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  2. The People's Almanac - Wikipedia

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    The People's Almanac is a series of three books compiled in 1975, 1978 and 1981 by David Wallechinsky and his father Irving Wallace. [1] In 1973, Wallechinsky became fed up with almanacs that regurgitated bare facts. He had the idea for a reference book to be read for pleasure; a book that would tell the often untold true tales of history.

  3. The Malay Archipelago - Wikipedia

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    The Malay Archipelago is a book by the English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace which chronicles his scientific exploration, during the eight-year period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the Malay Archipelago including Malaysia, Singapore, the islands of Indonesia, then known as the Dutch East Indies, and the island of New Guinea.

  4. Wikipedia : Reference desk/Archives/Language/2006 July 18

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    5 Mentalis Uber Alles. 5 comments. 6 Common English terminology. 2 comments. 7 Mohammed and the mountain. 2 comments. 8 Spanish-English translation software. 2 comments.

  5. The Book of Lists - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, a Canadian edition of The Book of Lists was published and credited to David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace, Ira Basen and Jane Farrow. The book contained a mixture of content from the original three volumes, mixed in with updated material, and material with a specifically Canadian focus.

  6. Wallace - Wikipedia

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    Wallace, from The Hangover Part III; Wallace the Brave, the titular character of the comic strip; Wallace, from Leave It to Beaver; Wallace Breen, from Half-Life 2; Wallace Fennel, from Veronica Mars; Wallace Footrot, from Footrot Flats; Wallace West (character), from DC Comics; Eli Wallace, from Stargate Universe; Niander Wallace, from Blade ...

  7. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the ...

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    On the morning of the 29th he acknowledged Hooker's letters, writing "I cannot think now", then that night he read the letters, and though "quite prostrated", got his servant to take to Hooker Wallace's essay, the letter to Asa Gray and the Essay of 1844, leaving matters in the hands of Lyell and Hooker. [5]

  8. The Overdue, Under-Told Story Of The Clitoris

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.

  9. Irving Wallace - Wikipedia

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    Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Bessie Liss and Alexander Wallace (an Americanized version of the original family name of Wallechinsky). The family was Jewish [2] and originally from Russia. Wallace was named after his maternal grandfather, a bookkeeper and Talmudic scholar of Narewka, Poland.