Real Life Book Reviews Samples For Students

Summary – Response of Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Doc is one person who is lived and respected by everybody in the society. One would expect him to be a very happy man because his relations with the community may be at its best. But this does not reflect in his personal life because deep down inside of him is a very sad and lonely man. Perhaps this can be equated to Steinbeck himself after having moved from his home to New York never to return home. He may have been lonely after moving from home to a new place where he knew no one. Steinbeck’s moving away from home ...

12 Angry Men is a play written by Reginald Rose which deals with various topics describing human nature. People have to deal with prejudice, misconceptions and intuition by being devoted and taking time to find the truth. Serious decision cannot be brought quickly because forming a strong opinion about anything takes time and effort. There is much to learn from this play because it makes people question the possibility of human beings to grasp the truth.
Prejudice gets in the way of truth, distorts a person’s mind and makes them think in a way which is biased. It ...

Book Review: Allen, Catherine J. 2002 The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community. Washington, D.C

Book Review: Allen, Catherine J. 2002 The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community. Washington, D.C.
Introduction
The book “The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community” is an idiosyncratic ethnography of the Quechua-speaking people of the Andes. The book brings the story of this group of people into present and hubs mainly on the very real problems of cultural continuity in a dynamic world. The author manages to discover demonstrates that the hold life has in 2002 is not the same as it was 1985. This ethnography is very ...

Introduction

The book is important to the people with an interest in homeland security of the United States of America. It is because of how the book author has developed the theme or the purpose of the book. Unlike many books published many years ago, the book is current having been published in the year 2011. It one of the greatest book in the market concerning the subject of the homeland security. The book TERRORISM HOMELAND SECURITY is the 7th edition of the publications, and it was published in the year 2011 being the latest in that series. It was ...

Introduction

Waking up to a world filled with death, more so an apocalypse, a man, his wife and their son are left at as survivors of a burnt out earth through the firestorms from the sun. The wife, sensing the worst, decides to end her life at the very start. Left with the son and the world to overcome, the father decides to take the steps and considerable measures to make sure that the life of his son is protected and to make sure that they survive. Creativity in the novel is introduced by the writer through interlacing the daily life and struggles ...

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Intercultural Marriage: Promises and Pitfalls
Intercultural Marriage : Promises and Pitfalls, Dugan Romano. Intercultural Press. 2008, 3rd ed., rev. ed. 233p.
Marriage is a union of two people, and also intercultural. It can be called intercultural because two people with diverse backgrounds and experience bond together with their experiences, values, and personal eccentricity. Dugan Romano, the author of Intercultural Marriage: Promises and Pitfalls has been in intercultural marriage for more than 17 years and her experience includes working as a counselor and a trainer. In this book she provides a logical explanation by her extensive work in the field of intercultural ...

Book review: In search of respect by Philippe Bourgois

About the author

Philippe Bourgois is an experienced writer and researcher. He is also a professor and the chairman in the anthropology, history and social medicine department at the University of California. He mainly focuses his research on political mobilization of the ethnic communities in central and north America, political violence, labour relations in this region and the general life of the marginalized communities within America and especially the street families in the inner city dwellings of North America. He has also done research about the violence and the HIV prevalence in such dwellings, bringing out the suffering that is ...

Book Report: 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell

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Introduction
The book essentially describes the qualities of a true leader with practical insights about how to achieve those qualities in life. Divided into twenty-one chapters, Maxwell compounds his theories and ideas about leadership in the form of a law in each of these chapters. Each chapter includes of one or more examples, or ‘stories’ as Maxwell portrays them, that describe the successes and failures of different leaders in society and the rules they have applied to their own lives in order to achieve those successes. The reader is also given a series of tips and instructions so as to ...

Book Report

Thomas R.M believes that studying and understanding the growth and development of a child is helpful to train the young on how to live well. Children differ in emotional growth, physical, social and cognitive patterns. Children differ even if they are identical twins. Think of a child; you will find out that their response to the play, affection, people, and objects be it living or non-living in their environment is very different. In this book, Thomas R.M helps us to understand children better by discussing the principles of child development, the brain growth, and development of a child. He ...

