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  2. Growth of the Soil - Wikipedia

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    Growth of the Soil portrays the protagonist (Isak) and his family as awed by modernity, yet at times, they come into conflict with it. The novel contains two sections titled Book One and Book Two. The first book focuses almost solely on the story of Isak and his family and the second book starts off by following the plight of Axel and ends ...

  3. SparkNotes - Wikipedia

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    Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.

  4. If on a winter's night a traveler - Wikipedia

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    The main character in the first part of each chapter is you, the reader. The narrative starts out when you begin reading a book but then all of the pages are out of order. You then go to a bookstore to get a new copy of the book. When at the bookstore, you meet a girl, Ludmilla, who becomes an important character in the book.

  5. Raw (novel) - Wikipedia

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    RAW is a young adult novel by Australian author Scott Monk.First published by Random House Australia in 1998, it has been reprinted eleven times. RAW is a tale of a teenager named Brett Dalton who has been sentenced to three months at The Farm for a break and enter charge.

  6. Translation State - Wikipedia

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    Translation State is a 2023 science fiction novel by Ann Leckie. It is set in the same universe as her Imperial Radch trilogy and her novel Provenance . The novel was nominated for the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel .

  7. Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

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    Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States is a 2017 book by James C. Scott that sets out to undermine what he calls the "standard civilizational narrative" that suggests humans chose to live settled lives based on intensive agriculture because this made people safer and more prosperous. [1]

  8. Wieland (novel) - Wikipedia

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    First published in 1798, it distinguishes the true beginning of his career as a writer. [1] Wieland is sometimes considered the first American Gothic novel. Wieland is often categorized under several sub-genres including gothic fiction, horror fiction, psychological fiction and epistolary fiction, which are listed at Project Gutenberg. Major ...

  9. Hagakure - Wikipedia

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    Prohibited book of Nabeshima, Hagakure The Analects (abridged). 1939 edition. Cover of The Book of the Samurai. Hagakure (Kyūjitai: 葉隱; Shinjitai: 葉隠; meaning Hidden by the Leaves or Hidden Leaves), [1] or Hagakure Kikigaki (葉隠聞書), is a practical and spiritual guide for a warrior, drawn from a collection of commentaries by the clerk Yamamoto Tsunetomo, former retainer to ...