Khaled Hosseini Biography Khaled Hosseini (Persian: خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; English: /ˈhɑːlɛd hoʊˈseɪni/;[1] born March 4‚ 1965) is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. He has lived in the United States since he was fifteen years old and is an American citizen. His 2003 debut novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ was an international bestseller‚ selling more than 12 million copies worldwide.[2] His second‚ A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ was released on May 22‚ 2007.[3] In 2008‚ the book was the bestselling
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Cited: "About Gary." www.RandomHouse.com. Random House‚ Inc.‚ 2004. Web. 29 Nov 2011. <http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/about.html>. "Biography of Gary Paulsen." usa-people-search.com. USA People Search‚ 2011. Web. 29 Nov 2011. <http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-biography-of-gary-paulsen.asp&xgt;. "Gary Paulsen." eolit.hrw.com. Holt‚ Rinehart & Winston‚ n.d. Web. 29 Nov 2011. <http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/authorbios/index2.jsp?author=8garypaulsen>
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Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870. Though most of the information on Maria’s childhood seems to be uncertain‚ with disagreeing dates‚ contradictions and omissions‚ I found a majority of the information about her childhood in Maria Montessori: A Biography by Rita Kramer (1976). Her father was Alessandro Montessori who was "an old fashioned gentleman of conservative temper and military habits." (Kramer‚ 1976‚ p. 22). He was a soldier in his youth and a civil servant later in life. Her mother was a
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In "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality" Peter Singer argues that affluent individuals‚ in fact‚ almost all of us are living deeply immoral lives by not contributing to the relief and prevention of famine. The causes of famine are various and include human wrongdoing‚ but this doesn’t matter‚ according to Singer. What matters is that each of us can minimize the effects of the famines that are now occurring and can take steps to prevent those that might occur. As we go about our daily business‚ living
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com. 9 Feb. 2012. Web. 9 Feb. 2012. <http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120209-NEWS-202090349>. Forster‚ John‚ and George Gissing. Forster ’s Life of Dickens‚. London: Chapman & Hall‚ Ld.‚ 1903. Print. Kaplan‚ Fred. Dickens: A Biography. New York: Morrow‚ 1988. Print. Mankowitz‚ Wolf. Dickens of London. New York: Macmillan‚ 1977. Print. Pearson‚ Hesketh. Dickens‚ His Character‚ Comedy‚ and Career. New York: Harper & Bros.‚ 1949. Print. Slater‚ Michael. Charles Dickens: [a
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School. He became a member of the Ohio bar in 1887(Clarence Darrow Biography).
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treated her different because just because she was black and everyone stared at her because she was different and that didn’t help with how she already felt about herself‚ it just made her insecure. Maya Angelou is an author‚ poet‚ actress‚ dancer and a singer. Maya was a born leader with lots of determination. She didn’t allow anyone or anything to stand in her way of accomplishing her goals. She also becomes very irritated when things don’t go her way. I chose Maya Angelou because she is a very unique
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LADY GAGA She is a singer‚ musician and a song writer born on March 28‚ 1986 (age 26) in New York City‚ U.S. She got world-wide recognition from her 1st album‚ ‘The Fame’. She is originally from the New York City‚ where she studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and also went to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. But she left the university when she was 19 years old to follow her dream which was in the field of music. She 1st started playing piano when she was only 4 years
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Beethoven Biography My composer Beethoven was born in Bonn‚Germany during the year 1770. His mom was Maria Magdalena and father Johann van Beethoven. Beethoven was first learning from his dad‚ who was a tenor. Beethoven’s father was very mad‚ angry‚ and aggressive. He also drank a lot. He did not share Beethoven’s love for music and did not support him. As Beethoven got older he began to study and performed very well. After that he started to become the best of his brothers and sisters. But soon
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The film‚ Valkyrie‚ directed by Bryan Singer‚ was released in 2008. It deals with events in Germany from 1943-44. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was introduced as the main conspirator in the Valkyrie plot to kill Adolf Hitler. The film’s exploration of von Stauffenberg’s character and his motives were limited and substantially inaccurate‚ mostly altered to make him appear more noble than he really was. The depictions of the short-term impacts of the plot were largely accurate‚ including the executions
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