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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
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These are autobiographies that usually emphasize what is remembered rather than who is remembering; the author, instead of recounting his life, deals with those experiences of his life, people, and events that he considers most significant. (The extreme contrast to memoirs is the spiritual autobiography, so concentrated on the life of the soul that the author’s outward life and its events remains a blur. The artless res gestae, a chronology of events, occupies the middle ground.) In the 15th century, Philippe de Commynes, modestly effacing himself except to authenticate a scene by his presence, presents in his Mémoires a life ...(100 of 9625 words)

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