WOW!! I accidentially found out this free of charge databases when I assisted a graduate student this afternoon.
http://www.researchgate.net/
Saturday, June 26, 2010
I discovered a GREAT reference book! - William Lawrence Neuman's Social Research Method
Recently I have been reading social research method books. All the theoretical research ad methodology is “hard information” – it is very complex and sometimes hard to “digest.” There is one book which keeps me focus is William Lawrence Neuman’s Social Research Method: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. This book is very informative, of course involves many conceptual theories. Yet it is VERY well-written and well- organized. It presents a comprehensive and balanced introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches to social research with examples. The examples are GREAT! It clarifies and explains the social sciences research method and how to plan and conduct research.
It is a MUST-READ reference book for graduate students.
It is a MUST-READ reference book for graduate students.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Film: Make Way for Tomorrow
Generally speaking I do not like Black and White movies simply because those films are usually boring and very poor quality of pictures and plots. But I was "captured" by Make Way for Tomorrow.
It is a Depression-era film which depicts the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. I found there are two major messages from this film:
(1) Women were NOT allowed to drink at the bars not even in big cities such as Chicago.
(2) Save when you were young.
It is a great film. It caught my attention throughout the movie.
It is a Depression-era film which depicts the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. I found there are two major messages from this film:
(1) Women were NOT allowed to drink at the bars not even in big cities such as Chicago.
(2) Save when you were young.
It is a great film. It caught my attention throughout the movie.
Book: The Problem with Chickens
When the ladies in a small remote village in Iceland do not have any eggs to cook, they decided to raise chickens. When the chickens stopped laying eggs, they come up with an unusual solution.
I love this book not because of its beautiful Icelandic drawings; not because of the features of Icelandic culture and traditions. I am so glad that the book shows how clever chickens can be! – “The chickens started acting like ladies”! – That is exactly what my pet chicken “Pumpkin” does everyday. She acts like us.
A very delightful read! - Wonderful and creative illustrations
I love this book not because of its beautiful Icelandic drawings; not because of the features of Icelandic culture and traditions. I am so glad that the book shows how clever chickens can be! – “The chickens started acting like ladies”! – That is exactly what my pet chicken “Pumpkin” does everyday. She acts like us.
A very delightful read! - Wonderful and creative illustrations
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Book: I'll Never Be French - Je ne serai jamais français
The title of this book caught my attention when I was looking for French book via the local library's OPAC. Sure enough, I left the library with this book in my arm.
Mark greenside, a 40-something years old American moved to a small village on the coast of Brittany in summer 1991. At the end of the summer he was so attached to the France, and bought an old stone house. The book makes me laugh in the earlier chapters, for instance, the chapter about how Greenside bought milk, sugar and bread at the village store with his VERY broken French! I continued reading, and burst out laughing. I couldn't put down this book once I read because it is so funny and entertaining.
Love this book! It is a great leisure reading book - the characteristics of people, the place, the food, the American experience in France.
If you are looking for a good summer reading book, this is the one!
Mark greenside, a 40-something years old American moved to a small village on the coast of Brittany in summer 1991. At the end of the summer he was so attached to the France, and bought an old stone house. The book makes me laugh in the earlier chapters, for instance, the chapter about how Greenside bought milk, sugar and bread at the village store with his VERY broken French! I continued reading, and burst out laughing. I couldn't put down this book once I read because it is so funny and entertaining.
Love this book! It is a great leisure reading book - the characteristics of people, the place, the food, the American experience in France.
If you are looking for a good summer reading book, this is the one!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
A loyal dog called HACHIKO (ハチ公)
A beautiful written and illustrated book! - There are so many "versions" of HACHIKO story; but I particularly like this one: Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog, written by Pamela S. Turner and illustrated by Yan Nasimbene. - this book won the Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards.
This is a well-known old story in Japan. Professor Ueno died unexpectedly at work in April 1925, fifteen months after he bought a dog who he named Hachiko (number 8 in Japanese. indicating it is his 8th Akita). Hachiko walked with Professor Ueno to the Tokyo Shibuya-ku station (渋谷区) every morning and could be counted on like a clock to greet his owner upon return from work. After Professor Ueno passed away, Hachiko continued coming back to the station “as usual" to wait for professor Ueno's return. This continued for ten long years until Hachiko died in 1935.
A beautiful story the bond between dog and human is very touching.
This is a well-known old story in Japan. Professor Ueno died unexpectedly at work in April 1925, fifteen months after he bought a dog who he named Hachiko (number 8 in Japanese. indicating it is his 8th Akita). Hachiko walked with Professor Ueno to the Tokyo Shibuya-ku station (渋谷区) every morning and could be counted on like a clock to greet his owner upon return from work. After Professor Ueno passed away, Hachiko continued coming back to the station “as usual" to wait for professor Ueno's return. This continued for ten long years until Hachiko died in 1935.
A beautiful story the bond between dog and human is very touching.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Bento Box (ベントボックス) in the Heartland
"Bento Box" (ベントボックス) = roughly translates to "box lunch"
Linda Furiya's Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America is a book about second-generation immigrant experience. It is a candid, personal and revealing memoir about growing up at the only Japanese family in an Indiana hometown in the 1960s.
When Furiya described when she ate lunch at the school cafeteria and found her mother packed the rice balls for her lunch instead sandwich, like the rest of her classmates. I can imagine how embarrassed that moment when she opened her lunch box. Also it made her feel she was so different from her classmates. This book is full of similar selective memories.
In addition to her memories, Furiya ends each chapter with a recipe for one of her favorite meals. It makes this book "more than" a memoir.
Enjoyable and very touching!
Linda Furiya's Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America is a book about second-generation immigrant experience. It is a candid, personal and revealing memoir about growing up at the only Japanese family in an Indiana hometown in the 1960s.
When Furiya described when she ate lunch at the school cafeteria and found her mother packed the rice balls for her lunch instead sandwich, like the rest of her classmates. I can imagine how embarrassed that moment when she opened her lunch box. Also it made her feel she was so different from her classmates. This book is full of similar selective memories.
In addition to her memories, Furiya ends each chapter with a recipe for one of her favorite meals. It makes this book "more than" a memoir.
Enjoyable and very touching!
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