Agatha Christie was born in the 1890’s in England. Her father showed her to read and write. She loved it ever since and she’s written books and those books got turned into movies. Her first book was published in 1920 with a character that she used in 33 other novels and 54 short stories. She is the world’s best mystery authors. The book was very different from the movie. The book everyone died‚ and in the movie Vera and Lombard lived. There were a lot of things changed like there was not a cat
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Agatha Christie is known to be one of the best-selling novelist in history. She has written over 60 detective novels and 14 short story collections. She holds the record for world’s longest running play - The Mousetrap. Christie’s first published novel‚ The Mysterious Affair at Styles‚ began as a bet with her sister who said she didn’t believe Christie could write a good detective novel. John Lane of The Bodley Head published the novel in 1919 and created a contract for Christie to produce five more
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Quiet Kill Sherlock said‚ “Are you daft. Listen you ape‚ I’m confident after I do some checking‚ I’ll find there are so many solid files of your crimes . . . . that it’ll get you hanged at least 7 times along with 113 years of jail. The sad part is you are at such a young age and so many crimes. Furthermore‚ the rate you’re going‚ you’re a dead ringer to becoming the uncrowned king in the world of crime! Sadly‚ it’s a crime to break the heart of the one who loves you. So to‚ by changing the
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The C-130 The C-130 Hercules was born from a request by the United States Air Force for a replacement transport aircraft for the C-119 Flying Boxcar‚ C-47 Skytrain‚ and C-46 Commando‚ which were inadequate for modern warfare after the Korean War. The USAF wanted a plane that could have a capacity of 92 passengers‚ 72 combat troops or 64 paratroopers fly a range of around 1‚100 nautical miles‚ have the ability to fly with one engine shut down‚ and be able to take-off from unprepared runways (MotoArt
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The Murder Mystery of Mrs. Remington It was an overcast afternoon in Virginia. The police were responding to an alleged murder at the Remington’s Residence. The Abode was a yellow duplex that was not well maintained by either Family. Mrs. Remington‚ at the age forty-seven‚ had been discovered dead in her bedroom and was reported by her husband midafternoon on Saturday. After law enforcement secured the premises‚ a detective was directed toward the scene. Detective Watson and his assistant investigated
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Holland 1 Catherine E. Holland Mrs. Wilder English 1302 WMW1 8 April 2012 Annotated Bibliography: “The Cask of Amontillado” Baraban‚ Elena V. “E.V. Baraban: Murder in “The Cask of Amontillado.”” RMMLA Homepage. Rocky Mountain Review‚ 28 Oct. 2004. Web. 05 Apr. 2012. Though murder is the centerpiece of “The Cask of Amontillado‚” it is not typical of mysteries with similar subject matter‚ because the murderer tells the reader how he commits his crime. Poe leaves the reader with many questions
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Agatha was the daughter of Athena and a mortal named Dallas. Athena was the goddess of wisdom‚ making Agatha wise. Dallas knew how to fight and was incredibly strong. He trained Agatha at a very young age how to fight so that she can be ready to fight at any given moment. When she was little‚ Athena took Agatha to see the Fates. They said that Agatha will be capable of great things but her curiosity will get the better of her at times. What she thought would be a very uneventful Monday ends up being
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don’t want any more whining or crying. Hercules Mulligan‚ you have once again stepped out of line and this time you have killed one of my best men. It’s about time that someone teaches you a lesson." Thomas spoke‚ in a low‚ agitated voice. His voice was the only one sounding in the room now. That is unless you count the unspoken tension that screamed out in silence. Charles Lee was dead‚ Hamilton was unwilling to pay‚ and Thomas was done with it all. Hercules Mulligan had to pay for what he’d done
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Youthful Hercules‚ a Roman marble sculpture from A.D. 69 to 98‚ Flavian dynasty‚ depicts the Greek Mythology hero: Hercules . In contrast‚ Commemorative Portrait of a Chief (Lefem)‚ an African wood sculpture from 19th to early 20th century‚ is an portrayal of one of the rulers of Bangwa chiefdoms . Both sculptures contain concepts of the power and strength using the idealized male figure and reflect the physical perfection of the beauty of the ideal
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myth resembles Jesus in many areas. The mortal and chaste Alcmene‚ the mother of Hercules‚ gave birth to him from a union with God (Zeus). Similar to Herod who wanted to kill Jesus‚ Hera wanted to kill Hercules. Like Jesus‚ Hercules traveled the earth as a mortal helping mankind and performed miraculous deeds. Similar to Jesus who died and rose to heaven‚ Hercules died‚ rose to Mt. Olympus and became a god. Hercules gives example of perhaps the most popular hero in Ancient Greece and Rome. They believed
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