Robert B. Parker Essays

  • Raymond Chandler's Writing Techniques in The Big Sleep

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    Raymond Chandler's Writing Techniques in The Big Sleep I sat at my desk, wondering what I could possibly write about The Big Sleep. I mean, there are so many possibilities. This guy, Raymond Chandler's writing style is so different from anything I have ever read before, that there are many things that I could talk about. I heard that Chandler once said, "I live for syntax!" It does not surprise me that he would say something along those lines. I mean, this writer is all over the page with

  • Raymond Chandler's Writing Style in The Big Sleep

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    Raymond Chandler's Writing Style in The Big Sleep Unique writing style is definitely an essential element in any piece of writing, and Raymond Chandler uses his style efficiently in The Big Sleep. Chandler's style is one that seems to come easily to him and it also seems very natural to the reader, perhaps because there is not a lot of high, eloquent language. Rich in description and dialogue, the characters seem more realistic to the reader as a result of such details and natural speech

  • The Cult of Dionysus in Classicl Athens

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    worship. The cult of Dionysus at Athens was no exception. Dionysus was the god of wine, theater and rebirth among other things. Some people, scholars and non-scholars alike, believe him to be the last of the Olympian gods, though he is mentioned in Linear B with other Olympic deities. He received state cult, and evidence of his worship and importance to Greek society and religion was prominent throughout all of classical Athens. Dionysus was significant and the classical Greek world through his many festivals

  • The Leadership Of Disney

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    2012: Disney finalizes its attainment of Lucasfilm. Leadership The leadership of Disney is just like any other leadership, except for one key factor: Disney’s leadership team manages the world’s largest media company in the world. Management Team Robert A. Iger – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Andy Bird – Chairman of Walt Disney International and The Walt Disney Company Alan Braverman – Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of The Walt Disney Company Bob Chapek – Chairman

  • Dashiell Hammett: Major Themes Of Detective Fiction

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    Major Themes The narrative style of hard boiled fiction is also surprising. Hard boiled fiction is often defined by what it is not. It is not British; but is American. It is not set in the little village; but in a large city or urban area. It is not filled with civilized and polite people; but with crooks, criminals and mafia types who are very familiar with physical violence, psychological intimidation and can say some rough languages. The solution is not reached by a brilliant detective who

  • Five Biological Killers that May be Used for Terrorism

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    John F. Koerner, Marcelle Layton, Joseph McDade, Michael T. Osterholm, Tara O'Toole, Gerald Parker, Trish M. Perl, Philip K. Russell, Monica Schoch-Spana, Kevin Tonat, for the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense. "Plague as a Biological Weapon." JAMA. Vol. 283 no. 17. 3 May 2000. http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v283n17/ffull/jst90013.html(17 Oct 2001). 7. Madigan, Michael T., John M. Martinko, and Jack Parker. Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Ninth Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000. 8.

  • Women’s Involvement in Ancient Greek Religion

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    library.utoronto.ca/ stable/20304610. Parker, Robert. “Women’s Festivals: Thesmophoria and Adonia.” Polytheism and Society at Athens. 270-289. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Print. Rahn, Peter J. “Funeral Memorials of the First Priestess of Athena Nike.” The Annual of the British School at Athens 81 (1986): 195-207, accessed November 3, 2013. http:// www.jstor.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/stable/30102898. Stallsmith, Allaire B. "Interpreting the Athenian Thesmophoria."

  • The Ku Klux Klan

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    The Invisible Empire of the South, also known as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), has been a major role in shaping the views of the United States and the South, particularly speaking the eleven former states of the Confederacy. From significant national figures, down to the local county councilman, evidence of the Klan being involved in politics is clearly there. One also cannot rule out the amount of legislation that the Klan has affected due to its terrorist-like tactics. It can definitely said that the

  • Emotional Intelligence: The Challenge for Effective School Leadership

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    intelligence: Implications for educators (pp. 3-31). New York: Basic Books. Zeidner, M., Roberts, R.D., & Matthews, G. (2008). The science of emotional intelligence: Current consensus and controversies. European Psychologist, 13(1), 64-78. Caruso, D.R., Mayer, J.D., & Salovey, P. (2002). Relation of an ability measure of emotional intelligence to personality. Journal of Personality Assessment, 79, 306-320. Bass, B. M. (1985). Leadership and performance beyond expectation. New York: Free Press.

