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Orwell, George: 1984
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Orwell, George: 1984
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Greene, Graham: The Third Man
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Shute, Nevil: A Town Like Alice
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Miller, Arthur: All my Sons
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Miller, Arthur (1915-1995): All my sons
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Orwell, George: Animal Farm
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Orwell, George: Animal Farm
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Orwell, George: Animal Farm
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Orwell, George: Animal Farm
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Orwell, George: Animal Farm
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Shakespeare, William: As you like it
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Study Guide for Philip K. Dick: Blade Runner (1968
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Johnson, Pete: The cool Boffin
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Huxley, Aldous: Brave New World
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Mac Laverty, Bernard: Cal
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Laverty, Bernard Mac: CAL
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Miller, Walter M. Jr.: A Canticle for Leibowitz
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Dickens, Charles: David Copperfield
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Briley, John: Cry Freedom
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Kesey, Ken: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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Kesey, Ken: One flew over the cuckoo’s nest
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LeGuin, Ursula: The Dispossessed (Study Guide)
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Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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King, Dr. Martin Luther: I have a Dream
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Higgins, Jack: The Eagle has Landed
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Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel: The Hobbit
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King, Stephen: The Running Man
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Science Fiction
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Weldon, Fay: The Life and Loves of a She Devil
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Huxley, Aldous: Schöne neue Welt
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Lem, Stanislaw: Solaris (Study Guide)
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Orwell, Georg: Animal Farm
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Miller, Arthur: Death of a Salesman
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Orwell, George: 1984
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Pinter, Harald: The caretaker
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Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe
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Finance in Britain Britains banking and financial institutions Britain is the world`s leading financial centre and the home of thriving international banking an financial markets. The city of London`s historic `square mile` holds the greatest concentration of banks in the world and is...

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New Zealand - Land of the Kiwi
New Zealand - Land of the Kiwi 1 Introduction Surrounded by the huge Pacific Ocean, New Zealand lies far away from other countries. The nearest country is Australia and that is 1600 km away. The country which is as larg as Germany has a population of only 3 ¼ million. It seems...

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The first art
Originaldokument enthält an dieser Stelle eine Grafik!Original document contains a graphic at this position! Name Martin Stanzl 5.HB/a Teacher Mag. Elizabeth Schaludek - Paletschek CORRECTED VERSION Table of Contents THE FIRST ART Human beings have evolved over...

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From Gliders to Rockets
FROM GLIDERS TO ROCKETS Speaker: Thomas Hoffmann, 5HBa, 1996/97 From gliders to rockets To be able to fly is one of the oldest human ambitions. Icarus, who was a legend, flew with feathers and wings out of wax too near the sun. So the wax melted...

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Grant, Charles: The X-Files
E – Bookreport 9 GEHRI Thomas 8CRg 6 1996/97 Charles Grant, The X-Files – Whirlwind This book by Charles Grant is the second one of the “X-Files stories”. Once again the two special agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate mysterious cases beyond...

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Tombstone
Originaldokument enthält an dieser Stelle eine Grafik!Original document contains a graphic at this position! The novel ”Tombstone” was written by Giles Tippette. It is based on the script written by Kevin Jarre for the film of the same name. The story takes place in the south...

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Marshall, James Vance: Walkabout
BOOK REPORT HAMED SADEGH 5C TITLE: Walkabout LITERARY GENRE: An adventure story AUTHOR: James Vance Marshall PLOT SYNOPSES: Mary is thirteen and her brother Peter is eight...

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The Internet
Das ist ein Titelblatt 1 INTRODUCTION In the first part of my speech, I will try to answer the question “What is the Internet?”. That question is rather difficult to answer because the Internet is so many things to so many different people. But what exactly is...

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The development of letters and books
E n g l i s h - s p e e c h : TOPIC: The development of letters and books Originaldokument enthält an dieser Stelle eine Grafik!Original document contains a graphic at this position! Christian Hohenegger 5.HBa (1996/97) Mag. E. Schaludek-Paletschek Originaldokument...

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Hemp
Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION This speech is about hemp, also known as Cannabis, Marihuana, Reefer, Pot, Grass and other terms. For thousands of years this plant was an important resource and medicinal herb for many cultures . Only in our...

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Orwell, George: Nineteen eighty-four
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR The author George Orwell: George Orwell was born in India in 1903 (real name Eric Blair), and was educated at Eton. From 1922 to 1928 he served in Burma in the Indian Imperial Police. For the next two years he lived in Paris, and then he came to England as a...

