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THE JUNGLE BOOK  

The DVD is not a bare necessity for your video library, but it's very close.

Disney successfully weaved together several of Rudyard Kipling's original jungle stories into a fun-filled adventure for children and adults.

Back in 1906 when Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle" about the horrible conditions in the meat packing plants, there was no federal inspection program. now congress wants to turn the inspection authority back to the states...

Discusses the major impersonal forces like Social Darwinism, corruption, and big business that inevitably triumphed during the late nineteenth century when foreigners came from all over the world to pursue the American Dream.

Upton Sinclair's novel, "The Jungle", brought him into the mainstream conscience of America, and opened many peoples eyes to the injustice in the US of the 1930s. This paper looks at Sinclair's book and its social themes.

This essay is a book review of the Jungle by Upton Sinclair. It discusses some economical concepts.

In the early 1900's, Sinclair's "The Jungle" blew the lid off of the corruption, filth, and human right violations of the meat packing industry. Beneath the surface of this pivotal book, however, lies an endorsement of socialism and an indictment of capitalism.

review of The Jungle.

For 13 years, Richard and Robert Sherman composed much of the music for Walt Disney's animated and live-action films as well as the theme park attractions, including the score for "The Aristocats."

Today it would be unthinkable, but for the first thirty or more years of the Twentieth Century, millions of American children read Little Black Sambo, a so-called classic often illustrated with wildly racist images.

This text would let you know about one interesting city in the world

Not exactly the perfect mirror of the mothers in those warm and fuzzy books, I hold my own in a quirky way.

With so many new books being published for children daily, it's easy to forget the great books we grew up with. Take the list to the book store and start sharing these timeless treasures with your children.

The Top Ten Songs of the 1960's lists, year by year, Billboards Top Ten and other music that never made it but should have. It also highlights some interesting historical facts about the Societal upheaving decade.

What to do when a ski-trip doesn't cut it anymore.

Out of all the books and recordings produced by Disney up to the time of Walt Disney's death in 1966--some of the Disney magic carried over into the 1970's with various publications considered classic now. But much of that material is long out of print now...

How the swastika symbol went from being a symbol of good luck to a symbol of hate

Computer animated films need to mix the technology used today with styles and values of movies in the past to create a great computer animated movies that have shelf life.

Anyone in grade school during the 90s remembers The Disney Afternoon fondly, classic Disney characters in new situations being funny. These are the best and most memorable of those many shows.

Why our food supply is getting less safe, and what we can do about it.

Bibliophiles cannot ignore eBay's large antique book collection

Can a child really be raised by wild animals? You'd be surprised by the number of documented cases that tend to support this premise.

"...in more than thirty-five animated features Disney has released...there is scarcely a mention of God as conceived in the Christian and Jewish faiths shared by most people of the Western world and many beyond.

When one writes down events, poetry or stories and then daringly shares these ramblings with others, we do it at great risk.

Former English professor at W.C.S.U discusses his amazing bike ride through a number of continents, and what it taught him.

In this review of the companion book to the PBS and BBC broadcast titled "Do You Speak American?" the state of modern spoken English is diagnosed as very much alive and kicking.

Here are some reasons that you need new ideas to survive in corporate America.

The Sherman Brothers' Disney songs and other work really have needed some analyzing in documentary form based on a good majority of the songs being firmly placed into our subconscious and on continuous replay when you least expect it...

A book review on one of the earliest classic novels by Sinclair Lewis, including plot summary and current value of a first edition.

This amazing wisteria vine is more than 100 years old with 1.5 million blooms each spring. It is the largest blossoming plant in the world.

If you have a love of the paranormal or are interested in ghosts then you need to know about this place in St. Louis. Voted consistently as one of the most haunted places in the country, here's the Lemp Mansion.

Reports of a suarapod-like creature stomping around the lake region have been fairly regular since the turn of the century. Most describe an animal that is brownish gray with a smooth skin, its size approximately that of an elephant.

Although The Steve Miller Band has many great songs, these are the 10 that rank the highest on my list.

Sinclair, the author of such liberal works as The Jungle and The Brass Check, entered the realm of practical application in 1934 by running in the California gubernatorial race...entered the race and implement the End Poverty in California platform.

A prequel and sequel to the movie King Kong, Brad Strickland tells the story of the inhabitants of Skull Island, from the people who built the wall to the kongs, great apes of which King Kong was the best...and last.

Come see and feel a part of history, and how Thomas Edison and Henery Ford lived and worked during a time were the things we now take for granted, didn't even exist until Edison invented it. Learn how they dealt with living conditions in South Florida.

Broadening a girl's ideas of beauty and challenging a system that focuses on what's outside versus what's inside is a key self-esteem booster and one way to raise a confident and courageous girl.

A view of the music of the early 20th century through the perpective of certain major works of literature from that era.

Tom, a hairless starchild adorned in a flowing man-blouse, stands adroit at the foot of the mystical Tree of Life, encased in a bubble and shooting deep into the farthest reaches of the cosmos.

This is a review of the fascinating look at the shipping industry, and the piracy that is committed by both modern-day pirates and by legitimate govenments.

Review of David Kamp's book, The United States of Arugula. The book, an insight into the world of gourmet, while interesting, fails to answer some key questions.

The authors Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allen Poe all demonstrate the intangibility of truth, meaning, and identity through the experiences of their characters.

Dr. Seuss wrote dozens of children's books, and a few especially for grown-ups. Each of his books has an important lesson within. Two of them are centered around an elephant named Horton. The Horton books are excellent examples of good citizenship.

A guide to locating Mickey Mouse and your favorite Disney characters at each of the four Disney World parks. Alternative suggestions are offered for a guaranteed meeting with your favorite character.

5 "can't do without" items, and if you are shopping for a holiday gift for the world traveler in your life, these suggestions may be just what you are looking for to give your world traveler something different, necessary, and useful.

A reflective look at the Vietnam war experience through the eyes of a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.

The Backyardigans features a diverse set of characters and showcases many types of music and lessons. The overall concept is teaching children to use their imaginations.

Lyman Frank Baum's novel is like a Bible for beginners. It's yet another spiritual allegory, whether it was intended to be so or happened by serendipitous circumstance - possibly divine intervention.