Right from the first page of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" (or "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" for those reading in the UK) Rowling proves that she knows a thing or two about the kind of magic that brings stories to life. The book starts with Harry as an infant‚ the child of a wizard and witch. He is suddenly left orphaned after an attack by the evil and powerful wizard Lord Voldemort‚ a villain so evil that most wizards and witches refer to him as "You-Know-Who". Mysteriously
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usefulness of this text for those who wish to teach English but are not native speakers. The introduction to the text says that this text will be used to "acquaint [the reader] with the English words that are most frequently used". If the user of such a book is a beginning ESL learner‚ this introduction is clearly written for the instructor. On the bright side‚ the author draws attention to "a‚ the‚ of‚ for‚ and" and the difficulties that this may bring for an language learner. I am very appreciative of
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acquiring that success requires hard work‚ perseverance‚ and dedication. Yet it is often difficult to maintain the continual motivation needed to overcome the frequent obstacles and setbacks that litter the road to success. C.P Neck’s and C. Manz’s book‚ Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence‚ explores strategies and tools to strengthen the key attribute that provides sustenance for an individual’s motivation‚ self-leadership. The tools encompass ideas such as world-altering
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Title: A damsel in Distress. By P.G Wode House. 5 lines about author: 1. Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( 15 Oct 1881-14 Feb 1975) was an English humorist‚ whose body of work includes novels‚ short stories‚ plays‚ poems‚ song lyrics and numerous pieces of journalism. 2. He wrote more than 90 novels and some 300 short stories over 73 yrs. 3. He is widely recognized as the greatest 20th century writer of humor in the English novels. 4. One of the awards he received is the Mark
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The book‚ Honor and the American Dream: Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community‚ and the film‚ Salt of the Earth‚ both relay to their audience‚ the pursuit of happiness within the Chicano community in which they live. These works aim to show how Mexican-American immigrants fight to keep both their honor and value systems alive in the United States of America‚ a country which is foreign to their traditions. The Mexican-Americans encountered in these works fight for their culture of honor in
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How to Lie with Statistics Book Summary The book How to Lie with Statistics written by Darrell Huff shows you how statistics are used to mislead; sometimes unintentionally‚ other times on purpose. It gives the readers the knowledge necessary to intelligently question and understand the story behind the numbers. In other words‚ it shows the tricks the crooks use‚ so that honest men can use this knowledge for self defense. I think it’s particularly useful for a manager or an executive to read
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is going through a difficult time”. So‚ it shows that even in major democratic countries‚ democracy is on a war to survival. As reported on dailykos (1936)‚ they are fighting for it. The editorial gives us a view on how democracy has evolved from the birthplace till today and how it is defined by the people like autocrats. And also the flaws of the democractic system. The editorial is consisted of different levels‚ showing in each level the informations of political systems like democracy. The
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A review of ‘Goodbye Africa’ by Ngugi‚ The fascination narrator of ‘Goodbye Africa’ is called third person‚ usually referring to by the narrator as ‘he’‚ ‘she’‚ and ‘it’. It is obvious in the short story that the narrator is merely an unspecified entity or uninvolved person that conveys the story‚ and is not a character of any kind within the story being told. ‘Goodbye Africa’ is narrated by She/he perspective‚ also with subjective narration describing characters feelings and thoughts‚ “She felt
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proposal for civil rights‚ a medical lobby blocked the plans for a universal health care program‚ his concentration on foreign policy rather than domestic didn’t help‚ and there was a wave of anticommunism that weakened liberal and leftist forces. 3. How did the Korean War shape American foreign policy in the 1950s? P. 800-805 The Korean War shaped American foreign policy in the 1950s by showing the American
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Florence Industries‚ Inc. is a company which provides three entirely different types of products and services through three divisions of the company: consumer products division‚ industrial products division and professional services. Each division is treated as an entirely different company and the performance evaluation criteria is return on assets in recent years after major shift. Although‚ the divisions used to be treated as profit centres‚ this decision meant they are treated more as investment
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