Category: Book Review

‘A Different Shade of Gray’ written by Katherine Newman looks at a neglected group within the inner city. This group is the minorities that are middle-aged or older and they include African American, Puerto Rican, and Dominican respondents who took place in New York City life history interviews. Newman compares this data against a larger…

Guy de Maupassant’s most well-known literary work is the short story ‘The Necklace.’ This classic de Maupassant story is set in nineteenth-century France and is known for its unexpected ending. The plot centers on a young woman and her husband, who enjoyed a normal middle-class existence before becoming completely deprived due to an unfortunate tragedy.…

“A Marsh is not a swamp, a marsh is a space of light where grass grows in water…Then within the marsh, here and there, true, swamp…Swamp water is still dark, having swallowed the light in its muddy throat. …the swamp is quiet” (1969, page 11, Prologue). ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens is all…

The book, ‘Understanding and Handling Dog Aggression’, is an introduction into canine aggression and its causes. Its author, Barbara Sykes, is a highly experienced dog trainer and registered behaviorist and also one of the UK’s top shepherdesses, winning many trials. She has a specialization in Border Collies and has also written books regarding the training…

With references to wider reading, explore and compare the impact of a totalitarian state in The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood) and Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro). In The Handmaid’s Tale and Never Let Me Go, both authors explore and compare the impact of the totalitarian states present within the novels. Both Atwood and Ishiguro…

Protagonist: The protagonist is Jonas. He lives in a family of 4, which consists of himself, Lily, Father, and Mother. He will later meet a baby named Gabe, who has a matching trait with Jonas that is very unique. They both had pale blue eyes. His best friend was named Asher, and he was also…

Mark Twain is taken into account as one of the best writers of American literature. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one among his greatest and celebrated novels. It absolutely was first revealed in 1884 within the Britain, and later in 1885 within the North American nation. It’s majorly called first American literature to be…

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847 under the name Ellis Bell. The novel follows Gothic and Romantic traditions of the time, complete with images of natural grandeur, literal and metaphorical sublimity, and elements of the supernatural. Throughout the novel, Brontë uses descriptions of the dark landscape and stormy weather to reflect the…

In this book, the author Kenneth Neal Waltz who is a realist academic has established a system using three ‘images of analysis’ in explaining the root and the cause of conflicts in international relationship criteria. Waltz has believed in realism and using realism approach and theory in explaining and describing the international system as he…

The book I have chosen to read and review is ‘Love Does No Harm: Sexual Ethics for the Rest of Us’ by Marie Fortune. In this book, the author addresses the modern-day problems with intimate relationships and provides guidelines regarding proper boundaries for healthy, loving relationships. The book focuses on the processes involved in making…