...offence. Shock. Anger. Don’t panic. Negative book reviews, especially those that are potentially malicious, are near the top list of nightmare scenarios for every writer. You have been putting your heart and soul into pursuing your passion. So it is understandable when you would like to act first in the face of negativity and have regrets later. Please don’t! Hold your tongue. It makes no difference if you won the Pulitzer Price, or if you teach English in high school classes, or how many books you have sold. Check it out, many negative reviews show up on Bestseller...
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...Spradling 3 Human beings are very different from each other yet they are so much alike considering how we become the people that we are today. From the moment we are brought into this world we begin to understand the world that we live in due to our environment and the genes that we have inherited from our parents. Therefore what makes us who we are? Many people would believe that we learn because of what we experience in life and others would argue that we are predestined because of our heredity. Both parties have piled up plenty of evidence to support their theory. Genes are the basis of our lives and as we grow the environment influences how our genes react and program our brains. “Genes are designed to take their cues from nurture. The more we lift the lid on the genome, the more vulnerable to experience genes appear to be. Ridley explains easily that genes are not puppet masters pulling the strings of our behavior (a common misunderstanding), but are puppets at the mercy of our behavior” (Mysterud). Nature vs. Nurture is still an ongoing controversy that psychologist cannot come to an agreement on. Nature deals with the inheritable factors while Nurture deals with the environmental factors that we grow up around in. Nature via Nurture by Matt Ridley explains that nature and nurture are both important factors that make a person who they are and who they become. Genes are the nature part of the human beings where we learn, how we think, and how we act. Ridley writes: ...
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...Frontier Rebels is a book focusing on the Black Boys, Native Americans, and colonists and their effects on the fight for American Independence in the West from 1765 to 1776. The main idea that Patrick Spero is trying to communicate to readers is “... the story of the Black Boys doesn’t fit easily into this idea of the American Revolution as a struggle for liberty. Beneath the Black Boys, desire for liberty and freedom from the British is an unpleasant, perhaps unpopular, truth that may have caused past historians to look the other way: behind the Black Boys movement was a deep fear of the Native Americans that turned into hatred through war. Its vehemence clouds the heroic narratives of colonial rebels fighting to overthrow a tyrannical imperial...
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...many roles and must deal with people effectively to succeed. Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People was first published in 1936 in post-depression era but his insights on how to use social skills to improve human relations can still be applied present day. He presents techniques for approaching people that are simple, yet can prove to be powerful in improving relationships. The book is broken down into four main parts: “1) Fundamental Techniques in Handling People, 2) Ways to Make People Like You, 3) How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking and 4) Being a Leader: How to Change People without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment” (Carnegie, 1936). Leaders in every arena will benefit from the advice given in this book. Great leaders know how to deal with people to be successful, yet it is probably the biggest problem they face. In part one, Carnegie gives some techniques for handling people in a way that will make both people come out of a difficult situation without hard feelings towards each other. Carnegie gives the example of criminals, such as Al Capone and “Two Gun” Crowley who don’t blame themselves for any wrong doing and says that if these criminals think this way, how about normal people we come into contact with? He says “ninety-nine times out of a hundred, people don’t criticize themselves for anything, no matter how wrong it may be”. (p.5) So the first technique a leader should apply is to not criticize people, it will only make the person...
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...Total Money Makeover Book Review So, you’re making payments on your car, your furniture, your house and your credit cards. In other words, you’re a typical American…and you’re in trouble. You’re behind on your payments and see no earthly way to dig your way out of your miserable pit. You need Dave Ramsey. Dave Ramsey is direct, he doesn’t sugar-coat his advice. He’ll tell you what’s smart and what’s not so smart. He won’t tell you that the road out of debt is always easy. Ramsey gives a step by step approach to getting out of debt, saving and investing for the future, but he also gives you more. People in financial trouble, such as myself, need more than a method; they need hope. Ramsey offers hope by telling you from his personal experience and the experiences of others. This book gives the wisdom you need, but additionally gives testimony after testimony of people who were in serious debt and became debt free, as I am on my way to becoming by following his advice to, deal with your denial, don’t swallow the lie that debt is a tool, start a lifetime quest to learn more about money, setting up a budget, and taking the baby steps toward financial freedom. Deal with your denial Before chapter one begins, Dave Ramsey explains that his book is neither sophisticated nor complicated. I found this to be true as I began reading along. Given that I was already feeling defeated about my financial situation, Dave Ramsey did very well by providing several laughing opportunities...