Executive Summary

“Be Different: My Adventures with Asperger's and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers”, is written by John Elder Robison. This is a bestselling memoir of the author, who was born with Asperger, when there was no mechanism to diagnose this condition. By that time he got to know about this condition, he had developed some unique strategies to deal with this condition. He identified his strengths and turned them into opportunities for himself. This book is unique in a way because it has been developed with a positive thought. It does not consider this syndrome as a burden, but recognizes ...

A Book Review Susan Sontag's book, "On Photography”

About the Author
Susan Sontag is known for a variety of her works from different genres that have all garnered distinct attention from the public. Relatively, this recognition of her good practice in writing has provided her with the proper reputation she needs to be able to get the attention of the general public. In her book “On Photography”, she notes of the most complex ways by which the evolution of photography has become a distinct course of determining the evolution of how humans from different generations are able to express their appreciation for the said form of art from ...

Part One

In the world we live in there are changes in life that occur to us each and every day. Some of these changes are positive while some are meant to bring obstacles in life and make it seem even harder. Change in itself is inevitable in relation to human life. The book captures how life changes from worst to better or better to worse at some instances. Individuals are more afraid of change for the fear of unknown. People don’t seem to adapt easily to changes that occur in their lives and hence sometimes remain conservative. At a personal ...

Avenue Q is a beautiful depiction of the perception of young age and the reality of the same, when it goes through the practical life. The book is in two Acts and more an autobiography cum biography that fits into the experiences and life of everybody. The character by the name of Princeton is depicted to strive in his practical life after a bachelor and faces the hardships and apprehensions of real life. Money, job and living become his pursuit that left his imaginary supremacy run apart. Avenue Q is more of a satire that address the issues, concerns and apprehensions that ...

Book Review of Robert Hare’s “Without Conscience”

Robert Hare’s book “ Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of Psychopaths Among Us” is a transformational book that takes the reader deep into the woods where one gets in contact with the psychology of those we consider out order with our usual human emotions. While reading this book, one gets the feeling of being in one with the mind of a psychopath. In addition, the book answers questions of our mind revolving around the mindset of psychopaths as well as the protective measures to take to shield oneself from the attacks of a psychopath. Besides giving a detailed examination of a psychopath, Hare’s ...

Business

Question one
Leadership is an important trait that each individual should seek to nurture and develop. In her book ,the 85% Solution: How Personal Accountability Guarantees Success No Nonsense, No Excuses, Linda Galindo articulates this idea. Galindo is of the view that the fundamental way that people can be able to develop leadership is by acquiring a sense of responsibility in terms of the choices, behaviors, and the actions that people take. The lack of responsibility among the people is what has led to detrimental effects such as economic meltdowns. For example, in the 2008 recession, the lack of ...

Chapter 7: Stratification.

Dalton has brought up the issues of social stratification in chapter 7 of his book, ‘You May Ask Yourself’. Social stratification refers to an unintentional drive within the family that determines the future of the family members. It also places members of the society into some economic groups. The society can shape an individual to become what it wants. For example, people from poor families are often associated with poverty and unfortunately most of them end up poor in their life. It known that it is the family where our life starts. Therefore the stratification places each family within a ...

Strategic Study: A Goal, the Process of Ongoing Improvement

ABSTRACT

The following study relates to the concepts which have been introduced with respect to business management, establishment and improvement. The paper is a significant book review which consists of the student’s co-relations with the theories which have been discussed in the book. Within these four pages of the examination we shall be analyzing the ideologies of successfully becoming an entrepreneur where training, production and statistical establishment can be induced within a young business related mind. While discussing the field of supply chain and operation management, we can understand just how well the student can initiate similar processes to inculcate ...

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Analysis
Patrick Lencioni’s piece, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A leadership fable, is a must read book for managers and all stakeholders in a business organization. The book offers a rare insight into the concept of team works and lays down all the factors important to the success of a team work. The book explores the various theories on which managers can rely to facilitate effective team work within their various organizations. The book is very informative and addresses the most likely pitfalls that an organization is likely to face when enforcing a team work policy. The better part of the book ...

Book Review

James W. Loewen is a history teacher. He has also written a textbook and his skills as a researcher are high, many notes supplement his text. His book Lies My Teacher Told Me is a history book that includes historical facts that have not been included in regular school textbooks. Loewen has a very friendly way of writing that makes a person want to continue to read the book from the beginning to the end. He takes historical topics that are very familiar and explains how the reality of the history is different than what has been taught as history. He discusses the research he ...