Articles written by Tracey Carter

Amazon's Kindle e-book reader is a great technological advance, but does it save readers money? Find out how much it costs to download books to the Kindle.

Jul 22, 2010 - Tracey Carter

Discover why Get Cooking: 150 Simple Recipes to Get You Started in the Kitchen is the must have cookbook for those learning how to cook.

Jul 12, 2010 - Tracey Carter

This article reviews Robert Rowland Smith's exploration of philosophy's daily applications in his entertaining intro to philosophy, Breakfast with Socrates.

Jun 29, 2010 - Tracey Carter

Amazon's Kindle 2 e-reader offers electronic books (e-books) to readers around the globe, helping people read more books than ever before and save money.

Jun 20, 2010 - Tracey Carter

Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy is a wonderful collection of breathtaking short stories perfect for reading as an ebook.

May 29, 2010 - Tracey Carter

There are three punctuation marks used to end a complete sentence. These terminal punctuation marks are periods, question marks, and exclamation points.

May 15, 2010 - Tracey Carter

The Power of Half by father/daughter team Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen explores their radical journey to extreme charitable giving and Ghana, Africa.

May 10, 2010 - Tracey Carter

Pandora integrates well with the Palm Pre Plus and has excellent functionality on the WebOS platform.

Apr 27, 2010 - Tracey Carter

Facebook integrates well with the Palm Pre Plus, however Facebook has limited functionality on this platform but the functions it does have work quite well.

Apr 18, 2010 - Tracey Carter

A review of Anil Ananthaswamy's book chronicling his journeys and visits to some of the most isolated locations on Earth in the name of science.

Apr 16, 2010 - Tracey Carter

John Green & David Levithan's collaborative novel, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, is an excellent and entertaining read for both older teenagers and adults.

Apr 12, 2010 - Tracey Carter

Giotto's series of three-dimensional paintings present a striking visual narrative accessible to both his contemporary audience and modern viewers today.

Apr 9, 2010 - Tracey Carter

Awista Ayub's However Tall The Mountain is an inspiring tale of her experiences as an Afghan-American and the opportunity and challenges she provides to 8 Afghani girls.

Jan 28, 2010 - Tracey Carter

The place of women in American society and politics has changed greatly since 1965. The feminist movement rose to prominence in 1965 and has changed over the decades.

Jan 28, 2010 - Tracey Carter

The 1960s effected every aspect of American life and left a lasting legacy which can be seen in many areas of society and government today.

Jan 10, 2010 - Tracey Carter

The organization of paragraphs in an essay creates flow and can help guide readers to increased understanding and comprehension of a topic.

Dec 7, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Michel de Montaigne wrote many essays on a variety of topics. One essay that is particularly interesting in its complexity is "Of the education of children."

Dec 6, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Evidence shows more people were traveling during the 16th century in France than in previous centuries and also that advances in the travel industry were being made.

Dec 5, 2009 - Tracey Carter

There's a plethora of websites, blogs, video tutorials and online forums to help beginning knitters. Discover the best online resources for crafters learning how to knit.

Dec 1, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Get Knitting! by Gina Macris includes 20 pages of basic knitting instruction, 18 pages of project finishing tips, and sections on how to correct common knitting mistakes.

Oct 24, 2009 - Tracey Carter

The Great Society was LBJ's legislative program that continued Kennedy's War on Poverty and furthered the ideas of Roosevelt's New Deal and Truman's Fair Deal.

Oct 3, 2009 - Tracey Carter

The term "the sixties" encompasses much more than just the days from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969 in modern American history.

Sep 30, 2009 - Tracey Carter

This Is America shows the effects of the 1960s outside of the big cities and also provides an understanding of the period through the experiences and memories of many.

Sep 29, 2009 - Tracey Carter

This article will explore the meanings, inferences, and homonyms of the names of the three main female characters in William Shakespeare's play King Lear.

Sep 28, 2009 - Tracey Carter

CBS' Monday night prime time line up (8:00pm EST to 10:00pm EST) returns with three of its staple sitcoms and one new series premiere, Accidentally On Purpose.

Sep 26, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Newspapers, the evening news, and the Internet are full of statistics and numbers related to unemployment, but who calculates all these numbers? And how do they do it?

Sep 6, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Eve Merriam's poem "How to Eat a Poem" can be the basis for several journal prompts and writing activities for sixth to eighth grade students.

Sep 6, 2009 - Tracey Carter

The following list of poems will show students that poetry can be fun, exciting to learn and something they can relate to.

Sep 5, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Did Plath's career as an author contribute to her suicide? What was the effect of New Criticism and masculine culture on a female writer of the twentieth century?

Sep 5, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Freelance writers just beginning their careers should focus their attention on submissions and queries to smaller local publications to build their earning potential.

Sep 5, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Learn what skills are needed to develop a writing hobby into a paid freelancing career.

Jun 30, 2009 - Tracey Carter

William Shakespeare frequently titled his tragedies after the leading male role, but the leading female character may have a more important role in the genre of tragedy.

Jun 30, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Semi-colons and colons, when used properly, can add structure and variety to writing. Learn how to correctly use semi-colons and colons in a variety of sentences.

Jun 30, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Three journal prompts and writing exercises to use in high school English and literature lesson plans about Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street.

Jun 28, 2009 - Tracey Carter

From the beginning literary criticism has been done by males, beginning with the likes of ancient philosophers Plato and Aristotle. How does this effect female writers?

Jun 26, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Why is there psychological disorder and distress among female writers? What effect does the New Criticism school of literary thought have on female authors?

Jun 26, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Unlike the medieval period, the Renaissance saw an increasing interest in human desires and longings. Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron explores these previously taboo ideas

Jun 26, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Two examples of the rise of the individual and the personal in Renaissance literature are Michel de Montaigne's Essays and Teresa of Ávila's autobiography.

Jun 24, 2009 - Tracey Carter

A review of the non-fiction book The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries by Marilyn Johnson.

Jun 24, 2009 - Tracey Carter

A variety of ideas and suggestions for appropriate holiday gifts for French students and French language learners.

Jun 23, 2009 - Tracey Carter

Increased productivity can be achieved with improved time management skills. This article presents a variety of sources to improve time management.

Dec 30, 2008 - Tracey Carter

Learn the responsibilities, duties and the basics of what Student Government Association (SGA) executive members and officers do at a college campus.

Dec 27, 2008 - Tracey Carter

Every employee needs time management skills to improve productivity. Learn what cognitive skills are needed to create the executive function of successful time management

Dec 16, 2008 - Tracey Carter

Discover the private slice of paradise the Coco Palm Ko Samui Resort can offer Thailand's off-the-beaten path travelers.

Dec 8, 2008 - Tracey Carter

High school freshmen should be preparing to apply for college because the choices a high school freshman makes can help her college application stand out.

Dec 8, 2008 - Tracey Carter

This list of resources, materials, workbooks, and suggestions for improving middle schoolers' writing will make the learning-to-write process easier.

Dec 4, 2008 - Tracey Carter

Learning how to write and use paragraphs will improve the organization of an essay or short story. Writing with paragraphs makes writing easier to read and understand.

Nov 30, 2008 - Tracey Carter

Learn what a comma is, how a comma functions, and how to properly use commas in writing.

Nov 23, 2008 - Tracey Carter

Sentences can be identified in two ways: purpose and structure. This article will explain how to identify sentences based on their purpose.

Nov 23, 2008 - Tracey Carter

Barron's Critical Reading Workbook for the SAT is an excellent resource for students who learn primarily through drill and practice repetitions.

Nov 22, 2008 - Tracey Carter