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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. Amulet (comics) - Wikipedia

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    Amulet is a children's fantasy, adventure, graphic novel series written and illustrated by Kazu Kibuishi [1] and published by Scholastic Corporation.Beginning in 2008 with The Stonekeeper, the series was published by Scholastic under their Graphix imprint.

  5. 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 ...

  6. The Widdow Ranter, or, the History of Bacon in Virginia

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    The play was produced posthumously, and was unsuccessful with audiences. [4] It was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in November 1689. [5] The cast included John Bowman as Cavarnio, Joseph Williams as Bacon, John Freeman as Wellman, George Powell as Friendly, Joseph Harris as Downright, Samuel Sandford as Dareing, Cave Underhill as Timerous Cornet, William Bowen as Whiff, Anne ...

  7. Cabal (novella) - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, small press publisher Fiddleblack released an "annotated, limited edition" of the novella, titled Cabal & Other Annotations.The hand-numbered books were limited to a run of 300 and contained a collection of essays from Barker-centric contributors such as Peter H. Gilmore and Nicholas Vince, as well as artwork by Barker himself and a sizable appendix of scholarly footnotes by horror ...

  8. Kiwanis - Wikipedia

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    These officers, along with the United States and Pacific Canada Region trustees, are elected at the annual convention of Kiwanis International. All trustees and officers are unpaid volunteers. The executive director is a full-time employee who is responsible for the organization's paid staff and serves as a non-voting member of the Board.

  9. By His Bootstraps - Wikipedia

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    In 1952, Bob Wilson locks himself in his room to finish his graduate thesis on a mathematical aspect of metaphysics, using the concept of time travel as a case in point.. Bob does not care much at this point whether his thesis (that time travel is impossible) is valid; he is desperate for sleep and just wants to get it done and typed up by the deadline the next day to become an academic, since ...