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- 6221: Biography of Roger Maris
- Biography of Roger Maris Roger Maris was the main character in this biography. He lived a life of love and caring and he also was a great sportsman. In high school he played football and baseball. He and his brother were the star players on the football team and Roger was a lone star on the baseball team. After high school Roger ... all the time he did not buckle under all the pressure. He remained cool and just waited out all the hard times. In the end everything worked out for the better. This book is a great inspiration to young people. When Roger was young kids told him that he was not any good and some of his teachers told him that he would not amount to anything. But he proved them ...
- 6222: Richelieu and Olivares: The Quest for European Domination
- Richelieu and Olivares: The Quest for European Domination Richelieu and Olivares was written as an account of the lives of the two great rulers of rivaling nations which struggled for the domination of Europe and the idea of a Universal monarchy in the early seventeenth century. The beginning of the book discusses the childhood/adolescent years of Richelieu and Olivares, the similarities and differences of their distinctive personalities and the places and events that shaped them. They were similar in the fact that they were great visionaries and were both relentless in their constant pursuit of discipline and order. They were different in the manner that they rose to power and how they controlled their countries when they were at the ...
- 6223: Gandhi: A Man with Virtues
- ... of Indian marriages and abolition of the poll tax for them. When his work is South Africa was complete he returned to India. Following World War I, Gandhi launched his movement of passive resistance to Great Britain. In 1919, the British Parliament passed the Rowlatt Acts, giving authorities the rights to use emergency powers to deal with revolutionary activities, Gandhi's method of passive resistance spread throughout India gaining millions of ... of a free India. By the method of passive resistance, Britain too would consider violence useless and leave India. In 1921 the Indian National Congress gave Gandhi complete executive authority. Then, many revolts occurred against Great Britain. Gandhi then confessed the failure of his civil-disobedience method and ended it. The British government once again arrested and imprisoned him in 1922. When Gandhi was released in 1924 he concentrated on communal ...
- 6224: The Life of Sid Vicious
- The Life of Sid Vicious In May 1957, a baby was born to Anne Randall and John Ritchie, who was named John Simon Ritchie. He brought great joy to his mother, but not to his father who ended up leaving John and his mom when John was only 2 months old. Because of events like this he grew up to be who ... up after about a year and a half because of differences between the band members and the manager. The band members went on to work on different projects. Sid starred in a movie called "The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle" which was about his life. He also started a band called "The Vicious White Kids"; he was the singer of the band this time, not the bass player. While being a ...
- 6225: Helen Keller
- ... When Helen became older she told speeches and stories about her life. She went to people with the same problem as her and tried to help them with their problems with communication. She was a great teacher as was her teacher Anne Sullivan. Helen had now adapted the same styles of teaching that Anne had used and was teaching all sorts of people with disabilities. Helen, throughout her life, has always ... might think as a useless life and fulfilled it to the greatest extent, for this is what makes Helen Keller so remarkable. For those who thought she was an ignoramus they can see what a great person Helen Keller really is.
- 6226: Cleopatra - Queen of Egypt
- ... married her brother Ptolemy, because they wanted to rule Egypt together. They did for quite some time. But it all changed when Ptolemy got sick and died. After the death of Ptolemy she found a great emperor who she then fell in love with, and then married. She then became "a woman of great ambition, intelligence, vigor, and fascination." That's when she gained both the love and the political and military support of first Julius Caesar and then Mark Antony. Because she was a Ptolemy, Cleopatra had a ...
- 6227: Miller's Incident at Vichy
- ... sentence, to be set free or to be called a Jew and die. Every one had fear inside of them. But in particular, Lebeau showed his aggression on that very cold and dreary day. The great author brought out the fear of the people awaiting their sentence and how they reacted in the play. Leduc's life was change drastically at the end of the play by Von Berg. This conversation ... t believe Von Berg gave his pass away, he assumed Leduc has stolen it and made a run for it. The Major realizes Von Berg has given his pass to Leduc Von Berg was a great hero in this play. He was able to understand and sympathize with the others. His courage was overwhelming to the other characters in the play.
- 6228: The Ambitions of Napoleon
- ... these battles he promised the soldiers everything and he fulfilled these promises: " Soldiers! You are ill fed and almost naked. I shall lead you into the most fertile plains on earth. There you shall find great cities and rich provinces. There you shall find honor, glory, and riches." After defeating the Austrians, Napoleon turned to other things. He changed Venice into a French style republic. He was becoming very strong in ... and revision of a government that still lives on today, not for his loss at Waterloo. Napoleon is one of the best generals the world has ever seen, which's why he is Napoleon the Great.
- 6229: The Life of Ulysses S. Grant
- The Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was a heroic figure for many reasons. He was a great leader of the Union forces during the Civil War. He won many battles and held the Union together. His presidential years also had positive outcomes of the future of the United States. Grant's life ... to invade Fort Henry, the key to open the Kentucky and Tennessee territory (World Book CD-ROM, 1995). Lincoln looked at all of Grant's accomplishments and said, "They were very exceptional and showed his great leadership (WWW Page, 1994)." Lincoln gave permission to invade Fort Henry and on April 6, 1862, Grant then led his troops into battle at Fort Henry, Mississippi. After two days battling the confederate troops Grant ...
- 6230: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... his childhood and was the first of his novels to be written entirely from the first person (Huffam). In Dickens' late period, he wrote four more books. They were Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), Great Expectations (1861), and his last novel to be completely finished, Our Mutual Friend (1865) (Huffam). His last works, were A Tale of Two Cities (1859), The Uncommercial Traveler (1861), and No Thoroughfare (1867). In 1858 ... and the oppressed; and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world. (Huffam) Works Cited Huffam, John. Dickens, Charles MS Encarta, 3.0a. Gale Research Inc., 1993. Kyle, Elisabeth. Great Ambitions, a Story of the Early Years of Charles Dickens, New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1966. pp. 1 - 13. Mankowitz, Wolf. Dickens of London, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1976. pp. 7 - 25 ...
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