Freakonomics was one of those books that I figured on being absolutely boring and, well besides a possible thirty extra points in my government class, it was going to be a complete waste of my time. Well you know the old saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”; yeah well this was it for ...
I used to pay full price for magazines. Since I received a full year of magazines, it didn’t sound like a bad deal. Then I learned that magazines make their money by selling advertisements. Consequently, magazines can usually give away subscriptions for free and still pull a profit. After a little research, I learned that ...
Herbert Gutman’s book, The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom 1750-1925 (1976), is a part of revisionist literature in reaction to earlier literature on slavery that emphasized the destructive impact of the institution on African American life. Gutman’s main purpose is to dispel the assertion made by Daniel P. Moynihan in The Negro Family in ...
Have you decided to add blueberries to your inventory of lesson plan topics? Did you already settle on a list of stories to incorporate into your students’ themed activities? If not, I’d like to mention several books that would be appropriate for such a unit. Here they are: “Blueberries for Sal” In my opinion, Robert ...
Jenna Jameson’s How to make love to a Porn Star while indeed a fascinating book, is more of a narcissist’s tale about her own ill-informed choices regarding sexuality and life-choices than it is a tell all book about the porn industry. While a lot of key players in the industry hated the book at the ...
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The Fountainhead has remained among classics of the 20th century. It written by Ayn Rand, an American woman of Russian descent. The book is written, based upon Rand’s objectivism ideas. For clarification purposes, objectivism is an extraordinary sort of philosophy, created by Rand herself. The main motif of the book is the struggle of a ...
The character of Falstaff holds warped ideas about the nature of virtue. In William Shakespeare’s 1 Henry IV, he epitomizes cowardice and self-indulgence. From his lack of courage on the battlefield to his addiction to sack, the way Falstaff conducts himself is hardly to be emulated. Though Falstaff lacks morals, he does not, however, lack ...
The first thing that crossed my mind when I saw this film was, albeit it looked quite amazing, I couldn’t quite get over the fact of Christian Bale starring. I’m not a big fan of him, quite disappointed with his roles in previous films like American Psycho and Reign of Fire, although I was, admittedly, ...
The Earth is in a state of change. It has been in this state since the beginning, some 4.5 billion years ago. It will continue to change long into the future. Try as we might, there is no escaping it. In limited detail, this article will explore one of the many ways this planet undergoes ...
