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Leadership Style of Steve Jobs

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The author of the following book report "Leadership Style of Steve Jobs" especially casts light on the fact that Steve Jobs is an iconic figure because of the way he carried out his responsibilities as a leader and founder of the Apple Technologies.... .... ... ... This enabled the free flow of information across all levels of the organization, as well as boosted the morale of workers since they got an opportunity to present their ideas, inventions, and opinions directly to the executives of the company for consideration and review....

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Social Convention and Adolescence

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'If we stray from the confines of social convention, we begin to see that the distinctions between childhood, adulthood, and adolescence are fragile and permeable'.... The paper "Social Convention and Adolescence" discusses the statement with reference to 'The Lovely Bones' and 'The Cement Garden'....

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Greed and Glory on Wall Street by Ken Auletta

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The author of the paper "Greed and Glory on Wall Street by Ken Auletta" is of the view that for business reporting, Auletta's narrative is exemplary, though it does slow down the pace of the book.... It recounts details gathered from interviews with key characters in the story.... ... ... ... The following paper analyses the book titled Greed and Glory on Wall Street by Ken Auletta....

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Effective Use of Strong Passwords for Online Security

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The paper 'Effective Use of Strong Passwords for Online Security' is a relevant example of an information technology literature review.... The paper 'Effective Use of Strong Passwords for Online Security' is a relevant example of an information technology literature review....

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John Donnes Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

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This book review "John Donne's Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" presents John Donne's Valediction: Forbidding Mourning makes extensive use of the metaphysical conceit, 'a comparison, often elaborate, extended, or startling, between objects which are apparently dissimilar' (Beckson and Ganz 45).... ...

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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

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The paper "Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe" discusses that West Africa and Nigeria in particular are among the world's countries colonized by the British.... Just like in other places, the arrival of the British in Umuofia caused much instability in the social systems.... ... ... ... In response to the treatment of the prisoners, the village crier arranged for a meeting of all people from the nine villages to discuss headway....

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Witchcraft Trials in Colonial America

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The paper "Witchcraft Trials in Colonial America" suggests the number of witchcraft trials for Salem was higher than in any other region.... Historical writings attribute this to the predominant puritan religion in the area.... There was an avocation of strict faith in all areas that constituted morality....

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Is Geoengineering a Necessary Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

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The paper "Is Geoengineering a Necessary Climate Change Adaptation Strategy?... supposes that given the confusion and risks, it would be wise to apply a precautionary measure to employ geoengineering technology.... As a result, more scientific data are needed to enable probable risks to be evaluated....

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Relationship between Sleep Deprivation, Drowsy Driving Episodes, and Accidents among the Night Shift Hospital Nurses

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The paper 'Relationship between Sleep Deprivation, Drowsy Driving Episodes, and Accidents among the Night Shift Hospital Nurses' is an affecting example of a literature review on nursing.... The paper 'Relationship between Sleep Deprivation, Drowsy Driving Episodes, and Accidents among the Night Shift Hospital Nurses' is an affecting example of a literature review on nursing....

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Theme on The Great Gatsby

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The paper "Theme on The Great Gatsby" discusses that Fitzgerald's conception of the characters of Gatsby and Daisy are not stereotyped.... These are not traits we expect from people who have reached an exalted state due to hard albeit illicit work (in Gatsby's case) or sheer ambition (in Daisy's)....

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Welfare to Work and Principal Carer Parents

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This review "Welfare to Work and Principal Carer Parents" seeks to explore the 'welfare-to-work policy,' its meaning, context, impact, options, and implications for social work.... The paper considers publications about the policy in the Australian context.... ... ... ... The welfare recipients in Australia have been increasing rapidly with time because of the increased number of people without employment....

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System Security and Rise of Internet due to Advancement of Information Technology

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This paper "System Security and Rise of the Internet due to Advancement of Information Technology" tells that the internet of becoming an important part of human life as it offers a platform for shopping empowers the citizens, enables people to access information, and even makes the government be transparent....

