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.Anti-Discriminatory Practice (British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Practical Social Work) (Practical Social Work Series)
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by: Neil Thompson

March 06, 2006
As a first year student we were recommended this book to complete our first assignments. I felt it gave a basic overview of the whole concept and I was not left satisfied. For example the PCS model was explained, however I found I kept going back to the book to try and gain more knowledge on the whole concept of Anti-Discriminatory Practice-that, simply, wasnt there! I feel this book could have been better if it had explored the more in depth concepts behind Anti Discriminatory Practice, althogether it was too general.
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.Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient (Penguin Modern Classics)
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by: Edward W. Said

August 28, 2003
I do not know how Americans view Islam but as an Englishman/European it seems to me that Said's views are so much poppycock.To make a couple of points in a limited space.

Of course we have a stereotypical view of Islam just as Islam has a stereotypical view of us - and these views are largely hostile .So what? For century after century Islam was an enormous threat to what might loosely be called Christendom. It shaped every aspect of European history and was directly responsible for Europes colonial empires. Up till around 1750 they were a dangerous direct competitor to our interests.Gibbon writing in the 1780s was the first to think that the danger had passed .On a local scale the threat lasted even longer - Barbary pirates ravaged ... Read More:
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.Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself (Dover Thrift)
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by: Frederick Douglass

1995-08
This book was moving and a good summer reading book for students like myself in high school.
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.The Credit Crunch: Housing Bubbles, Globalisation and the Worldwide Economic Crisis
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by: Graham Turner

June 20, 2008
The outline in the Amazon `product description' above is a fair summary, but it should be stressed that there is nothing sensational or overtly political about this book. It tries to be a reasoned economic assessment of our current plight, although doubtless it will upset some `free market' and `pro-business' zealots. It is a very timely and its predictions seem to be being born out - for example on page 191 we read `the US Treasury .... will be forced to act, rescuing more banks by injecting public sector capital and, ultimately, taking many into public ownership'. I write this on the same day that the US Treasury has proposed to provide as much support as is required to `Fanny May' and `Freddie Mac' and a couple of days after the Californian bank Indy Mac ... Read More:
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.The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
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by: Erin Gruwell

March 02, 2007
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. The youths who took part in the writing project, under the visionary leadership and care of their teachers Erin Gruwell diserve a medal for the way they changed themselves and inspired others. Their heartrending stories have many times brought tears to my eyes. Thumbs up to all of them for overcoming very difficult circumstances and for wanting to make a difference in their lives and the lives of other youths. Keep on going, guys! I think you have already saved many lives with your testimonies. Highly, highly recommend this book for all teachers and educators and anyone interested in the education of our youths, their future and their welfare.
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.Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chamber
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by: Filip Muller

August 24, 1999
Truly the worst holocaust testimony ever written.So many mistakes throughout the whole text.Two examples of which were when Mr Muller mentions the camp orchestra in Birkenau,there was none.He also quotes that Kramer was in Birkenau and had came from Auschwitz 2.Both are one and the same place But important errors like these were repeated in every chapter and the worry for me is that Holocaust deniers may pick up on these simple blunders.Mr Mullers over use of adjectives and repetition of statements at times resulted in the book bordering on being boring.It read more like a students written essay who wasnt fully informed ,rather than an actual Holocaust survivors memoirs.Ive read many more imformative Holocaust testimonies and even Mr Muller must have been disappointed ... Read More:
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.The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Penguin Modern Classics)
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by: Malcolm X, Alex Haley

March 01, 2001
A line towards the end of the book where Malcolm is in his car and another car pulls up besdies him an a white man peers out saying do you mind shaking hands with a white man and his reply is i'll shake hands with any human being.

If this was only the case even in our present time!!!

The world might have over clouded the race issue but it still exists out there. Such a shame.


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.Promoting Equality: Challenging Discrimination and Oppression
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by: Neil Thompson

April 11, 2003
This book has more information than expected. Many issues considered to bring theory and practice together. Although it is suggested as useful to social workers, I find it invaluable to my nursing studies as a 3rd year student. I would recommend it to to support practice and invaluable while studying interprofessional and collaborative working. A must have without a doubt!.
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.Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Arena Books)
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by: Dee Brown

January 03, 1998
This book makes you ashamed to be a white man, it angers you to hear how the native american indians were treated.

I knew before reading the book that the white man had treated the indians so badly, but I was not ready to read exactly how badly.

As an indian says in the book " They broke all there promises, except one. they promised to take all our land".

My heart goes out to all the native Ameican people.
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.Night (Penguin twentieth century classics)
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by: Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel

May 25, 2006
`Night' is a poignant, evocative story of a young Elie Wiesel and his father and their experiences in a number of concentration camps during WWII. The translation from French is done beautifully, as it is written in a plain, straightforward manner, and it reads with an eloquence and softness that belies the subject matter. As you read `Night', you find yourself cringing, eyes wide with horror, and it gives you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach to know that innocent human beings were subjected to physical and emotional pain beyond belief. It is not graphic in the sense that there is too much information, it tells, in its simplicity, the truth of what one person experienced at one time, on this earth. Sixty years later, we believe what history has shown us of these atrocities, yet do we understand? ... Read More:
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