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Californias History

Californias History

California's history is unique. It has been shaped, in part, by its geography. California has four main regions. The temperate coastal region, the Central Valley, once an inland sea, the desert, and the mountain region. The imposing Sierra Nevadas caused California to develop in relative isolation from the rest of the nation. AAmericans began to settle in California in large numbers during the ...
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Charles Manson - The Full Story on Charles Manson - Murder, The Slaughtered, Suspicion, Confession, Charlie, Helter Skelter, Prosecution, Afterward

The Full Story on Charles Manson

Murder!

Quiet and secluded is just what the young movie star wanted. The canyons above Beverly Hills were far enough away from the noisy glitz of Hollywood to afford some privacy and space. Sharon Tate loved this place on Cielo Drive. To her it meant romance - romance with the man of her dreams and the father of her child, director Roman Polanski.

It was cooler ...
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The INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

The INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (John Watney)History/facts: - time, when Britain was transformed from a largely agricultural country into one that was predominantly industrial - 1730-1850 and causes/results beyond - Britain was the first country to be industrialised: o Had two essential natural resources: coal and iron o Island: free from distractions of invasions o Land-owning aristocracy: more amenable to change than ...
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Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

On January 8th in 1935, Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tubelo / Memphis.

His father Vernon Presley worked at a farm and his mother Gladys Smith was a seamstress in a factory. With the age of eight he sang in a choir. With ten he got 2nd in a singing Contest. On his 12th birthday he became a guitar from his mother. One year later, his father lost his job, so they had to move to Memphis / Tenne ...
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20TH-CENTURY LITERATURE - Post-World War I Fiction, Modern Poetry, Fiction aWorld War II, Modern Poetry, Modern Drama

20TH-CENTURY LITERATURE

Two world wars, an intervening economic depression of great severity, and the austerity of life in Britain following the second of these wars help to explain the quality and direction of English literature in the 20th century. The traditional values of Western civilization, which the Victorians had only begun to question, came to be questioned seriously by a number of new w ...
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A letter

A letter... about Ireland

English-profert

I will tell you something about a girl who is called Susan. She is from London and twenty years old.

Susan was one wein Ireland and wrote a letter to her friend Daisy.

Now I am reading it out to you:

Hello Daisy,

How are you? I’m fine. At the moment I am in Ireland, but tomorrow I am going to return to England/London.

I visited some ...
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CLIMATE CHANGE - a world problem

CLIMATE CHANGE

A WORLD PROBLEM

Global warming is the theory that the gases CO2, methane, water vapour and ozone are collecting in the Earth’s atmosphere and are heating the planet. This effect, which is mostly caused by the relation of CO2, is also called the Greenhouse Effect. CO2 is released by the burning of fossil fuels, which are essential for human beings – at least nowadays.

There are many ...
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Black like me - John Howard Griffin

ANGHEL SALIGNY

ANGHEL SALIGNY

(1854-1925)

Romanian civil engineer and scientist. Professor at National School for Bridges and Roadways, and member of the Romanian Academy. He produced the lay-out for and realised in 1882 the construction of the railway bridges on the line between Adjud and Tg Ocna, and the double way viaduct and railway bridge on the Siret, at Cosmesti, to be the bridgework which made his reputation as ci ...
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Romeo and Juliet, By William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare

The Actor:

The drama "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare was written in 1

The information we get about this person is that he was probably born on April 23rd in 1564 (St. George’s Day) in Stratford-on-Avon.

His parents were John Shakespeare (workman and mayor) and Mary Arden.

In 1when he was 18, he married Ann Hathaway ...
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