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American Revolution
American Revolution The American Revolution, the conflict by which the American colonists won their independence from Great Britain and created the United States of America, was an upheaval of profound significance in world history. It occurred in the second half of the 18th century, in an...

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Acid Rain
Speech: ACID RAIN I am presenting my speech about ACID RAIN. 1. INTRODUCTION Acid rain is caused by burning fossil fuels like coal and oil and allowing them to pollute the atmosphere. This form of pollution is so strong that many trees and lakes are dying, buildings are...

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Australia
AUSTRALIA a speech delivered from Georg Tschida CORRECTED VERSION Table of Contents Australia Today I’m going to deliver a speech about Australia. First of all I want to start with the fundamental data about the continent. Australia is a big island to the south of...

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Histroy of the English language
Originaldokument enthält an dieser Stelle eine Grafik!Original document contains a graphic at this position! The History Of The English Language Weiss Falko 5HB/a Mag. Schaludek-Paletschek Table...

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Television
TELEVISION 1. Introduction: First I would like to give you general information. By way of introduction, let me speak about the history of television in Great Britain. First of all, let us consider how many British homes had televisions over the past years. In 1950, only eleven percent had...

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Elements of Cutting Machines
English preparation PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE Hoffer Gusztáv 5hba 1997 Topic: BASIC MACHINE-TOOL ELEMENTS OF CUTTING MACHINES INCLUDING LATHE, BORING MACHINE, SHAPER, PLANER, MILLING MACHINE BASIC...

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Heat Treatment of Steel
Heat Treatment of Steel 1 INTRODUCTION Heat treatment is the operation of heating and cooling a metal in its solid state to change its physical properties. An important factor is the time the cooling takes. According to the technique used, steel can be made hard to resist cutting...

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Production of Iron
Production of Iron from Mine to Cast Iron and Steel 1 INTRODUCTION The production of iron and steel comprises 95% of all the tonage of metal produced anually in the world. They are the least expensive of the world’s metals. The art of iron making is an ancient one, dating back to...

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The Channel Tunnel
E - Speech The Channel Tunnel Tobias Deutsch 5hba Contents: 1. History 1802 The first project was presented to Napoleon I. It was a plan of a submarine coachway for horses and carriages, ventilated by long wooden chimneys running to the...

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Orwell, George: Nineteen Eighty-four
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-four Author: The book Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell was written in 1948 and published in 1949. It is one of Orwell´s most famous books. Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in 1903 in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. The...

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Economic backgrounds of the Gulf crisis
Wernher-von-Braun-Gymnasium Kollegstufenjahrgang 1993/95 F A C H A R B E I T aus dem Fach E n g l i s c...

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Gates, Bill
Bill Gates – a computer mastermind Will the computer eventually rule our lives? written by Felix Winkler 8.C in May 98 Winkler Felix <wfelix@gmx.net> LIST OF...

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The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them...

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American Educational System
American Educational System 1 Types of schools in the US Pupils in America have to attend the following schools: Age Grade School 3 - 5 Nursery School 5 - 6 K Kindergarten 6 - 12 1 -...

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Salinger, J.D.: The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger) THE AUTHOR, Jerome David Salinger is an American author, born 1919 in New York City. He graduated from a military academy and briefly attended two colleges; after his early literary success, he became a recluse. His most important work, The Catcher in...

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Whisky Distilling
1 STRUCTURE Speech: Whisky Distilling Speaker: David Lebutsch Date: 27th of November 1995 Main content: The story and making of whisky (especially scotch) TABLE OF CONTENTS: ENGLISH 3.1 THE HISTORY OF WHISKY In the past whisky distilling was a custom in Scotland. They...

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Artificial Intelligence
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE : 5GL-LISA (Personal Neural Network - in the "brain" itself BUT the principles conveyed herein also apply to our "dimensional space" technology as explained on our web page ending with the suffix ctsite.htm) Also you may wish to wander into The Human...

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Sachs, Marylin: The Fat Girl
Bookreport: Marylin Sachs - The Fat Girl The book is written by Marylin Sachs. The centre of attention is a boy named Jeff and Ellen, the fat girl. Jaff is a good looking seventeen-year-old boy. He lives in a house with his mother and his sister. His parents are divorced. His father is...

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Vonnegut, Kurt
Eine Ausarbeitung zum Englischspezialgebiet von Stefan Rasch 8a Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was born November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of, Kurt Vonnegut, Sr., a successful architect, and Edith Sophia Vonnegut. He had two older siblings, a brother Bernard, and a...

