On an Island

Guernsey - When you put your mind to it, there are plenty of ways to use a bunker on your property. Extra storage. Wine cellars. Recording studios. These are some of the creative solutions devised by the resilient residents of Guernsey, a small, scenic island in the far reaches of the English Channel that found itself in Hitler’s crosshairs in World War II. Guernsey was occupied by some 15,000 German troops between 1940 and 1945, and fortified so ferociously it was virtually impregnable. “You can’t go

C.O. Ellis Island Jeudi 6/12/12: Le document est un reportage concernant Ellis Island. C’est là que plus de 20 000 000 d’immigrés sont arrivés aux portes des Etats-Unis, au port de New York City, dans l’espoir de commencer une nouvelle vie en Amérique. Ils sont nombreux ceux qui ont du vendre tous leurs biens, voire s’endetter, simplement pour pouvoir embarquer vers l’Amérique. Des semaines durant, ils étaient serrés comme des sardines à bord, en proie aux orages et aux tempêtes de l’Atlantique

va-t-il se passer ? Adventure, this is a word who can mean several things, an adventure can be testing, enriching, terrifying either loving. We can define her according to our past, our present, or our future. The adventure can be real-life, dreamed, imagination. According to every being she takes à different direction. For me, an adventure can be lived in different ways: by ending alone like Robin Crusoe on a desert island or by reading a book which takes us by chance. It’s not necessary lived

Britain, France and India. A picturesque island nation where you can view extinct volcanoes and get a taste of an eclectic cultural mix of Creole, India and China both in cuisine and language. The Republic of Mauritius, commonly referred as Mauritius, is an island nation situated on the south western side of the Indian Ocean. Besides the islands of Mauritius, the Republic of Mauritius includes islands like Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon. This island nation has a pleasant tropical climatic condition

(New Angoulême). European settlement began with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement, later called "Nieuw Amsterdam" (New Amsterdam), on the southern tip of Manhattan in 1614. Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape in 1626 for a value of 60 guilders. In 1664, the city was surrendered to the English and renamed "New York" after the English Duke of York and Albany. The area around New York City was the location for multiple battles

O.M. The rate of unemployment of this small island of the Caraibe is 27, 2% of the working population, approximately 50 000 people. The island lives mainly thanks to the French state assistance and European Union. DISADVANTAGES AND ASSETS OF THE COUNTRY ● Disadvantages: The density of population and the topography of the island, limit the extension of agriculture. The basement of Martinique is low in ores, natural gas or oil. Fortunately this island has fertile grounds. ● Assets: Martinique presents

author F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald lived a colorful life of parties and money-spending, that he uses as subject of his stories. The great gastby, First published on 1925, is set on Long Island and in New York City during the summer of 1922. It is a critique of the American Dream. Nick Carraway

Civilisation Britannique Britain is today a crowded island and has a population of almost 60 millions. Because of its geographical status, Britain has always been a multi-ethnic nation. Immigrant arrived for diverse reasons such as religion, persecution or economic reasons. More recently, immigration has become a hot political issue. To start with, we are going to deal with a series of definitions: What is Great Britain? Which countries are in Great Britain? What is the United Kingdom

alliance, with 17 exceptional new establishments for an overall of 66 member’s properties. Each year we enrich our collection of member properties, to offer you an even wider choice of unique island hotels throughout the world. In 2009, for the first time, we are pleased to welcome properties on the Indonesian island of Gili Trawangan, close to Lombok, in Sri Lanka, on Ibiza in the Balearic Islands, in Sicily or in the city of Venice. On islands and countries already featured, we are delighted to introduce

seemingly empty chair, liquid-filled jars on the window ledge, an oil painting of an Airedale terrier all in a derelict shack surrounded by a line of what appears to be dust; his ghost-like appearance to Locke in period costume - his words "help me"; his dislike of technology; his list; and, most importantly, the reverence in which the Others hold him. If we can work out who Jacob is, we may solve the mysteries of LOST - the island, its time, the end of the world, the Others, the smoke monster