Book Review Essay

actual historical background and knowledge about it. She is able to describe everything in a very vivid manner. As an example of this, in the beginning of the book in the year 1997, she depicts the suicide bombing in Café Apropos in Tel Aviv. Marcus also explores the final years of the Ottoman Empire. She does this by…

which the constitution was formed. The book, The Founding Fathers’ Guide to the Constitution, discusses each Article and Clause, using details from the records of the constitutional convention at Philadelphia, The Federalist Essays, private notes from attending delegates, State ratifying conventions, and essays written by the Antifederalists. Both sides of the debates, those in favor of and those against the constitution are included. A central theme of the book was the difficulty of crafting…

Sam Gambacorta 11-4-17 Writing Period 9 A Ghost Heart Reviewed By Sam Gambacorta: 12-6-17 If there is anybody who will do something stupid with you, it's your best friend. Just imagine having your BFF hanging out with group they said they'll never hang out with. Slowly drifting away from you because you turned silent and start talking about pee and then found out that your former best friend died. In this novel, A Thing About Jellyfish, by Ali Benjamin explains Suzys and her ‘best’ friend…

The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice by Bonnie G. Smith wrote about the roles of men and women in American and European historical writing during the nineteenth century. Smith stated that she “proposes that the development of modern scientific methodology, epistemology, professional practice, and writing has been closely tied to evolving definitions of masculinity and femininity” (1). She illustrated how gender shaped history from 1800-1940. This work analyzed the amateur…

Such as, “In 1815, Jefferson sold his 6,700-volume personal library to Congress for $23,950 to replace books lost when the British burned the U.S. Capitol, which housed the Library of Congress, during the War of 1812. Jefferson's books formed the foundation of the rebuilt Library of Congress's collections.” The article is well structured and flows nicely, it tells the story of Jefferson’s life and everything that he…

winner for his writing, has a new book which offers an introduction to the Qur 'an. It goes over the contents, use of the sacred text, origin of it, and the structure of the Qur’an. Offering a selection of views, the work allows the modern reader to openly discuss and analyze the issues and themes of the Islamic holy book. After the introduction to the book that elaborates and situates how the Qur 'an is studied by Muslims and experienced in life, Kaltner 's book takes up themes chapter by…

HOMEWARDBOUND BY: ELAINE TYLER MAY In Homeward Bound, May writes about the average American family after the World War II era. In the book May tries to create a connection between the family dynamics and the foreign and domestic policies after the World War II. She wrote about how Americans were trying to contain communism and how American lives were being contained in the home especially the women because women did not leave the house to go to work. Tyler May asserts that after the WORLD WAR…

In the preface of the book, “Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development”, Anna Wierzbicka explains that the people who are bilingual, are facing problems every day, due to the sense of the meaning of an word or a frase. She is focusing on multilingualism and emotions, the things that make harder the meanings of understanding between people. Also, she gives examples from her own life, whice are accurate, and shows very clearly the differences between languages. She was born in Poland…

professor of Catholic studies at DePaul University in Chicago. I believe that Cavanaugh successfully constructs his arguments and assembles a strong support for his goal of the book. Cavanaugh desired that the book would be useful and supportive of a form of theological microeconomics to which in my opinion it would be. The book is structured into four chapters whereby each directly and formatively engages with a particular topic/argument that contributes towards the thesis. Each chapter…

The Anger of the Dispossessed by John Phillips and Martin Evans is a fascinating example of Algeria’s recent and very wounded history, demonstrating how the expectancy of independence turned into outrage as Algerians grew progressively isolated. Algeria was in need of a new leadership so many turned to and the rising Islamist movement for this search for guidance and leadership. They were hung up on being unemployed and the tired of the treacherous military regime. The authors are mainly…