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"A Dirty Job" by Christopher Moore

                                              A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore.      We don’t know what happens after our life comes to its end. Is there any afterlife? Do we meet our loved ones?... Too many questions and so few answers, if any.  This book- A Dirty Job, by Cristopher Moore, let's us think about death, and maybe even Death’s Job, differently- more positively and less freaked out.      Charlie is a regular, very regular man. He has a second-hand shop, which he inherited from his father, loving wife, lesbian sister, and two weird employees. Everything changes when his beautiful wife- Rachel gives birth to their daughter Sophie. Suddenly, he becomes a death merchant, the kid kills people by saying ‘kitty’ while pointing her little finger at a person. Now he collects pulsing red soul vessels, black raven-shaped shades are hovering around, evil voices from rain sewer. Little Sophie gets two hellhounds as her pets. Things get messy!      I have enjoyed the story, wh
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Summary and Review of an article written by Freberg, K., Graham, K., McGaughey, K., & Freberg, L. A. "Who are the social media influencers? A study of public perception of personality." Research in brief.

"Who are the social media influencers? A study of public perception of personality. Research in brief."     The reason why this article was chosen by me is simply because it is good to know the influencers of social media, how the public perceives the personality.  This research consolidates our formal knowledge on the issue and even broaden them by the findings of the researchers.    The scientists are taking a closer look at SMI, it is characterized as a new type of independent third party endorser who shape audience attitudes through blogs, tweets, and use of other social media. The authors say that it is little known about audience perceptions of the SMI. They underline two main perceptions of SMI (1) SMI is competing, possibly hostile voices; (2) recognized the possibilities of forging alliances with SMI to promote a brand or an organization.     The scientists use term ‘ SMI capital’ and draw a correlation with CEO capital in order, as I believe, the emph

Book Review- “The Complete Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi

Today, I would like to make a short review of a book called “Persepolis” written by Marjane Satrapi. Marjane Satrapi is a French writer with Iranian origins.  I have prepared certain questions to answer (isn’t it more fun this way?) First, why is  the book  good? What can we extract from the reading? Second, what is special about the style? Third, what is special about the author? What is special about the style? It is a story put in comics, a story in graphical images. As a result, you feel more connected to the writer; there is a bigger chance to understand what she really meant. Moreover, this way is more fun and easier to read, you dive into the stream of the contrasting images of the author’s story, it takes you through the book with a fine speed. What is special about the author? Are there any situations, people, events, you are willing to erase from your past?  How many of you are ready to share their negative memories. Everyone has an unpleasant experience or so

Summary and Review of an article written by Mia Bloom and Chelsey Daymon- “Assessing the Future Threat: ISIS’s Virtual Caliphate."

I start my analysis from what we see first- name. There were multiple claims by countries leaders’ that  DAESH’s 1  days are counted, that the territories were successfully cleared. However, the authors suggest the new appeared threat, which they call ‘virtual caliphate’. It can be more dangerous as it has no real restrictions and boundaries, it is decentralised, thus more flexible by its nature. Writers started from the general perils of the social media, Telegram is seen as a tool in the hands of terrorists due to its unique settings, making it easier to share and impose propaganda on its users. They also explain what is getting done to prevent the flourishing of propaganda, as well as the authors'  idea of  the resolution of the problem. The aim of the researches is “to investigate how Telegram used by ISIS and its supporters and assess what kind of threat the use of Telegram poses for the future.”  Now let me jump to the summary itself. The starting point of the paper is “

Summary and Review of Marina M. Elgawly’s article “ Realism and Arab Nationalism: An Uneasy Relationship.”

    The Article examines how Arabic Nationalism and Realism are related, as from the first look; they do not seem to have correlations, however, throughout the paper we can observe how Arabic Nationalism Ideology changes in our understanding. The author starts with the possible types of nationalism in the region, later we see the development of the Arabic Nationalism ideology thought, accounts of realism, and how real situations differs from suggested ideology.     The author suggests two types of nationalism, which can be applied in the region: state-centric and transnational. The concertation of the paper falls on Pan- Arabic nationalism, which supports the unification of all Arabs (transnational). The unification here is based on linguistic and historical ties. Arab nationalism ideologists such as Zaki Al- Arsuzi, Sati Al- Husri, Shaykh’ Abdullah Al- Alayili, basically reject the importance of state and race in the formation of nationalism and see race as a tool of imperialist

Book Review- " So Good They Can't Ignore You" by Cal Newport

I have discovered this book while surfing the Internet trying to update my readings list. The name is catchy, everyone nowadays has an aim to be outstanding, earn popularity- fame by any means. As for me, being good enough that people no longer can ignore you, sounds appealing to a person who is about to complete her Bachelor, however, still couldn’t find out what path I am trying to follow.  Let me begin with the style of writing, very ‘reader-friendly’, laconic. It is not a novel but the book is written in such a language you will not get bored, you will become the main actor; will analyse along with the author and will come to the certain conclusions. Going through the quest, I felt like an adventurer searching for a chest with gold.  About the content… I have opened the book because of my messy ideas about my future plans. I felt so disappointed to think that people find their ‘true call’, follow their passion. Me, in contrast, quite ordinary without any special dis