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    M A N D R A G O R A David McRobbie’s Mandragora (Mammoth Australia) is another contemporary novel with links to a historic shipwreck‚ the sinking of the Dunarling. Adam and Catriona have found a cache of four small dolls made from mandrake roots. The dolls were left in the cave by two other teenagers‚ Jamie and Margaret‚ who had survived the wreck of the Dunarling. Transcribing a diary from that same voyage‚ Adam and Catriona learn the power of the cursed mandrake roots‚ power that destroyed the

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    History and geographyFrom Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the academic discipline. For a general history of human beings‚ see History of the world. For other uses‚ see History (disambiguation). Historia by Nikolaos Gysis (1892) Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.[1] —George Santayana History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia‚ meaning "inquiry‚ knowledge acquired by investigation"[2]) is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well

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    ------------------------------------------------- Written Account of Organisational Observation I was unable to get the consent form signed by the manager because the form was never sent back to me by the company I used to work for. Therefore I’ve simply replaced the organisations name with ‘The Organisation’ and have used job titles instead of given names. The Organisation can be described simply as ‘open space specialists’. What they offer is teams providing installations of sports fields

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    as poorly written. Stories common to a particular culture‚ but not supported by external sources (such as the tales surrounding King Arthur) are usually classified as cultural heritage or legends‚ because they do not support the "disinterested investigation" required of the discipline of history.[8][9] Events occurring prior to written record are considered prehistory. Herodotus‚ a 5th-century B.C. Greek historian is considered within the Western tradition to be the "father of history"‚ and‚ along

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    WRITTEN REPORT FOR "LOVE IS A FALLACY" BY MAX SHULMAN ENGLISH - III St. Jerome Group 5 Gabrielle Rara Rona Sahonlay Daniela Tan Kent Sobiono Mae Tio Alhirt Bahala Jett Gumaling Mr. Jesus Allaga Montajes ENGLISH - III Adviser LOVE IS A FALLACY Max Shulman Summary This short story is about two roommates‚ who need each other. One favors materialistic objects‚ and wishes he had a raccoon coat‚ and the other favors looks‚ and beauty‚ and wishes he had a certain girl to go steady with. The main

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    little bits of information to form one whole collective piece. We are asked to define what reading is to us‚ but first the term reading must be defined. So what is reading? The process of interpreting written language; The process of interpreting a symbol‚ a sign or a measuring device; A meeting where written material is read; An interpretation; So now what does reading mean to me? *** “Many people‚ other than the authors‚ contribute to the making of a book‚ from the first person who had the bright

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    Grimly’s Frankenstein‚ one character‚ Victor Frankenstein creates a creature out of his inquisitive mind. The creature goes on to make mistakes and even crimes that come with no explanation‚ but towards the end apologies. I believe that Victor Frankenstein’s creature is human. One reason why the creature should be considered human is because he has emotions‚ he thinks alike‚ and he makes mistakes like any normal human would. When the creature first approaches Victor‚ they both explicitly start arguing

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    Contents 1. Doreen Pope 2. Education: Doing bad and feeling good 3. Dance cards 4. Language and literature 5. Inflation DOREEN POPE by Mary Loudon (The Independent Magazine‚ 20 August 1994) 1. Practically no one reading this will have heard of Miss Pope. Her greatness is not obvious and it has never been documented‚ but she is my hero nevertheless. This year she retires after a lifetime’s teaching‚ the last 25 years of which has been spent as a junior-school headmistress

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    GRAAD 12 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 HISTORY P1 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2012 MARKS: 150 TIME: 3 hours This question paper consists of 10 pages and an addendum of 12 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over History/P1 2 NSC DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2012 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. This question paper consists of FOUR questions based on the prescribed content framework as contained in the guideline document: QUESTION 1: WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE COLD WAR IN FORMING THE WORLD AS IT WAS IN THE

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    Rationale In class we learned about how forms of media use various devices when presenting news or information in order to lure the audience in‚ maintain readers’ attentions‚ or convince the audience. In this case‚ I will be exploring magazines and their different ways of providing celebrity news. Tabloid magazines‚ such as National Enquirer and Star‚ highly exaggerate facts and cite unreliable or unknown sources. Tabloids also use the idea of giving information that is confidential to make the

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