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- 5091: The Partner By John Grisham
- As the book opens, a group of private investigators in Brazil kidnaps an American named Patrick Lanigan, a former Biloxi, Miss., lawyer who stole $90 million from his firm, and avoided capture for more than four years. Patrick changed his looks and didn t live that opulent life style ...
- 5092: Green Architecture
- ... environment. Once thought of as unconventional and nonstandard, both regulatory agencies and the public alike are quickly accepting green architecture as a socially responsible and logical means of construction. The beginnings of today's green revolution can be traced back to the environmental awareness of the 1960s and European design. New construction techniques have lead to the development of innovative materials and design concepts. Green buildings are designed, constructed and commissioned ...
- 5093: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... issues including nature, society, conspiracy and freedom. After returning to America after a visit to England, he wrote for the abolitionist cause, which was eliminating slavery. Emerson used these ideas in his 1837 lecture The American Scholar, which he presented before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard. In it he talked about Americans becoming more intelligently independent. In a second address, commonly referred to as the Address at Divinity College ...
- 5094: Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
- ... this essentially monarchical plan, the national government would have unlimited sovereignty. Hamilton worked to promote commerce, industry, and a strong central government, under which, he believed, the economy would flourish. The debts incurred during the revolution were massive. The end result left the nation's finances in disorder. Public credit was at a low reflux, and the economies of the states were still adjusting to the changes from independence. Hamilton wanted ...
- 5095: The Queen Of Spades, Pushkin
- ... Pushkin's standing with the Russian government was to grow even worse. In 1825 a group of idealistic young Russian military officers, who had been influenced by the spread of democratic ideas following the French Revolution, attempted to overthrow the Czar Nicholas I in the earliest days of his reign. History has come to call this dramatic episode in Russian history "the Decembrist Rebellion." After the uprising was successfully put down ...
- 5096: The Life of Emily Dickinson
- ... of Emily Dickinson Although she lived a seemingly secluded life, Emily Dickinson's many encounters with death influenced many of her poems and letters. Perhaps one of the most ground breaking and inventive poets in American history, Dickinson has become as well known for her bizarre and eccentric life as for her incredible poems and letters. Numbering over 1,700, her poems highlight the many moments in a 19th century New ...
- 5097: Biography of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... life "The Raven" is said to be Poe's best known and written work. It is said to have his favorite theme the death of a beautiful women. "The Raven" was first published in the American Review on the first of February, 1845 on pages 143-145. It has also bean published in numerous other literary publications. The story of the Raven is about Poe and his lost wife. Poe uses ...
- 5098: The Life of Edgar Allen Poe
- The Life of Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe, the greatest American teller of mystery and suspense tales in the 19th century was a tormented artist. He struggled to become the accomplished author he is known as today. Poe is now acclaimed as one of America's ...
- 5099: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- ... Orgins of a Madman Charles Manson is known as one of the most sinister and evil criminals of all time. He organized the murders that shocked the world and his name still strikes fear into American hearts. Manson's childhood, personality, and uncanny ability to control people led to the creation of a family-like cult and ultimately to the bloody murders of numerous innocent people. Charles M. Manson was born ...
- 5100: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... wrote two books expressing how he felt about the US. These books mainly criticized the US for not having a copyright law, the acceptance of slavery, and the vulgarity of the people. These books were American Notes for General Circulation (1842) and The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (1844). Chuzzlewit was a big failure, but many critics believed it was a critical turning point in his career because he realized ...
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