usefulness of this text for those who wish to teach English but are not native speakers. The introduction to the text says that this text will be used to "acquaint [the reader] with the English words that are most frequently used". If the user of such a book is a beginning ESL learner‚ this introduction is clearly written for the instructor. On the bright side‚ the author draws attention to "a‚ the‚ of‚ for‚ and" and the difficulties that this may bring for an language learner. I am very appreciative of
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process of decolonization‚ bred by the dominant concept of the nation-state and sovereignty as the right to self determination and the sanctity of borders. The book Kashmir: New voices‚ New approaches‚ is the product of international peace Academy. It is the compilation of various research articles by 14 different scholars. The book is edited by Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu‚ Cyrus Samii and Bushra Asif. Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu is on the faculty of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He is coeditor
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communicate with each other and act like humans. Animal farm is a book concerned about the politics of leadership and the rise of fall of great leaders; also the events surrounding the Animal Farm are mirrored to the events that took place during the Russian Revolution. There is also a relevance and resemblance of the occurrences in the book with the operations of a business and business communication. Within the content of the book‚ there were many parallels identified that existed with business
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Right from the first page of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" (or "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" for those reading in the UK) Rowling proves that she knows a thing or two about the kind of magic that brings stories to life. The book starts with Harry as an infant‚ the child of a wizard and witch. He is suddenly left orphaned after an attack by the evil and powerful wizard Lord Voldemort‚ a villain so evil that most wizards and witches refer to him as "You-Know-Who". Mysteriously
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Title: A damsel in Distress. By P.G Wode House. 5 lines about author: 1. Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( 15 Oct 1881-14 Feb 1975) was an English humorist‚ whose body of work includes novels‚ short stories‚ plays‚ poems‚ song lyrics and numerous pieces of journalism. 2. He wrote more than 90 novels and some 300 short stories over 73 yrs. 3. He is widely recognized as the greatest 20th century writer of humor in the English novels. 4. One of the awards he received is the Mark
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IES Joan Alcover Avda. Alemanya 14 Palma de Mallorca September 2012 Dear Barbara‚ My name is Anderson Zaruma Montero‚ I’m fourteen years old and this will be my fourth year studying at Joan Alcover high school. I’m not from here I was just born in Equador. Even though I was born in Equador I was only for three years. Since I travelled to Spain I have lived in Palma de Mallorca with my mum and my three younger brothers. One is studying in this school and is called Cristian‚ the other is in
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Teodora Marinescu 10th Grade American Literature I`m A Stranger Here Myself In the book I`m A Stranger Here Myself ‚ the author‚ Bill Bryson reminisces about the shock he had upon his return to America. He finds returning to his homeland a little unsettling because he left as a young man and returned married with children‚ making the adjustment even harder on him. In each chapter he tries to show the change over time that has occurred in the U.S. ever since he moved until now and subtly and
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What’s gone wrong with democracy: Democracy was the most successful political idea of the 20th century. Why has it run into trouble and what can be done to revive it? Editorial 2014 The Economist‚ March 01‚ 12pp Democracy became the world’s most popular political system in 20th century and it is widespread around the world. But now‚ it is struggling to survive. The editorial journal 2014 article argues that “democracy is going through a difficult time”. So‚ it shows that even in major democratic
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Cold War Baby Boomers 1. After WW2‚ the soldiers came home and were able to get houses for either nothing or lowly priced. Their wives would become pregnant. Many babies were born in this time & many new things were being built‚ new towns with houses‚ schools‚ strip malls‚ etc. 2. In 1927‚ the television came out & mothers started working. TV became another mom to kids since they had to learn to tend for themselves. They were called latchkey kids. Cold War & Stalin 1. The Soviet people thought
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Florence Industries‚ Inc. is a company which provides three entirely different types of products and services through three divisions of the company: consumer products division‚ industrial products division and professional services. Each division is treated as an entirely different company and the performance evaluation criteria is return on assets in recent years after major shift. Although‚ the divisions used to be treated as profit centres‚ this decision meant they are treated more as investment
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