Libba Bray is originally from Texas but her home is in Brooklyn‚ New York with her husband ‚ son and two cats. Libba Bray is the New York Times bestselling author of The Gemma Doyle trilogy ( A Great and Terrible Beauty‚ Rebel Angels‚ and The Sweet Far Thing): she also won the Michael L. Printz Award-winning for her book Going Bovine‚ Beauty Queens. Libba Bray was a L.A. Times Book Prize finalist; for her book series‚ The Diviners. In Beauty Queens‚ one of Bray main characters is named Miss
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Since Shirin Neshat’s works are extremely confrontational and goes against the government‚ her works are to be hidden from Iran. Therefore‚ Shirin Neshat’s works are displayed to other parts of the world‚ including the West. Neshat currently lives in New York which is why the Western culture is a primary target audience for her artwork. In her Ted Talk titled “Art in Exile”‚ Shirin Neshat targets Western artists and warns them about appropriating cultures as a form of entertainment. Women of any geographical
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Langston Hughes is one of the most well known American writers of poems‚ screenplays‚ articles‚ children’s books‚ and songs. He was inspired to write by his mother‚ Caroline Mercer Langston‚ who dabbled in the art of poetry throughout her life. Artistic interests and inclinations were known as a heritage to him‚ and it is no surprise that he proved those traits to the world through his famous writings full of jazz rhythms and blues structures throughout the Harlem Renaissance. His usage of music
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Retrieved from http://www.nncc.org/Parent/childview.html Melinda Smith. (2010‚ May). Teen Depression: Signs‚ Symptoms‚ and How to Help. Retrieved from http://helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen.htm Mitch Albom. (August 18‚ 1997). Tuesdays With Morrie. New York: Random House
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The Rosetta Stone‚ an ancient slab of black basalt‚ seems unimportant behind glass in its new home. When inspected‚ multiple inscriptions can be seen‚ three different sections. The biggest mystery was the Egyptian hieroglyphs‚ the unknown language. However‚ this mysterious riddle stone was the key to unlocking ancient Egypt’s history. The riddle of the Rosetta Stone was not discovered until 1799‚ by then the sacred carving’s meaning had been forgotten. Discovered in a ruined wall‚ the Rosetta
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Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera‚ or El Chapo‚ runs one of the most infamous drug cartels in the world (Penn 2016). He is also one of the most wanted men in America due to the excessive amounts of cocaine‚ heroin‚ methamphetamine‚ and marijuana from his drug cartels and come into the United States. El Chapo‚ despite being wanted by the Mexican government‚ did an exclusive interview with Sean Penn as a part of Rolling Stone magazine (Penn 2016). In this interview‚ he expressed his life and his opinions
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Mark Morris is an avant garde choreographer‚ who revolutionized the dance world without giving a care. Morris decides what he wants‚ who he is‚ and what is going to happen - his ostentatious nature formed his place as a dance celebrity. What makes him so impressive‚ next to his sheer brilliance and unparalleled creativity‚ is his unapologetic nature. Audiences don’t flock to Mark Morris’s work because he needs them to‚ it simply demands to be seen. Mark Morris‚ by Joan Acocella is a biography that
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town has set a one thousand dollar reward for the capture and or death of the person responsible. Passionate lovers soon found other hideouts and secret spots‚ but the gunman followed close behind. The following year two more couples parked on the new quiet roads were approached‚ shot and killed. The women victims of the two recent murders got away with only a shot to the shoulder blowing the arm off. The men of these murders were found dead. Caroline Moriconi and Louis Kovacs didn’t believe the
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LEVI´S® VINTAGE CLOTHING 1947 501 BING CROSBY CUSTOMIZED Levi’s® Vintage Clothing1947 501xx Bing Crosby Customized‚ These customized 1947 501® jeans were produced to accompany the Bing Crosby Tuxedo Jacket‚ designed for Crosby after he was denied entrance into a Canadian hotel because he and his friend were dressed completely in denim. The characteristics of the jeans are similar to the original 1947 501xx® except for the outer seams that have been busted out and re-hemmed to resemble the grosgrain
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philosophy. The lawman and philosopher wrote many influential essays‚ such as "The Great Instauration" and "the New Organon" which explained his approach to a practical and theoretical project to reform the way men study nature. Based on those essays‚ he composed his only short story‚ "New Atlantis"‚ which pictured a perfect world beneficiating from the thorough application of his vision. The New Atlantis is nothing more than the account of a world in which men possess a successful inductive method to
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