Stephen Mendoza‚ HIST 2312 Wong‚ Jan. Red China Blues. Toronto: Doubleday/ Anchor Books‚ 1996. 395 pages. $11.95 In Jan Wong’s entrancing expose Red China Blues‚ she details her plight to take part in a system of “harmony and perfection” (12) that was Maoist China. Wong discloses her trials and tribulations over a course of three decades that sees her searching for her roots and her transformation of ideologies that span over two distinctive forms of Communist governments. This tale is so enticing
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Book Review The book that I read was Diary Of A Wimpy Kid written by Jeff Kinney it took me about two weeks to read. The book is a fictional story about a boy named Greg Heffley and how he started middle school. The main character in this story is Greg Heffley because it is his diary‚ day to day life of a young teenage boy. Through the book there is usually a lot of conflict between Greg and is older brother Rodrick and younger brother Manny such as fights ‚arguments ect. He also hangs out with
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Manila A Book Review Of the book Tinguians: Death of a Culture Presented to Prof. Maria Rhodora Agustin In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject of Philippine Pre-History Presented by Rica Mae G. Dominguez Bachelor of Arts in History 2-1 March 4‚ 2013 Tinguians: Death of a Culture By: Nid Anima I. Introduction II. About the Author III. Summary IV. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Book V. Importance of the Book VI. Analysis
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Book Review „The Notebook“ by Nicholas Sparks An old man reads to a woman‚ who has Alzheimer’s disease‚ a story in a retirement home: Noah returns from World War 2 to his town in North Carolina. He sees his old girlfriend‚ Allie‚ again after a 14-year separation. It brings back many memories and strong emotions in both of them. Noah has written Allie letters every day‚ but she has not received them. Allie is engaged to another man now‚ but realizes that the original passion she felt for Noah
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what went on during his time as leader. This is also discussed in our book with details. He though gave greater detail of things that happened and greater depth and research of explanation. His book helps with understanding how the country was built. Compared to our book that we read and understand his book is one to refer to if you are interested in greater detail on certain topics at hand. 4. Strengths and Weaknesses This book helps bring about a better clear and understanding to topics that not
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BOOK REVIEW THE THIRD SEX AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS By Rajesh Talwar The third sex and the human rights as the name suggests throws light on the plight of the third sex. In this book‚ Rajesh Talwar talks about not only the socio economic plight of the third sex but also discusses various problems faced by this community while struggling for their political and human rights at the international level. Many of us would be perplexed about the usage of terms like eunuchs/ transgender/
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formative years when one is in school. In her book‚ Queen Bees and Wannabes‚ Wiseman discusses these very issues‚ such as friendship‚ its importance and benefits‚ and more importantly‚ dealing with bullies and mean girls. Not only is this book helpful to teenage girls‚ but it is specifically geared towards parents and provides them with a plethora of helpful strategies on how to deal with their daughters and enhance their social lives. Each chapter in this book is divided into several sections. They all
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Practical Book Review: Why Don’t We Listen Better? Patty Smith Liberty University SUMMARY! Petersen breaks down the communication process in five parts. These areas come are separate and work together in different ways. Petersen breaks down the communication process so it easy to understand. Flat brain theory of emotions tells of how the mind and emotions interact (Petersen‚ 2007). Pictures are provided to provide visual perspective of where the logic is. The stomach represents feelings
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A Book Review: Work and Motivation Missouri State University Work and Motivation published in 1964 by Victor Vroom is a compilation of studies done by researchers in social psychology. Vroom’s main purpose for writing Work and Motivation was to link what has already been done in the field of social psychology into a piece from which future research could be derived. Work and Motivation is divided into five parts‚ the introductory speaks about the cognitive model‚ which funnels the
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A book review on: Sirish ko phool (The blue mimosa) This beautiful novel was written by one of the most talented lady in the Nepali literature sector‚ we all know her as Parijat. This book was published by Sanjha prakashan‚ in 2068 B.S.‚ this novel was also awarded with ‘Madan Puraskar’ in 2022 B.S. This story is basically about a person named Suyog‚ who was a former soldier in the British-Gurkha Army and had fought in the Second World War; he had retired after the war was over and now maintained
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