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  • 13Characters in the Realm of the Elderlings — This article discusses the characters in The Realm of the Elderlings, a fictional world created by Robin Hobb for her book series The Farseer Trilogy, The Liveship Traders Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy and The Rain Wild Chronicles. This page… …

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  • 14Paris in the Twentieth Century — Infobox Book | name = Paris in the Twentieth Century title orig = Paris au XXe siècle translator = Richard Howard image caption = French edition author = Jules Verne country = France language = French series = genre = Science fiction novel… …

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  • 15Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program — Congressional inquiries and investigations Three days after news broke about the Terrorist Surveillance Program, a bipartisan group of Senators Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California, Carl Levin of Michigan, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republicans… …

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  • 16Dharma Bums, The — by Jack Kerouac (1958)    Ann Charters says that the autumn of 1955, which jack kerouac spent in Berkeley, California, was probably “the three happiest months of his life.” This is the time period and the setting for Kerouac’s follow up novel to… …

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  • 17List of characters in the Ender's Game series — This is a partial list of characters in the Ender s Game series.The Wiggins*Andrew Ender Wiggin is the central character of the Ender quartet and a constant, if unseen, presence in the Bean quartet. Brought into the International Fleet s Battle… …

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  • 18Technology of the Dune universe — The technology of the Dune universe is a key aspect of the fictional setting of the Dune series of science fiction novels written by Frank Herbert, and derivative works. Herbert s concepts and inventions have been analyzed and deconstructed in at …

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  • 19History of the United States Marine Corps — The United States Marine Corps was originally organized as the Continental Marines in 1775 to conduct ship to ship fighting, provide shipboard security and assist in landing forces. Its mission evolved with changing military doctrine and American …

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  • 20Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …

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