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Should America Have Stronger Gun Control Laws

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"Should America Have Stronger Gun Control Laws" paper argues that the freedoms that American's hold so dear would not have been possible if it weren't for their right to own guns.... To ensure that their freedoms are never taken away guns are a necessity when it comes to defending the country.... ...

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The Behavioral Approach in the Management

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The paper "TThe Behavioral Approach in the Management" believes that training, motivation, and provision of appropriate work tools are ways in which behavioral approach fills the existing gap left by human relation experts while their focus was on interpersonal relations.... ... ... ... The behavioral approach focuses on individuals and group attitudes as well as forms of behavior and performance....

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Effective Leadership Style for Individual Motivation, Harnessing Group Cohesiveness and Commitment

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The paper 'Effective Leadership Style for Individual Motivation, Harnessing Group Cohesiveness and Commitment' is a fitting example of a management literature review.... The paper 'Effective Leadership Style for Individual Motivation, Harnessing Group Cohesiveness and Commitment' is a fitting example of a management literature review....

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Analysis of International Legal Enforcement Procedures

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This review "Analysis of International Legal Enforcement Procedures " discusses human rights in situations of armed conflicts.... The procedures of implementing international human rights law in conditions of armed conflicts require the consideration of children, the state, non-state actors.... ... ...

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Guarded by Mystery: Meaning in a Postmodern Age Critique

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The review "Guarded by Mystery: Meaning in a Postmodern Age Critique" focuses on the critical analysis of the book Guarded by Mystery: Meaning in a Postmodern Age by David Walsh.... The book was published by the Catholic University of America press in 1999 in Washington.... ... ... ... The author, David Walsh was a politics professor at the Catholic University of America....

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Assessment in Special Education

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This literature review "Assessment in Special Education" presents assessment processes in special education that entail setting up evaluation regulations and needs in order to obtain services and information on learning input and involvement of learners with special needs.... ... ...

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Materials Development in Language Teaching

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This literature review "Materials Development in Language Teaching" discusses decision making steps that are adjudged to be just within the level of not just the students' language competence, but also within the level of their personal maturity.... ... ... ... Making true its claim that this lesson would make the students learn a basic life skill, the unit on 'Character Counts' involves a sub-lesson on decision making skill....

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Health Hazards Faced in the Process of Faade Retention and General Construction Processes

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"Health Hazards Faced in the Process of Faade Retention and General Construction Processes" paper expounds on the health hazards which a faced in the process of façade retention and general construction processes.... Measures for managing these hazards are also suggested.... ... ... ... Ladders and stairways are another leading health hazard, which is responsible for a large number of construction site injuries....

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The Myth of the Pioneer Vernacular

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The paper "The Myth of the Pioneer Vernacular" describes that the main goal of architecture is to help people attain housing that is as per their needs and give them the chance to feel a sense of belonging.... Also, buildings should make use of materials that can easily be afforded by common people....

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Online Booking System for Dry Cleaners

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The paper "Online Booking System for Dry Cleaners" highlights that the customer has to choose one of the options and indicate the time that he would wish to collect or for them to be delivered; then there is also the mode of communication that the customer prefers.... ... ... ... All washed up company is the most visible dry cleaning company on the website with an online laundry booking service; however, its accessibility is not very user friendly....

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Customer Retention Tools to Improve Profitabilit

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The author of the paper "Customer Retention Tools to Improve Profitability" states that IFRIC 13 addresses how entities that provide their clients loyalty award credits account for their obligation to offer discounted or free services or goods when and if the clients redeem points.... ... ... ... Customer loyalty programs are utilized by companies to offer clients incentives to purchase their services or goods....

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What Activities Cause Environmental Emissions

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After watching the 'Story of Stuff' on YouTube, the author of the paper under the title "What Activities Cause Environmental Emissions" realized that as an individual s\he contributes immensely to the environmental footprint (Alexis, 2008).... .... ... ... I realized that our institution is involved in environmental pollution that results in environmental footprints....

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What Is Wrongful Conviction

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The paper "What Is Wrongful Conviction" highlights that too many innocent people are suffering in prisons due to wrongful convictions.... Even though there will be errors in the judicial process, innocent people are ending up serving prison terms they did not deserve.... .... ... ... Over the years, there have been many cases of innocent individuals who are wrongfully convicted and end up spending many years behind bars....

