Book & Movie Reviews

Japanese film-maker Akira Kurosawa is considered to be among the best film directors of all time, along-side Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, and others. And Rashomon is considered to be his best work because it provides deeper psychological insight into human nature. The film won the 1951 Venice Festival prize and the Academy Award for a […]

Book review of 2001: A Space Odyssey, written by Arthur C Clarke, which was later also made into a film. A very popular book on Science Fiction, the author Clarke talks about a lot of things more in the book than what Kubrick incorporated into his film, which is based on this book. Clarke does […]

Written by physician and author Robin Cook, “Chromosome 6” is a medical thriller novel which was first published in 1997. The novel is a medical thriller that highlights corporate greed and ethical implications as well as potential dangers of genetic engineering. Buy Chromosome 6 book on Amazon. The story revolves around a genetic research facility […]

Author Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers is an adventure tale full of intrigue, passion, bravery, revenge, loyalty and unswerving friendship. The novel never sags in its energy, moving swiftly from one incident to the next as it blends the fantastical with real figures and events from 17th-century France. A young man named d’Artagnan from Gascony […]

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is a book written for entrepreneurs and talks about how startups should go about launching their business. The author says that any startup should build a Minimum Viable Product, test it, learn from it, and build the next version. It should do this often during the product development. Write […]

The expression of creative skills of humans using any visual form can be considered to be an art of work, whereas activism is about working to bring about any political or social change. This is a personal essay where I share my life experiences and the impact the movie ‘Life is Beautiful’ had on me […]

The 48 Laws of Power (1998) by American author Robert Greene, is a non-fiction book and a bestseller, it is very popular with prison inmates and celebrities. This classic book is about acquiring and keeping power. Here are the 48 laws: Never outshine the master Never put too much trust in friends: learn to use […]

“Haikya! I have taken so many tablets of pseudoephedrine! It took me so long to get!” (p.1). As a devout Christian, this was the moment I realised that despite the title ‘GOD’S without men’, this was no ordinary religious book. The sole reason for my choice for review. However, the mythical native American creature Coyote […]

Q. Assessment: Reflective review of a book chapter A reflective review of a book chapter critically evaluating the theoretical approaches to leading organisational change (2000 words). This assessment covers learning outcomes 1,4, and 5: Learning outcome 1: Critically evaluate the factors that trigger individual and organisational change and the strategies and approaches available to successfully […]

Book review of Critical Thinking and Professional Judgement for Social Work, and summary on the question: what is professional judgement in social work practice? In the book “Critical Thinking and Professional Judgement for Social Work”, the authors Lynne Rutter and Keith Brown emphasize the importance of critical thinking while making professional judgement, especially for practitioners […]

A summary of 300-500 words has to be made out of the 1st chapter of this book. Experiences of researchers in the 1970s, in countries like Kenya, India and Sri Lanka, revealed that large-scale multi-subject questionnaires for rural research had several limitations; they were huge, laborious, costly and vulnerable to many errors. Researchers spent a […]

A book review is basically a brief evaluation of a book. Book review is covered in all national newspapers and magazines as a significant literary column. College students and school students (such as ICSE Class X) are now expected to do book reviews. The idea is to ensure they understand the theme and the story […]

Artificial Intelligence by Phillip Margulies focuses reveals how computers have evolved over the years – not just in size, but also in intelligence. While most computers that we use, still require human instructions on what needs to be done, today’s computers have actually reached levels of sophistication that few could have imagined just decades ago. […]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is about a young boy named Tom who goes through several adventures. Tom has a brother named Sid and a sister named Mary. Huckberry Finn, whose nickname is Huck, is Tom’s best friend and a partner in crime in all of his adventures. Tom Sawyer is a […]

Pegasus by Danielle Steel: Book Review Pegasus: Overview This is a story of friendship, and two families who face the consequences of a terrible war, and a stallion that links them forever. Nicolas von Bingen and Alex von Hemmerle are childhood friends, who are living with their families in peace and luxury on the vast […]

7 habits of highly effective people by STEPHEN COVEY. Amazing video and shorter version of the book. Key concepts in the book: Be proactive . Begin with the end in mind . Put first things First . Think win-win5 . Seek first to understand then to be understood . Synergize . Sharpen the saw. Animated […]