TOURISM TRAVEL BOOK REVIEW TRAVEL ETCETERA THE WORLD ON ANOTHER PLANE STEPHEN SCOURFIELD Travel Etcetera: The World on Another Plane. By Stephen Scourfield. First published in Australia 2005. St George Books‚ Newspaper House‚ 50 Hasler Road‚ Osborne Park‚ Western Australia 6017. ISBN 0-86778-07101. 182 Pages. $19.95 (Paperback). [i]Stephen Scourfield is a professional full-time Western Australian writer and photographer since 1977. [ii]Scourfield’s
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House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the American city of Chicago in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized circa 1984 in Chicago‚ but beginning in 1985‚ it fanned out to other major cities across North and South America‚ as well as Europe and later Australia.[1] Early house music commercial success in Europe saw songs such as "House Nation" by House Master Boyz and the Rude Boy of House (1987) and "Doctorin’ the House" by Coldcut (1988) in the pop charts. Since
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Stephen Harper Stephen Harper was elected in 2006 as our Prime Minister of Canada. Since the time he was elected‚ The Conservative Party and the leader‚ Stephen Harper have improved Canada and developed the country into more settled through these changes. Stephen Harper has completed major changes in Canada by having new policies for the environment‚ social policies and improved health and education policies. The Conservative Party had set laws regarding the environment to become more environmentally
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Stephen Dedalus: Religion Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion‚ Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Though reared in a Catholic school‚ several key events lead Stephen to throw off the yoke of conformity and choose his own life‚ the life of an artist. Religion is central to the life of Stephen Dedalus the child. He was reared
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According to Biography.com‚ “Stephen King is a ‘New York Times’-bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like ‘Carrie‚’ ‘The Shining‚’ and ‘IT.’” From the time Stephen was born‚ he has stood out as a miracle‚ not only to his family but to the fans of literature worldwide. Stephen King’s life may seem luxurious because he can satisfy all of his family’s dreams‚ but it was an extensive‚ troubling road that brought him to his current destination. Although his
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environment‚ heredity‚ instinct or chance. (Rahn). Stephen Crane is a known naturalism author. He was born November 1‚ 1871 and died June 5‚ 1900. Crane was the ninth child with thirteen siblings with protestant Methodist parents. Crane learned to read at the age of four. In December 1879 Crane wrote a poem titled "I’d rather have _____". It is Crane’s first known poem and it is about him wanting a dog for Christmas. ("Stephen Crane"). Stephen Crane published several articles by the age of
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Stephen Hawking started his studies at Cambridge University. He began to study cosmology but later then realized that was not the path he wanted to go down. Eventually he became a professor of theoretical physics. By the age of 21‚ Hawking contracted ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)‚ a neurological disease that is incurable and very fatal. ALS eats your nervous system very slowly. From then until now‚ Hawking has defied this disease and is still alive to this day. Hawking has a family‚ and three
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Neither Half Full nor Half Empty “Get off of me! Get off of me!” he yelled as he was being backed into the corner of the kitchen. Johnny was getting the shit kicked out of him but what was he supposed to do? Hit his own mother? After enough blood dripped down his face he had to do what he had to do. Johnny never thought of hitting his mother before but with a quick move he picked up in wrestling practice a few seasons ago he quickly ducked under his moms swinging arms and around her back to get
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According to Stephen Burt‚ poems work by combining words into patterns intended to evoke emotion in their readers. Poetry is an attempt‚ according to Burt‚ to make people “happier‚ sadder‚ and more alive” (citation). The word poem‚ in the original Greek‚ just means ‘something made.’ Of its many functions‚ perhaps the most important function is helping people to make sense of themselves and the world around them‚ including troubling concepts such as death. Stephen Burt spoke of his difficulty processing
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Stephen King’s first novel would never have been published if not for his wife Tabitha - she removed it from the garbage where he had thrown it. Three months later when he submitted it to Doubleday publishing‚ he received a $2500 advance on the book that went on to sell a modest 13‚000 hardcover copies. The book was Carrie. Reviews were mixed‚ but when United Artists and Brian De Palma released the film version in 1976‚ it was a critical and commercial success. New American Library purchased the
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