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In his book, Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think ,Brian Wansink a food psychologist reveals to us ideologies that back reasons on why we eat, what we eat and the quantity of food we actually eat. Behavioral economics is an area of study which uses social, emotional and cognitive elemen...

The short story “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin in 1894 has attracted the people even now because of the relevance of the theme involved in it in the present world. Even though Kate Chopin was a controversial writer in the nineteenth century because of her debatable stands on ce...

Ian Kershaw, Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris

(New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999), 845 pp.

The book Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris by Ian Kershaw reveals biography of ...

Chapter One

In our ordinary lives we come across difficulties and challenges in our lives, the challenges are supposed to make us stronger and not weaker, if we become stronger we will leave a better life to overcome the coming challenges in life. In the boo...

In the story “The things they carried”, author Tim O’Brien highlights the scene of a warzone in Burma but mingles his own self in the actual theme of the story, which leaves the author as an unreliable narrator. The story goes on with the intention as Brien want...

Question: Snow Falling on Cedars is often characterized as “a novel of place.” What are the significant places in the text and what occurs in each? Compare and contrast the mood and the tension found in each of the settings and the role each provides in both chara...

At the present time, the society can enjoy many literary works which were written by talented authors. There are many themes which any reader could choose from, such as fantasy, horror, romance, and many others. The literary works that are based on the experience of t...

In the book “Love’s executioner and other tales of psychotherapy”, Irvin compiles ten of his documented cases with approval from his patients and changes names of the patients for confidentiality purposes. He writes about various patient’s problems, such as ob...

The book War by Sebastian closely compares with the documentary film Restrepo by Hetherington and Junger.  The writer talks about a scene of war in Afghanistan that he witnessed. The war took place at a time when he serving US army as a regular soldier. The documentary film on the other hand dra...

Brent N (2001) Nurses and the law:

A guide to principles and applications, Ed. 2, Philadelphia, Elsevier Health sciences Publisher
The book evaluates the need to research on healthcare provision. This is important in the face of shrinking access to healthcare. There are also legal ...

In the book Changes: a love story Aidoo handles the issues of the clash between modernity and tradition by exploring the dilemmas that are at the crossroads of tradition and modernity in the society and to achieve these the author depicts women who are engaged in constant conflict with men who re...

The Name of the Rose was the first book written by Umberto Eco from Italy. It is basically a mystery of historical murder whose setting is in an Italian monastery dated 1327. It is generally an intellectual mystery which combines semiotics in a work of fiction, analysis from the bible, literary t...

In his first book, Arthur depicts Ahashverosh conferring with Haman dressed in gorgeous robes. In the second book, Szyk portrays a clear message that the Jews will always emerge as the winners in their fight with their enemies to stay alive. He portrays Haman and Hitler as a part of a chain, thou...

John Grisham was born in 1955. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University where he studied criminal law. He has written several books amongst them’ The Bleacher’ in 2008. The Bleacher takes the setting in the Community of Messina in Mississippi town. It captures the incident that is ant...

Mark Easely provides in-depth study on the issues of illegal migration and the need for comprehensive immigration reform to manage the issue of illegal migrants. He argues in favour of the reform to ensure that the contributing and hardworking immigrants be helped and the one causing the trouble ...

In this book which is about migration to America, Dowell Myer examines the relation between immigration and ageing of population. He outlines that the two are separate and independent issues which are major problems as immigration leads to growth of population more than the nation can afford. Bes...

The Day of the Locust is novel written by Nathaniel West. The Novel was published in 1939. It depicts the world of 1930s Hollywood. In this novel, Nathaniel focused on the existed disparity between the image presented of Southern California and the reality of the experience of those who were eith...

Question1: Gun manufacturing

According to Hemenway, manufacturing of guns is becoming lethal while it’s less regulated than any other consumer product. This is because ammunitions and guns are free of the health regulation and federal safety whose action is to help lead a marked decre...

Nectar In a Sieveis authored by Kamala Markandaya as he narrates the story of a woman who lives in dire poverty although I appreciate that the setting of the book is in rural India at a time of change. The book gives the specific timing and the place of the story but, there are clues in the setti...

Drucker, Peter Drucker says that time have changed and that employee must be their own CEO’s instead of relying on the companies they work for to carve their career path. In order to live in the present ages a person has to manage him/her effectively. Everyone who wants to succeed must importan...

The response of the narrator of Margaret Atwood’s short story critiques the poem “Last Duchess” in several ways. According to the poem, the duke stops in front of the portrait of the late duchess and starts reminiscing about the life of the duchess. The duke clai...

In “More than a Carpenter,” McDowell (2009) explores the life of Jesus as it was depicted in the Holy Bible. McDowell, who was once a skeptic – an unbeliever – however, in the book, the author closely analyzes the life of Jesus by presenting criticisms or arguments against the existence a...

When reading a book, one usually focuses on the plot, characters and their actions considering them to be the pivotal part of any story. Meanwhile, there is another vital element which not only makes it easier to imagine what is going on, but helps create the mood and reflect author’s feelings,...

The lost at school book by Greene describes his tried proof based approach which can be applied to help in challenging kids at school.  Having done research from neurosciences, he tries to offer a new theoretical skeleton for understanding the hardships of kids with behavioral challenges and als...

Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 depicts the American society in the future. Bradbury saw people who were self gratifying and critical thinkers. Bradbury main character is Montag who is a fireman also known as a book burner. Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper ignites. Bradbury beli...