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INTRODUCTION: While fiction and nonfiction books inform, entertain, teach, and influence adults, their children’s counterparts change and mold who children are and become and therefore carry an additional responsibility. “As adults, we are used to the inaccuracies, distortions, half-truths, and white lies served up in print,” according to Jane Yolen in her book, “Writing Books […]

Baxandall’s Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style was first published in 1972. Although relatively short it has subsequently been published in numerous languages, most recently Chinese, with a second edition published in 1988. Since publication it has been described in such favourable terms as being ‘intelligent, […]

Bud Bilanich is The Common Sense Guy. His pragmatic approach to business, life, and the business of life has made him one of the most sought after speakers, consultants and executive coaches in the USA! Dr. Bilanich’s work focuses on helping individuals, teams and entire organizations succeed. Bud is Harvard educated, but has a no-nonsense, […]

First choose the topic that you have knowledge about. The information that you have on the subject may not be enough, therefore, before getting down to writing, collect as much information you can through libraries and by online surfing. Then decide whether you want to discuss on the topic or you want to make it […]

Article writing is probably one of the most accessible forms of professional writing available today. You don’t have to have a Ph.D. in English to write informational pieces, but you do have to be able to stand out from the crowd in a marketplace that seems to welcome every writer that comes along. There are […]

Over a century ago, Charles Darwin had a simple idea that hoodwinked the world. Amongst the offspring of any organism, he pointed out, there will be tiny variations in body structure that make some of them a bit stronger, faster or sexually attractive than the rest and therefore ‘fitter’– i.e. better equipped to cope with […]

Being in California, the UC schools loom large for a lot of my students. Many of their parents have attended UC schools, and the system’s stellar reputation combined with its low sticker price make these schools top choices for many of my students and their families. Admissions decisions for the UC schools are being released […]

It’s fall-senior year of high school. The weather is getting cooler and the amount of school events and activities planned are piling up. Buying class rings, preparing for Homecoming and senior class trips are all many students can think about at this time. Despite all the excitement and the crush of planning that happens in […]

These three assignment types; essays, dissertations and theses are all important to students because at some point in the life of a student, there will be the request to complete at least one of the assignment types listed above! Essays, dissertations and theses are all types of academic documents, produced by scholars and students and […]

College fairs are important for college admissions even though they are noisy, crowded and sometimes overwhelming. The first thing you will notice is a sea of booths, usually set up in alphabetical order, with college representatives waiting behind them. These representatives are eager to meet you and share their knowledge about their specific schools. College […]