A haunting narrative‚ James H. Sweet’s micro-history of the life and times of Domingos Álvares‚ African Healing‚ and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World is a stellar work central to understanding African agency in the eighteenth-century from a bottom up perspective. Traditional historiographies mostly reflect the experiences of the white social and mobile elite consequently‚ a top down perspective. However‚ Sweet focuses on the view from below the elite‚ and chronicles the life of a native
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of the author. In “Araby” by James Joyce‚ Joyce uses this imperative factor in literature to display his view on the story. The quest of life is understood to be a pursuit of happiness. Everyone will hope for the best‚ and never for the worst. However‚ life is not always enjoyable‚ and in some cases it can be downright unsavory. Some individuals are born into the misfortune of living in horrible conditions during their childhood. In the short story “Araby”‚ James Joyce’s unsympathetic tone is
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"James and the Giant Peach" The reason that I picked James and the Giant Peach is because it sounded interesting‚ also because I like made up stories‚ and finally because I like new books to read. James Trotter a four-year old boy who lived with his mom and dad‚ until they went to the city one day where a terrible tragedy took place. His mom and dad were eaten by a rhinoceros who’d escaped from the Zoo. It turns out that was much less painful then what James was going to have to go through
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Royale‚ from the James Bond series by Ian Flemings. In his life time Flemings wrote a total of 14 James Bond’s books. Casino Royale was the first of the series written in 1953. Casino Royale introduces James Bond to the world. Each book is a little different from the other but still hold the classical James Bond theme. The story is set during the Cold War. M‚ is the head of the Secret Intelligence Service-also known as the MI6‚ is the one who gives Bond his missions. 007‚ James Bond‚ is sent on
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immortality‚ is Ian Fleming’s James Bond. Fleming created the character of Bond in 1953‚ when he released his first novel entitled Casino Royale. Critical acclaim for the novels led Fleming to partner with EON productions to film a James Bond movie – the first being Dr. No. While Fleming penned his final Bond story in 1964‚ other novelists and directors have continued to produce material that adds to the never-ending story of this British superspy. The image of James Bond has become an important part
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James Creighton (1850-1930) While he was working in Ottawa‚ James Creighton started his own hockey team with the help of young parliamentarians and government members. The team was called the Rideau Hall Rebels; on this team he became friends with William and Arthur Stanley‚ the sons of Governor General Lord Stanley. In 1892‚ Lord Stanley presented them with a trophy‚ it was called the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup. Now know as the Stanley Cup (The trophy awarded to the best team in the NHL). James
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Executive summary: This report serves to analyze the external and internal environment of James Hardie and explain the important of managerial ethics and corporation social responsibility. In James Hardie case‚ since the managers solely pursued profit maximization‚ it neglected employee’s safe and health‚ which result in 137 young worker died due to asbestos-related diseases. Money as the single bottom line is increasingly a thing of past. Pursued profit leads to unethical management‚ propagate
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Jesse James: The American Outlaw “Jesse James” is a biography written about the old western legend known as none other than the American Outlaw Jesse James. This biography was written by T.J. Stiles‚ who is an award-winning American Biographer. The biography dives into the life of the American Outlaw and reassessed his life focusing on more along the lines of his personal life and the historical role he played‚ rather than his superstar status as a rebel. Stiles in the biography mentions James as more
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Sir James Dyson: Learning to Achieve Success Case Study Louis D’Amico University of Mary Author Note This paper was prepared for Management and Organizational Behavior‚ MGT 504‚ taught by Professor Dan Thomas Jensen “Learning is a change of behavior acquired through experience”. (Nelson‚ 2013‚ p.198). How appropriate that chapter six which focuses on learning and positive and negative reinforcement systems and ways of giving feedback would choose to present Sir James Dyson as a case study
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16 References 17 Executive Summary James Hardie Industries Ltd. is an industrial building materials company headquartered in the Netherlands‚ specializing in fibre cement products. James Hardie is a leader in the manufacturing and development of technologies‚ materials and manufacturing processes of durable building materials. For over 20 years‚ Hardie has operated
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