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EdisonThomas Alva , a very famous inventor who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries, invented the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and over a thousand other devices. He was always thinking of new ways to do things. Perhaps his only invention that wasn't an "improvement" of another device ...
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F. Scott Fitzgeraldis in many ways one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century. In his first novel, This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald epitomized the mindset of an era with the statement that his generation had, "grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, and all faiths in man ...
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Lucille Ballhas made significant and positive contributions to the country with her comedy. Many consider her America's best female actress. Kathleen Brady, in fact, says, " is one of the greatest performing artists America has produced" (ix). Throughout her career, Ball has not only been a comedienne, ...
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Aldous HuxleyMany talented twentieth century writers have been overshadowed by classical writers such as Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Novels dealing with classical topics are often more recognized than works that tackle controversial topics. defies this stereotype, for his controversial works ...
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Prophet MuhammedMuhammad: His Life based on the Earliest Sources
Acclaimed worldwide as the ultimate resource material on the topic, in the English language, Martin Lings' Life of Muhammad is unmatched by any other book. It is said to be the most definitive biography. First published in 1983, it is based on ...
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Karol WojtylaKarol Josef Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. He had two parents, Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kackorowska. Karol was baptized June 20, by Father Franciszek Zak. His father was a Lieutenant in the Polish army, and his mother was a school teacher. He also had a brother, Edmund ...
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Book Review of Steve JobsBook Review - Steve Jobs: A Biography
This is the only official biography authorized by Steve Jobs. It took the writer, Walter Isaacson, more than 2 years talking with Jobs face to face for over 40 times, and interviewing with more than 100 family members, friends, competitors and colleagues ...
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Lytton Strachey, English biographer, was born in 1880. He was an openly gay member of the artistically talented Bloomsbury Group, centering on Leonard and Virginia Woolf. (Strachey had once proposed to Virginia née Stephen, but she laughed. When he was conscripted in World War I, he declared himself to be a ...
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Jefferson And Socrates' Idea Of DemocracyThomas Jefferson's idea of democracy was one in which people had the right to question the government. Just as Socrates' mission was that of questioning everything and everyone. Socrates educated many and created followers intent on continuing Socrates' work. In effect this is quite similar if ...
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Coco ChanelThe Life and Times of
There have been many women of great influence throughout the years, but in the world of fashion there was one above all the rest: . After years of triumphs and failures, she gracefully stated, ³Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at ...
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KerouacMartin, William 2-14-97
Charters, Ann. : A Biography. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1959, 1994.
419 pp.
Jack
Kerouac: A Biography, helps to explain how Jack Kerouac, the founder and most
important member of the Beat movement, was influenced by the rapidly changing culture ...
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PattonWhen people thing of World War II many things come to mind: Gas Chambers, Nazis, "Japs", and General George S. . George S. is one of the most controversial issues of World War II. People have called him a great and heroic man, while others called him a pre-madonna. No matter which view you ...
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John KeatsJohn Keats was born on October 31, 1795. He was the oldest of five siblings. One of them, Edward died at infancy. He lived a happy childhood in North London. His father Thomas Keats and his mother Frances Jennings owned a livery business called the "Swan and Hoop". (Merriman) John was said to be a ...
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Princess DianaElizabeth Garcia
UNV-104 21st Century Skills: Communication and Information Literacy
October 5, 2011
Professor Daws
Princess Diana and her death
Regardless of whether you knew her personally or through the media, Princess Diana was an inspiration that touched the hearts of others ...
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Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton
Isaac Newton was born December 25, 1642, in Wools Thorpe Lincolnshire. Newton was born premature and, his father died two months before he was born. His mother remarried when he was three and his mother and stepfather left him to his grandmother. The early events in his life played ...
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The Works Of Poet Carl Sandburg And His Effect On American PoetryThe beloved poet, Carl Sandburg, changed the course of American
poetry. He was a poet, novelist, journalist, and songwriter, yet the
influence of his works have not always been acknowledged. Carl Sandburg's
evocations of American urban and rural life, compassion for people, and his
love of ...
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Colin PowellMy Written Report is a Short Biography of Colin Luther Powell. He was born on May 5, 1937 in Presbyterian Hospital. He was born, and grew up, in the South Bronx, New York. There was a big influence of drugs and gangs where Powell lived but, he seemed to steer away from all of that (source 1, page ...
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Stanley And Livingstone And ThHenry Morton Stanley is most famous for saying the words “Dr. Livingstone I presume?” when in 1871 he finally found Dr. David Livingstone in western Tanzania. Stanley was born John Rowlands in 1840 in Wales. His childhood was poor and deprived with both parents deserting him and leaving him to ...
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Deng XiaopingChina has a long history with several great leaders, but none of those
leaders have even come close to being as great as .
was a loyal communist who sacrificed his own life so his people could have a
better one. During his long political career, he served as a Communist
politcommissar of the ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Innovator IFrank Lloyd Wright: Innovator in American Architecture
"...having a good start, not only do I fully intend to be the greatest architect who has yet lived, but fully intend to be the greatest architect who will ever live. Yes, I intend to be the greatest architect of all time." - Frank Lloyd ...
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