Founders Book Reviews Samples For Students

O6 December 2014

Introduction
The book, ‘Barefoot Spirit’ reflects the story of two individuals regarding their journey from rags to riches and the journey of how they became successful in the wine industry. The book is written by the founders of one of the most successful wine brand of America- Barefoot Spirit. The founders and authors of the book are Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan. With the third writer, Rick Kushman, the authors have published the book. It describes the journey of the brand in the wine industry when the founders were completely naive and how they made up a very successful ...

In this hard-hitting essay, William challenges the contemporary liberalism with ruthless honesty. He presents powerful ideas and relevant information to explain his views on the issues facing America. The areas that he addresses in this book include sex, race, law, government, education, international relations and the environment. In his controversial perspectives, William has made commentaries on certain issues, among them; women in the military and racial and gender subdivisions.
While appreciating that the struggle for America’s civil rights is over and won, he reminds the audience that this does not imply that all traces of discrimination have ...

Book Review: Beyond the Founders: New Approaches to the Political History of the Early American Republic

Paisley et al.'s book Beyond the Founders: New Approaches to the Political History of the Early American Republic charts the development of both the upper and lower class people who settled in America during its infancy. According to the authors, the politics of America as it developed were constructed and determined by the actions and activities, as well as principles, of everyone in America, not just the elite. No matter what their background, individual Americans of all shapes and sizes and economic statuses determined the politics of this infant country. Accommodation and contestation were the primary weapons by which ...

Irvin Yalom is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, one of the founders of the "third wave" in psychotherapy and founders of the school of existential therapy. Psychotherapy Crisis in America, taking place, according to Yalom, because of economic dependence on the US health care system by the interests of private insurers and, as a result, the requirements for the psychotherapy that it was inexpensive, and therefore, a short, superficial, flimsy. Irvin Yalom, a psychotherapist with a great experience, has written many books, scientific and otherwise. However, "The Gift of Therapy" is the text is so structured, interesting ...

In his book, The Puritan Dilemma, Edmund Morgan narrates the dilemma of Winthrop, who felt that he needed to separate himself from the rest of the society which he felt was unclean in religious aspects. However, Winthrop was afraid the extent to which he felt he could distant himself. Another worry that engulfed him was that he was not really certain whether the generation that could come out of him could match the standards that he cherished. His major awareness is that he appreciated the presence of God. This is evidenced, when he ideologically differed from Rodger Williams who ...

In the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Egypt and Qajar Persia embarked on ambitious project to reform their countries. The empires wanted to develop form the Stone Age to the modern ages. This saw the improvement of their arm including their arsenals, the banking systems, decriminalization of homosexuality and the introduction of secular laws. There were major projects introduced all-round the empires including development of infrastructure and the economy in general.
They sought the help of the Europeans as they needed funds to finance their projects. This led the empires to sign treaties and agreements that ...

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In the years following the Revolution, anti-slavery sentiment created an opportunity to rid the nation of what even many slaveholders considered a negative and destructive influence. The generally accepted view of this period is that the Constitutional Convention was overwhelmed by wealthy southern planters, anxious to preserve their wealth and way of life. In Race and Revolution, Professor Gary B. Nash examines the role played by northern authorities in eroding the move toward abolition. Nash also criticizes historians both past and present for ignoring this more complex perspective, choosing instead to divide the issue along neatly assigned lines ...