Stephen Johnson’s The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science‚ Cities‚ and the Modern World‚ is a nonfiction book that examines the cholera outbreak that occurred in the late summer of 1854 in London‚ England. At that time‚ London was the largest city that the world had seen‚ with a population of around two and a half million. It was the size of many modern cities but didn’t share any of the infrastructure that are so vital to larger cities‚ like clean
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close confidant of the Yongle Emperor of China during the Ming Dynasty. He went on voyages to Southeast Asia‚ Sumatra‚ Java‚ Ceylon‚ India‚ Persia‚ Persian Gulf‚ Arabia‚ the red sea Egypt‚ and the Mozambique Channel. The number of his voyages vary depending on method of division‚ but he travelled at least seven times to The Western Ocean with his fleet. The fleet comprised 30‚000 men and seventy ships at its height. He brought back to China many trophies and envoys from more than thirty
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The best way to recognise an excellent book is to give it an award. Anil’s Ghost is an excellent book‚ and it is without a doubt worthy of the Governor generals Award. Anil’s Ghost was written by the award winning author‚ Michael Ondaatje‚ and it was published in 2000. The novel starts with Anil Tessera returning to her home country‚ from the west‚ where she had been studying to become a forensic anthropologist. She had returned‚ to investigate mysterious deaths that are plaguing the country. Her
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In “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett and “Chronicles of a Death Foretold” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ the reader is presented with an un-orthodox beginning of story in both novels. While Beckett’s play starts with the antithesis of a usual opening line “Nothing to be done”‚ Marquez’s novel does the same “On the day they were going to kill him‚ Santiago Nasar” thus condemning the novel to a foretold destiny. These approaches withdraw any initial suspense that the novel or play could offer; this
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Plot Summary: Do not cut/ paste from a website‚ which is a form of plagiarism. One morning‚ Gregor Samsa wakes up as a giant bug‚ and soon realizes he has missed his train and will be late for work. His father‚ mother‚ and sister knock at the door and ask about his condition. He assures them he feels fine‚ but soon his manager arrives at his house‚ accuses Gregor of being lazy‚ and upsets the whole family. Eventually‚ Gregor crawls over to the door and terrifies everyone with his new physique. After
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Objective Summary Fernando Garcia This story begins in Salem Massachusetts and a father (Reverend Parris) finds his daughter and some other random girls dancing in the woods as it is forbidden to dance in that place. Reverend Parris begins to ask his daughter what she doing as dancing is considered witchcraft. Some of the girls begin to get sick and Rebecca Nurse can help them. Reverend Hale is called to try and find witchcraft in these girls. The girls start accusing people of seeing them
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School of Humanities Department of History / Social Studies P.O. Box 175‚ Port of Spain‚ Trinidad‚ W.I. Course Outline COURSE DESCRIPTION: Title of the course and number : West Indian History - HIST147-04 First Semester : 2014 / 2015 Semester credits : Three (3) Dates‚ Time and Location : TR‚ 12.15pm – 1.30pm in KIA-NE1. West Indian History : This course is a survey study of the historical processes that have contributed to the molding of the Caribbean from earliest times into its
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ITTC – Recommended Procedures and Guidelines Testing and Extrapolation Methods Propulsion‚ Performance Propulsion Test 7.5-02 -03-01.1 Page 1 of 14 Effective Date 2002 Revision 01 Table of Contents 1 2 3.3.2.1 Propeller Thrust .............................7 3.3.2.2 Propeller Torque ............................7 3.3.3 External Tow Force.......................7 3.3.4 Rate of revolution..........................8 3.3.5 Sinkage and trim ...........................8 3.3.6 Speed
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The book The Ghost of Fossil Glen by: Cynthia C. Defelice is about a young girl named Allie Nichols who is being hunted at first but then assisted by a ghost. Her friend Karen calls Allie a liar and doesn’t want to hear "stuff like that." But her old friend‚ Dub‚ listens eagerly and knows all about it as Allie tells him about the voice that guides her down a steep cliff side‚ and the girl she imagines who begs‚ "Help me‚" and a terrible nightmare in which the girl falls to her death. But then learn
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First Voyage April 20‚ 1534 - September 5‚ 1534 Cartier went to Canada in 1534 with two ships and 61 men to look for a way to Asia. In the course of this search‚ he explored what later became known as Newfoundland‚ the Magdalen Islands‚ Prince Edward Island and the Gaspé Peninsula. While at Prince Edward Island‚ he traded with the Mi’kmaq. This was the first act of trade between the French and First Nations people. The King Commands You In 1534‚ the King of France‚ François I sent Cartier to
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