  • Common Law Case Study

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    3d DCA 1977). Florida courts have repeatedly found that every owner has the right to enjoy his property, under both a legal use and a use which does not interfere with the right of others to enjoy their own properties. According to Chief Justice Roberts “[T]he law of private nuisance is

  • Abortion Controversy: The Fallacy Of Instability

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    1.Fallacy of instability A subpart of this kind of easygoing false idea is Equivocation SOURCE: Helen M. Alvaré, the Abortion Controversy (Greenhaven, 1995), p. 24. In the blink of an eye, the picked PASSAGE, is The parts of the moral dispute on the status of unborn life… solidly bolster the conclusion that this unborn bit of humankind has a benefit not to be killed, in any occasion. Without laying out all the affirmation here, it is sensible to complete up from arrangement that the humanity

  • Dream Interpretation

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    Jack Maguire Presents a complete program concerning how to use dreams to reach designated goals and results. Moss, Robert. Conscious Dreaming. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996. The author reveals a nine-step plan to understanding dreams, including ways to shape the dreamer’s future. He also details the use of a dream journal to tap into unknown resources. Parker, Julia. Derek. Complete Book of Dreams. New York: Dorling Kindersly Publishing, 1995. As the title describes, this book

  • Latin America: A Legacy of Oppression

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    were committing to the people of Latin America. The European government’s main goal ... ... middle of paper ... ...s, 1966 Hanson, Earl Parker. South from the Spanish Main, Delacorte Press, 1967 "Latin America." Encarta. CD-ROM. Seattle: Microsoft, 2001. Leon, Juana Ponce de. Our Word is Our Weapon, Seven Stories Press, 2001 Liss, Peggy K. and Liss, Sheldon B. Man, State, and Society in Latin America, Praeger      Publishers, 1972 Lyon, Patricia J. Native South Americans: Ethnology of the Least

  • research proposal

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    History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ed. B. H. Roberts, 2nd ed. rev. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1957), 1:120. 3. See Eleanor Atkinson, “The Winter of the Deep Snow,” Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society 14 (1909), The title was changed from “The Winter of the Deep Snow” to “The Year of the Deep Snow.” The Prairie State: A Documentary History of Illinois, Colonial Years to 1860, ed. Roberts P. Sutton (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1976) 4. See Doctrine and

  • Evironmental Law: Enforcement Measures And Effectiveness

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    says. The Montreal Gazette, p. B8. Morrison, H. (1991) Federal Pollution Legislation. Canada: Minister of Supply and Service. Muldon, P. (1995). The Environmental Bill of Rights: A practical guide. Toronto: Edond Montgomery Publications Limited. Parker, P. (1992, March/April). Crime and Punishment. The Environmental Journal, pp.35-39. Poch, H. (1989). Corporate and Municipal Environmental Law. Toronto: Carswell. Rovet, E. (1988). The Canadian Business Guide to Environmental Law. Vancouver:Intself

  • Lewis Henry Morgan Research Paper

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    Study of Culture. 3rd ed. Novato, CA: Chandler & Sharp Publishers. Mead, Margaret. 1959. “Apprenticeship under Boas.” Pp. 29-45 in The Anthropology of Franz Boas. Memoir 87, American Anthropological Association, edited by Walter Goldschmidt. Meggers, B. 1946. “Recent Trends in American Ethnology.” American Anthropologist 48:176-214. Morgan, Lewis H. 1851. League of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois. Rochester, N.Y.: Sage & Broa. Morgan, Lewis H. 1871. Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the

  • Emotional Intelligence Inventory: A Validation Of The Emotional Intelligence

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    A Validation of the Emotional Intelligence Inventory The Emotional Intelligence Inventory (EII) was developed to measure emotional intelligence based on the model of Salovey and Mayer. Exploratory factor analyses of the initial pool of items resulted in four factors: Empathy, Utilization of Feelings, Handling Relationships, and Self-control. The present study examined the concurrent validity of the EII and the Emotional Intelligence Scale using responses of 234 college students on both inventories

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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    One of the more popular movies of the 1960s was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , which featured Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the two titled Western outlaws. The film portrays the careers of Butch and Sundance, and how they were forced by the law to leave the Wild West for South America. In the last scene of the movie, the two bandits are shown surrounded by a bunch of South American soldiers after a robbery-gone-bad. Facing capture and extradition to the United States, the two badmen

  • Social Workers: Influence of the Ecological Approach on Social Practice

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    Actor-centered Social Work: Re-visioning ‘Persons-in-Environment’ Through a Critical Theory Lens. Social Work, 47, pp. 435–48. Munro, E. (2008). Effective Child Protection. London: Sage. Parker, J. and Bradley, G. (2003). Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review. Exeter: Learning Matters Ltd. Teater, B. (2010). Applying Social Work Theories and Methods. Berkshire: McGraw-Hill Education. Turner, F. J. (1978). Psychosocial Therapy. New York: Free Press. United Nations (1989). Convention

  • Tropical Rain Forest Soils of La Selva

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    alluvial and colluvial deposits cover the lower elevations, however, which include river terraces of various ages. Mos... ... middle of paper ... ...s: Biogeochemistry (Dordrecht) 6: 181-89. Sollins P., Sancho, Freddy, Mata, Rafael, Sanford, Robert L. Jr., 1994, Soils and soil process research, pages 34-53 in McDade, L. A.; K.S. Bawa; H.A. Hespenheide; and G.S. Hartshorn (eds.), La Selva Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Rain Forest: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 486 p.