G. P. Putnam's Sons Essays

  • Analysis of The Mayflower and the Pilgrims´ New World by Nathaniel Philbrick

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    accomplish their goals, and without it one cannot achieve anything, something the Puritans demonstrated throughout the book. Works Cited Philbrick, Nathaniel, and Nathaniel Philbrick. The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. Print.

  • Seventh Heaven

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    Seventh Heaven Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1991. Many characteristics of magical realism were expressed in an excerpt from this novel. From reading this, I have learnt that magic appears to me as being real. My comprehending of this novel was more because or realism. Alice Hoffman's attitude in this book seemed to be that she set it as an example of magical realism and she made the readers curious about what was going to happen next. Hoffman made this

  • Abbie Hoffman: A Present Day Monologue

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    My name is Abbie Hoffman. Steal this speech while square dancing in the Ice ages, it’s soon to be a major motion picture… Yippie! Do you know what that means? That means that there’s a revolution on, that we can change an H to a Y., that we can bring more than 10,000 people to Lincoln Park in Chicago on a myth, a rumor, a story. Yippie! It means the home of the FREE and the land of the BRAVE. Chicago was a place for the brave to fight for their freedom. When we came to chicago, we thought, hey, they’ll

  • The (Un)Typical Alien Story: Book Review

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    “When that moment comes, and it always comes, if you can’t get up and you can’t give up, either, here’s what you do: crawl” (Yancey 419). The Fifth Wave, written by Rick Yancey, was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 2013. It is a young adult science fiction book and can be found similar to Ender's Game. In this successful book, one will find a fresh plot, a strong heroine, and strong character development. The 5th Wave follows two main characters, Cassie and Ben, and two supporting characters, Sammy

  • 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' Film Comparison

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    The title of this movie is called The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow; it was published in 1949 and produced by Walt Disney. The narrating voice was Bing Crosby and the directors were Clyde Geronimi and Jack Kinney. The genre was a family/horror animation; the rating for this movie would be ⅘, it had you laughing and some of the scenes surprised you. It was comical when the lady who didn't have a dancing partner danced with Brom Bones. It was also surprising because even though Ichabod’s face wasn’t

  • Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy And The Female Influence

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    Olivia Farina Professor Mason Introduction to Fiction 25 February 2018 Dreiser’s An American Tragedy and the Female Influence Theodore Dreiser is a female fanatic. Many of his novels focus on women in the 1900’s and their roles in society along with the taboos they hold and the morals they break. His obsession with the opposite sex and femininity stems from the women he was surrounded by while growing up as well as those he developed a romantic or sexual relationship with. Many of Dreiser’s sources

  • A Critical Review of the Introduction (pp.xi-xvi) to Cumont, Franz, Astrology Among The Greeks and Romans, New York: Dover Publications 1960 (1911)

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    Introduction Franz Cumont’s introduction in Astrology and Religion Among The Greek and Romans, the Dover 1960 edition of the unabridged and unaltered original work published, by G P Putnam in 1912, is aimed at the general historical and theological audience. On reading Franz Cumont introduction it is obvious he is scathing in his comments towards the practise of astrology. Along with his contempt of the continuing growth in the belief of astrology and how, throughout humankind

  • Egyptian and Hittites Warfare

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    shield was used to parry attacks. The Hittites favored two types of shields, the circular and figure eight, believed to be utilized by the Chariot squad. Both were lightweight, constructed of wood and overlaid with leather (Bryce (Bryce Trevor, 2007, p. 19). The earliest recorded evidence of any organized warfare in Egypt is in 3000 BC, the war that resulted in the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Narmer, the fist king of Egypt. But, in recent years the German Archaeological Institute has

  • Hildegard Peplau's Interpersonal Relations Theory

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    patient and promote the patient’s health growth in a forward direction. “She placed many demands for reflection and change on the nurse as on the patient. The nurse had to know her/himself as well as he/she did the patient” (D'Antonio et al., 2013, p. 312). Complete self-awareness fostered a growing and trusting relationship with the patient. Finally, Peplau had implicit assumptions stated in her book

  • Stravinsky's the Firebird

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    Retrospectives. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987. Joseph, Charles M., Stravinsky's Ballets. Yale University Press, 2012 Tansman, Alexandre. Igor Stravinsky. The Man and His Music. Translated by Therese and Charles Bleefield. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. Van Den Toorn, Pieter. The Music of Igor Stravinsky. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. Walsh, Stephen. The Music of Stravinsky. Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA, 1993. Walsh, Stephen. "Stravinsky, Igor." Grove Music Online