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Grisham, John: The Client
The Client AUTHOR: John Grisham. OTHER INFORMATION: The book was first published by Century in the United Kingdom in 1993. The story is told by an omniscient narrator who shifts in the point of view. The story contains fory-two chapters. TYPE: novel SUBJECT: The story takes place...

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London, Jack: The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild AUTHOR: Jack London TYPE: novel OTHER INFORMATIONS: “The Call of the Wild“ is a novel which is composed of seven chapters. It is set in1897 and the following years in the south and the north of the United States of America. The book was first...

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McGills, Gordon: Little Buddha
Little Buddha AUTHOR: Gordon McGill (Based on a story by Bernardo Bertolucci) TYPE: novel OTHER INFORMATIONS: The book was first published by “Pan Books Limited“ in 1994. This story is composed of two parts and nine chapters.The first part plays in Seattle – the...

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Orwell, George: 1984
1984 AUTHOR: George Orwell SETTING: The story takes place in London. London belongs to Oceania in 1984. SYNOPSIS: PART ONE: Winston is very dissatisfied with his life because there is not enough to eat and the flats are small and dirty. He tries to remain the past even though the...

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Principles of Marketing - Advertising
Principles of Marketing & Advertising -Final Exam- Global Industry - An industry in which the strategic positions of competitors in given geographic or national markets are affected by their overall global positions. Global firm - A firm that, by operating in more than one...

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Doing Business in Japan
Principles of Marketing & Advertising -Final Exam- Global Industry - An industry in which the strategic positions of competitors in given geographic or national markets are affected by their overall global positions. Global firm - A firm that, by operating in more than one...

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Wells, H.G.: The invisible man
Originaldokument enthält an dieser Stelle eine Grafik!Original document contains a graphic at this position! a novel by H.G WELLS PPC THE INVISIBLE MAN One wintry, cold and snowy February day Griffin...

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Expert Systems / AI
Originaldokument enthält an dieser Stelle eine Grafik!Original document contains a graphic at this position! PPC Expert System Expert System, a type of computer application program that makes decisions or...

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Autism
Autism is a neurological disorder, that typically appears during the first 3 years of life. It affects functioning of the brain what causes physical, social and language skills. Autism interferes with the normal development of the brain in the areas of reasoning, social interaction and...

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Fleisher, Elenor: Rain Man
Rain Man This novel was written by Elenor Fleisher. She is an American author who has novalized about 50 screenplays. She also writes „own“ books, especially for young adults. Plot The story is set in America in the 1990ies. It´s about Charles Babbit and his autistic...

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Christie, Agatha: The moving finger
The moving finger by Agatha Christie After a flying accident, the pilot Jerry Burton from London is rather badly injured. That’s why his doctor Markus Kent advises him to spend some time in the country in order to promote the healing process. Jerry and his younger sister Joanna, who...

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Television
C O N T E N T I. Instead of an introduction p. 2II. Violence - biggest problem on TV p. 3III. Children and TV p. 5IV. New censor chip for American TVs p. 7 Videos - big brothers of TV programmes - and their classification p. 8VI. Computer and video...

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Steinbeck, John: The Red Pony
The Red Pony The Plot: The novel “The Red Pony” by John Steinbeck is set near Salinas, California. It deals with the life of the ten-year-old Jody Tiflin and his growing into manhood. The other main persons are his parents, Carl and Ruth Tiflin, and the cow-hand Billy Buck....

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Steinbeck, John: Of Mice and Men
Marco Zapletal The Pearl The Plot: The parable “The Pearl” deals with a drastic incident in the life of Kino, a poor Indian fisherman, and his wife. The story is set in the little village “La Paz”, which is situated on the coast of the Gulf on California. A new...

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Steinbeck, John: The Pearl
Marco Zapletal The Pearl The Plot: The parable “The Pearl” deals with a drastic incident in the life of Kino, a poor Indian fisherman, and his wife. The story is set in the little village “La Paz”, which is situated on the coast of the Gulf on California. A new...

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Allende, Isabell: The House of the Spirits
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS by Isabell Allende © Valentin Wegerth, 1999 The plot of the novel stretches from the 30s of our century to the present. The story is about two families of the chilean upper class, the Truebas and the Del Valles (spricht man übrigens „dell...

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Mansfield, Katherin: The Dolls House
“THE DOLL´S HOUSE“ By Katherine Mansfield Katherin Mansfield was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1888. Her father was a banker and he sent her to London where she attended Queen´s College. In 1909 she married a musician. She left him and in1918 she married a...

