Book review

Allison Hellman Viatori ANTHRO 201 24 October 2017 Buried Secrets Book Review Victoria Sanford provides an appreciated examination with her book Buried Secrets on the violence that overwhelmed Guatemala from the late 1970s through the 80s and in the early 90s. As a forensic anthropologist doing her work in Guatemala after the stir of the civil war, she unearthed many of the fatalities that the government would have preferred to have kept hidden from the world. Violence is something everyone…

Stuck in Neutral Book Review Stuck in Neutral is a book about a kid named Shawn, forgot his last name for lack of interest. He is paralyzed and stuck in a hospital for the entire book. That’s right the whole book, you think being paralyzed for real is boring? Just wait and read this book, somehow the writer manages to make it less entertaining than being actually completely paralyzed. The time that I read this was in circles with other students during freshman year so I never actually wanted to…

Patrick Lewis Professor Zajkowski 5/6/2016 Historical Review of: The Golden Ass The novel The Golden Ass is the only surviving novel in its entirety from the Roman empire. The book was published in the second century CE and has survived since then. This book can be used as a primary source to inform the readers about the life and situations of the Roman empire. This is because the book was written during those times. The Golden Ass has many themes that you see while reading. One of the…

Book review If you are interested in history and social matters and like the classics, I would highly recommend the following novel: Sula, written by Toni Morrison. This book depicts the trials of African Americans between 1919 and 1965, and it portrays women’s conditions in those days. In the same time, it tells the story of women’s revolt and an important part of American history. Toni Morrison is a gifted novelist who is able to write about very sensitive topics with straightforwardness and…

Book Review Title: Otis Spofford Pages:191 Characters: Otis, Stewy, George, and Ellen Settings: A school, Otis’ house, and a frozen lake In this book, there was a boy named Otis Spofford, and here are some things you should know about him. He was a show off, and a pest, but occasionally, a kind boy. Otis Spofford is also…

Sofia Paiva de Araujo LTAM 6251 Dr. Erika Edwards November 6th, 2017 Book review Uribe-Uran, Victor. Fatal Love: Spousal Killers, Law, and Punishment in the Late Colonial Spanish Atlantic. Stanford University Press, 2015. Stanford Scholarship Online, 2016. doi: 10.11126/stanford/9780804794633.001.0001. This study investigates spousal murders in Spain and two of its colonies in the Atlantic, New Spain and New Granada, during the late colonial period (1740s-1820s). It explores how these…

Trey Cromwell Mrs. Prince English 4 26 October 2017 NIght Hoops book review Carl Decker portrays Night Hoops as a fictional book. Throughout the book the reader will be embarked on a journey with two high school freshman Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson who will go through many obstacles throughout this book The two protagonist in Night Hoops are completely different from each other. For example Nick Abbot is the kid that has A’s and B's in school, has a normal family who gets along well for…

the curricular requirements of AP Chinese Language and Culture. But we do can find some few books that are recommended by lots of test takers as well as teachers. 作者：Lilian 1.Barron’s AP Chinese Language and Culture 2nd Edition By Yan Shen, M.A. Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA, Los Angeles This is the best prep book for students to prepare AP(Advanced Placement) Chinese exam so far. It reviews all parts of the exam including Listening, Reading, Writing, Grammar,…

focused on the imperfections in his arguments, stating that they were weak or could have had more impact (336). In his review of Orientalism in 1980, Malcolm H. Kerr states that “Edward Said, a literary critic loaded with talent, has certainly made a splash [with Orientalism], but with this sort of effort he is not going to win any major races” (544). He goes on to explain: The book contains many excellent sections and scores many telling points, but it is spoiled by overzealous prosecutorial…

Book Review: 1 William T. Hagan, professor at the University of Oklahoma, is the author of the work “American Indians”, a non-fictional book about the history of Native Americans, and especially how religion played a vital role in their daily affairs. Hagan wrote this book to depict in graphic detail the various injustices committed against the Native Americans by the United States government, and to bring about a general awareness regarding people’s sometimes “inborn” bias against a…