Cassius Clay better known as Muhammad Ali is by far the greatest boxer of all time. "King of the World" by David Reminick is a very detailed biography of Muhammad and good documentation how boxing used to be. The book takes you on a journey behind the scenes of Alli’s rise to the top and boxing run in with La Costra Nostra. On an October afternoon in 1954 when Cassius was 12 he left his 60 dollar red Schwinn outside the Columbia Auditorium to visit a bazaar. When he and his friends left he realizes
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot is a poem I would not recommend anyone still trying to hang on to his or her youth. T. S. Eliot’s poem‚ about a man named J. Alfred Prufrock‚ is a pessimistic poem looking at the seemingly wasted life of an aging man. The poem is told from the viewpoint of a very sad man named J. Alfred Prufrock. The poem takes place in the city of St. Louis‚ which T. S. Eliot does not portray in a very good light. T. S Eliot’s creation of a depressing mood‚ powerful
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For Britain‚ the early 1920’s and 1930’s was a time for cinema. After not reaching the level of success that was desired‚ Alfred Hitchcock returned to Gaumont British‚ a picture corporation and distribution company. Upon his arrival‚ Hitchcock set out to create a feeling of paranoia‚ fear‚ and even guilt in his films; creating hits for Germany in the years of 1925-1939. His return to British cinema was well sought after‚ as he returned as one of the highest paid directors at that time. While the
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Cited: Mandela‚ Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela : With Connections (HRW library). New York: Holt Rinehart &Amp; Winston‚ 1995. "Biography of Nelson Mandela." Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. 27 Feb. 2007. 7 May 2007 . Liberfield‚ David. "Nelson Mandela as a Peacemaker." Presented At the ISA Convention. Mar. 2002. 11 May 2007 . http://www.essortment.com/all/biographywinnie_rbmg.htm
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the profoundest dissimulation. A most law-defying‚ law-obeying citizen. A stickler for discipline‚ he never hesitated to disobey his superior. A democratic aristocrat. An urbane savage. An atrocious saint." James Parton‚ the "father of American biography"‚ writing a few years after Jackson’s presidency‚ was tempted to throw up his hands over Jackson - an apparent bundle of contradictions. It is not just that his friends and enemies see two different men; the very facts make one wonder whether he
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Alfred Prufrock”. This poem was published in June 1915 in the “Poetry: A Magazine of Verse” with the help of his close friend Ezra. The epigraph of the poem is a quotation from Dante Alighieri´s Divine Comedy‚ from the first of the three canticas‚ Inferno. The reason for that is Eliot´s obsession and extensive reading of Dante at that time. Eliot´s poetry‚ including “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is the combination of past and modern time
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Biography of William Shakespeare: It is known that he was born in April 1564 and that he died on 23rd April 1616 at the age 52. He was baptized on 26th April 1564. How fitting that the great English writer is so closely identified with the patron saint of England. Shakespeare had seven siblings. They were: Joan (1558); Margaret (1562); Gilbert (1566); Joan II (1569); Anne (1571); Richard (1574) and Edmund (1580). Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18. She was 26 and she was pregnant
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Biography of Allan Pinkerton CJS 250 Axia College UOP Allan Pinkerton is without a doubt one of the most famous figures in the Detective history. In his long and varied career he was called a traitor and a patriot‚ an outlaw and a police officer‚ a thug and an idealist‚ a left-leaning political activist fighting for the plight of the workers and a hired goon for bosses‚ a defender of liberty and a tramper of rights‚ an immigrant and a drunkard‚ a rogue‚ an adventurer and a barrel maker
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References: Goble‚ Frank G. (1970) The Third Force: The Psychology of Abraham Maslow. United Kingdom: Viking Publishing. Hoffman‚ Edward (1989) The Right to Be Human: A Biography of Abraham Maslow. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. Maslow‚ Abraham H. (1994) Religions‚ Values‚ and Peak Experiences. New York: Penguin Books USA Inc. Maslow‚ Abraham H. (1993) The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (An Esalen Book). New York:
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