got older it was only going to get more complex. I never quite understood why books like Shakespeare were so important to my education but I was always told it was so I never questioned it. In The Lonely‚ Good Company of Books‚ I completely agree with Rodriguez on his claim about the disconnection of young students’ education and reading lists of books. A student’s education is based on way more than just reading books throughout their educational lives. From personal experience to claims made my
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Good to Great Book Report The ideas that are given in this book will stimulated my mind into becoming a leader and perhaps enabled me to bring my company ahead of the competitors. It was amazing to see how Collins spent nearly five years in comparing the mediocre companies with great companies. One most notable difference is on how the level 5 leader responds to each situation that the company faces. This book will helped me to understand that if a company becomes big‚ its not because of the skilled
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revenge but holds his temper. "When they hurled their insults at him‚ he did not retaliate; when he suffered‚ he made no threats. Instead‚ he entrusted himself to him who judges justly."� (1Peter 2:23) Charles Dickens teaches us in his novel‚ Great Expectations‚ that people who seek revenge on others often end up hurting themselves as well. One person who finds herself getting hurt after she takes vengeance on others is Miss Havisham. After being left at the altar by a man named Compeyson‚ she vows to
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READING BOOKS IS A GOOD HABIT Books record what wise men have heard‚ seen‚ thought or discovered. The eternal truths are recorded in good books. They instruct us in our youth and comfort us in our old age. Francis Bacon says: "Reading make a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man". Reading habit is one of the best characteristics that a man can possess. Once the habit of reading books grows in one‚ it seldom dies out. It is said that a book is one’s best friend in life. By
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Susan Simmons Book Review Good Wives by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich October 3‚ 2010 This book was written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and is titled “Good Wives Image and Reality in the lives of Women in Northerner New England 1650-1750”. The author is giving an account of what life was really like for the women in Northern New England of 1650-1750. The book starts with a letter address from a father to his daughter pertaining to the death of his wife and her mother‚ Dorothy Dudley. He says he
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Good to Great by Jim Collins is by far the best business-oriented book that I’ve read that can be applied to any career situation. I can see why it has gained the notoriety and respect from top level executives around the world. I have read other business type books which were more of a motivational lecture than actual years of research going into the making of one text. Before reading this book‚ my preconceived notion was that I would be lost in trying to understand executive jargon. That was not
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For my Student Choice Book Report assignment‚ I read the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Jim Collins‚ put the book together along with the contributions and collaborations of the Good to Great research team. The main purpose of the book was about the following question; “Can a good company become a great company and‚ if so‚ how?” (pg. 5). Jim and the research team have answered this question in a couple of different categories of disciplined. I picked two of them people‚ and thought. The first
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LEAP IN PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE In social research‚ the question‚ assumption and development of theories are traditionally centered on a search for truth‚ knowledge or at least communicate information for decision making. My initial reading of Good to Great was by no means presented as a research project and left the reader feeling as if he had just been introduced to a motivational speaker or a misplaced stock broker. However‚ as a Doctoral student‚ I applied some basic analytic matrix learning
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Jude by Kate Morgenroth is a story about a fifteen year old named Jude. It’s a pretty good book about a kid who struggles in a drug and murder world. Jude’s mom abandoned him when he was young. His dad was drug dealer that mainly deal with heroin. Sadly his dad was murdered and he was a witness. He can’t go to the police or his life will be in danger. This is the story of a fifteen year old named Jude. When his dad dies of an overdose he is alone. Till his mom with open arms lets him in her life
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for Sarah Byrnes. I believe that Eric is a good friend because he cares about her‚ he would do anything to keep her safe‚ and
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