The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes‚ Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History is a non-fiction book written by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter which got translated in nineteen languages and later got filmed by Georg Clooney‚ who also played one of the main characters. Robert M. Edsel already (co-) published several other works about the preservation‚ protection and restitution of the world’s greatest artistic and cultural treasures. The book deals with the work of the Monuments‚ Fine
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Social Development in Africa (2000)‚15‚ I‚ 93-108 The Persistence of the Family Farm and the Economy of Affection: The Cameroonian Case JILL Y M. NOW AINMBI* ABSTRACT This case study attempts to account for the persistence of the economy of affection in Cameroon in light of the persistence of the family farm debate. The study demonstrates‚ like previous studies‚ that the economy of affection persists because of subjective values such as the farmers ’ desire to be independent; the farmers ’ view
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Fallen Angels By: Walter Dean Myers 1. Pg. 14-15. Talking about a basketball tournament: “I wanted to win badly. I knew I was going into the army‚ but for me that was a kind of defeat. My plans‚ maybe just my dreams really‚ had been to go to college and to write like James Baldwin. All the other guys in the neighborhood thought I was going to college. I wasn’t‚ and the army was the place I was going to get away from all the questions. I wanted to win that tournament‚ to walk away from the streets
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In the book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers‚ we read about the hardships and troubles of the main character‚ Richard Perry‚ during the Vietnam war. We learn a lot about Perry throughout the book‚ and by the end of the book we feel like we know exactly how Perry feels‚ and we have a understanding of some of the hardships that the soldiers faced in Vietnam. In this book‚ Perry kills a Vietnamese man in a hut he was supposed to check out‚ and from this point on he does a lot of thinking about
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Discussion 1: Tombs and Monuments Question: Compare an aspect of the tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi with the burial tombs of other cultures‚ such as Egypt or Mesopotamia. Answer: The Tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi The tomb of Qin Shihuangdi‚ who died 210 B.C.E.‚ lies about 30 kilometers from modern Xian in China. There is a pyramid shaped tumulus over the actual burial chamber which originally was 400 feet high and now stands 165 feet and has a circumference of about one mile. The mausoleum
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Fallen Lauren Kate “There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori. Mysterious and aloof‚ he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah‚ Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden‚ the other students are all screw-ups‚ and security cameras watch every move. Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce–and goes out of his way to make that very clear–she
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Red Fort‚ Delhi The Red Fort‚ with a circumference of over 2.2 kilometers‚ was laid out by the banks of the Yamuna river in the 17th century. The Mughal emperor Shajahan built it with the ambition of concentrating the Mughal power in one monument. Monument is perhaps not the right word. A mini-city is more like it. Unfortunately for the emperor‚ before he could move his capital from Agra to Shahjahanabad in Delhi‚ he was taken a political prisoner by his son Aurangazeb. The fort is a delight
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Through the Eyes of Asian Men Overview Asian stereotypes are a product of prevailing myths propagated by various media‚ from books‚ plays‚ movies‚ television‚ to even historical propaganda. Generally speaking‚ the stereotyping of Asian women often swing to extreme types: the docile‚ subservient sexual object‚ or the dragon lady. Asian Americans only make up a small percentage of the United States population and live mostly on the west and east coasts of mainland United States and Hawaii. Consequently
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can change a person’s perspective and gain one’s maturity. Not only let a person to be more considerate for others‚ but also increase a person’s courage. Throughout the Fallen Angels‚ the war changes the soldiers a lot. For example‚ the innocent young soldiers enter the war‚ it quickly changes them and forces them to develop into men. The relationship between the squad members have also changed and make their friendship even more strongly bonded. In addition‚ Perry’s point of view for the war has also
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How Microsoft is failing Windows 8 Summary- Four months ago‚ Microsoft released Window8‚ a complete rethinking of the interaction between humans and computers. As a paradigm shift‚ the only real comparison is when Apple introduced the iPhone‚ moving the world from clunky Soviet-style mobile interfaces to the colorful‚ responsive touch screens we have today. Of course‚ Apple had the advantage of not having to support 20 years of legacy code. An astonishing feat of engineering‚ but a giant boulder
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