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Raleigh Becket

egg and I .... winning the heart

1946, Betty McDonald’s whimsical autobiography was as popular as baked beans; now it’s almost completely forgotten, but, tellingly, still in print. Alas, after an hour or two with The Egg & I, it was excruciatingly obvious that Betty McDonald’s book is not a classic. On some weeks, there might be as many as five competing challenges for each nonfiction slot, but rarely as straightforward as this. Literary classics cluster on the north face of Parnassus. For this vertiginous terrain there are different sherpas. Italo Calvino says that a classic is “a book that has never finished what it wants to say”. Ezra Pound identifies “a certain eternal and irresponsible freshness”; TS Eliot, much more astringent, observed in The Sacred Wood that “no modern language can hope to produce a classic, in the sense I have called Virgil a classic”. Alan Bennett wryly notes: “Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.” Among nonfiction classics, the most treacherous category is that creature beloved of publishers – “the contemporary classic”. A second cousin to that notorious impostor is the “instant classic”. Such books will have been judged by slippery criteria: popular and literary critical fashion, a changing marketplace and new technology, bestseller lists and hype. In the past 100 years, a familiar palette of blurbish adjectives has given shape and colour to a moving target: provocative, outrageous, prophetic, groundbreaking, funny, disturbing, revolutionary, moving, inspiring, life-changing, subversive… a portrait of sir walter raleigh wearing a brocaded and beaded doublet The 100 best nonfiction books: No 99 – The History of the World by Walter Raleigh (1614) Read more This list raises another troubling question: is nonfiction “the new fiction”? There are some good writers who will argue that this is so, but I believe that nonfiction (which can sometimes successfully bring together many genres) is not, strictly speaking, a genre of its own. Creatively – yes – using narrative techniques borrowed from fiction, it’s possible to give certain kinds of nonfiction the aura of a distinct new genre. Yet, at the end of the day, “nonfiction” fractures into time-hallowed categories such as philosophy, memoir, history, reportage and poetry (see below), etc. This is particularly true of “nonfiction classics” from the 18th and 19th centuries, titles such as A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume or On Liberty by JS Mill. By that yardstick, a recent classic will be quite distinct, chiefly because its literary and cultural milieu is so different
Zabi_Khan_1535 · 1.9K Views

I'm A Gnoll?!

Well everybody's heard this story at least once. Somebody from our world dies a tragic or heroic death after a regretful life of either tragedy or mediocrity, and gets lucky enough to reincarnate in another world and end up OP and surrounded by pretty ladies. That's not how this goes. James wasn't someone with a bad life. He had a bit of a dull life, but a nice one. Loving family, good grades, about to finish college, even going out with his childhood friend. But then he takes a head injury when a playful push from his girlfriend made him trip and hit his noggin on the sidewalk. At first it seemed minor, but he began to experience frequent headaches. A doctor visit confirmed, he had actually taken major damage and his brain was slowly dying, bit by bit. He rushed to knock off his bucket list. He proposed and got married to the woman he loved and made his peace with his friends and family. They were overjoyed when his wife sported a baby bump. He lived just long enough to see his twin children's faces and leave some recorded videos for when they grew up before he passed in his sleep, sad but satisfied. The end. Or not. After his death, James is given a request by a god from another world. For a small part of his soul to be attached to one of the god's followers in an experiment, to see if it would allow the young one and his people to surpass their currently rather disappointing way of life. James agreed, and a small piece of him was placed within a gnoll, giving the creature a few scattered fragments of knowledge and memories. Now we watch and see if it will be a blessing, or a failure.
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His Obsession (The Royal second wife)

“I said leave me alone, I belong to no one. So, don't you dare move an inch closer? I will stab you” Queen Twinkle threatened with a sword in her hand. The beam from the sword shows they are sparkling and dancing to the taste of blood. “You are my wife, and it is a must that you should love me” The hoarse king Aiden's voice filled the air as he clasped his lips together moving closer to her. She transported. “I said no” She shouted and dug the sword into his stomach. He groaned and fell to the floor. The king's first queen ran inside. “My king” She cried out, and angrily unleashed fire from her hands and send it to queen twinkle. “How dare you?” Queen Twinkle Thundered and storms blast off her eyes. Everyone starts to whirl both in and outside the palace. King Aiden Roah; Brave, smart, ruthless, fearless, fierce, and a strong young king. Who is so passionate about the welfare of his people? He possesses different types of power. No king has ever been like him. He rules his country with intelligence that supersedes all the late kings. But he has a prophecy. That's what will ruin him and also their savior. Never leaves the palace because of his Enemy. Twinkle O'Brien: A smart, strong, troublesome, beautiful but tomboy. I refer to her as a tomboy because she always behaves like a guy. Never believed there's nothing a guy can do that she can't do. She's crazier than you can imagine, if she doesn't like you, it will be hard to change her mind. She believes in what she believes. Never a fan of mystery. But never knew she is a white witch which possesses powers even greater than the king's own. Dylan Raleigh: The king's first wife, all she wants In her life is to be a queen and always by the kingside. She has her power, which is the dark witch power. How do you think a white witch and dark witch will cope under the same roof, living as wives to the same man? Why is she needed so desperately? Why will she be the end of his very husband? And how will she find out how powerful she was? Common picked up your popcorn and let's go on the journey of unraveling the mystery. Don't think because is supernatural so you won't read, you will miss a great deal.
Busayo_Jimoh · 1.8K Views
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