For my book report, I chose to read "The Hound of Baskervilles," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ... So all they could do was start to think in a different realm of thought to get things to make since. ... This book took place in Baskervilles, which I'm guessing is over in London due to how the people talk and act. And was circa 1889 was when it was published which makes since because of how Arthur described the people in the book as in the way they dress and talk. ... By that I mean from the things I picked up it was mostly all about how you look and perceive things. ...

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Beginning around the 1700s, under the development of technology in many aspects, the Europeans started their expedition to explore the world. ... With better-developed technology, Europeans started to believe that they enjoyed superiority in all aspects, including economics, culture and race. ... As recorded in the book "Mark Them with Your Dead! ... This connection between imperialism and nation glory showed how European portrayed their nationalism in the 1800s. ... On the other hand, contradicting to the "internal camp ", Casement also reported how imperialism in Congo was used to only profi...

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Ignatiev Book Review I found Noel Ignatiev's book, How the Irish became white, confusing in the way information was presented, it seemed as if it was not interwoven tightly enough with each sub-thesis presented for the individual chapters. ... Many characters which were presented in the book had some sort of confusion as to where their true loyalty lay. ... Men of all races were imprisoned and no racial outbreaks were reported, "during the entire period from 1815 to 1830, there was not a single battle between black and white prisoners". ... Chapter Three traced the career o...

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Introduction Cunningham's book starts out with the different ways and circumstances Hamilton and Jefferson were raised. ... Next the book talked about the beginning of Hamilton and Jefferson's differences. ... Cunningham presents the reader with over forty documents consisting of letters, reports and speeches. ... Washington was persuaded by Hamilton and signed the bill to incorporate the bank just two days after receiving the report. ... Cunningham does show how Hami...

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In the book, "Just Friends: The Role of Friendship in Our Lives," Lillian Rubin (1985) looks at friendships as they develop during adulthood. ... In her book, "Oedipal Asymmetries and Heterosexual Knots," Nancy Chodorow looks at how from the day one engages with ones parents; one is involved in a never-ending cycle of heterosexuality. ... I couldn't help but compare my research to this book, because men and women are given social roles based off of their gender. ... In one study, women reported that the primary benefit was the opportunity to engage in a more masculine interaction style. ...

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Later in the morning Beneatha, the younger sister of Walter, starts yet another internal conflict by speaking in an unacceptable manner about God, at which point her mother slaps her because of her insolence to values that have been taught to her since childhood. ... In contrast, the story's ending presents a view of how standing by long term family goals, values and beliefs provides a sense of unity that can defeat any obstacle and keep the pride of the family alive. ... But, as time progress Leana sees how deflated her son his because none of the family members will back his dream, so s...

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Appleby explains how "Jefferson and his supporters democratized American politics" (27). ... The printed reports of the political sides that people took gave people enjoyment and got them more involved with the government then they had been in the past. ... Women started getting jobs as well because there were many new opportunities. ... Appleby's main purpose in writing this book is to show how Jefferson affected the American society after the American Revolution and the changes in the economy and the people. ... After the American Revolotion Americans started to evolve into what we ...

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As Jack Ryan, the key role played in the book, starts to analyze all of the data, he is given to thinking that the submarine is on a course to defect and not to start a neuclear war with the United States. ... Consequently, the US starts its own search. ... A series of thrilling and very technical discussions and explainations of the naval vessals and their design and use is detailed int he book to much effort by the author and far more detailed than can be included in a book report. ... The book is of greater length and detail, the movie version does not do the book justice--especially tow...

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Amazingly, during the reporting of the Kennedy assassination case in 1978 by the Congress's assassination committee, it was determined that the three doctors, "had insufficient training and experience to evaluate a death from gunshot wounds."... This medical evidence is essential for figuring out where the shots were fired from and how many shots hit the president. ... The Zapruder Film was taken by a parade onlooker Abraham Zapruder, who shot eighteen apocalyptic seconds of film chronicling the assassination from start to finish. ... The three previous shots came from behind the limousin...

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Religious people are against this process because they believe life is a gift from God and that each individual is a gift and only God can start a life and only God should be allowed to end it. ... For Vincent, he made it clear in his book that he didn't what her mother to be judge and he cited, "What she has done for me is surely the most beautiful proof of love in the world." ... They will watch as their condition gets worse, and how they suffer in the process. ... In both countries, the bill institutes a procedure to control it: any doctor who realizes such an act has to write a rep...

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In Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips charts the ongoing American history of great wealth-how it has been accumulated, its shifting sources, and its ups and downs over more than a time span of two centuries. He explores how the rich and politically powerful have frequently worked together to create or perpetuate privilege, often at the expense of the national interest and usually at the expense of the middle and lower classes. The book is filled with intriguing chapters on history and a bold analysis of present-day America. ... Highly readable for all its charts and graphs, Phillips'...

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In the book "The Geopolitics of Emotion" by Dominique Moisi, he discusses issues that are happening around the world. ... Moisi claims, "But now some Americans are starting to doubt the unique value of America's individualism" (Moisi 114). ... The American Dream is to have social stability, be able to achieve one's full potential, and start a new life where one won't be judge by his or her past. ... For instance, Redding reported research findings from Hong Kong managers of higher scores for 'social needs.' ... Depending on how a person perceives the dream, o...