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...Center Book Reviews Like 17 people like this. What this handout is about This handout will help you write a book review, a report or essay that offers a critical perspective on a text. It offers a process and suggests some strategies for writing book reviews. What is a review? A review is a critical evaluation of a text, event, object, or phenomenon. Reviews can consider books, articles, entire genres or fields of literature, architecture, art, fashion, restaurants, policies, exhibitions, performances, and many other forms. This handout will focus on book reviews. Above all, a review makes an argument. The most important element of a review is that it is a commentary, not merely a summary. It allows you to enter into dialogue and discussion with the work’s creator and with other audiences. You can offer agreement or disagreement and identify where you find the work exemplary or deficient in its knowledge, judgments, or organization. You should clearly state your opinion of the work in question, and that statement will probably resemble other types of academic writing, with a thesis statement, supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Typically, reviews are brief. In newspapers and academic journals, they rarely exceed 1000 words, although you may encounter lengthier assignments and extended commentaries. In either case, reviews need to be succinct. While they vary in tone, subject, and style, they share some common features: First, a review gives...
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...position in the book industry, we develop a SWOT analysis. A SWOT analysis can help one uncover opportunities that his/she is well-placed to exploit. And by understanding the weaknesses of the business, one can manage and eliminate threats that would otherwise catch his/her unawares. More than this, by looking at Ginger and the competitors using the SWOT framework, we can start crafting a strategy that helps her distinguish herself from your competitors and to compete successfully in the book market. Strengths and weakness represents internal factors while opportunities and threats represents external factors. (See figure 1) Figure 1 Strengths | Weakness | -Focus on educational topics-Support from parents-Trilogy | - She does everything on her own- She doesn’t make good use of social media- No brand power | Opportunities | Threats | -Present the book in a launch party -Expand to market through social media-School encourages the the topic | -Too many competitors out in the market-May receive bad book reviews. | Strengths are those that Ginger is good at or something that can help the enables her to have competitive edge. Ginger has some strengths that make her stand out in the market. First, her book The Boy Who Rode the Tiger focus on positive spirit and teaches teenagers the concept of courage and grace. Her book contains important classroom values and will be welcomed by schools. Ginger has gone to different schools to present her previous book. It is an...
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...The Art of Thinking Clearly Critical Review Colby Wallace Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Abstract This paper is a critical review on Rolf Dobelli’s novel, The Art of Thinking Clearly. It is composed of a literature review and a critical analysis. The literature review section will be a composition of research gathered to: have a better understanding of the books sources, test for sloppy reasoning and get a good understanding of how the book is perceived through reviews. All research will be done through the novel itself, N.A.I.Ts library database and reputable online sources. The information found in the literature review will then be evidence used to determine the answers to the seven key critical questions: 1. What is the source of the article? 2. What kind of publication is it for what audience? 3. What is the main point (thesis) of the article? 4. Are there any new insights about the topic that you did not have before reading it? 5. Do you agree or disagree with its position and evaluation of the topic? 6. How reliable is this particular source as a guide to the truth of the topic? 7. Also, which, if any, of the sloppy reasoning errors can be found in the article? The paper will close with a conclusion that reiterates the papers key points. The Art of Thinking Clearly Critical Review Dobelli, R. (2013). The Art of Thinking Clearly. London: Sceptre. The Art of Thinking Clearly (TAOTC) takes a philosophical look at...
