The Last Song Nicholas Sparks 405 pages (including prologue and epilogue) Grande Central Publishing September 2009 Plot The Last Song revolves around a seventeen-year-old Ronnie Miller‚ who is sent by her mother to spend the summer after graduation with her ten-year-old brother‚ Jonah‚ visiting her father‚ Steve. Steve‚ a former Juilliard professor‚ had divorced Ronnie’s mother‚ Kim‚ three years earlier and left New York City for his childhood home‚ Wrightsville
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crucial role in response to biotic and abiotic disturbances. Leaf shape is seen as one of the most variable and distinct plant traits‚ and variation of leaf morphology can exist among species‚ populations and individuals‚ and within individuals. Because leaves are critical to plant growth and survival‚ it is assumed that the variation in leaf shape represents an adaptive consequence caused by natural selection. Although previous research shows leaf shape variation is possibly related to plant thermoregulation
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The last templar is a suspense‚ mystery novel written by Raymond Khoury in 2005. The book was his debut work and was on the New York Times bestseller list for 22 months. The medieval city of acre stands in flames as the enemy forces occupy the city. Only a small band of templar knights manage to escape the city on a ship with a secret destination. The ship however disappear without a trace. The knights also carried a mysterious chest with them who they were given to by their master‚ the leader of
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My last duchess The poem “my last duchess” by Robert browning‚ a 19th century English poet‚ is based on historic events in 15th century Ferrara (contemporary Italy). The speaker‚ is actually Alfonso the 2nd‚ who entertains in his house his future wife’s‚ from Tyrol (current Austria)‚ negotiator (the servant). Alfonso married his late wife‚ Lucrezia from the Medici family‚ when she was only 14 years old. Unlike him‚ whose noble family origins dates back a centuries (“as if she ranked my gift of
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Title: The Last King of Scotland Elizabeth Tupou 12PM Director: Kevin MacDonald Text Type: Visual Text Never have I been so intrigued in a political thriller. What captivated me more in ‘The Last King of Scotland’ was the fact that this film was based on similar events that occurred in Idi Amin’s life‚ a Ugandan dictator. Books or films that are true or partially true‚ to me‚ become ten times more interesting and/or scary
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Case Study Analysis: Maple Leaf Foods: Leading Six Sigma Change Maple Leaf Foods: Six Sigma in 2002 From the title‚ “Maple Leaf Foods (A): Leading Six Sigma Change”‚ one could assume that the case study is about introduction and implementing of Six Sigma in Maple Leaf Foods (MLF) company which is based Toronto‚ Canada. By observing through headings from the case study‚ one can predict that Bruce Miyashita‚ vice-president (VP) Six Sigma of MLF‚ brings Six Sigma to MLF and he implemented
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How does Browning tell the story of “My Last Duchess” in the first thirteen lines? In the opening lines of “My Last Duchess”‚ Browning introduces his speaker‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who sets the stage to tell the story of his late wife to the Count’s emissary. As a dramatic monologue‚ Browning’s identity is dissolved into his character’s voice and persona; the first-person narration of the Duke dominates the perspective of the story; the emissary becomes a silent listener‚ whose presence is only
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Paper 1 drama Exploration Ruth Ellis The last woman to hang Task 1-The response phase (A01) An off text improvisation in response to a photograph of Ruth Ellis and David Blakely On our first lesson of unit 1 we used a picture of a man and a woman as our stimulus. They were both close together but did not look happy‚ they looked false. we sat down in groups and talked about the picture and said what came to our heads about it;- - false smiles‚ - fake happiness‚ - celebrity couple
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The Last Storyteller Before the Europeans colonized America different tribes of Native Americas appointed storytellers to keep the tribes history alive. In “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ by Sherman Alexie an odd boy named Thomas Builds-the-Fire holds the title of storyteller. This short story is about a journey Thomas takes with his old friend Victor to claim Victor’s father’s ashes from Phoenix‚ Arizona and bring them back to their reservation in Spokane. The story ultimately
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Asian Studies 102 “The Last Emperor” was a very interesting film‚ rich in historical truth and an accurate portrayal of past events that occurred in China during the 1900s. The story was very easy to follow and gave a more modernized approach to teaching the impacts of historical proceedings by using the English language but not forgetting to keep the facts in order. This approach gave me the opportunity to see the different actors as if it were truly identical to what this time period was
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