Book Review: “Wooden on Leadership” John Wooden is a legendary basketball coach‚ best known for his UCLA dynasty‚ which won an unprecedented and unthinkable 10 national championships in 12 years. That stretch included an 88-game win streak and four perfect seasons. But Wooden’s proudest accomplishments are not those of which are collected in the annals of sports history. And they have little to do with winning or losing. In his book “Wooden on Leadership‚” the coach reveals that he never
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Scholarly Source Review Upton Sinclair’s novel‚ “The Jungle‚” is known for how it changed the American meat-packing industry by exploiting the dangerous‚ unsanitary conditions. James Barrett’s article‚ “Remembering the Jungle‚” discusses the impact of Sinclair’s novel and why this novel is still remembered over a century later. Barrett argues that Sinclair’s “The Jungle” has achieved a major influence on American Society‚ and it has become a part of American history. Barrett provides multiple
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CATCH 22 BOOK REVIEW Catch 22 is a satirical novel written by Joseph Heller. It is a story about American army pilots on an island near Italy in the end of World War II in 1944. Catch 22 is a story about how the main character John Yossarian wants to get out of the army and how he tries to act insane so he can be declared unfit to fly any more missions. It is a satirical antiwar novel. It was considered very unusual and was critisised by reviewers when it was first published in 1961. It contains
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Book Review: The Last Manchu Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi‚ Last Emperor of China Edited by: Paul Kramer Submitted by: Tiffany Joy A. Candelaria 2 History I. Brief Summary This book is an autobiography of a man who became The Emperor of the Manchu Dynasty‚ at two years of age‚ named Henry Pu Yi. He lived a life as an emperor up until China’s government became republic and seized his powers. Until then‚ he continued his life back in Tientsin and tried to continue his legacy by being
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Bibliography: Chorost‚ Michael. World Wide Mind: The Coming Integration of Humanity‚ Machines‚ and the Internet. Free Press‚ 2011. Halpern‚ Sue. ”Mind Control & the Internet.” The New York Review (2011). Lanier‚ Jaron. You are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. Vintage‚ 2010. Orwell‚ George. Nineteen Eighty-four. A Novel. Secker & Warburg: Secker & Warburg‚ 1949. Pariser
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Maya Austell January 31‚ 2012 Book review Apostles of Disunion The way Charles B. Dew opened up this book was touching and smart. He and I share the same qualities in thinking about issues by looking at things from both sides‚ and in ways that haven’t been discussed or thought about. He was a born and raised southerner‚ and told of his up bringing in the south. His ancestors fought and died for the Confederacy. Although it may seem that he should be a die-hard supporter of the Confederate
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HIS306 Leo Africanus Book Review Leo Africanus By‚ Amin Maalouf In the book Leo Africanus it is a fictionalized biography of a real person‚ Hasan al- Wazzan. Hasan and his family were forced to flee to Fez‚ where he grew up and became a very well-off merchant. The book really gives a clear picture of his family life as a child‚ his education‚ his marriages‚ his travels‚ and his bitter- sweet reminiscence of exile. The narrator of Amin Maalouf’s historical novel‚ Hasan al-Wazzan - who
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still with mothers‚ aunts‚ and uncles in the world‚ would be taken. Also‚ while the adoption could be for a new daughter or son‚ it could be a way for a free slave. The time Adela was born was a stepping stone away from the Holocaust. As you read this book‚ you can see the politics changing as they flee home to home. Even in Aden‚ where the buildings are taller‚ the ports bigger‚ and the buildings are bright‚ the Jews are restricted. Jewish houses are marked with the Star of David. As the time ticks
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Kirsten Esau 011179 Word Count-1323 A Review of N.T. Wright’s‚ “Surprised by Hope” N.T Wright is described in Christianity Today as‚ “one of the most prolific biblical scholars in a generation”1. His extensive theological and biblical work is made evident in his book‚ “Surprised by Hope”. This book successfully corrects many misconceptions in the general and Christian population‚ about what the Christian hope is. In his book‚ “Surprised by Hope‚” N.T. Wright thoroughly‚ precisely‚ and somewhat aggressively
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BOOK REVIEW THE RULE MAKERS HOW THE WEALTHY AND WELL BORN DOMINATE CONGRESS The congress or the House of Representatives and the Senate or the upper house are the two components of the legislative branch of the Philippine government. They are meant to pass bills‚ create laws‚ and approve budgets that benefit their constituents and the nation as a whole. In theory‚ this is the ideal upon which they were built‚ they would legislate for the people to best serve them and to ensure the
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