  • Rationalism vs. Empiricism

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    paper ... ...an Body. (G. MacDonald Ross, Trans.). Retrieved on December 1, 2011: http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/GMR/hmp/texts/modern/descartes /body/body.html George Boeree, C. (2000). Modern Philosophy: The Enlightenment. Retrieved December 1, 2011: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/empvsrat.html Kumar Singh, A. (1991). The Comprehensive History of Psychology. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers PVT. Retrieved December 1, 2011: http://books.google.ie Leibniz, G. W. (1714). The Monadology

  • William the Conqueror

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    Charles. William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact upon England. Berkeley: U of California P, 1964. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. Freeman, Edward Augustus. William the Conqueror. London: Macmillan, 1907. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. Halsall, Paul. "Laws of William the Conqueror." Medieval Sourcebook. Feb. 1996. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. Stenton, Frank Merry. William the Conqueror and the Rule of the Normans. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. Tilton, Rafael. Rulers of the Middle Ages. Detroit: Lucent

  • Hildegard Peplau Research Paper

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    drain is no longer needed. We give the patient IR contact information so if there is ever a question or problem with their line, tube, or drain they can contact us directly, preventing unwanted trips to the emergency room. References Barker, P. (1998). The future of the theory of interpersonal relations? A personal reflection on Peplau’s legacy. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 5, 213-220. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9807351 Deane, W. H., &

  • Shakespeare's Hamlet – The Character Laertes

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    of Hamlet” Maynard Mack describes the interference of a possessive Polonius in the life of his son, Laertes: “The apparel of proclaims the man,” Polonius assures Laertes, cataloging maxims in the young man’s ear as he is about to leave for Paris. Oft, but not always. And so he sends his man Reynaldo to look into Laertes’ life there – even, if need be, to put a false dress of accusation upon his son (“What forgeries you please”), the better by indirections to find directions out (250).

  • The Character of King Claudius in Shakespeare's Hamlet

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    Delving into the character of King Claudius in Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, we find a character who is not totally evil but rather a blend of morally good and bad elements. Let’s explore the various dimensions of this many-sided character. Peter Leithart in “The Serpent Now Wears the Crown: A Typological Reading of Hamlet,” considers the gravity of the main sin of offense of Claudius: Claudius's murder of King Hamlet, the act catalyzing the drama of the play, is presented as a sin of

  • Hamlet’s Dashing Laertes

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    Hamlet’s Dashing Laertes The character of Laertes in Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet is an interesting one. Though seemingly relatively low-ranking as the son of the lord chamberlain, he nevertheless commands such respect from the populace that they rally to make him king at one point. Let us, first of all, see how he fits into the royal lineup at Elsinore, examining them on the basis of most apparent personal qualities. Helen Gardner, by way of overview, compares Laertes to Hamlet and King

  • The Etruscans

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    Life and Afterlife, Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1986. 3) Grant, Michael. The Etruscans, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980 4) Johnstone, M.A.. Etruria Past and Present, London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1930 5) Keller, Werner. The Etruscans, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1974 6) Strong, Donald. The Early Etruscans, New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1968 7)Vaughan, Agnes Carr. Those Mysterious Etruscans, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964 8) Wellard, J. The Search

  • The Slave Trade And Its Effects On Early America

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    of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America. New York: Schocken Books, 1969. Goodman, Walter. Black Bondage: the Life of Slaves in the South. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969. Howard, Richard. Black Cargo. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. McCague, James. The Long Bondage 1441-1815. Illinois: Garrard Publishing Company, 1972. Stampp, Kenneth M. The Peculiar Institution. New York: Borzoi Books, 1982.

  • A Comparison of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X

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    logical consequence of racism. Works Cited Goldman, Peter.  The Death and Life of Malcolm X.  2nd ed.  Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1979. Hamilton, Charles V.  The Black Experience in American Politics. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1973. Samuels, Gertrude.  “Two ways: Black Muslim and N.A.A.C.P”.New York Times Magazine, 12 May 1963, pg 87. Walton, Hanes Jr,.  The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1971. X,

  • Contrasting Fortinbras and Laertes with Hamlet

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    Shakespeare. Ed. G. Blakemore Evans. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1974. Mack, Maynard. "The World of Hamlet." Yale Review. vol. 41 (1952) p. 502-23. Rpt. in Shakespeare: Modern Essays in Criticism. Rev. ed. Ed. Leonard F. Dean. New York: Oxford University P., 1967. Rosenberg, Marvin. "Laertes: An Impulsive but Earnest Young Aristocrat." Readings on Hamlet. Ed. Don Nardo. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. Rpt. from The Masks of Hamlet. Newark, NJ: Univ. of Delaware P., 1992. Shakespeare