How to write a book review Perhaps the best way to offer guidelines on how to write a book review is to give you an example of the kind of instructions and guidelines we (i.e. the academic staff) would be given by journals who invite us to review books for them. So‚ here are the instructions given to authors by the ‘Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders’. “A book review should be an objective and tactful evaluation of a book. The review should offer logic and fact in support of its evaluations
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FINANCE A venture capitalist is a person who invests in a business venture‚ providing capital for start-up or expansion. Venture capitalists are looking for a higher rate of return than would be given by more traditional investments. Simply put‚ venture capital is other people’s money. It is financing for new‚ usually high-risk start-up businesses just like the new product that you want to bring to market. There are a lot of well-known firms whose names you would recognize that were financed
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Book review. My book report is on ‘Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D.Salinger Over a month I have really enjoyed reading this novel. It’s a very perceptive book‚ but only in one point of view: Holden’s. I never felt attached to the book in any form‚ and when I wasn’t reading it‚ there was nothing that drew me back to want to read more. However when I wasn’t reading I would ponder about the book a lot and question the meaning and depth that Salinger was trying to get across. It’s a very interesting style
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Essay: Katcinas Book Review by Matthew Sessions Peer Reviewer: Alison Wood Does the book review clearly address the Compliment guideline? In other words‚ does the book review tell you what the book’s author accomplished effectively and why? If not‚ what does the writer need to include? If yes‚ give the writer some constructive feedback about the strengths of their book review. You did really well in telling what Jesse Walter Fewkes does well in portraying in his book. I particularly liked that
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detail‚ and figurative language. Woolf uses clear diction when she depicts three unique metaphors: the Angel in the House‚ the fisherman‚ and the empty rooms. While telling the story of the Angel of the House‚ she shows extreme disgust for the woman who “bothered” and “wasted” her time‚ and “tormented” her to ignore her calling. Although the Angel was “pure‚” Woolf recalls that if the Angel were not rid of‚ she would have “plucked the heart out of writing‚” so instead‚ Woolf killed her. She
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the name Sayuri and becomes one of Japan’s most famous Geishas. Unfortunately the Geisha district shut down during WWII and Sayuri continues her life as a normal Japanese woman. The book ends with Sayuri starting over her career as a Geisha and finding independence as well as success through her talents. Overall the book was enjoyable. Everything was written very eloquently and gave a clear portrayal of how the author wanted the protagonist‚ Choiy‚ to be seen. She speaks in metaphors and long beautiful
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Get Moving: Review of “Move Yourself” Shauntay Langel University of Texas at Arlington N3335 Health Promotion Across the Lifespan Online RN-BSN July 30‚ 2012 Get Moving: Review of “Move Yourself” Part I: Book “Move Yourself” is a book written by Tedd Mitchell‚ Tim Church‚ and Martin Zucker in 2008 about the benefits of exercise. The book also outlines steps that can be taken to slowly improve exercise behaviors for those of any activity level‚ based on the exercise research performed by
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The World Is Flat Book Review Daryle S. Rogers Columbia College Managerial Finance BUSI 570 Dr. Elisa Fredericks June 29‚ 2010 The World Is Flat Book Review The World Is Flat is a book about how the business world has become more interconnected within the last few decades. Friedman describes in the beginning of the book a trip to Bangalore‚ India where he visits “India’s Silicon Valley”(Friedman‚ 2007‚ p. 2) and is amazed at the level of technology that has come to the once third
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Critical book review: Christopher Lasch (1991) The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Expectations The culture of narcissism was widely recognised as a socio-cultural critique of American society when published in 1979. Written by Christopher Lasch‚ the book analyzes a social phenomenon identified by Christopher Lasch as ‘cultural narcissism’‚ a process by which certain attributes of the pathological branch of narcissism (Bocock‚ 2002) become societal characteristics (Lasch
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In the book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers‚ we read about the hardships and troubles of the main character‚ Richard Perry‚ during the Vietnam war. We learn a lot about Perry throughout the book‚ and by the end of the book we feel like we know exactly how Perry feels‚ and we have a understanding of some of the hardships that the soldiers faced in Vietnam. In this book‚ Perry kills a Vietnamese man in a hut he was supposed to check out‚ and from this point on he does a lot of thinking about
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