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    Camel Rider

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    is responsible for her accidental death‚ and for this he is taken to a cave out in the desert‚ hobbled at hands and feet‚ and left to die by the cruel men who he was sold to. Dazed and delirious from the desert heat‚ Adam has finished his water and is close to passing out when he comes across Walid‚ hoping at first that he might be saved‚ but then realising that Walid has been tied up and abandoned in the desert. Together the two boys manage to capture a mountain goat‚ which they milk and then kill

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    The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: A Summary‚ Reflection and Reaction The book The Alchemist was originally written in Portuguese by Paulo Coelho in 1987. To date‚ it sold 35 million copies and is reigned as the most translated book in the world by a living author. The Alchemist was the second book of the now 67-year old Coelho following his first novel attempt entitled The Pilgrimage. It was Coelho’s second book that made him known worldwide‚ but amazingly‚ it just took him a course of one two-week

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    Sahara Desert

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    The Sahara Desert is located in the northern portion of Africa and covers over 3‚500‚000 square miles (9‚000‚000 sq km) or roughly 10% of the continent (image). It is bounded in the east by the Red Sea and it stretches west to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north‚ the Sahara Desert’s northern boundary is the Mediterranean Sea‚ while in the south it ends at the Sahel‚ an area where the desert landscape transforms into a semi-arid tropical savanna. Since the Sahara Desert makes up nearly 10% of the African

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    The Man to Send Rain Clouds Readers Reaction This was quite an interesting story. There were three sections to the story which broke the story in three different times in one day. The characters were all very nonchalant except for the priest who showed some emotion when he found out that old Teofilo died. The story kept our interest‚ however‚ it did not lead a very clear trail to the end‚ and there was no real climax where we felt there was a good peak. The story needs to be read more than once to

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    and robbed them together to make a fire and cook it. I ate 1.5 Trip too. And got to my room and slept for the night. I got in the morning and I would probably go to Bryan station and stop at Waco. So I went there until I went there and stopped at desert to find cow. I saw one so I killed it and cooked it. I was in Bryan station right now. I didn’t stop there but I continued my way to temple I had to refill the fuel. When I stopped at temple it was raining and in the night. The bad news is a driver

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    treasure.” (Santiago‚ page 45) There were several omens along his journey that made him fearful of pursuing the treasure. When he met the alchemist at the oasis there was a tribal war happening around them making it dangerous to travel through the desert. Santiago said to the alchemist‚ “I have already found my treasure. I have a camel‚ I have my money from the crystal shop‚ and I have fifty gold pieces. In my own country‚ I would be a rich man.” (Santiago‚ page 119). The alchemist points out to

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    Mary Oliver - Wild Geese

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    be focusing on something ‘you‚’ or they‚ have done. While saying that you do not have to be good makes the reader relax‚ they don’t have to feel threatened and uptight. You do not have to walk on your knees – 9 For a hundred miles through the desert‚ repenting. - 12 You only have to let the soft animal of your body - 15 love what it loves. – 4 You don’t have to be an amazing person. Tell me about despair‚ yours‚ and I will tell you mine. - 13 Meanwhile the world goes on. 6 Meanwhile the

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    Importance of Trees

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    forests. This has resulted in a considerable decrease in rainfall in some places‚ and floods in others. The world temperatures are rising because of the decrease in the tee cover. It is said that in olden days‚ Rajasthan was not the desert it is today. It has become a desert because of the cutting down of tree cover. Man has just begun to realize the importance of plants. Plants are the lungs of the world‚ and without them‚ all species of life are bound to perish. The only way we can save these faithful

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    Essay on Las Vegas

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    include paradise‚ Winchester‚ Spring Valley and North Las Vegas. The closest major cities include san Bernardino‚ riverside‚ Anaheim and Bakersfield. 2. Las vegas is famous for dazzling fountains but the sprawling city that has been developed in the arid desert of nevada‚ usa‚ is experiencing water shortages as its population grows in one of the fastest growing regions in the usa. Although the surrounding landscape is dry the city itself is relatively lush. This contrast is best seen from a satellite image of

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    which were the omens. Among the omens that guided Santiago were the two stones that Melchizedek gave him. Those two stones made it clear to him that he was ready enough to make his own decisions. Another omen that guided him was going through the desert with the Egyptian caravan. I consider this to be an omen because when he arrived at the oasis he met Fatima the girl who he instantly fell in love with. The hawks were yet another omen that guided him to warn

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