The American Book Trade Convention called for replacement of Trade Sales with a semi-annual Book Fair. ... More Book Fairs were to continue but it was soon discovered that they did not meet all the needs of the book trade industry. ... The training and skills needed for these job positions are to manage and coordinate activities of the bookstore to include sales and inventory of bookstore commodities, maintenance of cash receipts and records and preparation of related financial reports. Promote book collecting in the area by frequent relationships with book clubs, library staff, departments,...

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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". ...

• Word Count: 1854
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Overall the book is eloquently written and the wording is perfect as so that the reader is not cause up in terminology and language and can instead focus on the premises and ideas. ... The book is well written and offers many alternate sources of information. ... Census Bureau published a report called Changes in Areas with Concentrated Poverty. The report tracks income changes due to poverty throughout the country. ... Hellmann does not offer a countered view to the findings in the report she is just offering up the information that the report states. ...

• Word Count: 1102
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The journalists dispensing this bias are not interested in simply reporting the facts and letting the reader/viewer judge for themselves. While it is not surprising that human nature can drive reporters of facts to report them unfairly so as to gain support for their hidden agenda, the practice has now gotten to the point where "grand truth" cannot be separated from the hidden agenda and therefore the public cannot establish for themselves what they should think. ... (--our book 305 ) As a result, America has become largely dependent on misinformation on judging critical issues ranging fro...

• Word Count: 315
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Art turned his book about his father's life in the Holocaust into a comic book, using mice to represent the Jews and cats to represent the Nazis. This book, "Maus" (mouse in German), took 13 years to create and finish. When "Maus" hit the book stores, many people had mixed feelings about a book that told the story of one man's life through the Holocaust in the form of a comic. ... Later that year, the New York Times reports that over 1,000,000 Jews have already been killed. ... Huts were reported to be covered with dead bodies, human excreta, rags and filth. ...

• Word Count: 2087
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In those more simple times, the mere act of reporting those events accurately was the main task at hand. ... It was as if the journalism community had an unspoken pact that certain personal traits were off base in terms of their reporting. ... For instance, how many ways can someone report game five of the World Series or if someone rushes for a 100 yards in a game? So instead of reporting just the events, the media now digs into the personal lives of these "heroes" and makes it public. One of the earlier occurrences, happened in July of 1970, when Jim Bouton, a pitcher for the Y...

• Word Count: 1777
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I can't tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in the last September's Reader's Digest and you"ll know who I really am" (Griffin, 37). ... In the book John faces hate from the whites on a first hand basis as he states, "I"m going to get you, Mr. ... World Book Encyclopedia. New York World Book, 2002. 17 Mar. 2003. ... Summer 2002. 29 Mar. 2003 . ...

• Word Count: 1860
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• Grade Level: High School

"Other people have sometimes reported our findings by saying that the level of verbal aggression and the level of physical aggression more than doubled." ... It is no wonder that many reports show that television gives people a false sense of reality. ... A report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress shows a lack of reading skills among students in all age groups, beginning with the reading performance of 9 and 11 year-old children. In addition, a survey by the Book Industry Study Group shows that a majority of young people between the ages of 16 and 21 who read regularly decl...

• Word Count: 1080
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Author Juliet Schor, who wrote the book " The Overworked American" in 1992, concluded that in 1990 Americans worked an average of nearly one month more per year than in 1970. Moreover, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics report released last year, more than 25 million Americans – 205 percent of the total workforce – reported they worked at least 49 hours per week in 1999 and now in 2014 it's up to 65 hours per week. ... As reported by International Business Time, American workers also aren't guaranteed a paid day off if they or their family members get sick,...

• Word Count: 731
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Many black American activists became increasingly popular during this time period, Booker T. ... Booker T. ... President Roosevelt reacted to Tarbell's reports by creating trustbusting, which was a way to restrain or dissolve business monopolies. ...

• Word Count: 1668
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The book puts the spotlight on the lived experiences of 20 transgender participants struggling from different forms of workplace bullying, violence, and discrimination. ... All five chapters of the book focus mainly on transgender issues, with minor and considerate glances on controversies affecting the LGBTQ spectrum. ... The first part of the book starts with a story of a retired U.S. ... As studies frequently stated in the book, consequent loss of jobs led to homelessness of a huge population of transgender population. ... A section of the book entitled the "I'm Lucky" Phenomenon r...

• Word Count: 1525
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

According Amnesty International in the book When The State Kills, "The death penalty [ ] is not an act of self-defense against an immediate threat to life. ... Eyewitness always report that there is a smell of burned flesh"(57). ... The online magazine Action Alert, reported the following, "In recent years, numerous studies have found that one in seven persons on death row are later proven innocent. ... In the book Death And Discrimination by Gross and Mauro, research done by Harold Garfinkel concluded that, "defendants who kill whites were more likely to be sentenced to death than those who k...

