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The third installment of The Dimension G7 Saga, and the sequel to Gouval Inc. Forever, The Sun Rises Over North Beach is a wild, touching and cinematically vivid ode to where it all began for Lord Gouval. Warm sunlight seeps through the invigorating calligraphy, moist sand glistens between the lines, and the softly breathing ocean's continually resonating in the background. After the epoch shattering chaos of Forever, The Sun Rises Over North Beach...
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In the second half of the 19th Century, Japan awoke from centuries of isolation to be a surprising and warlike challenge to European power in Asia. This ebook charts the rise of Japan's power and her dominion over China. It also explores how Japan came to challenge European nations convinced of their own invincibility in the east, culminating in the attack on the USA at Pearl Harbour.
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In 1923, journalist and budding fiction writer Ernest Hemingway penned eighteen original short stories and published them in the magazine The Little Review with the help of his friend Ezra Pound. Hemingway would later add to this collection and re-publish the stories in 1925 under the same title and - after adding an additional story - would again republish the entire volume in 1930, again as "in our time" (all in lower case). This collection of short...
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One of the greatest challenges facing our environment today is pollution and carbon emissions from our increasing demand for energy. Also faced with finite fossil fuel sources, renewable energy technologies are being developed to be sustainable both in their source and for our environment. This book discusses the history of alternative and renewable energy sources, such as wind, wave, and solar power, through to cutting-edge developments, including...
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Bad News Won't Change My Mind...
It's going to get better, don't die yet. You can make it. Don't give up. You have been through too much to quit now. There's got to be more, for you. There's got to be something else for you. There's, got to be a reason behind your challenges. Where you are right now is not where you are going. There's more before you than behind you. There's a God, who longs to heal the hurting hearts of broken people. No performance...
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A Study Guide for Czeslaw Milosz's "From the Rising of the Sun," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
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Mark Lewis has been employed all of his working life in the packaging industry in a laboratory environment. He has interests in military history, aviation, competition photography and martial arts. Mark has studied judo, kendo, aikido and is currently studying Tai Chi. As an avid modeller he has written articles and book reviews on aviation and modelling subjects. His main area of interest is WW2 aircraft, which has led to his first book Project Z....
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We say that the sun "rises" in the morning and "sets" at night, but is it really moving? Learn about the long, sometimes dangerous struggle to discover whether the sun revolves around Earth, or Earth around the sun, and find out what scientists now know about our planet's place in the universe. -- From cover.
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With Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Clint Eastwood made a unique contribution to film history, being the first director to make two films about the same event. Eastwood's films examine the battle over Iwo Jima from two nations' perspectives, in two languages, and embody a passionate view on conflict, enemies, and heroes. Together these works tell the story behind one of history's most famous photographs, Leo Rosenthal's...
91) Why the sun sets
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"Each morning, the sun rises in the east. Each night, the sun sets in the west. You might think the sun orbits Earth. However, Earth actually orbits the sun. The sun looks like it's moving because of the rotation of Earth on its axis. This book helps readers to discover why the sun sets each night. Bright photographs grab readers' attention, while infographics help explain this complex topic. Readers will be able to visualize how Earth's position...
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The book starts with a background story of the author which explains what led him to his strange life- long hobby of "collecting religions". It then continues by building a systematic foundation to his Exodus theory. It starts with a closely related descriptions of North African history, geography, climate, the Africans, Egypt, and its powerful Nile in ancient times. The author then tells the story of his experiences in Africa, which led him to start...
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2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders was posted to Singapore in 1937 with their families. When the Japanese invaded Malaya in December 1941, the Battalion fought bravely until the surrender of Singapore on 14 February 1942. Those who were not killed became POWs. Of the 1000 men involved initially, over 400 had died by their liberation in summer 1945. Despite the diverse background of the members of the Battalion, all were bound by close regimental spirit....
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Over its twenty years with president and CEO Rick George at the helm, Suncor Energy went from being Canada's "unluckiest oil company" to a stock market darling and the second-largest publicly traded corporation in the country. Both a contrarian and an optimist, George often made multibillion-dollar moves despite deep skepticism within the industry. His $2.8-billion expansion into the oil sands ignited massive growth in Canada's most valuable, and...
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The Truth about the Philippine Rape by a member of General MacArthur's U.S. Counter-Intelligence Staff-Adalia Marquez. Blood On The Rising Sun is a true story of life in Manila under Japanese occupation and, later, during the American liberation. There have been many tales told about guerrilla activities and underground operations in the Philippines but in almost all of them the chief protagonists are Americans. Blood On The Rising Sun is the story...
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A vivid story of an astonishing period in ancient Egypt's history, 1550 BC to 1295 BC, that tears away the gold and glamour to reveal how these great pharaohs ruthlessly ruled Egypt for two hundred and fifty years.
For more than two centuries, Egypt was ruled by the most powerful, successful, and richest dynasty of kings in its long end epic history. They included the female king Hatshepsut, the warrior kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, the religious...
97) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Sun Also Rises with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, which follows a group of British and American expatriates in Paris as they decide to travel to Pamplona for the bull-running fiesta. Against this vivid backdrop, Hemingway depicts the suffering and disillusionment of a generation, which grew up in the...
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In the middle of 1942, the Japanese landed in Iloilo, deep in the heart of the Philippine Archipelago. Earlier, like a skittish octopus, the Japanese Empire had spread its tentacles across the islands, after the last American strongholds of Bataan and Corregidor had fallen. Jose Lacambra was only eleven years old when the Japanese occupied Iloilo. His firsthand account of the adventures and rites of passage were drawn from a diary he kept during those...
99) Summary, Analysis & Review of Bill O'Reilly's and Martin Dugard's Killing the Rising Sun by Instarea
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Bill O'Reilly's and Martin Dugard's Killing the Rising Sun by Instaread Preview: Killing the Rising Sun relates episodes from the Pacific theater of World War II including the controversial US decision to develop and utilize atomic weapons. Fueled by confidence in their racial superiority, the Japanese exerted great effort to expand their empire throughout East Asia. Once Prime Minister Hideki Tojo convinced Emperor Hirohito...
100) Rising Sun Over Burma: Flying Tigers and Wild Eagles, 1941-1942 - How Japan Remembers the Battle
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In December 1941, the Japanese Imperial Army came ashore on the British colony of Malaya. In support of that invasion, its air arm soon began to raid neighboring Burma and especially its seaport and capital city of Rangoon, protected by a weak squadron of Royal Air Force Brewster Buffaloes and an untested squadron of P-40s flown by the American Volunteer Group of mercenary pilots in the employ of China. The battle of Rangoon would soon make them famous...
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