Reynaldo S Leoncito ------------------------------------------------- Book review ------------------------------------------------- Stephen D. Brookfield The Skillful Teacher (On Technique‚ Trust and Responsiveness in the Classroom) 2nd Edition San Francisco‚ California Jossey-Bass 2006 277 pages On the on-set of the book‚ the author‚ Stephen Brookfield in describing the attributes of the ‘skillful teacher’‚ immediately focused his discussion not with the teacher alone but in
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Boundaries‚ published for the first time 2004. ’Massive Change’ is a guide to designs that have shaped our world from the past and those that could shape our future‚ whether for worse or better. Bruce Mau has utilised eleven main chapters‚ which focus mainly on various economies‚ different designers who discuss their views and general questions about their specific subject area. The whole ’book guide’ includes example pictures of important occurrences‚ where design itself failed or could not be sustained
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"Call of the Wild" Book Review By: Sheldon Shepard What if you were torn away from your home‚ your life‚ your family‚ and everything that was ever familiar to you‚ and got thrown into harsh‚ life threatening situations? Would you adapt in order to live and survive or would you be totally enveloped in the chaos and just give up‚ and become a name unmentioned? In Jack London’s book "Call of the Wild"‚ we are taught that anyone or thing can be taken from its surroundings and hurled into a world
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韩佳利 Starry 131100024 Class A Metaphor‚ reality or illusion? ——A Book Review on The Hunger Games The Hunger Games‚ which is considered as the best science fiction of the American writer Suzanne Collins‚ won the first place of The New York Times best-seller list. The book‚ which is “brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced1”‚ is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen‚ who volunteers to participate in the Hunger Games‚ a fight to the death on live TV and has no choice but to make
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Mavericks at Work William C. Taylor & Polly Labarre Book Review Lau Wa Kwan‚ Edwin 11532323G MM511 Managing Organizations and People (2011/2012 Term 1) Introduction In the past 10-20 years‚ the environment changed vigorously due to globalization and rapid development of internet. If organizations just follow the old success formula‚ probably it will go out of business. In the book “Mavericks at Work”‚ William C. Taylor & Polly Labarre mentioned how “Mavericks” leaded their
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I read “The Silent Boy”. This book was published in 2003. It is classified as a “Young adult literature” and “Historical fiction” book. This great book was written by Lois Lowry. The writer of the book‚ Lois Lowry‚ uses a very easy language to understand. "The Silent Boy" is written in a diary format‚ and has tiny pictures of its’ characters. This story was told by Katy Thatcher‚ an old woman which lived in 1987. In the book she tells the reader about the critical period in her life. Katy’s dad
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Gaywonn Tavares Cont. Dev. in Criminal Justice The Wilding of America Book Review Professor Lake 24 March 2012 The Wilding of America is Wilding by Charles Derber is an interesting novel into the wretched nature of American society‚ where the different form of wilding have become normalized. Wilding also exists outside of the American society. Derber begins to explain White Wilding vs. Black Wilding‚ by giving the reader an example of the Central Park Jogger story. The Central Park Jogger‚ which
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Book Review #2 How History Exposes the System By: Nicholas McGee (w1073395) History 320 Fall 2012 How History Exposes the System A significant portion of African-American history in the western new age democracy of the Americas over the past four hundred years is a reminiscence of stories from the years when African-Americans were used as slaves on the plantations or farms of affluent‚ white farmers. One intriguing story of slavery and the struggles with it was written by a guy named Melton
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the experiences he went through during chaos in his country‚ Afghanistan. The story centers around Amir‚ the main character‚ and Hassan. Amir and Hassan are totally different people. Amir is well educated Muslim. Also he tends to read a lot of books. With his nerd like attributes‚ is somewhat disappointing to his father’s eyes. Hassan is a servant to Amir’s family. Aside as a servant he would still treat Amir with a lot of respect. Hassan would basically do everything for Amir even if he is
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Giancarlo Motta Mrs. Leite Honors English Period 4 May 12‚ 2014 Treasure Island Book Review Treasure Island is classic a pirate tale written by acclaimed Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The story is about a young man named Jim Hawkins and his quest for the legendary treasure of “Captain Flint”‚ a notorious pirate of the seven seas. The story is narrated and told through the perspective of Jim Hawkins. The treasure of Captain Flint is located on Treasure Island‚ a place every
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