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Alcohol and Tobacco
Table of contents 1.) Alcohol What is alcohol The alcohol content of various drinks Why do people drink alcohol How alcohol affects the human body What is being drunk The alcohol industry is a big business Consumption of alcohol is increasing Drinking and driving 2.)...

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Gibson, William: Count Zero
COUNT ZERO By William Gibson I allready had the pleasure to read one of W. Gibbson‘s books named ‚Virtual Light‘ and really enjoyed it. That was basically why I bought this book; that and the fact that nearly everyone I asked about Science Fiction told me that Gibson would...

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Hemingway, Ernest: For Whom the Bell Tolls
BARRON`S BOOK NOTES (tm) For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway --------------------------------------------------------- 1940 ERNEST HEMINGWAY`S ...

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Virgil: The Aeneid
BARRON`S BOOK NOTES VIRGIL`S THE AENEID ^^^^^^^^^^VIRGIL: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES Virgil (Publius Virgilius Maro) was born in Mantua, a rural town north of Rome near the Alps. Even though Virgil`s birth in 70 B.C. came in the middle of a century of political turmoil and civil war...

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Hemingway, Ernest: A Farewell to Arms
BARRON`S BOOK NOTES ERNEST HEMINGWAY`S A FAREWELL TO ARMS ^^^^^^^^^^ERNEST HEMINGWAY: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES Ernest Hemingway once gave some advice to his fellow writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. If something in life hurts you, he said, you should use it in your writing. In A Farewell to...

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Penn, Robert: All the kings men
BARRON`S BOOK NOTES ROBERT PENN WARREN`S ALL THE KING`S MEN ^^^^^^^^^^ROBERT PENN WARREN: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES Huey P. Long, known as "The Kingfish," controlled Louisiana politics for some ten years, until he was assassinated in 1935. He was the law, he was above the law--he ruled...

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Remark, Erich Paul: All quiet on the western front
ABARRON`S BOOK NOTES ERICH MARIA REMARQUE`S ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ^^^^^^^^^^ERICH MARIA REMARQUE: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES Born Erich Paul Remark on June 22, 1898, he grew up in a Roman Catholic family in Osnabruck in the province of Westphalia, Germany--a city in the northwest...

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Shakespeare, William: A midsummer night´s dream
BARRON`S BOOK NOTES WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE`S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT`S DREAM ^^^^^^^^^^WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES As we might expect from the range and vitality of Shakespeare`s writing, Elizabethan England was an exciting and changing place. Though we know little of...

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Orwell, George: Animal Farm
BARRON`S BOOK NOTES GEORGE ORWELL`S ANIMAL FARM ^^^^^^^^^^GEORGE ORWELL: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES George Orwell was a quiet, decent Englishman who passionately hated two things: inequality and political lying. Out of his hatred of inequality came a desire for a society in which class...

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Tolstoy, Leo: Anna Karenina
^^^^^^^^^^ LEO TOLSTOY: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES Leo Tolstoy was a man of many parts--soldier, sensualist, country nobleman, writer, teacher and social critic, and, not least, benevolent patriarch. Photographs taken of him in his later years show a fearsome-looking man with long...

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Knowles, John: A seperate Peace
BARRON`S BOOK NOTES JOHN KNOWLES`S A SEPARATE PEACE JOHN KNOWLES: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES John Knowles was only 33 years old when A Separate Peace was published, in 1959, in England (see The Critics section at the end of this book for a good idea of how popular the book was there) and...

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Faulkner, William: As I lay dying
BARRON`S BOOK NOTES WILLIAM FAULKNER`S AS I LAY DYING ^^^^^^^^^^WILLIAM FAULKNER: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES No one who knew William Faulkner in high school would have voted him "most likely to succeed." He dropped out in the eleventh grade. "I never did like school," he said, "and I...

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Lewis, Harry Sinclair: Babbitt
BARRON`S BOOK NOTES SINCLAIR LEWIS`S BABBITT ^^^^^^^^^^SINCLAIR LEWIS: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES If you go to any large dictionary and open it to the "B" section, you`ll find two definitions that didn`t exist before 1922: Babbitt--an uncultured, conformist businessman;...

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Death penalty in the USA
Table of Contents DEATH PENALTY IN THE USA (1976-2000) Originaldokument enthält an dieser Stelle eine Grafik!Original document contains a graphic at this position! There are currently 38 states with death penalty: ...

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Customs and traditions in Britain
Customs and Traditions in Britain Some British customs and traditions are famous all over the world and a lot of them have very long histories. First I will tell you about British customs during the year. In January, there is a festival, called Up-Helly-Aa. In the ninth century, men from...

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