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  2. If It Had Happened Otherwise - Wikipedia

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    In a frame story, a recently deceased historian is escorted by an angel to a great library in Heaven, where he gets to read history books of possible worlds that did not come to be. His eye is caught by a book whose cover states that Louis XVI had a 46-year reign as King of France, dying of a lung disease in 1820.

  3. Gravity Falls: Journal 3 - Wikipedia

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    The first book ends right after Stanford "Ford" Pines' disappearance. — French GRAVITY FALLS - le journal Hachette Romans March 21, 2018 ISBN 978-2016269480: Paperback The book does not include a dustjacket, which meant all the logos are printed on the actual cover. Fiddleford's blueprint was turned into a page at the end of the book ...

  4. Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery

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    The scholar Thomas L. Haskell wrote in 1975 that Time on the Cross had two main themes: to revise the history of slavery and to support the use of the scientific method in history. [1] The book directly challenged the long-held conclusions that American slavery was unprofitable, a moribund institution, inefficient, and extremely harsh for the ...

  5. The Real Reason Designers Style Books Backwards on Shelves - AOL

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    Once you factor in how many books appear on the typical set of shelves—and the back-and-forth necessary to clear the rights, compounded by the tight turnarounds of TV shows—it becomes a whole ...

  6. Historical fiction - Wikipedia

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    Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events.Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other types of narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema, and television, as well as video games and graphic novels.

  7. Backwardism - Wikipedia

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    Backwardism is a derogatory comment intended to brand an ideology as stained by backwardness. [1] While the term has been applied to literature, politics and religion, its precise definition remains unclear.

  8. The Clock that Went Backward - Wikipedia

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    Science fiction historian Sam Moskowitz rediscovered Mitchell's stories and collected them in The Crystal Man: Landmark Science Fiction (1973). [6] [7] Since then, "The Clock That Went Backward" has been regarded as the first known instance of using a mechanical device for time travel [2] [8]: 55 [9] and the first story using a temporal paradox as a central premise.

  9. A Tale of Two Stans - Wikipedia

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    "A Tale of Two Stans" is the twelfth episode of the second season of the American animated television series Gravity Falls, which was created by Alex Hirsch, and the 32nd episode overall. It was written by Josh Weinstein, Matt Chapman, and Hirsch, and directed by Sunil Hall, and originally aired on Disney X