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Then we discuss problems in the research and how they can be addressed. ... How can our experimental model be improved? How can we use the model in future investigations? ... How can we use results to make teaching and learning more effective? ... How might such mastery be achieved? ...

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There are many people that realize what problems Native Americans deal with that are expressed in the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. ... In the Meriam Report it states that "The Native Americans are easily sickened because they are closer together.... An example of this is, if there was a forest but it had not received enough water or sunlight for quite sometime, then all of a sudden a fire starts the fire wouldn't have any trouble with burning through the forest because it would so dry, that is what it would be like in your body in the sense of how fast the v...

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An experienced sadist might start with just a small amount of pain, known as a "warm up". ... In the book Bound to Be Free, authors Moser, Ph.D., M.D., and JJ Madeson (1996), explain the history of sadomasochism. ... De Sade and von Sacher-Masoch were fearless in their erotic fantasies, and they can show us how our fiercest fantasies come from the same place as our most tender loves. ... Individuals associated with this lifestyle are often reported as highly intelligent, and mostly of the age in the mid-thirties or older. ... Sadomasochistic individuals report better-than-usual sex fol...

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The writer, Ben Judah, wrote the book "Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin". Publishing such a strongly-worded article could drum up media attention and promote his book. ... While starting a war in Crimea may be a way for Putin to boost his domestic approval ratings, his comments on Ukraine as "an artificial country" are reflective of the opinion of many Russians. As seen, the writer has omitted the wider historical context of Ukraine-Russian relations in his discussion, and oversimplified Russian politics by pinning the bulk of the blame on Putin for starti...

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Characters and the way in which Sean interacts with characters in the text are important in seeing how Sean stereotypes towns as a means of showing how dull or weird they are, labelling them in a negative way. ... By going into great depths of detail over the most irrelevant of things such as signs he sees while driving show just how bored he is. ... Sean's slightly foul mouth proves that this book isn't really aiming to promote tourism, for a start the texts often coarse language would probably deter most readers. ... Another interesting way of documenting Sean and David's was ...

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Within Livy's text, the passage in Book 2 of Ab Urbe Condita relating the first proposed agrarian law in the Republic dives into the conflict. ... He did so, and in passing the law, started with his brother Gaius, and Appius Claudius, dividing up land to be distributed to the poor. ... Livy says that he wishes his readers to note how men lived, and how eventually the state was ruined when discipline broke down bit by bit (Preface), and this is a great example of that. ... However, Livy clearly reports that such violence had gone on before Gracchus with the story of Genucius' murder ...

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A conflict-orientated newspaper, according to Richard Campbell in his book, Media and Culture, is defined primarily as a paper that "covers events, issues, or experiences that deviate from social norms." Along with this style of reporting, the Times does not dangle in the realm of the fancy. ... The emphasis is on informing the public of the news and the news only, using straight forward, objective reporting. ... However, the Star Tribune is different in the areas of which stories are covered, and how they are covered. ... Alternative papers got their start in the late 1980s with hom...

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For each county sampled, the study collected data from two sources: (1) reports from the local Adult Protective Services (APS) agency responsible for receiving and investigating reports in each county: and (2) reports from "sentinels"-specially trained individuals in a variety of community agencies having frequent contact with the elderly. ... Consistent with three national incidence studies on child abuse and neglect, this methodology assumes the sentinel reports represent substantiated reports. ... Of this total, 70,942 (16 percent) were reported to and substantiated by APS agencies, but t...

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After a few years in Canada, he started writing stories and gained immediate attention, receiving two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributors' Prize in 1985. ... Mistry as a writer has enjoyed an exceptional start. ... Mistry bristles when accused of not reporting Bombay accurately. ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ...

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After a few years in Canada, he started writing stories and gained immediate attention, receiving two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributors' Prize in 1985. ... Mistry as a writer has enjoyed an exceptional start. ... Mistry bristles when accused of not reporting Bombay accurately. ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ...

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It was written to reinforce his series of "Mackay reports" and concentrates on Australia's changing attitudes and values in, and as a result of the 90's. ... But Mackay's notion of "finding a new world", something that is undercurrent throughout the book comes through more blatantly in the end. ... Thus, instead of depression and panic that were evoked by my first reading of Turning Point, I tended to reflect on the possibilities of starting a new life. To me the structure and arguments in The Big Picture represent a condensed version of the whole book. ... The Turning Point in...

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The challenge is supposed to raise the cliche of not judging a book by its cover. ... Our generation has become narcissistic and only care about how good they look in their selfie and how many likes get in their picture, no wonder why so many teens feel they need cosmetic surgery because they feel they need to look at a certain way to feel acceptable or liked. ... Even everyday women such as beauty bloggers are starting to get cosmetic surgery almost making even more acceptable in society. ... Why is the society so focused on how we look anyways? Why can't we just be happy with ourselv...

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So it is reasonable to remark that the theories reported to crime may be also considered true for deviance. In the 14th Century Italy, the idea of free will started to gain ground. ... Auguste Comte (1798-1857), of France as the founder of Sociology, commented by his studies while imprisoned that people pass through stages that can be grouped based on how they try to understand the world in which they live. ... Weber (1864-1920) described how cultural and religious forces controlled the social climate to prevent crime. ...

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