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Strategic Business Issues

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The paper "Strategic Business Issues" is an outstanding example of a literature review on business.... As Porter, & Reinhardt (2007) observes, climate change has become a fact of political life and its effects on companies' operations have been tangible.... ... ... ... This may also influence sales, just as Timberland whose shoe products indirectly influence the environment through the demand for livestock products whose food provision leads to deforestation....

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Personal Analysis Reflection in the Hosfesteds

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The paper "Personal Analysis Reflection in the Hosfesteds" states that the concepts of ethics should be considered during the process of making decisions.... This is important in terms of ensuring that the decisions made are fair to all the parties involved.... ... ... ... The decision that was made involved not following the order of the superior with regard to the hiring of temporary staff....

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Situated Learning Theory; Legitimate Peripheral Participation

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The author of the paper "Situated Learning Theory; Legitimate Peripheral Participation" notes that the two scholars Lave J.... and E.... Wenger just explained situated learning theory and formulated another aspect of the theory that had not earlier been considered.... ... ... ... Lave and Wenger came up with the idea of knowledge being acquired through what they termed 'communities of practice' and which E....

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The New Psychology of Success by Dweck

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This paper reviews three books that deal with the themes of transformation, motivation, and ethics in quite diverse ways.... This paper reviews three books which deal with the themes of transformation, motivation and ethics in some quite diverse ways.... A self-help book that explores the connection between how people think about themselves, and the success, or lack of success, that they experience in all areas of their lives....

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Leadership Across All Economic Cycles: Leaders' Behaviour and Performance

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It reviews the managerial issues facing global businesses as well as means of reducing these issues.... It reviews the managerial issues facing global businesses as well as means of reducing these issues.... This report looks at the empirical evidence on some of the most commonly used perceptions about globalization....

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Analysis of Assessment of an Alternative Education Program for At-Risk Delinquent Youth Study by Cox

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The work of Cox particularly interested me because of the number of reviews that it had attracted (Conley, 2002, pp.... The author of the paper analyzes the research "An assessment of an alternative education program for at-risk delinquent youth" by Cox.... The main objective of Cox's study was to assess the utility of an alternative school as a delinquency intervention program....

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Analyzing Potential Hazards in the Students Accommodation Centre

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This is highlighted in Section 20 of this act and it demands that this statement reviews workers' safety and health while at the premise.... The paper "Potential Hazards in the Students' Accommodation Centre" examines what a local fire station must do to reduce the number of fires....

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Environmental Injustice and Racism

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To address the issue, a study conducted by the American Government Accounting Office shows the race and income capacity of people living near municipal solid waste dumpsite and reviews research on the demographics of toxic waste facility locations.... As the paper "Environmental Injustice and Racism" outlines, environmental injustice/racism really permeates the world....

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Brazilian Environmental Issues and Political Counter Actions

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?Nature reviews Cancer,13(9), pp.... This literature review "Brazilian Environmental Issues and Political Counter Actions" presents deforestation that is a detriment to the protection of the environment, and for this, reason due to public concern, there has been an increased move by governments....

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Effective School Interventions in the UK

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However, regular reviews of such programs revealed the extremely limited success of the programs.... The author of the paper "Effective School Interventions in the UK" will begin with the statement that smoking tobacco among adolescents is increasingly becoming a matter of grave concern in both developed and developing countries across the world....

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Desperately Seeking susan by Susan Seidelman

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It can be observed from various reviews that Winsloe used to get present on the sets of the film and also composed the screenplay of the film.... At times, it emerges that complexities and frivolities of modern life seek a siege.... Entertaining cinema at that point of time becomes the need of the hour....

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Supervision in Counseling: Special Challenges and Solutions

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upervision in counseling means that the work of the counselor will always be supervised whether it be when the counselor takes the help of another counselor or reviews the work of his clients or development on the personal or professional front (Mulhauser, 2010) making it difficult for the person to handle thereby creating conflicts.... This literature review "Supervision in Counseling: Special Challenges and Solutions" discusses supervision that plays a key role in the field of counseling....