• Word Count: 1323
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Justice Department, Bureau of Justice Statistics April 1998 report on alcohol and crime, "About 3 million violent crimes occur each year in which victims perceive the offender to have been drinking at the time of the offense. ... The Magnuson-3- repercussions of their actions included countless hours of community service, reading a book that extensively discussed what the veterans of World War I went through, writing an essay of what the book discussed, receiving probation, receiving a huge fine, and having to repair what was damaged at the park. ... The National Youth Violence Prevention ...

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This book has many recipes ranging from breakfast treats to different forms of dessert. ... On the front of the book he illustrates the tasty illusions of Oreo cookies and crumbs. ... This is because all of the recipes that many didn't know could come from Oreos is in this book. ... Food Journal Report I have never really thought about why or what I consume until recently, but I have come to realize that I generally love food. ... Cooking Report: Chocolate Oreo & Whipped Cream Cake I chose the Chocolate Oreo and Whipped Cream Cake out of the Oreo cookbook for two reasons; because I absolu...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Nearly eight percent of elementary schools have reported discipline problems. ... Although reports do indicate that the use of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and crack is down among students, the consumption of alcohol is not. ... In 1992, nearly 1.9 million cases of child abuse were reported. ... In response to this, many schools are starting random checks of book bags and lockers. ...

• Word Count: 1180
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• Grade Level: High School

Since the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centers, statistics from an FBI report of hate crimes in American showed that the number of crimes against Muslim or Arab Americans jumped from 28 in 2000 to 481 after September 11th. ... According to reports, the teenagers drove him to a deserted part of a long road and preceded to beat him and leave him for dead. ... You may think that the statutes are your security- they are nothing but words in a book. ...

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In a book titled Marihuana: an Old Medicine of the Future, Dr. Lester Grinspoon states, "More than 7,600 annual deaths and 70,000 hospitalizations caused by NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) are reported. Cannabis smoked several times a day is often as effective as NSAIDs or acetaminophen in osteoarthritis, and there have been no reports of death from cannabis.""...

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In his book, The Law, Federic Bastiat writes, "humans have inalienable rights that existed outside of and before government. ... (Jacobs, Landes, and Siegel) The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that in 1998, thirty-seven states and the federal prison system held 3,452 prisoners under sentence of death, all of which had committed murder. ...

• Word Count: 699
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• Grade Level: High School

The politics could never play out without the reporters but on that same side the politics could never play out without a reporter willing to report what the political official wants to be heard. ... Lance talks about how fragile this relationship is by stating, "When those sources are powerful officials surrounded by an entourage of eager reporters clamoring for news, it is always possible that those who report what officials want them to will be rewarded while those who fail to convert key political messages into news will be punished." ... Since September 11th American's see a lot of r...

• Word Count: 3052
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School

According to World Investment Report 1994, published by the United Nations, TNCs indirectly employed another 77 million people. The reports concluded that the power of these giant companies and the power they wield are still in the hands of an elite group whose global dominance is unmistakable. ...

• Word Count: 5140
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When a violent action is reported publicly, there is a move to blame someone or something for what has happened. ... Does media violence "Video, game, book, or otherwise "influence people, including young adults? ... Many reports on the issue have been made and most of the results of these studies have been inconclusive. ... While a movie depicting mass slaying of young children while culturally offering their souls as a meaningless pagan sacrifice will never find it way to the movie screens without serious knocks in its rating, the same situation is not placed on a book. ...

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In Helen Cothran's book Gun Control she uses overwhelming of evidence proving that private gun ownership leads to higher rates of gun violence, that gun control will reduce lethal crimes, and that gun control will reduce school violence. ... For murders in 1992, for example, in which the relationship and circumstances were reported (61 percent of all murders): Almost half of the victims were either related to (12 percent) or acquainted with (35 percent) their killers. ... In David Kopel's book Guns, Who Should Have Them?... In the following vie...

• Word Count: 2182
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• Grade Level: High School

This book does not try to make a political statement by addressing the issues surrounding America's involvement in Vietnam. ... The book opens with a brief description of the training the soldiers of the 1st battalion 7th Calvary received before leaving the United States. ... Once the foundation had been laid, the book jumped quickly into the story of the battle. Here are a few examples of the most memorable short stories told in the book. ... It has been suggested using declassified documents that General Taylor and General Harkin deliberately misled the President with falsified reports ...

• Word Count: 2373
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"A University at Buffalo economics professor reported that the 3.4 million jobs offshore from the U.S. between 2002 and 2015 represented a miniscule 0.53 percent of the nearly 60 million jobs within nine categories"" (Offshoring. ... According to a report in the U.S. ... Of the displaced workers 55 percent who found jobs, reported lower earnings than what they before displacement. ...

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Research reports are divided on the causes of school violence. Some refer to family situations. They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather th...

• Word Count: 2600
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate