Nicholas Flamel: The Alchemyst – A Fantasy Adventure Summary

Nicholas Flamel: The Alchemyst – Synopsis

Sophie and Josh, while working at their jobs, encounter a mysterious man named Dee who seeks a book called the Codex. They witness Nick and Perry, the store owners, using magic and discover that Nick is actually Nicholas Flamel, an ancient alchemist kept alive by the elixir of life (a secret from the Codex), along with his wife Perenelle. Both possess magical abilities. Nicholas needs the Codex to recreate the elixir, or he and Perenelle will rapidly age

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Metis People in Canada: History and Challenges

It is no secret that Native Canadians have struggled greatly throughout Canada’s history. They have suffered discrimination from people who felt like they were less than others. In this essay, I will be talking about the hardships that the Metis people in Canada faced and how the perception and treatment of them has changed over time.

The Emergence of the Metis and Early Hardships

Firstly, I would like to talk about the beginning and how the Metis were treated when they first emerged. When the Metis

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Scottish Cuisine, Whisky, and Global Impact

Scottish Cuisine: A Culinary Journey

From the sea and the rivers came fish, and from the land they got fruit, vegetables, and meat. And they got oats from the land too. They made their bread from oats, and they made porridge from oats and water for a hot breakfast. People still eat all of these things in Scotland today, but they eat new things too. From 1900 on, many people began to come to Scotland from countries like Italy and India, and they brought different food with them.

The Richness of Scottish

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Matthew Arnold: Criticism’s Role in Creativity

The Function of Criticism at the Present Time

Many objections have been made to a proposition that I ventured to put forth in some remarks on translating Homer: a proposition about criticism and its importance at the present day. More than one rejoinder declared that the importance I assigned to criticism was excessive, and asserted the inherent superiority of the creative effort of the human spirit over its critical effort.

The critical power is of lower rank than the creative. True; but in assenting

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Understanding the Passive Voice and Relative Clauses

The passive:

TENSEACTIVEPASSIVE
Present SimpleTourists visit the castleThe castle is visited by tourists
Past SimpleTourists visited the castleThe castle was visited by tourists
Future SimpleTourists will visit the castleThe castle will be visited by tourists
Present ContinuousTourists are visiting the castleThe castle is being visited by tourists
Past ContinuousTourists were visiting the castleThe castle was being visited by tourists
Present Perfect SimpleTourists have visited the castleThe castle has
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Business Terms, Conditionals, and Grammar Exercises

Business and Finance Terminology

Back office / any department or office, as a private office or a department of record keeping that is not usually seen by customers/depart adm

Business process / any activity that is essential for a firm to conduct its business / proceso de neg

Database / a collection of related data, in electronic form that can be gathered, analyzed, or retrieved by a computer/ base de datos

Downsize / to make in a smaller size /reducir

Knowledge work / work that involves using knowledge

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