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    In September 1939‚ Władysław Szpilman‚ a Polish-Jewish pianist‚ plays on radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland at the outbreak of World War II. Hoping for a quick victory‚ Szpilman rejoices with family at home when learning that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. But Germany defeats Poland quickly and its troops enter Warsaw‚ where life for Jews deteriorates as the Nazi authorities prevent them from working or owning businesses and force

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    ------------------------------------------------- Body Shop ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Anita Lucia Roddick‚ née Perilla‚ was born in Littlehampton‚ England in 1942‚ one of four children of Italian immigrants. Her parents settled in Littlehampton to run the Clifton Cafe. Her father died when she was ten and the children then helped to run the cafe. From school she went to Bath College of Education where she took a Teacher

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    Name of the book; Village by the see By; Anita Desai Story; of an Indian family A story of an Indian family‚ staying in a village‚ called Thul‚ almost 14 miles away form Mumbai one of the most famous cities of India. This family consists of a mother who is very sick and lying in bed all the time‚ father who drinks all the time and is unable to work due to his hard drinking habit‚ three sisters and a brother‚ the two younger sisters who are studying at school‚ and an elder sister who has stopped

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    123 Spruce St‚ Apt 35 Philadelphia PA 19103 Gayle L. McDowell (555) 555-1212 gayle@careercup.com Employment Software Engineer‚ Intern Apple Computer Summer 2004 iChat AV Reduced time to render the user’s buddy list by 75% by implementing prediction algorithm. Implemented iChat integration with OS X Spotlight Search by creating tool which extracts metadata from saved chat transcripts and provides metadata to a system-wide search database. Redesigned chat file format and implemented

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    In The Shawl‚ Cynthia Ozick uses descriptive details to engage the reader. The story describes the horror of Nazism. The setting of the story is a concentration camp. The three main characters are Rosa‚ who was a mother of two daughters‚ Stella who was fourteen and Magda who was fifteen months. The plot of the story surrounds a magic shawl. The shawl is a major part of the complication‚ climax and resolution of the story. The magic shawl is the only thing the three starving women have keeping them

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    Although convinced that she herself will never marry‚ Emma Woodhouse‚ a precocious twenty-year-old resident of the village of Highbury‚ imagines herself to be naturally gifted in conjuring love matches. After self-declared success at matchmaking between her governess and Mr. Weston‚ a village widower‚ Emma takes it upon herself to find an eligible match for her new friend‚ Harriet Smith. Though Harriet’s parentage is unknown‚ Emma is convinced that Harriet deserves to be a gentleman’s wife and sets

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    The novel is the story of a girl caught in the throes of war on the island of Bougainville. It is through the guidance of her devoted but strict Christian mother and teacher that Matilda survives but‚ more importantly‚ through her connection with Pip‚ a fictional creation in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Pip helps Matilda maintain a desire to live‚ especially after her mother‚ the wise Mr Watts‚ and her island home cease to exist. The novel opens with a colourful description of Watts‚ whom

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    THEME OF ALIENATION IN ANITA DESAI’S NOVELS WITH REFERENCE TO ‘CRY‚ THE PEACOCK’‚ ‘VOICES IN THE CITY’ AND ‘FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN’ Alienation is one of the greatest problems confronting modern man. The 20th century Especially the postwar period has been called the ‘Age of Alienation’. Edmund Fuller remarks that in our age man suffers not only from war persecution ‚ famine and ruin‚ but from inner problem a conviction on isolation ‚ randomness ‚ meaninglessness in his way of existence. There are

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    Beloved is a novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War (1861–1865)‚ it is inspired by the story of an AfricanAmerican slave‚ Margaret Garner‚ who temporarily escaped slavery during 1856 in Kentucky by fleeing to Ohio‚ a free state. A posse arrived to retrieve her and her children under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850‚ which gave slave owners the right to pursue slaves across state borders. Margaret killed her two-year-old daughter rather than allow her to be recaptured

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    olive-colored eyes are large and her look is nobel and calm. As she steps in a half moon‚ in her right arm‚ she holds a small child‚ and on her and the child’s head‚ rests a golden crown and steps on a half moon. This is the image of Our Lady of Santa Anita‚ from a town in Jalisco‚ Mexico named after her; she is best known to look out for the sick and for miracles. It is common for people in the town to devote hope on the image to help with their sickness. For this reason‚ there are annual parades where

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