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Simon Wiesenthal’s self-reflective book, The Sunflower, recounts his personal experience as a Jewish prisoner held in a World War II-era concentration camp. Although Wiesenthal would survive the Holocaust and go on to become an important figure in the effort to bring Nazis to justice in th...

Civil engineering communities are groups of professionals that deal with the design and maintenance of structures. The report discusses the literacy in civil engineering community, current challenges and problems they are experiencing in the new technological world of tod...

Police corruption is one of the controversial issues in the society. Major reforms and recommendations have been represented to help shape up the all-important police force of this stigma which is contributing to the increase of crime. An analysis done by the Federal Bureau of Investigations of ...

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 feel...

In his book Shah-Kazemi (2006) talks about Eckhart’s emphasis on and apophatic elements in statements about God. The deep nature of the absolute cannot be grasped by mere verbal expressions. Therefore, Eckhart stated that only what comes from deep within can be put into words. He also clai...

The report is based on one chapter from the Roger Housden’s book Ten poems to last a lifetime. In this chapter the author analyses the poem “Ecstasy”, written by American poet Hayden Carruth. The very first thing that appears in mind when reading the original, is understanding ...

In the book, “Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths”, Feiler points out some of the differences and similarities in each of the three major religions called Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. It also aims to find a common ground for the three faiths to co-exist in this big w...

There are people that see much ahead of their times and act like “prophets” for society. Aldous Huxley is one of such people who discovered signs of future events and the main trends of evolution. In his famous novel Brave New World, he pictures a seemingly perfect society of consump...

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 imp...

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 an...

Unfortunately, I am not a student who has the immense financial backing of the family to complete the studies. In fact, I have to support my family financially which forced me to work two full time jobs. In other words, I have to spend around 16 hours for the full time jobs and 2 hours for the t...

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...

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 lega...

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 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 claims the duchess ...

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...

Johnson wrote his book A History of the American People through the perspective of the leading men and women in all walks of life, both prominent and unknown, including pioneers, inventors, pilgrims, all the American presidents, politicians, artists, educators, religious leaders, moviemakers, an...

Radical Islam in the West is a book written by Brian Farmer expressing the Islam ideology and conflicting theories, values and cultures with the western world. The central issue in the book concerns Jihad which is basically the struggles made by Muslim in the way of God. The book touches on confl...

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...

No work of art can be created separately from the social and historical context. It is rather difficult to distinguish between phenomena taking place in society from the historical events, because in the end everything becomes history, and the latter specifically deals with the development of th...

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 agains...

Chapter 13 of the textbook and the American Welding Society’s fact sheet titled “Hot Work in Confined Spaces” share much of the same information. However, they present the information differently. Also, the fact sheet is clearly intended to be a quick reference sheet, while the ...

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 d...

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...