to any place he describes in the book‚ but the author Clarence M. Batan made me feel as if I had been there in the long sunset of March 7‚ 2000‚ when a social researcher named Clarence decided to visit her grandmother‚ Nanay Biday at the hospital. This book tells us how a typical Filipino family strives hard to achieve comfort in life. I researched first on the Internet the book‚ which is “Batong Bahay” by Clarence M. Batan‚ and I found out that this book is a Filipino family’s narrative of
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Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn This book talks about Mama Lola life and family heritage and how she becomes a healer in the Vodou religion. Marie Therese Alourdes Macena Champagne Lovinski or known as Mama Lola to everyone. She is the most famous Vodou priestess in the United States. The ethnographic book was written by Karen McCarthy who came in contact with Mama Lola in the 70’s and came very interested in the culture of Haitian Vodou. McCarthy becomes part of Mama Lola’s family and
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Maya Austell January 31‚ 2012 Book review Apostles of Disunion The way Charles B. Dew opened up this book was touching and smart. He and I share the same qualities in thinking about issues by looking at things from both sides‚ and in ways that haven’t been discussed or thought about. He was a born and raised southerner‚ and told of his up bringing in the south. His ancestors fought and died for the Confederacy. Although it may seem that he should be a die-hard supporter of the Confederate
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Lord of The Flies by William Golding Introduction As a child I would close my eyes and dream of magical adventures in a fantasy world. With this allegorical novel‚ William Golding brought my childhood imagination back to me. Below is a review of Lord of the Flies written in 1954. About the plot In Lord of the Flies‚ the action takes place in the midst of a nuclear war. A group of British boys find themselves stranded‚ without adult supervision‚ on a tropical island of the Pacific Ocean after
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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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Gelsthorpe‚ L. (2010) ‘Women‚ crime and control’ SAGE Publications This article was written by Loraine Gelsthorpe to ‘tease out Wacquant’s treatment of gender’ in his two books ‘Punishing the Poor’ and ‘Prisons in Poverty’ (Wacquant) Loraine takes a feminist approach towards Wacquant’s work and feels he needs to look into gender more. Agreeing with Loraine although Wacquant has written about the vulnerability of women in the regimes of workfare‚ he fails to understand how social policies escalate
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In 1903‚ Jack London wrote his best selling novel‚ concerning the life of a sled dog that travels throughout Alaska‚ the Yukon‚ and the Klondike. Throughout this book Jack London uses personification to illustrate the dog’s viewpoint. London describes what adventures the dog encounters after being kidnapped from his Santa Clara Valley home to be taken to Alaska as a sled dog to help men pursue gold in the gold rush of 1897. Buck‚ is the name of this sled dog who experiences his primitive life style
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I Am Sam In this movie‚ Sam Dawson‚ is a developmentally disabled adult who has been raising his daughter Lucy for seven years. He receives help in raising Lucy from a group of friends that also have developmental disabilities. Although Sam provides a loving and structured environment for Lucy‚ her intellectual development begins to surpass her fathers. Because Lucy’s school reported their findings of Lucy’s developmental progress possibly being altered by Sam’s disability‚ Lucy was taken
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Biography’ was one of the most eagerly awaited books of the year 2011. The book is a journey into the life of a legend who revolutionized the way people saw technology. Walter Issacson brings to life‚ the innovator‚ the dreamer and the devil within Steve Jobs. An absolutely must read! In my mind the sole purpose of reading non-fiction is to learn‚ and if you learn something‚ by definition you will be changed. So‚ what did I learn from this book? 1. I have a better understanding of Apple products
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BOOK REVIEW THE RULE MAKERS HOW THE WEALTHY AND WELL BORN DOMINATE CONGRESS The congress or the House of Representatives and the Senate or the upper house are the two components of the legislative branch of the Philippine government. They are meant to pass bills‚ create laws‚ and approve budgets that benefit their constituents and the nation as a whole. In theory‚ this is the ideal upon which they were built‚ they would legislate for the people to best serve them and to ensure the
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