he is talking with Rahin Khan‚ he is thinking back to his childhood in Kabul in about 1970. Many children were playing with
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great‚ even better than it was when the humans were in charge. Two pigs named Snowball and Napoleon establish themselves as leaders and help to assign the different animals jobs around the farm. As years pass however‚ the two pigs begin to disagree on how they should treat the animals and this leads to them turning against each other. Napoleon‚ the smarter of the two‚ gathers together a small army of dogs he brainwashed to only follow him and orders them to run Snowball off the farm‚ in addition to kill
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There are numerous books that depict the lives of wage-earning women in Canada; however works on self-employed women are uncommon. The Business of Women- Marriage‚ Family‚ and Entrepreneurship in British Columbia‚ 1901-1951‚ was written by Melanie Buddle in 2010‚ under UBC Press. In The Business of Women‚ Buddle attempts to highlight the key features of entrepreneurial women in the 1900’s in Western Canada‚ exploring how and why women entered the business world. In this book‚ Buddle examines case
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us with information about the Warsaw Pact’s influence on Europe (Doc 5). Since the United States created NATO‚ the USSR responded by implementing the Warsaw Pact. By creating NATO‚ they were able to influence democracy on most of the Europe‚ leaving the Warsaw Pact with a few countries. This gave the United States the advantage‚ because since they had more influence on more countries‚ they were able to expand further and further into Europe. The United States wanted to eliminate the communist ideas
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The book makes a calculated approach to address the fate of queers in the hands of gay rights activist. He turns his readers from the belief that gay marriage rights solve the problem of queers. During the first chapter‚ he seeks to explain about sexual shame. Sexual shame he claims is used to incriminate and discourage things that at private morality look just right. He goes further to define normalcy as just a common statistical range. He then claims that by this definition then we are not compelled
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Katz The Odyssey Book 14 The Odyssey Book 14‚ by Homer‚ is an excellent book because it shows readers what Odysseus meant to the people of Ithaca and how influential he was as a person. We have learned a lot about Odysseus from previous books and we know all about his many different characteristics such as his ability to lead and his warrior-like mentality. The author’s goal for this book was to show readers what impact Odysseus made on society at that time. Homer explains how loved Odysseus was
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