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...the new Elector. It’s their chance to change the nation, to give voice to a people silenced for too long. But as June realizes this Elector is nothing like his father, she’s haunted by the choice ahead. What if Anden is a new beginning? What if revolution must be more than loss and vengeance, anger and blood—what if the Patriots are wrong? Review Note: This review will have slight spoilers for ‘Legend’ as well as ‘Prodigy’ so go read these wonderful books and then come back and discuss all of the things! What I liked (Besides the obvious, June and Day) Kaede: We get to see Kaede in this book. I know that some people are a little wary about her but for some reason I love her as a character and I’m glad we got to see her. The Tunnel Scene: I loved this scene because it shows that Day and June are real people. They pick fights and they have flaws. What I didn’t like Tess: I actually loved Tess in Legend but in Prodigy she was just really whiny and desperate to win Day’s heart. Like just kill her off already. Anden: I can see why people like Anden because he is nice and I think he really cares about June. I just didn’t like him because Day is obviously a better match for her and I was just eager to see June and Day to be together. Even though I didn’t love Prodigy as much as Legend, it was still a really great book overall. I forgot to mention in the beginning of this review that it took me two years on and off to read this because I just found a couple...
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...is censorship in books. There is also censorship in school, with filters and limits of what websites you are allowed to be on. In The United States the first amendment states that every American has a right to the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. In elementary school, censorship is only really common in the school library. Many books can...
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...scholarly, professional, and trade sources when doing research. The first important difference between scholary, popular, and trade sources is who they are written by. Scholarly sources are written by scholarly authors. These are people who are experts in the field that they are writing about. They usually have one of more phds.Occasionally you will see scholarly scources written by phd canidates or people with master degrees. On the other hand popular degrees are written y non-experts. Journalists and freelance writers make up a large percentage of the authors of popluar sources. Ocasssionally you will see a popular publication about a certain topic written by an expert. But just because the author is a scholar doesn’t make the article scholarly. Trade magazines, also known as professional magazines or journals, are publications about skilled work that require special knowledge and skills but people don’t get advanced degrees in those fields. Articles and trade journals are written by people with extensive training, experience, and relevant certifications in theor fields regardless if they have college degrees. The second important difference points out that it’s not only important who wrote the article but who it is written for. Scholarly articles and books are written for fellow experts in a specialized sunject area. They are also read by undergraduate and graduate students who are taking courses in that area. Because they are intended for fellow experts, scholarly articles use...
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...The book being reviewed for this essay is titled A Question of Identity: Iberian Converso’s in Historical Perspective, written by Renee Levine Melammed. It is divided into eight different chapters that deal with the complicated relationship between Christians, Converso’s, and the Jews of the Iberian Peninsula. The plan of forced conversions in 1391 was indeed successful, but nobody was prepared for the aftermath of what transpired. How to deal with the massive influx of converts into Christianity was an enormous problem, and the question of identity became the central area of concern. As one will see, religious incentive was the dominant motivator for forcible conversion that ultimately led to the problematic question of identity amongst the...
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...for the cinema. Awards Won the Ambassador Book Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Asian American Literary Award, Premio Speciale Dal Testo Allo Schermo, and South Bank Show Award for Literature. Was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Commonwealth Writers Prize, Arts Council England Decibel Award, Australia-Asia Literary Award, and Index on Censorship T R Fyvel Award. Was named a Book of the Decade by the Guardian and a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. Reviews 'An artist of fantastic cunning... demonstrates what certain trumped-up laureates of post-modernity seem incapable of grasping: that it is possible to simultaneously address the byzantine monstrosity of contemporary existence and care about the destiny of one's characters... [a] resounding success... not unworthy of Nabokov.' -- The Village Voice (full review) 'Taut and accomplished... Changez's story, which seems to gush from him like blood from a wound, traces the self's shifting sense of itself against the rumblings of a rudely shaken world... Dostoyevskian.' -- San Francisco Chronicle (full review) 'Changez's voice is extraordinary. Cultivated, restrained, yet also barbed and passionate, it evokes the power of butler Stevens in Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day... brilliantly written and well worth a read.' -- The Seattle Times (full review) 'Some books are acts of courage... Extreme times call for extreme...
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...Thirteen Clocks is a book focusing on the founding fathers and their view on race and exclusivity during the American Revolution to create the Declaration of Independence in 1775. The main idea that Robert Parkinson is trying to communicate to readers is, “Race made the 13 clocks chime together; the consequences would last long after 1776.” Throughout his book on the founders and the Thirteen Clocks, Parkinson makes extensive use of both primary sources and secondary works. Among the primary sources that Parkinson uses extensively are the Journals of American History and the American Archives. Secondary works that Parkinson uses extensively include journals like the American Journal and the Constitutional Journal. Parkinson’s central argument,...
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