book reviews
Book reviews for scholastic growth; read material from the world's top educators with our collection of novels, memoirs, biographies, philosophical texts and textbooks.
Unconventional Writing Books
Every writer is constantly looking for ways to improve, even the greats. Creatives, writers, are their own worst critics, so new technologies are always tempting. Sometimes, the best new techniques and tips come from unexpected places. Sometimes, the best advice comes when and where you least expect it, if you're willing to listen.
By Nathan J Bonassin5 years ago in Education
Can You Read, or Are You Just Memorizing Words?
Are you aware that the letter ‘c’ makes two sounds? One sound is the all too familiar /k/ sound as in ‘cat’ but did you know it also makes the /s/ sound as in ‘cent’’, or what about the letter ‘s’? Do you hear just the /s/ sound? What about when you say the word 'as' or 'has?' You hear the /z/ sound.
By Sheba Lawshea5 years ago in Education
Calypso by David Sedaris
I'm having a really hard time starting this review. I do not enjoy writing bad reviews. I love books, I love to praise authors and look for the importance of a story, even if it isn't a five-star read for me. I purchased Calypso because I had heard good things about the writing style and humor in all of David Sedaris' work. As of right now, I'm not a fan and I don't know that I will ever read another of his books.
By Emily Goswick5 years ago in Education
Intercell Virtual Mentor Network
Mentors play a significant role in shaping us as individuals. From taking our first steps in the industry to life-changing career decisions, they stay with us like a steady pillar of strength.Mentoring helps one become more empowered to make decisions, stay focused and on track in career through knowledge sharing, skills development, networking, and a plethora of other ways.
By Reena Srivastava5 years ago in Education
Inside Deep Learning Math, Algorithms, Models Using PyTorch with CoLab
This will my first in a series of computer book reviews using sample books from a site named manning.com. I am only a beginner, but I am learning a lot and want to share what I am learning. To begin with I am not a 'math' or 'computer' person, but I do understand the math vocabulary and the math symbols. As I stated I am only a beginner and always probably will be in learning about computer applications and programs.
By Mark Graham5 years ago in Education
Score High in Economics with the Textbook Solution Manuals of Economics
Economics is one of the fundamental pillars of any country. Sounds like a lot of work, isn’t it? It indeed is! Whenever we talk about economics, people always relate it to money. But, economics is more than that. In economics, you also have to weigh or choose between different alternatives.
By Axel Smith5 years ago in Education
8 Picture Books That Build Visual Literacy
Visual literacy may be a term many haven’t heard. It’s the piecing together of a story from images and data in graphic form. What are the images telling the reader? Who are the characters? Their emotions? What are they experiencing? Pictures books help develop a child’s visual literacy skills by offering a story they tell themselves through images on the page. The skill of visual literacy lends itself to a myriad of applications beyond picture books.
By Cynthia Varady5 years ago in Education
Character Analysis : Beowulf
Character Analysis of Beowulf Literature is a major part of the history of the English language. There are many different writings that philologists and linguists used and still use to decipher the happenings, cultures, values, and systems of the past. Beowulf is a very important Old English Epic which inspired J.R.R. Tolkien in his writing of The Hobbit series. Even though the Epic is traditionally an oral poem with unknown dating of its composition, it does have a written manuscript which was produced prior to 1000AD, and potentially even as early as 700AD. However, the manuscript, as well as the oral poem, was created anonymously and did not have a name, thus it was named after the protagonist of the story. The story is based in Scandinavia where Beowulf, Prince of the Geats, arrives in Heorot to aid Hrothgar, a very respected King of the Danes, in defeating the monster Grendel. Grendel has been terrorizing the Mead Hall, killing soldiers and men, for twelve years. Finally, Beowulf comes to the rescue and kills the monster with his immense brute strength. Afterwards, Grendel’s mother, filled with rage and vengeance, attacks the Mead Hall. Beowulf slays the monster. In his victory, he goes home to Geatland and becomes the King of the Geats. He lives as an honourable and noble King until his death fifty years later. He is forced in is old age to defeat a dragon and dies on the battlefield. The Geats cremate his body and build a tower in his honor. In this story, there are a few important characters, but compared to Beowulf himself, they are very minor rolls. Hrothgar and Grendel would come in as distant seconds. Accordingly, Beowulf’s character is very well developed and represented with the author’s use of appropriately integrated direct characterization, Beowulf’s relationships and interactions with other characters, and the author’s meaningful uses of language, specifically during his fight scenes.
By Alexandria Brooks5 years ago in Education
Unpacking, ‘Scoop’ by Evelyn Waugh for Modern Readers
Scoop is known as the great satire of Fleet Street, written in the 1930s. Evelyn Waugh was a writer, journalist and book reviewer, known for his comedic tone and other novels such as Brideshead Revisited. Despite all his literary success, fellow writer, James Lees-Milne, called him, “the nastiest tempered man in England.”
By Violet Daniels 5 years ago in Education
The Size of the Truth
I have always been a fan of young adult books, and, as a teacher, these are often the books that I spend a great deal of time working with. In my personal life, I generally choose to read YA fiction because I think that it often involves a more inventive quality of storytelling. Because authors are trying to engage younger, developing readers with very complex topics and themes, YA books are often much deeper than people may assume. I recently finished Andrew Smith’s “The Size of the Truth”--one of his few middle-grade books--and I was blown away. I thought that the book was thoughtful, fun, and carried many difficult, heavy themes that you wouldn’t necessarily expect to find in a book geared towards a young reader.
By Kurt Mason5 years ago in Education
Our Sanctuary
Our Sanctuary Many children in the nations of this world call their schools homes because it is the only place they feel safe. Sometimes home is elsewhere in the comfort of others. Barry, author of “The Sanctuary Of School” writes about her experiences as a child as a seven-year-old who felt lost and alone when she arrived home where her parents were and felt at home with her classmates, teachers, crayons a place Barry felt she could express herself and be noticed by someone. Home can mean many things it can mean the warmth of others, a place, a person, an object it can mean anything that brings safety and carries us back home because among all things school was Barry’s sanctuary.
By Sthefani Ren5 years ago in Education