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Personal Practical Philosophy of Classroom Management

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Campbell Systematic reviews, 4, 1-55.... This literature review "Personal Practical Philosophy of Classroom Management" focuses on the author's personal philosophy on classroom management which is anchored on different pillars such as forming and sustaining good teacher-student relationships, and embracing diversity....

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Book Opinion of How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker

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In some of the reviews I read, people called this work brilliant or extraordinary, but I just did not see this.... The review "Book Opinion of How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker" focuses on the critical analysis of the author's opinion on the book How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker....

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Owner and Dog Behaviour

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This paper 'Owner and Dog Behaviour' reviews the effects of owner experience, living environment, and dog characteristics of owner reports of the behavior of Chesapeake Bay retriever.... This paper reviews the effects of owner experience, living environment, and dog characteristics of owner reports of behaviour of Chesapeake Bay retriever. ...

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Key Principles Underlying Human Resources Procedure, Policies, and Rules

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Manager helps the HR unit develops HR policies and reviews the existing policies.... The paper 'Key Principles Underlying Human Resources Procedure, Policies, and Rules' is a breathtaking example of human resources literature review.... The paper 'Key Principles Underlying Human Resources Procedure, Policies, and Rules' is a breathtaking example of human resources literature review....

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The Quality System and /or Quality Framework

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The paper " The Quality System and /or Quality Framework" is an excellent example of a literature review on management.... The paper " The Quality System and /or Quality Framework" is an excellent example of a literature review on management.... As Boone & Kurtz (2010) highlight, contemporary business firms and social institutions are increasingly faced with cut-throat competition due to the rapid growth of organizations producing and marketing similar products....

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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This paper reviews two books which were written different points in this time spectrum: The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley by Alex Haley and Malcolm X, and The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama by Gwen Ifill.... The paper "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" discusses that over the last hundred years, American history has seen some dramatic changes, and one of the most significant of all is the shift from a situation where the population was segregated along the lines of race....

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Management of Asthma with Magnesium

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rg/reviews/en/ab001490.... The paper "Management of Asthma with Magnesium" states that generally speaking, asthma is among the widespread conditions among children and grown-up people.... The identification of an inflammatory ailment has led to a greater shift in pharmacotherapy....

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Assessment Practices Used to Grade the Students

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The teacher reviews the most common misconception and shares with class which is used to make informed decisions (Thomas & Cross, 1993). ... This literature review "Assessment Practices Used to Grade the Students" focuses on an alternative method of assessment that can be adopted in Saudi Arabia to replace the current assessment practices where examinations are used at the end of a certain learning period....

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The Learning Organisation by Ernest Costas

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The paper "The Learning Organisation by Ernest Costas" identifies the five parameters of a 'typical' learning organization as systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, building a shared vision, and team learning.... It briefly depicts some of these parameters with illustrations.... ... ... ...

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Americans View of Fracking

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It also reviews pros and cons of fracking as wells as the health and environmental impacts of fracking.... The paper "Americans' View of Fracking" is an outstanding example of a technology literature review.... The paper "Americans' View of Fracking" is an outstanding example of a technology literature review....

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Positive and Negative Points of the Hybrid Model of the New Administration

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The paper "Positive and Negative Points of the Hybrid Model of the New Administration" observes that the main goal of the Hybrid Model is to bridge the gap between the government and the public.... An important factor that the Hybrid Model will implement is cost-cutting through the streamlining and downsizing of government departments and functions....

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Video Analysis: John Grierson's Drifters

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Sharing the views of many documentary reviews on Drifters, there is a constricted course and rhythm which not only compels watching, but also remain symbolic to infinite thinking.... The author analyzes the documentary 'Drifters' which showcases the struggle occurring in the open seas....

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The Art of Loving Spiritualizing Love or Subjective Explanation

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he present essay reviews the book ‘The Art of Loving' that shares the life experience of the individual in a unique perspective.... This book review "The Art of Loving –Spiritualizing Love or Subjective Explanation" highlights that the loving anything in the life can make an individual to attain higher virtues and ambitions of individual....

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