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  2. When We Cease to Understand the World - Wikipedia

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    When We Cease to Understand the World (Spanish: Un Verdor Terrible; lit. ' A Terrible Greening ' ) is a 2021 book by Chilean writer Benjamín Labatut . Originally written in Spanish and published by Anagrama , the book was translated into English by Adrian Nathan West and published by Pushkin Press and New York Review of Books in 2021.

  3. Resource curse - Wikipedia

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    The resource curse, also known as the paradox of plenty or the poverty paradox, is the hypothesis that countries with an abundance of natural resources (such as fossil fuels and certain minerals) have lower economic growth, lower rates of democracy, or poorer development outcomes than countries with fewer natural resources. [1]

  4. Something Happened - Wikipedia

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    Something Happened has frequently been criticized as overlong, rambling, and deeply unhappy. [2] These sentiments are echoed in a review of the novel by fellow writer and humorist Kurt Vonnegut, but are countered with praise for the novel's prose and the meticulous patience Heller took in the creation of the novel, stating, "Is this book any good?

  5. Bharata (Mahabharata) - Wikipedia

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    In due course, Shakuntala gave birth to Dushyanta's son and named him Sarvadamana, who had the sign of a Chakra on his right hand (indicating that he was destined to be an emperor). Sarvadamana was born with the strength of 10,000 elephants, and even as a child, he was capable of subduing and taming wild beasts.

  6. One Word is Too Often Profaned - Wikipedia

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    Shelley wrote a number of poems devoted to Jane including With a Guitar, To Jane, One Word is Too Often Profaned, To Jane: The Invitation, To Jane: The Recollection and To Jane: The Keen Stars Were Twinkling. [2] In One Word is Too Often Profaned, Shelley rejects the use of the word Love to describe his relationship with Jane. He says that this ...

  7. Dark Lady (Shakespeare) - Wikipedia

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    Originally arising from nothing more than the poet William Davenant 's boast that he was the illegitimate son of Shakespeare, Jennet (or Jane) Davenant, the wife of a tavern-keeper on the route between London and Stratford, has been proposed as the Dark Lady.

  8. Helgi Hundingsbane - Wikipedia

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    Helgi appears to be the son of Sigmund and Borghild, and only fifteen years old he avenges his father by slaying Hunding, the king of the Saxons. This gives him the cognomen Hunding's bane . He continues with his warlike feats and one day, as he stands aboard his longship, he is visited by a valkyrie named Sigrún , who can ride through the air ...

  9. Precious Bane - Wikipedia

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    The natural world of Shropshire offers her some consolation to the back-breaking work on the farm, and the fact that she can read and work with numbers is a source of pride and solace. Her "hare-shotten" lip is her own bane, and she bears it at times with dignity, at other times with deep feelings of shame.