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Rebellion and identity in Trevor and Paul's stories

These stories tell us that there are as many kinds of rebellions as there are rebels - in different strata of society and in different times. Some rebel against the external world, some, against the inner world, although all rebellion is inherently internal or inner.

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The Battle of Gettysburg in Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels

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Human development in Angela Wu's adolescent case study

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James Brady's The Coldest War: A memoir of Korea

Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea, a novel written by James Brady. This paper clearly outlines the summary of the book and highlights some of the events written by the author in his book. This paper explains Brady's purpose behind writing his masterpiece and clearly defines its theme.

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Paul Renner and the design of Futura typeface

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Bolman and Deal's four frames for organizational problem-solving

Reframing Organizations, Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal argue that many organizations today fail due to a lack of imagination.

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