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  2. Do Not Say We Have Nothing - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 978-1-78378-266-6. Do Not Say We Have Nothing is a novel by Madeleine Thien published in 2016 in Canada. [1] It follows a 10-year-old girl and her mother who invite a Chinese refugee into their home. [2] Critically acclaimed, in 2016 the author was awarded both the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award for this novel.

  3. On the Origin of Species - Wikipedia

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    Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection although Lamarckism was also included as a mechanism of lesser importance. The book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution.

  4. Shakespeare authorship question - Wikipedia

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    Oxford, Bacon, Derby, and Marlowe (clockwise from top left, Shakespeare centre) have each been proposed as the true author. The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him. Anti-Stratfordians—a collective term for adherents of the various ...

  5. Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

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    Writing and publication Idea. The Orwell Archive at University College London contains undated notes about ideas that evolved into Nineteen Eighty-Four.The notebooks have been deemed "unlikely to have been completed later than January 1944", and "there is a strong suspicion that some of the material in them dates back to the early part of the war".

  6. Edgar Cayce - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Edgar Cayce ( / ˈkeɪsiː /; March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945) was an American attributed clairvoyant who claimed to speak from his higher self while in a trance -like state. [1] His words were recorded by his friend, Al Layne; his wife, Gertrude Evans, and later by his secretary, Gladys Davis Turner.

  7. Speed reading - Wikipedia

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    Speed reading is a skill honed through practice. Reading a text involves comprehension of the material. In speed reading practice this is done through multiple reading processes: preview, overview, read, review and recite; and by read and recall (recording through writing a short summary or a mental outline) exercises.

  8. Akashic records - Wikipedia

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    Akashic records. In the religion of Theosophy and the spiritual movement called Anthroposophy, the Akashic records are a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life forms, not just human. They are believed by theosophists to be ...

  9. T. R. Schellenberg - Wikipedia

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    T. R. Schellenberg. Theodore Roosevelt Schellenberg (24 February 1903 – 14 January 1970) was an American archivist and archival theorist. Schellenberg's publications and ideas are part of the foundation for archival theory and practice in the United States. In particular, Schellenberg is known for pioneering American archival ideas about ...