The Possibility of an Island (French: La Possibilité d'une île) is a 2005 novel by French novelist Michel Houellebecq, set within a cloning cult that resembles...
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Michel Houellebecq (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
in the media subsided following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. His next novel, La Possibilité d'une île (The Possibility of an Island, 2005)...
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his prior novel, The Possibility of an Island. The Map and the Territory was among the most eagerly awaited and discussed novels of the 2010 literary season...
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Possibilities is the thirty-ninth studio album by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released on August 30, 2005, by Hear Music and Vector Recordings...
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Norfolk Island (/ˈnɔːrfək/ NOR-fək, locally /ˈnɔːrfoʊk/ NOR-fohk; Norfuk: Norf'k Ailen) is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean...
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Mont-Saint-Michel (category Islands of Normandy)
flush sand out of the bay. "In just a few years, the silting up of the bay has been stopped and we have restored the possibility of an island," Macron said...
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inspired by the singer's reading of Michel Houellebecq's novel La Possibilité d'une île (The Possibility of an Island). Unlike his previous works, the album...
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directed by Michel Houellebecq, loosely based on his 2005 novel The Possibility of an Island. Without much response and only accompanied by his not very supportive...
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Antinatalism (category Philosophy of biology)
Nonidentity problem Philosophical pessimism Philosophy of suicide Population ethics The Possibility of an Island – 2005 novel by Michel Houellebecq Priscillianism...
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that the Fiji Islands Maritime and Safety Administration (FIMSA), while reviewing its outdated maritime charts, had discovered the possibility that more...
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Rhode Island (/ˌroʊd-/ , pronounced "road") is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west;...
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Sea Power (redirect from Close the Door (British Sea Power song))
the TV show Countryfile in which they discussed their love of the countryside and played an outdoor performance of the track "Canvey Island". At the beginning...
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renaming the island after Kalief Browder, an inmate who committed suicide after being jailed at Rikers. Another possibility for reuse of the island after...
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Yeonpyeongdo (redirect from Yeonpyeong island)
high possibility that the island's population would become very scarce. However, in March 2011, 5 months after the bombardment, more than 80% of the residents...
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representatives of the Faroe Islands raised the possibility of their territory joining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). According to Article 56 of the EFTA...
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Easter Island (Spanish: Isla de Pascua [ˈisla ðe ˈpaskwa]; Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific...
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The Three Mile Island accident was a partial nuclear meltdown of the Unit 2 reactor (TMI-2) of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station on the...
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The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was published on 1 January 1896. The novel is set between...
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The South Island kōkako (Callaeas cinereus) is a forest bird endemic to the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand. Unlike its close relative,...
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Island is a privately owned island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. The tree-covered island is one of several islands in...
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The Pitcairn Islands (/ˈpɪtkɛərn/ PIT-kairn; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic...
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consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern...
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Edward Island (PEI; French: Île-du-Prince-Édouard; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean a' Phrionnsa; colloquially known as the Island) is an island province of Canada...
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Zita Cobb (category Members of the Order of Canada)
returns home to Fogo Island to help". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 March 2016. Lewis, Jim (16 March 2012). "The Possibility of an Island in Canada | New...
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The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the...
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Appeal to probability (redirect from Appeal to possibility)
An appeal to probability (or appeal to possibility, also known as possibiliter ergo probabiliter, "possibly, therefore probably") is the logical fallacy...
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1-903571-04-9. The 2005 novel The Possibility of an Island – (translated by Gavin Bowd, original title La Possibilité d'une île) by the French writer,...
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The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator 900 km (560 mi)...
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The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea (第一次ソロモン海戦, Dai-ichi-ji...
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Moai (redirect from Statues of Easter Island)
Europeans first visited the island in 1722, but all of them had fallen by the latter part of the 19th century. The moai were toppled in the late 18th and early...
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